BROOKLYN. GOOD OLD BROOKLYN. I FINALLY DECIDED TO GIVE THE BOROUGH ANOTHER CHANCE AFTER MY NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE IN EAST FLAT BUSH, AND I MUST ADMIT IT WAS PRETTY REFRESHING. IT WAS A LITTLE SLICE OF DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN WITH MUCH LESS TRASH AND FEWER CROWDS OF SLOW WALKING TOURISTS. I WAS ACCOMPANYING BRANDI WOMACK, CREATOR OF IMKEEPINGUP.COM, TO AN EVENT HER FRIEND WAS THROWING AND AFTER A GOOD 45 MINUTE TRAIN RIDE TO BERGEN STREET, WE MADE OUR WAY TO BERGEN AND 5TH AVE TO FIND THE STYLISH, COZY RESTAURANT AND BAR MELT. THE DECOR WAS MINIMAL, MODERN AND SLEEK WITH DIM CANDLE LIGHTING, OFF WHITE WALLS, AND ACCENTS OF PLUM HERE AND THERE. THE PATIO TERRACE STAYED OPEN ALL NIGHT AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE STARTED TO COME TO ENJOY THE FREE COMPLEMENTARY TRUMP VODKA MARTINIS ON THIS NICE SUMMER EVENING. (NOW I KNOW YOU DIDN'T THINK THERE WASN'T A CATCH TO ME TRAVELING ALL THE WAY TO BROOKLYN DID YOU? COME ON THIS THE "STARVING" CELEBRITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.) THE METS VS. THE REDS PLAYED ON THE FLAT SCREEN TV, AND SOUNDS OF THE LATEST HITS SEEPED THROUGH THE SURROUND SOUND SPEAKERS. IF THE TRUMP MARTINIS WEREN'T YOUR THING YOU COULD DEFINITELY ENJOY A FRAMBOISE OR A GLASS OF SANGRIA FROM THEIR VAT OF HOMEMADE BEVERAGE THAT SAT ON TOP OF THE BAR.
THE SOCIALITE AND MYSELF WERE JOINED BY BABY PHAT'S OWN SHYAH DICKERSON, AND ADVERTISING GURU ATALIE SHORT. NOW ON OUR THIRD ROUND OF DRINKS, AND TWO ORDERS OF TUNA AND AVOCADO TARTAR AND MASHED POTATO SALMON CAVIAR ROLLS LATER I DECIDED TO PART WAYS WITH MY FABULOUS CROWD AND HEAD HOME.
SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH THE TRAIN TOOK NO TIME TO GET THERE. AS I'M SITTING THERE A YOUNG WOMAN ENTERED THE TRAIN. SHE HAD TO HAVE BEEN IN HER EARLY THIRTIES, BLOND HAIR, CANARY YELLOW TANK, JEANS, AND SNEAKERS. A LITTLE FRAZZLED, SHE QUICKLY PULLED OUT A PALE PINK CONTAINER FROM HER PURSE, REACHED FOR A SINGLE TINY WHITE PILL, AND DOWNED IT WITH A SWIG OF DEER PARK WATER. SCANNING THE ROOM, SHE NOTICED ME WATCHING HER AND QUICKLY PUT THE POUCH BACK IN HER BAG. THEN I LOOK DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT OF HER AND THERE IS A NEW TRAIN ADVERTISEMENT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. IT WAS A SPOOF PRESCRIPTIONS DRUG AD PROMISING TO CHANGE WHO YOU ARE WITH A SINGLE PILL ENDORSED BY MULTI GRAMMY "YOU BETTER GIVE HIM AN AWARD OR HE'LL CRY" WINNING KANYE WEST. I STUDIED THE POSTER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY MR. WEST WAS TRYING TO SELL. DOES HE HAVE A NEW CD COMING OUT? MAYBE A CLOTHING LINE? OR AN ENERGY DRINK? NOPE. KANYE WEST HAS JOINED THE DIDDY LIQUOR ENDORSEMENT CLUB AND IS THE NEW FACE OF ABSOLUT VODKA. CONGRATS MR. WEST. I HOPE ABSOLUT GETS AN AWARD FOR PEOPLE'S CHOICE VODKA OF THE YEAR OR WE WILL HEAR ABOUT IT.
