Season 2 Episode 4 (PLANS CHANGE)

SHOUT OUT!

Does anybody out there watch Mad Men?

Well I didn't(I know I'm rare)... but now I do watch it!  Why?  Because my GIIRRRLL and classmate is playing Dawn Chambers.  You know Dawn, Don's secretary...anyway shout out to the too fabulous Teyonah Parris for integrating the office. I hope to see lots of her this season and if they are wise they'll bring Ms. Parris back for the next season... my fingers are crossed here and the prayers are going up...

Teyonah Parris

Teyonah Parris as Dawn Chambers

Check out this interview Teyonah did with Ebony.com.  If you want to know more about her you can always check out www.teyonahparris.com or google her(hahaha).

Season 2 Episode 3

Below is Episode 3 - SECRETS AND SIGHS!  Check it out... of course we'd love for you to come back and watch Episode 4 on April 22nd so make sure you do.

On a completely different note- this week we will be reading The Spinsterlicious Life 20 Life Lessons for Living Happily Single and Childfree by Eleanore Wells.  Come back  for our review of the title... We are a duo but since I am the only one who is childfree and solid in my singleness this should make for an interesting review/post/heated discussion between us...  I imagine we'll be on opposite ends of the spectrum... but let me read the book first...

Season 2 Episode 2

Here is episode 2...  We  love Sheldon Woodley who plays Paul, Nikiya Mathis who plays Tammy and Christine Williams who plays Vanessa "Lotta-Puss" Green!  They will all be back in future episodes.

Stay tuned!!!

Madness

I believe that the expertise of some lies in their ability to incite rage in others.  Hints of rage that is...

Racism is alive!  Stupidity is potent!  I know neither statement is news to anyone but when I get alerts that idiots are posting comments on our videos I have to pause, acknowledge the idiocy, wonder a little about change and of course write a post.

This morning I had several email alerts saying that comments had been posted on a few of our videos.  "Great," I thought.  I love comments, we love comments.  Comments mean people are watching.  Well that love for comments disappeared after I read the first one.

"white faggot"

The second one

"this baby is not black"

The third one

"whu mixed people acting black huh?! smh"

All from the same ignorant user.  Perhaps he/she/it wanted to inspire a blog post.  Done.  I don't know  if that was the motive for sure but I know that after reading the third comment I stopped reading them and removed them all because that was the only action that made sense.

Initially  I wanted to reply and let him/her/it have it with a tongue lashing via my keyboard.  I mean really?  Have you nothing better to do "blckggg?"  That's the person's username.  blckggg.  Are you going to leave comments on every single video?  I'll just remove your absurd remarks that reflect your self hate... and thanks for the view.

YUCK!

My job as a Godmother is becoming more clear every day.  I have no new lessons to teach my 11 month old Godson.  I'll just teach him all the things my mom taught me.  Most importantly that nobody can tell you how to define yourself and that nobody can define you...

The world is full of beautiful, intelligent people. Repeat- The world is full of beautiful intelligent people. Repeat- The world is full of beautiful intelligent people...

THE SEASON TWO PREMIERE

It's time for the Season Two Premiere!  Enjoy.

Visit www.shittyfab.com to read more about the series, the cast and the crew.

ALMOST

It's almost time for the Season 2 premiere of  Shitty Fabulous Lives THE SERIES.  This love project is growing and we're so proud of it.  We look forward to making each season better than the last...

Tune in on April 1, 2012!!!  In the meantime click here to read about the fabulous cast and the ShittyFab Team.

 

I Miss Things

When my lunch cookie crumbled...

With simple choices lives are being altered.  

Politics, the lack of humanity and having to take a stand have been on my mind.  These are heavy topics and issues that need to be discussed.  In the middle of all this heaviness,  today,  I found myself out for a walk, and then sitting at lunch with things that seem irrelevant in comparison running through this head of mine.

At first I missed the person.  That passed. 

Today, I found myself  admitting that I miss things.  

Buttering bread, putting mayonnaise on the side because that's what he liked, the extra large everything because regular sized anything would be too small, being forced to keep my word because I said it out loud, unplanned dates, not having to wonder who my date would be, debating until I could be nothing but silent, choosing the opposite side just to be in opposition, the difference.  I miss the difference coupled with the togetherness... the experience of sharing moments.

I had no idea that you could miss experience and not miss a person.  In my mind the other person was the relationship.  

As I thought about the phone call I would have to make to my mom later this day(the one where I say something like, "Mommy my life is great, I am blessed and today I feel so ugghhh...")- I knew she would ask me to articulate, in complete sentences, what I was feeling.  

So I sat there thinking.  Complete sentences came.  I miss sharing experiences in a particularly intimate way that can only come when you are actively in uncensored relation to another human being.  I miss the ease of focusing on somebody else because it helps me not focus on myself.  I miss my run-on sentences being loved.

Lunch was over and I started walking again.  I had to yell at myself (in my head) after a few steps.  Those sentences are so wordy.  What don't you want to say?  

I miss being in a relationship.  

When I said that aloud (in my head) I almost died.  Why was I so ashamed to admit that to myself?  Why the guilt?  Why do I think I should only be focused on the happenings of the world and not the very simple desires I have?

