Hello readers,
Y’all still out there? I hope so. I know it’s been a year. Over a damn year since I last posted here. And y’all could have moved on. Found a new BW to love and make you giggle over foolywang like bicycle riding and such. Speaking of which, a few nights ago I became obsessed with music videos featuring BW on bicycles. I found two, Corrine Bailey Rae’s “Girl Put Your Records On” and India Arie’s “Video.”
A special edition of DBW. I have some other posts in the pipeline but this is first. Occasionally I troll around looking to see how DBW is surviving in the interwebz. This morning, I discovered this: a response to an earlier piece* I wrote about Vampire Diaries and its ambiguous relationship to race (Find that here). Initially taken aback by the really potent response, what started as a really long comment has turned into a blog entry. And, while the points I am making are in response to her blog post, my remarks aren’t just directed at her but at the largest critiques she is participating in. So, I want to thank Unemployed Theatre Major for helping me stay on my toes. Please, let’s discuss more!
And, so it begins. Another blog post about my most favorite show: The Vampire Diaries. Don't hate.
Anywho, onto my long ass comment/response:
Dear readers,
DBW has a confession to make: I am addicted to the CW’s The Vampire Diaries (TVD).
Don't judge me. It's a really good show. And, as I've said to everyone whose come in contact with this show, if you start watching it, you will become addicted as well.
My friend and blogger to the stars Annie, asked this question. The answer, after much thought and consideration, is, because there are cars. And, if, BP had the choice to drive from their house to the grocery store, walk from their house to the grocery store, or bicycle from their house to the grocery store, they would most probably pick choice “a.”Hell, it’s just more convenient.
But I don’t want to get ahead of myself. First, a story:
I’ve returned from beyond, dear readers! Beyond, being the place where people go to write dissertations–quite similar to visual images of dogs going into the woods to die. But, unlike that poor dog, I finished the dissertation and have returned to the world. It’s been a long stretch but I hope, as always, to make it seem like this BW was never gone. As a means of streamlining a few of the big topics I’ve neglected to post about, how’s about a DBW Lightning Round?
Answer: Not a damn thing, dear readers. At least not during these summer months. Well, except, I watch youtube videos. I watch a lot of youtube videos. (No, I’m not being sponsored by youtube but if I were, I got no shame. And I ain’t too good to say no to money. So keep a look out). I watch youtube to catch up with my stories (soap operas), to watch movies…on occasion (that movie with the woman who gets posessed by a ninja? Loved that movie. It’s only on youtube), and to watch for general foolywang. Mostly, I go for nostalgia. There are certain televisual moments that affected this BW exponentially and that she hasn’t seen in years. It simply warms my heart that others were similarly affected. Like what? Glad you asked.
Two days in a row? Could DBW really be that consistent? Well, don’t bet on it for long but I thought I’d quickly respond to a question asked of me long ago. Like sands from the hourglass, so are the ashy damn days of BF’s lives.*
The shirt says it all. This is one of the biggest paranoias that BW face...followed by the close second of getting our hair wet.
Well, I’d advise you not to start like Giovanni Ribisi’s character in Boiler Room who, after some intense flirting with the eyes, tells Nia Long he was just looking for some “chocolate love.”
I’m back from outerspace, otherwise known as Real Life. But I’ve got special treats for today’s post: a collaboration between me and my best WG Kevin (white guy/white gay, up to you for interpretation) about a subject quite dear to my heart and head: hair. Specifically, the relationship between BW and their hair. While he couldn’t answer that question from the position of a WG, he did come up with a list of rules white people should follow concerning black hair. Take it away Kev:
