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Success and failure simply mean the satisfaction and frustraion ay desire. Desire can either be predominantly intrinsic, based oan oor individual drives, or extrinsic, primarily stimulated by advertising, or societal role models as presented through the media and popular culture. Tom feels that ma concept ay success and failure only operates on an individual rather than an individual and societal level. Due tae this failure tae recognise societal reward, succes (and failure) can only ever be fleeting experiences for me, as that experience cannae be sustained by the socially-supported condoning of wealth, power, status, etc., nor, in the case ay failure, by stigma or reproach. So, according tae Tom, it's nae good tellin us that ah've done well in ma exams, or got a good job, or got off wi a nice burd; that kind ay acclaim means nowt tae us. Of course, ah enjoy these things at the time, or for themselves, but their value cannae be sustained because there's nae recognition ay the society which values them. What Tom's trying tae say, ah suppose, is that ah dinnae gie a fuck. Why? So it goes back tae ma alienation from society. The problem is that Tom refuses tae accept ma view that society cannae be changed tae make it significantly better, or that ah cannae change tae accommodate it. Such a state ay affairs induces depression on ma part, aw the anger gets turned in. That's what depression is, they say. However, depression also results in demotivation. A void grows within ye. Junk fills the void, and also helps us tae satisfy ma need tae destroy masel, the anger turned in bit again. So basically ah agree wi Tom here. Whair we depart is that he refuses tae see this picture in its total bleakness. He belives that ah'm suffering fae low self-esteem, and that ah'm refusing tae acknowledge that by projecting the blame oantae society. He feels that ma means ay emasculating the rewards and praise (and conversely condemnation) available tae me by society is not a rejection ay these values per se, but an indication that ah dinnae feel good enough (or bad enough) aboot masel tae accept them. Rather than come oot and say: Ah don't think ah have these qualities (or ah think ah'm better than that), Ah say: It's a loaday fuckin shite anywey. -Irvine Welsh-

My Interests

Books, Music, Creativity, History, Hilarity, Substances, Noir, Peepin, Creepin, and Creep-in, but I damn near got caught cause my beeper kept beepin

Music:

A Perfect Circle, AARDVARKS, Abaddon Incarnate, Abandon, Abdullah, Abigor, Aborym, AC/DC, Acid Bath, After Forever, Agalloch, Agents of Oblivion, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Akercocke, Akimbo, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, All Shall Perish, Alter The Sky, American Nightmare, Amon Amarth, Anata, …and Oceans, Andrew WK, Angelville, Anthrax, Anti-Cimex, Antigama, Antler, Anubis Rising, Arcturus, Arsis, Assuck, At the Gates, Atheist, The Abominable Iron Sloth, The Absence, Back When, Bathory, Bathtub Shitter, Beaten Back to Pure, Behemoth, Bethlehem, Big Business, Bigelf, Black Sabbath, Blind Dog, Blind Guardian, Blue Cheer, Bongzilla, Boris, Botch, Breach, Brujeria, Brutal Truth, Buried Inside, Burning Witch, Burzum, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Carnival In Coal, Cephalic Carnage, Children of Bodom, Choking Victim, Church of Misery, Citizen, Coathanger ’84, Coliseum, Converge, Cradle of Filth, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crotchduster, Crowbar, Crucial Unit, Cryptic Slaughter, Cryptopsy, Cypress Hill, Danzig, Darkane, Darkest Hour, Darkthrone, David Allan Coe, Dax Riggs, Dead Kennedys, Deadboy and the Elephantmen, Death, Deep Purple, Deinonychus, Demigod, Demiricous, Demons & Wizards, Depeche Mode, Diabolical Masquerade, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dim Mak, Dimmu Borgir, Dinosaur Jr., Disillusion, Disincarnate, Dismember, Disrupt, Dixie Witch, Dolorian, The Doors, Down, Dozer, Dr. Dre, Dragonforce, Edge of Sanity, Electric Wizard, Elliot Smith, Emperor, Engorged, Enslaved, Evoken, Eyehategod, Fall of Because, Fantomas, Finntroll, Fireball Ministry, Frank Zappa, Frantic Bleep, George Clinton, GG Allin, Ghostface Killah, Goatsnake, Goatwhore, Goblin Cock, Godflesh, Gojira, Golgotha, Gorgoroth, Gorguts, Gorilla Biscuits, Gravediggaz, Guns N Roses, GWAR, GZA, Haemorrhage, Hammerfall, Hank Williams, Hank Williams II, Hank Williams III, Hate Eternal, Hellchild, High on Fire, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Immortal, Impaled Nazerene, In Flames, Into the Moat, Iron Butterfly, Iron Maiden, Isis, Jeff Beck, Jesu, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Judas Priest, Kataklysm, Khanate, Kyuss, The Kovenant, L7, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, The Locust, Manowar, Marduk, Martyr, Mayhem, MC Chris, Melencolia Estatica, Merle Haggard, Metallica, Minsk, The Misfats, The Misfits, Montrose, Morbid Angel, Motorhead, Mouth of the Architect, Napalm Death, Nasum, Necrophagist, Neurosis, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Nile, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, 100 Demons, Oblivians, Opeth, Orange Goblin, Pantera, Parliament, Pelican, Pestilence, Phoenix Bodies, Pig Destroyer, Pink Floyd, Public Enemy, Queen, Red Sparowes, Ritual Killer, Runemagick, The Red Chord, 7 Seconds, Saint Vitus, Samhain, Sayyadina, Sepultura, Shai Hulud, Shape of Despair, Sigh, Skitsystem, Slayer, Sleep, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Soft Cell, Some Girls, Sonata Arctica, Soundgarden, Strapping Young Lad, Suffocation, Sunn, Superjoint Ritual, Tupac, Team Sleep, Tenacious D, Terrorizer, Third Degree, Three Hanks, Timothy Leary, TO/DIE/FOR, To Separate the Flesh from the Bones, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Tool, Ufomammut, Venom, Within Tears, Wolfbrigade, Wu-tang Clan, XXX Maniak, The Yardbirds

Movies:

28 Days Later, Spaceballs, American Beauty, Lord of the Rings, The Silence Of The Lambs, Red Dragon, Cabin Fever, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Bubba Ho-Tep, Party Monster, The Breakfast Club, Resevoir Dogs, Bowling For Columbine, PCU, Saving Private Ryan, A Clockwork Orange, Clerks, Dogma, Mallrats, Fahrenheit 9/11, Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind, House of 1000 Corpses, Blankman, Airheads, Office Space, Empire Records, Anchorman, Weird Science, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, CB4, Elephant

Television:

Stand up on Comedy Central, King Of The Hill, Insomniac, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Invader Zim, Salute Your Shorts, Rocko's Modern Life, Pete and Pete, You Can't Do That On Television, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Futurama, Are You Afraid Of The Dark!

Books:

JRR Tolkien, Dante, Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Craig Clevenger, Will Christopher Baer, Chuck Palahniuk, Michael D Williams, Nick Hornby, Bret Easton Ellis, Irvine Welsh, more, more, more

Heroes:

Hero worship only leads to disappointment.