Book List, Part 1

As promised, I'm posting a list of all the books I'd like to read next year. I read at a pretty rapid rate, so don't worry, I'll accomplish it! [Especially when I'm at home, in South Florida, I read about ten books a week.]

These are also good suggestions of books to bring to your appointment, in case you can't decide. 

I won't claim to know a lot about all of these books, some I've just heard the name of, some were Jeopardy clues I've missed [I hate missing questions on Jeopardy. I feel like Alex is disappointed in me, since he clearly knows all the answers] and some are actually rereads. My list is going to be 200 books long, hence the title of this post. I want to leave it open for a while, so that if you have any suggestions for me, I can add on. Feel free to email me with any suggestions, I love input. Books are the main source of my education. No class, other than life experience, resounds with me more.

Take a look over the list!

ITALICIZED BOOKS I HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED

1.  The Fault in Our Stars—John Green

2.  Looking For Alaska—John Green

3.  An Abundance of Kathrines—John Green

4.  Henry & June—Anais Nin

5.  Little Birds—Anais Nin

6.  The Fountainhead—Ayn Rand

7.  The Luminaries: A Novel—Eleanor Catton

8.  Fear of Flying—Erica Jong

9.  Women as Lovers—Elfriede Jelinek

10.  Infinte Jest—David Foster Wallace

11.  Expuery—Antoine de Saint

12.  Discourse on the Method—Rene Descartes

13.  Life After Life—Kate Atkinson

14.  The Orphan Master’s Son—Adam Johnson

15.  The Goldfinch—Donna Tartt

16.  Gravity’s Rainbow—Thomas Pynchon

17.  Winesburg, Ohio—Sherwood Anderson

18.  Tropic of Cancer—Henry Miller

19.  The Spy Who Came in From the Cold—John le Carre

20.  The Autobiograph of Alice B. Tolkas—Gertrude Stein

21.  The Alanna the Lioness series—Tamora Pierce

22.  Gone With The Wind—Margaret Mitchell

23.  A Moveable Feast—Ernest Hemmingway

24.  Go Tell it on the Mountain—James Baldwin

25.  Beloved—Tony Morrison

26.  The Lost Years of Merlin series—T. A. Barron

27.  Brideshead Revisted—Evelyn Waugh

28.  On Writing—Steven King

29.  Imagined Communities—Benedict Anderson

30.  Speak, Memory—Valdimir Nabokov

31.  Lolita—Vladamir Nabokov

32.  Walden—Henry David Thoreau

33.  The Power Broker—Robert Caro

34.  Some collected works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

35.  Ubik—Phillip K. Dick

36.  The Man in the High Castle—Phillip K. Dick

37.  Do Android’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?—Phillip K. Dick

38.  The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money—John Maynard Keynes

39.  The Bully Pulpit—Doris Kearns Goodwin

40.  How to Win Friends and Influence People—Dale Carnagie

41.  Bright Lights, Big City—Jay McInerney

42.  American Psycho—Bret Easton Ellis

43.  Less Than Zero—Bret Easton Ellis

44.  The Rules of Attraction—Bret Easton Ellis

45.  Against Interpretation, and Other Essays—Susan Sontag

46.  A Room of One’s Own—Virginia Woolf

47.  White Teeth—Zadie Smith

48.  Let Us Now Praise Famous Men—James Agee

49.  The Blind Assassin—Margaret Atwood

50.  The Handmaid’s Tale—Margaret Atwood

51.  Oryx and Crake—Margaret Atwood

52.  The Hero With a Thousand Faces—Joseph Campbell

53.  Mastering the Art of French Cooking—Julia Child

54.  Collected works of Edgar Allen Poe

55.  Midnight’s Children—Salman Rushdie

56.  Leaves of Grass—Walt Whitman

57.  A Brief History of Time—Stephen Hawking

58.  The Omnivore’s Dilemma—Michael Pollan

59.  The Joy of Sex—Dr. Alex Comfort

60.  Sexual Behavior in the Human Female—Alfred Kinsey

61.  The Assistant—Bernard Malamud

62.  Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee—Dee Brown

63.  The Hunger Games series—Suzanne Collins

64.  The Son—Philipp Myer

65.  Godel, Escher, Bach—Douglas Hofstadter

66.  Eleanor & Park—Rainbow Rowell

67.  Contagious: Why Things Catch On—Jonah Berger

68.  Dangerous Liaisons Pierre—Choderlos De Laclos

69.  Sybil—Benjamin Disraeli

70.  The Rainbow—D.H. Lawrence

71.  The Picture of Dorian Grey—Oscar Wilde

72.  The Importance of Being Earnest—Oscar Wilde

73.  1984—George Orwell

74.  The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test—Tom Wolfe

