Dino......................sorry to you.......... for using your name............you use mine, and I had no idea it was ok for you to drop my name, but it's a sin to joke with you, and use yours.
Danni........dude again I will apologize for being a snappish asshole to you on fb. I'm saying it publicly this time.
Rick.............. I apologize for having hard feelings against you in the past....... I realize now that a lot of that is on Dino, and not you. I hope we can start over, cause underneath it I think your cool dude, and you have more insight into the music buisness than many of these people do. I respect you for the fact you DO understand the industry, and seem to understand it a little better than even Dino.
@ Danni, and RIck, I'm out here being honest, I wil say right now that my anger in the past had to do with shit Dino started. And you guys are guilty of going along with him, but I promise as of today, that old bullshit with is over with you to. I DO hope you two can respect the fact, that I may not be perfect. And my first visits here were not kind, but the last few visits here I have also tried to mend fences. Me and danni got off on the wrong page. I'm not this person people make me out to be on the internet. When I do wrong I am man enough to apologize for it. I came here to talk to Dino, in which the world see hows that's going, and danni, and with Danni upon coming here the first thing I see is him saying "fuck him" in a thread. It set me off, and I reacted to it. But you know many people have told me, that people feel the way they do because of Dino. So now it's hard for me to be mad at RIck, or Danni. When here it is I have tried to get along with Dino, and thought we were ok. And in "my experience" with him thing are mellow, then things happen like today. I used to think he had a sense of humor. Me, and him used to laugh about stuff. But he's showing to me that is over, that I'm just some person who he feels is disposable, or apparently its good to have around. He used to do silly things to me on the board, and he'd apologize, and EVERY Time I'd forgive him. For 3 years I did not hold a grudge against him, I just did not speak with him at all. I feel that was a polite thing to do. Most people when they get pissed at someone "like people here" go onto the internet, and take their personal problem there, and cuss people online in a world where the laundry doesn't belong. That's how Dino does me. He is as nice as he can be, but I feel like anytime I try to get along with him, about 50 feet into it, it's like being in the lions den. Can some of you members not see why I don't hang in VV land? Not even being rude in asking that.
I take you new members to be very heart warmed people, your not sour, or evil, or dark souls, many of YOU have a sense of humor. I AM part of the VV history whether people here like to acknowlege it or not. And I am NOT Vinnie's public defender but there are lines that get fucking crossed, and I feel he doesn't get some respect as a human. It's one thing when fans post stories about his past, whether they are bad or good, and people talk about his career, gear, guitar playing. But I have seen so many times where things get brought up over the years that Vinnie, and EVERY human being on Earth deserve some privacy for. He IS a public figure, but does he NOT deserve some of the respect that People here get in their everyday life???????
Example: does Vinnie report how many packages come to your houses, does he run online and tell the world when your monthly playboy magazine shows up down to the day, and time. Does Vinnie drive by your houses, and see what's going on in your yard, who is visiting at your house, who is there, what their affiliation to you. I dont give a fuck what country people are from. People deserve some form of privacy in their "personal" life. I feel that if anyone here had their privacy invaded as Vinnie has over the years people would NOT put up with it. And don't get the script flipped and say" im telling you what to say on this forum" I sure as hell am not, Repeat: its one thing if people talk about his career, music, creative things, some parts of his life "in his musical careers, you get the idea right?
To all of you Im NOT a difficult person at all, people here have painted my persona black. I have never even been arrested in my life, I don't get in trouble, the only time I ever do anything to anyone or get defensive is when just like every other human, when someone messes with them they get defensive, I'm no different than every other human. ANd I will say publicly I have no problem with anyone. But I don't hide behind a curtain. I'm out here on the field in the wide open cause I got the balls to say what I think!
Vic My apologies to you if I have caused drama, my intentions were not to come here and any of my visits be negative. I was also only joking about the weed stuff, and apologize if I upset the members with that. I am not here to show any disrespect to the forum or it's members. And I'm also trying to get along with everyone else, and it's just not working. I apologized to danni last night after my post on this thread, and this morning I apologized to rick for having anger to him in the past. I don't expect them to accept my apology, but at least I tried. I did come here defensive from day 1, but I'd not been here in 3 years, and last time I was here there was a lot of anger (not towards me). I've not glimpsed this board until the other day. I really wanted to come here and at least try to apologize to danni, rick, and try to work things back out with dino.
And I'm still game for it, but today is my last valiant effort to mend things, and I promise if I can't I politely will not come to the forum. I feel like my being here has upset the balance, and I want the fans to have fun without feeling they are being disturbed by an "outsider." Peace man thank you for giving a chance to come back on the board.