My list of wants is rapidly growing. I mentioned this on my other Shorty blog last year, and I am saying it again – I WANT THIS VOICE RECORDER! It is an Olympus DS-61. My current recorder is cool, but it’s time to upgrade. For anyone who is reading this post and actually cares, I…
I’m No Longer in the Business Plan Contest
I found out why last week. The good news is, the content and the concept were good. I also know the writing was outstanding (humility is not working for me today). My plan didn’t move forward because the judges didn’t understand how my blog would generate a profit. That’s understandable if you do not understand…
Working on Book
Not that I need a new project in my life at my time, but I’m going to start conducting research for my book. A couple people have told me that they were looking out for me, which is great. But, I wasn’t going to work on that project just yet. It’s great that people care…
African Americans Women with HIV/AIDS are Not Seen on TV
Every 6 seconds one person, or ten people per minute, is infected with HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, most of these people are black women in the United States. According to the Center for Disease control, African American women account for over 50% of the newly reported HIV/AIDS cases. In fact, twelve percent of the entire population is…
Progress Report on Shorty Resource Blog
I have finally started posting on my Shorty Resource Blog. My image is almost done. The theme is almost done. I just have to pull it all together, and start spreading the word about my blog really soon. So far, I have info about DuSable Museum, The Museum of Science and Industry, and the Chicago…
Why My Business Plan Didn’t Move Forward
I have great news! I found out why my business plan didn’t move forward in the competition. I am proud to share that it wasn’t because of the writing or the content. I was told that the financials were outstanding, and the writing was excellent (I wrote it myself. :)). It didn’t move forward because…
Oh, the Joys of Being Black in Chicago
Yesterday I went to The Paper Source at 919 W. Armitage for workshop. I got there at 10:15; workshop started at 11:00. First of all, can I just say that I was there from 10:15 until 1:30, and I was the only black person in the entire store. Period. If any came in and snuck…
Prayer Needed
Last night my friend was a victim of home invasion. She was working when two guys kicked in her front door. She was home alone; her son was at work. One of the guys was the father of a young lady he used to date. In fact, her son saw the dude standing on a…
My Heart is Broken – Hurricane in Haiti
I need the news people to stop showing images of children from Haiti. The incident itself is heartbreaking, but to see the babies…Oh my God! My heart is breaking. You have people over their fighting for their lives, and people in America fighting over dumb, irrelevant stuff. I wondering if seeing this tragedy during these…
Improv is Good for Me
I attended my first Improv class week, and it was good. My instructor is crazy in a good way. I forgot his name, but he’s cool. We did a bunch of exercises to help us get comfortable with each other and to do things that we would not normally do. For instance, we had make…