Hi People,

I just wanna say that all these new members that come into the forum telling people they have sent shit to craig's house etc is fucking lame. No one cares that you know his parents address and im sure craig doesnt give a shit about your card and photo. Cant people just admire someone without going out of their way to scare them.

So fair enough your a fan, but its the fans like you that drive these muscians into a fucking nervous break down.

When craig found oput that he had aspergers syndrome i swear to god 50% of you people claimed you had it to. Its annoying and its starting to piss me off. You guys are seriously ruining the whole music industry.

Its not all you guy, most of you guys i enjoy talking to. But as for the people who brag and shit about "i know craigs address" get a life man. No one here gives a shit


ok ive had my say. Im guessing im gonna get hammered for this one.

Damn i love you! You truly are "the best member"

I love you too haha

I agree with you as well. It is completely wrong for people to send stuff to his private address. What happened to privacy for God's sake.

agreed
fan mail sent through the management gets there just the same...without the creepy stalker vibe

I am definitely not one of those people. I know a lot about Asperger's Syndrome because there is a good chance I actually do have it. I knew about it long before Craig was diagnosed. But Craig has helped me come to terms with it a bit more, which I am truly thankful for.

I agree, it is quite pathetic to want to have a brain disorder just because your favourite rock star has it. It also annoys me when people say, "get well soon Craig" as if he's got the flu or something. And yeah, people should definitely not send stuff to Craig's house, it would creep him out, and he'd probably just ignore it anyway.

^^Don't worry, you have nothing to prove to people....I mean....you know yourself that you aren't trying to be like Craig.



Amen to that! And if it's sent through the management it will likely be read and it doesn't freak people out .

but wasn't it just one girl who sent a card to craig's parent's house? or did more people I hope not.

It's kinda weird to say that we (or I mean members on this board) are ruining the music industry....umm....there are few people on here seem stalkerish. But yeah, of all people I think Craig would be one to be rather upset about people knowing his address.

word. he is mr. paranoid. sometimes it's easy to understand why.

I agree 100%. This is getting weird. I'd be terrified if some random person that I don't know knew my address and started sending me cards. Famous or not.

i bet that person who said they new his address lied cos they can get into a lot of truble

same for me...
It's stupid !

I'd have to say I agree. I mean the joking around that you are an obsessed fan is fine, we all do it and it gets a good laugh. But I get the impression that some people are not kidding and that freaks the hell out of me. This is the exact reason why I've pretty much stopped using the Interpol forum......it's gone way to far and it's just unhealthy. Please don't ruin this forum too.

Feel free to be an idiot and pretend you are crazy.....but please don't actually go nuts.

Psst......I love you guys.....more than Craig.

I agree..but you have to remember..

There truly are some people that might have something going on up there still..



Oh..and I have had some problems before I even knew about The Vines also..but its not like I will lie and say I have AS..I know what I have and its only ADHD...

Yeah, the person sending stuff - or at least saying that they sent stuff - to Craig's parents house is definitely very creepy. If that really happened, I hope Craig wasn't too freaked out by it. Although I know I would've been in his position.
I agree with Maddie, I think it's a bit over dramatic to say that those people are ruining the music business. I think all they're doing is just annoying/creeping out a few fans, not exactly destroying the music industry. But I understand that you're just frustrated with it all. It annoys me too, but every band has a few fans like that - either claiming to know the addresses of band members (or in this case their parent's ) or claiming to have gone through everything the members of the band have so that they can claim that they understand them (although about AS, I'm sure there are people here who have come out and really do have the syndrome, and I am not including them in this).

You've hit the nail on the head, Allie. I believe that was the whole point of posting that topic ... it was meant to be like, I have Craig's address and you don't, HaHa

that's so hilarious....like we would be jealous she was sending stuff to Craig's parents house. i hope to god that someone in his family intercepted it before it got to him, knowing it was someone they didn't know

Allie's Ask Craig:


me: Would you freak out if you got a love letter from somebody you didn't know?
Craig: ommm...no?




So what's a mere birthday card?

I agree!


