The official blog of Jay Fingers
Yep. You read the title correctly. I’m starting to get pissed off. If you’ve been following my #JF2LA journey, you know that I’ve been having difficulty landing a job since I’ve been in Los Angeles. I’ve already addressed the fact that I did not move to LA to find a regular schmegular gig, but while I …
If you’ve been keeping up with me and how I’ve been adjusting to life in Los Angeles on social media, then you’re probably already familiar with my job woes — or, rather, my lack of job woes. You see, I knew it would be difficult finding a job before actually moving out here. And so when …
Sometimes I think to myself, Was moving to Los Angeles a mistake? And then shit happens like last night and I say, Nah — you are exactly where you need to be. On Wednesday I attended an “Inside the Writers Room” panel discussion with Lena Waithe and the writers of her hit Showtime series The Chi, …
First lemme get this out of the way: Yes, I am a grown-ass man and I have an Ava DuVernay doll from the Barbie Collection’s Platinum Label. When the dolls first dropped about two and a half years ago, I rushed to the Barbie site to place my order. I remember being disappointed that there …
OK, OK, OK. So I know I said that Wednesday was my last night in Brooklyn — I lied. OK, so I didn’t lie, because I had every intention of leaving on Thursday. But I still had so much to take care of, and I was beginning to stress out, so finally I just called …
Although my people threw me an outrageous, unforgettable going-away bash in March, they also made sure that my last few days in Brooklyn were just as memorable. Here are a few highlights from my last week: I hung out with my peeps Kasia and CB for brunch at Brooklyn hotspot Piquant. The company and music …