HelloOoOoOoOoOo PEOPLE!!! How in the hell are you all?!

Welcome back to the site; it’s good to see people are still interested in returning, even if I have been updating only periodically.  We all know why that is, so I am not going to get into it any further.

Anyways, it has been quite some time since I delivered a real big, concrete post, so let’s roll with it now, shall we?

More Site Shite to Contend With.  Ahh yes, nothing like opening a massive post with something boring—more news about the behind-the-scenes happenings here at elevatorium dot org.

I have been trying really hard to figure out either one of two things:  A whole new one-page site re-design, or how to re-work all my cute lil’ extra features I had before into the current design.  It is even more fucking frustrating when I have so-called "friends" who are web design gurus who won’t even go out of their way just a teeny bit to help me out.  People, that’s the thing that kills me most.  Y’all know I try very hard to make the site as entertaining and visually appealing as possible, but sometimes I just can’t go it alone.

I even have a few test pages up to see what things would look like, and even that’s not cuttin’ it.  I have a specific vision in mind, and as usual, I am once again left in the cold.  Thanks for nothing, fuckers. (Bitter much?)

All I ask from you, my lovely audience, is to please bear with me and be patient.  I’m sure eventually I will develop something awesome.

However, just because there’s a black cloud hangin’ over my head at this time doesn’t mean there is no silver lining in sight.  I do have something very awesome implemented now; actually, I used it in the last post, too.  It really makes writing for the site so much fucking easier than ever before, and I’m very happy I came across the tutorial in the first place.

All my entries will now be written using an awesome, freeware WYSIWYG HTML editor called FCKeditor, and I have integrated it in the site’s Movable type installation.  Good Lord, this thing works out so farking well! All I do is type normally as I always do, and when it comes time to do text styles, adding images, and all that other good, delicious stuff, I just do it with a few clicks! No need to edit source or anything. It’s rather pretty, and as a matter of fact, you can click here to see it in action as I was writing this very post!

Its only drawback, or con, is the editor is not yet compatible with Apple® Safari, so I’m writing in Camino right now.  Nothing new, but hopefully that issue shall be resolved soon.

Aside from the technical news, I do have one site announcement to make.  My scheduled interview with professional skateboarder Bam Margera has been cancelled.  Don’t ask why, it just has.  I can assure you, though, there’s absolutely no hard feelings whatsoever; maybe we can try again in the future.

And that, peoples, is all the news concerning the site, technical, behind-the-scenes, and post-wise.

Personally, I Semi-Give a Damn.  Shifting gears, we move into a subject barely spoken of ’round these parts, hehe:  ME! Yeah, yeah, whatever, I know why this is.  Do you? Well, even if you have a slight idea of what it could be, I’ll let you in, anyways.

I’m bummed, depressed, sad, and pissed off.  I’ve been shafted hardcore, and to make amends, I literally have to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and beg some higher power(s) to come to Earth and eradicate the source of my sadness.  I need to know why this happened, and if I was partly responsible.  I attempted some pre-damage control because I caught someone doing a horrible act to someone I care extremely deeply for, and in the end, it snowballed in my face.  Fucking Virgos, why do they all have to be a bunch of motherfuckers?! All my Virgo friends, however, are excluded from that mOfo comment.  All of the other Virgos—yeah, you know who you fucking are—seriously, get off your high horse, bahaha!!! Pun intended! And what’s amazing is the type of clout this whore-ish Virgo has, and how believable this person makes things out to be.

I need some sort of fucking miracle to get Karma on my side again.  Come on, I’ve done my time, what the fuck do I need this treatment for?! Okay, maybe I went a lil’ too nuts and overreacted a lil’ bit, but shit, after what has happened, and all the proof I collected, I still seem to be the bad one.  What other lies has this faggot fuck collected or fabricated now, and what’s worse, is why won’t the person I care deeply for not even discuss this with me, and won’t even say whom he/she feels is in the right and wrong? Argh!!!

