Tiffany Limos has got to have IT...

Anything worth having is worth the hardwork and patience.
Sometimes it takes years of hardwork to get to the place where you want to be.
That goes for career and I recently discovered... relationships.
But there is alot of sacrifice involved.
If you are willing to sacrifice and workhard, you will be able to get there.

Spike Lee was always one who told me to work hard.

"Just keep plugging"
"Keep the tenacity!"



In my younger years, I never really believed in God.
But now, I have faith.
Faith in the Universe, in the Lord.
This isn't for everyone, but I've committed myself to the Lord.
That's what has seemed to work for me.
I was a very mean and unbalanced person previously. Many can attest to that.
I've been fortunate to still be living and I've taken that opportunity to change my ways for the better.
Its difficult for me to do the right thing.
I hope that you all out there find a way to stay positive and to always believe that things happen for a reason... and that everything will divinely work itself out.

Los Angeles with Vincent Gallo... Coppola's TETRO & Spike Lee's admiration for the LAKERS

Hey all,

I landed in Los Angeles yesterday and hit the ground running. As soon as I got off of the plane I went to the Tetro Premiere in Los Angeles. Thanks to Vincent Gallo... and he's starring in the new film! It was good to see Andrew Durham, Melodie McDaniel, Sofia and Roman Coppola, and the usual suspects. A$A came with me. The movie was great and the little reception was alot of fun. Tetro premiered at Cannes in the Fort Night section. I was in Cannes during the second week so I missed the premiere there but this premiere wasn't sooooo bad. It was probably better since my "Los Angeles" friends were there and I hadn't seen them in years. GREAT TO SEE VINCENT too.

Tomorrow I am going to the editing room.

Saturday I will be on another writing sabbatical.

I am too busy.
Good.

TL

Hiatus.... with a stop over in New York.

Hey guys,

I am watching Pars vite et reviens tard and it's 4:43am my time. I won't say where I am exactly but its Wednesday. I am very tired.

New York was eventful and short. I arrived at 5pm on Saturday and went straight to a premiere of Passing Strange that Spike Lee personally invited me to. My cousin Jean Grae and Kareem Black canceled on me. Karl Cyprien couldn't make it last minute. So Lia Martinez saved the day and joined me. I hadn't seen her since 2007 but we had been corresponding over the years. I wasn't sure what to expect with the film and I don't particularly like Broadway and it was a film of a Broadway play. I wasn't sure why Spike filmed it but after it was all said and done. I was so thrilled that I was invited to the screening because it touched me. I wanted to cry during the film but I didn't want people to see me. It reminded me alot of myself! You just have to see it! The actors were amazing and Spike captured the energy of the play. The actors in the play are so talented, I really hope to see them working in the future. I loved it! Lia and I than had some New York pizza with soda and called it a night. There were several calls on my phone but I just couldn't answer them. I was exhausted. I went to hang out with Marissa and John but John was upstate doing a skate charity.

Sunday was just as eventful. I hung out with Marissa, Monihan later on. Than I went to a Senegalese restaurant on 116th St. with Oona and Paul to celebrate Michel Gondry's birthday! It was great. My friend Leyla from Hearts Revolution came to meet up with us for a minute than we all split and went home.

Monday I left really early to go to the airport. I really wanted to leave Sunday but I can't complain. At least I got to see Michel before he left, he also left on Monday at 5am because he is working on the Green Hornet film in Los Angeles for one year.

I wanted some films as soon as I landed. I had alot of packages that were delivered to me. It was fun opening all of them. I had some dvd's and shoes delivered to me. Two of the things that I love most. Than went to sleep.
My dog Snappy woke my up earlier than I wanted to wake up and I watched more films. I returned some films and took a nap. Now here I am.

I have alot to do before I leave again...
I plan on being overseas for a long time so I am having another huge sale. I usually have an annual sale but this time I am selling more than usual.

I am selling a 1998 Toyota Four Runner and a 1992 BMW for reasonable prices.
I am going to be selling alot of books and dvds on Amazon.com and I will be selling clothing, jewelry, shoes, collectibles on EBay.com

I will post more information on here once I get it together.
I have an assistant named Rain who will be posting things on the internet and I will have her update this blog with the information if I am overseas.