JUST WHEN MY MIND WAS PLAYING VIVID IMAGERY OF KANYE ON THE TELEVISION RANTING ABOUT HOW THE GREATEST RAPPER/PRODUCER AND THE GREATEST VODKA KNOWN TO MAN WAS GETTING "HATED ON" AND AMERICANS "NOT CARING ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE OR VODKA" I WAS SNAPPED BACK INTO REALITY WHEN I FELT A NUDGE FROM A TINY LITTLE ELBOW. I LOOKED TO MY LEFT TO SEE A SCRAWNY LITTLE KID NO OLDER THAN TEN WEARING A WIFE BEATER AND JEANS, CARRYING A WHITE PLASTIC BAG WITH BLUE WRITING FROM AN UNRECOGNIZABLE CLOTHING STORE. I GLANCED AT MY PHONE NOTICING THAT IT WAS WELL PASSED MIDNIGHT. I LOOKED BACK AT THE KID WHO WAS NOW FIXED ON THE GROUP OF TATTOOED AND PIERCED TEEN AGED GIRLS GIGGLING ABOUT WHATEVER. I DON'T PARTICULARLY REMEMBER BEING ABLE TO RUN THE STREETS AT HIS AGE OR THEIRS, BUT I GUESS-AS EVERY GENERATION STATES ONCE THEY'VE REACHED A CERTAIN AGE- "TIMES ARE CHANGING". I MEAN THERE WAS THAT ONE INCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 15 GETTING CAUGHT AT THE CLUB BY MY PARENTS DOWNING A FEW RUM AND COKES AT THE BAR, BUT I MEAN YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE RIGHT? Labels: brooklyn, kanye west, melt, sDOT, socialite
By: StarvingCelebrity | Friday, July 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM | | 
TWO REMIXES THAT I THINK THE WORLD SHOULD BE HIP TO, "LUV IN THIS CLUB REMIX" FEATURING EVERYONE IMPORTANT IN THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW INCLUDING WEEZY F. BABY [PLEASE SAY THE BABY], AND THE NEW SPIN OF OFF THE CLASSIC "I HEART NY" TEES, THE "I HEART NASTY" TEES BY CALI BASED EK5OBITION/DAME DECO. YOU CAN FIND THESE TEES AND MORE SOLD ONLINE AT THE INVISIBLE STRIPES WEBSITE LISTED BELOW. HOW MANY MORE TIMES CAN I SAY TEES? 
...BUT THERE'S MORE (this shit right heeeeeeere!)
ENOUGH WITH DAME DECO. WHAT ABOUT EK5OBITION?....
http://www.ek5obition.com/
http://store.invisiblestripes.com/
ONE MORE REMIX FOR YOU KIDS, "EVERYONE NOSE" FEATURING KANYE & LUPE. THAT'S ALL.
Labels: ek5obition, kanye west, lil wayne, lupe fiasco
By: StarvingCelebrity | Friday, May 23, 2008 at 6:26 PM | |
I GUESS IT'S NOT A BAD THING THAT THE "COOL NEW THING" TO DO IS BE ECO-FRIENDLY. WITH GAS PRICES ON THE RISE, HOTTER WINTERS, HARSHER NATURAL DISASTERS, AND OXYGEN "FOR SALE" ON THE WEST COAST, IT'S A NO-BRAINER THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. MORE AND MORE COMPANIES ARE NOW DOING THEIR PART BY EMBRACING RECYLCING, AND ELECTRONIC FILING AS OPPOSED TO THE PAPER TRAILS OF YESTERDAY. WHO SAID ART DOESN'T IMITATE LIFE? CHECK OUT THESE COOL ADS BY NEW ZEALAND BASED ECO FRIENDLY MANUFACTURER ECOSTORE.
