tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539985656775482492.post1243366796406848150..comments2019-02-26T14:45:32.519-08:00Comments on Brightdreamer's Book Reviews: Donkey Heart Monkey Mind (Djaffur Chetouane and Rachel Jackson)Brightdreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11865613230041222153noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4539985656775482492.post-85132516758479446982014-03-04T22:11:30.168-08:002014-03-04T22:11:30.168-08:00I liked it well enough to spend six months writing...I liked it well enough to spend six months writing the screenplay. But Theresa hits the nail on the head in her review, "Heroism is for those who persevere and succeed WITHOUT resorting to fraud and crime." And how is it that Stanley has waited six months for a copy of the book after paying on PayPal? Why is Jafar selling copies of books he doesn't have and/or doesn't send or takes 8 months to send? I've actually thought about starting a website like DonkeyHeartMonkeyMindFraud because I just wonder how many people on the planet Jafar has borrowed money from and never repaid, never mind his outright theft of years past. I met Jafar at Peet's Coffee in Lake Merritt with the 6am club. After hearing bits and pieces of Jafar's tale, I paid for this book and finally received it eight months later after some strongly worded emails, which should have been a red flag to me. I read it in two days, called Jafar up and told him I was really a screenwriter and that I would like to write the screenplay the next time I was unemployed, which I did. I entered into a business arrangement with Jafar, and I wrote a great script. In late April of 2013 Jafar emailed me from Paris where he indicated he had sold the book to a French publishing company to be printed in French and distributed in French Europe. He sounded desperate and told me he needed a few hundred dollars, that he would repay me imminently with the proceeds from the sale. Believing in Jafar and his story, I sent him a PayPal for $500. Jafar's email signature quotes 'The truth that hurts is better than a lie that gives pleasure,' yet I listened to one excuse after another as to why he couldn't send the money. He gave me a handful of dates that he never made good on. I am not rich, not close. I work hard for my money, and I told Jafar at the time I sent him the money that I really couldn't afford it. It is now March 2014, and I haven't received a dime, and Jafar stopped responding to my emails. Do I believe his life story? Yes. But Jafar is a 46 year old man who still hasn't figured out how to stop screwing people and lying to them, or how to go to work regularly as the rest of contributing society does. MAN UP JAFAR. NO MORE EXCUSES. NO MORE MISSED ETAs. SEND ME MY MONEY. Maybe then I'll stop writing these reviews and delete them. And send people their books when they order them, OR REFUND THEIR MONEY. IT IS NOT YOUR MONEY JAFAR. Jason Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311741328179671384noreply@blogger.com