Randy Blythe
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I mean that I'm a great catastrophizer. That means that I start with something relatively minute, maybe that has gone wrong, or more likely that I have screwed up, and my mind immediately kicks off like an English soccer riot and draws an entirely logical sequence of events that ends in the worst possible outcome.
I mean that I'm a great catastrophizer. That means that I start with something relatively minute, maybe that has gone wrong, or more likely that I have screwed up, and my mind immediately kicks off like an English soccer riot and draws an entirely logical sequence of events that ends in the worst possible outcome.
Everything, my friend. I'm from the 1970s, a child of the Cold War. And the worst logical outcome is global thermonuclear warfare.
Everything, my friend. I'm from the 1970s, a child of the Cold War. And the worst logical outcome is global thermonuclear warfare.
Everything, my friend. I'm from the 1970s, a child of the Cold War. And the worst logical outcome is global thermonuclear warfare.
So I forget to stop by the grocery store to get yogurt for my girlfriend, like I promised. And the next thing you know. Putin's invading Ukraine. The sky is on fire and everything's dead but cockroaches and Keith Richards, right, bro? So this happens all the time. I need some adult guidance and should not go wandering around up in my head without some adult guidance.
So I forget to stop by the grocery store to get yogurt for my girlfriend, like I promised. And the next thing you know. Putin's invading Ukraine. The sky is on fire and everything's dead but cockroaches and Keith Richards, right, bro? So this happens all the time. I need some adult guidance and should not go wandering around up in my head without some adult guidance.
So I forget to stop by the grocery store to get yogurt for my girlfriend, like I promised. And the next thing you know. Putin's invading Ukraine. The sky is on fire and everything's dead but cockroaches and Keith Richards, right, bro? So this happens all the time. I need some adult guidance and should not go wandering around up in my head without some adult guidance.
So that's why I do things like... read philosophy and talk to people who have more experience. I used, when I was younger, try to figure everything out myself. Why am I so upset with the world? Why are people jerks? Why can't they put the grocery cart back in the car corral? It's 10 feet away. And I'd get so mad that I'd have to change my perspective.
So that's why I do things like... read philosophy and talk to people who have more experience. I used, when I was younger, try to figure everything out myself. Why am I so upset with the world? Why are people jerks? Why can't they put the grocery cart back in the car corral? It's 10 feet away. And I'd get so mad that I'd have to change my perspective.
So that's why I do things like... read philosophy and talk to people who have more experience. I used, when I was younger, try to figure everything out myself. Why am I so upset with the world? Why are people jerks? Why can't they put the grocery cart back in the car corral? It's 10 feet away. And I'd get so mad that I'd have to change my perspective.
And the best way I found to do that would be drink. And then you're just possessed by impotent anger. It's okay to be anger about some things. But if you're not doing anything with that or it's not inspiring any sort of action whatsoever, then you're just sitting there mad. And nobody likes the mad guy. He doesn't get invited to parties. Were you an angry kid? After a certain point, yes.
And the best way I found to do that would be drink. And then you're just possessed by impotent anger. It's okay to be anger about some things. But if you're not doing anything with that or it's not inspiring any sort of action whatsoever, then you're just sitting there mad. And nobody likes the mad guy. He doesn't get invited to parties. Were you an angry kid? After a certain point, yes.
And the best way I found to do that would be drink. And then you're just possessed by impotent anger. It's okay to be anger about some things. But if you're not doing anything with that or it's not inspiring any sort of action whatsoever, then you're just sitting there mad. And nobody likes the mad guy. He doesn't get invited to parties. Were you an angry kid? After a certain point, yes.
Did something start that? Yeah, absolutely. I don't come from money. I didn't grow up in a dirt shack with no electricity or anything. My dad and mom,
Did something start that? Yeah, absolutely. I don't come from money. I didn't grow up in a dirt shack with no electricity or anything. My dad and mom,
Did something start that? Yeah, absolutely. I don't come from money. I didn't grow up in a dirt shack with no electricity or anything. My dad and mom,
lower middle class and upper lower class lower middle somewhere there somewhere in there and when they split up when I was in like the end of third grade my father and my brothers and I moved to Virginia from North Carolina my mom stayed in North Carolina to go to college Shout out, Mom. I love you. Good for her.
lower middle class and upper lower class lower middle somewhere there somewhere in there and when they split up when I was in like the end of third grade my father and my brothers and I moved to Virginia from North Carolina my mom stayed in North Carolina to go to college Shout out, Mom. I love you. Good for her.
lower middle class and upper lower class lower middle somewhere there somewhere in there and when they split up when I was in like the end of third grade my father and my brothers and I moved to Virginia from North Carolina my mom stayed in North Carolina to go to college Shout out, Mom. I love you. Good for her.