One Thankful Muffugah
- Jul 6
- 4 min read
Chapter Three
July 6th, 2026
Speaking of options, I'm viewing mine. Cover and resume show me on the edge of a Sociology degree from an Historically Black College, out member of the LGBTQ community 40+ years from Middle America who's lived and worked in Europe. Synchronous to the diploma I'll have a year of this content posted publicly and prolifically. Putting career proposals together, this is a Special Qualifications list:
Twelve years housed with 1200 racially diverse inmates comprised of gang members, sex offenders, Appalachian methamphetamine producers, and others. Also lived in rooms simultaneously occupied by practicing Muslims, Christians, Jews, Wiccans, and Satanists.
Four years DJ, training director, editor-in-chief of in-house fanzine RiFLe Comics, WRFL-FM Alternative FM 88.1 Lexington, Kentucky
Part-Time work at Hypnotic Eye, alternative periodicals shop Lexington, Kentucky 1992, self produced comic fanzine "Rent Relief Funnies" 1992
Nine years culinary experience not limited to prep chef, deliverer, and brunch cook in fast food, pizzerias, delis, diners, caterers, and grilles
Twelve years production/retail management in printing, customer interface, and ancillary services including digital design, layout with customer satisfaction classroom proctoring
Additional facilitating: GED reading, language skills, life and Earth science, social studies, civics, and literacy coaching
Attended Myers/Briggs and "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" Workshops 1990's - 2000's
Artist-In-Residence Gallerie Soleil Lexington, Kentucky 2002-3, mixed media/collage
Eclectic demographic massage experience in private office, home visits, chiropractic, car crash clinics, med-spas, led Yoga Nidra classes and worked corporate chair events health fairs
Workshop attendance in Shiatsu, Ashiatsu Japanese Walking Massage, Myofascial Release, Cranio-Sacral Treatment, Massage Client Ethics, Reflexology, Chair Massage, and Aromatherapy
Full-time caregiver for non-ambulatory octogenarian and hospice cancer patients and blind gang leader "Big John"
"The Algebra of Wealth" Scott Galloway Workshop 2026, "Let Your Imagination Run Wild" Paul Slanzbury Workshop 2026
What am I scoping out? Title in my head: Intellectual Properties Diversity/Inclusion Consultant. I want to level "preacher-tainment" while putting tons of organic, desirable, far ranging characters appealing to myriad xenophilic bases, from White Mid-American to Bi-Coastal Latino/Latina, without alienation from vast audience swaths.
Mainstream comics companies are my top target, but I could be interested in a variety of content makers, so long as I jibe with the product enough for my best work. I love being busy, worthwhile work is my drive. Working in that chemical room I stay busy the entire day, finding projects nobody thought of before. Career-wise, I want to affect entertainment I've realized. Rectifying missteps and improvement on production, emphasizing depth and realism of nontraditional characters without making them talking lectures is a doable, worthy pursuit. Vocal minorities pushing counterproductive activism pummeled the pleasure market with misrepresentation, over-saturation, inorganic personae, and declining genuine entertainment alienating paying audiences instead of obtainable shared successes.
Flyover America ain't some xenophobic hotbed. I'm a passionate but reasonable resource whose resume speaks so, not mere anecdotes. Daily I do Scrabble with groups of Black dudes, eat and discuss comics with Black, Gay, Bisexual, Hispanic, and Trans folks alongside White Heterosexuals, not to mention rich, middle class, impoverished, Christian, Wiccan, Jewish, Muslim, Satanist, Amish, Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian, and any other ideology, class, or branding a body can whip up I've done time with. My best friend is the Asian female business owner from #6: "One Set, Stapled And Collated" came to support our current president second term. Genuine diversity envelops my life. In the flesh I've discussed the plights of sex offender rehabilitation with that population, same with gang members and Appalachian methamphetamine makers. Crime devours my existence daily. Reviewing scripts or pitches for better, deeper representations of bad actors sounds like a good use of my capabilities. Hopefully in a year I can bring something cool out there for everybody including me.
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