| 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. For as long as she lived, she had no idea there was anything sexual or seedy about being called "Lolita". |
| 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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| Malik!!! Malik!!! Malik!!! |
| Friday, March 24, 2006 |
This guy's practically family to me, so I'm extra thrilled about all the wonderful things he's got going on. Who am I talking about? Why, none other than...
 Yup. He of the looming presence, unlimited charisma, multi-talents, and a super-sexiness that's had the ladies swooning for more than a decade, is on the scene with two major happenings.
First off, he's in a new show on FX called Thief.
 ...which debuts on Tuesday, March 28th at 10pm E/P.
Second, Malik and his very cool sister, Akoshia Yoba---who is quite a gifted writer, as is their mother, Mahmoudah Young; both women are also like family to me---have written a book together called...
Please Return My Phone Call:
Preventing The Demise Of Personal And Professional Relationships
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The book is a valuable tool on both professional and personal levels. (I could certainly learn a thing or ten from it---I've been so swamped of late, I haven't been able to play catch up on the volumes of calls and e-mails I've got piling up. Please bear with me, those of you to whom this might apply.) Malik has been conducting seminars and lecturing around the country on these important fundamental principles and strategies for building and maintaining thriving human relationships.
This is something we can all use, probably in more ways than one. I'll be mentioning the book more as it becomes available at www.pleasereturnmyphonecall.com. Be sure to put this one on your radar as a must-have. Do it for yourself. Do it for someone(s) who really needs to get the message.
Let's see if we can help spread the word about the book and maybe unreturned calls will soon become a thing of the past!!
FX Networks: Thief
The Internet Movie Database: Malik Yoba
www.pleasereturnmyphonecall.com |
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Lo, thanks for the heads up. This looks like an interesting read.
It made me think of a movie I saw many years ago (I think you would like this one) titled Denise Calls Up. Its a social comedy based around a series of phone calls from seven New Yorkers who manage to fall in and out of love, have a child and pursue deep, meaningful friendships...all without ever meeting, thanks to their portable phones, PCs, faxes and answering machines.
Check it out if you can find it, it highlights how impersonal technology has allowed us to become.
(swrjn)
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Juan, I've actually seen that movie about three or four times, having caught it on cable often over the years. It was the movie where I first became familiar with the actor Liev Schreiber, if I recall correctly. And you're right, it was pretty cool the way they did everything without ever actually meeting.
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not to take anything from your boy, malik and andre, BUT!
why is it black actors are either serving the law in one show or breaking the law the next?....lol
malik: ny undercover
andre: homicide: life on the streets
now they're "thieves"? or "thief", thank you...just kiddin' fellas. still gonna watch the show
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Lo, thanks for the heads up. This looks like an interesting read.
It made me think of a movie I saw many years ago (I think you would like this one) titled Denise Calls Up. Its a social comedy based around a series of phone calls from seven New Yorkers who manage to fall in and out of love, have a child and pursue deep, meaningful friendships...all without ever meeting, thanks to their portable phones, PCs, faxes and answering machines.
Check it out if you can find it, it highlights how impersonal technology has allowed us to become.
(swrjn)