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Monday, June 16, 2008 - 12:31 PM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Dark Monday

I woke up pissed off today.
Actually, I became annoyed yesterday morning. The more that I thought about things as the day progressed, I became pissy and distracted. I was very pissed off last night, had trouble getting to sleep, and it continues today.
I haven't been this pissed off in years. Not since Rox and Lowie flaked in 2002. Not since Kristen discarded a modeling career and ran away to live in a web cam house in 2000.
Normally, I blog about just about everything here. Not this time. This is too personal, cuts into me professionally, and affects me way too deeply. I am not going into specifics here, as the people involved know what I am talking about. Hopefully, this week will not turn out to be a disaster.
Let's just say that my recruitment program this year is going to go into overdrive. My renewed search begins.
Disappointment sucks. Were the last six years a waste of time and work?
Well, I have to run. Maybe working on the rest of the content for Florida Modeling Career will distract me. It's almost done, you know. It will launch sometime this week.
Yes, and some advice. Get everything in writing. It serves to clarify communication and the terms of projects so there are no misunderstandings later.
Hmmph. I'd rather now go into this now.

Monday, May 26, 2008 - 7:30 PM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Coming Into Focus

It was a good thing that I ran out of time last night. Something really cool happened on the way home which is a perfect introduction to the remainder of what I wanted to blog about.
Enjoy.
I was sitting at a stoplight near downtown Tampa. The light was taking too long, which I noted because I have all of the lights along my normal routes timed, and I was wondering when the light would get around to changing. My sportscar was idling, and I had my windows down, because it was a pleasant night. Because my windows were down, I had my car stereo cranked up. I had a CD from my DJ library playing.
An SUV pulled up alongside me at the light. It sat there for a minute, and then the windows rolled down. I saw the driver, a beautiful girl in her early 20's, nodding her head, first glancing at her passenger, who appeared to be another attractive girl, and then leaning out the window toward my car. She smiled. I turned down the stereo.
"NO! Don't turn it down! JAM IT!" She exclaimed, "That music is awesome!"
She asked what it was. I told her Sunscream's album "O3", the track "Perfect Motion", a techno dance release from the early 1990's.
I turned it back up. She grinned, continuing to tune into what I was playing.
The light changed. She waved, and we parted ways.
I still have it.
In retrospect, however, I should have given her a card. It didn't matter, however. I saw it as a sign of, and a prelude to, the future.
Just when I was beginning to think that the whole world had sold out and that there were no more cool, interesting people left, something cool has to happen to remind me that cool people have been around me all along. I just quit noticing them.
DJ'ing is still in my blood. I haven't lost my ear for great music or the feeling that I have to express myself through performing and by creating unique forms of entertainment. I am still DJ Frontier. I never left. I've been sidetracked, and I took a break for a few years, but my trend-setting alter-ego is still very much a part of who I am. DJ Frontier is a big part of defining who I am as an artist, and as an entertainment polymath. DJ Frontier is still here, and is stronger than ever.
Now that technology has caught up to some of my ideas, it is time to wake up the slumbering giant and move forward.
To me, DJ Frontier has always been an important part of who I am. I've matured over the years and now have a stronger sense of purpose. My event planning company, Eventi Events, the original Passinault Entertainment Group company, was always intended to be our core company. It will finally be the way that it was originally intended.
In 2003, I spent a summer working at a facility in downtown Tampa, which did Tampa's most exclusive weddings every weekend. It took all summer and countless weddings to restore my respect for weddings and my faith in what weddings were supposed to be about. I learned some things, and was in the enviable position to audit and observe every working Tampa wedding DJ and wedding photographer. Now, I am not one to spy on people and steal ideas, as I myself have been a victim of such practices, but it was educational. I was also honest and open with the DJ's and photographers, too. They knew who I was, what I did, and were cool with it. It was just refreshing to be around professional weddings for a change, even if the catering sucked (the venue forced their caterers on the wedding groups, and being a done-deal the food didn't have to be good. I know that the food was terrible because during every wedding I ate the same thing that the wedding guests were served. On more than one occasion, the food actually made me sick!). I audited more weddings that summer than most people attend their entire life.
Hmmmm.... what's up with in-house venue catering, anyway? Has anyone ever had any food from such deals that was any good? I remember going to a Bank holiday party at a Town and Country with Vacharee back in 1995, and the food sucked there, too. I know because Vacharee, who looked very tasty in her evening dress herself, was the first to complain about the food and warn me about it.
Then again, maybe my bad memories about the food is a result of my modeling photography career. Over the years photographing hundreds of models all over Tampa Bay, just about every shoot had lunch at a nice Tampa restaurant, as I had lunch budgeted in and wrote them off. I have eaten at just about every restaurant in the Tampa Bay area. Let's just say that I obtained quite an education about what good food really was, and it makes all that catered food look very bad in comparison. One of my favorite restaurants? Macaroni Grill in Brandon. Other favorites include the Tuscan Oven in Hyde Park, Panera Bread, Ruby Tuesday, Outback Steakhouse, and the Rusty Pelican.
It is time for me to end this blog post and get back to work. I will post more soon. I promise.

Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 9:00 PM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Taking Flight

I was barreling down Highway 60 at high speeds on the back of a sports motorcycle, holding onto my camera bag with my one free hand as we rocketed through the gears. I was wearing clothes soaked in dried vomit, my head in the vice-like clutches of a helmet which I was certain was a size too small, but this was it. Moments like this helped me keep in touch with my ancient past, and I was happy because I was doing what I was meant to do. I was alive.
I had done a good job, too. Despite the hardships.
It was Wednesday, May 21, 2008, just a few days ago. I had spent the day at two airfields, doing a commercial shoot for a flying school that my brother was employed at as an aircraft mechanic and a pilot. It was a difficult day, as I was fighting nausea, heat, the drowsiness of Dramamine, and overall fatigue. I got the shots, however, and quite a bit of air time to boot.
Normally, I don't get sick from flying in aircraft. I really shouldn't have eaten a foot-long sandwich from Subway before I took that first plane. I also should have taken that double dose of Dramamine before I flew, but my brother shrugged and said that he had never seen me get airsick in all the years that I had been flying with him, so he didn't see the point. Not wanting to be drowsy, and because I wanted to get some flying in myself, I decided to wait. Big mistake.
I suppose that the first plane that we took didn't help matters. I was a tiny Cessna which was cramped, and I had a difficult time getting my 6' 1'' frame in and out of the aircraft. I finally sardined into the cramped cockpit of the tiny plane, and we took off for our first flight to a remote airfield at Wachula, somewhere in Hardee county (where I have never gone before).
At 1,600 feet and at 110 MPH, the heat of the early summer afternoon created a bumpy ride for the Cessna. There are those who think that flying is smooth, and it mostly is in a large commercial aircraft. This flight was not smooth, especially in a tiny plane, and it was bumpier than most that I can recall. 20 minutes out and high over the cypress swamps, halfway to our destination, I began to feel nauseous. That food in my stomach was working me, going up, then down, then up to my throat, and then back down, over and over again. I wasn't feeling well anymore, but I figured that I could handle it.
We landed on a small airstrip in the middle of nowhere. There was no shade for hundreds of yards, and the relentless Florida sun only served to aggravate the waves of nausea that, at times, overcame me. I hiked to the side of the runway, and my brother took off, putting the Cessna through its paces. I readied my camera and got to work, temporarily disconnecting myself from my deteriorating physical condition.
After thirty minutes or so of circling the airfield, bringing the plane low over the runway where I was standing, and going back around, my brother finally touched down and taxied the plane over to a small building. The wind was gusting, and made the oppressive heat as unpredictable as the on-again, off-again waves of the urge to vomit. I was pleased to find that the vacant building was air-conditioned and had full facilities.
This would be needed, because I realized that the airplane was the only way back to the main airport.
After resting in the A.C. for a good half-hour, I felt better, and we decided to fly out.
Halfway back, I began to feel ill again. I was also sweating a lot. God, I hate sweating. I popped two Dramamine pills (without anything to drink), and hoped that they would relieve my symptoms. Too little, too late.
As we neared final approach to the main airport, I asked my brother if he had any bags in the plane. We couldn't find any. As we started final approach, I lost the battle.
We were at an altitude of 1,000 feet and were flying at 100 MPH. I was in a full belt harness, and my movement was limited (a good thing since the cabin door which was next to me was cardboard-thin, and wasn't much of a barrier in the cardboard-box plane). I popped open the window and stuck my head out, unleashing a river of, well, you know. I couldn't get out far enough, though, and the roaring airstream caught it. It sprayed all over my face, all over my shirt, all over the interior cabin, and all over my brother. There were parts of a Subway Italian foot-long stuck to every inch of the interior of the plane, even on the ceiling! It was not my most glamorous moment. It may be a while before I eat Subway Italian subs after that disgusting experience, I can assure you.
My headset was off (small planes are loud and you have to wear headsets to communicate to others in the plane), and I hung my head out the window throughout our decent. I watched the landing gear tire approach the ground and chirp with a puff of smoke as it touched the runway. It was cool, and I would have appreciated experiencing that if I had not been so sick. In retrospect, however, I would not have experienced that view had I not been so sick, as the way that I felt overcame my fear of heights.
My brother didn't bother taxiing back to the flight line. We taxied back to the garage, where we had to clean the plane. Well, I had to clean the plane. He strolled off and got cleaned up. It was a lot like detailing a car. I also cleaned myself up as best as I could, never knowing if I was still wearing my lunch in my hair.
That done, I staggered over to the terminal and chilled out on a large couch. It was then that the Dramamine kicked in and made me very, very groggy. I spent the rest of the afternoon delirious, chilling out on the couch as FOX news played on a high definition flatscreen TV in front of me and exotic car rental commercials (wow, a Ferrari for only $1,500 a day!) Played on another flatscreen on the wall behind me. I think that I fell asleep. Once I came to, I played some Sonic The Hedgehog 2 on one of my PSP's as I waited for my brother. It was pouring down rain outside. My brother was flying in it. I was feeling better now, but was very drowsy.

