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Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Ye need to convince yeself FIRSTLY, before ye can have a chance at convincing them; it's how it works. Else they won't believe you.
For every one criticism, ye need to give yeself at least TWICE the number of praise.
I cannoy say this enuf, that it all must start within yeself.

As the song goes 'Accentuate the positive, Eliminate the negative, Latch on to the affirmative, Don't mess with Mister In-Between'.

Looks I'll huv tae huv a hard think aboot this. It's going to be kinda difficult with the praise, like. Never been used to that, being told it or telling myself. :sad: Ah know... low self-esteem can be a right b@$#@%* most of the time. :kickingmyself:
 

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Don't really feel like I'm living, I've just observing life from the sidelines to be honest. An outsider always lookin' in. Ah just feel so detached from my surroundings, like I don't belong anywhere. :idontknow:

Ah wish my life had turned out better. :sad: Nothing ever seems to pan out well for me. My mum's constantly insisting upon keeping me sheltered, discouraging from the possibility of being independent. Probably why my anxiety, depression and general ability to function are so bad. Aside from the mobility and learning issues that came from my cerebral palsy.

And my family wonders why I feel so ill at ease socially. So weird n' awkward. It's because like the whole religion thing, everything's forced upon me. And I'm just expected to be on the same level as everyone else intellectually, but I'm really not. It might seem otherwise, but I'm really not as bright as my family like to claim. Being the youngest, I was just expected to know, without having to be told when it came to imparting knowledge. Not the best parenting method, but it did make realise I could only rely upon myself.

F**k knows, how I'll cope when my mum's gone. Since I've only had few chances to see how I cope on my own. The hospital stay, my mum's occassional visits to Ireland to see my older sister. Other than, it's no great. Very controlled, restrictive, and miserable. I'm never allowed to do anything without first making sure my mum approves. Whit kinda life's that, eh? F**kin' shite! :sad:

But then, my mum doesnae want me to leave the nest. And I'm only one who hasn't got a place of my own. Since, everytime it's mentioned, reason after reason is given as to why I'd be able never cope. Never been give a proper chance, but that's besides the point. Though, my oldest sister seems to be more optimistic about my ability to survive on my own. Which isn't really saying much, like.

Stop selling myself short, huh? Well, I might if my mum stopped place so much doubt upon what I can and can't do because of my disability.

My mum still refuses to even talk about what'll happen to me when she's gone. Since she never bothered her arse to prepare for that day. And she's well into her twight year, now. My sisters will be awrite. Me, on the other hand - things are lookin' bleak, as far as the future goes. :sad:

I do know one thing, they'd be better without me around. Don't mean that in a suicidal way. I just mean in the sense of having to care for me all the time.
 
Don't really feel like I'm living, I've just observing life from the sidelines to be honest. An outsider always lookin' in. Ah just feel so detached from my surroundings, like I don't belong anywhere. :idontknow:
Same here. I'm hiding in the trees, peeking in. What about at home, ye fit in there? In bedroom?

Ah wish my life had turned out better. :sad: Nothing ever seems to pan out well for me.
Same here.

F**k knows, how I'll cope when my mum's gone. Since I've only had few chances to see how I cope on my own ... My mum still refuses to even talk about what'll happen to me when she's gone. Since she never bothered her arse to prepare for that day. And she's well into her twight year, now. My sisters will be awrite. Me, on the other hand - things are lookin' bleak, as far as the future goes. :sad:
Well, you'll just have ta cross that bridge when ye get to it, eh?. You'll adapt, i'm sure; humans are good at adapting.
 
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Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Same here. I'm hiding in the trees, peeking in.

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What about at home, ye fit in there? In bedroom?

At home? Nah! Don't really fit in, still very much the outsider. What with me having more common sense, and knowing better than the rest o' them. Since I'm always told I'm selling myself short, like a dwarf prostitute. That wus'nae great. Just highly offensive. And the fact I don't really, if at all, act on impulse. I'm seen as a bit of a square in that sense.

The bedroom is pretty much the part of the house I feel at ease in. Unless family knock n' enter with the intention of making small-talk. Or just gawking at me in my natural habitat.


Well, you'll just have ta cross that bridge when ye get to it, eh?. You'll adapt, i'm sure; humans are good at adapting.

Aye, that's true. And I've coped alright when she goes over to Ireland. But ah still cannae help feeling that that's a huge failing on my mum's part as a parent? Her refusing to teaching how to live independently. And instead she'd prefer me being overly reliant upon her and the rest o' the family. When, in truth, they need me more than I need them.
 
Since I'm always told I'm selling myself short, like a dwarf prostitute. That wus'nae great. Just highly offensive. And the fact I don't really, if at all, act on impulse. I'm seen as a bit of a square in that sense.

That's not a bad 'un :giggle:
My trouble also, is hardly never acting "on impulse" (unplanned). I'm very risk-averse, which stops me from doing anything new or exciting in life. I don't know if i'll ever overcome that personality habit... :thinking:
 

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
My trouble also, is hardly never acting "on impulse" (unplanned). I'm very risk-averse, which stops me from doing anything new or exciting in life. I don't know if i'll ever overcome that personality habit... :thinking:

I'm the same. Though, my being risk-averse is more to do with what folk'll think of me. Plus, ma mum had a habit of discourage me from taking risk, growing up. Always bringing it back to my disabilty, which has always made me envious o' the disabled folk ye see competing in the Paralymics, y'know? They didnae let their disability define how their lives would be.

