Mamamontezz's Mental Rumpus Room

Evicted from my Blog-house

Mamamontezz is graciously allowing me to guest post here until I can find some new digs.

Last night at 7PM, I had my own digs with over a years worth of posts with my observations on politics, social issues, jokes and just my general blatherings.

AT 12:04 AM, I accessed my log-in page and found that I am now homeless in the sphere. No warning, just a notice that mblog had found it necessary to cease offering it's web hosting service, and that due to a number of requests from users, that it would be possible to access archives for a nominal fee and limited time. It didn't elucidate exactly what the fee was to be, or how long the archives would be available..... I entered my blog's name as instructed and found my self directed to a PayPal log-in page, with the sum of $35. placed in the amount due box....no other information.

Seems that mblog still wants our trust that they'll deliver what they promised. I don't know what to about getting those archive files...There are over a year's worth of my posts in there and I don't have the money to pay jack to the kidnappers, or any of the other associated expenses that come with moving onto a new server/hosting service.

A lot of people would day, "so what", it's only a small blog that was only now starting to get a great core cadre of loyal readers...well... I had just obtained my first resident Moonbat coming in on a regular basis, I had achieved the rank of "adorable rodent" in the TTLB ecology.

I thought I had finally arrived as a blogger.

Now I have nothing but a set of templates, posts, and comments, and those are being held by the old landlord slumlord so he can squeeze the last drop of pride , dignity, and money. I may be able to muster.

I have been unable to work for the last 2 ¼ years, due to a heart condition.....My blog was the only thing that kept me sane on some of the days when my medications just weren't working as they should. It has been the best therapy that I have received, at least as far as my mental state.

However, none of that is Germain to this situation.

Mblog was a department of a business. It had generated too much red ink (and possibly licence troubles), so the decision was made to close the service. Too bad, so sad, that's life; but then some beancounter in the dark depths came up with the brilliant idea that "hey, lets charge for the members archives and recoup some of the red ink from the books", and have the added bonus that perhaps only a percentage would do so, making tech support a place where the operator/techier would fear that the end of the reductions were not near to completion.

I just wrote this post to vent some of the anger and frustration I am feeling right now towards mblog in an effort to lower my blood pressure back down to an acceptable level. Thank you for bearing with me. I hope I didn't seem dis-jointed and made just a little sense. I found this very difficult to type, my B/P is through the roof, the Adrenalin from the righteous anger made it impossibe to sleep. (DON'T even ask about the domestic ramifications of that!)

I had already had this trouble for several weeks, and after having gone 32 hrs on only 5 ¼ hrs sleep, I finally had a full nine hrs on Sunday night, and thought I had reached a state where I could sleep every night.

But then the eviction came and I've been up all night yet again, not with the clear head of a manic/depressive on a manic cycle that I had experienced prior, but with the nodding-off-because-of exhaustion-but-not-quite-making-it confused muddle of a mind such that being near the keyboard and posting probably isn't a good idea, the only thing is it's the safest alternative to stumbling around the house and possibly falling and cracking my fool head open.

This too shall pass, as do all woes and sorrows, and I know it's of major importance only to me; others are experiencing much worse.

Good day and may God bless.

Update I wish I had seen thisforum a couple of days Ago!
At least I could have saved my archives to disk....Even if I had the money, it's an unknown factor if mblog would live up to their promise to retrieve the archives....could sue them than, though, since they would have taken money for a service not performed. GRRR! I still have a RCOB!