A Day With The #PMS Monster

Well for most men, they deal with the repercussions of the being on the recipient end of PMS. If you aren’t aware, PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome), is something that occurs before a woman has her monthly cycle every month. The increased hormones a woman experiences can sometimes make her irritable, stressed, body ache, etc. So here is a day in the…

J. Cole: A Dollar and a Dream

Let’s face it, today people just don’t buy CDs anymore. Ask a 5 year old what a cassette tape is and I bet you will just be answered back with a blank stare. Quite frankly, I don’t even remember the last time I wandered into a “FYE” (For Your Entertainment, a popular chain store that sells CDs, movies, etc) and…

Eye Of The Tiger: The Girl That Wrestled…

One of my favorite stories to tell is when I went to state for wrestling in high school. Now this isn’t centered on the bragging aspect. This was one of the moments in life that tested me and I fought hard to persevere. First things first, yes, I was a girl wrestler. My first two years I wrestled mainly boys…

First I would ask that you, lovely reader, check the top of the page. Make sure the title of the page you are looking at is called the Jaded Money. What does that mean? It means that this is all for real. This isn’t a television show.  If you wanted to read some fairy tale edited blog then you have…

What Doesn’t Kill You, Makes You Stronger

I get sad. I cry. I get mad. I throw a fit. Then I feel ashamed. Ashamed that I let anything get to me. Ashamed that I became emotional. Ashamed at my own weakness. I give myself a pep talk. “Get it together. I saw this coming. I’m not weak. I’ve been through worse. This ain’t shit. Keep your head up.”…

SXSW 2015

SXSW, South by southwest, is a great event that occurs in Austin, Texas in the spring to showcase movies, music and interactives. This year for the first time I went to the music week and attended several of the showcases that went on from March 17-March 21. I was able to purchase a music wristband because I resided in the…

Rushing To The Altar…I do?

Back when I was 25 I had just gotten out of a long emotionally abusive engagement and then out of a short rebound relationship that got violent. I was on the mends as they like to say. So I was feeling down and out. My frame of mind was that I would never ever get married and just be pushed…

Mardi Gras!

The first I went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans… What I expected was a weekend of girls gone wild type activity and some terrible decisions that would lead me to avoid all mirrors and contact with anyone human for a while. Not that I do those types of activities often or ever. My only ever exposure to what it would be…

Check Out! Unplug!

Check-out time. You. Now. With all the social media and communications devices it’s so easy these days to get wrapped up in the buzz of constant pings, rings and notifications. Life has become a series of notifications. The world, your friends, your family and your job have all became accessible at the tips your fingertips EVERY second of EVERY day.…

The Second Reflection

Day one Abigail looked in the mirror. Same old face. Honestly the way her life was going she wondered why she had a need for mirrors at all. She wasn’t sure if they were accurately reflecting what was reality or were they just some cruel fun house prank created by someone with low self-esteem to torment the masses and make…