My brother had acquired an expensive, high performance Mooney airplane and flew someone to Venice. Upon his return, he taxied the sleek, blue sportsplane up to the terminal. I walked out to the four-seat airplane and put my camera and other gear inside. This was a nice plane. It had leather seats, and unlike the Cessna, had a low wing. We strapped in, contacted the tower, and taxied for takeoff along the rain slicked runway.
After receiving clearance from the tower, we began our takeoff roll. The Mooney roared with power, accelerating quickly down the runway, and into the evening sky. Its landing gear retracted into the aircraft. If the Cessna was a Pinto, this aircraft was a Corvette. It was a magnificent airplane. It was fast, climbed quickly to altitude, and maneuvered well. It gave a much smoother ride, too.
Aircraft in the area that day were flying under VFR, which stands for Visual Flight Rules. Much of our time spent aloft that day was spent trying to spot other aircraft in the area, even though air traffic control had their positions on radar. Even so, the VFR was a great safety measure, as many times I heard alarms going off in the background when we overheard air traffic control. My brother informed me that those alarms meant that aircraft were in close proximity to each other and they demanded that the flight controllers pay special attention to what was going on. Although I never spotted any other planes in the air around us, the alarms present in the air traffic control transmissions were a constant reminder that we were not alone.
It was reassuring that there were professionals in a tower somewhere who were aware where all of the planes were, because we certainly did not. The planes that we were in had some really cool GPS navigation systems, which showed our location over their geographic location. The GPS, however, did not show where other planes were in the area. We were completely reliant upon air traffic control, and our own eyes, to figure out where other planes were.
We ascended quickly. The sensation of speed in the Mooney was much greater than that in the Cessna. This, my friends, was a nice plane. In minutes, we were at cloud level, and my brother carved tight paths around most of the clouds as they dropped below us. The aircraft was moving along at 200 MPH, and we were almost a mile up.
Cruising over the clouds and the patchwork earth, it looked really cool. I took a few pictures, but with the bouncing flight, the fast-changing scenery, and the tricky lighting, it was not easy. I snagged some cool pictures, however. I also couldn't help but think about my novel Frontier 4, and my main character flying along in her flying car, a Phantom 212 Aerocar. Hell, I mused, I don't care how advanced that Aerocar is supposed to be; despite the advanced propulsion and avionics, no flight control software in the world is going to be able to anticipate, or react well enough, to turbulence in the air to provide a smooth flight equal to that of a car. I would have to write in some bouncing to the flight scenes, at least in the beginning of the novel, so the reader establishes in their mind what flight is really like. No one never seemed to get this sensation right, in written form, or in the movies. Another reason that flying is great, as the experience translates well to my writing. Hell, all good writers write what they know. There are some things, and experiences, that you simply cannot fake. Writing is something that is difficult to fake, and it shouldn’t have to go that route. To be dishonest in writing is a disservice to your readers, and writers only handicap their work when they have no real experience to draw from (just like actors, but I'll post about that subject some other time). My novel is almost finished, and I am going to take out the time this year to finish it. Even if it never sells well, that’s not the point. I will finish it for me, and because I believe in it.
That was a spectacular flight. My brother is an excellent pilot, too. We flew in 18 minutes a distance that would have taken an hour and a half in a car. We banked over Plant City, lining up with the runway, and my brother lowered the landing gear. We descended over a forest of cypress trees, cleared them, and touched down. It was good to be close to home. My brother put the plane in a hanger, and we climbed upon a sportsbike to go home, which brings us back to the beginning of my story.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
I have much more to blog about, but it is beyond the scope of this post. I have also ran out of time this evening, and have to drive home now through downtown Tampa.
I'll post more shortly. Goodnight.

Monday, May 12, 2008 - 1:44 AM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Blasts From The Past

