about

i'm collin
hello to all of you who need advice (or perhaps would just like to say hi).

(that's where you say "hi collin!" but you don't have to because it might scare the people around you)

i'm a musician. i play bass, violin, mandolin, keyboards, guitars, drums, harmonica, xylophone, and just about everything else. i also sing lead for my band, the dirty fries, in st. louis, missouri.


my advice may be blunt sometimes, but you all will have to deal with it. i speak the truth, and the truth isn't always pretty.


i'll answer anything, too. as long as it's not something really idiotic like "OMG what color shirt should i wear tonight?!" because i don't answer that kind of crap. i'm a strong believer in there being no stupid questions, but honestly, those are not the sort of questions that should be posted on this website. plain and simple.


ask away
-collin



p.s. - anyone wondering where the numbers/letters in my username come from: they're the model number of my acoustic bass guitar.

advice

I am a very gentle person, but not when I'm with my family...they tend to get the worst of me. Sometimes they'll do things that are obnoxious and rude. I have tried to hold my tongue, but it is so hard. Why am I trying to correct their behavior...How can I stop? I love them too much to keep putting them down!

my family sees the worst of me, too.

it's funny, because all my friends think i'm a really good guy (for the most part) and think i'm pretty like-able. however, my parents and siblings don't understand how that works, because in their eyes i'm an asshole.


lately i've just made sure to avoid saying mean things to them, particularly my little sister. i just think that i don't have much time left in the house, and i want to make the best of the time i spend with them. if that means that i have to deal with things that i don't really want to deal with, then i just ignore that feeling.

you just need to be able to love them. loving is hard sometimes, but it's always worth it in the end.



-collin

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(Rating: 5) beautiful. thanks.
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