Oh, and my mum telt me not to trust anyone except family, which is always the message ye want to give to a crippled c*nt who struggled to make friends growing up, eh? Grand parenting, there. But as ah learnt ah cannae trust family either. :eek:h:
So, I got got the overly protected, coddled parenting which just leaves ye feeling detached. :sad:
 

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
I, I... F**k it! I've had enough. Tired of having to hear excuses everytime my mum does something wrong, or is too lazy to follow through on her word. Like how many times d'ye need to say: "Ah didnae know..." whenever yer taken to task over something? Like are feminists ego so f**kin' massive that the very notion of personal responsibility is a foreign concept? :kickingmyself:

Just lie, and say I never told ye something, when I clearly did. But she never listens to me. Nut! Doesnae bother. Like this morning, first things she says upon waking me up:
"Oh, ah wish ah could run away"In that self-pitying tone of voice.
As if she looking for this statement to validated. Ah felt like tell her to "Go. F**k off, then" instead of bemoaning how shite the south of Scotland is. But I didn't, I just said:
"Och! Stop complaining" To which she responded by saying that she wasn't complaining, then laughed at herself. :eek:h:​

Which I mean, I glad she cun see the funny side, because I'm honestly getting tired of her complaints about how she's hates her life n' nothing ever go right. As if ma life's gan tae plan here, eh? She'll list off this to-do list of things she can't be bothered following up on. Bangs on about how she can't lose weight, while stuffing her face with fizzy drinks, store-bought ready meals. And is always layed out on the living couch whenever I see her. But oh, she up and about whenever my older sister pays a weeks visits. Yet, I'm "obsessed" with keeping in shape, because ah lift dumbell weights and have a pedal-exerciser in ma room? Eh?! :confused:

The contradictions are bloody endless, and I'd dare not even mention them to her. Otherwise, I'm the bad guy.
Since the last thing my mum likes to do is having to justify her actions - just let her have her way and be happy. :idontknow:
 
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Hot_Tamale

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Why is boredom so f**kin' boring? :thinking: :kickingmyself:
If boring wasn't boring then everything would be exciting and fun. If everything is exciting then it loses its specialness and nothing becomes exciting, then everything goes back to being boring :thinking: :thinking:
 

Graeme1988

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If boring wasn't boring then everything would be exciting and fun. If everything is exciting then it loses its specialness and nothing becomes exciting, then everything goes back to being boring :thinking: :thinking:

Aye, that's true enough. Though, ma life seems devoid of any fun or excitement lately. Not saying that in self-pitying way, just a fact.
 

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Just realised I've been teetotal since Christmas 2015, hud nae drink since. Not a drop.
But ah'll change that soon, order masel' some more wine. :giggle: :brindis:

Also, I'll be getting my eyes tested soon. I really need glasses. :eek:mg:
Aye, old age is finally catching up to me. :bigsmile:
 
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Graeme1988

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:eek: That's a helluva guitar, amp and effects pedal collection Josh has amassed, there. Nearly every known guitar brand, beside Jackson. Be worth a bit, though. Mind you, those Boss effects pedals aren't selling cheap, speaking from my own experience just trying a buy 3 of them. I've also got a Fender Jazzmaster as well. £600 pound it cost, back in the early 2000s. Don't you'd be paying that much for one now, like. :thinking:
 

Graeme1988

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Okay... WOW!! Does anyone know how to get the most recent comment to appear on a YouTube video? Because I just got a reply comment on a video for one of my favourite bands... and I can't find it to respond.

Basically, someone has left a comment on a Biffy Clyro live video which I commented on 6 years ago now.

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And the person is asking me if I'd like to collaborate musicially via this website,:
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I'll attach their comment to this post. Kinda unsure about whether I should do this or not.
Also, I don't currently own a webcam.

Remember this post from about September/October last year? Well, ah just checking through ma personal emails from the last couple days, and I see another buddy was to collaborate with me via Bandhub. :thinking:
 

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Though, the Bandhub invite message was almost identical to this one I got a few months ago. So it might be the same buddy? :question:

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As I said a few months ago, ah wouldnae be totally against it. Especially now that my mini home recording studio setup is coming together, except for a couple guitar related items and a decent quality webcam.
 
I must check out Biffy Clyro some time. That Josh Homme guy i gave you a link to, well he's done some work with them. And being scottish also, they have piqued my interest. I've heard about them for probably a few years, but just never listened to, as i don't often don't like listening to new bands, for some reason .. nor new albums .. takes time for me to "get to know/like" them i guess.
 

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
I must check out Biffy Clyro some time. That Josh Homme guy i gave you a link to, well he's done some work with them.

Aye, he did.
This is the Biffy Clyro song he contributed to:​
Biffy Clyro - Bubbles
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions DVD Teaser Trailer #2
^ That's him at the start of this clip asking for his money. :giggle:

And being scottish also, they have piqued my interest. I've heard about them for probably a few years, but just never listened to, as i don't often don't like listening to new bands, for some reason .. nor new albums .. takes time for me to "get to know/like" them i guess.

Well, don't be put off by them being a fairly new band. Or, at least, don't hold that against them. They're well worth taking the time to getting intae. Ah didnae even know they were Scottish when I first heard them, man. Though, ah'll just say this, these albums are yer best starting point:

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And they're pure mental, man! Particularly Infinity Land. Simple yet angular guitar riffs, cryptic lyrics, odd time-signatures. The odd screamed vocal here n' there. And there's few melodic, slower ballad type songs in their repertoire.

In fact, here's a video of them playing live, which isn't too far removed from how they sound like on studio albums, let me know what ye think?

Biffy Clyro - Reading Festival 2005
 
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