OK...I'M AN JERK

i've been getting a lot of shit in the last several days, personally and in print, regarding my characterization of some women at a bobby sherman concert in 1998...

i'm not retracting my comments--i will, instead, elaborate on my original observation for further clarification that i am not the anti-christ...'K?

(and, i will not print a picture of the women mentioned in my friend dan's column--go talk to him about it--)

these women i wrote of didn't need to lose 20, 30 or even 50 pounds, these were morbidly obese women who were pushing 400 pounds at least and it depressed me -- here were my peers, these 40-year-old women, and here they had let themselves fall into such a state of disrepair it was astonishing...and embarrassing to me for some reason -- i don't know where it comes from, but inherently, morbid obesity makes me angry...

trying desperately not to judge for a moment, i looked at these women with an overwhelming sense of melancholy as they clung to that chain-link fence screaming out for their idols...

for that wisp of time i imagined all of us there that evening as the 13-year-olds we had been: naive, vibrant, hopeful...

i got sad and mad and i dared to say said it out loud--

dissect it. analyze it. do what you will...i'm sure it's my problem not theirs -- they were at the concert just trying to have fun

most days i'm fairly compassionate and empathetic--however, i do have a terrible mean streak as the result of being mentally tortured by a very cruel father for, oh, 30 years or so-- (you gotta think fast and mean when you're a 4' tall kid facing down a 6' + man) -- i am not using that as an excuse, it's a fact and i've been working on modifying the bitch within for several years now...

to wit:

I AM SORRY IF I HURT ANY ONE'S FEELINGS--
(but getting on a treadmill and putting down the cinnabons isn't a bad idea either~)                                          

i don't think peter noone likes me...

hey...i didn't know anyone even read this blog--

this was his response to my 'bobby sherman' post yesterday--
as you can see he gave me permission to print his letter in his letter, so, here goes:

Subject:
I was there
Date:
4/3/2008 2:01:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From:
peter@peternoone.com
Reply To:
To:
missniki101@aol.com


And i didn't see any balding ladies just beautiful girls having fun.you eveninvented a fence? Chain-link and a roadie who invited you out?I don't like your blog because it is so hurtful to others

Perhaps a look at who you are on the inside will help you find some peace inyour shitty little world of hate and mean-spiritedness.

Bobby sherman was, is and doesn't care for your sad little career . He likeshimself

Try picking on someone your own size

I see you did 2 gigs in 2007 so we all have something to be thankful for?Stay home and leave us nice people out of your pathetic blogs. The mention of my name drew my attention and my ire I am done with you now. Disappear again.

Ps print this for all your loser fans

--Peter Noone
Herman
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