I hope everyone is well rested and happy.
Life is short, live it the way you want to.

Best,
Tiffany Limos

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75 Questions You've Probably Never...

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1. First thing you wash in the shower?
My face

2. What color is your favorite hoodie?
Red

3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Yes

4.Do you plan outfits?
No

5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?
Great

6. Whats the closest thing to you thats red?
My hoodie

7. Do you say aim or a-i-m?
AIM

8. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?
It was about Nicolas Cazale & Salim Kechiouche

9. Did you meet anybody new today?
No

10. What are you craving right now?
Caffiene

11. Do you floss?
Yes

12. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
Patch

13. When was the last time you talked on aim?
I was on Skype

14. Are you emotional?
Not anymore

15. Would you dance to the taco song?
Yeah.

16. Have you ever counted to 1,000?
No

17. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
Lick it.

18. Do you like your hair?
YES

19. Do you like yourself?
YES

20. Have you ever met a celebrity?
YES

21. Do you like cottage cheese?
NO, my sister does

22. What are you listening to right now?
A movie called Have Mercy on US

23. How many countries have you visited?
Too many to list

24. Are your parents strict?
No

25. Would you go sky diving?
No

26. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush?
Yes

27. Would you throw potatoes at him?
No

28. Is there anything sparkly in the room you’re in?
Yes, Crystal Chandellier

29. Have you ever been in a castle?
Yes

30. Do you rent movies often?
YESSSSSS!!!!!!

31. Who sits in behind you in your math class?
I have a private tutor, I don't take math

32. Have you made a prank phone call?
Yes

33. Do you own a gun?
Yes

34. Can you count backwards from 74?
Yeah

35. Who are you going to be with tonight?
Alone

36. Brown or white eggs?
Brown

37. Do you own something from Hot Topic?
Hell No.

38. Ever been on a train?
Yes

39. Ever been in love?
Yes, many times

40. Do you have a cell-phone?
Several

41. Are you too forgiving?
No

42. Do you use chap stick?
YES, I have too many different kinds.

43. What is your best friend doing tomorrow?
Yes

44. Can you use chop sticks?
Yes

45. Ever have cream puffs?
Yeah

46. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect?
NO

47. What was the last question you asked?
I asked my mom about Manny Pacquiao

48. What was the last CD you bought?
Ciara and Jay-Z (Philippines)

49. Boys or girls?
Both

50. What is your bus number for school?
I drive

51. Is your hair curly?
Yes and long.. and dark...

52. Last time you cried?
January 31st 2009

53. Ever walked into a wall?
Yeah

54. Do looks matter?
YES

55. Have you ever bought anything from Pac Sun?
NOOOOOO

56. Have you ever slapped someone?
Yes

57. Favorite time of the year?
Summer

58. Favorite color?
Black, Red, Blue, Purple, Green, Yellow

59. Are you sarcastic?
Yes

60. Do you have any tattoos?
Used to

61. The last person you held hands with?
Olivier Pere

62. Do you sleep with the TV on?
Sometimes

63. Where was your default picture taken at?
France

64. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people?
Probably

65. Do you like your life right now?
Yes, it gets better everyday

66. How often do you talk on the phone?
Never

67. What is your favorite animal?
Snappy my dog, toy poodle

68. What was the most recent thing you bought?
Martin Margiela boots

69. Do you have good vision?
Yes

70. Can you hula hoop?
Yes

71. Could you ever forgive a cheater?
Depends

72. Do you have a job?
Yes, I am a writer

73. Can you handle the truth?
Yes

74. What are you wearing?
Black pants, white/black striped tank

75. Have you ever crawled through a window?
Yes, Michel Gondry's brother's house in LA

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Today's BLAST from the PAST... Tahiti 2005 ! Noa Noa !

Of course you know the famous photo where I had been crying for hours:

There were some paintings in Tahiti made from this picture (I don't know why) but I will post it as soon as I find it on my other computer.





In the same magazine and separate article. Tarita Brando.


