Merry Christmas to the BB&W Crew!!

Jamila...THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO!! It's time for us to organize. We need to talk, chica. Give me your digits at info@beyondblackwhite.com Jamila

I think this is a good idea for the BWE, especially since a few bm are beginning to write about bw dating/marrying out. BWE should get theirs before the bm jump on board pretending they were always for bw dating/marrying out.

Exactly. If anyone is going to be making money, gaining publicity, getting book contracts, and getting invited to do roundtable events it should be us when it comes to telling our side of the story. We talk about folks like Tyler Perry, but where is a black women with her own major studio? We talk about Essence magazine, but where is our response to Essence? ann4950

Jamila

I have been researching how to start a business through SCORE, Entrepreneuar.com and other business sites This online magazine maybe a good place to advertise.

That's exactly how I feel Jamila. Instead of complaining and whining about how we don't have a voice and no one is telling our stories, WE need to take ownership of it. The technology is relatively cheap and there is virtually no barrier to entry. We don't need any starter capital--we build it and they WILL come. I've worked as a publicist. I know how to publicize. I've worked at a magazine for five years. I know how that works. I suck at HTIML, but I know how to tell folks what to do. lol Jamila ann4950

Well in that case I'm nominating you as CEO and instead of me taking those classes, you can just teach me through an on-the-job training program, lol I'm going back and forth between what classes to take next semester and either I'll end up heavy on the journalism classes or heavy on the business/tech classes. I'm not good enough at this point to be a techie, but I'm learning and eventually I want to fully understand site design, search optimization, etc.,

Christelyn ann4950

Jamila "I feel like BWE has been bubbling underground for a long time now. It's time for us to start getting at much promo as a Ralph Richard Banks. "

Agreed! +100!

Christelyn Jamila Thanks again for my copy of the Banks book, C, but yeh, J's observation is a big part of why i dragged my feet to buy it. I really felt like 'Well, duh!!!' when I starting reading all of the press and watching the presentations. ...y'know stolen & regurgitated fire a bit... but i thought I was being touchy. Glad to know I'm not alone. LOL!

I do think this scene should be 'owned' by BW in IRs and the Rainbeaus that love & support them.

That, my friend, makes my Christmas. MDNA2

Been wondering where you've been Jay! Missed you! Glad you feeling better, and Merry Christmas. FriendsofJay

FriendsofJay

Please get well soon as your will be in my prayers. Thank you for the information regarding the movie. I have seen the trialer and it looks to be a great movie. Happy holidays to you and yours.

@FriendsofJay

Worst part of recovery...overdoing it because you feel a little better...take care!

That movie trailer has my "adopted"Latina sister and the women in her family ready for a girls night out. I have been waiting for the facebook announcement on when it is available in Cali.

Mocha Z Reem11 & Christelyn: Thank you all for those kind words. I should be back to normal by my birthday in February. Maybe before. But at least I can function pretty well now. The official release date for "My Last Day Without You" was December 15th, but that was in Germany. It's been making the rounds of film Festivals: Cannes, Lone star, Palm Springs, etc since summer. My guess is it will have a much broader release in the U. S. early next year. I love these BW/WM romantic films. Each one brings people together and makes love truly color blind.

I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas!! Hope you get everything you want!!

FriendsofJay Wow, that's rough. :( Best wishes for a full recovery!

FriendsofJay Glad to hear you're on the mend and just in time! BTW, my birthday is in February too. I am an Abraham Lincoln baby.

Karla I was born February 10th, just two days before you---but probably quite a few years before. You can call me the old man of the blog. My mom was a genealogy bug. She was able to find out, among other things, that all the males in my British-Germanic line were born in February for over three hundred years. My brother was born Feb. 12, my father Feb 15 and my grandfather Feb 14th. That's amazing.

FriendsofJayKarla That is amazing! Here's to fast healing

FriendsofJayKarla wow!! that is something!

FriendsofJay

Glad to hear that you are on the mend. As a retired RN I know exactly what you are going through. You are probability climbing the walls since you are used to being active. Mocha Z has it right. Don't over do, it will just set your recovery back. We are no longer "spring chickens" so it take a little longer to get there but we get there. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Brenda55 Thanks for the advice Brenda. I have a tendency to overdo things, so that's a drawback for me. I'm not only not a spring chicken, I would probably qualify as an old rooster. Just about ready to be made into a coq au vin.

But we're having ham with raisin sauce for our Christmas dinner.

Which reminds me it's time to start prepping.

Love you all.

FriendsofJay

It is good you are feeling better. Have you seen the Snowglobe? Try hulu or ABC Family for viewing. A mystical snowglobe transports Angela (Christina Milian), who longs for the perfect Christmas away from her boisterous family, into an idyllic Christmas winter wonderland.

ann4950 Hi Ann4950. Yes, I saw Snowglobe last year on a rack of Christmas DVDs and was immediately drawn to it as a Christmas IR romantic movie. What I liked best was that there was no mention of race in the movie at all. True acceptance is what I like like really to see. It's the destiny of this movement.

FriendsofJay BIG CORRECTION!!!

The film is "My LAST Day Without You". [my caps for emphasis]

It's doing the film fest rounds. Mission has picked it up and they have a decent track record for getting indies to the screen, and/or/ DVD. No release date yet in the USA, opened in Germany 15/12/2011. Maybe summer 2012?

Well, anyway, that's what Industry Source Steffie The World's Greatest PA says. We thank you, Steffie.

deleted_1910844_AJ1997 It's definitely Potter time! Love Ron and the family!

Law Wanxi

Hope you and your family have a great time for Christmas. Glad President Obama was able to bring our boys and girls home in time for the holidays!

DidiO I concur...I'm always sending posts with typos! Perhaps an edit option if no a spell check

See what I mean...typos! (okay that might have been on purpose)

Blackberry

lol!