Latest Blog Posts for Ghetto Yuppies

• What Would Eve Write?
  on Apr 24, 2012 in Eve Lopez Drugs Untamed Heart interview Grey's Anatomy and Psychiatric Wards: A Novel Cathy West What Would Eve Do Luke Perry ghetto yuppies writing Sex
  Eve Lopez and I have known each other for years and have always shared a mutual admiration and respect. I admired her adventurous spirit and ability to teach halfway around the world as an ESL teacher and I like to think she respected my ability to s...
• The Walk by Catherine Adel West
  on Mar 21, 2012 in spousal abuse fiction short story
  Pondering life over a toilet bowl seems normal to Pat. Clear water below reveals the porcelain god needs a good cleaning; a dirty gray-brown ring lies at the bottom of the bowl near Pat’s chubby face. Bathrooms are where people come to get rid of a...
• Dear CTA ...
  on Feb 14, 2012 in Sandra Bullock Michelle Pfeiffer Frank Kruesi Richard Rodriguez CTA Ron Huberman public transit south side
  As I live on the South Side of Chicago and work downtown, I have to take the wild, city rollercoaster that is public transit. And honestly, I would take Metra, but seeing as I have to be at work by five o' clock in the morning, an hour that makes the...
• Security Blanket
  on Dec 28, 2011 in evolving security blanket maturity linus evolution change
  I like it when my situation changes sometimes. And sometimes I hate change. I just plain ole don't like it unless it's the kind of change that involves large amounts of money being thrown in my direction. Let me preface the previous comment by saying...
• Miles to Go ....
  on Nov 22, 2011 in homer simpson sleep journaling diary elves
  Sleeping would be a good thing to do right now since I’m tired from work, but I don't have the need to do so just yet so I am going to write. About what I have no clue so I will just try a stream of consciousness method and see where that takes me.
• My Heart Will Go On....With a Floatation Device
  on Sep 27, 2011 in drowning swimming Titanic Wisconsin
  See this doesn't happen if you drown!I can't swim. I am the epitome of the stereotypical black person refusing to learn how to navigate the water by flailing their arms like a windmill. I really don't care if it's good cardio. I jus...
• Hair Today, Hair Tomorrow
  on Sep 23, 2011 in ethnicity hair kinky ghetto yuppies
  A friend of mine complimented me on my hair this week. It was freshly done; dark and sleek. I knew I looked good. Then again I always believe this.Curious, my friend asked if I think about wearing my newly relaxed tresses in their natural, kinky form...
• The Dream ...
  on Jun 16, 2011 in William Faulkner hope fear frustration writing dream
  The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.  William Faulkner  Writing gets so overwhelming for me at times -- actually most of the time. Doubt is that little shitty devil sitting on my left shoulder (it's o...
• Protect and Serve?
  on Jun 6, 2011 in racism black police
  My brother, being the hardworking black man he is, decided today to go back to the school from where he recently graduated to do some follow up work with former classmates. He gets on the train and proceeds to go to another car while the train is mov...
• Power to the People!
  on May 31, 2011
  It is so hard for me to admit when I’m wrong. I know this is a downsitting of mine and, well, I do want the whole world to know this about me. Well the world that consists of the few people that read this blog. Now as much as it’s hard for me to...

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