4/12/05

Sometimes I wish I weren't such an Amelia Bedelia....

Ever since I was child i've been super investigative about EVERYTHING. From making a trip to the library when I was 5 to find out what dirty things the cereal company was putting in my Cheerios (btw those dirty things turned out to be vitamins and nutrients in the form of Niancin, Riboflavin, etc...), to researching my own eczema when the doctor diagnosed me with a "severe" case of it when I was 9. Be that as it may while I was in New York last month a friend of mine informed me of a rumor she heard about my favorite magazine going bust. I put the rumor aside for the moment, but couldn't completely let go of the idea. So now i'm at home thinking about what magazines i'll buy this month ( I usually buy between 3-5), and it dawns on me that I haven't received my subscription of my yet. So, I did what i do for everything; I researched my love, and much to my dismay the rumor was true : SUEDE MAGAZINE IS OVER!!!!!!!! According to the original press release they are "on hiatus", but in magazine world that means finito. I finally fell in love with a black publication which I felt appropriately embodied a terrific sample of black creativity, and they're taking it away. I hate when black people try to do something positive and they're shot down. I'm so sad. Now I have to continue to read my colorless magazines without the support of Suede. My favorite magazine isin't even from this country, and it costs me double to buy it over here!!!! First the Fat Boys break up, now this!