Views from a BrewTown Sista (aka The Chronicles of Kayleah H. Madison)

If you are reading this blog by now, the Academy Awards just took place last night. I've definitely been a fan of the show for countless years going back to my Milwaukee days. Green Book, which told the story of a Black pianist requesting an Italian-American to drive him across the Deep South in the early 1960's, won Best Picture, with Mahershala Ali winning his second Oscar in three years for Best Supporting Actor (his first was just two years earlier for the same award for Moonlight,  which also won Best Picture).  Kudos to both Regina King and Spike Lee, first time Oscar winners both. Nice to see Black Panther become the first superhero movie to win an Oscar, although the cast itself weren't nominated, but the supporting crew for costume and sound did.  Yes, I admit I am definitely a dreamer. Over the years no matter what I did, wherever I was, I would dream, if not vision, that it was yours truly whose name was called as the winner of an Academy Award. If #BrewTown...

It's 2:00am. Another night off has commenced for me. Here I am, in the comforts of my home with my ever-so-impulsive roommate Mariah, once again burning the midnight hour typing up something esoteric to my faithful readers...all two of them. I've got Collateral  with Tom Cruise & Jaime Foxx on the TV (something about us cabbies that can tell a million stories about the naked city). We're still in the thick of winter, many of us are secretly praying for spring to get here soon so we'll maybe put a hit out on that goddamn groundhog Punxatawney Phil. Bang, bang, buddy. Your ass will be someone's dinner come Easter. This is one of the few times I'm not typing this blog of mine on one of my tablets. My laptop of nearly four years is doing the honors tonight. It just needs a good cleaning!!! I'm being flexible here. as you, my readers, might be guessing, I have been thinking about this BTAC in Dallas coming up. Yes, I have paid up my hotel and registration,...

So, here we are, mid-February and we’ve gotten more fucking snow! I’m still driving a cab in this town, currently struggling to find a way to file my taxes for all of my accumulated tips...almost $16,000 worth. I.ve called one place last week, and they say that even if I was to file, I basically wouldn’t even get enough dough back to make a down payment to finally get some wheels of my own. Google says I’m supposed to file a 1040 Schedule C to report my earnings. Yes, I even printed several copies to be on the safe side. Keep in mind it’s been years since I filed a tax return, and knowing all too well going to a tax center will cost me some change.  It’s another start to yet another week in this world, and I’m watching the ever-so-confusing sci-fi tale Jupiter Ascending, coming from the minds of the Wachowskis, the ones that brought you Sense8. Eh, they probably had a boatload of ideas for some sci-fi shit going on, even though few people will spend up to three hours watching it...