Loudoom

About me:

I created this little den of hedonism to showcase my audio drug of choice and the artists who push it. I'm sure it's no surprise, especially for those who really know me, that my tastes would gravitate toward the power and aggression of the Metal genre. For me, the music is therapeutic, a means to quell the rage and aggravation of day-to-day life, and I know from my experiences with others that I am not alone. The artists before you are but a sampling of the catalog I possess and they were chosen because they embody the essence of what this site represents. Come see what fuels my inner fire....



Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward. Maybe they have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels? We make tools for these kinds of people. While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
~ Jack Kerouac, as quoted in an Apple Computer ad.





There are moments in your life that make you and sets the course of who you're going to be. Sometimes they're little, subtle moments. Sometimes, they're big moments you never saw comming. No one asks for their life to change, but it does. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

"At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. AND HAPPILY EVER AFTER IS NOT AS IMPORTANT, JUST THAT IT'S HAPPY RIGHT NOW. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you, and once in a while people may even take your breath away..."
~ Meredith Grey

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it's all between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

A Quote From The Book:
Do It Anyway: The Handbook for Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happiness in a Crazy World.
Author: Kent Keith

According to the author, Mother Teresa was so moved by these commandments that she hung them on a wall in her orphanage in Calcutta.