The official blog of Jay Fingers
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 …
Last night was my last night in NYC, and so I’m going to be very real with y’all: I have never in my life, in all my years on this earth, experienced the kind of love and outpouring of affection that I’ve been feeling after announcing I was leaving New York. It’s true. Not even …
So I’ma be real with y’all: This move to Los Angeles has been quite difficult. Let me start by saying that I thought I was doing things the right way. But instead, maybe I was pretty foolish in doing them the way that I did. Look, I made the decision to move to LA a …