| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. To this day, she has no idea what a "Lolita" is. |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes. If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Mr. Chicken (my favorite spot in Cleveland) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi (preferably Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream). Better yet, how about not show up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs, a bird (some kind of dove/pigeon mix), and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs, bird, and cat, we'll be instant friends. If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs, a bird, and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| Our Light (Skin) At The End Of The Tunnel |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
A little while ago on this morning's airing of The Today Show, the conflictingly bubbly-yet-take-me-serious presence that is Katie Couric interviewed Best Actor nominee Terrence Howard. The exchange went a lil' something like this: Katie: You play someone who's not a particularly appealing character in Hustle & Flow...a pimp...
Terrence: Yes...
Katie: ...you're the only person of color nominated in the...acting nominees, and last year five of the twenty acting nominees were African-American or people of color...so, do you have any reaction to that? Are you surprised?
Terrence: ...I feel like right now I have the opportunity to represent the entire black race right now, the black artistic community, and, that's just how it is, you know...we do the best we can...and just being a part of it, being their figurehead right now, and know (sic) the responsibility is there...and to have that whole galvanized support of that community behind me now...I think it...it increases my chances.
So there you have it, people. The black community might have lost one iconic lightskinned figurehead today (an immensely important and great lady for our times), but another lightskinned force has simultaneously risen from the ashes.
Give it up for Big T.!!! Holdin' it down for the brown in Hollywood!!
(Alright Lance and all the brothers tired of the 'lightskinned brothers are so sexy' parade...you can release the Kraken of counter-commentary I know I'm going to get. Mel, if you're reading this, I'm routing them to you. I'm not equipped to speak on it. Besides, I'm an equal opportunity 'that's a fine mofo' kind of girl.)
Previously: The Lo Zone: It's Apparently Quite Good Out Here For A Pimp
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....and the next thing you know, they'll be bringing back AL B SURE!!!... ;-P~~~
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Lance I feel you ... and there will be a Switch and DeBarge Musical Special with Christopher Williams mcing the show ... Big ups T for holding it down for the dark demographics ... Thank GOD for you and Wesley Snipes as he most eliquently stated in new jack city "I never liked that pretty mufucka anyway"
With those words and his impaling that Cynda Williams chick on Mo Betta Blues it ushered in the Cinema Dark Ages ...
Is there to be a light skinned revival? I dont know but what i do know is that Im not ready to give up all the progress the chocolate coalition has made ( dont think I can stomach another era in which Reggie Theus rules)
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....and the next thing you know, they'll be bringing back AL B SURE!!!... ;-P~~~