| 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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| Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #5: The Results!!! |
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 |
 ...dared to explore the tricky world of writing in dialect: Sand…I ‘memba I used to hate when niggahs called me dat. My moma name me Vincent. Dat’s probably why scary shit always happen to me, name me after that ol’ crazy assed Vincent Van Gogh, dat artis’ dude who cut off his ear fo’ a dame. Mu’fuckahs say I do some wil’ shit, but dat niggah was off da chain to do some shit like dat. Come to think of it, Ma named all us after some wil’ cats whose names started with Vs. Big bro’ Vee was named after some writer dude, Voltaire. Dat niggah got teased all through school – which is probably one reason he quit after da sixth grade. Anybody call him Voltaire now, better be ready to defend hisse’f. So, you know a niggah like me uses his name sometime to rile him. Vasco, come after me. Dat pretty mu’fuckah always tellin’ chicks he was named after a explorer so he can take dem ‘roun’ da worl’. I think Baby boy got da smoovest name, fo’ real. He da only one named after somebody black, too; dat photographer dude Van der Zee. I seen some o’ his pictures and black folks was smoove back den.
I ‘on’t think Daddy liked all dem big time names Ma gave us. He used to always grab my curls, tease me ‘bout my light brown hair and light brown eyes, said I look like da grainy color of sand. Started callin’ me Sand and now it feel funny when anybody call me Vincent. I tried to be cool once and make people call me Vinny, but dat didn’t last too long. Sand just stuck to me like dat gritty shit do from da beach.
Here's what you thought after a robust 302 votes:  [click image to enlarge]
Excellent!!! and Meh, it was okay were nearly neck-and-neck, with 120 votes and 117 votes, respectively. This was followed by 29 Really Goods, 19 Really Shittys, and 13 bleeding eyes.
I have to personally say that I thought this piece was OUTSTANDING, and was executed with great skill. Not everyone can write well in dialect,and readers either love it or hate it.
I LOVED IT. CONGRATULATIONS are therefore in order for Bronx-based Lo Zone frequenter, author/artist/educator/explorer... CapCity...  Kudos, lady. You ROCKED!!!
Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #5!!!Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #4: The Results!!!Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #4!!!Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #3: The Results!!!Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #3!!!Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #2: The Results!!!Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #2!!!Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty, Excerpt #1: The Results!!!Previously: The Lo Zone: Really Good Or Really Shitty!!! Part 1 (Or, WWM3MS...What Would My 3 Muses Say?) |
posted by Lo @ 10:00 AM   |
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wow cappy...you knock'd me off my feet with that....congrats!
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I loved it, too! Simply Maaaarvelous, Sistah Cap! Do you thang gurl!
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thanx again for everyone's encouragement! I thought i'd throw in a curve ball - not my usual "love" focus;-)...it's fun to test how well i listen to the many dialects around me. i appreciate the critics, too & would love to hear why it made eyes bleed - I can stand the heat:-)
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I loved it, but I think the people who don't like it find it hard to read, at least that is how one of my co-workers responded.
I don't think it was anything with the content. Some people just don't get that style of literature.
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Cap! Congrat's i thought the dialect was excellent...i posted that before i knew it was you! Not everybody can write like that. Go Girl!
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oooooohhhh Im impressed.