I wanted to put this up because I have had Tarita on my mind and because Tahiti/Paris are like my second homes now in 2009. Its funny to read in this article I say that I am living between Los Angeles and Mexico City! Wow, so much has changed since then. That is not the case now at all.
I have had Tahiti and Paris on my mind everyday as well.
So I found it appropriate to blast this from the past.
Every month or so I do that, I will just reflect from my past.
(in one way or another)
Great things always happen for me in France, I don't know why?
French was the second language I learned besides English.
I even learned it before I learned Tagalog, the Philippines national language.
But to be honest I know Spanish alot better than I do Tagalog. Tagalog is spoken to me everyday and its on tv but I don't speak it as well as I do Spanish.
I guess it was because I WAS living in Mexico City and Oaxaca City in 2005!
The funny thing is that I look the same which I used to dislike but I am so grateful that I haven't aged and gotten any wrinkles like the other people I know.
But my body has filled out. Moi derrière et moi bustier ajustements plus fortement!
So I have this baby face with a woman's body. I do not have the body I had when I was 25.

I don't speak French unless I have to. But all of that will change because I am well loved in France and they have been my biggest supporters since 1999. I owe the French alot and I will update you on my progress with my work there.

I can't tell you how much I love France!
And since Tahiti is one of its colonies, I am an honorary French woman...
Tahiti aka French Polynesia!

* Look up Tahiti if you are interested. There is alot of culture there. Here is a link.

Tahiti Info!

Spike Lee reveals how he got ahead...

April 5, 2009

BY AMY MCCONNELL SCHAARSMITH | PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE/SHNS
Film director Spike Lee, one of the few African-American filmmakers to achieve widespread success, prescribed a formula recently to college students who want to follow his example: Find a trade they love, hone their skills and work hard even when they don’t feel like it.

“Do not believe this thing called overnight success — there is no such thing,” he told a throng inside the David Lawrence Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus last week. “Anyone who’s a success had to bust their (rear) for it. That means when you’re tired, when you’re grumpy, when you’re sick, you have to do more.”

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Lee, whose films include “Do the Right Thing,” “Jungle Fever” and “Malcolm X,” was invited to speak by the university’s Black Action Society.

A Brooklyn native who had just finished his sophomore year at Morehouse College in the summer of 1977, Lee shot his first raw footage during the blackouts, disco parties and widespread fear created by the Son of Sam murders. The footage ultimately became ’Last Hustle in Brooklyn’ and was the beginning of Lee’s passion for filmmaking — a passion he found after two years of drifting through college with mediocre grades, he said.

Now, Lee said, he thanks God every day for letting him do work he loves. Partying at college is fine, Lee said, but students also need to find their passion and figure out how to make a living at it — even if that career doesn’t match other people’s expectations of them.

“The majority of people on this earth go to their graves after slaving their whole lives at a job they hate,” he said.

Get to know me... and I LOVE Eva Green.

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Name	Tiffany Limos
Birthdate	1/31/1980
Birthplace	Dallas, TX, USA
Current Location	Paris, France
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Black
Height	5\'6\"
Weight	110
* . . What
Zodiac Sign	Aquarius
Ethnicity	Polynesian
Body Type	Voluptuous
Favorite Food	Spinach
Favorite Drink	Water
Favorite Animal	Snappy my dog
Best Physical Feature	My eyes
Fears	None
* . . Have you ever . . *
Drank	Yes
Smoked	Yes
Shoplifted	Never
Skinny Dipped	YES
Had Sex	Yes
Been Dumped	No
Had A Boyfriend/Girlfriend	Yes
* . . Looking In For A Guy/Girl. . *
Fav Eye Color	Dark Brown or Bright Blue
Fav Hair Color	Dark Brown or Blonde
Short or Long Hair	Short
Looks or Personality	Both
Love or Money	Both
Hot or Cute	Hot
Muscular or Really Skinny	Both, depends