75.  The Doors of Perception—Aldous Huxley

76.  Cat’s Cradle—Kurt Vonnegut

77.  The Quiet American—Graham Greene

78.  Herzog—Saul Bellow

79.  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie—Muriel Spark

80.  LA Confidential—James Ellroy

81.  A People’s History of The United States—Howard Zinn

82.  Letters to a Young Poet—Rainer Maria Rilke

83.  Under the Volcado—Malcom Lowry

84.  An American Tragedy—Theodore Dreiser

85.  In Cold Blood—Truman Capote

86.  The Ambassadors—Henry James

87.  The Selfish Gene—Richard Dawkins

88.  Animal Farm—George Orwell

89.  All The President’s Men—Woodward and Bernstein

90.  The Naked and The Dead—Norman Mailer

91.  Death Comes to the Archbishop—Willa Cather

92.  American Pastoral—Phillip Roth

93.  The Feminine Mystique—Betty Friedan

94.  March—Geraldine Brooks

95.  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay—Michael Chabon

96.  The Optimist Daughter—Eudora Welty

97.  Gilead: A Novel—Marilynne Robinson

98.  Why We Can’t Wait—Martin Luther King, Jr

99.  Ishmael—Daniel Quinn

100.  The Alchemist—Paulo Coelho

different

If I've piqued your interest then its because I am a little different.

In the adult industry, my looks are an alternative to the standard model. There are so many beautiful girls, but as I was told when first looking into escorting, an escort is thin, blonde, and usually with implants. 

Though I love Barbie as much (actually probably more) as the next person, her aesthetic is not a mold I fit.Obviously there are a lot of other hair colors and body shapes in the industry, but even with in "the alternative" I'm a bit different.

I'm a little more busty, a little less skinny, a little bigger booty, a little shorter, and of course I'm black. And let's not forget the all important distinguishing feature: my hair.

I have a big wild mane of curls. Tons of ringlets and corkscrews interspersed with waves. People walk up to me on the street and ask to touch my hair. I tell them no, because that is just strange.

But if you ask nicely I'll say yes :)

My hair definitely sets me apart as an escort. Sometimes I do wear it straight, if it makes it easier to blend on a social outing. But I do love my crazy curls. I notice that most African American women in this industry are hesitant to even wear their real hair at all. In looking through advertising sites, I've only found one other lady even somewhat similar to myself. Her name is Bree Drake, and if you're in California go see her! I can't wait to meet her myself when I'm in California later this year.

Looking a little different is polarizing, for sure. This is not a bad thing, in that your interest in me is specific. This makes for better appointments on both our ends. You've been looking for me, and I get to meet you. We have plenty in common, if nothing else but an appreciation for a curvaceous woman and a wild mane. I've more and more realized how special my personal aesthetic really is.

And I'm glad you like it.

wanderlust

I've always had the spirit of a traveler. As a self proclaimed hippie I revel in learning other cultures. It fosters understanding and acceptance. Sharing love is very important to me [obviously ;) ].

Touring is so fun for me. Though I've done some European travelling, I have been slacking on seeing America. There are so many places I've been excited to see, and working as an escort has definitely afforded me the opportunity. I love it when you tell me about hidden gems in your city, and love even more when you invite me to accompany you.

Right now I'm in one of my favorite cities, New Orleans, and because I love it here so much I'm in a great mood. So, I'll tell you a little secret...

Next year I will be doing tours in all 50 states! Almost every major US city will get to feel the warm southern breeze...

Are you excited? I am! Feel free to get on touch if you'd like to know my dates for your location. Preferential booking of course if you contact me in advance (so say you've emailed me, PMed me, tweeted me, anything, already. I'll let you know two weeks in advance that I'm headed your way... And who knows what surprise may be in the email you receive)

I can't wait to see you again.

