I feel like my dating life has become a national pastime, and Im not comfortable providing that entertainment anymore.

It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.

We don’t just live in a celebrity take-down culture; we live in a take-down culture. People will find anything about you and twist it to where it’s weird or wrong or annoying or strange or bad. You have to live your life not only in spite of people who don’t understand you - you have to have more fun than they do.

Seems like the only one who doesn't see your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at you.

What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream.

Mom is a planner, an organizer. She's very strong and practical. She's the person that'll tell me if I ever start to change my personality. The balance of the two of them created my personality.

My parents moved across the country so I could pursue a dream.