It's funny how things have a way to loop around on you and come full circle over the course of years. I may be experiencing new adventures shortly which are in many way what I set up to do when all of this started.
Back in the ages of many years ago, it all began. You all know about my ability to read on a college level back in elementary school when I was eight or so. I began to write stories and such about that time, too. When I was fourteen, I finished my first novel, which is scheduled for a rewrite soon.
In 1988, fresh out of high school and exploring adult society for the first time, I began to throw parties. I threw some of the most creative, and the best, parties, that the Tampa Bay area had ever seen. This was the beginning of my career as an event planner, and led to my career as an underground DJ.
As a professional writer and a music fanatic who had a music background, DJ'ing came naturally. The first time that I tinkered with this form of art was in the early eighties, playing around with recording equipment and tape decks. In 1984, I was a member of a church quiz team, and we traveled to Jacksonville for a competition. I was a bit bored in the hotel, so I borrowed my friend Daniel's boom box, bought some blank cassette tapes from radio shack, and proceeded to make a tape of our adventure utilizing whatever music that I could record from the local radio stations. The resulting program turned out to be very creative and entertaining. I entertained myself and my friends throughout the eighties by doing these projects.
The 1980's was a fun time for me. We never had much money, so I would engineer equipment from junk. I once took an old walkman apart, soldered an AC to DC power supply to the circuit board, and hooked it up to large speakers, and used this as a crude radio so I could stay up all night listening to Q-105. Great music and radio DJ's, and I am so happy that the radio station returned to old form and it is like listening it in the 80's all over again! Good times......
After I began throwing those wild parties in the late eighties, my passion returned to having a voice and sharing my love to music. I decided to begin DJ'ing on an underground level.
In 1990, I obtained a cheap microphone, mountains of black high quality cassette tapes, a library of music cassette albums, and a nice boom box with two tape decks. This was my first so-called "DJ system", and although it would be a few years before I invested in a professional DJ system, what I did with that primitive setup continues to amaze me. I was crazy, creative, and often put together my programs on the fly so quickly that it might as well have been a live program. Since I looked like a teenager despite being 20 years old, I came up with the stage name "DJ Wiz Kid".
On October 6, 1990, it began. I put together my first 90 minute cassette program release (CPR), generically title "Fresh Mix". This was quickly followed by a hip hop / gangsta rap release titled "Nasty Mix", where I got to go crazy, see how many swear words I could fit in my monologues, and see how outrageous I could be. Obviously, I went too far with that one (although my 18th release "Bitch" in 1991 was crazier and led to one of my beach parties being rioted and a short gang war). This woman I knew quit talking to me after she heard "Nasty Mix". she thought that I had issues. Although I have grown out of that phase and am much more mature about my creative efforts these days (not to mention professional since I now know what I'm doing), no one could touch the explicit nature of my programs in those days. Those who think that Tampa shock jock Bubba The Love Sponge (Who I met for the first time a few days ago- surprisingly cool guy who is nothing like his on-air persona) is bad would have a heart attack if they heard those early releases (and, no, none of you will ever hear the explicit ones if I have I have anything to do with it. I have all of the master tapes, and they are stored in a safe under lock and key. I am guessing that all of the boot-leg copies that were out there have long been worn out and lost to time; the would damage my professional career now if they got out). Those early crazy releases were much, much worse than anything that anyone that I know have has ever done. They make Howard Stern look like a church choir.
Anyway, I began to hit my stride by my third cassette program release, "Horizons", on November 2, 1990, one of my first releases where I didn't go crazy with the profanity, X-rated music, and crude humor (I'll give myself this much- I've always been funny with some of the stuff that I came up with).. On October 31, 1990, I went to a Price Waterhouse party and recorded interviews with everyone there. I edited the interviews and turned it into a music mix. The resulting release, Horizons, finished and released two days later, was way, way ahead of its time. I didn't know it at the time, but I was on to something. Horizons became my first hit, and after the first few copies got out, thousands of copies were made, and spread all over Tampa Bay.
I am still trying to get to grips with what happened in those early days. As an example, I was talking to a big-time headlining night club DJ recently, and they not only knew who I was as a DJ but were familiar with some of my earliest work. I suppose what they lacked in professional polish and quality was more than made up by my creative passion and the entertainment value. I've had other DJ's tell me that my work had inspired them and that the reason that they were DJ's today was because of my releases. I've even heard of radio DJ's trading my tapes. Which reminds me- When I talked to Bubba, he perked up like he recognized my voice from somewhere. Now, this is purely speculation on my part and could be my imagination, but I do know that past 93.3 (The Power Pig!) WFLZ DJ Tom Steel (early 90's Tim and Tom show) has listened to my programs, and it is possible that Bubba, who was a radio DJ there back then, had come across at least one of programs in his career. Again, speculation on my part, as none of his radio exploits shows even a hint of being influenced by my work (although I am far from a Bubba fan and have only started to tune in to laugh at him making fun of MJ over the lawsuit, which I find to be highly entertaining at MJ's expense). It's just that it seemed that he recognized my voice, and that's all. I never talked to him about it, so I don't know for sure.
Going back to DJ history, I got better starting with the release of Horizons. "Back to the streets", which I released in 1991, was one of the few explicit releases, and I either went crazy or sat back and entertained my fanbase. With the release of the 13th CPR, Waveform, my production standards went higher, and the so-called second generation, or GEN 2, began. Each release had a strong script, samples from various sources, guests, art direction, and a theme which the music program, sound effects, and samples were blended in a context which supported the script and the theme. I also started to make my own covers for the cassettes using scissors, glue, assorted print sources and catalogs for the pictures (I barely knew what a camera was back then, and had done little photography. I was always a designer, however, although you couldn't tell at that time by looking at my work.) Those first cassette covers were done by hand, with graphics and layouts often drawn by hand. They were very crude, and the copies were black and white done by photocopy machines and cut out by hand for each cassette!
For those who are wondering by now, all of the music and photographs used were the property of the publishers, and I had no rights to use them. I didn't care at the time, however. I was having fun DJ'ing my cassette program releases much like people who were making mix tapes, but on a more ambitious level. I had no right to sell the programs, and didn't. It didn't take long for the photographs to become mine, however, and soon I will own the music used, too, or will have permission to use and sell it.
Late 1991 and the duration of 1992 was a dark time. I got into a lot of trouble due to the event riot of November 2, 1991, and soon my life was undergoing a depressing transition. My life was destroyed and I found myself fighting to survive. A girl destroyed my equipment and some of my tapes with toothpaste (!), and it took most of 1992 and 1993 to get my life back and invest in professional DJ gear. I moved to Tampa and worked hard to rebuild my life. I bought a Peavey 7032 DJ Mixer, which is still in mint condition and in use today, CD players, a professional microphone, amps, speakers, and all sorts of advanced technology. It took a while to replace my tape library with CD's. I bought some experimental technology, too, experimenting with things like 3D audio and technology which would be needed for a new generation of parties and interactive theme events. I decided that I was older and wiser, and changed my name from DJ Wiz Kid to DJ Frontier in 1993. I also came up with brand new third generation production standards, or GEN 3, which would go on to last for four years. Starting with my 22nd cassette program release, which was had music entirely sourced from CD's, all of the GEN 3 releases were encoded in SRS 3D sound which was provided by an SRS Labs AK-100 which I obtained from Hughes Aircraft in California (and also begun by legendary track record of finding and securing great electronics deals). My new home studio, which I christened "Geomedia One", was state of the art and had a lot of technology which was secret and is still secret today. This started a new era where I began to work out ideas which were years and decades ahead of their time. In 1994, after two demos learning the technology, I emerged as DJ Frontier, which I still use today. I also started a photography and design company, Aurora PhotoArts, to photograph the cover of my comeback Cassette Program Release, or CPR, and this time the covers were professionally designed and were photograph-quality and in color Although I still had to do all my layouts by hand)! I also came out with a rating system, which was printed on the covers, so people could see how explicit the content was before they listened to it (EC-13, EC-18, and EC-21). It was a time to start over, and this time, the work was professional as well as creative. A lot more planning, writing, work, and time went into all of the GEN 3 CPR's.
Some of those GEN 3 CPR's are legendary, and they were all a quantum leap over anything that I had done before. I did some experiments over the years, and rumor has it that some of them have subliminals encoded into them which I had engineered. Those legends are still great, and they stand the test of time. Futura, Futura 2, Generation, Party Zone 3, Party Zone RMX, Aurora, and Waveform 3 were all massive hits with tens of thousands of copies circulating around Tampa Bay.
In 1997, with the new Geomedia 3 production facility nearing completion and the GEN 3 CPR's outdated with cassettes and analogue recording technology obsolete, production stopped.
There were plans for GEN 4 releases. They were going to be CD's produced using computers and digital production technology. I became sidetracked, however. I began to DJ a lot of events as DJ Frontier, and took a break from DJ'ing altogether in 2002 to focus on my career as one of Florida's top modeling and talent photographers. Aurora PhotoArts became the top photography and design services company in the Tampa Bay market, and my event planning company, now known as Eventi Events, plugged along, with all of the DJ and event work farmed out to my DJ's.
Now, in 2008, all is about to change.
I return to DJ'ing as DJ Frontier later this year. My event planning company is ready for a new era. Many of my ideas and technology, which are still ahead of their time today, can now be done cost-effectively. Technology has finally caught up so the more ambitious efforts are possible. I will be doing a lot of things which were created back in 1993, and since no one has seen any of them and no one has even approached anything better, these ideas might as well be newly-conceived.
I am very pleased with myself that technology developed back in the early 1990's is still ahead of anything out there today. It is time for a new era.
My cyber suits can now be done. My stage designs are now possible. Theories have been proven. New ways of doing things are going to be done. Well, that's material for other posts. Back to DJ'ing.
GEN 4 production standards, drafted and completed ten years ago, are now obsolete. In this age of MP3's and digital download distribution, GEN 5 is now here, and it's going to be the best yet.
As I prepare for the new age of Digital Program Releases, or DPR's, I will cut my teeth on the new technology by going back to my archives and raiding some of my best CPR's of GEN 3 (1994 to 1997). Because I had really high production values for GEN 3 and pushed analog technology to its limits, all of the GEN 3 CPR's are prime candidates for digital conversion. I will be remastering Futura, Futura 2, Party Zone 3, Waveform 3, Aurora, Generation, Horizons RMX, and a few others. The programs will be converted to digital files, and I will be doing brand new covers for the digital editions of these programs. Each program will have two cover image formats, one optimized for IPOD display and one which can be printed out for those who want to rip the digital files into CD's- The print file will be formatted for CD cases. There will also be a text file and a print version of the text files with dedications and credits, replacing the Z card inserts of the old Cassette Program Releases (CPR covers were known as "J cards").
Thinking about analog limits, this was one of the main reasons that the CPR line was discontinued. New programs that were in the works, such as Rush Hour, had technical requirements beyond that of the GEN 3 technology. I was having all kinds of problems with Rush Hour, and barely got it half way done before putting away my recorded material and terminating the production line. Rush Hour, which has no relation to that crappy Chris Tucker movie and had its name before the movie was even announced, was supposed to emulate a radio broadcast. The way that the program was supposed to work was that the owner of the program would play it on their stereo and anyone around would think that it was really the radio. The actors who were involved did a really great job, and the recordings are excellent, but the analog mix had some technical issues which I could not get around. The illusion of the radio could not be done with what I was working with. I am toying with the idea of converting the recordings to digital files and completely redoing Rush Hour as a GEN 5 release. I would have extra incentive to do this if I decide to do Midnight and Radio City, too, which would compete the radio trilogy series. Midnight, which ties into my Club Zero interactive theme event, is about a New Years eve radio dance show which experiences what was supposed to have happened with Y2K at the end of 1999. Radio City is about a radio show in the 1980's, and is based on Q105 of that era.
Rush Hour (Read the Rush Hour script here) was ahead of its time. So was Daytona (Read the script for Daytona here). Daytona was the sequel to Waveform 3, and followed the adventures of Washout and his fraternity friend Tobey as they went to Daytona for spring break.
Ah, Waveform 3. Waveform 3 was about a character named Washout and his beach party adventures. It had a surf and beach theme, and was really popular, and, no, Washout is not gay. He just sounds like it. He's just misunderstood. Ironically, the original GEN 2 CPR Waveform was about new wave music, and the late GEN 2 Waveform 2 was just a little bit of everything, and really wasn't that good of a program. Waveform 3 had a strong story, great writing, and a solid theme, and it was a hit in 1995, Bra ha ha (I was inspired by the film "Under the boardwalk"). Toward the end of the GEN 3 era, there were plans to do Waveform RMX. I even had it programmed and had some of it running in the studio. Actually, let's make that a GEN 5 Digital Program Release, shall we?
There were a lot more releases in the pipeline, and I had scripts and ideas for over two dozen more. I will post about them soon. Here is the CPR list:

