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19616, The Broke Diaries
Posted by L_O_Quent, Tue Apr-10-01 01:36 PM
what cha'll really think? No clit clutching please.

right now I'm almost halfway so I'ma save mine till I fully finish.


carry on



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FUCK THE POLICE - N.W.A

I want to cook you a soup that warms your soul - Sade

Buy Angieee's book because her cats need the money they have been surviving off of church donated "slightly" damaged dog food. So buy the book. http://www.thebrokediaries.com/ - L_O_Quent
19617, clit clutching?..haha
Posted by QweenFiyah, Tue Apr-10-01 04:17 PM
havent gotten it yet. kinda low on loot right now but uhhmm..when i read it i doubt that i would be "clit clutching" or..whatever.



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19618, so wait
Posted by Hot_Damali, Wed Apr-11-01 03:37 AM
that means that anybody who says they really like it will be clit-clutching? ridiculous....sounds to me like you're just egging people on to say bad things about it...whatever

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19619, I think
Posted by KayDee, Wed Apr-11-01 04:45 AM

he just means he wants folks to be honest with their opinions...yes we all know Ang worked long & hard on this project, but she deserves honest reviews...if there was something you didn't like or necessarily agree with/feel, you should be able to express your opinion here in this review...no one is above constructive criticism here.

hope that helped...btw, I have yet to read it so my review will come a lil later.

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19620, yes, but please
Posted by guest, Wed Apr-11-01 09:17 AM
>able to express your opinion
>here in this review...no one
>is above constructive criticism here.

remember that unlike the okayartists I don't have the option of walking away from this joint if I get dissed really bad.

"Eff okayplayer for the day...eff okayplayer for the year!"

I'll be in the office, people rolling by... "Did you see how hard dude dissed your ish?" How hard would it be to work at your job like that? (oh, wait...y'all don't work...y'all post!) ;-)

Okay, I'mma stop bitching. Actually I'm amazed that *everyone* seems to be getting it. I thought my mom's generation wouldn't understand because I used words like "mad" to mean "a lot", etc. They're getting it.

My goal was to make people laugh out loud and forget some silly ass troubles for a bit.

If people don't get it, or don't like it, that's cool. Everything is a lesson. There's not too many things that make me cringe or get me upset, so if someone wants to come in and straight bash for the sake of bashing, they're better off bashing someone else. I'll laugh at that shit. I made fun of a year of my own life in this book. Someone else talking about me me is okay by me.

Okay, I see another question I can answer and I'm stepping away from this thread. Not like I needed to make that announcement...
Just feel bad when I see someone post and then someone asks a question and gets no response. Sometimes the person really didn't see the question.

So, uh, I'm rambling. And should I even be on this thread?

I'm confused. I see dead people.

Bye.

Ang
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19621, RE: yes, but please
Posted by L_O_Quent, Wed Apr-11-01 09:31 AM
>Okay, I see another question I
>can answer and I'm stepping
>away from this thread. Not
>like I needed to make
>that announcement...
>Just feel bad when I see
>someone post and then someone
>asks a question and gets
>no response. Sometimes the person
>really didn't see the question.


Did I miss a ?uestion? jus wondering.
19622, see now...
Posted by guest, Wed Apr-11-01 09:36 AM
you almost made me do it! What if I'd missed this question?

I'd look like a jerk! :-)

Thanks, L! :-P

>Did I miss a ?uestion?
>jus wondering.

No, did I miss one? Let's just keep going back and forth with this and be very annoying. :-)

(just joking)

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19623, get off this thread!!!
Posted by KayDee, Wed Apr-11-01 09:50 AM

I honestly didn't think you would reply to this thread (figured you'd read it sometime tho)...I was just clearing things up for L O Quent...think Queston4 got the idea (*constructive* critism, if any)...now if someone shows up here bashing, then you don't need to take them seriously anyway.

didn't mean to freak you out or anything, was just trying to clarify.
19624, RE: yes, but please
Posted by C_Jon, Wed Apr-11-01 11:57 AM
>My goal was to make people
>laugh out loud and forget
>some silly ass troubles for
>a bit.

Mission Accomplished for me that is...
I have been feeling mighty down, I mean mighty bad...
After readng it I feel really revived.
And was able to put some things into perspective too...

Good Job! Good Job!!!

