Today at 10:39 AM Sam Fingold sent a $150 pledge that pushed the Kickstarter project over the $1,000 threshold, meaning that my project is guaranteed to be funded come June 2nd, now that it has broken past the $1,000 goal. I’m truly grateful for the show of support that I have received thus far and the direction the project is headed.

Today I intend to begin working on the 3rd chapter as well as begin promoting the Kickstarter page among local media as well as international outlets that have already covered my story when I was incarcerated. I’m doing best to ensure that your efforts will be deemed fruitful upon execution. I’m really looking forward to what this book is capable of and hope that you all feel the same way I do about the project.

Law of the Land: Corruption and Inhumanity in Jamaica

I recently turned to Kickstarter.com to help promote and gain interest/attention for my new book — the story of my time spent in the Jamaican prison system. I turned to Kickstarter for many reasons, primarily to help grab attention that I wasn’t able to obtain with my last work due to lack of promotion. I’m doing everything in my power to help improve their system, which is why I’m turning to you for help.

On top of this, as you will read on the Kickstarter page — the donations that were received while I was in jail, never actually made it to me. With one exception, I used a portion of the money to pay one of my AT&T bills while I was detained, aside from that, the person I had entrusted with the money failed to deliver upon my return. My original intent was to use the money toward my lawyer, but when my second lawyer attempted to manipulate me and I called him on it, I refused to give him any more money. My final two lawyers represented me free of charge, therefore I was having the money held to be used toward my fine, if fined, even though my lawyer told me I could be facing 7 years.

While many are aware, there are many more that are not. Jason Pensill — real name Joshua Anderson — was detained in Kingston, Jamaica on January 1st for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition — he still remains remanded in custody.

Jason was walking to get food on the morning of the 1st at a Tastee in Patrick City — he had walked from the residence in which he was staying, 6 Patrick Crescent — when he was stopped by an officer in a patrol car after leaving the fast-food location. The officer gestured him toward his direction and asked Jason if he was carrying a firearm. Jason had made no attempt to mask that he was, telling the officer he had one, holstered, in his waistband. The officer seated Jason in the back of the vehicle and requested he disarm the weapon, to which he did. The magazine was dropped, chambered round fell to the floor, and the slide was locked back.

Update to the article contained within — Virgin has since corrected the charges and issued a courtesy credit.

I will start this with addressing my praise to Virgin America’s airplanes, their first class compartment was far superior to any domestic counterpart, but is that really enough? Unfortunately, it seems to be that Virgin America bets the farm on their modern aircraft, seeing that they’re not much more than a bandaid to one of the worst customer service systems I’ve ever encountered. I flew with Virgin America for the first time last weekend going from DFW to LAX and back; they came highly recommended and they never flew out of Chicago when I had lived there so I was anxious to give them a shot. No sooner than I booked my flight did I begin having troubles; within 6 hours the seats I had reserved were both no longer reserved to me and no longer to be reserved, this was an annoyance because I hate flying and ensure I get aisle seats, which were in this case no longer available.

I assumed this would be a non-issue when I went to check-in at the airport, since I had my original emailed itinerary showing what my chosen seating assignment was. If they wouldn’t have honored it, I would’ve probably ended up on the no-fly list for the bitch fit I would’ve thrown for their lackluster system fucking up my reservation. I ended up deciding to attempt checking in online to get a seat upgrade to first class, which you’re supposed to be able to do 6 hours prior to departure — just as with everything else with Virgin America, this of course wasn’t the case — I wasn’t able to check in until 6 hours PST before my flight, as opposed to CST which was my departing time zone. Okay; I woke up early for no reason, I could cope with that. I ended up brushing it off and was able to secure a first class upgrade 4 hours prior to departure and was happily on my way to the airport.

Concealed carry can be a pain in the ass due to a magnitude of factors. Your firearm dictates a lot of things, all the way down to what shirt you can and can’t wear. You want to attempt to hide printing at all times, because most states that allow concealed carry don’t allow it and also because printing defeats the point of concealed carry. For those that aren’t aware of what printing is, printing is when you’re able to see any form of the gun through your shirt.

Prior to purchasing a holster, I spent a lot of time reading others thoughts and opinions on what was available. It seemed as if the general consensus was that the Crossbreed SuperTuck was one of the best options for in the waistband (IWB) carry, especially if you’re looking to carry between 3-5 o’clock, which I was. I went ahead and proceeded to order the model that was designed for my chosen firearm, the Glock 23. I’ve been using it for some time now, my thoughts on it’s performance, concealment, and overall ease of use can be found below.