The Evening Dawns

Covering Your Ass(ets)

Keisha — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:39:00 +0000

I was on a corporate website job searching when I came upon a position that spoke directly to my background. Great, I thought. Oh wait. The position is in Urbandale Iowa. I live in New York City. The thoughts immediately began to tumble around my head. Could I move to the mid West? My personality does well in many European cities but could I swing it in middle America? I Googled “living in Urbandale” and up pops apartments. A two bedroom townhouse rents for a thousand dollars. Washer and dryer hookup, fitness center on the premises, a pool, central AC, and the list goes on. A far cry from the flooding apartment and riff raff neighbors I currently deal with in my East Harlem neighborhood. [...]

Will You Be My Imaginary Friend?

Keisha — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:59:30 +0000

Seeking smart nerdy type that can run faster than a speeding bullet and tolerate a moody alpha female. Kryptonite-toting-Caesar-complex twerps need not apply. So I have a Superman complex, you already hate me so do me a favor and shut up. Most many people have their own version of the ideal person for them that's based on looks and how that person will act and make them feel all of the time. Many call this person their soul mate or “the one.” The truth is your soul mate is actually your imaginary friend. Everyone is running around looking for their imaginary friend to buddy up with for the rest of a very imaginary life. Imaginary kids that will do just as you tell them to do. Imaginary youth for eternity. Perfection. [...]

That New Job Will Cost Me How Much?

Keisha — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:42:56 +0000

With the announcement of the The Ladders new Signature program that guarantees you will land a job within six months or your money back, I'm disheartened at how todays market is so against the American worker. $2495 smack-a-roos for job coaching, a resume overhaul and job leads. I know job coaches have existed for ages. Resume service agencies have been raging since the dot com boom, but really? Companies pay search firms for talent. Now the talent has to pay a mint to find the job also? I know job coaches have existed for ages. Resume service agencies have been booming since the dot com boom, but really? Companies pay search firms for talent. Now the talent has to pay to find the job also? Can you imagine Monster.com charging clients to search for jobs? [...]

The Little Things

Keisha — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:38:51 +0000

I spent the Easter weekend exploring art, creativity and self expression; away from the noise and contention of the unhappy and unsatisfied. I bought these flowers at Whole Foods several days before and was inspired. I spent the weekend trying to capture their beauty through words and photography. I bought the strawberry plant below at the farmers market in Union Square, I'm very excited about its possibilities. [...]

Things You Can Rely On In NYC

Keisha — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:27:43 +0000

Unpredictable weather, which means you’re lugging your umbrella around with you on sunny days unless you’re sure to have four dollars in your pocket for a cheap quickie on the street.

It will take you double the amount of time to get anywhere on the metro. Especially if you’re fucking around with the 6 train or you’re [...]

So You Want to Judge Me

Keisha — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:58:51 +0000

Spring is in the air, the sun shines boldly in the sky. One would think a positive outlook should be on everyone’s horizon but it’s not. I recently read somewhere that the mind can produce up to sixty thousand thoughts a day. Sounds absurd, but how many of us has the patience to verify that count? The mind is a phenomenon; humanity a mystery. Both religion and science try to explain it but it remains the enigma of yesteryear and today. [...]

Desperately Seeking

Keisha — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:15:54 +0000

Desire, we all experience it to varying degrees; a craving for pizza, a taste for something sweet; the desire for affection, attention, acceptance, status, money or to have more than others. Desire is not necessarily a bad thing. Mankind is here today because of it. People have children out of desire. Without it we would not eat when hungry, or we’d go outside pick up a handful of mud and stuff it into our mouths. Without desire we would not inhale after an exhale. Problems arise when I desire a lover, marriage certificate, friend, attention more than I desire the well-being of myself. When I desire the big house and car yet don’t have the means to pay for it. I want long hair but haven’t taken care of the hair I have. I want unadulterated attention, love and affection but have no idea how to give it, because I don’t love myself. [...]

Dear Cupid, You’re Fired.

Keisha — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:37:37 +0000

Is it that you need glasses? If so I would have paid for the $20 dollar eye exam at Cohen’s. Do you have a drinking problem and therefore you’re aim is off? There’s AA. But to be honest my patience for your incompetence has run out. I’m on empty. I can understand if I was the alcoholic, drug abuser, cutter, stalker, emotionally cockeyed one but I’m in therapy working my ass off. And yet I’m left with another year of utter disappointment. [...]

KNB News: Headlines 1/29/2011

Keisha — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:56:58 +0000

It was just reported on KNB News that crackheads who don't do crack are becoming a widespread phenomena across the country. According to the most recent police reports, less than 30 days into the new year, crackhead behavior and incidents has ballooned a whopping 5000% compared to this time last year. Listen to an exchange with a recent victim from an area called Palintown, in the state of Teabagger, where crackhead behavior seems to be especially high. [...]

The Writer’s Woe

Keisha — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:15:33 +0000

It’s a 3am and I’m knee-deep in the trenches of writing a query letter in hopes of finding a literary agent. Obsessing about the damn letter, I’m finding it difficult to go to bed. I was up till 7am yesterday. Took a morning nap then got up and went back at it. Draft four is much slimmer streamlined but now I'm feeling like it's all in vain. I'm a horrible writer. I'm wasting my time. My novels are shit. Who was I to think I could be a writer. Everyone is better than me. Wouldn’t you agree? Life is shit. Did I say that already? [...]