I AM AN ASSHOL!

*note* the view counter on the left has been stuck ever since WordPress updated their API. Its been at six hundred and something for a good few months now. Thankfully, the graph on the admin dashboard still works a treat. I’ll try out some other view counters to see what sticks with the new API and what doesn’t.

I got 400 views yesterday. Something I said must have struck a nerve with some people, especially the anonymous user who called me an asshol. Still, thanks for the views! It means quite a lot to me that I now know I’m not typing these entries for the entertainment/dispair of a single figure audience.

I’m not an asshole. Opinionated? Of course! Some people may not like it, but I believe honesty is the best policy. If I come across as an asshole because I’m giving my honest thoughts on things, then so be it. I learned a long time ago never to change myself for the benefit of others, so I’m not toning down or changing my opinions on things to suit the people who think I’m a dick. My Twitter, seen on the sidebar on your left, has been called a comedy gold mine by quite a few people. Take some time to read it and you’ll realise I’m not a total knobhead.

I’m also taking the time here to defend my post yesterday, which has caused quite the little stir. My comments page (on the admin side, so its only seen by me) has 34 comments waiting approval. 33 are all comments calling for my death, or serious harm to be caused to me. The other comment is a spam link. Obviously, I’m not going to approve these comments, I’m not even going to send them through the wordfilter either. I’m just going to trash them all as I did the 13 other “asshol” comments from last night. I have zero tolerance for abuse so this shit ends here and now. All abusive comments are going to be trashed, with the odd one or two being wordfiltered where I see humour in it.

Back to the defence, I don’t hate metal. If you read it all, you’ll see that I’m damning the fact that metal is taking up too much room at the moment and the scene is suffering because of the saturation. Metal may be popular, and I love it, but there’s little room for other bands to build up fanbases because of the stronghold metal currently has. Fuzzball in the comments section hit it right on the head. Things come, things go and things come back again. Eventually metal will lose popularity and other bands will step up, then something else will become popular and dominate the scene, then that will lose popularity, more bands come along, etcetera, etcetera.

It was not intended to be doom and gloom. I was just stating my opinion.

In a personal note, who the hell have I pissed off and how have I done it? Last summer, my phone was ringing off the hook with people asking me to come and chill, go to the beach, go to a party, just hang out. This summer, two people have called me. I phone people, people are “busy”, then half hour later I see them with a bunch of other friends walking around town. So not only do people obviously not want to be with me, but they’re also willing to blatantly bullshit me just so they don’t have to be with me. Come the fuck on.

Also, Tom and Cauley, if you want to know how I’m doing, why don’t you try asking me instead of asking Bill.

If you personally know me, leave a comment and tell my how I’ve pissed seemingly everyone off. If you don’t know me, feel free to leave a comment about this entry in general. What are your thoughts?