THANKS KANYE FOR PUTTING ME ON.......
Labels: ecostore, kanye west
By: StarvingCelebrity | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 8:04 AM | |
COCKY PERSONA
ooohhh oooohhh ooohhh! LOOK WHAT I FOUND ON THE INTERNET!
ARTIST TIFFANY J. CREATES ART NOT HATS. FOUNDED IN 2006, THIS PHILLY BASED ARTIST TOOK HER SKILLS TO A NEW MEDIUM. SHE DRAWS HER INFLUENCE FROM HIP HOP, POETRY, AND NATURAL ELEMENTS TO CREATE THESE LITTLE BURSTS OF COLORFUL JOY FOR THE HEAD. GAINING MORE AND MORE RECOGNITION, YOU CAN CATCH COCKY PERSONA HATS BEING ROCKED BY SOME OF THE HOTTEST IN THE INDUSTRY INCLUDING TOKYO DIIVA AND GAIL SCOTT OF JUICE KREW (FEATURED ON TRL) , SPOKEN WORD ARTIST DFRO, PATTY CRASH, NIKKI JEAN FROM NOUVEAU RICHE (TOURING WITH LUPE FIASCO AND KANYE WEST), KSTAR, DJ LOS, AND MORE...
Labels: cocky persona, kanye west, lupe fiasco, tiffany j
By: StarvingCelebrity | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 2:17 PM | |
WELL OKAY..MAYBE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION IS DESERVED. I MEAN MAYBE IT'S THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN AMERCED IN THIS MICROCOSM CALLED HOWARD FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS THAT IS TO BLAME FOR MY ARROGANCE, MY FEELING OF ARRIVAL WHEN IN FACT I'M STILL ON THE BOAT, OR MAYBE IT ISN'T THAT SIMPLE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS THIS ALTERNATE "UNIVERSE"-ITY. LET ME TRY TO PAINT THIS PICTURE FOR YOU. THERE IS THIS INSTITUTION, OH WAIT WE'RE NOT HAMPTON. (HBCU HUMOR AT ITS BEST) I APOLOGIZE, LET ME START OVER.. THERE IS THIS LOCATION OF HIGHER LEARNING, THIS UNIVERSITY OF PRESTIGE, THE MECCA OF MIRACULOUS THINKERS, ENTERTAINERS, EDUCATORS, MOVE MAKERS, HISTORY CREATORS, AND THE MOST GOOD LOOKING, HUSTLING, ARROGANT, UPPITY, SUPERFICIALLY CONSCIOUS, ACHIEVE BY ALL MEANS, WE'VE CREATED SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER MEET. MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE ICE CREAM AT THAT SOCIAL THAT THE "PALS" PUT ON THE VERY FIRST WEEK OF ORIENTATION. WHO KNOWS, BUT YOU WOULD THINK I WAS A LIAR IF YOU'VE NEVER MET AN ALUMNI OR LATE REGISTRATION STYLE KANYE COLLEGE DROP OUT OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY. WE WERE BRED TO BE SUPERSTARS AND OUTSHINE THE WORLD. OKAY OKAY, SO MY PARENTS HAVE A SLIGHT HAND IN THE WAY I'VE TURNED OUT. FOR THEY BUILT THIS FOUNDATION OF NETWORKING, SWINDLING, AND SOCIAL LADDER CLIMBING THAT I HAVE MASTERS OVER THE YEARS. I REMEMBER AT A RIPE AGE MY DAD TRAINING ME. I MEAN I WAS DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, SO WHEN I WANT... I GET. I MIGHT GET IT WITH THE MOST DRAWN OUT AND WINDED EXPLANATION AS TO WHY I WOULD GET WHAT I WANTED AND HOW THERE WAS NO ROOM TO MESS UP..WHICH I THINK I'VE MASTER OVER THE YEARS AS WELL. MESSING