tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64093847111688199472024-03-05T20:31:49.620-08:00Black Girl. Greek Name.Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-28365875393420822482011-09-14T17:42:00.001-07:002011-09-16T06:24:44.689-07:00HiatusSo ummm… I’m not gonna blog again for a while. There are a few reasons why. I’m not telling. But mainly, I need to relieve pressure from myself, and this is one of the small ways that I’m doing it. At the beginning of next year, I will make a decision whether or not I’ll start back writing.
In the meantime, you can find me joining the twits, chirping away. It’ll all Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-43609804150114882372011-09-14T17:27:00.001-07:002011-09-14T17:27:53.499-07:00I’m A Twit Follow me. Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-8079980266467817032011-08-16T11:29:00.000-07:002011-08-16T11:29:42.388-07:00Catch Me If You Can: The Sequel
I swear, I was on set for 9 hours
Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-46134596608770213722011-08-15T15:43:00.001-07:002011-08-30T22:50:19.875-07:00NOSSA!!This isn’t real-time. I’m writing this on a jet serviced by American Airlines, on my way to Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, August 11th/12th, but by the time I hit “publish”, several hours/days will have passed by. I want to start by saying:
Me - 3, Mercury - 0
Now that that’s out the way (I am hyper-vigilant when that bastard goes retrograde), WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! My Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-10722782675865065282011-07-13T18:41:00.001-07:002011-07-13T18:41:41.659-07:00Thought for the DayPercoset > Vicodin Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-62768945717861013812011-07-02T09:53:00.001-07:002011-07-02T09:53:18.982-07:00Can You Spot Yours Truly?Don’t blink – you might miss me. Fun shoot!   I was in a Gym Class Heroes video a couple weeks ago.  Well, mainly my ass and thighs walking back and forth.  Will be posted as soon as it’s available. Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-14537755281000537972011-06-27T22:46:00.001-07:002011-06-28T22:42:13.022-07:00The Most Excellent Humiliation That Ever Could Have Happened to MeI had a catering gig last month for a staffing company I work for intermittently.  It was a commemoration of the 100th year that the Los Angeles Country Club has been at its current location.  I was bartending that evening.  I arrived to work early because that’s how I get down, checked in, was shown my bar, and I started setting up.  There was a stack of boxes that I needed Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-49224069085498874662011-06-23T14:19:00.001-07:002011-06-23T14:19:10.455-07:00My Kind of House…helps keep those stabby feelings at bay Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-30591857654312233562011-06-20T09:51:00.001-07:002011-06-20T09:56:24.107-07:00Stop The Presses!from AVclub.com David Lynch creating real-life Club Silencio in Paris By Sean O'Neal June 15, 2011 As part of David Lynch’s interest in doing everything besides make another movie, the budding musician and entrepreneur has announced plans to build the Parisian nightclub Club Silencio, modeled after the location of the same name in his 2001 film Mulholland Drive. Lynch is personally Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-57209295522542331762011-06-17T13:42:00.001-07:002011-06-17T13:42:48.906-07:00OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG…Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-19851821035612423722011-06-17T09:08:00.001-07:002011-06-17T09:08:45.438-07:00Aural Pleasure II Serenity by DJ Assault 1.  I’m finally getting toned:  it turns out my problem was lack of complete protein in my body.  If you live in LA, go to the GNC at the shopping plaza on Overland and Venice.  I forgot that dude’s name who helped me but he knows what the hell he’s talking about. 2.  Started a modern dance class – highlight of each week.  Started the Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-50544121026133998212011-06-01T19:30:00.001-07:002011-06-06T20:34:46.937-07:00Gonna Make My Mommy Proud *UPDATED*I got a phone call Monday – I was booked for a music video shooting on Thursday.  Apparently it’s for a Mr. Wiz Khalifa and someone else.  I don’t know who that is, as I’ve no television and I haven’t listened to popular radio music in three years.  I’ve seen his “name” pop up every once in a while in my Facebook feed, and after a quick Google trip, it seems he’s quite popular.&#Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-65790065029133481232011-05-30T12:30:00.001-07:002011-05-30T12:30:39.480-07:00Memo To All Men Everywhere The next one of you who, out of the blue and for no damn reason other than you think that all women everywhere should never look like she’s having thoughts or a bad day or it’s frickin’ four in the morning and she’s tired – the next one of you who tells me to “Smile!” will straight get shanked.  And I mean that.  Nothing ruins my day more than some random dude getting all in my face, Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-67401095860528714552011-05-25T23:29:00.001-07:002011-05-25T23:35:56.592-07:00Nerdy-DerdyI love xkcd.  This one is my favorite.  