I find myself in a weird place this Saturday afternoon.  Signing petitions, drafting plans, fixing plans, adjusting schedules, learning sides, painting pictures(in my mind), getting ready for tonight's show, and  feeling guilty because my problems aren't really problems; they aren't even issues...

When I call my mom I think she will probably laugh at me, which will make me laugh at myself ... wait, I'm already laughing...

Ismene

This photo was taken backstage just before "Ismene" enters having made the decision to die with her sister Antigone.  Sounds morbid right?  Yep, it's a tragedy but I am having a great time working with everyone at Quintessence Theatre Group in Philadelphia on this production of Anouilh's ANTIGONE.  The cast is wonderful.  We share lots of laughs and leave the drama on the stage.

A lot of people wonder what happens to Ismene after she runs off in pursuit of her sister... I wonder what production I'll be doing next... and I hope the theatre lets me purchase the dress I'm wearing in the photo...

Back On The Book

Rememebr when facebook deleted our page last week?  I was so against setting up a new one.  I was against it  because (in my mind) it was going to be a lot of work and mostly because I was annoyed.

I'm over those feelings.  It only takes a couple of clicks (especially when a dear friend sets it up for you) and there is no time like the present to start fresh.

When you have a second, visit our brand new facebook page, hit the like button and give us immediate delight!

Have a good day everyone.

P.S. - Season 2 of Shitty Fabulous Lives THE SERIES is almost done.  One more day of shooting and it will be a wrap.  Stay tuned to www.shittyfab.com for meet the cast videos, the season 2 trailer and more.  Oh did I tell you The ShittyFab Shop is open?  New fab items to be added next week... but don't wait until then go browse/shop now.  shop.shittyfab.com.

Stress Eating

I pride myself on eating clean... okay eating clean 90% of the time.

Then there are times when I decidedly use stress as an excuse to eat what I want. See this week's menu below(if you look at an item on the list and think it isn't bad - please know that in one sitting I ate the portion size that 5 grown men should eat).

THE MENU

Cheese Fries(see the pic. of the demolished take out tin... I am in Philly most of the week.  Cheese fries seem appropriate in stressful moments)

The Vegan Chilli from Food For All on Germantown Ave (Also in Philly.  I can't get enough of this stuff but all that millet can't be good for the body)

Seaweed

Pumpkin Seeds

Fruit Snacks

Broccoli in Garlic Sauce

Veggie Egg-rolls

Pirate's Booty

Sweet Potato Chips

Rice Chips

Black Bean Chips

Flax Seed Chips

Three tons of Guacamole(Also from Food For All- that place is a food paradise.  The California Dreamin' Breakfast sandwich is amazing...)

More Fruit Snacks

Ice cream

Bread

A Salad Burrito from Island Salad(on 125th Street in NYC also amazing...)

Regular Fries

There is more but because I am a little embarrassed I'm going to end the menu there.

I feel full.   When you wake up feeling full you KNOW you ate way too much the night before!!!

My body has changed in one week.

Has anyone noticed the date on this post?  It's only Thursday.  The week that I keep mentioning isn't even over.

I have been too busy to go to the gym in the last 3 weeks and I had to have assistance to zip up my costume last night.  I am literally shaking my head right now.

Now that I have blog-fessed (confessed)  I am putting the fork down... Hope I get in that costume tonight.  A Spanx can only do so much...

Will do better today.  It's back to good healthy eating, I must work out tonight and in the words of Whitley Gilbert- I will, "RELAX, RELATE, RELEASE!

I am accepting e-love and understanding... Thanks in advance.

IF I HAD IT IN ME

So here I am about to post some exciting news on my facebook page when I get a message saying that my account has been disabled.  WHAT IN THE WORLD!!!

First someone hacks our MinDog & Metch pag after hacking MinDog's personal facebook account and then they idable mine and send me the following email:

Your account has been disabled for violating the Facebook Terms. We have determined that your profile does not authentically represent you, which violates our policies. According to our policies, your profile:


• Must list your real name and date of birth


• Cannot impersonate anyone or anything (for example, profiles created to represent celebrities, pets, ideas, or inanimate objects)


• May not be used to contact strangers for business or dating purposes


Facebook is a community where people connect and share with friends using their real identities. Claiming to be someone else, creating multiple accounts, or falsely representing an organization undermines the trust and safety of the community.


We enforce our policies when we encounter violations on the site or receive reports of violations. If other inauthentic accounts currently exist on the site, it is only because they have not yet been reported and removed.


Unfortunately, we will not reactivate your account for any reason.


For more information about our policies, please read the Facebook Community Standards:https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/


Thanks,
Facebook Team



I can't with facebook.  I really CAN NOT!  After being on the site for years my account has now been disabled and a hacker has taken over our facebook page.  GREAT!!!

I really think it may be time to end this relationship... except that may not be an option... UGH!!!

If I had it in me I would launch a campaign.


UPDATE:  The powers that be over at facebook reactivated my personal page.  Now all I want are the MinDog & Metch page and the gWeiChi page returned.  Fingers crossed and hoping...