ANNA!! I haven't seen you in a while. Where you been? -fluffy hug-



And I agree with this topic 100% it's fucking scarey how people can read and watch interveiws and listen to music and think they know someone.

there's so many strong views about this topic and I agree with the lot of them!
It is o.k to have craigs parents address but I don't think it's fair bragging about it.
Infact, I don't think it's fair having the address atall because I don't see why Craig should have parcels and cards getting delivered to his door every few weeks by one fan because he might want left alone and get on with things.
Oh well...This is quite a good debate hehe

Yeah that's correct....I hope no one regularaly sends him stuff

by the way, I scrolled down and got confused for a second cause your avatar made me think you were me

Same! I was reading it and thinking "this doesn't sound like Maddie." .

me too!! I was like "that doesn't sound like me " seriously, as dumb as I sound I did that

isn't it weird how people "sound" a certain way? I mean it's not what she was saying, but how she was saying it

Man. This is completely off-topic but, I remember this one time(at band camp! )we had to mosh in the center of the mall to get four freaking autographs. I got knocked in the head sooo many times. There was this one girl behind me and she kept smacking me in the head because I'm a great mosher and was at the front. So I elbowed her really hard in the stomach and she replied with "If this was 50 Cent I would beat you up for him!!" so of course I respond with "If this was 50 Cent I wouldn't be wasting my time here. "... Stupid but mildly amusing at how pathetic people are.

this is off topic too, but I have to say it

Allie, I wish you never ever change your new avatar!


aaawww...

*melts*

people he is loaded so sending him stuff is like throwing pennies into a goldmine

hahahahaha
who doesn't like free stuff though??

If I were famous and had fans send me cards letters and presents (through fan mail) I'd be delighted.

anyways when it comes to the whole everyone thinking they have AS thing its just normal for people to think that when they hear all the symptoms. If you ever take a psychology class you leave it thinking you have like 100 different mental afflictions. Its just the little hypochondriac in all of us.

*EDIT*
oh and those who really have it yeah, they really have it. But theres no harm in someone saying they THINK they have it or claim to have it when they really believe they do.
No one goes nutso if someone says "I think I have a cold"

anywho most of the people who have made thread on here about them or someone they know having AS its been like a one time thing...they just signed up on the forum to put in their 2 cents about the syndrome after hearign about Craig's diagnosis on the news. Its not like all the normal active members on here suddenly came out with OMG I have that too!

hear hear

who's sending him valuable stuff - i mean, have you actually seen those sweaters lizzy sent?

craig doesn't live like material things mean anything to him anyway...
cars? doesn't drive.
clothes? owns one blue and black striped shirt and bums the rest of his grandparents
precious stones? only ryan's gold promise ring

fan letters/artwork/music you can't put a price on, but i'm betting they mean more to craig than anything sold in a store that comes with a price tag.

Craig is deffinately geniune. A good guy. Simple as that.

here here!! well said





haha i know what you mean, i belong to vampirefreaks and i swear about half of the people claim they are bi-polar

Yeah, I'd be scared to hell to be getting stuff from random people. Very stalkerish.

yeah I'm broke they only got second hand stuff from me

WELL SAID! It's high time someone got this out. Can this pinned? Or put in the rules?

Sure, it's overexaderating, but some people need that to get the point.

Well Said. Craig isn't interested in expensive stuff (such as cars) and money doesn't seem to mean much to him. What would mean a lot to him (I think) is to know that his music has an effect on people and he has fans that truly appeciate it. He's Like Wonky said, that kind of thing you can't put a price on. He's definitely a deep and sentimental person rather than superficial, and it would make him happy to know that he has inspired so many people.

yeah that's right!! isn't it called "medical (grad?) student syndrome" or something of the like? well....I know that is where you try to diagnose people you know and you usually are wrong . AS symptoms do sound liek something easy to relate yourself to, but there is much more to it and it's more severe than people know really. symptoms are what is outside but how these people think and feel is very different from the typical person.

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yeah, people are like "oh i have mood swings! sometimes they are really bad!" they don't know that bipolar is absolute hell, not being really happy and relatively depressed occasionally.

Yeah thats right. There are some symptoms of AS that a lot of people can relate to (not knowing how to fit in, obsessions, anxiety). But others that seem completely unrelated to those symptoms (sensory sensitivity, lack of coordination). People who just experience the first ones from time to time are unlikely to have Asperger's Syndrome.

yep, that's absolutely right. and perhaps the "made up" accent. In my developmental psych class the instructor mentioned "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" and was saying how it's such an interesting book cause it gives a view of what Asperger's Syndrome probably feels like. I love that book....it really shows how Asperger's is not just those symptoms that are common in many people. The boy in that book seems to have a more serious case though.