All right, well—constantly thinking about the damage done is not helping any.  My meds calm me down very effectively, yes, but my anger is so clear and strong, I vow to bring a very disturbing life to the fuckface who has severely put a dent in mine.  How can human beings be like this?!?! I have no clue.  How can this person even have the guts to show him/herself face-to-face with the one I care about deeply completely knowing he/she fabricated a shitload of lies (and who knows what else?!) just to cut me out of the picture.  No truth or reality there, just one big fake; the facade of all universe’s facades.

As a Libra, it is my number one priority in life to bring forth all truth, regardless of how hurtful it could come across or become.  We all know the world is one big-ass ugly place, full of negativity.  It takes a lot of hard-ass work to make it remotely pleasant.

If ignorance is bliss, then shit, what’s going on in this situation must be an utopia.

Cryptic? Yes, but it has to be.  Hopefully, there will be a road to recovery, and when it begins, or arrives, or however it makes its presence known, I’ll be the first one in line with a shovel in hand, and a yellow hard hat, ready to work.

I’m a Libra, and this is what I do:  I right the wrongs.

Aside from that horseshit, I do have one more aspect to talk about, and this won’t be pretty, either.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I recently celebrated my 31st birthday.  I didn’t do anything to be honest, and I actually prefer it that way.  Last year was way better, but whatever.  It was a week prior to my day that my oh-so-lovely parents had another dandy-ass argument, once again over something stupid and lame.  As always, the man known as my father conveniently drags my brother and I into everything, making it look like it’s our fault for existing or what have you, but it’s gotten to a point where he was actually saying he really didn’t give a fuck about his own children, and then I just had it.  It was my last straw.  I’m tired of not being the perfect daughter, no matter what I do or have done, it’s never good enough.  I’m tired of not being interesting enough, and hey, guess what, people? He, too, is a fucking Virgo.  I am so sick of the way he treats my mother, nor does he not give a flying fuck about anything or anyone unless it benefits himself, and that attitude just makes me want to vomit.  I don’t need any more negativity in my life.  I have years of that built up from his shit, but to be told you’re not even worthy of being cared about by a parent, shit, that’s as low as it goes.  Fortunately, I don’t allow that to seep into my own thinking, whereas I might spread it onto others, so as of Tuesday, September 12, 2005, I have officially cut off all contact from him.  As I see it, there’s really no point in "teaching an old dog new tricks."  He has countlessly expressed numerous times he is not interested in changing his ways or being a part of this family in any good-natured senses, and I’m going to have to accept that and move forward.

What’s truly the big winner is he actually had the audacity to come to me on my birthday, and offer a monetary gift.  I denied it completely, and that was a first for me.  Why offer anything if you feel obligated to? No need to do that anymore, thanks.  I’m over you and your shitty ways.  If you really gave a fuck, you would really work on your attitude and your view about what the fuck a family should be, but since you choose to continue to be Mr. Silent, then hey, I already know you really don’t care.

I can’t wait to see what the holidays are going to be like this year.

We’ve got two big rump roasts out on the table now, and out of the way—much has been purged from my fragile soul.  It’s a big step, you know, for me to vent like I just did, but now it is much easier to read and process.  Having written it out for the first time means I never have to wallow in thought alone, and that feels safe.

I just thought, however, of something else that makes my "dad" a true winner.  I love how I landed some pretty promising interview for a seemingly interesting job in a publishing company last month, and once my dad learns of this, he instantly becomes a complete ass-kisser, offering to even drive me to my first of two interviews.  Anything to get me out of his presence, heh.  I gave in to that, and unfortunately, even through two interviews, I did not get the position.  You know what happened? My dad goes from complete ass-kisser back to his usual bitchy, pissed-off self, and even threw it into my face during the argument with my mother on September 12, citing that I "cannot even get a job."  Wow, such encouraging words from the paternal one! Why didn’t you say that while you were offering to take me for the first interview?!

I just needed to expunge that bad boy out as well, to cleanse the system, so to speak.

I concur that much has been said lately about the inner workings of yours truly on good ol’ elevatorium dot org.  I have not shied away from discussing my personal happenings—from the beginning days of the site where I broke all the rules by talking about my relatives, I have even taken it further by discussing more about my own parents, because that’s how it is.  You write about what you know and what you go through, not about fake shit or stuff you have no clue over, and if that offends some, you can do either one of two things—don’t read it or kiss my ass.  It’s your choice, although I prefer you read every thing I write, hehe.