C_Jon a.k.a Ivey Soul-Sista

a.k.a. In search of Bilal's story...

April is :

tech work for me 6-11pm( wow)
the month of Spring Break
Resurection Sunday month
wait for Bilal c.d. month
(thank God for Napster or I would be going crazy right now...
take care of yourselves and each other
**************************************
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I think Soul Sista herself must take a PMS Break
At this point the Roster still is

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19625, RE: yes, but please
Posted by da8th, Mon Apr-16-01 05:39 AM
>My goal was to make people
>laugh out loud and forget
>some silly ass troubles for
>a bit.

you have suceeded beautifully, and i love you for it!! :-)


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19626, not accusing you but
Posted by L_O_Quent, Mon Apr-16-01 01:51 PM
that sounded rather close to breaking the rules to the post but - in the words of James Brown "I..I..I don't know?"


Evolutionism has brought me peace - L_O_Quent


FUCK THE POLICE - N.W.A

I want to cook you a soup that warms your soul - Sade

Buy Angieee's book because her cats need the money they have been surviving off of church donated "slightly" damaged dog food. So buy the book. http://www.thebrokediaries.com/ - L_O_Quent
19627, Question for anyone who knows
Posted by BooDaah, Wed Apr-11-01 04:51 AM
how is this material different than what was originally posted on Angiee's websight backinnaday (elaboration, new material, edits, etc)?
19628, RE: Question for anyone who knows
Posted by KayDee, Wed Apr-11-01 05:03 AM
>how is this material different than
>what was originally posted on
>Angiee's websight backinnaday (elaboration, new
>material, edits, etc)?

it does contain more material...plus she did indeed do a lot of editing...that's all I know so far...but definately more material.
19629, The website only had a few of them......
Posted by BurbKnight, Wed Apr-11-01 05:38 AM
I was an avid reader on her website, back in the day.

There are some more in the book that I have never seen before.

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19630, trade secrets
Posted by poetx, Wed Apr-11-01 05:44 AM
some of the stuff from backinnaday is in there, but not much. i guess that's because that stuff was already out in the public domain. so she had to piece together more broke recollections. it was a seamless recreation though, since it all still feels like the original.

there was one 'false memory' i had regarding the book. one particularly funny story that she drops toward the end was one that i swore came from the original diaries, but she told me that it was something she'd posted on okayplayer (so old-heads on the site may recognize an entry or two).

i think her editor did a great job, since i can clearly 'hear' her voice. i wrote a review of it for a paper that i write for, and it was just published today, so i'll post that.


peace & blessings,

x.


19631, my original site
Posted by guest, Wed Apr-11-01 09:25 AM
It had about 10 entries up. When I printed it out, it totalled about 30 pages. The book is 212 pages.

Some of the stuff I put in this book I *couldn't* put up on my Penn site. I just kept it in a journal and kept it to myself. Like, my girl steals a book...I could never put here out there like that on the Penn site, cause the teacher she stole it from could see it and know she stole the book!

Also, sometimes on my Penn site, I'd have real names up there. My friends were cool with that. The Random House legal department, however, was not. The combed the book several times to make sure I didn't violate anyone's privacy.

There's an entry about Walmart in there. Aaron (who did the drawings for the book, but didn't want credit *on* the book. The drawings were a *present*, he says. I think it's because he's a master artist and his lawyer would get mad if he found out he did some shit for free.)...Aaron was going to draw one of those Walmart Smiley Face things, but couldn't because of Legal.

I had to change a few dates, also.

Ang

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679783571/qid%3D976231399/sr%3D1-1/okayplayer/102-4918057-8625757 - take me home.

angieee ('stress)

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19632, RE: The Broke Diaries
Posted by guest, Wed Apr-11-01 05:40 AM
I think it is quite amusing so far (1/2 way thru)

Im just relieved it isn't another tired azz terry mcmillan "gon gurl" book...
****************************************************************
mick as shadow: Only believe half of what a man says. Half is Truth the other half is bull...
clarke: Which half are you?
mick as shadow: Half...

19633, well...
Posted by QuestOn4, Wed Apr-11-01 07:05 AM
I have two comments. Honest comments.

1) The situations in the book are hilarious. REALLY funny. I was cracking up on the LIRR train back from Manhattan, and getting stared at. It's a solid B+ book. Funny. Escapism (not for me, though).

