I feel your pain buddy, many of us do. the thing i learned the hard way with this stock is how slooooow the oil industry is. i jumped in THEN learned this, as you did. there are things happening it appears but it is like watching paint dry. meanwhile, we are stuck at this aweful SP. i don't think all you read is hype though and we can be well past this penny price in short order if we actually get some real, live activity.