U.L.P. ERA (1990-1992)

UNDERGROUND LABEL PRODUCTION NETWORK RELEASES

GEN 1

CPR # ARTIST : TITLE GENRE RELEASE DATE

001 DJ WIZ KID: FRESH MIX TOP 40 OCT 1990

002 DJ WIZ KID: NASTY MIX RAP OCT 1990

003 DJ WIZ KID: HORIZONS TOP 40 NOV 1990

004 DJ WIZ KID: HORIZONS II TOP 40 NOV 1990

005 DJ WIZ KID: HORIZONS III TOP 40 DEC 1990

006 DJ WIZ KID: FIRE IN THE DESERT MIDDLE EAST JAN 1991

007 DJ WIZ KID: SLAM RIP RELEASE FEB 1991

008 DJ WIZ KID: HORIZONS IV TOP 40 MAR 1991

009 DJ WIZ KID: LEGACY RANT MAR 1991

010 DJ WIZ KID: DANCE FLOOR EXPRESS DANCE MIX APR 1991

011 DJ WIZ KID: B**CH MINI PROMO RAP APR 1991

012 DJ WIZ KID: REBEL WITH A CAUSE RAP/ RANT JUN 1991

GEN 2

CPR# ARTIST: TITLE GENRE RELEASE DATE

013 DJ WIZ KID: WAVEFORM NEW WAVE JUL 1991

014 DJ WIZ KID: BACK TO THE STREETS RAP JUL 1991

015 DJ WIZ KID: VISION COMMERCIAL AUG 1991

016 DJ WIZ KID: PARTY ZONE DANCE MIX SEPT 1991

017 DJ P. J. : DANCE MIX I DANCE MIX SEPT 1991

018 DJ WIZ KID: B: THE MAJOR REALEASE RAP/ RIP OCT 1991

019 DJ WIZ KID/ FOXX: EAT ME, B**CH RAP NOV 1991

020 DJ WIZ KID: WAVEFORM 2 TOP 40/ RIP DEC 1991

021 DJ FOXX: SMOOTH LOVE LOVE MAR 1992

GEOMEDIA PRODUCTION ERA (1994-1999)

GEN 3

CPR# ARTIST: TITLE THEME PRODUCTION

022 DJ FRONTIER/ CRICKET: FUTURA FUTURIST JUN 1994

023 DJ FRONTIER: PARTY ZONE 2 DANCE MIX JUL 1994

024 DJ FRONTIER: HORIZONS RMX PAST/ FUTURE JUN 1995

025 DJ FRONTIER: WAVEFORM 3 BEACH JUL 1995

026 DJ FRONTIER: REBELLION HEAVY METAL JUL 1995

027 DJ FRONTIER: PARTY ZONE 3 DANCE MIX OCT 1995

028 DJ FRONTIER: GENERATION SCI-FI FEB 1996

029 DJ FRONTIER: FUTURA 2 FUTURIST APR 1996

030 DJ FRONTIER: URBAN COWBOY COUNTRY FEB 1996

031 DJ FRONTIER: AURORA NEW AGE DEC 1996

032 DJ FRONTIER: PARTY ZONE 4 DANCE MIX JUL 1996

033 DJ FRONTIER: PARTY ZONE RMX DANCE REMIX 1997/ 1998

END OF LINE

PLANNED (May be done as GEN 5 DPR's):

034 OMEGA TEAM: DAYTONA SPRING BREAK 1998

035 OMEGA TEAM: RUSH HOUR RADIO PARODY 1998

036 DJ FRONTIER: SILVERTREE (SK) ESPIONAGE 1998

037 DJ FRONTIER: CLUB ZERO RED (SK) FUTURE CLUB 1998

038 DJ FRONTIER: CLUB ZERO GREEN (SK) FUTURE CLUB 1998

039 DJ FRONTIER: CLUB ZERO BLUE (SK) FUTURE CLUB 1998

040 DJ SIREN/ FRONTIER: OZONE MEDITATION 1998

041 DJ FRONTIER: MAKO DATING 1998

042 DJ FRONTIER: WAVEFORM RMX BEACH JAM 1998

043 DJ FRONTIER: REGENCY CRUISERS 98' CRUISING 1998

045 DJ FRONTIER: RESOLUTION NEW YEARS DANCE MIX 1998

046 OMEGA TEAM: B2 RIOT PARODY 1999

047 OMEGA TEAM: RADIO CITY RADIO PARODY 1999

048 OMEGA TEAM: MIDNIGHT RADIO PARODY 1999

049 DJ FRONTIER: FUTURA RMX FUTURIST MIX 1999

050 DJ FRONTIER/ SHY/ SIREN: FUTURA 3 FUTURIST 1999

With the GEN 5 Digital Program Releases, I was going to reboot the entire program line, making new programs with old titles possible. I just decided not to do that. I have new properties in the works, and if I want to make a new addition to an old property, I will give it a proper name. For example, the last Party Zone was Party Zone 4 (not counting Party Zone RMX, which came out later toward the end of GEN 3, and was a remix of the first and the second Party Zone). The next in the line would be Party Zone 5. Other possibilities, recognizing the older programs, would be Waveform 4, Futura 3, Generation 2, Aurora 2, etc (keep in mind that I am giving examples here and none of these, with the possible exceptions of Party Zone 5 and Generation 2, are confirmed with being in the works. I am not even sure about the other two at this time, although I would love to see a Party Zone 5. A Generation 2 would be interesting, too, and I could think of some cool things that I could do with Futura 3.
All that I know is that digital distribution and my event planning company dominating the event market could drive a fanbase thousands of times greater that anything seen before, and this is why I am looking into moving forward with the production line.
My new film series, Frontier Vision (which will be found at FrontierVision.Com) will be another factor driving the fanbase of the upcoming DPR's. Ah, yes, there will be a video program series, too, but it is too early to talk about it.
DJ Frontier is back. My DJ web site, DjFrontier.Com, which will tie into Frontier Vision, will be up this fall.
With this said, I have thousands of CD's to convert to MP3's. Converting my library will take several months, and I will have to build a new computer for the music files.
This takes time. Progress is being made.
Speaking of time and progress, there is this snippy, self-important blogger by the name of Lisa who always tries to put me down on behalf of her clique. She had the nerve to get into my business and tried to take me to task on the slow progress of my plans. She claims that I am "all talk" while conveniently ignoring all of the work that I have been doing and what I have already done. Although I have a lot going on and I don't answer to her, I will humor her because these questions should be answered in general. Here they are.

Lisa wrote:

I'll actually be tickled if you really produce a blog. I've been reading about it for months. Your online film festival has multiple links to "discuss on our message board" but the message board itself says "coming in 2007." I saw your Iris Film Festival website almost two years ago and have yet to actually see an event. Hell, on one of your sites you posted an ad for a choreographer to be hired "in August 2006." How are you going to get that dance squad operational without a choreographer? How's that video game festival coming? Published that book yet? Where's your film? Why do you keep delaying the debut date of the Tampa Film Showcase? What's the latest on the beauty pageant you're working on? How the DJ biz these days? Why do the majority of your film scam pages link back to the main page? (Either have a substantial link or remove the category already). Finish changing "indy" to "indie" everywhere if you're really going to do it. Oh, and the Tampa International Film Festival you've linked to on your approved film festival page doesn't exist anymore. (Review your links every so often.) The festival closed up shop over a year ago (shortly after I resigned as Assistant Director, but that's a different story). Your imaginary staff must stay busy with all these imaginary events.

You're a gnat, buzzing around and annoying everyone, but harmless and tiny and easy enough to ignore.

I'm going to tune you out from now on. School's out. You're dismissed.

I replied:

Alas, it is sad to see how you have fallen in line with the discrimination of a clique.
Ahem. Where to begin?
Regarding the use of a dictionary. The errors are called typo's. Get used to it.
Here are some answers to some of your questions. Spend much time lurking on web sites which you find hard to comprehend? Remember that I do not answer to any of you, and those of you in the clique have no bearing on what is to come. These points are merely to humor you.
The following skims over certain details because you people have proven that you cannot be trusted, and it is suspected that any ideas revealed may be taken by you and used.

The Tampa Film Blog - Took a while to do. The initial blog will be in html because Wordpress is an odd way to do a web site. It will take a bit more time to be a database driven blog.

The Tampa Bay Film Message Board - Originally, this was supposed to lead to a section on (clique web site). With all the unprofessional people posting on here, however, this was taken back to the drawing table. There will eventually be a message board, but there is no ETA on when that will be. Maybe this year, maybe next.

