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Cupcake Bakeries- used mostly for Cupcakes Take The Cake. It is great way to see what bakeries are doing from all over the world.

Cool Black People- I actually created this list because I would get asked about other African American bloggers and twitterers, so the list made it easy to refer people to.

I am putting people into broad categories for my twitter lists, and people do the same to me. Recently, I took a look at the Twitter lists that people have put me in, and I realized that these lists give me an idea of what people think of me…at list on Twitter. I think that it shows how effective I am at reflecting my personal brand. Here are some of the lists I am on:

• Black Entrepreneurs
• Cupcakes
• Food Bloggers
• Food And Drink
• Girl Power
• Interesting People
• Media/Journalism
• NYC
• Social Media Pros
• Startupnation
• SXSW
• Zeitgeist

So I think I am putting out content on Twitter that lets people be able to assign me to the Twitter lists that make sense. Even if their Twitter lists were completely random, that’s fine. The point is that I tweet daily about lots of things, and I think that people are reading those tweets and seeing a connection between me and the content I share.

Later, I went with two friends to a house party in Williamsburg. It was kinda like a salon with a BYOB situation. The smell of marijuana wafted through the room. There was a French girl with a bob singing songs with an electric guitar. The singer was good. She wore electric blue leggings, a Doc Martens and big wool coat. In another room, there was a pair of red velvet sofas where a group of people were gathered. My friend Mike said hi to this girl. She wore a big hat and wide legged pants. At first, she did not respond. He thought she might be French or something. He greeted her again in French, but she didn’t respond. She just looked at us with her hand near her mouth. Finally, she starts talking to us. I asked what she did for a living. She told me that she doesn’t have a job. She wants to writes movies and her parents don’t give her money but she has friends who have that do. I joked that this party felt like a scene from ‘Girls’ and I would be photoshopped out of it. [Cause I'm Black]. The Girl asked us if we had a coke connection. If I had on pearls, I would have clutched them. It wasn’t because she ask about cocaine, but surprised because she came across a little rude. She’s twenty four. In my day, people butter you up before asking favors from strangers. BTW, I don’t have a connection to illegal substances. So the conversation trailed off, and my friends and I decided to leave. As we left, I overheard her hitting up a guy for whiskey.

Today I watched “Tiny Furniture”, the indie film Lena Dunham wrote and directed. So much of it seems familiar to me. It is set in New York, cupcakes are “googled”, there’s a chef and Bushwick is mentioned. However, many parts of it feels foreign like French. It is not the New York life that I live. Since this city has about 8 million stories, my story is just one of many.

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I have had it up to here (Imagine me at the 5ft marker of a pool) of the articles and blog posts about new HBO show, “Girls”. Across the internet, the creative class is up in arms. I suspect that someone has a Lena Dunham voodou doll and is poking her via the other hole. Their complaints are many, but mostly trite. It doesn’t represent the diversity of New York. The characters are trust funders. It is a not a realistic portrait of young women.

Whatever! How can anyone hitch their hopes and dreams to one show? The cast of the Girls remind me of the band members of The Strokes. They are the scion of rich creatives.

Why the haterade? Is it because Lena is only 25? Is the outrage derivative of the Occupy Wall Street movement? Do people hate rich people so much? I am not implying that Dunham is a one percenter, but there is more class tension today then there was during The Gilded Age, but back then there was no blogs, twitter and other ephemera. Does nepotism still bother people? No one gets success by doing it alone and if you got family that can help, then so be it. Americans are not pioneers and this is not the wild west. Bootstrapping is some antiquated idea that I doubt even Clarence Thomas believes any more.

I am not defending the show, mainly because it so ridiculously mediocre and none of the girls are likeable except for the Asian girl who drinks Vitamin Water and knows Photoshop. She would totally be my friend.

Seven Things Highly Productive People Do.

Things I had resolved to do in 2012. I haven’t been good at any of it.
walk more
flirt more
stretch more
get facials
take care of body
make more money
save more
only buy things to make me hotter or nourish me
say no more than yes
don’t work for free. ever.
go on a date

If you want to talk about being a mom, wanting to be a mom, NOT wanting to a be a mom, adoption, IVF treatment, going into labor, “Dance Moms” or just your MOM, then let me know. Looking for bloggers, comedian, storytellers, writers, and random fun people. I’m booking 8 performers, so complete this form.

The show will be at Mr. Dennehy’s which is at 63 Carmine Street (near West 4th Street Station ) on Thursday, May 3rd. Free show. Drinking is encouraged!