Okay, enough pissy and sad shit, fuck that crap.  Let’s move into happier things.

Mi espacio es su espacio.  i’d just like to briefly discuss my very-sexy profile over on My Space.

Yeah, that sounds egotistical, and probably really stupid, too, but I am rather fond on how I integrated the elevatorium colors in my profile, plus I re-did the whole "About Me" part.  And hey, I have a whole 94 friends now, w00t!

Also, as an attempt to bring over more readers, I happily let those friends know when I update this place, and not only that, but I am planning on adding a lil’ some’in’ some’in’ to make it extra special.

I used to have a referral .gif around here, but right now it’s not up.  Rest assured I will find a lil’ spot for it to return.  Until then, you can click here to visit my profile.

MeTaL!!!%@$!!! You know what? Today’s date marks something pretty c0olio for me.  It was fifteen (15) years ago today that I became interested in ex-Headbangers Ball host, Riki Rachtman, hehe.  After a few letters sent to him via MTV, he even sent me some autographed photos.  It was really cool, and I stil have them, too!  Thanks, Riki, for making metal awesome!  If it weren’t for him and WSOU, I don’t know where my metaliciousness would’ve come from!!!

Do you see how that cool segue is going? I went from site chatter, to loads of personal shite, to tapping slightly into some entertainment, so now we can really shift gears into all that good juicy crap I’m known for.

Are We Being Punk’d Yet Again?! One event that will remain firmly planted in my mind—regardless of its validity—will be the day after my birthday:  September 24.  Why? Well, because this is supposedly the day that actress Demi Moore and one of my "core four," Ashton Kutcher, married in a low-key, private ceremony, in Los Angeles, California.

It just seems bizarre to me that Demi and Ashton would marry right now.  Once we had rumors flying about that Demi was pregnant with Ashton’s child, and that turned out to be false.  Ashton himself has said many times that the two are not married or going to get married.  Supposedly an eMail was found stating that the wedding had to look and appear as real possible, because it was for a future Punk’d episode.  And why when the two were practically mobbed by paparazzi in Barcelona, Spain, this past week, were being scrutinized for two things:  Having so much luggage on ’em, and Demi not wearing a wedding band at one of her promotional functions for this new champagne.  Their wedding event was barely discussed, and Ashton supposedly released one photo to OK! Magazine for the press, and supposedly released some sort of statement, yet both he and Demi’s representatives are saying shit about it to the media?!

Also, on a past episode of Punk’d, Ashton even told the audience to "never believe what you read in tabloid magazines."  Okay, if that’s the case, then I really don’t believe they married.  I want some concrete evidence they did.  I’m almost so sure we’re going to see this "wedding" on the upcoming season of Punk’d, which, by the way, starts on Sunday, October 30, 2005, yay!!!

As an interjection, I just want to give everyone a heads-up on the upcoming Sunday Stew season, which all starts, once again, when? Sunday, October 30!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

As far as I know, Punk’d is returning in the 10 PM slot, and Viva La Bam is no more, as Jackass/CkY/VLB alumni Ryan Dunn is having his own show called Homewrecker! Hahahaha, this is going to be insane! I believe it’s going to be somewhat a revenge program, as Ryan comes over and helps plot evil doings with others by totally destroying their roommates’ stuff, hehehe.  It sounds pretty similar to Ashton’s second MTV show, You’ve Got a Friend, doesn’t it? If it’s remotely like that, we should be in for some fine entertainment, indeed.

I don’t know if Pimp My Ride or Damage Control are returning to the ’Stew line-up, but please MTV, do NOT BRING BACK THE GODDAMN RETARDED AND STUPID ANDY MILONAKIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!! Jimmy Kimmel smoking to get Andy his own show on MTV?! What a waste of time, money and energy.