2) The writing style in the book seems to be better suited for the net. The speaking voice jumps from first person to second person to omniscient, and the tense jumps back and forth between present ("this is what's happening right now!") to and past tense("you won't believe what happened today!").

But that's it. Otherwise, it's a pretty good read.


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19634, thanks!
Posted by guest, Wed Apr-11-01 09:34 AM
Okay, I know I said just one more post...forgive me. I am so *blessed* for all of the feedback and support. I won't respond anymore (uh, today) than to say "thank you" for all the reviews.

>1) The situations in the book
>are hilarious. REALLY funny. I
>was cracking up on the
>LIRR train back from Manhattan,
>and getting stared at. It's
>a solid B+ book. Funny.
>Escapism (not for me, though).

Thanks! A solid "B+"..., if the curve is right, I should get an A-, right?

>2) The writing style in the
>book seems to be better
>suited for the net. The
>speaking voice jumps from first
>person to second person to
>omniscient, and the tense jumps
>back and forth between present
>("this is what's happening right
>now!") to and past tense("you
>won't believe what happened today!")

Just wondering why that speaking voice is better suited for the net?

What is it about reading on the net that makes "tense" matter?

I'm honestly asking and there is no sarcasm in my voice right now. Just want some insight.

The reason some entries are written in different tenses is that sometimes, like in the check cashing joint or on the bus stop, the shit would be happening as I was writing. It's a diary, and I wanted to keep as much of the original feel as I could. When I started to mess with the tense (and I did, to try to keep the book consistent) it started feeling more like fiction because I was messing with it. It was too "clean".

It's just raw (but fine-tuned and edited for your laugh-out-loud pleasure) diary, so I felt it best to make the book as the diary was.

Let me know about the tense thing! E-mail me if you can!

Ang (thank you so much...everyone...I won't be the asshole who keep pushing this up)

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Broke Book Tour Dates: Philly, April 19. DC, April 24. NYC, April 25 (this one is going to be crazy. yikes!). ATL, May 3. Los Angeles: coming as soon as they can convince a bookstore that young college-aged people read books. (seriously)

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19635, RE: well...
Posted by guest, Thu Apr-12-01 04:20 PM
YOU, QuestOn4, are really ridiculous.

Hi, i'm a lurker, i don't post, i observe.

Now, Quest, it's not just the book review. In general, you tend to put people down with our sarcasm and condescending demeanor. You're an ass! About the book review, a B? wtf is that? After someone puts all their hard work into something that is obviously worth checking it out, you give it a B? Angieee, ignore him, i liked the book.
19636, who the fuck are you?
Posted by QuestOn4, Mon Apr-16-01 03:45 AM
Listen here, Corky. You need to simmer the fuck down.

1) It's the review section. I can give it any review I want.
2) Is this book on par with the great literary works of all time? NO. It's a lighthearted, hilarious book you can read in your spare time.
3)Angie asked me to e-mail her to explain why I felt what I did, and I DID. IT'S A GOOD BOOK...but it's not "There Eyes Are Watching God." It's entertainment --- not heavy, life-changing shit.

I bought it. I liked it. I will give it to my friends to read. It's a B+.


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"There's no emoticon for what I'm feeling!" Comic Book Guy

Writers. Smartasses. Funky Children.

The Collective is:

Vex Bliss
La Note
Nuru
Quest

http://www.womb.cjb.net

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19637, RE: who the fuck are you?
Posted by guest, Mon Apr-16-01 09:09 AM
see, i think you just need to chill a little. like i said,it's not just the book, you're wrong on too many different levels...but whatever--peace
19638, ugh.
Posted by QuestOn4, Mon Apr-16-01 09:38 AM
listen, sporty.

You don't like me, then don't read my posts. For real.

It's not that complicated.
19639, I HATE IT! IT SUCKS!********
Posted by fire, Wed Apr-11-01 07:06 AM
******i havent' started reading it yet, but i'll be damned if i clit clutch


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19640, RE: I HATE IT! IT SUCKS!********
Posted by guest, Wed Apr-11-01 08:45 AM
>******i havent' started reading it yet,
>but i'll be damned if
>i clit clutch


>>>>Fire should write a book...she's so funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

2 fingas (peace)
#1 Fire clit clutcher...

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clarke: Which half are you?
mick as shadow: Half...

