Fan mail

[illusionofjoy]

From : "A freind" <youarelame@hotmail.com>

To : <seth_warren@hotmail.com>

Subject : TSWP

Date : Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:09:21 -0500

Dear Warren

After scouring your journal entries, your personal, pitiful attempt to meet girls on some meat market internet dating scam, after looking at the pictures of yourself or more accurately how you would like to think the world views you and after meeting you face to face I have added all of these clues together to make the same conclusion that everyone around you has made and will continue to make until you your self grasp the concept; you are just like every one else.

You are squeezing yourself into a narrow predefined subculture that was stagnant long before you ever tried on your mamma's eyeliner. you just want to stand out and be noticed so badly that you have sold out your originality. Go home today, take a deep breath, close your eyes and stop pretending to be who you obviously are not. Try to ignore the urge you have welling inside you as you read this to take this essay as attention. I noted that you are the possessor of much of the arrogance that you say you so despise. This stems from posting glamour pictures of yourself onto the internet, this kind of self-promotion does not fit the gloomy stereo-type you are attempting to fit.

You must ask yourself as you stand in front of a flash bulb posing for friend or family; Am i posing? i hate that. i hate myself.

here is the self-defeating logic that you are tripping and stumbling over, you are trying to be happy(or content or whatever) being some thing that you hate. Aviod Cliche's and struggle to become original. This may mean discarding the urge to pose for camera's as they flash, to commit your self image to film and then as you admire the photos later you imagine yourself to be trent Reznor or Bowie or what ever other entertainer you prefer. even Ace freley had to put the costume down sometime. You are trying to wear the costume every day of every week and not even the people you admire do that. stop being so hard on your self and just move on. Goth is dead and the scene is just dry humping its corpse.(although those gothic babes deserve a little more dry humping than the rest.)

Please do not be offended by my words. I am only trying to answer so obvious and pitiful a plea for help.

Sincerely
"ANTICITIZEN"

A guy you've met before face to face, mere inches away although a momentary meeting, I saw this cry for help and felt obligated to reach out, I live minutes away from the Potsdam campus. Hope to see you around. Cheer up you gloomy Gus

Then again, I could just find satisfaction in doing whatever I feel like with no regard to what anonymous wankers on the internet may think. Is it just me, or did anyone else expect that last sentence to end with, "have an Irn Bru?"

Comments

From Justin

[(Anonymous)]

Is it me, or does anybody else find that e-mail to Seth utterly pathetic?

Newsflash....pointing out what an individual perceives to be short comings isn't exactly the most effect method to instill a sense of friendly help.

Sounds more like a strand of ridicule than anything else.
My advice? Two bits...a) let an individual live their life the way they feel is fit for them....even if you perceive it to be nothing more than a large element of hypocracy.
b) This person only met seth in person for a brief moment. They might have a strong sense of perception towards humanity, but bottom line, their judgement is based (weakly I might add) upon text that is easily open to more than just interpretation of the truth. Speak to Seth to gain the truth on what he's trying to convey before opening your mouth.

[blackdaisies.livejournal.com]

I find letters like this extremely amusing. Like they actually think they know what you're about and have insight into something you may not. The presumptuousness of some people ... funny, ha ha.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[masochistmonkey.livejournal.com]

was that guy serious????? hehe... what the fuck does he care what you wear? OOOH OOH!! i wanna send him an extremely similar email about his khakis/blue jeans.. can i? can i???????

--------joe-->

The stupidity and subsequent oxymoronic self-righteousness of people will never cease to amaze me. Let the circus continue.

Re: HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[masochistmonkey.livejournal.com]

and another thing.. seth is not "just like everyone else" .. he's a fuckin freak, i've come to that conclusion several times.. he even scares me sometimes *hides* :) luv ya seth! *hides again*

douche bag

[(Anonymous)]

Whoa!!! That was just..........whoa

[(Anonymous)]

Bloody hell Seth - you've got assholes at your college too! I'm surprised they've got time to send emails - shouldn't they be off getting treatment for their jock itch or something?

Edna - http://evil-edna.diaryland.com

*Snickers*

[dolya.livejournal.com]

Lovely of him, truly. I suppose he makes a hobby of things like this?

"Tried on your mamma's eyeliner"? He clearly doesn't read very often, nor has he been introduced to the Shift key. How can he seriously expect to piss you off properly if he can't even capitalise his letters correctly? Tsk, tsk.

[(Anonymous)]

based on seth's current location, i hardly think him dressing however he might like would garner him much admiration or respect. seth does exactly what he wants to, and having known him for awhile, i would feel quite comfortable in saying he doesn't give a fuck what you think. seth is both modivated and independent. he busts his pale ass to do what he wants, and he could very easily dress differently (yeah, J crew/LL bean/north face) and smoke pot all day and fit right in with everyone else in the hive that is SUNY Potsdam.
hiding behind a hotmail account and trying to come off like you're "trying to help" and "don't mean to offend", makes you what? a helpful pussy?
seth is doing HIS thing (which he's been doing for years) and frankly i agree with your call on the goth scene, but again i don't take the time to sift through it enough to make a real judgement. it isn't my "scene" to judge nor is any scene any one person's do do anything with.
stop being threatened by seth, you obviously spent time composing your email and no doubt ran your mouth off to your hip little friends about seth and how you felt this need to "reach out and give him a wake up call". i am quite sure he's done nothing to you, and you should be quite ashamed of basically trying to bully him and act like you're trying to help. who raised you like this?
keep your mouth shut about my Bros
-claude