Your Neighborhood Professional Deviant

Today I found myself discussing romance twice. The first time, a coworker and I debated the current health status of romance. She says that it's dead. I say it's usually just comatose. Later on in the day, someone else gave Me the assignment to list some things that I think are romantic. So here we are. Gifting was an obvious topic. Don't get Me wrong, I like gifts. Giving and receiving. But there has to be some heart behind it. You can give Me flowers. Ok. You can give me flowers and have a deep love to go with it. Maybe give them on the anniversary of the day we met. Or in remembrance of the first time I said I loved you. Kudos on that idea! You could pick out the specific types of flowers that I love most. This shows that not only do the little details matter, but that you're willing to put effort into romantical stuff. I personally like to send cards. Sure, the romantical ones on birthdays and holidays... but also the Just Cause ones. But it's not really about t...

Sometimes all I need to cheer Myself up is to put a lil flower in My hair :)

Someone told me there's a girl out there, with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.

Today's photo isn't of Me, or of My day to day life so much... it's very important to Me, however. On 10/14/86 My life changed in an irreparable way. My mother passed away after a long, painful battle with lung cancer. Everyone says we're twins and that is the greatest compliment anyone has ever given to Me. I love and miss her so much. Today, and on her birthday, and during Lung Cancer Awareness Month I ask a few things from My fans, clients, coworkers, and friends. Those who send flowers, please send yellow roses. They were My mother's favorites. I can provide an address to send them to via email. And... Help find the cure we need! Donate to the Lung Cancer Alliance: http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/donate/ Donate to the American cancer Society, or help with an event: http://www.cancer.org/Involved/index Take part in the Race For Breath on November 4th: http://www.raceforbreath.active.com/

In 1997 I got My first tattoo. The faded yellow rose you can kinda see under the newer outline. A tribute to My mother. :) This past January I had the option to splurge a lil and get some more ink. You see, as time passed, I grew unhappy with how the one lil rose looked on My chest. So this is what became of it! It's about 50% finished as far as the outline goes, and then it needs color. When it's done there will be a few more roses, all of them will be yellow, there will be buds to go with the Tiger Lily, which will be orange and brown, and there will be Black Eyed Susans, which will be yellow and darkest brown. I might even add a lil blue background to really make it colorful.

I'd love to do a bikini shoot using a Gulmohar tree as a backdrop, but I think I'd have to go south and hunt for some. But it'd be delicious!