“I hate to say this, but hair is the best thing to happen to rhythmless non-blacks.” “Did I die and go to simple bitch hell?” Issa Rae, creator, producer, and star of “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” is hilarious– and onto something. I became aware of the Awkward Black Girl Twitter account several months [...]
Entrepreneur of the week: Issa Rae, creator of the Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
September 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Entrepreneur of the Week
Tags:dramz·entrepreneurship·life·relationships·stalkers·TV·Twitter
Fanson NO MORE.
August 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments · friends, fam, and my ridiculously fun life, globe-trottery
For the past many many years, my friends Natalie, Sara and myself have gone to as many Hanson shows as possible on their cross-country tours, driving as much as five hours to see them. There was one particular tour where we went to TWO shows back to back here in Chicago at the House of [...]
Tags:Africa·dramz·music·photographs·singing·stalkers·travel
“I was interested in working out a sugar daddy situation.”
April 24th, 2009 · 9 Comments · work shenanigans
I’ve worked in the service industry in some capacity for the last five years. I’ve worked in bars and at sporting venues (for the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox and Bears), and the movie Waiting was especially poignant for me. One of my fellow servers at the Chicago Stadium Club did a special segment on Oprah’s show, [...]
Tags:bartending·booze·dramz·etiquette·restaurants·servers·stalkers·tipping·weirdos·wine
Text message terrorism.
April 16th, 2009 · 6 Comments · char and the city, say what?
Due to crazies, stalkers, psychos, fatties, weirdos, and long-distance bill collectors, I have changed my phone number numerous times over the past several years and am quite selective about to whom I give my digits. This is why I was quite confused to one night receive a text message that said: “What up dis shontice [...]