Appeals to my spirituality and my art-theory-dork-ity. Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-54082241008724306632011-05-21T10:07:00.001-07:002011-05-21T10:07:41.117-07:00All of Your Hopes and Dreams Will Be Dashed Upon the Jagged Boulders BelowI went out last night to El Cid – it was Jellybean Benitez’s return to Los Angeles, and absolutely NO ONE in this world spins soulful house like this guy.  He’s amazing.  I ordered my Long Island, got to sippin’, and soon started dancing because the music was beautiful.  While taking a brief break, a man introduced himself to me.  A tall man.  A bald man.  A gorgeousRest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-72460868661397642592011-05-16T10:13:00.001-07:002011-05-16T10:13:27.016-07:00POLL TIME!!Good day.  Look up there at the page bar.  There’s a new page with a poll.  It’s called !*POLL*!.  Take this poll.  Do it only once.  The page will rest there (in peace) for a couple months. Sometimes I wonder who’s reading, if anyone’s reading, and I’m surprised when my friends here and there say they check on my blog.  I ‘d like to know more about YOU, my Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-45604103190262231752011-05-06T21:11:00.001-07:002011-05-30T16:38:54.651-07:00I May Need A Shrink One day about a month ago, I was at the gym, working it out on an elliptical, watching TLC’s “Say Yes To The Dress” on my personal monitor.  It’s a reality show that follows an NYC bridal dress shop; specifically, the quest of the brides-to-be to find The Most Perfect-est Dress Everrrr, and the quest of the employees to close sales.  It’s not usually the kind of show I would watch, Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-49924054617708047912011-04-16T13:57:00.001-07:002011-04-16T13:57:13.465-07:00Story of my 20s This song was written by Prince, and listening to the lyrics, I’ve always thought it was about fleeting passionate romances with “others”.  Sounds like my dating life 2004 to present. Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-46303982624484163562011-03-30T13:46:00.001-07:002011-03-30T13:50:52.955-07:00Personal PedagogyI didn’t get into grad school. I’ve been researching MFA programs ever since I finished undergrad at USC in 2006.  I’ve looked at Columbia, Yale, Hunter College, NYU, UCLA, Otis, Art Center, CalArts, UC Irvine, and a few others.  An older artist friend of mine told me that the biggest mistake that she made was completing her graduate art degree and then moving to a different city; Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-54009216766888256952011-03-25T10:10:00.001-07:002011-03-25T10:10:59.649-07:00FAT HO BURGERS: A Special CommentAs you may well know, I'm black, female, pushing 30, and a Dallas native living in Los Angeles. I am here to explain the Texas black colloquial term, "ho."  Believe it or not, the word "ho" is a catch-all noun. It can be a person, place, or thing; many times, people use it to refer to a place or thing. Par example:     [we see two men in their Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-74242773048990373862011-03-24T11:26:00.001-07:002011-03-24T11:26:13.440-07:00Perceptions of Black Womenvia Kiss My Black Ads In BRAINWASHED, we explore the portrayal of African American women as sexual objects in the chapter Studs and Sluts. Check out this Fan-Made movie short that was inspired by the book. This is a fantastic example of what can be done with a little ingenuity and access to a computer! From http://www.stopthebrainwash.com/ It cannot be repeated enough: these images andRest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-46083847064447359312011-03-21T20:21:00.001-07:002011-03-21T20:21:02.721-07:00My Greek Name on a “Real Housewife”Greetings.  In a nod to the new look of my blog, we shall take some time to ponder the Greek name in question.                         …siiiggghhhh.  My general opinion of most of the women featured on the “Real Housewives” franchise is pretty low, and for reasons that you don’t even have to guess.  You Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-2897874890724773142011-03-16T11:51:00.001-07:002011-03-16T11:51:07.261-07:00In Memoriam  My absolute favoritest song from the DPG. Rest In Peace, Hey Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-28717370395423107502011-03-13T16:50:00.001-07:002011-03-13T16:50:22.354-07:00Under The Dome: Best. Stephen King Novel. Ever.  I have been an avid bookworm since I started learning to read in kindergarten.  I have been a Stephen King fangirl since I was nine years old.  This was the year that my mom remarried, that we moved down to the suburbs of Houston.  It was the first time that my sister and I actually lived in a house, and we thought it was so cool.  There were five rooms!  And a Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409384711168819947.post-29940925944200578532011-02-25T15:42:00.001-08:002011-02-25T15:42:14.361-08:00The Somewhat Yearly Coachella Post: 2011 Edition  Meh. The only day that looks remotely interesting is Saturday (Paul van Dyk, Erykah Badu, and Arcade Fire), and they stopped selling single-day tickets two years ago, the bastards. I’ve got Brazil, Germany, and Italy to look forward to, so what-eh-varrrrrr. Rest In Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297761549413753611noreply@blogger.com1