Alright

Do I even need to comment?  You already know how happy we are for Aunty/Cousin/Sister/Mentor/Friend/ soon to be scene partner (in our heads) Viola Davis.  Doesn't she look gorgeous?  I wonder what the shoes looked liked...

Congrats Aunty (in our heads).  I'm dreaming big and fierce!  Shout out to Octavia Spencer and all the other beautiful actors who showed up and out at the SAG awards last night.  WEERRKK!

Real Thoughts

Sometimes I'd like to be an asshole.  It's easier to be an asshole.  But assholes ain't pretty and I'm striving for gorgeous here.

Don't judge my real thoughts...

Getting Ready

We are getting ready for season two of Shitty Fabulous Lives THE SERIES so please pardon the lapse in eventful, thought provoking blog posts (yeah I'm stretching it with those adjectives but that's how I do)...  Everything about season two of THE SERIES is going to be so good... at least we think so...

Photography by Lelund Durond Thompson

Metch is wearing Peaches Earrings, the Queen Mother Necklace, the Sweet Thang Ring, and the Pickaninny Necklace (as a bracelet).  All of the fab pieces are original designs by coal-scuttled-blondes and can be found in The ShittyFab Shop.

Photography by Lelund Durond Thompson

Evan Xavier and Mommy MinDog.  Amina is wearing the Peola Earrings by coal-scuttled-blondes and a C. SNUG LOOP by C. (Period).  Both items are original, handmade designs and can be found in The ShittyFab Shop.  

Photography by Lelund Durond Thompson

MinDog is wearing the Peola Earrings; Metch is wearing the Market Woman Necklace and Sweet Thang Ring.  All three pieces are original, handmade designs by coal-scuttled-blondes and can be found in The ShittyFab Shop.


What's going on in your world?

A BANG

A bang that's  fireworks worthy... This is what the new year started with- A BANG!

Or should I say a blast right into business?  There is so much to do and so much to tell...

We are twenty days into the year and I feel like it's already 2013.  It should at least be February considering all we've had to accomplish in the world of Shitty Fabulousness...



In twenty days this is what I have learned:

• Being self taught is so overrated- every time I turn around I need to learn something new because if I don't I'll have to pay someone to do it and you can't pay anyone when you don't have money so it's best to teach yourself and pray for the best... but ugh contracts... it's best not to be self taught in that area...
• Lawyers exist for a reason
• Becoming legal can make one feel as if you could be/ should be locked up at any moment
• Doing business with friends is better than people say it is.  When I get cranky I don't have to pretend I'm not... energy saved when you don't have to pretend
• I am so tired of fuschia but I can't seem to let it go
• Get people to sign on the dotted line ASAP
• Budgets are never correct, I mean even ones that are revised 10 times
• It is possible to do 9284.3 things all at the same time
• Smiling is not overrated

2012 is already showing itself for what it is!  FRUITFUL.

How have the first twenty days been for you?  

P.S. - so many good things are about to be put on sale in The ShittyFab Shop... you are going to want everything in there!  Also season 2 of THE SERIES is going to premiere on April 1, 2012 so watch season 1 while you can...

It's The O One Two (2012)

Do you feel like you get a new start when a new year begins?

Is 2012 a chance to do things you've always said you were going to do but haven't done yet, another opportunity to see the best in others and give the best of yourself, a time to make new commitments and check your progress with those already in place, a moment to get rid of the "ish" you no longer want and embrace all things you do want?

That's exactly how we feel...

Happy New Year!  Looking forward to all that 2012 will bring and all that we will get to share with you... I think we might be feeling change... as in we might be making a few changes very soon.   Stay tuned.

Clink your imaginary glasses with our imaginary glasses and let the twenty twelve festivities begin!

...oh and how did you bring in the new year?  If you tell us, we'll tell you what we were doing...

Merry Merry

Things Mommy Said/Says

Many have heard the phrase, "I brought you into this world and I'll take you out."  Maybe your mom or dad said it.  Maybe you remember when Bill Cosby said it to Theo in the clip below (one of my all time favorite episodes).

Today, after hearing a parent say that phrase to her misbehaving child I got to thinking about all the unintentionally funny things my mom said to me in my younger years... and now even.

Oh, how my mom loved to turn things into people or parts of people; it was usually my father and occasionally a cousin.  Her own grand form of personification.

Once when she saw me litter she said, "if you don't pick up your father's nose..."  I never littered again.

When I forgot to put my books away she said, "Gwei, come here and put your  father's backside in its place."  Didn't leave a book out for years.

When I would cry starvation in an attempt to get her to buy me outside food before we got home she'd ask, "are you really that hungry?"  "Yes," I'd reply.  "You'll be just fine.  You have enough adipose tissue to sustain you for decades."  The first time she said that I found my face in a dictionary reading about adipose tissue.  My mom had effectively played me.

"In histology, adipose tissue or body fat or fat depot or just fat is loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes. It is technically composed of roughly only 80% fat; fat in its solitary state exists in the liver and muscles. Adipose tissue is derived from lipoblasts. Its main role is to store energy in the form of lipids, although it also cushions and insulates the body."    - from Wikepedia

Mommy had a knack for playing me and fooling me too.  Every time she asked if I was really that hungry I would think when I said yes she was going to give in and get me a Happy Meal.  That never happened.  And every time she mentioned adipose tissue and made me wait to eat a home cooked meal I thought I was being punished.  Didn't know how good I had it...

