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Dmitry’s Closet Event on June 7th

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Whats Happening Wednesday

Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Time: 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: April House Premier (NEW LOCATION!!!)
Street: 80 Flicker Street
City/Town: Memphis, TN
   

Whats Happening Myron Magazine presents “What’s Happening Wednesdays”, a monthly event where local business people come together with the primary goal of gaining new customers and growing their businesses. Whats Happening Wednesday is held on the first Wednesdays of every month.

Also, each month a local business woman will also be honored by What’s Happening Magazine for their success in local business. There will be representatives onhand from the Black Business Association, National Association of Women Business Owners and the Tennessee Small Business Development Center. These organizations will be able to assist you in building your business! Your next client could possibly be here!

Admission is only $10 and includes a free buffet! Booth Space Packages are available for as low as $50.00. Bring Plenty of Business Cards! For more information, please visit our website at www.whatshappeningmyron.com!

 Dmitry’s Closet is the the book of night!  All are invited.

Lots of Irons in the Fire for Latrivia Nelson

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You can’t keep a good writer down. You also can’t keep her off the computer. I have been stuck to a keyboard for the last three weeks, typing away like a fiend. My poor husband thought that after Dmitry’s Closet, I would take a break. However, I surprised the whole family with one word: sequel!

So, here’s the deal. I’m working on Dmitry’s Royal Flush: Rise of the Queen (http://dmitrysroyalfush.wordpress.com), The Guitarist (a paranormal romance with a friend of mine and lead guitarist for the multi-platinum band Saving Abel), The Pitcher’s Last Curve Ball (an interracial romance novel), The Agosto Family (an interracial romance novel and sequel to Ivy’s Twisted Vine) and working a real job.

Is it a lot? Hell yes! But I feel complete having something to do late nights when everyone is sleep. And my motivation is endless. So, for my readers who have begging for new work, I hear you guys. I’m working hard and I can’t wait for you all to weigh in.

I’ve also committed to get my lazy but back on this blog and share with you guys as much as possible about the entire process. After all , it is all for you.

Also, you can always

Xoxo and all that jazz, Latrivia

Tiger Woods Apologizes for Skanky Waitress Affair

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Today, superior golfer and billionaire Tiger Woods apologized on his web site via a statement that revealed he had in fact been in an affair of some sort. 

“As you all know, I had a single-car accident earlier this week, and sustained some injuries. I have some cuts, bruising and right now I’m pretty sore. This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again. This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way. Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible. The only person responsible for the accident is me. My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false. This incident has been stressful and very difficult for Elin, our family and me. I appreciate all the concern and well wishes that we have received. But, I would also ask for some understanding that my family and I deserve some privacy no matter how intrusive some people can be.”

My prayers go out to Tiger’s Wife, his kids and him (sort of).  While he is to blame for the affair, the kiss and tell element always is worse. This should have been settled between the two of them privately not on TMZ, US Weekly, and every other blog (including my own).  What could have possibly been worked out between husband and wife will now be a serious battle with pride because his skanky mistress released voicemails to Sun Magazine.  (I wonder how much they paid her for that). 

Cocktail waitress (and I use that title loosely) Jaimee Grubbs, now 24, tells Us Weekly she began having an affair with Woods, 33, in April 2007.  She tells Us Weekly they went on to have 20 sexual encounters over three years.  Now, can anyone tell me why you keep count and then share it with a national tabloid paper, unless…that’s right – you wanted to get paid!  Also, if you’ve only had a man 20 times in three years…wait, I’m not going to get into that.  Lord forgive me.  I digress.  Now, let’s move on.

Plus, the girl is not prettier than his wife.  She’s a reality star vixen from the VHI show Tool Academy, who is obviously going to get her five minutes of fame at all costs.  Go figure – he downgraded and got the real 80/20 deal.  I wonder if Tiger signed a prenup?  Hopefully, it won’t get to that, but he should have known THAT ONE would snitch him out as soon as some flashed her an EBT card. 

