Anyways, the point of this is……I’ve seen a lot of movies! Through watching so many movies, I’ve become quite desensitized to violence, vulgarity, and outright debauchery. From rude and lude comedies, gory and gruesome horror flicks, and over the top violent action films, I’ve seen it all. I found myself in the last 4-5 years honing in on a specific niche of films that would make most folks vomit! I used the general terminology, “Fucked Up!” to describe such films. Most fall into the genre of Psychological Thrillers, but many also wiggle themselves into movies that cover other genres, sometimes feigning the appearance of a “NORMAL” movie! I’m not some ethically vacant, demoralized, sadistic, psychotic, heathen (I know that’s what you were thinking!), I enjoy these movies for one main reason. I believe the cinema of today has sold out.

Too many studios, directors, producers, etc. are trying to make movies that reach every audience form the cradle to the grave. The wider the audience, the more money can be made! Like most forms of art, when the all mighty dollar takes over, the true creativity ceases to exist. I tend to really appreciate the filmmakers that don’t care if anyone watches their movie, let alone actually enjoys it, but rather makes the movie because they want to. The people who don’t chisel away and rewrite to please “The Man” and his “little dog fluffy”! Very few of these people exist, and even fewer in America. These movies tend to affect the viewer more than a mainstream film, some even beyond the normal emotions of happiness or tears. Many of the movies I watch propose outlandish situations and inspire a realm of thought that most mortals will hopefully never have to experience. These movies penetrate one’s emotional core, their sense of being, and provoke the viewer to become completely enthralled within the surreal. Those movies that keep you up at night and inspire thoughts of the “Boogie Man!”

One filmmaker whom I’ve come to appreciate is Rob Zombie. He really pushes the limits on humanity. I really enjoy “The Devil’s Rejects.” Here’s a brief list of movies that I think fit into this category (off the top of my head, not meant to be my favorites, or anything like that):

• Tideland
• The Story of O
• Audition
• Kids
• Man Bites Dog
• Ma mére
• The Babysitters
• A Clockwork Orange

That’s a few to start your voyage into the truly “Fucked Up” cinema. Now, just when I thought there wasn’t a movie that could really get under my skin, I took the liberty of proving myself wrong today. I decided to come home from work and watch a movie I had recently added to my Netflix Instant Watch Queue. The name of said movie: The Girl Next Door. When I came across this film, I had the idea of a twisted Cinderella tale. Then I saw it was set in the 1950’s. This movie is far from “Leave it to Beaver!” I can honestly say, that for some reason, it was extremely hard for me to make it through this movie. Many of my friends have said the same about films they’ve sat in with me on, but they never fazed me one bit. I’m not sure exactly what it was that made me cringe. Maybe it was the fact that it’s based on true events, or the fact that it was children, or maybe even just the fact that people stood by and watched it as if it were a game. Anyway, I will watch this movie one more time, only with a few others (I’d love to see how you may react!). If you’ve seen this movie already, I welcome your thoughts and comments, as well as any you may have for any other movies you would add to the “Fucked Up” list.

-Phenix

I try to keep a directory structure similar to this within my webroot:

WEBROOT/

/domain1.com

/domain2.com

/domain2.com/sub1.domain.com

/domain2.com/sub2.domain.com

/*********************DISCLAIMER***********************************/

PLEASE BACKUP YOUR DATABASE AND FILES BEFORE PERFORMING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING!!!

Step 1: Migrate files from old sub-domain to new domain directory

• Create new directory

#sudo mkdir /WEBROOT/zeblueprime.com

• Change to old directory

#cd /WEBROOT/phenixblue.com/evan.phenixblue.com/

• Copy files from old dir to new dir

#sudo cp -R  * ../../zeblueprime.com/

• Change to new directory, verify your files (including .htaccess) exist, and have proper permissions and ownership

#cd ../../zeblueprime.com/

#ls -la

Step 2: Update url information within the Database (all DB edits performed via phpMyAdmin)

• Update Site and Blog URL

Within the “wp_options” table, change the “option_values” for the following “option_name” rows

“siteurl” -  change to: http://zeblueprime.com/
“home” – change to: http://zeblueprime.com/

• Update file upload url

Within the “wp_options” table, change the following “option_value” where “option_name” is “upload_path” to

/WEBROOT/zeblue.com/wp/wp-content/uploads

• Update Post URL’s

Run the following SQL

UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = REPLACE (
guid,
'http://evan.phenixblue.com',
'http://zeblueprime.com');

• Update URL’s within your Post’s content

Run the following SQL

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (
post_content,
'http://evan.phenixblue.com',
'http://zeblueprime.com');

Step 3: Verify your site works

Navigate to your site in a web browser and verify your page. post, tag, category, etc. links work (I normally test a few, and then assume they all work!). Also log into the admin interface and navigate through a few menus.