19641, i did write a book
Posted by fire, Wed Apr-11-01 10:28 AM
a few years ago...it was called the broke diaries, but mysteriously the transcript disappeared off of my hard drive.

wait a minute!?!?:o

19642, Thank you KayDee
Posted by L_O_Quent, Wed Apr-11-01 09:11 AM
That's all I meant, when it comes to OkayArtists and the Goddess herself sometimes the worshipers can lose balance.

I finished it this morning and I swear Angie's the only person who can come close to the what I consider this unique "curse" I have as far as what happens to me seems not to happen to others.

I feel the narratative style and use of good metaphors and of course the brokenesitiviy(yes that is a word, my word) of it.

I do have to admit that since I am acustom to seeing her wil' out all the time on this site I had high standards for her comedy and I didn't feel she really let me down.

My biggest problem with the over all book is that it wasn't dedicated to me. I mean, her moms and all is kewl, but this is me I'm talking about dammit:)


highlights - without giving anything away

debtor calls
the funeral - that shit still has me laughing
new years

many more but I really like the way it made you feel like she was just convoing with you.


I've gotten about 5 pple to cop it already and I've also got the bookstore hyped about it and made them put a copy on the counter.



that's all for now


Clit clutching - relax pple damn




Evolutionism has brought me peace - L_O_Quent


FUCK THE POLICE - N.W.A

I want to cook you a soup that warms your soul - Sade

Buy Angieee's book because her cats need the money they have been surviving off of church donated "slightly" damaged dog food. So buy the book. http://www.thebrokediaries.com/ - L_O_Quent
19643, finished today
Posted by atruhead, Wed Apr-11-01 10:59 AM
i think mcgruder mighta been the cat that flipped on her about playing her friend on new years

i pictured some of that stuff and was highly entertained

i wonder did the book end where okp started?

i wondered how she could get hooked up with SO MANY weird cats

im inspired bc some of that is me. an actual line of mine was "the kkk could be having a cookout, if they aint hangin niggas im eating", turns out there was a line of similar nature here, so im not crazy

i liked it a lot, concise QUCIK read, but its a thick book, yopu dont wanna stop reading. For example i quit reading hannibal bc it was boring and the autobiography of malcolm x dragged on n on at points.

having met the author and having some small idea of her personality this book was a delight
19644, Honestly...
Posted by REDeye, Wed Apr-11-01 11:10 AM
...I'd like to do some clit clutching.

That's the honest truth.

(Book still in the mail. Effin pre-order.)

RED

"Instead of just sitting around, why
don't you kids go out and co-opt
some black culture?"
© a New Yorker cartoon
19645, RE: The Broke Diaries
Posted by jrocc, Wed Apr-11-01 11:22 AM
i think the book is really funny. it seems like sometimes, that Ang is long winded, but once it comes together at the end u'll completely understand where she was going. and i love how she strays off the subject sometimes, it's like u're having a conversation w/ her. and u just know that when she says, "don't laugh at me about this...", something mad funny is going 2 happen. i guess what really makes it funny is that i can definitely relate 2 have been broke and being semi-broke at the moment. some highlights from the book...

no panties
wal-mart
new years

and there's really no way i can give anything away. u really have 2 c how she puts things. and i knew that was Arron that did the illustrations. looked like his work. i wonder if he'll incorporate a Stress character into the Boondocks (another book i'm waiting 2 come out). i'm only on page 173 of Broke Diaries so far (just got it yesterday and haven't had a chance 2 just sit and read it all the way thru yet) but i know i've laughed out loud quite a few times. i honestly haven't laughed out loud at a book in a minute. overall, a very good book. definitely work getting. if not 2 support Ang, 2 get a good read and a good laugh.
19646, Thanks for a great afternoon
Posted by h20molecule, Wed Apr-11-01 02:11 PM
I work in Manhatten Beach, Cali and I figured I'd jet over to the collosal Barnes and Nobles right by my office during lunch and pick up the book. NO BOOK in sight and none had arrived at the store unboxed or appeared to be on the way. I complained to the info desk and they called Waldenbooks in a nearby mall. Luckily Walden had it and I scooted over to the mall and picked up the book. I figured that I could read the beginning of the book over my Teriyaki Bowl (11 bucks for the book and 4 dollars for lunch...two days ago, that would have seemed reasonable or downright frugal, but Ang's story had me feeling like I was BALLIN'. Hell I didn't even eat all the rice cause I got it like that!)