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Favorite new actresses?	Eva Green (hands down)
Favorite old actresses?	Anna Karina
Favorite new actors?	Salim Kechiouche
Favorite old actors?	Marlon Brando
Who do you resemble?	Bruce Weber says Tarita Brando
What is your favorite film?	My Secret
Have you met any new actors?	Salim Kechiouche
Who was the last person you partied with?	Andre Saraiva
What do you think about America?	Too Puritanical
Whose style do you like the most?	Individual Style
What DJ did you hear last?	Busy P
What languages do you speak?	English, Spanish, French, Tagalog
What instruments do you play?	Piano, Flute, Harp
Do you have a crush on someone right now?	Yes
Where does he/she live?	Not where I am at right now
Is he/she hot?	YES!
Who was the last person you spoke to?	Larry Clark
Who was the last person you caught up with?	Spike Lee
Who was the last person you left a message with?	Quentin Tarantino
Who hasn't returned your message?	Paul Gondry
What was the last song you listened to?	Usher - Love in this Club & MGMT
Do you like Tahiti?	I love it.
Do you like France?	I love it.
Do you like The Philippines?	I love it sometimes.
What don	America.
Have you ever done a drug?	Love
What are you addicted to?	Love
What do you do in your spare time?	Love
What else don't you like?	Over-priced anything!
What do you love?	Focusing on me.
What do you usually buy?	? Usually buy? Computers, blackberries, dvds, & anything pertaining to cinema
Have you met anyone cool lately?	Gael Morel - he is sooo sweet!
What do you believe in?	God, Prayer, & Forgiveness
Do you believe in sin?	Yes
Do you believe in fate?	Yes
Do you have kids?	No
What cities were you in this month?	Dallas, New York, Paris, Austin
Who is annoying?	People who feel they are entitled
What is annoying?	Americans and their outlook, Studios in Hollywood - they make everything less creative
What do you love most of all besides your family?	Cinema
What is your sister like?	Loving
What is your mother like?	Angel
What is your dad like?	Funny
Where are you now?	In my own house
How do you feel?	Extremely Happy
What are you wearing?	?
How long is your hair?	To the bottom of my back - Polynesian style
You are on hiatus, right?	YES
When will you come out?	When I am done writing.
What is going on for you in the future?	Many great projects!
Who stalks you?	Someone's mother! She knows who she is. There are also strange people who dislike me AND stalk me but I love that. HA!
Did you ever beat anyone up?	Yes
Do you dislike some people?	YES
Who are some friends you haven	Victoria Clay, Tatiana Von Furstenberg, Liv Tyler, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Devon Mata, Devon Aoki, and I want to see my cousins!
Have you ever been to Italy?	Yes, with Yoko Ono and Martin Scorsese
What was that like?	GREAT and FUN!
What were you doing there?	Venice Film Festival and La Biennale di Venezia
Are you sleepy?	Very sleepy, thanks.
What will you dream of?	Whatever I dream of comes true!
Will you pray?	Of course. Whatever I pray for comes true too! I am blessed.

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I really adore Eva Green. She is my favorite actress right now. Here is a snippet of why I adore her. Look her up if you don't know who she is.

In addition to her acting career, Green has modeled for Breil, Emporio Armani, Lancôme, Heineken, and Christian Dior SA's "Midnight Poison" perfume, in an advert directed by Wong Kar-wai. She followed in her mother's footsteps by supporting Unicef. She has also expressed interest in returning to the theatre, and has no plans to go to work in Hollywood because, "The problem with Hollywood is that the studios are super powerful, they have far more power than the directors. My ambition at this moment is just to find a good script." She added she would probably just get typecast as a femme fetale there.
I LOVE EVA GREEN!

No one is more humble and intelligent as Eva. She is a goddess with killer looks

What I love about Eva so much is that she understands what its like to just want to work with great people whether its in front of the camera or behind. She isn't like the American actresses I know. Don't get me wrong, I have many American actress friends but there is a huge difference between the way the American actresses are trained to work than the European and Asian actresses. The Asian and European actresses get to work with directors who are extremely creative because unlike America, they do not have studios sucking all the creativity out of the process. If you are in the business you know what I am talking about. There is nothing wrong with working with the studios and there is nothing wrong with not wanting to work with the studios. I prefer to make movies that have a strong script and I prefer to make movies in a country where nudity isn't the topic of conversation. Eva is right, America has violence on the streets and on screen but they are so afraid of sex! I am not going to call out directors I know but most of them in America shy away from nudity but will not think twice about using violence. There is nothing wrong with sex or the naked body. We see our naked body everyday. There is nothing wrong with sex. Unless you are in the church or a total prude, you've had sex with yourself or with someone else so its not that big of a deal. And I hate it when American actresses have to defend themselves or talk about why they did a nude scene. WHO CARES! There was a certain actress I saw the other on tv and she was explaining that her scenes were not gratuitous. I started to laugh so hard. Since when has being naked been gratuitous???!!! Only in America they would make you feel that being naked or having sex is gratuitous! That is absurd and ridiculous! I wished those actresses would shut up sometimes and just listen to what they are saying!