The Los Angeles cocktail lady tells the new Us Weekly (on newsstands Wednesday) that she had a steamy 31-month fling with Tiger Woods and has a voicemail recording and text messages to prove it.  I just want men and women with 2 pennies to rub together to know that the only person who you should trust is the one that you walked down the isle with, the local honeypot is just after you for your money and wouldn’t give you the time of day if you were just a regular guy or girl.

The other supposed mistress completely denies.  ‘THIS is ridiculous. Not a word of it is true,” Rachel Uchitel told The Post. “I told the Enquirer and Star that it wasn’t true. I told them not only did I have information to disprove the story, but I offered to take a lie-detector test.”

“It’s the most ridiculous story. It’s like they are asking me to comment if there are aliens on Earth. I found out who their sources were [Uchitel says she understands there were two sources to the story], which girls were blabbing.

“The worst thing is that everybody in New York is talking about me and Tiger Woods now because their reporters have been calling up everyone I know or have ever worked with, asking what they know about the supposed affair.”

Hopefully the couple can reconcile.  Sources said that he was in the market for a “Kobe” ring  for a peace offering.  It obviously appears that his wife beat him while he was driving because of the affair and now he’s simply taking it like a man. 

Tiger has stayed out of the tabloid before with only very small stories.  So, I hope that he bounces back and realizes that as soon as something else bigger comes around, they’ll forget all about his fling.

My advice: Go to marriage counseling.  Work through your issues.  Don’t cheat and move on – that is unless he’s a habitual cheater (which will make for an awesome book).

Allen Iverson Signed with Memphis Grizzlies – Why Aren’t You Happy?

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Allen Iverson (A.I.) Is Coming To Town

Memphis Grizzlies received good news today.  One of the NBA greats is coming to town as a free agent and the newest MG player.  You would think that people would be happy about the new addition to our family, but as usual people have found something to piss and moan about.  Memphians say that he’s on the down side of his career.  I sat there and pondered what that meant.  The Downside of His Career.  As in, he’s actually had a notable career – but wait.  Not just any notable career, Allen Iverson is 10-time all star, four-time NBA scoring champ and the biggest player acquisition in Grizzlies history.  How many of those do we get that want to come to Memphis?  Gasol nearly gnawed his foot off to leave here and get to LA.  His brother is probably headed a similar direction.

I think we should be thanking our lucky stars that he chose us.  Sure it cost us $3.5 million, but well sometimes you have to spend money (invest it) to make money.  I remember going to games at the FedEx Forum last year that were virtually empty, then going to U of M games the next few nights that were jammed packed.  The Grizzlies need a draw.  If Iverson can bring that to Memphis then fire the marketing department and use that money to fund him.  I don’t really care. 

Plus, he said , “I want to win.  A lot people talk about the Grizzlies and people feel like just getting to the playoffs is enough. That’s a successful season. My goals are a lot bigger. … I feel like we can win.”

People of course complained about his high hopes.  Now, for $3.5 million, isn’t he suppose to talk like that, make promises.  For most of us, if offered $350,000, we’d make promises that we would more than likely deliver on.  He said that he could win not end world hunger. Now if he had come in and not smiled and been very rude, then people would have felt like he was unappreciative.  Go figure. In truth, I love him and plan to buy my first pair of season tickets because of him.

I say welcome the man with a little dignity and grace as those 300 fans and local dignitaries did at the FedEx Forum this morning.  We finally have hope…at least for one year (maybe we can encourage him to stay a while:-).

XoXo and all that jazz,

Latrivia S. Nelson

Characters Take On Life – Insight into Dmitry’s Closet

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My idea of passion

My idea of passion

Dmitry’s Closet has taken on its own life over the last few months.  The characters actually have their own rhythm and style. 

In the process of writing, however, I always stop to read other authors and their works.  It gives me motivation.  I want to see if their characters take on a life of their own.  And they do.  One author had such an impact on me until I read her entire series.  Impressive.  I’m a fan for life now.