Well three and half hours I got up from the table in the food court and headed back to the office having been thoroughly entertained. Don't get me wrong the book had its points where it was hard to follow (especially when it came to following her narration and dialogue), but the book was funny. I chuckled out loud several times especially when I thought about Ang weilding that broomstick handle Bo-style like the discount store ninja she is....FOOTSWEEP!

But a few laughs isn't want really kept me glued to my seat. The more I read the book, the more I got an underlying sense of the dignity and riches that Ang possesses. Never did she let any of her misadventures define her. Her identity stayed intact through numerous episodes of embarassment like not getting into the club (in the same tight club pants) because the five dollar cover was too much. This book says more about personal finance then most of the busienss section at the book store. It demonstrates what true wealth is all about. Instead of trying to hide her lack of liquid assets from herself and others she liberated herself from it by writing about it and sharing it with the world via her website. Our desire to define ourselves through opulence is one of the most damageing values and habits that american cultures share, and black people seem to be the most severly infected. Between our cars, clothes, eating habits, credit cards, rent payments (rather then mortgage payments), we are piling up so much consumer debt that we become slaves to the the jobs we have. We exploit ourselves and try to buy the love back with a new SUV or pair of iceberg jeans. Broke Diaries was downright inspirational in the sense that its not a story of "rags to riches" but a story of how relatively rich we all are. Its a story of how we ultimately sustain ourselves with our will to survive and thrive and not with dollars and cents. I think those days in the self-help section reading Neale Donald Walsch had a profound affect on the writers attitude and perspective. Perhaps this book is less of a memoir but more of a self help book in itself.

Anyway, clit-clutching be damned...I really felt the book.

serenity

h20
19647, man, that was good
Posted by C_Jon, Wed Apr-11-01 11:50 AM
Thank you Angie I needed that....

Now I know the things that I am doing in school will not b done in vain.

That was a good book, I really enjoyed it.
Especially:
-the one grit
-$2 for your own pants theory (I have to try that)
-the club outfit (recycle baby)
-and the picture illustrations(very educational)

The one when I rolled on the floor occured when the parking arm incident occured. Stuff always happens when you ar trying to be cute

all in all great book,so when will you write another one, hey maybe The Okayplayer Board Diaries . I think that would be a good one....


C_Jon a.k.a Ivey Soul-Sista

a.k.a. In search of Bilal's story...

April is :

tech work for me 6-11pm( wow)
the month of Spring Break
Resurection Sunday month
wait for Bilal c.d. month
(thank God for Napster or I would be going crazy right now...
take care of yourselves and each other
**************************************
Soul-Sista Inc. is

temporarily on hiatus until we can get are "issues" together..

I think Soul Sista herself must take a PMS Break
At this point the Roster still is

Almond Eyes
Sapphire
Alias
Ivey
Sweeti Pye

Coming Soon!
Hopefully:')we are working out our issues so we don't have to disband Destiny's CHild style
(know what I mean)..................
***************************************
"excuse all my grammatical and factual errors i am too lazy to check this over"_ Mosaic

****************************************

"It will be agreat day for America, incidentally,when we eat bread again, instead of the blasphemous and tasteless foam rubber that we have substituted for it."_ James Baldwin

****************************************
" I move the motion that we nominate Ledisi to be the next featured Okay Artist, who seconds?"_ C_Jon
****************************************
"Take time, to get away, free your mind, and fly away" _ Ledisi

19648, thnx for the great afternoon
Posted by h20molecule, Wed Apr-11-01 02:16 PM

I work in Manhatten Beach, Cali and I figured I'd jet over to the collosal Barnes and Nobles right by my office during lunch and pick up the book. NO BOOK in sight and none had arrived at the store unboxed or appeared to be on the way. I complained to the info desk and they called Waldenbooks in a nearby mall. Luckily Walden had it and I scooted over to the mall and picked up the book. I figured that I could read the beginning of the book over my Teriyaki Bowl (11 bucks for the book and 4 dollars for lunch...two days ago, that would have seemed reasonable or downright frugal, but Ang's story had me feeling like I was BALLIN'. Hell I didn't even eat all the rice cause I got it like that!)
Well three and half hours I got up from the table in the food court and headed back to the office having been thoroughly entertained. Don't get me wrong the book had its points where it was hard to follow (especially when it came to following her narration and dialogue), but the book was funny. I chuckled out loud several times especially when I thought about Ang weilding that broomstick handle Bo-style like the discount store ninja she is....FOOTSWEEP!

