Steve Speaks Postings for February 2005
ANOTHER YEAR, A FEW MORE GRAY HAIRS...
Posted: Friday, February 23, 2007
OK, so I am one year closer to being an old fart. Yesterday was my 33rd birthday, and I've got a few more gray hairs speckled through my sideburns than I did last year. I'm still arguing that the existence of those hairs are stress-related, but it could just be that I am aging.
I have managed to navigate the last decade or so without drawing too much attention to my birthday, because for some reason I've always felt that I wasn't deserving of the attention. This year, however, I had a lot of people wishing me a happy day via Email, text message, phone call or even notes via MySpace. I'll be honest; I needed the observance this year, because the last 12 months haven't been the most amazing for me.
Without going into details, I'll just say that I'd rather not re-live the past year or so. It's one thing to have a bad day or a bad week, but to come to a realization that a pattern of behavior you've been engaged in for a long time has been absolutely wrontg/unhealthy/inappropriate, and that immediate change of that behavior is mandatory... well, it's a bitch. I'm working on changing, but change sucks. Change takes work. Change takes time, and time is something that's been pretty damn scarce in my life.
To everyone who wished me a happy birthday and some kind words yesterday... I say 'thanks so much'... because I really needed it.
Emotion(s) while posting: overwhelmed
Posted by stevec
at 7:46 AM
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU NEED HELP?
Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
I think I'm finally ready to admint that I need MORE HELP with this (website) part of my existence. How do I know I need help?
I'm still not sleeping enough I've taken on so many new obligations, that I'm constantly overwhelmed The only advice anyone can seem to give me is "Slow down, man" If I slow down even for 30 minutes, the work doesn't go anywhere. It just piles up I'm busier and unhappier now than I was six months ago I keep getting told that this 'stuff' I'm doing is all for the best There are people in my life I would like to spend time with, and I can't because I have busied myself up so much.
For these reasons, I need HELP. As much as I can get.
- Can you spot a decent viral video?
- Do you have experience in web design/coding (Cold Fusion preferred)?
- Do you know how to edit photos and videos?
- How are you at graphic design?
- Ever work on a big ass website?
- Wanna donate your skills to a guy who is close to jumping out of a skyscraper window?
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure ya do!
If you're interested in helping out with the site, EMAIL JEFF AND I WITH YOUR CONTACT INFO AND CREDENTIALS, and we'll get back to you ASAP.
*...tip-toes closer to the edge...*
Emotion(s) while posting: depressed
Posted by stevec
at 7:05 AM
BIRTHDAY THANK YOU'S
Posted: Saturday, February 26, 2005
The last thing I want to be known as is ungrateful or unappreciative, so I want to take a few minutes to thank the folks who sent me some goodies for my birthday:
Flame Stool Guy - Been trying to figure out who the hell sent the wonderful Flaming Bar Stool to the studio (I know it wasn't a birthday gift, but I can't seem to find out who sent it). It's sitting in the producer's booth, and is used as a perch for many staffers during the Opie and Anthony Show.
Richard from the UK - Thank you so much for the copy of TommyLand. I can't wait to read what Tommy Lee has to say about...stuff.
Denis from Wharton, NJ - Thank you for the big ol' stack of Chuck Palahniuk books. The first thing I will do this afternoon is perch myself on the throne and crack open Fight Club... now that I have seen the movie a hundred times, I might as well read the sucker.
Thanks again... way too cool of you.
Emotion(s) while posting: happy
Posted by stevec
at 12:44 PM
SERIOUSLY STUPID EMAIL FOR 2/22/05
Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
This Stupid Email came in very early on the morning of my birthday with the title of 'are you sure steve c is on your side', so you imagine how much I did NOT want to read this shit. I get letters like this every so often, but if this guy thinks that he's going to circumvent me and go to Op, thinking that I won't see this shit...well, he's dead-ass wrong. It was sent to Opie, who sent it to me...so I felt the need to respond as quickly and fiercely as I possibly could... This guy really caught me at a bad time.
Stupid Email:
cus the opie and anthony website still fucking blows as far as in studio pictures go. i had to go to wackbag to get a link to the stalker patty video, not to the show website which has no link. to his credit though it does have a link to his birthday wish list and the dead link to the paris hilton pictures. last time i was complaining about there being only four mardi gras photos, hey, now theres 6. still unlinked but 6 is more than 4, i gotta give the website that. it just pisses me off cus i want the show to do well and this is a major area that's slacking. stern, who once complained that an webpage should only have 1 thing on it so its easier to navigate, is now murdering you guys as far as online interaction goes. that makes me want to puke. foundry is a great, well designed site that i check every day, and i just gotta believe that if half the effort that goes into it went into opieandanthony.com there would be an internet buzz that pulls in more listeners. also, if youre interested in message boards go to www.centerfuse.net.
Response to Stupid Email :
Dude. I'm going to be perfectly honest and tell you that I really hate looking at shit like this first thing in the morning. I'm working 18 hours a day between producing the O&A show and working on this website, and I am seriously fucking sorry if that's not good enough for you.
We don't have better photos for the Mardi Gras event. A fan sent us 50 on a CD-R; 45 of which weren't that great. At least the guy took the time to actually HELP OUT, and contrbute something, and not just complain because his every need isn't being catered to. I have plenty of video, but I'm running out of hours in the day to edit it. I think, that considering that my crew and I have been doing this website for the fans, for free, since 1998, and NO ONE has come up with anything even remotely close since, that you should stop your whining.
There will NEVER be a message board on this website. It's not going to happen. There isn't enough manpower to moderate it, and I don't think anyone on this radio show wants to deal with the aggrivation. The mere suggestion that Stern's online presence is superior is laughable. It's not.
Tell you what... you don't like the dead link to the Paris Hilton photos? YOU go find me a working one. Those links go dead within an hour of me posting them. YOU go do something other than fucking whine to Opie.
You impress ME for a change. Fuck, this is irritating.
Emotion(s) while posting: betrayed
Posted by stevec
at 4:54 AM
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