For me, being a Fan of something means that you wish whatever it is the best of everything and always want them to do well. It means that you go through the good times and bad times with them. It means knowing their faults and being able to love them despite of and because of them.
Now, being a Meat fan - or Fanatic, as the case may be, for me, is an intensely personal thing. Meat has provided the music to the soundtrack of my life. His music got me through very tough teenage years, it was playing when i gave birth to my children and it has always been there seeing me through the good and bad. No matter what mood i'm in, i know i can always find a Meat song to suit. It's just an integral part of who i am.
As for the man himself - well, he was my first crush, and i idolised him. I guess i still do. Knowing what he has been through in his life and still come out on top is an inspiration to me - it gives me hope that we can all rise above our problems and still succeed in whatever we do.
Being a Meat fan has enriched my life a great deal - i know i wouldn't be the person i am today without his influence in my life, i'm definately a better person because of it - and without him i wouldn't have come to know a lot of wonderful people that i have come to reguard as friends.
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