When I would forget to close a door she'd ask, "did you mean to leave your father's mouth open?"

That woman is funny.

As a child I want was my favorite phrase.  Still is.  I want so many things...

Every time I would ask my mom for something if her answer was no I would say, "but I want it."  Her response was always, "lucky for you, you're old enough for your wants not to hurt."  Hmmm... I still don't know how I feel about that one.

Has your mother (or father or guardian) ever used any of these phrases?  Similar ones? Does she, he or your family have phrases that only they use?  Please share.

So What You're Only A Friend In My Head

I posted this link under the Acting tab the other day... considering my/our slight yet healthy obsession I'm going to post it here too.

My Aunty/Mentor/Friend in my head in the name of our Juilliard bond never disappoints.  Say It Like You Mean It is the name I'm giving Ms. Viola Davis this week and forever.

Watch her interview with Charlie Rose by CLICKING HERE.  It begins at the 20 minute mark.

In this interview she candidly stated, "My dream was to be somebody..." Aunty (in my head), you ARE definitely somebody!

It Goes A Little Something Like This

Thank you!  We appreciate our following, commenting and watching few!!!  Hope you are enjoying time with your loved ones.

We are living and loving these last weeks of 2011 (fabulously) and looking forward to all that 2012 will bring.  Predicting more laughter, love, growth...

'Tis The Season Finale

We have many reasons to be jolly; believe me the list is long.  Somewhere on that list is the fact that we completed season one of our love project without proper equipment, a real budget, plan or the amount of knowledge and know how we have now.  Who  knew this would be the project that inspired the start of our own production company...

Season two will be ALL THAT & THEN SOME!  It premieres on April 1, 2012. We cannot wait to share it with you... save the date.

Stay tuned to www.shittyfab.com for new video posts, behind the scenes footage and more.

Below is episode #6- WHAT THE WHAT, the season finale.  To watch episodes 1-5 by click here.

What's something you're jolly about?  Please share.


 

This Name Is Not A Mistake

an old favorite taken by CJC

what's in a word?  what's in name?

we are often asked about the title of this blog.  why shitty?  why not something else?

because something else wouldn't have been right.  shitty fit.  fabulous fit.  together the two words work and express exactly what we acknowledge about our existence on a daily basis.

if i say, " that's shitty, it's shitty, he or she treated me like a piece of shit, i stepped in shit, this taste like shit, i feel like shit..."  you get it, right?

sure, i do have an extensive vocabulary that my mother spent  a lot of money on but sometimes that vocabulary fails.  sometimes i need the descriptor of choice to sound as gritty, as base or as beautiful as the moment may feel.  when i feel like shit,  i feel like shit and no other word will work.

the way i look at it, saying i feel like shit is, by far, better than throwing an adult tantrum.  please remember use of the word adult is relative...

the fabulous part of the title  is never questioned.  never.

i get that.  everyone can imagine living a fabulous life all the time.  nobody wants to settle in the shit  and imagine a shitty life.  i get it.

but the plain truth IS that life IS shitty fabulous.  we don't always get what we want, things can change in an instant, for brief spans of time (when we think we are in control) we loose sight and may believe we have it all or don't have anything at all... there are ups and downs...

our choice of  the shitty fabulous moniker is a way of reminding ourselves, very quickly, that we are blessed.  does that make sense?  every time we fix our mouths to say something is shitty we are  immediately thrust into remembering that if something is shitty about a situation there is also something fabulous about it.

can you accept that?

we are committed to looking for the fabulous when the shitty shows its face.  there is a lot of shitty but the fabulous will always outweigh all of it.

we're frank here.  use of the word shitty is an extension of the frankness... that's all.

we see you shitty and we knock you back with fabulous.  that's what's in this name... a knock out.

want to get into the nitty gritty of the shitty fabulous philosophy click here.

want to hear how we actually arrived at the title for this blog and subsequently the series?  click here and watch this.

For Colored Gurls & Let It All Hang Out (Episode #5)

Are you familiar with forcoloredgurls.com?  If you are then you already know what a great site it is... I don't have to tell you that Jamie Flemming - Dixon has created an informative, fun space that is, "Inspiring and empowering women to live their most fabulous lives."

Recently we were interviewed by Jamie; click here to check out the interview and forcoloredgurls.com. 

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It's December 1st so you know it's time to release episode five of Shitty Fabulous Lives THE SERIES- Let It All Hang Out. Don't all click play at once you might cause something in the universe to shift... maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing... 

You can start with episode five if you aren't a regular viewer or you can start from the beginning using the links below(that's what we suggest).  Enjoy!

Watch Episode 1 - SOMETHING THAT FITS

Watch Episode 2 - SHE'S HERE

Watch Episode 3 - GOING SOMEWHERE

Watch Episode 4 - YOU CAN'T HIDE

Episode 6 will be available on December 15, 2011.