This should conclude all of the required modifications to change the domain of your WP install. This is by no means the only way to do it, just the way I chose to. You can also check out the Wordpress Codex for other options.

P.S. I typed up all of this after the fact, so some of the commands may not be perfect, and there’s the slight chance I may have skipped a step, but most will be able read between the lines!

-Phenix

]]> http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/10/zeblueprime-gets-new-digs/feed/ 0 http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/07/server-migration/ http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/07/server-migration/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:41:29 +0000 Phenix http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/?p=305 This Friday, July 24 2009, at approximately 5:00pm will take the server that hosts this site, and all other sites (*.thephenixblue.com, *.phenixblue.com, *.jmsearcy.com, *.vsumug.com, *.vsumug.org, *.vsusinfonia.org, *.firehouseink.com, *.ceramicsdiva.com, *.thewebroot.com) will go offline. During the offline period all sites will be migrated to new server hardware, as well as additional upgrades to Apache, PHP, and MySQL. The current server is identical in hardware, but resides on Mac OS X 10.5 client alongside other applications and services. The new server uses Mac OS X 10.5 Server, and is a dedicated box that will have no console interaction other than System Administration. During the migration I will also be pruning some older directories no longer used and striving for a cleaner and leaner setup! The entire migration will hopefully only take a few hours (transfer WWWROOT & MySQL DB’s, reassign permissions, account creation, create Virtual Hosts & Directories, and update DNS). The DNS changes may take up to 24 hours to propegate (normally only 1-4 hours). That’s the ideal work flow……pending any unforseen doom! I will keep everyone up to date via twitter (@jmsearcy). Thanks in advance for your patients patience!

New Server Specs:

• 20″ Aluminum iMac
• 2.0 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 4GB DDR2 (667Mhz) RAM
• 250GB SATA HD
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 128 Mb ATI Radeon 2400HD Graphics
• 8Mb/s High Speed Cable Internet
• Sitting on a desk next to the kitchen!

If you don’t like the fact that I use an iMac for a web server send me money for an xserve!

If you don’t like the fact that that I hosts sites off of an 8Mb/s connection, send monet for OC3!

If you don’t like the fact that my server is on a desk next to my kitchen, send money for a Data Center!

-Phenix

P.S. A special thanks to all of those that helped, especially Andy, Jarrett, Steven, and Craig.

So my Cat (Teddy for those of you that don’t know) is my 3-legged asthmatic little buddy! Lindsay and I adopted him form the Lowndes County Humane Society almost a year ago. He gave us quite a scare the other day. We thought he had swallowed something, which turned out to be a trip to the vet, and even worse news. Whatever he swallowed was going to pass (sounds good right!), but then the Doc said he has the onset of renal failure (sniffles). He said we caught it at the right time, and if all goes well, he should actually live out a normal cat life (approx. 10 years), considering we buy special food and antibiotics for the rest of his life….which of course we will! Other than that, life has been extremely hectic with work, school, moving, etc. I am excited that I will be helping 2 men in their journey towards light in the near future. Sorry for slacking on the posts, I will try to get backto my regular schedule after my first critique (this Wednesday).

-Phenix

-Phenix

Where: Greg Dorrence Co.

I did a good bit of searching here and there before coming across Greg’s site. To be honest, there’s no particular reason I chose to order from his site, rather than somewhere else, other than the fact I was tired, and decided to finally pull the trigger on this venture. I am really glad I went with Greg though, he seems like a great guy, and the contact has been awesome as well. You’ll find these tools and supplies elsewhere within a few bucks of Greg’s site, but Greg also only charges $6.95 flat rate for shipping.