But a few laughs isn't want really kept me glued to my seat. The more I read the book, the more I got an underlying sense of the dignity and riches that Ang possesses. Never did she let any of her misadventures define her. Her identity stayed intact through numerous episodes of embarassment like not getting into the club (in the same tight club pants) because the five dollar cover was too much. This book says more about personal finance then most of the busienss section at the book store. It demonstrates what true wealth is all about. Instead of trying to hide her lack of liquid assets from herself and others she liberated herself from it by writing about it and sharing it with the world via her website. Our desire to define ourselves through opulence is one of the most damageing values and habits that american cultures share, and black people seem to be the most severly infected. Between our cars, clothes, eating habits, credit cards, rent payments (rather then mortgage payments), we are piling up so much consumer debt that we become slaves to the the jobs we have. We exploit ourselves and try to buy the love back with a new SUV or pair of iceberg jeans. Broke Diaries was downright inspirational in the sense that its not a story of "rags to riches" but a story of how relatively rich we all are. Its a story of how we ultimately sustain ourselves with our will to survive and thrive and not with dollars and cents. I think those days in the self-help section reading Neale Donald Walsch had a profound affect on the writers attitude and perspective. Perhaps this book is less of a memoir but more of a self help book in itself.

Anyway, clit-clutching be damned...I really felt the book.

serenity

h20


19649, Hold Up............
Posted by disorganized, Sat Apr-14-01 10:59 PM
3-1/2 hours for lunch?????


You're my god!!!!


And i read mine while eating hot wings, and yeah i felt like i was ballin' too! hahah!



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19650, 3.5 hours...
Posted by h20molecule, Mon Apr-16-01 09:43 AM
...for lunch tacks 3.5 hours onto the end of my day. I bill hours so if I goof off, I don't get paid. But the goofing off was worth it even though I got all guilty reading the book as I thought about the dollars I was not making at work by spending the afternoon reading the book.

h20

"Observe the ugly mess which most men make of their sex lives-and observe the mess of contradictions which they hold as their moral philosohpy. One proceeds from the other. Love is our response to our highest values-and can be nothing else. Let a man corrupt his values and his view of existence, let him profess that love is not self-enjoyment, but self denial, that virtue consists, not of pride, but of pity or pain or weakness or sacrifice, that the noblest love is born , not of admiration, but of charity, not in response to values, but in response to flaws-and he will have cut himself in two. His body will not obey him, it will not respond, it will make him impotent toward the woman he professes to love and draw him to the lowest type of whore he can find. His body will always follow the ultimate logic of his deepest convictions; if he believes that flaws are values, he has damned existence as evil and only the evil will attact him. He has damned himself and he will feel that dpravity is all he is worth enjoying. He has equated virtue with pain and he will will feel that his body has vicious desires of its own which his mind cannot conquer, that sex is sin, that true love is a pure emotion of spirit. And then he will wonder why lover brings him nothin but boredom, and sex-nothing but shame." -taken from 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand
19651, okay a few more
Posted by L_O_Quent, Wed Apr-11-01 04:29 PM
the wal-mart ish was ridiculous 2

the no panties doesn't touch the guy version though - ya'll know the flip the draws jawn.


this shit better stay at the top, not for me, shit this is her "co-site"


more to come but these brews got me for a sec



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19652, I found my smile again...
Posted by Improv, Wed Apr-11-01 04:59 PM
I almost had my own broke diary episode yesterday. Went to get my check yesterday and prayed that there were no mess up being that it was my first check from this place. I forgot to "borrow" some money from work for train fare. So all I had was $2. I was able to go and pick up the check, but if that shit wasn't there, I would have nooooo money to get back to work (that means I would be hotstepping from West 42nd Street to East 14th Street.
-Plan #1: see somebody go into the turnstyle and get in right when they do. You know...be all up on them.
-Plan #2: Give a sob story for a buck fifty...
-Plan #3: Hop the train...
-Plan #4: Say my metrocard was fucked

Ahhh being broke...the joy, the horror, the scheming. I know that's not anything even close to what Ang wrote, but I feel ya (Damn the pawn shops and the used CD places for not taking my shit.)