Surprisingly, there have been some decent shows on MTV lately.  I really dig Laguna Beach, and The Real World Austin has been good, too.  That ’70s House rocked; hopefully they’ll bring a new season of it sometime.  Unfortunately, My Super Sweet 16 is getting old and repetitive.  I don’t understand the fascination MTV has with filming and documenting the rich.  My Sweet 16 party was way better than any of the ones they ever showed, and we didn’t have to spend a bizillion dollars, either.

Other good television worth watching includes CBS’ Criminal Minds, Close to Home, How I Met Your Mother, and Out of Practice. NBC has not ranked high with me at all this season, for only the final season of Will & Grace is what I’m watching, with a desire to see ER here and there, although I have yet to tune in for one, haha! I can’t forget how much I dig their new series, My Name Is Earl, starring Jason Lee.  It’s really a very gentle program, yet it retains some awesome comedic moments! FOX has yet to deliver the new season of That ’70s Show—that comes in early November—but I really like their new series, Bones, starring BtVS/ATS alumni David Boreanaz.  On their cable station, FX, nip/tuck is back with a vengeance and a half, as season three really kicks a ton of ass.  I am also really enjoying the Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe! It’s amazing to see what kind of careers are out there to make our lives more convenient.  Of course, the political King of ’em all—Real Time with Bill Maher—is still a heavy staple with me.  And then we jump into the world of "Celebreality" on VH1 with Breaking Bonaduce, which is a MUST-SEE for everyone, and My Fair Brady, only because my brother watches it, so since we do Sunday night television together, I watch it, too, hehe.  Chris Knight really is such a stiff, uptight guy, haha, I don’t know what Adrianne sees in him.

Yes, that’s a lot of television to watch, but hey, how else am I supposed to bring you good recommendations, eh?! It’s all good either way. I like it and that’s all that matters.

I have one more thing to discuss, well, I could make it two things, but do you really want to read about Apple’s Special Event from yesterday? They released a new Video iPod, new iTunes at version 6.0, updated iMac models with a built-in iSight, and some other fun goods, but if you really want to see it all, go to Apple’s website and check it all out in its glory.

Okay, so the last, but definitely not least, issue to discuss is KISS! Last time I wrote for the site I briefly mentioned something KISS was releasing for the future, well, how ’bout we talk about it?!

Aside from this upcoming product, their webmaster is currently in the midst of building a whole new website, which promises to kick ass.  It really better, because what they’ve offered in the past has been great and all, but nothing truly impressive.  I have a feeling the new site’s unveiling is going to coincide with the release of this awesome new product that will be out just in time for Christmas:  a new two-DVD set entitled, KISS:  Rock the Nation Live!

Rumors were going BONKERS when fans worldwide first smelled the news of this future product, primarily because it went from being a two, then three, and finally a FOUR-DVD set! Hahahaha, holy crap, a four-dvd set from KISS! How awesome would that be?!?! At one point, even their record label, Sanctuary, even had it posted as a four-dvd set in their "Coming Soon" list, but it’s now official—Rock the Nation Live! will be a two-dvd set.

KISS’ website, KISSONLINE, had this to say about the release, due December 6, 2005:

Shot in High Def, the DVD will feature the hottest songs from the Washington, DC and Virginia Beach, VA concerts, filmed during last year’s 2004 Rock The Nation tour. The song list is vast and features a collection of KISS gems, many performed and recorded live for the first time in many years. The DVD will also include KISS Powervision interactive bonus features that include Select-A-KISS, allowing the viewer access to separate channels for each of the four band members. At any time the viewer can watch the main concert program or switch to different cameras focusing just on Paul, Gene, Tommy or Eric. The DVD will be loaded with additional behind-the-scenes, life on the road footage and interviews, giving the viewer a virtual all access pass to sound checks, the famed KISS dressing room and other rare glimpses into the world of KISS.

Mmm, yum—shot in high definition, sexy!!! Well, you know what’s on my Christmas list, that’s for sure, hahahahaha!!! Among the previous rumors when this was going to be a four-dvd set included the release of some very, and I do mean very, oldschool concerts that amazingly are still well-preserved and documented on video.  How old is oldschool? Word on the street was these concerts were from around 1972-1974! One word:  WOW ! ! !

