(Ashton comes home after a long day of work, ie 3 am, I’m smoking on the porch. He lets me tape our conversation) Maya: So what did you do today… Ashton: I had a meeting with Apple, the stylist from Black Eyed Peas, had a meeting with Shoshanna Bean from Wicked… Maya: You do cool [...]
The guy next door, Ashton, says I live in a lucky apartment. The people who live there go on to have success (Kyle XY, anyone?). I hope he is right. Ashton is already successful. He is a well-known fashion designer. This is him: He likes to look mean in pictures, but here’s the truth…he is [...]
Janelle is my teacher at the S Factor. She is beautiful inside and out. She makes every woman she teaches, no matter their background or fears, feel strong and empowered…when she enters a room, you have to look…she has incredible charisma. She’s also a complete badass. When I see her dance, I’m always inspired by [...]
The Sierra Nevada stretches 350 miles through California and hosts a rich diversity of species (according to a postcard I bought)….and I’ve never seen anything so gorgeous in my life. I mean, I’m from Oklahoma, the flattest state in America…I’ve PASSED mountains on the highway and seen them in movies… but never actually been inside [...]
I always read. Voraciously. Out of all those hundreds and hundreds of book (probably more – and, by the way, I read everything from the classics to young adult and sci-fi, I ain’t no literary snot)…out of all thosethere are countless ones I don’t remember reading…and there are a very select few I’ll never forget. One [...]