Entrevista

• Si nos sentamos en la playa, a beber y comer solo tú y yo, ¿qué me contarías de tu persona y tu vida?
  I'll tell you anything... I'm an open book. Beaches and wine and food are nice, but not necessary.
• Nombra 5 cosas sin las que no puedes vivir.
  my dog
  my dad
  pepsi
  my besties
  a purpose
• ¿Cuéntanos un poco acerca de ti mismo? Algo que te gustaría que otros sepan absolutamente sobre ti.
  I'm a writer, which means I'm an artist, which means I can be incredibly sensitive and, well, bitchy when I feel dismissed.
• ¿Cuáles son tus pasatiempos e intereses?
  Read, cook, write, play with my dog and annoy my friends with 19th century British poetry.
• ¿Qué “esfuerzo adicional” haces en tu vida?
  "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.
• ¿Qué haces para divertirte?
  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.
• Cuéntanos acerca de la mejor experiencia que has tenido en la vida.
  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.
• ¿Qué te distingue de todas las demás personas que conoces?
  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.
• ¿Cuál dirías son tus mayores atributos?
  Unflinching integrity.
• ¿Cuál es tu "especialidad" o que te apasiona?
  punk rock poet
• ¿Con qué frecuencia viajas? ¿Prefieres viajar o eres una persona hogareña?
  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.
• ¿Qué tipo de dieta y rutina de ejercicios sigues?
  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.
• ¿Cuáles son tus características específicas de estilo de vida que te hacen quién eres?
  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.
• ¿Qué te gustaría que los lectores supieran acerca de ti que es único e incluso un poco personal?
  Well... without getting into specifics that will get me in trouble... I've won a national game show...
• ¿Qué deben saber otros con absoluta certeza acerca de ti?
  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.
• ¿Qué es lo que más te gusta de ti?
  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.