Honestly, I would not be surprised if sometime next year we start seeing those oldschool shows emerge as KISS collectible DVDs, with its quality putting the current bootleg versions to shame.  Eat your hearts out now, KISSVISION!!! Bahahahaha!!!

All right peoples, I believe this is it! I’ve once again proved faithful and loyal to my peoples by bringing you a post of nothing but pure grandeur! I truly am very pleased and satisfied to make such an accomplishment, hopefully I can stick to that schedule and and attempt deliver more timely updates.

You know, it’s tough being me.  It’s like working overtime at an underpaid job where no one appreciates you, but yourself.  Thank you for bearing with my unstable mentality.  Writing is the one thing I know I do right, and do extremely well.

P.S. I know the Galleria is still offline, I’m going to get back to that as soon as possible.

One thing I can say is this: You are guaranteed to receive every iota of updates in this post. I don’t care how long it’ll end up being, I shall and will get it done!!!

Twelve Days. All righty, so! My last elongated visit to this glorious hole-in-the-cyber-wall we call elevatorium dot org was on Monday, August 8, 2005. I do have updates concerning what was discussed then, so allow me to get those out to you first.

My first update concerns pro skater Bam Margera and the fucked up accident he was in. I tuned in to his show, “Radio Bam,” for the second time on Monday, August 15, 2005, although I was more interested in finding out if he was well and conscious enough to be on the air than just the show itself. Fortunately, he did muster some energy to join us for the evening.

I pray that he’s feeling somewhat better now, because during the show, he was so doped up on Morphine—his head was killing him. He had twelve (12) staples put in because of this huge gash on his skull which, by the way, was inflicted when he did this skate trick and dived headfirst into this pool of water off a “banana boat” of a car! Of course, someone failed to mention this water was only two feet deep, not seven as originally thought! Oh boy, what a fuckin’ pigfuck, eh?! Out of all the bones Bam has broken, and injuries he’s had to endure in the past, this one was the worst, and the most painful. I feel for you, Bam, I really do. He did end the show a lil’ earlier than usual, because his head was just becoming too brutal to deal with; poor Bam had to go to bed. I hope on the Monday, August 22, 2005, edition of “Radio Bam” he will be in better spirits.

I encourage everyone who has a Sirius satellite radio subscription to tune in as well, and not just because it’s such a hysterical show, but Bam gets to interject some damn fine tunes as well. I’ve always admired Bam’s tastes in music, and now he gets to play whatever he wants in between the gang’s insane stories; always good stuff coming from this fellow Libra.

“Radio Bam” airs every Monday night at 7 PM Eastern, 4 PM Pacific, on channel 28, Faction.

Don’t subscribe to Sirius? Don’t worry, I don’t either, but being the white-collar haxOrific super computer outlaw that I am, I’ll show you the secret for tuning in. If you’re lucky, maybe you can figure it out, and laugh along with the rest of us.

Movin’ on Up!!! My second update from the last post involved news pertaining to my sites. It’s always fun to talk about the exciting behind-the-scenes shit that goes on, ain’t it?

I begin by bringing an announcement to the table concerning the sister site, amplexus dot info. My ownership of that domain is coming to an end. It’s set to expire in about twenty-two (22) days from now. It’s currently used to beta-test features I want to ultimately bring over this way. I’m sure y’all know how that goes. However, sometimes you might actually catch me in the act of doing some small, easy-to-remove beta tests here anyway, especially late at night, tee hee! It’s okay, though, because I really don’t care about losing the domain. My beta testing will just move elsewhere.

My next great big agenda this site is ever oh-so-patiently waiting for is to get completely upgraded, both visually and under-the-hood. I have updates to inform y’all of on both parts, so let’s get to those now.

