Well, the stories from Garland are drifting in. And while the show itself was great, the politics and struggling for recognition from the Castros is even worse than ever. I find myself glad that I was not there!

I, along with a number of others, have been trying since the gifting debacle to get word to Jason that he was losing fans. I have continued to have concerns about this, which I wrote about in my post “has jason dropped out of his own career?” Then, alas, we got a number of good things from him. Bulletins and 2 vlogs in a row, and more and more all of the time. A very insightful friend of mine, and a true dreadhead, had some thoughts that got me realizing what probably has happened here.

What do gifts mean? Why do we give gifts to people we don’t even know? The biggest reason anthropologists attribute to the importance of gift-giving is that it solidifies the social bond

I went over to the new site for Jason (not his official site). This is the  one that replaced ddb (daydreamingboy.com) I was very please to read a wise and good-hearted post that Kali (the administrator there) wrote. I am quoting parts of her post from there, in which she attempts to re-define how the site needs to move from cliquish

Much of what I have previously written here are exerpts from sites that I have posted on. Yes, there is a lot of anger there, but that is due to the fact that I post the most when something makes me angry, Now I simply will write things as I am aware of them.

I feel bad for Jason Castro. While he was doing The AI Tour,  I assumed that the multiple family PR missteps were because he did not have time to handle his own career. Since then, however, it appears that he is continuing to leave things up to his mother, mainly, to handle. He has always struck me as very mature for his age. But, given the latest date night, I have to wonder about this. He seemed more like 15 than 21. Fans get maybe 4 minutes of him a month and he can’t think of anything to say etc. It has caused some fans to feel insulted that he gives this so little thought. And he doesn’t bother to post bulletins anymore when a date night is up. What is this all about?

Someone on another site accused me of hating Betsy Castro. I answered with the following:

“I don’t give a rat’s a$$ what Betsy Castro

It is clear that the ddb (daydreamingboy.com, Jason Castro fansite) clamp downs were due to trying to please the castros. The Castros should never ever have been so involved in a fan board and NOW