So, I’ve been asking myself just what each character is like, what they like, what they are like – I hear jazz whenever I think of Dmitry’s Closet.  Dmitry is an older gentleman with a keener sense of style and expensive taste.  However he has a bad boy quality that is completely undeniable.

 

On the other end of the spectrum, Royal is a young woman who is actually an old soul.  She’s a hard worker, trusting and loving.  Her character is completely sincere. 

Both characters had to be connected by something that was truly binding.  So the concept of a beautiful, twenty-something virgin was appealing to me.  See, there are so many women who have lost their virginity so young (I’m not knocking it, just talking facts here people).  I wanted to explore the type of woman who was still guarded about sexuality, who didn’t wear it on her sleeve.  And I had to explore what would make her want to give such a gift to a man after waiting.

I knew a young lady who inspired this.  I was writing on Dmitry’s Closet at the first of the year, and she and I got into a deep conversation on why she had chosen to remain abstinent.  Later this year, she married.  I was very proud of her.  In an age where this type of thing is rare, I wanted to applaud it.  Now, the young woman that I spoke with and Royal have very distinctive differences, but I was intrigued by their one similarity.

So, I’ve got a jazzy, rich story where the characters come to life and bring out their own flavor.  It’s exciting.  I think of Romeo and Juliet often when I write – those star crossed lovers and their constant battle to be together.  And while there will be absolutely no suicide attempts in this story, the overall passion of the two is always prevalent. 

Passion.  It’s such a rich word.  I think of chocolate, laughing, deep rich purple satin, enchanting perfume and deep breaths when I hear the word.

So basically, someone pulled out the life battles and applied it to my fingertips for this one.  And I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Xoxo and all that biz,

Latrivia

MTV’s True Life: I Can’t Afford My Lifestyle

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Hey Guys,

A friend of mine with ties to MTV forwarded this to me to forward to any of you, who might be interested or know someone who is….

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Were you living large but hit hard by the current economic situation? Did you have a pimped out crib and now have to downsize? Has your new financial status affected your relationships because you can no longer play with the high rollers? Are you dating someone who had it all, but find yourself disappointed to have to swap five course entrees for five dollar foot longs? Do you feel that you can’t possibly give up the life you worked for, but are left with no other choice? If you have answered ‘yes’ to any of these, then MTV would like to hear your story.

 If you are between the ages of 17-28 and can’t afford your lifestyle and would like to share your story please email us at Lifestyle@mtvn.com. Please include your name, your story, a PHONE NUMBER and a photo.

 We are looking to speak with candidates located ANYWHERE IN THE US–please submit your story ASAP–interviewing immediately.

 True Life is MTV’s award-winning series that covers diverse topics that are important to our audience, ranging from pop culture trends to breaking news issues. And, since the series premiere in 1998, MTV’s audience has kept wanting more constantly tuning in, making True Life the most popular documentary series in our channel’s history. 

 

 

 

 

 

Latrivia Cut Her Hair Off!

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I did it. I cut my hair right off of my head. I’m now asking myself the same question that most women ask themselves when they have a moment of clarity after a moment of insanity, “what was I thinking.” The cut looks great, but I’m not really sure what I was going for. I just kept egging my stylist on until she did it. She cut it off. Wow! So, now what? Well, we’ll have to see. I give myself 30 days. If I don’t’ get used it, then there is always braids.

Latrivia Nelson talks about her President, Barack Obama’

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Chicago, IL on Election Nite - Barack Obama becomes the 44th US President

Chicago, IL on Election Nite - Barack Obama becomes the 44th US President

 
I am the most excited woman in the world right now! Well, me and about 3 million other people who have supported our President for at least 18-24 months during this election season! Tonight, we all made history. We have saved our country from another 4 years of complete financial oppression. We have realized Dr. King’s dream; we have made true Kennedy’s forecast; we have seen beyond our biases to elect the first African-American president. Raise the roof! I am so proud. So happy. I can tell my children and grandchildren about this night for the rest of my life. God Keep Him! And GOD BLESS AMERICA!