On the visual note, I’m going to deliver it in two parts, with the first being based again on CSS exclusively. I know I’ve said in the past I am getting very sick of using stylesheets only, and I do want something permanent, but due to my lovely graphic guru’s schedule and work load, the everlasting visuals will have to take a back seat for now. Actually, consider it the front passenger’s seat as opposed to the back. At first, I was bummed about the situation, but ironically, the day I found out about that, I was reading the beta blog for Movable Type v3.2, and since the HTML structure was unified to be used across all of Six Apart’s products—TypePad, MovableType, and LiveJournal, respectively—there would literally be hundreds of new CSS-based designs for one to choose from!!! On the day Movable Type v3.2 becomes released, we will be able to choose from all-new designs! After I read that, I became extremely thrilled, because now we wouldn’t have to just be stuck in what I have going on now, or with the new default stylesheet, Vicksburg. I am however, utilizing Vicksburg on the beta test of my own installation of Movable Type v3.2, and you can see a hot screenshot by clicking here, which was taken with a real kickass freeware application called Paparazzi! It works wonders for taking full-size screenshots of web pages! No more scrolling and pressing shift-command-3 in parts! (If you don’t understand that jargon, obviously you are not a Mac user.)

Wow, am I giving shameless plugs to a bunch of shite or what! Hahaha!!! Hey, what can I say? If it kicks arse, and if I use it religiously, you damn well know I am going to plug the living shit out of it! Hehehe!!!

Let me briefly summarize what is coming very soon for the site: Number one, an all-new installation of the web-server based content application, Movable Type, coming in at a very significant upgrade with version 3.2. It should be making its official release by Six Apart by the end of the month! Yay!!! Number two, with that comes a whole new visual once again via CSS, and don’t forget it’s just for now, until we can pry Kevin away from work for a couple days to do my permanent visual re-vamp. I already told him how I want it done, so that part is covered. It will remain in the same flavor as I was attempting to do it; don’t worry. All I need are just very professional hands, that’s all, hahaha!!!

OH! Holy shit, I just remembered!!! I have another major-ass upgrade coming, and that is to the lovely Galleria-cha-cha-cha! HAHAHA!!! I’m also beta testing the new version of CPG, or Coppermine Photo Gallery, along with some new themes that were made exclusively for this new version, that being 1.4.1. My current CPG install is at v1.3.3 I believe, but this new upgrade has some features that I find extremely useful, and would absolutely love to utilize now. I am extremely tempted to rebuild the entire Galleria with this beta, because that’s how much I believe in it! Honestly, that’s not the only reason why. As I’m learning more about PHP and MySQL from dealing with all these webserver-based applications, I found I could do so much more concerning the Galleria, and even the site as a whole, so I really don’t know. I might even bring in a whole different application altogether in order to get my needs situated. I really don’t like having random photos and recent additions on the Galleria’s home page, for example, because in many ways, it ruins the element of surprise. I’d like to know how to remove and prevent it from coming back, so you see? It’s little things like that which motivate me to find better and more powerful alternatives to appease everyone.

Briefly, another aspect you may have noticed is I have taken out all the little extras, such as the Sleepbot and Now Playing in iTunes statuses. I had to, because I’m learning how to implement them into the new stylesheet, and in Vicksburg, it’s a lil’ complicated for me, so I’m waiting until Movable Type v3.2 comes out officially so we can see what other styles and designs there are to choose from. Once all that happens, I’ll be in business!

I always encourage everyone to check back frequently, for you never know when something new will appear, or when I change something, or anything else comes up! I’m always looking for new ways to improve your site browsing experience.

And with that all out in the open, I can officially say I have rolled out all the updates concerning my previous post. Well done, self!

Now on to all the new information, news, and updates that I haven’t gotten to yet.

New Technology Sometimes ≠ Best Policy. I have to admit, my immediate family is pretty much with the times. Everyone has a computer, we all discuss current events, and can debate on issues going on in the world. We all have lots o’ technological gadgets, minus the cell phones and perhaps a laptop or Blackberry, but it’s all good regardless.

One thing that really drives me fucking bonkers to no end is that my father is very, for the lack of a better term, thrifty; frugal, if you will. Unfortunately, for years upon years, that characteristic has managed to weave its way in to one of the many reasons why my ’rents have fought back in the day, as it is the case in most households—money. Honestly, because of that, this could be why when I plan on buying anything, no matter how large or small it may be, I get things for loads of valid reasons, and not just because I can, or because everyone and their mother has it. I can even apply that easily to buying music, haha, it’ll take me forever to buy a CD until I am absolutely sure I want it.