UP, THAT IS. BUT YOU LIVE, YOU LEARN, AND YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS (SCREW THAT LUVS COMMERCIAL). ANYWAY BACK TO THE SUBJECT, I POINT OUT VERY PIVOTAL POINTS IN MY LIFE WHERE I'VE USED MY (AND I QUOTE CLUELESS) "POWERS OF PERSUASION" TO GET ME OUT OF THE STICKIEST SITUATIONS. LETS SEE, THERE WAS THE WHOLE GRADUATION SCANDAL. SO WHAT I WAS FAILING TWO CLASSES, THREE CREDITS, AND ONE MANDATORY COURSE SHY OF GRADUATING? ONE HOUR OF TEARS AND THEATRICS, AND $1000 LATER, I HAD CAP AND GOWN IN HAND. I CAN'T SPILL IT ALL. I DON'T NEED THEM RE-NIGGING (YEA I SAID NIG) ON THAT WHOLE DEGREE THING, BUT A LITTLE WORD OF ADVISE... RULE #1 KNOW PEOPLE MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU! AND NEVER THINK YOU'RE TOO GOOD TO WORK THOSE SKILLS YOU'VE PICKED UP AT YOUR RECREATIONAL ACTING CLASSES. :) THEN THERE WAS THE EVELYN LODGES EPISODE THAT FOREVER TAGGED ME AS THE FRIEND TO THROW IN THE FIRE WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS IN FRONT OF THOSE EVER JUDGING FUZZY RED ROBES IN FRONT OF THE CLUB. STORY... IT'S MY FRIENDS 21ST BIRTHDAY, SHE WANT TO PARTY WITH A "MIXED CROWD" AND WANTS LEAVE THE "URBAN CROWD" HOME FOR THE NIGHT. *SIDEBAR* ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW SOCIETY HAS CREATED CODE NAMES TO TIP TOE AROUND RACE. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER BLOG IN ITSELF! ANYWAY, SO WE HEAD TO THIS SWANK LITTLE SPOT THAT'S PROMISING ENDLESS HOURS OF TECHNO AND TRANCE. AS WE'RE STANDING IN LINE I NOTICE THAT THERE IS A COVER, AND BEING THE TYPICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS WE WERE, THERE WAS NO WAY WE WERE PAYING A COVER TO GET IN..FOR LIQUOR YES..ENTRY NO. QUICK GIRL! THINK! OOOH LOOK THERE'S THE BOUNCER AIMLESSLY FLAILING HIS LITTLE CLIPBOARD AROUND PAYING ATTENTION TO EVERYTHING BUT US. I POSITION MYSELF PERFECTLY TO READ THE NAME EVEYLN LODGES , I WORK MY WAY TO THE FRONT OF MY FRIENDS AND CONFIDENTLY LOOK MR. BOUNCER SQUARE IN HIS FACE. B:"YOU ON THE LIST?" ME: "OF COURSE, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE WITH ME." AS I POINT TO THE CLUMP OF FABULOUSLY CLAD PEOPLE BEHIND ME. B: "NAME?" ME: "EVEYLN LODGES" HE SCROLLS THE LIST, SEES THE NAME, LOOKS AT ME, LOOKS BACK AT THE LIST A THOUGH THE NAME MAY HAVE CHANGED IN THE SPLIT SECOND HE GLANCED UP. B:"YOU'RE EVEYLN LODGES?" AS I REALIZE I HAVE TO SHOW THIS MAN MY ID..... I'M NOT IN NY JUST YET! I THINK FAST. ME: "ACTUALLY NO. SHE'S A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE. SHE MAY ALREADY BE INSIDE. SHE'S EXPECTING US. ALL OF US." HE LOOKS AT ME FOR 10 MORE SECONDS, AND FINALLY... B: "FINE. COME ON..." AND A LEGACY WAS BORN. Labels: diddy, howard university, kanye west, sean combs
By: StarvingCelebrity | Monday, April 7, 2008 at 3:21 PM | |
