Who am I? I am the girl from the ghetto. I grew up poor but fabulous in a dirty suburb of Detroit. I almost graduated from MSU, but then ran out of money and loans to pay for my senior year of college. I decided to do something crazy and move to Vegas to attend UNLV. After working as a casino Bartender, Cocktail Waitress, and Cabana Girl, I had had enough and moved back to Michigan, where I held many waitress and other odd jobs such as a flight attendant and a movie theatre manager. I had it good for a while as a Legal Assistant, but the economy sank and I jumped ship into civil service. It allowed me to graduate from college, attend and drop out of grad school, and now work towards a finding a career of any kind.
I will forever be a student. There are just too many things I need to learn and experience. In between school and work I am a writer (Who hasn’t been published since 2000, unless you count letters to the editors at EW Magazine); a photographer; a world traveler; a fan of music, movies and books; and all things British.
P.S. That really is my brain.
P.S.S. If you need to contact me, you can always email me @ thegirlfromtheghetto (AT) gmail (DOT) com
22 responses so far ↓
The Big A // January 25, 2008 at 1:02 am
I love the description! I have to ADD a few things……
Amy is….sometimes funny…always quirky…..bitchy as a bitch can be….she drives like a freak…(do not go to the YMCA for drivers training…LMAO)….she’s smart/really smart…something I never was! Mature when it’s a must…but girlish when with friends…laughing is her favorite thing….who’s isn’t right? She’s a great listener…but she forgets shit so easy! She has two parents but has always been an orphan…but she survived because we took her in, and now she has the great Mr. B…thank heavens! Amy is Amy…she is ONE OF A KIND
B-rick // January 29, 2008 at 11:28 pm
1. How about a picture of you while describing yourself
2. You are fabulous, but Mad Heights isn’t dirty. (Well maybe around the edges)
3. Get published!
thegirlfromtheghetto // February 1, 2008 at 8:28 am
You guys realize this picture of me is almost 4 years old, but hey, I like it. I look fancy, and skinny….
Ben // February 2, 2008 at 2:45 am
Hey, another Michigander! I was born and raised in Ferndale…you were in Madison Heights?
I’m a long ways away now, but looking to make it back to the area sometime…I miss Detroit.
mandythompson // February 4, 2008 at 5:06 pm
thoroughly enjoyed your profile page! fresh and full of adventure.
thanks for commenting on Just A Girl today - glad you liked postsecret.
blessings,
mandy
lyricallyme // February 5, 2008 at 6:41 am
MSU - ACK! Michigander here… (Go blue!)
bloggingsailor // February 14, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I love to say hi to random fabulous people. “Hi”. I spotted the “18 years to a degree and laughed”. I received my BA degree with roughly twice the number of credits needed and then it was only granted as “general studies”. I have had majors in Biology, Psychology, philosophy, English, International Relations and Computer Science. I attended Lehigh, Auburn, IU and Pitt. I then studied three years towards an MBA at Duquesne and quit 8 credits from completion. I also spent two semesters in the U of Georgia Computational Mathematics Masters program before I quit and I spent two semesters in the Auburn University Experimental psychology Phd program before I quit. You are a cherished member of the semi-intellectual pathfinders club. Cheers!
deb // February 15, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Nice dress.
haireality // February 17, 2008 at 1:38 am
Great Profile!!
Risk // February 22, 2008 at 10:23 am
I think the taco gave me gas!
Shannon // April 6, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Love ya Ghetto Girl!
Jenn // April 14, 2008 at 7:42 pm
I love the music on this website…who is it playing? is it you? Such talent!
thegirlfromtheghetto // April 17, 2008 at 1:04 am
More than one person has called into question my authority to say I’m ghetto. I give you this as evidence: We did not live in a trailer, nor came from the south, so I can not use the term trailer park or red neck. Since some of my family is actually wealthy, and has produced a product than many Americans enjoy, we certainly aren’t from white trash roots. My relatives immigrated from Italy. My mother, who is a Bi-Polar Italian American who collected welfare, was certainly a minority in our neighborhood. We lived in the bad section of a bad suburb close to Detroit. We had a house without good heat and had to wash our clothes by hand and dry them on a clothes line, we had a car with no floor or windshield wipers, and a bathroom with no floor and a house that was crawling with mice. As an adult I also lived 2 blocks off of 8 Mile, made famous by Eminem.
Here is the definition of GHETTO: a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
So suck it!
unwritten22 // April 30, 2008 at 12:51 pm
im not from the ghetto but i don twant to be black either
leaver // May 3, 2008 at 12:27 pm
hey,
what about pics of you in the about me area?
Jeannie // May 31, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Just found your blog, and was LOL the whole time! And, ironically, my hubby happens to be from the same general area - Madison Hts, Michigan. Does that make him ghetto, too?
thegirlfromtheghetto // June 1, 2008 at 8:37 am
Jeannie- If he lived south of 11 Mile, he could be a little ghetto, hee hee hee ….
Shirley // June 1, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Love your blog!
Shannon // July 10, 2008 at 12:39 am
I stumbled across site and I’m in love with it! I loved youe 101 random things about me list…brilliant. Do you love BBC America??? It’s my favorite channel. Who is anyone to question whether or not your ghetto?? I’m from Michigan too and have taken the wrong turn around Detroit a time or two..don’t ever go down Cheney Street!
thegirlfromtheghetto // July 11, 2008 at 11:05 am
Shannon- Thanks, and oh my gosh Detroit streets can be so confusing! I do watch BBC America … love Coronation street when I catch it on! Any show where people are British I beleive it fabulous.
mylesfromnowhere // August 12, 2008 at 1:35 am
That first photo is like something out of Donnie Darko…sorta freaky
thegirlfromtheghetto // August 12, 2008 at 10:14 am
Myles - Oooh, I love Donnie Darko …
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