Hi.

Welcome to Permanent on Most Surfaces. This is a replacement to the old intro. My, was I bitter then. It's been several months since I typed that intro. At the time, I had no computer, no positive outlook, no future prospects or hopes for college, and a plethora of suppressed rage. I remember where I was when I typed that. I was in Simon's bedroom. It was a really warm summer afternoon. We had just graduated, and Simon wanted me to have a column on his new web site. I agreed merely because I enjoyed writing. It was the perfect opportunity to express my true feelings about life in general, with no cause for fear - as those reading it would possibly be thousands of miles away. All of us had reason to be apprehensive about writing, at least in the past. My friends and I were responsible for two illegal zines that were freely distributed throughout our high school. Of course, suspensions abounded. But since we were free from the chains of high school, we could grab the blue ribbon, and blow off all we wanted.

And here I am. Sitting at my computer, coming up with a new introduction for my new and hopefully improved column. My section of this web site will contain links to other sites, poetry, and rants. Occasionally, I'll throw in a music review, but punk music isn't my first choice, so maybe my ideas about music won't make much sense. As far as what I hope to accomplish - nothing, really. Pretty much, I just want to be able to vent - I want to find out if other people hold the same opinions on certain topics, or just understand where I'm coming from.

During my time here, I want to vent about issues that I am either personally stressed with, or just don't like. There are a lot of things that piss me off, but I will try to approach those things in a better fashion than I have in the past. In the nineteen years that I've lived, I have found that life is wasted if you spend it bitter and angry. I guess that I experienced those feelings in a big way throughout high school, but as I enter the second semester of my college career, I love life a lot more. I really have no reason to be bitter. I have a lot of great friends, o.k. classes, an easy job, and a zest for things that never mattered before. Wow, as I read what I have just composed, I can't believe how much this differs from my last intro. It's amazing how a few months can change your life so dramatically. Anyway, I hope that you find that reading my stuff is worth your time. Enjoy it.

Brian Frain

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