As we keep the frugality in mind, let’s discuss the wonderful world of paying bills. We all do it, no matter what it is, right? You go to the supermarket, you want to buy a bunch of food, so you bring your loaded shopping cart to the cashier and BAM! Bill! You have the gas bill, electric bill, water bill, internet service provider bill, cable bill, haha, okay, you get the idea. Anyway, for some God-forsaken reason or another, my dad has this major beef with the phone bill, and honestly, I’m sure many of you do. Every major telephone company charges you for every little thing, and on top of all that, eons of surcharges. It’s like the bill never ends! Anyway, bills are just one of many minute things that drive my dad crazy.

I believe it was in April or May, 2005, that we heard of this new company called SunRocket that was going to “revolutionize” the way people use the telephone. Utilizing VoIP technology, one would be able to make local, regional, long distance, and even some international phone calls, talk for as long as you’d like, and only pay one flat fee monthly. Oh sure, sounds like a deal! Sign me up! No contracts, no signing your life away to the devil, nothing.

What’s funny is we were first introduced to SunRocket via a mailing my brother received, but my mom noticed it first, so she went to take a look at it, and found it most appealing. Wow, only pay $199 a year and talk as much as you want! A phone bill to be paid only once a year! Oh my, what savings! I called to inquire about this service being available in our area, and unfortunately, at the time it wasn’t. I was told, however, that since we did receive the mailing, to expect it to be ready in the very near future. Okay, we’re pretty patient peoples, we can wait.

I’d say it was around mid-May that I found out via the SunRocket website we were eligible to have SunRocket in our area. Of course, Mom talks it over with Dad, he loves the idea, so we should be ready to roll. I sign us up online, and we should expect to receive our “Gizmo” (SunRocket talk referring to their VoIP gateway) via UPS in a few days. Much excitement was to be had, this is bleeding edge technology here, and we are right in the heart of it.

Okay, now let’s cut out all the bullshit and get right to the heart of the pure disgust that came with SunRocket, haha!! Technically, installing one of these so-called Gizmos is relatively easily, and honestly, with twenty (20) years’ experience in a slew of technological avenues, I can agree. You just attach your cable or DSL modem to the Gizmo, then to your router, and then from the router, all your ethernet cables get re-attached to your computers. Sounds simple, yes? Well, how ’bout these apples: Not only did the Gizmo not work, but after calling Technical Support the first time, and having another Gzmo overnighted to us, that one was also defective! Was it coincidence, or could have there been another issue? Perhaps our Internet Service Provider, good ol’ Optimum Online, purposely blocked SunRocket service? After all, they have their own VoIP service called Optimum Voice, why not use them? I even asked the SunRocket Technical Support people about that, and I was told the only provider it will not work with is America Online’s DSL service. On top of that, SunRocket has a feature where you could transfer your current telephone number to your SunRocket service, and that, too, was a major screw up. I was on the phone with all sorts of people from SunRocket, AT&T, Verizon, and Cablevision trying to figure out what in the fuck was going on!

We basically went from being on AT&T, switched to SunRocket and brought our current number with us, cancelled SunRocket, called AT&T to “win back” our telephone number, and then I was informed I had to call Verizon to not only get the same number, but in order to use it, I had to have service with them because they own the number! Holy fucking shit, are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! Honestly, none of these people knew what in the fuck any procedure was, or what was real or fake, it was a very disturbing and ultimately, pathetic state o’ mental affairs! No one else in my family are making these calls, mind you, I was graciously given that task. Pfft, as if! No one else was getting more frustrated than I was as I was somewhat patiently trying to figure out how to get some sort of telephone service reinstated utilizing our current number.

Little did we know that the cancellation of SunRocket did not mean the cancellation of our number transfer. As of June 28, 2005, we no longer had that number. Thanks SunRocket, you fucking dipshits, please hire people who actually give a fuck and have a clue. We literally were without any phone service from that unfateful day in late June, to mid July, where on the seventeeth day, Cablevision sent over a happy technician who knew exactly what to do, and how to do it well, and poof! Instant VoIP via Optimum Voice. We’ve been happy campers ever since, haha, despite all the Hell I went through. Not even Effexor XR could have saved me from all the anger, although it did save me from any anxiety attacks I most definitely could have endured if I was not taking medication.

