what I would like to rant about right now if fucking GOOGLE!!! It's supposed to be a single sign on but it really isn't and I so wish everything including blogger were not attached to it... OK now let's begin...
This week has been rather interesting. I was supposed to start at a temp job but the Friday before it was pushed to the following Monday. Although I just called to see if I am starting this coming Monday so who the heck really knows. Well but you know I am in hustle mode so I just push on. I have been driving for Lyft and bartending. And this week hasn't been bad. In fact I looked at my bank account after the Lyft money got transferred and I was like WELL ALRIGHT!! But of course because it is ME I have many many stories. Mainly bartending. Nothing really too juicy with the driving just yet. It's mainly picking people up from work or taking them to work. The other night I was in Towson and a few college kids were going to happy hour. What I've learned is me and driving at night is NOT really a good combination and so I don't think I'll be doing much of that. Tuesday I bartended at a country club in Timonium where the guy from the Sun newspaper who's name I already forgot talk about the media and the tagline for the talk was 'Journalism Matters'. SO yeah I tried not to make faces as he was so enamored with 45 and how 'great' he is with being so informed and he reads ALL the newspapers and he is just SO GREAT!!! I stood there like ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! And I know I probably said it out loud too loudly on more than one occasion. But let me back up. This dinner talk thing was for the clients of a financial company that does not advertise, they just rely on references. Needless to say even though I'ma go ahead and say it, your circle of friends and influence usually are people who look like you. Also, not everyone is interested in diversity. They just aren't and that's really ok for how they live their life. But I am a black woman. I am the epitome of diversity. And in this room of about 100 people, only 2 looked like me and that bothers me. It didn't bother the company hosting. And probably not the majority of the folks there. We don't have to be included in everything JUST LIKE white folks do not have to be included on things that only pertain to black people. Now I'm going on a tangent... but stick with me. The bald black man, which I think is freaking hilarious that he has a hair care company but has NO HAIR from Shea Moisture is an idiot. A friend of mine had his interview on the breakfast club and I watched it it but he wasn't saying much. They did an advertisement mainly of white women and 1 very light skinned black woman. These products have a large black base and he wants to expand, and just like Carol's Daughter before him folks thhey made a huge misstep. Women who have curly hair are not limited to black women, and companies like Shea Moisture have filled the void. His issue is that he wants to not just be on the shelves in the stores labeled 'ethnic'. I have a point so let me get to it. When I need a product at the store, I go to whatever section I think and get what I need just like white women. Garnier Frustise has a great serum I like so I slide on over there to get that. Then I need to curling foam I slide on over to the 'ethnic' aisle. There have been many occasions that I'm looking at the same stuff as white women because they may have kids that are mixed or the like the products for themselves. But what you won't do is create a campaign and then apologize when you get backlash from black women!! Were there no black women in the room when this was signed of on? You aint the only brand and we all have options so be careful how you present yourself to the world!
OK... back to the country club. It is very interesting to observe people with money LOL
I worked at yet another country club where i set up for about 4 hours for an hour long event. This was for the Garden Club of America and these women liked their wine AND vodka (my kinda ladies).
I had many many MANY thoughts from that week of working and some of it is still there but some of it is gone forever (triple dent gum WILL MAKE YOU SMILE... (not for everyone to get LOL))... yes forever ever!!
I have to thank my BFF for letting me watch her netflix cause a chick is being financially frugal yet she still wants to be lavish in her TV options. If you are not up on Chewing Gum which is a British series on Netflix then... YOU MUST GET ONTO IT! British humor is not for everyone but this show is short and funny! I don't want to spoil it but one of the themes is that the main character is a 24 year old Christian virgin who does NOT want to be a virgin anymore. So when she finally gets the secks, she sings a song WHILST being made sweet sweet love to!! I was in TEARS!!! I'm laughing now!! SO it's 6 episodes and there are only 2 seasons WATCH!!
I started yet another temp job that has me questioning my entire life!! Like WHY am I in hustle mode?!?! My parents paid alot of good money to make sure I got this damn degree WHY am I not using it to my full potential?!?!?
Driving for Lyft which is actually not bad, mostly it's taking people to work or home from work. Sometimes we make a pit stop for them to get food and/or likka or their kids and that's about as deep as it gets. No great stories... Well except maybe the 2 blind ladies from Health and mental hygiene that stopped to get chicken legs ( a total of 8 legs LOL) at the Popeyes!! SOOooo here's the story I get pinged for a pick up, I drive to the back of the federal building. The 1st security guard was new but the more seasoned one said nope you have to go around front. I get to the front. I have to open my hood, open my glove compartment, open my trunk, GET OUT of the car and give them my license. I'm looking at them like y'all are really doing THE MOST!!! But we are all chuckling because they know this is fracken nackle but hey, it's a good job! At this point I call the woman and she comes out with a seeing eye cane and I feel bad for fussing at her earlier ( I called to make sure she knew I was on the way). Then yet another woman comes out with a cane and I'm like well shit!!! So they are both legally blind. We make a pit stop at the Popeyes because everyone loves chicken (well except for vegetarians) and head downtown to their apt which I'm still trying to figure out if they were roommates or just happen to live in the same building. On the way the talked about a woman with a big butt... so she aint THAT blind LOL, how they both hate their boss (45) and of course the chicken is smelling mighty good so now I need chicken!! I drop them off and that was that. Other driving adventures... I drove a Jamaican to driving school; a woman with a bonnet and pj's to clear across Baltimore with her little girl; a little girl who smelled like weed to work at Burger King; a Puerto Rican to a bar in Fell's Point; another dude to a bar in Hampden (he smelled really good); and a woman with the good gold side tooth the the Shopper's! I have no complaints!!
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