So I wake up later than usual, feeling groggy and doing my usual routines, food, weed, personal hygeine. I turn my computer on one day and go on here:

Happy Pico Day!

@TomFulp as usual updates us on Pico Day and other events Newgrounds related. So I have a looksee and find that the first winners he announces are those whom participated in the Pico Day Writing Contest. Whose entries along with mine can be seen here. Now this contest as far as I know, has no prize, but that doesn't matter. The reason I bring it up, is because for the first time ever on this site, I Shane, aka S.T. Musician of CIEIRMusic have won a contest on this very site as well as won a contest in general:

Now I didn't come up with the title "Glorified Destruction Machines" myself, that was a line taken from my story. So I thank @DannyGoodShirt not just for hosting the contest, but coming up with a kick ass title for mine. I did not expect to win, let alone be in the top 3. Congrats to @Royal-Harmonica and @Yazza for making 2 and 3 respectfully. Be sure to read their stories as well as the stories of runner-ups @DGbythepolice @ZombieGhost and @JunesBlueNow.

@DannyGoodShirt also came up with a poll for the community to vote for their favourite author as seen here.

I myself voted for @Royal-Harmonica.

Now you're probably wondering the reason for my title. Because while I never gave up, the past year's I've been on the site, what with my infamous protest of the Art Inspired Music contest, my getting into fights with people on forums and newsposts and at least a small fraction of the site thinking I'm some kind of monster, based on how I view things and who I defend. I was for sure believing there was no chance in Hell, not in a million years that I'd achieve some form of success. But in the past couple of days, I've gotten a huge taste of success here.

First my song for the Pico Day Audio portion of the contest gets Frontpaged. Even if I don't win, that's an accomplishment on it's own.

Then I reach level 24 not too long after.

And now for the first time in all my years on this site I won a contest. There are people out there that would kill each other for the mass injection of good luck that got pumped into me those days.

But I don't owe this success merely to myself, I owe it to all of you. Be it fans, friends, enemies, detractors. Each and every one of you played a part in shaping who I am on this site today and I have you all to thank for helping me get this far. You all deserve a win on your own.

That said, in light of this recent win, I decided to take the time to advertise my lesser known lesser updated site. CIEIR Literature. I have been an author for a long time, seldom writing and publishing books on Amazon's Kindle Direct Plus. A lot of my stories would come across as cringe to some people, just a heads up. But if you're all interested in how batshit insane I can really be as a writer look no further than this. The only one not on there is Mom Of The Dead, because I haven't updated the site recently.

Of course as usual, be sure to checkout my bandcamp and Ko-Fi.