Be Smart, Be Thoughtful, Be Generous.

Vulnerability Is The Essence Of Romance. It's The Art Of Being Uncalculated, The Willingness To Look Foolish, The Courage To Say, 'this Is Me, And I'm Interested In You Enough To Show You My Flaws With The Hope That You May Embrace Me For All That I Am But, More Important, All That I Am Not.'

The Truth Is That I'm An Idiot. I Am. I Don't Do Things By The Rules Sometimes. I Say Things That I Probably Shouldn't Say. I Push Buttons. I Deserve To Be Made Fun Of. And I Feel Like, As Soon As You Can Make Fun Of Something, It Instantly Removes The Fear.

I Don't Buy These Rag Magazines That Feed Off Of Stolen, You Know, Press. They're Basically Stealing Someone's Image In Order To Make Money For Themselves... They Wait At The End Of My Street In Their Cars. Every Time I Exit My Home, I Have Company.

If Google Decided At Any Point To Publish My Search History, Or Your Search History, Or Anyone's Search History, There's A Litany Of Things They Could Idea Police You About, And If It Was Published, You Would Be Publicly Shamed. Everyone Would Be Publicly Shamed. But We Trust Google, And We Trust The People That Run That Company.

My Mom Was More Into The Yelling. She Was The Enforcer. She Was The One That Laid Down The Law. My Dad Made Up The Rules, But My Mom Laid Down The Law. It's Not Her Words, It's Her Tone That Sticks With Me.