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[lyfenlyn]

We have a vent area to say what's eating us.

How about the stuff that goes right?

How about the stuff that inspires us?

No matter how small

It could be a great meal

Extra money on your paycheck

Found $20 on the sidewalk

Helped a little kid learn to tie their shoes...

whatever.

[CaliforniaAfrican]

I thought about starting a Dream Thread, too. Do it, Rage.

Rage_Proletaire said:

Compound Egret said:

Nothing like weird dreams that aren't too weird to help you wake up refreshed and snickering.

Orianthi Panagaris is right up there with Plaxico Burris in the name department.

(I thought about starting a lucid dreaming thread awhile back; I am always caught by surprise, and "killed" in my dreams -- it's rarely a shock, though, and I usually will myself awake before the bullet rips).

[GodsavetheQueer]

My grandma just turned 75 last week. She's a foxy broad.
My mama just turned 55 today. She's a foxy broad too.
I turn 26 in a monf. I need to get foxy like them broads is.

I want a tattoo....of a purple fermata.

[Nadia C]

Modeling is starting to pick up...My roommate...A Latina submissive that I really*** don't like use to surpass me as far as getting modeling gigs(Especially paid ones...She's also a Dominatrix)...And for a long time that depressed me because I knew that slight difference in skin color between me and her(We're pretty similiar...even our hair texture is the same) made people want to have her as a model, as opposed to me. I felt a little dejected and not confident in myself even. But I just did a gig on Halloween night(Photos on my page) and networked with two other people, including the amazing(And amazingly Black) Jose Moreira. We are going to shoot together. I might even have a gig with a Londoner here in NY, if he doesn't go back to Brit Land before we get to. We will at least shoot next time he's here. He likes my hair blonde as it is now, and liked my blue mohawk, as I have it on my myspace page...So we will probably do some sort of high fashion-ish shot.

Slowly, i'm regaining my confidence. I hate being all weak and pathetic and feeling lethargic. It's not me. And I especially hate the negativity floating around the room whenever she is here. But i'm learning to ignore her and to go after what I want, even though I know as a black model, as a black...anything...it will be really hard.

I went to school yesterday...Westchester Community College, met my admissions rep...Took like 3 hours to get there, though. We talked about me doing Acting and Music, like I want to, and, as I also want to do, combining Marketing into it as a sort of "Arts Management" focus, so I can manage my career. Because obviously, you might have a great idea, but it doesn't mean anything if you can't or don't know how to sell it. So I need to learn about market and blah blah...I'm stoked to being able to further myself...Finally. I need to get all of my paper work together...But I just had my transcript sent today and will have other docs sent soon...

I'm finally getting the tools to become not simply a mere consumer of art but a creator as well. Woot. Go me.

[Compound Egret]

Big ups to the brother with the truck full of smoke. Not that kind. He drives around my area in a king cab truck with three drum type grills on a trailer and sells bomb ass bbq. You can smell the smoke from a ways away and it draws people like zombies. I have the misfortune of always seeing his truck after dinner or today when he was out of chicken. I told him about the Kogi truck in LA that blew up with the help of twitter and he just looked at me like "Plate or no plate today, nucca? I don't need any new friends."

[Mlle d. Sade]

Well, that sounds awesome that you're getting that natural Leo confidence back. I hate the self doubt that comes from things work in the world (lighter skin, bigger titties getting better deals).

Nadia C said:

Modeling is starting to pick up...My roommate...A Latina submissive that I really*** don't like use to surpass me as far as getting modeling gigs(Especially paid ones...She's also a Dominatrix)...And for a long time that depressed me because I knew that slight difference in skin color between me and her(We're pretty similiar...even our hair texture is the same) made people want to have her as a model, as opposed to me. I felt a little dejected and not confident in myself even. But I just did a gig on Halloween night(Photos on my page) and networked with two other people, including the amazing(And amazingly Black) Jose Moreira. We are going to shoot together. I might even have a gig with a Londoner here in NY, if he doesn't go back to Brit Land before we get to. We will at least shoot next time he's here. He likes my hair blonde as it is now, and liked my blue mohawk, as I have it on my myspace page...So we will probably do some sort of high fashion-ish shot.

Slowly, i'm regaining my confidence. I hate being all weak and pathetic and feeling lethargic. It's not me. And I especially hate the negativity floating around the room whenever she is here. But i'm learning to ignore her and to go after what I want, even though I know as a black model, as a black...anything...it will be really hard.

I went to school yesterday...Westchester Community College, met my admissions rep...Took like 3 hours to get there, though. We talked about me doing Acting and Music, like I want to, and, as I also want to do, combining Marketing into it as a sort of "Arts Management" focus, so I can manage my career. Because obviously, you might have a great idea, but it doesn't mean anything if you can't or don't know how to sell it. So I need to learn about market and blah blah...I'm stoked to being able to further myself...Finally. I need to get all of my paper work together...But I just had my transcript sent today and will have other docs sent soon...

I'm finally getting the tools to become not simply a mere consumer of art but a creator as well. Woot. Go me.

[Daoud]

Go ahead, Nadia.

[kifaru]

My cousin, who i really don't fuck with but I ain't mad at, has got an HVAC certificate and might be coming down to help me with this house. I am going to come up no matter what.

[GodsavetheQueer]

I love Basement Jaxx's new album.

I decided I'm moving to Houston by March.

[Mlle d. Sade]

Wow. Congrats! Godspeed!

GodsavetheQueer said:

I love Basement Jaxx's new album.

I decided I'm moving to Houston by March.

[Daoud]

= Record store FYE is having a $9.99 sale on all single cd's and I spent a lot but it was on cd's I know I would not have been able to find retail for less. Got Boogie Down Productions, Common, Morrissey, Hall & Oates, Elvis Costello Q-Tip, The Time and others. Pretty cool deal.

= I'm going to finally get that player that converts LP's and cassettes to cd's. Found it for the best price after searching for a couple years back when they were charging too much. I've got mad radio tapes and rare LP's and singles to convert, can't wait.

[CocoaPuss Zine]

job interview tomorrow. i really need this job too.

[LesYpersound]

happy to have stumbled upon this quote recently:

"ain't no justice, just us"

which is less obvious than "no gods, no masters"
and less ambiguous as "one must imagine Sisyphus happy"