Yeah, thats a really interesting book. The author really got into the perspective of someone with AS. I also found a website about AS a while ago that I liked, (www.aspergia.com) which described AS in a different, more positive way. It described affected people as a kind of evolution of the human species. Because of that I find it really fasinating that Craig wrote a song describing himself as "highly evolved".

Marilyn, I love your batman sig by the way.

isn't it funny? I love the people running away, some guys run right into a building. Of course batman saves the day

Yeah, I actually have something that lots of people joke around about....like saying someone has it becuase they are acting a certian way. Or people seriously think they have it even though they are going through normal feelings. They don't know what it's like to have it and go through absolute hell....thank god I have treatment so I can be totally normal most of the time

sorry to get too personal or whatever. I just know what it's like to go through something difficult and for people to not understand what it's really like.

i love that book too, and not so much to do with any craig or AS connections, i just really connected with the boy in the book. mark haddon did an amazing job of getting you in the head of christopher. it made me see the world differently to view it thru his eyes, and it definitely made me more sensitive towards working with our special needs kids at school. anyone who hasn't read it really should - again, not so much to do with craig, but because it's the kind of book that will get underneath your skin and stay with you for a long time.

okay, i guess this has gone a bit o/t but whenever that book gets mentioned, i feel the need to discuss.

u know what? I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!
i know that if i was admired by people, i wouldn't want stuff delivered to my home! i mean, yes it's very thoughtful and all...but it's still plain CREEPY! thank u for saying something! i thought i was the only one...

I feel for you, I really do. Not that I know what it's like to have Bi-polar, but I do know what it's like to feel seriously depressed. My parents don't understand anything about depression because they've never been terribly unhappy before. So its very frustrating trying to explain to them how I feel, when they think depression is just feeling a bit 'down in the dumps'. I think the point I'm getting at is a lot of people think they know exacly how another person feels, it's not really possible to know exactly how someone feels unless you are actually in their body.

a bit off topic, but annoying nonetheless.

haha you guessed it! I was trying to walk around the edge if you know what I mean. but I guess I kinda messed it up as using it as an example before. it's not something I tell people. I just don't ...well I am embarassed...but that's not really why. I just don't want people to worry or think differently of me. But yeah it's horrible. alot of people don't know that the "up" phase is almost as bad as the depression. it's just being out of control and obsessive....and well....insane. this is off topic and I am quite embarassed now ...but I can be normal now that I have treatment ahhhh why did I open this can of worms

to get back on topic...

Yes I think people should respect Craig's privacy

"Oh! I can't explain it, I can't explain it! I've opened this can of worms and now there's all worms hanging out and it looks really ugly!:" - Craig .
Sorry you just reminded me of that quote Maddie . By the way - it's nothing to be embarassed about and I don't see why people would see you differently. You're a really great person Maddie, don't worry about it .

Anyhow, to get back on topic: Don't send things to the personal addresses of band members or their families people. It's just not nice and plain creepy .

sorry, that was probably my fault for mentioning it. I have a habit of doing things like that. I can understand you not wanting it to be common knowledge. But I thought you mentioned it somewhere else before?

Yeah, we probably should get back to the topic now.

awww thanks, that makes me feel better yeah I should have used that quote, it explains what I was trying to say much better!

didn't craig say something about how in a crazy world the insane are sane or something? well whatever that was, I agree

"band members of their families kids" what do you mean?

^ Heh heh, I edited it - you should be able to make sense of it now .

"In a mad world, it is the mad who are sane." - Craig.
I think I might be as creepy as the letter sending girl - I know way too many Craig quotes off by heart .

but we just talked about that one! well I remember just seeing it. I had to have cause I have a bad memory.

I still don't get what you said.
do the kids mean Craig's siblings or their kids? sorry, I don't know why I care so much, I just don't get it and feel dumb . And I'm not going to misinterpret it like I did with the....erm....mother fucking thing

Haha, okay I changed it again - there's supposed to be a pause between 'families' and 'kids'. I don't mean their families children - I just mean "Don't send things to the personal addresses of band members or their families" . Sorry, I was reading it with the pause so I didn't see how you could be mis-reading it. But I see now, I'm a bit slow .

no you're not! I mean I'm the one who never understands where people are pointing it's really bad. I'm such a moron . it would be really funny if someone decided to write a letter to Craig's mom or something saying what a talented son she had