“I’m fighting for custody of my kids and have been dealing with a lot of…

Written by Dijon October 4, 2015

“I’m fighting for custody of my kids and have been dealing with a lot of pain, but I’m starting to realize all the negative things my ex tells me about myself aren’t true.”… Read More

“As a Sikh we don’t cut our hair or alter our body in any way.…

Written by Dijon October 4, 2015

“As a Sikh we don’t cut our hair or alter our body in any way. In our view the body is sacred. It’s a gift from God. And God is not a man in the sky. It’s a level of consciousness. It’s an energy you take in when you eat food, a fragrance you take it when you smell a flower, an energy… Read More

“What’s your purpose?”“I’m not sure if I can say what it all is right now…

Written by Dijon October 3, 2015

“What’s your purpose?”“I’m not sure if I can say what it all is right now but as long as I’m following my heart I think I’ll find it. I want to connect with people and for everyone to feel like they have a place to be held and understood. I want to be as authentic as I can and for everyone else… Read More

“I’m an artist so I feel like when people look at my work they’re looking…

Written by Dijon October 3, 2015

“I’m an artist so I feel like when people look at my work they’re looking at my soul. I feel like I’m sharing a very raw version of myself. It’s very vulnerable but it feels so refreshing to do. I would die if I couldn’t make art.”“What kind of art do you make?”“I do mixed media painting. Very colorful, very textural. Read More

“I’m interested in gender theory so I play with that, sexual positivity, and mix it…

Written by Dijon October 3, 2015

“I’m interested in gender theory so I play with that, sexual positivity, and mix it with theater.”“What’s unique about your perspective?”“It’s making things non binary. People have an idea of what men and women are supposed to look like based on media and that can be really oppressive for people. So you have these awesome alternative underground theater groups that are… Read More

“I love doing burlesque. I like playing bizarre characters and bringing different ideas to people’s…

Written by Dijon October 3, 2015

“I love doing burlesque. I like playing bizarre characters and bringing different ideas to people’s ideas of sexuality.”… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about her?”“Her smile and her attitude about everything. It’s…

Written by Dijon October 3, 2015

“What’s one of your favorite things about her?”“Her smile and her attitude about everything. It’s incredibly positive and it makes it easy to be excited about stuff.”“What about you?”“I like his eyes. They’re pretty.”… Read More

“Are you two a couple?”Her - “Uhhh”Him - “Interesting question.”Her - “Yeah, to be determined…”

Written by Dijon October 3, 2015

“Are you two a couple?”Her – “Uhhh”Him – “Interesting question.”Her – “Yeah, to be determined…”… Read More

All hail the KING

Written by Dijon October 2, 2015

All hail the KING… Read More

“He speaks Wolof, French, and a couple languages of his own.”

Written by Dijon October 2, 2015

“He speaks Wolof, French, and a couple languages of his own.”… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about yourself?”“That I’m very loving.”“If I really really knew…

Written by Dijon October 2, 2015

“What’s one of your favorite things about yourself?”“That I’m very loving.”“If I really really knew you I would know that you’re…”“Fragile…and sensitive. I project a ‘I’ve got all of this together’ mentality. It’s a harder the shell softer the center type of thing.”… Read More

“I feel like I’m on the precipice of a lot of really exciting things and…

Written by Dijon October 2, 2015

“I feel like I’m on the precipice of a lot of really exciting things and I don’t really know what any of them are.”… Read More

“Without the ocean, I feel fairly disconnected spiritually. It’s a place, even within a hustling…

Written by Dijon October 2, 2015

“Without the ocean, I feel fairly disconnected spiritually. It’s a place, even within a hustling and bustling city, where I’m able to connect on a deeper level to spirituality. I cry at the ocean all the time. I feel like I’m insignificant and very much held.”… Read More

“Because of my upbringing I was in trauma therapy from 2005. I developed an eating…

Written by Dijon October 2, 2015

“Because of my upbringing I was in trauma therapy from 2005. I developed an eating disorder when I was a sophomore in college. Yoga was the first thing that drew me to healing. In order to really cleanse our traumas from our system there has to be a rewiring of our bodies physiology so we know we’e safe. We’re all just walking reflections… Read More

“I moved out here from Boston in 2002 because I had this epiphany that life…

Written by Dijon October 1, 2015

“I moved out here from Boston in 2002 because I had this epiphany that life could be different. There were all these people carving their own path, doing lots of healing work for themselves and other people. I had this experience in the East Bay where people eat differently and live differently and make choices about what they want to do with their… Read More

“I have many things I love about her. Superficially, she is gorgeous. We’ve been together…

Written by Dijon October 1, 2015

“I have many things I love about her. Superficially, she is gorgeous. We’ve been together almost 4 years and every day I am taken by her beauty. She is also polite, charming and humble. There is so much to love. Not to marginalize her upcoming, but she seems to carry all of these qualities innately. She was born as this beautiful, empathetic, artistic… Read More

“What’s one of your favorites things about him?”“He puts thought into everything he does. When…

Written by Dijon October 1, 2015

“What’s one of your favorites things about him?”“He puts thought into everything he does. When he speaks, when he writes, what eats, and drinks, everything matters to him. He truly believes that the choices he makes, and they way he interacts in the world, matters. There are no hypocrisies in the way he lives his life. I think the world would be… Read More

“What did you feel the first time you met him?”“I just thought he was super…

Written by Dijon October 1, 2015

“What did you feel the first time you met him?”“I just thought he was super handsome! But I didn’t put much thought into it past that, I don’t think either of us did. We were both very happy being single. Our mutual friend had to make some not so subtle attempts to get us pay attention to one another. Maybe she felt… Read More

“Everyone isn’t up to par 100% all the time. Sometimes we lose our way but…

Written by Dijon October 1, 2015

“Everyone isn’t up to par 100% all the time. Sometimes we lose our way but God places things in our path to lead us forward.”“I hear you brother.”“I’m Richard. I’m from Alabama.”… Read More

“I think I have hypochondria but I try to come out here and ask for…

Written by Dijon October 1, 2015

“I think I have hypochondria but I try to come out here and ask for things when I need help. It’s really important for me to keep my manners up.”… Read More

“What’s been your biggest challenge living in San Francisco?”“Keeping up and making ends meet with…

Written by Dijon September 30, 2015

“What’s been your biggest challenge living in San Francisco?”“Keeping up and making ends meet with how the economy’s going.”… Read More

“What are you passionate about?”“Art and video games. Everything from the technical aspects of what…

Written by Dijon September 30, 2015

“What are you passionate about?”“Art and video games. Everything from the technical aspects of what it takes to make them, to this interesting blend of an incredibly wide variety of disciplines that’s so mundane and ubiquitous.”“Are there real world applications to being good at video games?”“As a player? It kinda depends. I think there are a lot of skills that… Read More

“Who’s one of the biggest influences in your life?”“My grandma. She’s very relaxed and taught…

Written by Dijon September 30, 2015

“Who’s one of the biggest influences in your life?”“My grandma. She’s very relaxed and taught me how to be comfortable with myself.” … Read More

“How are you making the world a better place?”“I work in affordable housing, that’s a…

Written by Dijon September 30, 2015

“How are you making the world a better place?”“I work in affordable housing, that’s a big issue here in the Bay. I really like interacting with people and I feel good at the end of the day. It’s tiring but it’s a good tired versus a bad tired.”“What’s your dream for your life here?”“That I can afford to live here.”… Read More