Anyway...onto the book. So far so good. I can't believe she told the New Year's Eve story! Bittersweet comedy. Remind me to never have a piece of any cakes you bake and when I see a broom in your hand, I need to duck.

More when I'm finished (besides an unlimited 7-day metrocard, the book was my first purchase after I cashed my check...at the cash-checking spot. Ahhh the memories from 89-91).

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19653, cant really review a book i havent finished
Posted by mcScoobySnack, Wed Apr-11-01 06:28 PM
but that part about the cheese cake and ganache (what the hell is that anyway?) had me laughing like a comic book villain


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19654, RE: cant really review a book i havent finished
Posted by little1, Thu Apr-12-01 10:02 AM
Ganache: a sweet creamy chocolate mixture used especially as a filling or frosting. :9 Tasty!
19655, learn something new everday part too
Posted by mcScoobySnack, Thu Apr-12-01 10:55 AM
good look

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the buspass pimp sextet is:
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and
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19656, *ATTENTION*
Posted by J_Sun, Thu Apr-12-01 08:13 AM
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19657, admirable...
Posted by mcScoobySnack, Thu Apr-12-01 01:24 PM
no blatant name dropping (the closest thing i found was "my friend tariq" which is far from name dropping) and no self-promotion. the only "mention" of okayplayer is the extremely modest "now im working at an internet start-up". me personally, i would have been shameless


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19658, ummm...???
Posted by poetx, Sat Apr-14-01 02:58 PM
is pushing this thread up 'clutching'? :-)



peace & blessings,

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19659, I Got Free Air w/ my books!!
Posted by disorganized, Sat Apr-14-01 10:24 PM
i swear to god, the folks at amazon.com must be on the hard sh**. my books came in a box 20 times their size, nestled under those plastic air pillows! tres luxe!


there was no way i was going to waste pricey packing materials, so i took my free air (and the box...you know, save a tree) back to my lair. my co-workers already suspect i'm secretly on drugs so i tried to be really obvious about it just to give 'em something to talk about.


now to the 2 minute 2 cents c'n my way into it review:


it took only a few pages for the book to warm up, and the further i got into it, the better it got. it found it's rhythm. i could feel ange gaining more and more confidence in her writing with each turn of the page. i laughed i cried...wait, i didn't cry, but i read about broke experiences i had but never dared tell anyone about (ie: the liquid alarm clock...but thats genius!).


the only way you can't relate to The Broke Diaries, is if your last name is Rockefeller or Bush.


my only complaint: no mention of vienna sausages.


semi wondering: hardly any mention of music? perhaps thats another book though. a part 2.


i love books and i love people with soul. those who appreciate and celebrate (hey look, i'm jesse jackson!) the beauty of the periphery. it's the weird, oddly beautiful, off beat moments & people that give life it's juice, and _that_ is what makes the book (and angie) special to me.


good show!


my non okp people (who think i'm secretly on drugs..and i said "my people" haha) were peepin' over my shoulder and want to borrow it.



"If you ever been broke put your hands up
You been broke put your hands up, put your hands up
If you ever been broke put your hands up
You been broke put your hands up, put 'em up" ~~ Field Mob


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that was me throwing my hands up.










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19660, "Oh! My "O"! "
Posted by guest, Mon Apr-16-01 04:43 AM
I don't care what anyone says, the book was funny! The fact that it was written in both past tense and present tense was not an issue for me. I guess I always had it in my head that it was a diary and like Angie said, sometimes you write things as they happen, sometimes you write them before (intentions) or after.

I actually choked from laughtin' too hard a couple of times because I could imagine that crazy s**t happening as I was reading it. I did cry (from laughter) while reading the check cashing entry, but I just thought that is was because I was delirious from sleep deprivation. But then it happened again with the "Misinformed Militant" and "FRED" (and few other parts that I can't remember right now).

Anyway, thank you Angie for speaking out for broke ass college kids and just broke ass people in general in that crazy ass book.
I will never again be ashamed of being broke.

