“What’s a difficult situation you overcame in your life and what did you learn?”“I was in Africa volunteering at a program teaching kids and it was too much but I didn’t stop doing it because I wanted to get a scholarship to go to school. I ended up getting in trouble for a part of me that I didn’t recognize or give… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about yourself?“That I like to have fun and I play where ever I go.”“What is play to you?”“Play is being curious about my environment and myself and interacting with that. My dream is to continue to play and help others do that as well.”… Read More

“Who’s been the biggest influence in your life?”“This is gonna sounds cheesy…but I’m gonna say myself. I’ve struggled with mental illness the last couple years and it all came from myself. I needed to shape up and get my shit together. I have my whole life ahead of me and I can’t sit in my room and cry when I’m upset. I’ve… Read More

“What’s your dream for your life?”“My idol is Kathryn Bigelow. I want to be a movie director who empowers women through the media because the media is the vehicle of how our society shapes itself. I’m growing up in the 21st century and not enough women are accomplishing what they want to achieve because we’re stuck in this patriarchal society… Read More

“I’m a designer and I was thinking I want to go to Atlanta.”“Ok, I’m gonna close my eyes. Paint me a picture of your future.”“A bi coastal life. Maybe tri-coastal. San Francisco, New York, LA. Celebrity clients, mostly athletes. Parties in Vogue and GQ. Parties reminiscent of Scarface. Lots of gold, black, and white. A footballer husband, my name in the… Read More

“Something’s gotta change. I’ve eaten pizza 5 days in a row! I think I need to move.”“Where are you from?”“I’m a fucking townie, been in San Francisco my whole life. It feels weird being from here because you kinda don’t feel the need to leave. I know I need to move.”“Why do you need to move?”“I got my out… Read More

“What was the moment you knew you liked him?”Her – “When he told me believe in God.”Him – “For me it was when I noticed she was smart. That she had a brain.”“What tipped you off?’Him – “I could tell just by the way she talked that she had some kind of sense.”… Read More

“We met in Atlanta on New Years!”… Read More

“I was even more fabulous 5 minutes ago when I had my gold roller skates on but I was getting a little too drunk to be skating around.”… Read More

“I’m starting my own braids store!”… Read More

“I’m friendly, I get along with a lot of people. But then again I always keep my boundary.”“What does that mean to you?”“I’m really close with my family and friends that I’ve grown up with.”“Why is it important to keep boundaries with people?”“Because you don’t want some stranger coming into your life that could fuck up something.”… Read More

“What’s your dream for your life?”“I want to be a juvenile probation officer so I can work with kids my age. Do social work and help them out.”“Who influenced you to go in that direction?”“Every since I was little my mom was in and out of the hospital so I spent a lot of time with my dad and my… Read More

“What’s your purpose?”“I’m mostly comfortable with myself. I never think I’m here for doing things or making a change. I like to do things that please me. I know people get anxious about what they’re doing in their life, but I am mostly in my present and as long as I enjoy what I’m doing I’m fine. I don’t really think that… Read More

“What are you passionate about?”“Mostly technical stuff, data analysis.”“What do you like about data analysis?”“You learn unexpected things that you might not observe otherwise.”… Read More

“What’s your favorite thing about yourself?”“Must be my solid stank sense of humor.”… Read More

“Where’d you come up with this dope style?”“Oh…I blame it all on Funkadelic. That’s my family.”… Read More

FYI – This is Part 2 (see Part 1 here:http://on.fb.me/1QuAvy6) 100 Sunrises // Day 25 25 days in and still going strong. Everyday I wake up at 5:45am to meet the sun. This is a San Francisco summer so for the last 10 days or so it’s been so foggy I haven’t been able to see the sun. Nonetheless I… Read More

100 Sunrises // Starting Again It’s been a busy month at Souls of Society. We had the 1st Annual Souls of San Francisco Day (aka my 33rd birthday), we launched a crowdfunding campaign for the Essie Women’s Group (we’ve raised over $22,000), and I moved into a new place in San Francisco. Creating quality daily content on top of the changes that… Read More

“How long y’all been together?”Him – “20 years, 20 minutes, 3 months.”Her – “We met at a concert in March, but we were married in 1792.”“What’s your favorite thing about her?”Him – “She’s awesome. She makes me laugh, and she’s beautiful. She has an amazing demeanor. She’s the best. She’s so gorgeous too…look at her.”Her – “I love… Read More

“You two are looking sharp. Wanna take a picture?”Him – “You want to take a picture? Yeah, sure. I thought you were gonna ask to have sex with my girlfriend.”“Ha! You can just stand right here.”Him – “Okay…want us to take our clothes off?” *** They wanted me to let y’all know if you like there clothes they’re having… Read More

“What are you guys laughing about?”“Nothing in particular. Just enjoying the sun and our cider after work. It’s our favorite thing to do.”“What’s special to you about that cider?”“We’re enjoying a dying thing. Back in the 40’s and 50’s when apples were a really huge staple of our diet there were tons of orchards everywhere. In the 60’s concentrate hit… Read More

“I’ve been here 42 years working in this store.”“What do you like to do when you’re not working?”“There isn’t any time when I’m not working. This place is like a death sentence.”… Read More

“We love to travel. We love the Salton Sea and Joshua Tree. We went to this off the grid city called ‘East Jesus’. It’s this place where dudes set up art trailers. It looks like something from ‘Where the Hills Have Eyes’, you feel like you’re gonna get killed out there, but it’s really cool.”… Read More

“When was the first moment you knew you liked him?”“When I was drunk.”… Read More