I always felt that Eva was the only peer who understood where I was coming from. Well Liv Tyler understood me very well AND she also worked with Bertolucci. I love being in Asia and Europe because they understand me quite well. That is where my destiny lies.

"Eva is so beautiful, it's indecent" - Bertolucci

Spike Lee's in Texas! Who isn't stopping through TEXAS? Yee-haw!

THESE BLOGS ARE A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER, BUT BARE WITH ME. THANKS.

March 25th 2009
Spike Lee was in town to shoot a commercial. I happened to be in town as well. We met up and caught up. He is a swell chum. I don't have photos because Mr. Lee doesn't like having his photo taken. He was a little traumatized by meeting me in the lobby because he got mobbed. Understood.

I am grateful and blessed to have a mentor like Spike. He is truly a genius with a kind giving heart. He also has a great sense of humor. (ha ha ha)
(He's an Aries TOO! damnnit!)

I don't care what anyone says, Spike is the man and I will defend him till the death! If you don't know what his work has done for the industry, please do your homework.

AND SPIKE'S BIRTHDAY WAS MARCH 20TH!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIKKKKEEEEEE!

Some of you might get why I put this video up here: (ha ha ha)














THERE ARE A TON MORE ON YOUTUBE.COM
I am too sleepy to put all of them up right now, thanks.

Goodnight!
Bonne Nuit.

Andre Saraiva x Busy P x Tiffany Limos + more FRANCE + PHARRELL WILLIAMS

If you don't know who these people are, google them. Thanks! I also added photos to the blog 3/04/09 - 3/11/09. Check it out!

MARCH 19th 2009 below:

I have my own piece of art by Andre! Gregory resting on me.

Andre Saraiva and Gregory Bernard


Andre Saraiva and Gregory Bernard - the graffiti in the background by Andre


Gregory rocking the FUCT x TIFFANY LIMOS x LARRY CLARK shirt!


Pedro aka Busy P eating cotton candy with Andre


Pedro, Gregory, Andre


Pedro, Gregory, Andre


P x T ............ in DALLAS, TEXAS.


Its LOVE between me and Andre...


REAL LOVE. Mr. A & Ms. T


Pedro getting busy.


Matthew Giese - the owner of the club and my friend, Andre and Pedro dancing!


Matthew, Andre, and Pedro... fun!


More fun.


The guy to the right is PARKER. He is from Texas, he dj's, he's part of the crew!


Gregory with his sexy face... dancing.


Andre and Pedro getting it on.


Gregory and the girl of the NIGHT!


Timothy, Parker, Andrea, Matthew... Dallas in da house!


My elevator picture.

I was stuck in New York and trying to get home to Texas. I finally arrived on the 18th and I kicked my feet up for a nap. THAN!!! My phone rang and it was Andre Saraiva. He came a day early! All I thought was, "Oh shit!" He wanted to meet for dinner and/or great red wine but in Dallas, things close early. So I hopped up and put a Herve Leger outfit on with Tahitian pearls... and jammed to the W hotel where we met up. I met Gregory Bernard and he was the coolest cat. So cool. I brought gifts for Andre, one was a book that Larry Clark did called Los Angeles. Andre loved it! SCORE for me. We met up with the Belvedere people and than we went to Suite Club to check things out. I got a little drunk and went off, thank goodness I calmed down. I don't think drinking mixes well with me. Too many bad things have happened to me when I have drank too much. Somehow we called it a night.