Iris Film Festival - Still planned in the future, but not completely a film festival. Any festival work is now focused on the Tampa Film Showcase, which will make the TFR extinct and give annual festivals like the Gasparilla Film Festival a run for their money. There is more, but it cannot be disclosed at this time. The Iris "Film Festival" is only 33% film festival, by the way, and there will be a name adjustment to reflect that.

Eventi Choreographer - In the works. With business focusing on Aurora PhotoArts this year and Eventi returning to form at the end of this year, it may be 2009 before there is a need for the a choreographer and a dance squad for Eventi.

Dance Squad - Needs a choreographer first. Yes, dancers have auditioned already-mostly for the choreographer position. This is now on hold, as explained above. A dance squad is coming, however.

Video Game Festival - Also in the works. No ETA. With Aurora in the lead and Eventi returning to form, this is also coming. Events will become very important as time progresses.

The Book - It is assumed that you are referring to my novel "Frontier 4". It is almost finished. As a time travel drama, the story is complex, and the back-technology utilized in the story took years to design. I have been published before, by the way, and I have completed many stories, stageplays, screenplays, and other work over the years.

Film - Which film are you referring to? It takes equipment to make a film, and with both Aurora and Eventi requiring more equipment, this is taking time. Reverence was a feature film to be done back in 2003, and was canceled due to a lack of equipment. The business model has changed since then, and I think that you may be thinking "films". If not, you should be. The indie film clique will be schooled in new, advanced ways of making indie films and marketing them. How? You will have to wait and find out.

Tampa Film Showcase - A priority (especially after the continuing TFR disaster compromise). I have stated that I didn't want to do it until I had something to show. See above. This monthly film festival will not only show the TFR how it should be done, but will give the annual film festivals a run for their money.

Beauty Pageant - Far in the future. There is so much going on, that the pageant is on the back-burner. It is planned for the future, but we couldn't tell you when. Ann Poonkasem, a friend of mine, will be handling it, and you would have to be deluded to claim that she is an imaginary person. She is a former Miss Tampa Bay and the current Miss Gasparilla (next, your accusations will switch from "imaginary staff" to "look at the people he is scamming into his schemes"). You people will find something to spin into a lie no matter what. No one can deny that the professional friends of mine that they have met are the top of their fields.

DJ Biz - Still operational, but at a reduced capacity at the moment (without a senior DJ). Eventi was making money long before Aurora was. I took a break from DJ'ing back in 2002. My DJ'ing will be back, and specifics are being planned right now. Eventi will become the core Passinault company again in 2009. New uniforms were completed just last week. By the way, their rates start at $800.00 for a four hour event, and they get it. Also, yes, I do own professional sound equipment. Lots of equipment.

Film Scam Pages - These are still being worked on. There is a lot going on, and it is hoped that it will be done around the next code update. Maybe this week. There are a lot of indie film scams in Tampa, and it is my duty to warn professionals about them so they can avoid being used, stolen from, and slandered. Tampa Bay Modeling's scam database has been up and running for years.

Indy / Indie Correction - The site is big. This is taking time, and you are splitting hairs with this one.

Bad Film Festival Links - Again, a big site and a busy schedule. This should be addressed this week.

Imaginary Staff - This is an accusation which the indie film clique chooses to believe. You are all wrong. While some of the Talent resource sites do use aliases, this practice will soon end on the other sites.
Once it becomes impossible to claim that the my staff is made up, your accusations will switch from "imaginary staff" to "look at the people he is scamming into his schemes. You people will find something to spin into a lie no matter what. You look for reasons to destroy someone's credibility, and when you cannot find one, you simply make something up. This will be remembered. You people discriminate, and it is now well known that you do.

It is you who have lost out and sold yourself short, not me. The loss of your attention is not my loss.
We have to wonder how you all have so much time to examine these web sites. You all have too much free time, and in the end don't really have a clue about what you are talking about.
With me, it is never a question of "if". It is "when". Many times I have proven that I am able to back up what I say when I helped some of you. Some of you obviously (secretly) thought that my ideas were good because those ideas were taken. Some things are taking longer than planned, but this in no way is an indication that I am "all talk". What I have done is some of the best work in the industries which I have worked in.
Enough of this nonsense. You people are idiots. Farewell.
Lisa, you have no business trying to school anyone. It is you who needs to go back to school. Actually, you are the annoying gnat buzzing around annoying professionals. You are a true film fan, blindly being led around as you hype those who you see as being the "in" clique and helping them to discriminate against others.
School is now out. See the teacher after class if you wish to pass, idiot. Dysfunctional family? I can see that. Success? Not by a long shot. You people need to realize that you are not going to make any kind of difference, and you will merely be a footnote in Tampa Bay history, if not forgotten altogether.

Ah, yes, and my latest web site numbers are now in. I know that I've stated before that this was the last time, but I couldn't resist.

This report was generated on May 3, 2008 07:05.
Report time frame April 26, 2007 01:21 to May 3, 2008 00:00.

Directory Name Number of requests

1. www.passinault.com/ 301,789
2. www.tampahub.com/ 149,540
3. www.annpoonkasem.com/ 43,310
4. www.independentmodeling.com/ 87,810
5. www.tampaphotographydesign.com/ 52,383
6. www.tampaboudoirphotography.com/ 24,413
7. www.frontier-society.com/ 26,949
8. www.tampabaymodeling.com/ 36,063
9. www.tampaphotographysociety.com/ 31,899
10. www.tampabayfilm.com/ 19,134
11. annpoonkasem.com/ 3,499
12. www.tampafilmshowcase.com/ 12,513
13. www.dreamninestudios.com/ 12,222
14. www.tampaphotographyblog.com/ 6,863
15. passinault.com/ 10,667
16. tampabaymodeling.com/ 3,194
17. independentmodeling.com/ 4,157
18. www.tampa-bay-events.com/ 3,186
19. www.tampabayacting.com/ 2,485
20. www.tampafilmblog.com/ 1,055
21. www.tampacasting.com/ 2,810
22. frontier-society.com/ 1,040
23. tampahub.com/ 348
24. dreamninestudios.com/ 740
25. tampaboudoirphotography.com/ 334
26. tampabayfilm.com/ 285
27. www.tampaglamourphotography.com/ 72
28. www.tampamodeltesting.com/ 77
29. www.talentonlinedatabase.com/ 75
30. tampaphotographyblog.com/ 89
31. tampabayacting.com/ 135
32. www.talentonlineauditions.com/ 71
33. tampaphotographysociety.com/ 180
34. www.tampa-advertising-agency.com/ 224
35. tampaphotographydesign.com/ 54
36. www.advancedmodel.com/ 398
37. tampafilmshowcase.com/ 109
38. tampa-bay-events.com/ 48
[not listed: 49] 993

I will probably avoid posting these stats here in the future because my web traffic is about to increase by factors of ten. I am not at liberty to disclose how I will be doing this. I can only say that it's working quite well.
Well, I am done for now. I have to work on some other blogs now. Ciao!

Sunday, May 4, 2008 - 1:00 AM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Leaping Weeping Lizard