What:

• 3 x Basswood Carving Block 1 1/8″ x 1 1/8″ x 12″
• 1 x Carving Glove (Safety First!!!)
• 1 x Warren Combi-M97LJ Carving kit
  • Walnut handle with 3-way lock jaw and wrench
  • 6 blade assortment pack
  • heavy duty blade
  • 1/4″ cut 60 ° vee gouge
  • #5 sweep 5/16″ cut
  • all tools come in a travel case
• 1 x Flexcut SlipStrop with strop compound

I snagged all of this for under $100 bucks (may sound like a lot, but most “Beginner” sets cost $200+). I decided against purchasing any books only for the reason that I have some prior experience. Once I receive all the tools and materials, I’ll try to post photos and descriptions of my process.

-Phenix

Well, some of you may have heard that I had to undergo a root canal recently. I’ve known that I needed it for almost 8 years now, but have opted to not have the procedure done because I’ve had no pain. Why get an expensive procedure done when there’s no pain? Answer….because one day there might be!!! Last week I started having severe pain from my tooth, so I “man up” and go to the Dentists (something I try to avoid!). Dentists says…”Hey, you need a root canal!” I’m like, “I know, how much is this gonna cost me!?” I deem the price suitable (mostly because I’m in severe pain. The Dentists then schedules me in for a couple days later. Cue my emergency visit the very next day!!! After 2 days of no sleep, and my gums/lips swelling to around 3x’s the normal size, I decide something has to be done pronto. The Dentist was nice enough to move some stuff around and have me in that day. He reacts just as I had the first time I looked in the mirror after the swelling have come about, “WOW!” He then proceeds to anesthitize me with several shots about the inside of my mouth. After waiting for the anasthesia to kick in and my blood pressure to go down, he then began the drilling. About 5 seconds later he stopped to my streaks of terror as I could feel every rotation of the drill as it progressed through my tooth!!! Upon my alert the Dentist stopped drilling and too evasive action by double the number of shots he gave me prior to the procedutes initiation. A few minutes later, he begins again only to stop to the same look of terror I gave before (I could still feel it). A few more shots, and the Dentist finally said ok, the bacterial infection beneath your gumline (in liquid form) is metabolizing the anesthetic too fast, you’ll have to go through this 100% lucid, or wait about 2 weeks for the antibiotics to reduce the infection. Being that I was in extreme pain to begin with, I did not want to wait 2 weeks (at this point I can’t eat, drink, sleep, or close my mouth). I Told him to proceed, and braced myself for the most excrutiating pain I had ever experienced, the folly of which I had never experienced any pain to this degree! As he proceeded with the drilling straight down through my tooth to the gumline, I broke into tears, and BP was through the roof. The pain of going through this fully aware was expenentially greater than I expected. I wish this upon no one! Finally…the drilling was finished, the rough part over with! I was so wrong! The next portion of the procedure proved to be the most painful. Some funnel type piece of plastic was then screwed by hand through the newly drilled hole in my tooth as it were a crew in wood. After the Dentists affirmed it was deep enough, he then took another plastic piece with a needle at one end, and began pumping it up and down through the other “funnel” piece of plastic needle stabbing into my gums beneth the root of my tooth over and over again increasing the overall status of pain greatly. When he pulled this piece out the infected fluid began to flow freely out the top of my tooth into my mouth….YUM! That went on for about 20-30 minutes after which the Dentist removed the plastic pieces all together, and told me he wasn’t going to finish the procedure until the following Monday (4 days later). He wanted to leave the whole in my tooth open over the weekend to let it continue to drain. He upgraded my antibiotics and pain meds, and sent me on my way. I vow to never allow that to happen to me again!!! Put me to sleep, or just pull the damn thing out next time! Anyhwo, I returnedMonday morning to “fininsh” the procedure. He was happy to see that the antibiotics had been working, and the swelling was almost fully reduced (the pain too!). He then proceded to fill the whole in my tooth with a view “antibacterial” compounds, and seal the bad boy up! He scheduled me for yet another appointment to actually fininsh the tooth, but I am glad to say that the pain I was experiencing is no more! I have a few “tremors” here and there from everything settling into place, and a little remaining swelling, but none like I had suffered previously.

The End

-Phenix

For anyone unaware of the recent events in Valdosta/Lowndes County, see this article and video (to the right of the article)  with details.

-Phenix