The morning of the 19th, I don't hear a peep. Than I get a text from Gregory. I suppose I am supposed to head down there to meet up with them and its 3pm. I don't make it till 5pm and I see Andre and Gregory sitting infront of the hotel! LORD. They are bored. We walk to get cigarettes and I call my friend Matthew Giese to take us on a tour. Andre wanted me to take him on a tour but I hadn't been to Dallas in years... and when I do come to Dallas I am busy with my family and writing... so knowing knowledge of Dallas wasn't my cup of tea. Matthew took us around in his BMW and we learned alot about Dallas. We went to Nieman Marcus and took photos. We loved the fact that no one was shopping at the downtown location. We compared it to how busy Paris was for shopping and how everyone hates shopping with the crowds in Paris. People come from all over the world JUST to shop in Paris. We went to the JFK memorial before that though and had a great time. There were families there with us and we stuck out like three sore thumbs. Me with my Yoko hippie hair and knee high boots... and skin tight black dress. We than went to Centre and looked around because Andre wanted sunglasses, than he wanted to look at the ones from American Apparel... no luck. Than we went to Starbucks.

Matthew than took us to a place called PEGGY SUE's for some real Texas brisket and BBQ ribs. We sat there and enjoyed the place. I couldn't believe how Texan it was. There was a Rock Hudson poster dedicated and signed to Peggy Sue. There was one woman who looked like she was transplanted from the 80's in the restaurant and Andre was all over her style. Gregory was explaining to Andre in French what the different choices were since he used to work in Washington and had dined at the Texan/Republican restaurant dedicated to the politians from Texas working in the area. You couldn't get anymore Texan than this place.

Than we went back to the hotel and met up with Pedro Winter aka Busy P.

It was fun to see him because it had been really difficult meeting up with him due to our schedules. We went downstairs to meet Matthew after getting ready. Made an appearance at the club Suite. Than we decided to go to DALLAS GENTLEMEN'S CLUB!
I am not joking. The bootiest club in the world. During the car ride we saw a Whataburger and Pedro wanted to eat there but we didn't have time. He wanted to blog about it, oh well. Once inside of the club they took all of our cameras! Damn. Andre, Gregory, and Pedro were going to die! Matthew and I were laughing. It was so crazy I can't even tell you. Pedro didn't want to look at the girls and he just wanted to watch the tv basketball game. We started to talk a bit until a dancer got inbetween our faces and told us that Gregory bought Pedro a dance. HA! I won't go into detail with that one.

Than I look up and Andre is taking ones and putting them inside the girl on the stage! It was a riot! DAMN.... They were the only non-black people in the room. I was a little inbetween. But it was half awkward and half hilarious.
Pedro demanded to go back to the CLUB Suite!

We went back to the club and we saw The Misshapes there! They were finished with their set and Pedro got his Busy P. on. He rocked the whole club and people fell in love with him on the dance floor. He really put a great show on. By the end of the night he was dancing all over the floor by himself!!!!!!!!! ha.

Gregory went crazy on the dance floor and he definitely was having the time of his life. Andre was also enjoying the Dallas scene. It was a night to remember.

Afterwards, we went back to the hotel, chilled, and than parted ways.

(BECAUSE.... we all were headed to Austin for SXSW the next day and it was already 4am... and Pedro was heading to a gig in San Francisco... and to meet up with homie Jeremy Scott...)

BELOW MORE PHOTOS FROM EMMA PICK, TAKEN WHEN I WAS IN PARIS. 3/11/09




A long view of myself in Scott's hallway with one of my favorite books, Angela's Ashes. Wearing Catherine Deneuve's Yves Saint Laurent dress.


Front shot wearing Azzedine Alaia.


Wearing Pucci, reading & writing.

MORE PHOTOS LISTED UNDER MARCH 18TH, THE TITLE SHOULD SAY, "FRENCH PHOTOS BY EMMA PICK!"

BELOW PHOTOS BY KRIS DEWITTE AT THE FAMOUS FRENCH CEMETERY WHERE OSCAR WILDE, JIM MORRISON,EDITH PIAF, MARIA CALLAS, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN BURIED.











BELOW PHOTOS THAT CLAUDIA WU TOOK OF ME IN PARIS.









Well she basically took all of the photos that had myself in them throughout the trip. Thanks Claudia!

MARCH 24TH 2009... WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO PHARRELL???
Mmmm, I haven't seen Pharrell in a while. So when someone sent this to me, I couldn't help but laugh until my eyes started to tear.