PS-I agree with mcScoobySnack; It was truely refreshing to not
see any mention of the okayplayer website or any name
dropping. And I've had to do the water thing before going to
bed myself a few times. It was a relief to find out that I
wasn't the only one.
19661, off the hook like cellies!!
Posted by da8th, Mon Apr-16-01 05:36 AM
i finally got to start reading it this weekend; the sista has an excellent talent!!

heads on the train must've thought i was crazy, bustin out laughin at like 2am saturday.

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19662, RE: The Broke Diaries
Posted by BigWorm, Mon Apr-16-01 02:10 PM
I don't think my book store has it.

Shucks.

Maybe I'll try to order a copy.

Unless...is it being sold thru okayplayer?

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19663, okay i just got it now..
Posted by QweenFiyah, Mon Apr-16-01 02:57 PM
So far it is really funny. When i can laugh out loud thats a good thing.
I felt so bad for Ang when she got charged 300 bucks for those bogus ass phone calls.




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19664, The Walmart episode...
Posted by slim, Mon Apr-16-01 03:36 PM
...had me rollin'!

Best $8.46 I've ever spent. :-)



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19665, RE: The Walmart episode...
Posted by dclai, Tue Apr-17-01 05:49 AM
The Walmart story is one of my favorites also. Not to mention the stories that involve the cat. Funny! 4 Real!
19666, Going up
Posted by L_O_Quent, Wed Apr-18-01 07:17 PM
that's right.




Evolutionism has brought me peace - L_O_Quent


FUCK THE POLICE - N.W.A

I want to cook you a soup that warms your soul - Sade

Buy Angieee's book because her cats need the money they have been surviving off of church donated "slightly" damaged dog food. So buy the book. http://www.thebrokediaries.com/ - L_O_Quent
19667, Done
Posted by delsbrothergeorge, Thu Apr-19-01 05:50 PM
What a quick read. And entertaining all the way through. Too many punchlines in some places, but it's generally a fine piece of work. Whether you know the author or not, the reader is made to feel great empathy at nearly every turn.

It really did read like a diary. The discombobulated mix of tenses added a genuine touch. We might be getting the writer's biased version of a scenario, but we know it's not fiction.

My only question: Any chance that Angiee may open up a check cashing place of her own that treats people with dignity? Now that she's not broke, surely her experiences have fortified her sense of benevolence.


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19668, Finished!
Posted by Brandard, Thu Apr-19-01 05:55 PM
The book definitely accomplished its mission....I laughed, i laughed a lot.

I think it is definitely something that i can just grab whenever i think i need a little chuckle.

over all

Fantas-great! (c) G Dub
19669, finally got it!!!
Posted by tygris, Fri Apr-20-01 08:02 PM
my search is finally over. got it today and as i'm reading it on the bus on the way from the book store i experienced my first laugh out loud from a book. i couldn't believe it i thought all y'all were b.s.ing about laughing out loud in public but i was. i really had to try to surpress my laughter so peeps wouldn't think i was crazy.

then of course i'd make sure the coverpage was showing so people could know exactly what book was making me bust a gut on this packed bus.

went home and finished the book. laughing so hard my mom had to come in the room and ask me what the eff was up. then she smiled and asked me if she could borrow it when i was finished. 5 mins later walks into my room..."are u finished".

highlights
textbook theft-->virgin lol breaking ish. i wasn't expecting this kind of raw comedy so it caught me off guard
pantyless
turdboy
textbook
kittie eye claw
cheers bartender joke at end of paragraph
Do U like me fight (new years)
Oh my O
collection agency death fraud
"i forgot my husband"--->that's when my mom walked in
parking lot arm---->mom walks in again

i think i'll actually rad this book again. my mom has already started it so i'll have to wait

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19670, my fav parts
Posted by QweenFiyah, Sat Apr-21-01 04:39 PM
TurdBoy
"I cant you believe you did that..nasty ass!" LOL I could see her screaming at him.

Naked Ass
I can relate.


I think i will read it again. I had that too reading and laughing and people looking over my shoulder.




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19671, at the top
Posted by L_O_Quent, Wed Apr-25-01 01:48 PM
where this belongs.



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I want to cook you a soup that warms your soul - Sade

Buy Angieee's book because her cats need the money they have been surviving off of church donated "slightly" damaged dog food. So buy the book. http://www.thebrokediaries.com/ - L_O_Quent
19672, archive-
Posted by shockzilla, Wed May-09-01 11:59 PM
where this belongs

(told you i'd hold up my end of the bargain, ang. thanks again!)


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