In case you’ve been trying to call and wonder why you keep getting weird voice mail, that’s because our old number is still being taken hostage by SunRocket, and you will need our new digits. eMail me and I’ll fork ’em over, or if we haven’t called you yet, we’ll get around to it someday, or maybe it’s just a subliminal sign saying we don’t really care if you have them or not, hahaha!!! As of right now, about three or four households have the new digits, and that’s plenty—five tops if you include Domino’s Pizza, hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! Ahh yeah, sometimes I just kill myself.

The Junkie’s A-Comin’! Hey! Guess what! I saw a couple o’ films back in July—The War of the Worlds and Batman Begins. I’d really like to see the new Dukes of Hazzard film, too, but I don’t think that’ll be happening any time soon.

What will be happening, though, is a new post over in The Hollywood Junkie™ concerning reviews on a variety of enterainment-reated items, such as the films I saw in July, and the DVDs I came across so far this summer. I also will be talking about some new series, such as Gene Simmons’ Rock School, and I’ll be saying goodbye to one of my favorite shows ever, Six Feet Under.

Expect all that plus some more in an upcoming post to THJ™ that will appear sometime this week!

And now…something completely different.

Me, Myself, and I. I do know one thing about this site—I barely talk about myself, and I don’t mean the shit I’m into—I write about that all the time. I really never sat down and wrote about me, how I’m feeling, or what I’m going through. In the depressive days or the times where my mood really drops lower than “bottom-of-the-gas-tank” low, that’s when I have the urge to bang something out for The Purgatory™. My hands are totally in charge of that gateway; it’s very spontaneous, and I literally do not think what I am going to write about.

I do have something I wrote a few months ago that seems to really fit The Purgatory™. I believe it’s unfinished, but most likely I’ll put it in there after I post this bad boy. Unfinished written pieces are just like unfinished pieces of art. Somehow you just love it just the way it stands. Every iota tells a story, completed or not. It’s all about analyzation; interpretation.I’ve brought this up before, a quote, if you will, in which Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam said concerning how people interpret Pearl Jam songs, or just music in general. You don’t have to get it the way the artist did to understand its concept. Music is created one way, and as a listener, you can utilize that tune any way you see fit, or how it molds to you. A really great example I can demonstrate that quote with is my preliminary and official reviews of Life of Agony’s Broken Valley. Oh my, there I go again! Shameless plugs galore, hahaha!!!

Let’s jump back into discussing the least discussed. Ahem, that would be me.

If someone were to ask me to talk about or describe myself, well, that wouldn’t be a problem, because I really love myself, hahaha!!! Seriously, the best description of me would to read my “About Me” paragraph on my MySpace profile. It was written in a “Purgatoryesque” mindset, I definitely remember that. I was in the same mental space writing that as I was when I wrote my first piece for The Purgatory. I felt as if I was going through an out-of-body experience, and just watching my hands write everything and wondering who’s mind it was really coming from, because mine was totally blank at the time. Moments like that—though lately few and far between—are rare, so when I do have ’em, even in somewhat of a semi-form, they end up being unfinished pieces that I neve get a chance to post, but maybe that’s it? I should post everything I write, whether it’s complete or not. You just wait and see, that will start happening.

You know what else started happening this past week? My right hand’s index finger has become an “alien finger” of sorts. Did anyone ever hear of alien hand syndrome? It’s when your hand, or really it could be any body part, takes on a “mind of its own,” and starts behaving erratically. Lately when I’m eating and sleeping—remember I’m mostly left-handed, even though I am ambidextrous, I am 99% a lefty—my finger just wiggles and throbs like mad! Hehehe, it’s pretty funny, but very odd at the same time. I wonder if it’s the meds relaxing my nerves? Who knows?! Not I, that’s for sure.

I am going to try very hard to start incorporating more of myself into my writing…especially bringing back some elevatorium content which was discussed so long ago, that is vitally important as far as preserving the very existence of why this site started in the first place.