Fictional characters are the same as we are, alive and thriving, broken and full of sorrow, quirky and indecisive. We are an amalgamation of different moving parts and energies and at one point or another we are full of energy and ideas, the hope to live a better fuller life, and at another point we are desperate and destitute. All of this together is what the human experience is made of. FGAF knows that she is all of these things at varying times in life and she doesn't expe

FGAF! was inspired by this amazing light at Hatchet Hall in Culver City. Check it out...the food and the decor is great. Get the cornbread. Back in February of this year, I had been contemplating my little alter ego, FGAF! and I felt her coming out of her shell, yelling, "I"m here! Stop trying to contain me," when she finally showed her face in the lighting at one of our favorite restaurants in LA. I was sitting with my sweet Carlo (the love of my life) and having some perfec

I graduated high school with a GPA of 1.9, and my guidance counselor placed me in the lowest classes, assuming I wasn’t college bound. Because my parents barely graduated from high school themselves, I didn't think much of it. As a child we moved constantly, due to financial struggle, and as a result I was severely behind. After a while, I just gave up. At 12, I suffered a sexual assault which furthered my decline. I told no one. By the age of 13, I had lost all interest in s