A: I'll tell you anything... I'm an open book. Beaches and wine and food are nice, but not necessary.
A: my dog
my dad
pepsi
my besties
a purpose
A: I'm a writer, which means I'm an artist, which means I can be incredibly sensitive and, well, bitchy when I feel dismissed.
A: Read, cook, write, play with my dog and annoy my friends with 19th century British poetry.
A: "How" is less important than "why" - I go the extra mile when I'm called to, when I feel passionate about something, and when I feel like my integrity, friends or family need me to.
A: Playing with my pit bull. (And seriously, only doggie racists don't like pitties) I also have a mischievous tendency to comment on other people's conversations.
A: This is not a happy story - but a few years ago, a close friend confided in me that he had been raped by his boss. I was the first person he told, and I will always be grateful that he felt safe and secure enough to come to me when he needed someone to help him through a horrific period in his life. If I do nothing else in this world, I'll go to my grave knowing I made a difference for him.
A: As a former colleague once put it, "the way I move through the world" - you'd really have to meet me in person to understand what she was talking about. Put more simply, I am who I am, and I embrace every aspect of it with an honesty bordering on ruthlessness.
A: Unflinching integrity.
A: punk rock poet
A: In my 20's - another lifetime ago - I traveled extensively for work, and now I'm enjoying a period where I tend to stay close to home. I'm also a transplant to LA, so just discovering the hidden gems of my new hometown is all the adventure I need for now. But. I will not meet my maker without having seen Paris and Rome.
A: I'm not perfect, s'mores pop tarts are my kryptonite. But in general, I don't eat a lot of sugar, and I eat even less processed foods. I cook for myself - usually veggies, rice and chicken for dinner. I lift weights, and I make a point of using the Hollywood Hills as my own personal leg workout.
A: As boring as it sounds, I eat healthy, I exercise, I play with my dog, I read a lot, I pray (to Gaia, usually), I'm deeply concerned with the state of the world and my own place in it.
A: Well... without getting into specifics that will get me in trouble... I've won a national game show...
A: I'm deeply intuitive, and 100 percent empathic. I can feel the emotions of people around me - something that seriously screwed me up as a kid (I would be sad when the people around me were sad, but since I didn't understand how unique that ability is, it made me question my own worth when I would be sad, and the people around me weren't). But as an adult, I've come to understand that God's blessings are often cold-edged like that, and it's our obligation to see the value and worth in ourselves and in the blessings He bestows.
A: My playfulness, bordering on the silly, and my preternatural serenity. Once, my friend's car broke down in the fast lane during rush hour traffic in Orange County. While my buddies were having a panic attack, I was having the time of my life - anything can be an adventure if you have the right mindset.