When times of adversity seem at their worst and defeat seems most assured - hidden from view beneath you, is often the greatest, roller coaster ride.

You have already accomplished the heroic climb and the wonderful value of the hard lessons you have learned will become very clear - and sooner than you imagine.

" Hugging people, black and white photography, photography in general, funky house, Vogue, David Bowie, dancing, pink, making clothes, my cat, Jem and the Holograms, my friends, t-shirts that are vaguely suggestive, t-shirts that are blatantly suggestive, vodka, Heatherette, Marilyn Monroe, Def Leppard, Paris, techno, nachos, sleeping on boats, Incan ruins, origins of clothing, Boston, hot chocolate, flip-flops, dolphins, socks with dolphins, the Yucatan Peninsula, Play-Doh, finding the perfect muffin recipe, Vans, Las Vegas, SCUBA diving, blow torches, Sugar shoes, vintage Versaci (pre-Donatella), technicolor, Disco, purple, celebrity gossip (particularly Lindsay Lohan, it's like watching a train wreck), effects of colors on the human psyche, Betsey Johnson, pirates, Happy Hardcore, road trips, shopping with the fabulous Miss Nancy, my cellphone, Cynthia Steffe, Josie and the Pussycats, ice coffee, getting lost, lollipops, fishnets, rain, my on-going search for the perfect jeans, spur of the moment events in life, seeing the beautiful in the mundane, painting, finding dirty imagery in Disney movies, old-skool Nintendo games, reading, writing, thinking, driving, David Rodriquez, singing in the rain, dancing as the sun comes up, kissing as the sun goes down, running down the street at three a.m. with friends, playing pool badly, Friendly's with the girls, diesel, Urban Outiftters, going to the theatre, Ron White, a good Caesar salad, knitting, stiletto heels, pink shoes, maintaning innocence, Jack Daniels, country music, doing things that involve not sitting on the couch all day, booty house, shiny things, honesty, sincerity, serendipity, deep house, playing in the mud, laughing * * "I want to go everywhere, look at and listen to everything. You can go crazy with some of the wonderful stuff there is in life."