It's been a while. Again. I've been so busy the past month or so that I am a month behind on two, or maybe three, different things.
At least I got the Tampa Film Blog and the Tampa Photography Blog up to speed. Regarding my Tampa Photography Blog, it is about to be split into two different photography-relevant blogs, and both will be interconnected. By late May, all three blogs will be complete web sites, with all of their sections up.
My Tampa Photography Blog has even booked me several shoots this year. I made a good amount there. I may be on to something by using my opinions as a marketing tool. It is working.
Since I last posted, I've updated over 20 web sites. The casual web visitor may have to scrutinize some of those sites to notice the changes, but the changes have been significant. I had to change a lot of links and a lot of code. I am almost caught up, and then the next phase of my overall agenda can commence. It's been seven years in the making, people, and progress is being made.
My friend Ann Poonkasem, who is presently Ms. Gasparilla, was on FOX 13's Lightning Round on April 24, promoting my site Tampa Bay Modeling and her web site. Will there be more models making television appearances? Yes. Keep an eye on all of Tampa's television stations for upcoming appearances. While I would like to be able to claim the credit for some of this, I must point out that all of my model friends are more than capable of doing these things on their own. Did I teach them how to? I may be able to disclose that answer one day soon.
While thinking of Ann and performing as an entertainer on the stage, I am reminded that I am on a diet. Yes, I have no choice but to watch what I eat as a get in shape to return to my entertainment roots. You see, later this year, I am returning to acting and DJ'ing. I may even return to singing.
I've been cast in a new kind of television series as the lead and the subject, and everything will be in place by this summer. Expect to see my return in front of the camera by fall. This is why I must get in shape. I am not that bad out of shape, however, and merely need to lose a few pounds and tone up. The exercise has already been there the past few years, and it was needed to offset my lifestyle where I ate whatever I wanted to. My exercise-filled life has kept my weight steady, and I haven't gained any weight while eating just about everything. Mmmmmmm...... I am going to miss eating whatever I want to. Which reminds me of to remind you all to watch serving sizes on those labels. Some labels are misleading. Take Blast O' Butter Pop Corn, for example. The label claims that it has 20% of the recommended daily intake of fat, which is high, but acceptable. I became slightly pissed the other night when I prepared two bags of that popcorn and read the label. What's that? 3 SERVINGS per BAG?!?! The 20% becomes 60%, and I just lost a little of my life by consuming 120% of fat in one sitting!!!!!! What the hell do they expect- pop a bag and save the rest? Anyone want stale, cold popcorn? Maybe it is for party planners who have friends share their bags of popcorn. Jesus, I swear- consumers need to boycott asshole companies who mislead their customers through questionable labeling! 1 bag of popcorn should equal 1 serving, but they know that no one would buy it if they made the ACTUAL FAT CONTENT obvious. Just be honest and put 60% fat on each bag, will you? I love this world. Business should not get away with using shady labeling, and yet they do. We all need to pay closer attention to nutrition labels from now on.
Anyone want a case of Blast O' Butter? I bought it in bulk, and can no longer eat any of it.
Anyway, going back to film projects, I will also be producing some web series and short films, but more about that soon.
I have to go soon. I need to go to the studio, take a nice hot shower, and curl up to the main computer with a tall cold glass of choco milk while a listen to some techno dance mixes. It will be a nice night spent updating web sites and uploading this blog entry.
On a sad note, something happened on Thursday, April 24, which still upsets me. I was cruising north on I-75 near Brandon that night in my sportscar, doing around 70, and noticed something flapping on my windshield. I thought that it was a large leaf or something like that, but when I finally saw what it really was it was too late.
A few weeks ago, I was taking a shower and noticed a small Gecko lizard in my shower curtain. I finished my shower, got dressed, and caught him. I released him outside the studio. A week later. I found a huge Gecko lizard in my bathroom cabinet, just a few feet from where I found the first one. This one was a beautiful, full grown specimen. I caught him, he hissed / growled (!!!) at me, and I released him outside the studio in an area close to where my car is parked. I figured that I did a good thing by releasing this beautiful animal in the wild instead of making a pet of him.
Well, that's what is was. I tend to walk a lot, and sometimes don't use my car for a day at a time. My Gecko made is way to my dormant sportscar one night and made a home just below by sleek windshield.
The flapping leaf turned out to be the long tail of my Gecko. He slipped up my windshield, and as I realized that a beautiful lizard was clinging for dear life on my windshield he became fully caught in the high-speed slipstream of air and blew off into the center median of the Interstate. His chance of survival was slim to none, and a result of my actions a lizard died. I swear that I saw terror in those magnificent eyes just before he tumbled off into the wake of my car.
Next time I will consider where I release animals before I do so. Maybe I will build a lizard terrarium so I can keep them safe. I really do feel bad about what happened. I don't like hurting anything.
Kind of hard to believe if you knew how aggressive I can be about business.

Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 3:05 AM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Tinker Toys

Wow, did I ever get sidetracked today. It was worth it, however.
I traveled to Publix for some Mojo Chicken, Chicago Italian bread, and Spinach dip (trust me- this makes an awesome meal and was well worth the drive- an actress, Jennifer Curri-Deleo, introduced me to this combination years ago, and it remains one of my favorites). Scoring the makings of a good meal before it started to rain, I made a side trip into an electronics supply store and looked for more of those robot parts (you know- for robotic projects, although I am using them for an alarm system upgrade, and I have already used the ten sensors that I procured on an earlier trip days ago). They were still out since I had depleted the entire store supply the last time that I visited, and on the way out I was sidetracked by discounted items! There were some cool things there on that table, and I was tempted to buy some of them, but then something on the wall to my right caught my eye- little robot insects! These were cool little, simple robots modeled on roaches, it looked like, but the curved, neon-glow transparent shells and their construction made them look really cool. So, I bought one. I figured that I’d find some use for it.
When I returned to the studio, it began to rain, and I consumed large amounts of chicken, bread, water, and spinach dip as I watched an episode of Enterprise (the latest Star Trek series which was not that popular- it ended early with the most sucktastic series finale that I have ever seen in Star Trek, an episode that I did not watch today). Soon after that, I walked into the studio and set up a second terminal, eager to start coding web sites. While the second computer booted up, I tinkered with the robot, and out of curiosity looked up the robot on the Internet with the main computer. Thus began hours of web surfing and reading.
In my career and with my projects, I am used to dumbasses and con artists stealing from me. My ideas are always good, and often way ahead of their time. As an example, my underground DJ projects and my event planning company, which I started in 1990, had many concepts which the then-current state of technology could not support (inexpensively or practically). I had to wait for the technology base to catch up. Now that we are in the future (well, 18 years into the future), I now have everything that I need. For the most part, no one else in the world has even come close to ideas that I came up with ages ago. That is why I can’t tell anyone about them yet, but now that I have the technology base to draw from, expect a lot of progress to happen in the next few months and years.
Then we have parallel development, or rather, evolution. This is a situation where no one stole any of my ideas, but came close to them on their own (and years later). This is what I thought of when I started reading about BEAM robotics. Here were some cool, inexpensive, and often clever robotic projects done by a lot of talented people. Remarkably, some of these people came close to what I had been doing in the late 1980's. Close, but not quite there. Many of my ideas remain the exclusive property of myself. I have to admit that I am rather disappointed. There are over six billion people in the world, and god-only-knows how many trillions of combinations of ideas from those people, and after 18 to 20 years my ideas are still ahead of their time. So, what are those ideas? Can’t say. I cannot control who will read this, and cannot reveal everything until I am in the position to take advantage of them. I have thousands upon thousands of ideas, and as far as my extensive searches can tell, no one else has a clue what they are. In many respects, I am truly unique, and alone, on this earth. Now, please don’t think that I am implying that I am better than everyone else or that I am bragging, which is not the case. It’s just that I know my place in life and what I am meant to do with it. I also know who I am and what my true potential is. I am truly a rare person, and according to my latest set of calculations, there are only 100 people like me in the United States, and in the world there are only 2,197 people. Most of those people don’t share my interests or my goals, so it is highly unlikely that anyone else will arrive at the same solutions as I have. My ideas are not theft-proof, however, and many of them can be stolen and exploited by the average person. I must take measures to avoid being taken advantage of by those who are out to steal what they could never come up with on their own.
You know, I am entertaining the idea of starting a company to market and sell my inventions. I have also come up with new forms of art which would sell very well. I will first have to perfect fabrication techniques for these constructs.
Regardless, I now have the means to create and test some of my oldest ideas. These ideas, some over 20 years old, are still ahead of their time. It looks like I am going to resume some old hobbies. Once again, by creations will fill the sky and other places. Hmmmmm... Airborne art? I am going to build prototypes of the FK-5 Lion (3 foot wingspan) and the FK-11 Hammerhead (1 foot wingspan). The Lion and the Hammerhead may take their maiden flights as early as this summer. I’ll engineer a new generation of micro robots and trolley robots. I’ll even dust off the blue prints for the fast, high altitude RK-1 Blackbird reconnaissance drone and create a hybrid drone with enhanced payload lofting abilities (this will be used for aerial commercial photography services for Aurora PhotoArts- more flexibility and less cost than chartering an airplane, with much longer loiter time over target). I’ll build new drop pod prototypes (implementing some of the design solutions which I could not afford to do at the time), and will design a follow-up to the AVAS airborne photography platform. Now, there was one idea born in Singapore that I didn’t think of. This smart, creative guy merged kite and radio-controlled aircraft technology, creating ultralight R/C planes which carry LED’s to do impressive airborne light shows. I may have to look into that. Also, I may have to see how fast a trolley robot can go up a steep incline.
Ok, it is time for me to sign off. I have to return to coding now. Before I go, a little about the photographs in this post. The insect on the upper right is my new BEAM robotic insect. I shot it using my new pocket Nikon camera, and didn’t have to leave my desk to take the photograph, add it to the site, and upload this post. The other picture, on the left, was taken in my sportscar during a recent all-night stakeout. Cool stuff, eh?

One more thing. I will be blogging about Rush Hour soon.

Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 4:38 AM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Spring Cleaning

It's been an interesting week. It's been a week of cleaning, maintenance, and running errands.
Yesterday, I brought my sportscar to the dealership for an oil change and other things. While I waited, I test drove a new turbo charged version of my car. Not quite the corvette killer that I thought that it was, it was still impressive, with 30% more pep than my car and the same trademark handling. The clutch was completely different (metal pedal, light, and sensitive), and was designed for racing, and it had a six speed manual transmission (VS my 5 speed). Other than those differences, it was a lot like my car.
The new car is around $30,000.00, which is a little more than what mine cost. Although I could easily afford that, my car is by far the most bang for the buck (and from the number of models who have been begging me to let them drive it, a very nice, fast car). I test drive a 2008 Mazda RX-8 a few months ago, and it was only a little bit faster than my car. I also found it too cramped, the engine was weird (the tach went up to 11K or so...... was this a motorcycle in a car with a Ferrari body style?), and I've heard that it is a maintenance-heavy car. Other contendors for next car? Well, other than the $30K turbocharged version of my present car, I've also been looking at the 2008 Nissan 350Z, the 2008 Honda S2000 roadster, the 2008 Pontiac Solstice, the 2008 Infiniti G35 (well, maybe not the styling so much, but I like the power), the Subaru WRX (ah.. All wheel drive and horsepower- the styling is not as cool as my car, however), and the 2008 Mini Cooper Turbo. If I decide to trade up to a newer car, it will be later this year when the dealers are liquidating the 08's.
Anyhow, when I got back into my car, my spongy clutch took a little while to get used to. Not to matter, as my car is almost as fast as its turbo sister and most cars cannot match my car in acceleration or cornering.
In business news, I may have destroyed a photography company this week. I didn't mean to put them out of business, and feel bad about it (although they brought it upon themselves). I hope that they keep trying, and don't give up, as there is a chance that I may have been wrong about them (and they aren't competition for me). Frankly, I am tired of fighting with people, and am thinking about a Public Relations make over as I spend time on more productive projects. Some people out there absolutely hate me, and some of the hate is unnecessary.
Ok, I went on errands today. Stopped my the electronics supply store and bought some sensors, other parts, and robotic gear. I'm going to beef up my security system sensors here in the studio and will be installing a ceiling rail system for a microbot trolley system. When finished later this year, the security system's DVR video camera system will tie in to a wireless CCTV camera carried by a trolley system. The tiny 2 to 3 inch independent trolley robotic devices will carry a tiny pan and tilt camera on random patrols via the rail system. If the alarm system goes off, it will initiate a program in the trolley robots and they will move to the alarm zone with their camera's looking for details. This will augment the existing camera system. I've engineered these tiny robots back in the 80's when I didn't have many supplies or any cash, and was able to build a fleet of them for next to nothing. Back in those days, I used to have to wind copper wire around iron cores and use odds and ends to make my own relays and electric motors. These days, such devices are plentiful, tiny, lightweight, and inexpensive. I can also afford whatever I need and am really good at tracking down items. If I cannot find anything which suits my needs, I can easily hack the hardware and make it do things that it was not designed to do. Back in the 80's, we used to use trolley robots in the forest with long, strung lines. They carried small microphones and sensors, and let us know where people were. People going through the woods had no idea that there were tiny devices moving through the trees above them monitoring their progress. Why did we do this? My friends and I did a lot of experiments with technology and our inventions back then in remote areas. It was common in my area for some of my experiments to come crashing down in someone's yard at times. Once, some of my neighbors freaked out when a large pod descended behind their house underneath a parachute.
Anyway, my current security system here in the studio is state of the art, using off the shelf components and systems that I have designed and built. I've built it in layers. I have all the windows and doors wired, there is an alarm system with window, door, and motion sensors, and there is a massive CCTV camera array covering strategic areas (being a photographer the angles came easy to me). There is a secondary security system called THOR, which I designed. It is based on ultrasonics, and bombards anyone who sets off the primary system (and gets past the electrified doors and windows) and the secondary sensors with an ultrasonic field from hidden transducers. The inner ear of the victim is stunned, and they cannot maintain their balance as severe motion sickness hits them. In some tests, vomiting was induced as they fell to the floor (in a few tests, we had trouble seeing while it was on, as well, as the sound distorted our vision by making our corneas resonate). Regardless, they are immobilized while a remote action system accesses a cell phone, calls 911, and plays a prerecorded message for the police of what is going on and how to get to the studio FYI, all cell phones can call 911 with or without a carrier- Oh, and THOR doesn't have false alarms, as it is armed by the primary system going off, and is activated by motion sensors thereafter. It gives a discrete warning before going off and can be disarmed IF you know how (The primary system had a false alarm once and called my landlord, but it isn't programmed for 911). Additionally, the security system has a battery backup and cell phone lines, so cutting the power and the phone line won't bring down anything but the high voltage grids on the doors and windows.
In the future, I will be adding biometrics and optical countermeasures, as well as more cameras. While on the subject of cameras, I employ some as decoys while hidden ones cover those. I want to replace some of the fixed exterior cameras with a few pan and tilts with remote zooms.
For those who are wondering, there is nothing illegal about my security system and I am not doing anything illegal. My studio is in a high-burglary area. Every single place around me has been hit; some more than once- They tried with this place a few times, but the simple things (slim-keyed deadbolts, window locks, and warnings) deterred them and they moved on to easier targets, and although I really don't have much to protect here anymore (I moved all my valuables offsite when I evacuated and gutted this place back in the 2004 Hurricanes; the security system was integrated into the place itself and remained), I simply do not want to be messed with, and neither do the models who sometimes stay here.
Ok, I have to run. I need to clean up a little and prepare my 55 Gallon floor aquarium for a project tomorrow. I will be moving the Brichardi Cichlids in the 20 gallon bedroom tank to the new tank tomorrow, as it has cycled for over eight weeks now with a few fish and is ready for them. I will then tear down the 20 gallon, and may rebuild it.
Gotta run.

Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 1:20 AM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Web Sites

Still busy. In the last 72 hours, I have launched 3 new web sites. A few minutes ago, I switched Tampa Bay Film, Tampa Bay Modeling, and Tampa Bay Acting to new directories under their domain names, moving all three sites away from TampaHub.Com directories. Also, my web site arsenal buildup and web work marathon since November has had dramatic results in my numbers. I've only just begun, people. The new fleet of web sites should be operational and set by spring. I just turned three root domain web sites into an armada over ten times that number; I currently own over 35 web sites. Ok, on to the stats. After this, I have to keep the stats a secret. Expect 10 to 20 times these numbers by May 2008, although I won't post the numbers here. Looks to me that the trend is more than a doubling of traffic every month. Just what am I doing to accomplish this? Heh heh.. I'll never tell, and this is only a hint of what is to come.

1. November 2007 4,045
2. December 2007 33,591
3. January 2008 83,955
4. February 2008 201,997

This report was generated on March 1, 2008 06:40.
Report time frame February 22, 2008 01:21 to February 29, 2008 23:58.

1. www.tampahub.com/ 100,997 (Tampa Bay Film, Modeling, Acting)
2. www.passinault.com/ 118,674
3. www.annpoonkasem.com/ 18,625
4. www.independentmodeling.com/ 24,777
5. www.frontier-society.com/ 15,833
6. www.tampaphotographysociety.com/ 19,001
7. www.tampafilmshowcase.com/ 8,523
8. annpoonkasem.com/ 1,949
9. www.dreamninestudios.com/ 5,794
10. www.tampaphotographydesign.com/ 2,497
11. passinault.com/ 1,368
12. independentmodeling.com/ 1,155
13. www.tampacasting.com/ 1,511
14. frontier-society.com/ 751
15. tampahub.com/ 199
16. www.tampaphotographyblog.com/ 402
17. www.tampaboudoirphotography.com/ 243
18. dreamninestudios.com/ 202
19. www.tampa-bay-events.com/ 160
20. tampaphotographysociety.com/ 124
21. www.advancedmodel.com/ 255
22. tampacasting.com/ 125
23. www.tampamodeltesting.com/ 16
24. tampafilmshowcase.com/ 41
25. www.tampa-advertising-agency.com/ 31
[not listed: 28] 335

Wow. Aurora was moved from a subdirectory of Passinault.Com to TampaPhotographyDesign.Com only a week ago, and already the new domain name has 2,497 hits. Even weirder, TampaPhotographyBlog.Com is 2 days old, and already at 402 hits (with no promotion)?!?! TampaBoudoirPhotography.Com was launched today, and is already at 243 hits (with no promotion)! I can buy the search engines picking up on new directories after a week, but not in two days. I may have to audit the logs and look at I.P's - Something tells me that I still have a merry group of dedicated cyberstalkers watching my every move on a daily basis. Pardon my French, but screw those losers! Not only do I know who they are, but I have a surprise in the works for them. Seems to me that I get to both mock and compete with a certain fanboy site, the source of many of my stalkers, in a few weeks, and they will never match my web traffic and influence. One of my photographers looked over the long list of my web sites this week and asked about the "weird religion" site and what it was- I told him that it was a special project about something addressing a crazed legion of fanboys, and not religion- Oops, perhaps I have said too much already. I am just happy that I get to draw characters (yes, I can draw) and write about some important subjects. Anyway, regarding my stalkers, after seeing these numbers and the dramatic trend of increasing traffic, perhaps they are worried that people are reading about them- Yes, I have a voice which is louder than any of them ever will have. The Tampa Bay Talent site are currently being positioned to go to war, and that should be fun. Anyway, I am flattered that so many find what I do to be that interesting. (Yawn) Perhaps I should just sue some of them instead. Hmmmmmm.... TampaFilmShowcase.Com had 8,523 hits in a week. I may have to update that site soon.

