The Platinum Patriot Presents:

Wow. What a ride. What a whirlwind. Chasing down dragons like Don Quixote with windmills, carrying as much as I can against the raging storm, adversity from all sides trying to bog down and put out the fire that burns inside of me to make a difference…

…and through it all, I’m still here.

I constantly evolve, absorb the wealth of information the world has to offer, taking in only the best that I can apply that fuels me to move forward. Many faces have come and gone through the last 28 years…

…and through it all, I’m still here.

There have been wars with demons…there have been wars with angels…there has been oppression, as well as liberation…there has been devastation as well as jubilation…there have been times where the world seemed to be at my fingertips…there have been times where the world could never have been farther…there were times where I couldn’t sleep because I was anxious about the opportunities of tomorrow…and there were times where I wanted to sleep forever so I didn’t have to wake up to tomorrow…

…and through it all, I’m still here.

I define milestones like most people today would define Achievements or Trophies: a point in your life where something so remarkable happens, you need a token of recognition to help define that lasting moment. Those milestones have been marked for me by computer term versions for life.

Life as I knew it changed first when I went to college after being expelled from 2 different High School in 2 years. The most drastic change of my life at the time, so I upgraded to Life 2.0. Nobody from Life 1.0 is still around as an acquaintance to this day.

During my academic struggles, where I was removed from the schools and hospitalized because of failure to cope w/ rejection in 2 different academic endeavors over the course of 5 years resulted in a small, but significant upgrade & subsequent recluse from what I knew. Hence, 2.5. Only a small handful of acquaintances made it through the cracks during this transition.

The next 3-4 years from that, I struggled to find my identity or drive and I felt rather complacent. During this time, where there was indeed a mark of humility where I could look at things in perspective and say “it could be worse” because of 2.0 struggles. During this phase, however, was when my most synonymous defining moments came to light at the expense of finding out the kind of person my own mother really is. That was when the transition came in and a “friend” that housed me in I understood how things should work and how some people clearly do not see the forest for the trees.

This was where I beta tested 3.0 and found the drive to really define something of myself. Getting away from that hostile situation into a desirable setting was absolutely beneficial…but short lived. I had to take recluse and build up from the ground up one more time, having seized what was rightfully mine during this time in order to live.

…the final piece of the transition happened during this time and even in this time, eliminating the final piece of stress that, even from a distance, caused me troubles not seen in 2.0… and he fell through the cracks as I ended it.

3.0 started in full swing about 2 years ago…and during that time, there WAS triumph in trying to make my way…but I had to run through hellfire to get it. SO much anguish and mental exhaustion during this time, where words meant nothing and went fleetingly just as fast as they came. Where I truly had to evaluate character over the context of his words and being deprived of sleep and energy…but knowing I still had to go on. I finally snagged a job long thought impossible to obtain, as I spent many times over a course of many betas to seize something truly of my expertise…but because of an ailing business, that, too, became fleeting… but my connections didn’t.

3.5 was a chance for me to grow and become my own man; to take charge…and that is what I had to do. No one was in my way from obtaining what I wanted…but sadly, just as many were there from previous betas to aid me in the fight, as they, too, grew distant…

…and now, comes the time where I’m beta testing 4.0. I officially have the charge, the drive and the means to take on the world by myself…but I know I cannot do it alone. I only need the people that will fully support and benefit my cause for, for lack of a better term, bringing the ‘humane’ back in humanity. Not for a religious or segregated agenda, but for the overall purpose of doing the right thing because it IS the right thing to do…

I have found my home in the places that I commute to…to the places that I call my Cheers and the people that help make that place home away from home…and I know that through the connections of wonderful, selfless people who will more than light the way for the great things to come, we all can make a difference…and I am so proud to be a part of it.

A Higher Definition of living is coming, Ladies and Gentlemen…and I hope in due time I can broadcast my love and ambitions for all the world to see in hopes that something sets that spark that inspires them like the influences that inspired me to get up and take charge.

…there is a wave of reason coming…

…and through it all, we will still be here.

#StandUp

Stay tuned. This will be a good one…