Dear Lance,
I am looking forward to writing this letter because usually I am shaking my head or wagging my finger when I offer unsolicited celebrity advice. However, I am writing to give you a great big, "Way to go, Lance!"

So you've declared, "It's time for me to stand up," and recorded a PSA in support of gay teens for the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN). That is AWESOME. Your spot debuts today to set up the 11th annual National Day of Silence on April 25, when students take a vow of silence to protest bullying, harassment and discrimination in schools. Being that I was bullied horribly for being "foreign" (although I was born here) I know the nightmare that is youth on youth harassment. Being bullied changes you.

Good for you for standing up and having pride in yourself although you coming out was less than shocking for most people. Continued success, Lance!

Oh, um, another thing. I almost hate to bring this up but you also said that there is a chance that N'Sync will make another album. Hmmmm. Lance... Wow. Should we really revisit that? While I am in favor of people living their dreams, mayyyyybe this isn't the route to take. I'm just sayin.' I would just look forward to a Lance project instead. Just sayin'...

Yay- Lance!

xo,
a.

Dear Akon,
OK, I admit, I had no idea who you were when Verizon put you on posters everywhere, and I even had a personal snafu someone mentioned you in a meeting and I said, "he looks great" but the picture was of reggae artist Wayne Wonder. I learned about you through the news because of your various mishaps with humping underage girls accidentally and stuff like that. What I will say is that your mia culpas seemed more genuine than most -- and on one occasion, I read that you even put your sorries into a hit song. Kudos!

So now it appears that you have been outed as not having done a 4 year soul searching bid in the pokey for a life of crime as you originally touted but less than 3 months for an erroneous charge which was dropped. Yikes! This is crazy on so many levels. I understand that street cred is an important thing in your business - unfortunately. However, to manufacture prison time to build yourself up is just sad. You have so much going for you.

You are talented-- and how beautiful is it that you are repping the motherland Africa-- can't we let that speak for itself? Instead your songs and albums have names like Konvicted and Locked Up. One of my films has a character who is a rapper called Criminal -- Criminal is a Yale educated dude who pretends that he was doing a 4 year bid while he was in college. Hmmmm.

I am prescribing a course of immediate self evaluation. Stop, drop and roll. Meditate on this and get back to me.

xo,
a.

Dear Elizabeth,

I confess.  I found it is utterly HILARIOUS that Barack Obama asked you on my favorite show The View: "What would happen if someone made a clip of the five stupidest things you've ever said and played them in a continuous loop?"

Um, Lizzy- FYI- PLEASE don't answer that, dear. & Mister President, sorry but this would be a miniseries, not a clip!!!  Elizzy-beck, we could kick it off with you declaring that New Kids on the Block are the Beatles of our generation.  Ai dios mio!

xo,

a. 

Serena Wiliams impassioned blog about love: "You just start dating a guy. And then it happens. What you always suspected would happen one day sooner or later. HE STOPS CALLING. You panic. No phone call. No answer to yours. Nothing. You want to rage, scream, cry..."

My Dear Sister Serena,
YIKES! Keep loving like you've never been hurt, lovey dovey. Life is beautiful and so are you, as well as eternally MULTI talented!!! (And confidentially, don't look now, but your hoo-has are showing through your shirt!)
Hugs/Kisses,
a.

is she or isn't she? a jinx?

someone emailed to ask me this because her dude, football playa, tony romo plays football about as well i do do when she or carrie underwood or whomever is watching.

my dear tony-
there is no JINX, dude. there is no luck. and while i am at it, there are no accidents. all things are in divine order. so take your life by the cajones and make it happen for yourself.

we are the ones we've been waiting for.
xoxoxo,
a.
p.s. i think it's kinda sweet that you totally choke when your girl is around. this means you really care what she thinks. (sorry football fans.) and hopefully tony, this performance anxiety won't translate into other areas.  i'm just sayin.'