Anyway, I am starting to make money doing web design through my advertising agency. I have businesses lining up right now to help them with their Internet marketing. In related news, I launched Tampa Boudoir Photography today, and will be polishing Aurora PhotoArts this weekend. Next week, I will launch my advertising agency site and Tampa Bay Photographers, which will join up with the other Tampa Bay Talent sites. After all of that, maybe I can finally find the time to update this Frontier Society web site. Well, I have to run. I'm getting a Big Mac, and then I am returning to code some more. My stalkers, of course, are probably already switching to my Tampa Photography Blog to read more of my rantings and words of wisdom (hint- What I am doing with the Tampa photography market right now just may be the way that I will handle the Tampa indie film market when I get around to it - Sorry for those who will not be able to compete with what is coming, as I consider these markets to be mine). Which reminds me- I need to get my Tampa Film Blog going next week. Can't wait. Oh, and I will be doing some things with my sportscar next week, too. I have to get it ready for some big modeling shoots this month. Sleep well, regular, boring world. I have important things to do right now, and you will all just have to read about it later!

Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 8:35 PM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

Quick Note On Blogs

I've been busy. I have to eat and run, so I will make this quick. I launched my Tampa Photography Blog today, and will soon have my Tampa Film Blog updating. Check them out.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 7:32 PM - C. A. Passinault Official Blog Entry

In Another Life, I Work For NASA

Well, it has been busy. I am still coding web sites (I have twelve hours of web work ahead of me in the studio tonight, unless I am called out on assignment). So, it is me, 600 channels of cable TV, three powered-up computers, a stockpile of good food, and a river of caffeine (I really should drink lakes of tea instead of getting my kick from cans of Berry and Cream Dr. Pepper). Ah, my bank accounts are full and life is good. Time to work on the foundation for what is to come. I bought two more domain names yesterday, making this the most massive web site buildup in my history as a web designer. I am stockpiling web sites and optioning domain names; some of those domain names are so good that I am shocked that the dumbasses on the Internet have not snatched them up.
I am quickly finding out that I am one of the top people doing work on the Internet, at least in the Tampa Bay area. Others have noticed, too, and I am already booking a lot of web site and search engine optimization work. After almost ten years working on the web and doing web sites, I am finding most of my competition to be feeble. While flash sites may look nice, none of them are as efficient or as visited as mine are. This year, I will have my cake and eat it to with the best flash and database-driven sites on the Internet, and they will retain what makes my sites tops now. No compromises need to be made, here, because I know what I am doing.
Here are some recent stats for a single week. For some reason, my web traffic is growing at an exciting rate. This could be because I am moving web sites around, and I recently moved everything to new servers.

1. November 2007 4,045
2. December 2007 33,591
3. January 2008 83,955
4. February 2008 102,190

1. November 18, 2007 1,478
2. November 25, 2007 2,800
3. December 2, 2007 3,729
4. December 9, 2007 2,575
5. December 16, 2007 14,704
6. December 23, 2007 8,797
7. December 30, 2007 15,030
8. January 6, 2008 16,075
9. January 13, 2008 25,948
10. January 20, 2008 19,052
11. January 27, 2008 15,319
12. February 3, 2008 42,407
13. February 10, 2008 55,862

Most recent weekly summary

Directory Name Number of requests
1. www.tampahub.com/ 91,624 (Tampa Bay Film, Modeling, Acting, etc)
2. www.annpoonkasem.com/ 14,707
3. www.passinault.com/ 56,021
4. www.frontier-society.com/ 14,238
5. www.independentmodeling.com/ 12,133
6. www.tampaphotographysociety.com/ 16,734
7. www.tampafilmshowcase.com/ 7,709
8. annpoonkasem.com/ 1,619
9. www.dreamninestudios.com/ 4,829
10. www.tampacasting.com/ 1,299
11. independentmodeling.com/ 439
12. frontier-society.com/ 688
13. passinault.com/ 382
14. tampahub.com/ 178
15. www.tampaphotographydesign.com/ 319 (I have not even started pushing this yet....... odd)
16. dreamninestudios.com/ 163
17. tampaphotographysociety.com/ 104
18. www.advancedmodel.com/ 219
19. tampacasting.com/ 94
20. tampafilmshowcase.com/ 31
[not listed: 21] 251

Look at those numbers and weep, competitors. The Internet is my realm, and I pity anyone who tries to take me on here. This is nothing compared to what my stats will be in a few months. I am only now just starting in my new efforts with some awesome new techniques and technology.
In related news, I am in the process of separating the Independent Sites and have made the audition/ job sections and the talent/ production professional database separate, stand-alone sites with dedicated domain names (er.... Talent Online Auditions and Talent Online Database .Coms, I believe). I may spend some time learning flash and PHP databasing before working on these sites, as I wan to automate the submission process and build real databases for the future. Expect massive relaunches later this year on Independent Modeling and the others.
Ah, yes, I did have fun this week. I was called away on a project Monday night, and ended up playing the Daxter game that came with my new PSP. I got in a few hours of playtime, which was a welcome break. What a great game! It feels like a cross of Mario 64 and Zelda. This is what the follow up to Mario 64 should have been like. Awesome, awesome game. I'll play more soon. If the other games are this good, I may have to buy all of the games in the Jak and Daxter series.
I have also been playing a lot of Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, also for the PSP, and this is the best Castlevania game that I have ever played. It is one of the hardest games that I have ever played, but it plays so perfectly (and old school, I may add), that you keep coming back for more punishment. You die, and die, and die, and only progress once you learn every inch of the levels. Despite the difficulty, it is very fun, and has not become old. It took me a while, but I finally got halfway through the game. After unlocking an enhanced version of the Playstation Symphony Of The Night, however, I have been distracted with that game. Best Metroid-style Castlevania game, ever.
Ok. I am getting sidetracked. I have to post about the subject matter which I feel compelled to address and then return to coding web sites.
I am tired of the news butchering information about the Navy and their planned attempt to "shoot down" a dead spy satellite. None of these idiots know what they are talking about. A FOX news network anchor (FOX News Channel, not anyone local) mused that the satellite would be "shot down" over the ocean, and that is where it would come down. I keep hearing stupid commentary about the NASA having to bring the Shuttle home to "get out of the way of the missile". Wrong, wrong, wrong!
The satellite is in low earth orbit at a speed of 17, 500 MPH (Mach 25) at an orbital inclination not used by many spacecraft. The Navy is going to launch a RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) at the spy satellite. The three stage missile has a top speed of Mach 6 (4,500 MPH) and is cable of leaving the atmosphere in a ballistic trajectory as its primary function as an Anti-Ballistic Missile for fleet defense. A lot of people think that the missile will "chase down" the spy satellite and explode it with a warhead. A lot of people think that the missile will drift in orbit if it misses. Incorrect. The missile is way to slow for orbital flight or to catch any satellite, it doesn;t have a warhead and simply collides with the target, and in this case the missile will simply leave the atmosphere and time its flight so it will be in the orbital flight path of the spy satellite. The spy satellite will run into the missile. If the missile misses, there will be two others in reserve on additional Navy ships, and missile will simply coast in a ballistic trajectory and fall back into the sea..
Ok, when the spy satellite is impacted, it will not simply "fall out of the sky". The missile will not sufficiently slow down the spy satellite for deorbit, and the debris will continue on in a decaying orbit to re-enter the Earths atmosphere and "burn up" at a later time anywhere in the world. Because it will be in pieces, little of it will impact the ground. Speaking of impact, I don't buy the poison fuel explanation, as this is the military's way of testing a modified Standard Missile as an ASAT weapon AND simply a way to keep classified technology away from anyone who could salvage it.
Oh, and the spy satellite is a new KH-13 in a sun-synchronous orbit (at an inclination so that every part of the earth that it passes over is in optimal lighting for photography). The orbital inclination is very different from the orbital inclination used by the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, and most LEO satellites, and any media source which claims that there is any degree of danger is exercising ignorant speculation not based on any facts. If there was any chance of danger to the Shuttle, etc, do you think that they would evacuate the space station, which is still manned?
Well, I have to go back to work now. My friend, entertainer Ann Poonkasem, just got off the phone with me, and I have a lot to do tonight.

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