Seems like everyone is in Paris, even if its for a lay-over from Malaysia.

What'chu kno bout Mickie-D's??????

Counting down the days...

My last days as a 28 year old!

What was my year like? GREAT!

Claudia and I went to the Coffee Shop for my birthday dinner and I just ended up texting Andre during the whole dinner. Then we ended up going to The Grammercy Hotel to hang with him and Damon Dash shows up with Margarita Missioni, Irina, Erin (I forget her lastname), just all these people...

February was a blur last year, just fashion week and wait, Claudia and I spent a great deal of 2008 working on Me Magazine. I didn't leave New York until APRIL! That's insane. Then I went back home to chill with my Texas homies and then headed to Asia.

By this time Brad Renfro and Heath Ledger have passed away.

Work-wise, Winter/Spring Larry and I worked together.
During the summer, still working. Writing is so tedious! The real test of patience.

While I was in Texas I hung out with the homies Play-n-Skillz. I went to my first Lil Wayne concert and died. Everyone knows I am one of Lil Wayne's biggest fans! I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know, Skillz played that song, GOT MONEY, for me before it was mastered and he was like just remember you heard it here first. And when that song got on the album I was like HOLY SHIT ... NAH, BEFORE IT WAS ON THE ALBUM THE SONG WAS ON FIRE... BUT YA'LL KNOW SKILLZ IS THE MAN. He is the mastermind behind alot of those beats, for all of you who know about music and Southern hiphop! I also hung out with Boog and Pilar, two of my bestest friends in the whole wide world!

Spike Lee invited me to the premiere of his film, Miracle at St. Anna, and I went to it in Los Angeles. Teodorín Nguema Obiang was there with me. I ended up hanging out with my friend Asa and never left her crib in Venice! We ended up making alot of cool art together and I spent all my time on the WEST coast. I hung out with DOC and Nu Jerzey Devil... and tons of others I hadn't seen like my good friend Dion Watkins.

I voted in Los Angeles.
I celebrated Halloween in Los Angeles.
I celebrated the Election in Los Angeles.
And I met Yacine who was pretty cool.
Oh yeah! I saw all my French homies in Los Angeles that night as well. Ed Bangers.

Than I was back in Dallas to see a DJ Z-Trip show at The House of Blues with my friend Matthew Giese, he owns Suite Club in Dallas. I don't know what else I did, Oh Yeah... hit up DG's!!! LMAO!

Right now, Winter, I am embarking on the final 2 drafts! This will take time. I just got off the phone with Claudia and she said that she couldn't do that, she would go crazy. Its pretty crazy to do rewrites and spend your days working on a subject you have been writing about for the last 7 years. Well its almost done. The hard work will be all worth it.

Well here is the countdown of my final days being 28!!!!!!!!!!



Quark Henares and I at Katz Deli in New York, April 2008.

Stephen King, one of my many influences

King has a very simple formula for learning to write well: "Read and write four to six hours a day. If you cannot find the time for that, you can't expect to become a good writer." He sets out each day with a quota of 2000 words and will not stop writing until it is met. He also has a simple definition for talent in writing: "If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented."

When asked why he writes, King responds: "The answer to that is fairly simple–there was nothing else I was made to do. I was made to write stories and I love to write stories. That's why I do it. I really can't imagine doing anything else and I can't imagine not doing what I do."

More Stephen King

I have received other writing (career) advice from Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Michel Gondry, Larry Clark, Wong Kar-Wai, Ang Lee, Sarah Driver, and my teachers at New York University. I am debating whether to publish them here or save it for later? Nah. We'll see. (if you really want to know, I will tell you)

I think I'd rather just sit with some old writer friends and discuss this topic until I come out with a little pamphlet of advice or just decide to write it on here. Its pretty interesting what people have had to say in the past about writing and their discipline with it. Very interesting and helpful.

I just can't remember the last time I sat down with them though... ie. Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, Arthur Bradford, Emma Forrest, etc. Where are these guys? Tried getting in touch with them but seems like we are all growing up. I heard one got married, one had a baby, and one I just can't seem to get ahold of and I hope she is alive still!

Well that's my little two cents babble on writing for now.