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It seems that i have been going wrong in my chosen career all these years - the path of ROCK, it appears, is not for me, and I should instead be concentrating on a life as an INTERNATIONAL FASHION MODEL.

I say this based purely on the evidence of SALES this weekend, for LO! there have been a few. When the Gay Train video went online last week I hoped it'd encourage a few people to buy a copy of WE VALIDATE!, and indeed a few people did take the plunge and do just that. However, much to my surprise FAR FAR MORE people decided to buy a Hey Hey 16K t-shirt instead. COOL!

It's been lovely to see so many people coming to visit from so many different places I must say, although a couple have been a little UNUSUAL. I've got SERVER STATS that show me where people have linked to the video, with one of the must used being from the links board of what appears to be a PORNOGRAPHY DISCUSSION forum. The first few posters on this were somewhat unpleasant, slagging off the video claiming it made them "puke". One particularly virulent person said he was STILL vomitting, and would like to beat me up - obviously some issues there with physical contact, one might guess. I thought this was all a bit depressing and unpleasant and a Sad Example Of Online Culture until later in the day when I looked back and found a NUMBER of people saying EITHER a) not to be so stupid or b) that they personally LIKED it, which made me feel rather PROUD. OK, it's still people using a sticky keyboard to post opinions on a Masturbation Webpage, but STILL - even there, there are people who won't let aggression and idiocy go unchallenged.

My only worry is that several people in various online places seem to have Misread The Situation and taken the song to mean that i am In The Gays - I don't mind if people think that, my only worry is for the MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT in The Gay Community when they find out i'm not! Surely that will be DEVASTATING?!?

posted 23/10/2006 by MJ Hibbett

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