...Actually, all I'd really have to do here is post that horrible new video of his (the song is something about...the end of the world... or something.) I really just don't even want to look at it again though.

I don't really care that much that he's no longer cool, but I care a tiny bit more than I would otherwise because I used to be a super ultra mega Manson fan, and being let down by someone you were super into is rather unfortunate. Although in the case of Manson, it's not unexpected I guess.

I think his message is entirely spent. I liked him (and still like some of his older stuff) because it was such a fuck you to a lot of the elements of society that I personally have felt alienated by. And when you're an angsty gothic 15-year-old, it feels pretty good to have someone on your side.

Even if he were still making music that was really geared toward making a statement about the world (as opposed to wangsting about his personal life in entirely uninteresting and unoriginal ways) those messages, now, are everywhere, and no longer as shocking to people. Thus his appeal kind of goes down the shitter.

He is not a good musician, nor is he someone I want to watch for six minutes while he stares through pounds of makeup at a camera, singing about how bad his relationships are and his drug-related issues and how being a big rock star sucks cry cry cry. I'm sure he's got problems, but who the fuck cares? If he's not actively being a pain in the ass of the people I don't/didn't like and it's not ten years ago, then he's not doing what he does best and therefore needs to gtfo my screen before I punch him in the contact lens.

Apparently I'm on an Evan Rachel Wood kick this weekend. I stayed over at my friend's house on Friday night and we watched Thirteen, and last night I watched Pretty Persuasion. Both are rather messed up films. I can see why Marilyn Manson is into this chick.

I have more to say, but it's stupid and I don't want to have to look at it every time I pull up LJ.


( So it's behind here. )

I was randomly inspired to make some new LJ icons recently, and in doing so I realized that all my old icons that were any good are either not on the web anymore, or have fugly watermarks all over them. (Why yes, I DID become a Lyoko FREAK over a particular fandom-phase in my life... *cringes*)

Anyway, here's everything I've ever done that I felt was worth resurrecting - completely free of any sort of watermarks or whatever and blah blah blah.

There is also some new stuff. :)

The rules are the same, as always; comment, credit, don't hotlink. But I'm not going to be a nazi about it this time around because I know how awesome you all are. And if you're secretly not... well, I guess that's your problem.

So.

[4] Ah! My Goddess
[80] Code Lyoko (Some are newish.)
[4] Fight Club (new)
[7] Fruits Basket
[2] Garbage (new)
[10] Lone Gunmen (some are new)
[1] Madonna
[20] Marilyn Manson/Twiggy Ramirez (new)
[1] Mars
[4] Nine Inch Nails (new)
[4] Paradise Kiss (new)
[1] X-Day
[4] X-Files

( Click if you dare... )

My friend's friend sent me a new Marilyn Manson poster to add to my collection (long story) and now my room is totally Manson'd out and I am very happy about that.

I feel like this year I've actually begun to see the world a little differently. It's not a huge change, but it seems like things that didn't make sense last year are clearer now ... or I'm accepting the way I feel about some things in my life and learning to deal with them better. Something like that, anyway. Regardless, even though it's not a WHOLE lot, I've been feeling a little bit better inside my skin lately and I like it.

Of course, maybe this has nothing to do with some kind of weird magic thing that comes with the new year. Maybe it's just that I discovered Lords of Acid and have, once again, found something INCREDIBLY stupid to giggle at instead of sitting in the corner whining about my pathetic home life.

You can't keep a goth kid with a fakely-spelled pretentious sort of name like Erynn down for long, apparently. :P

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DOWNLOAD THIS RIGHT NOW:

...or you'll DIE!!!

Jesus. You think you've collected someone's entire discography, and then you go and find something like this... xD

But seriously... best find *evarr.*

Every once in a while, this thing happens to me where I'll be listening to a song/artist/whatever and all of a sudden I'll realize, with this intense sort of clarity, how awesome it is/they are. That's how I first really got into Marilyn Manson, forever ago.

But today it happened with Nine Inch Nails. I mean, I've really liked Nine Inch Nails for a long time now, but not as much as other things. I think that just changed though. I can't explain it...

And The Downward Spiral in particular really gets to me. More than their other stuff. I think it's pretty much been said before (in the 13+ years of its existance...) how much that album kicks ass, but I'm going to say it again. Because it does.

*_*

Being around people all the time who are suddenly obsessed with dieting isn't awesome. And the fact that all we have is Weight Watchers food isn't awesome. And where's my goddamn waffle sundae.





[/Foamy joke that no one likes anymore]



Edit: Oh my god, Marilyn Manson concert in December. I reeeaaally wanna go. T_T