And if we've yet to had the opportunity to meet... Get ready!

pretty

this one may be a little more for the ladies, but here's a little about how I upkeep my skin/beauty.


My skin is something I get commented on fairly regularly. It's even tone, it's soft texture. It's something I take pride in, and maintenance of it is something that is a daily ritual. When I was a small child my skin was so severely dry it would regularly crack and bleed. Medicated lotions and creams and oatmeal baths helped, but nothing really quelled the painful and irritating symptoms. Of course, when I hit puberty, and my skin got more oily, I leveled out, but I've always had a tomboy streak, so scars still marked my legs and arm from play.

As a girl who loves a mini-skirt, or cute dresses, and in general just is girly and likes to be beautiful, this was not a good thing. But the situation has since been rectified. The women of my family gave me some good advice. [I know there's an old saying that 'Black don't crack' and the women in my family do tend to age well, but just leaving it up to nature and hope isn't enough. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as they also say]

 My skin care regiment is rather simple; tons of water is what I drink. I'm a water-aholic. Of course staying well hydrated is fundamental, especially since I do live in Miami. Eating good fats, like those found in one of my favorite foods, avocado, also helps. When I step out of the shower, I rub my body with cocoa butter from head to toe as much as twice daily.  I like to stay well moisturized. I do also like regular manicures and pedicures.

My hair is a whole separate ordeal, maintaining beautiful natural curls is fun for me, but it is no joke, and deserves a blog post of it's own.

Hotel problems

So sometimes I do dumb stuff. Today wasn't an exception...

When you work out of nice hotels, as I do, you try to check in dressed business casual, are always polite to housekeeping, and in general try not to make waves.

But sometimes your name is Colette and you lock yourself outside on a fire escape leading to an alleyway that is locked for some reason. And that's a little embarrassing.

I was standing there, next to another guest's balcony, dressed in torn jeans and an old hoodie from high school just knowing I looked to homeless to be let back in, in the instance that those guest came out to their balcony, in the rain...

Luckily I brought my phone and wasn't outside for long.

But hey. Airhead stuff I do sometimes.

Here's a pic of my boobs :)

food

Tonight I had a delicious meal, I'm feeling inspired to write about my favorite things to eat. 

Dinner dates are always a favorite. Pulling out a great cocktail dress, getting dolled up, putting my heels on. It's so simple, but it's ritualistic, and soothing almost. It's hard to have a bad night when you've had excellent cuisine and drinks. And a man with a refined pallet is attractive to me; so much of my favorite part of escorting are the things I learn by being exposed to well educated, well travelled gentlemen. If you pick my entree when we are out together you will probably earn points in my book. I think it's charming, and I'm not a picky eater, so I'll enjoy it. If I'm in your town it's an assured way to get a great meal, because you know better than I would what will impress at your favorite local spot.

I'm very into all types of Latin food. Being from Georgia [and half a Texan] Mexican food reigns supreme when it comes to Latin food, for me, especially authentic restaurants, and kitschy fusion restaurants [yes deep fried avocado please.] But now that I live in Miami, I'll say Colombian food is great, and I've always had a love of Cuban food. 

I'm also big on beef. Love a great steak! Ted Turner has a great little chain that's of course all over Atlanta called Ted's Montana Grill, where I got my first taste of bison, and that's definitely worth trying. Bison is like the better beef. Love a bison filet. 

My diet though, in general, of my own choosing I usually describe as mostly vegan, except steak and bacon. I love vegetables more than any other one type of food, and do tend to gravitate toward them when cooking.  I also love pineapples, they're probably my favorite food.

I do have a food allergy! If you would like to take me out to dinner, I do tend to ask where first, as a precaution. I don't mind being surprised, because in general at every restaurant I can find food I can eat, but sometimes it can cause an issue.

Let's go to dinner, darling. I'm great company.

And dessert is better than anything they serve in any restaurant ;)

thanks!

I've only been an escort for a short few months but I have definitely met my share of great people, both gentlemen and other ladies.

When I meet with you, you are kind, polite, attentive, and interesting. I've heard great stories [and lovely compliments] I've learned a lot from you, and it's been fascinating. Every day has been a great day and a learning experience worth having.

I love the books I've been given! I've been reading them all snuggled up in bed...

I'll leave you with one of my favorite songs. I hope you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed you!

love

I  in general am not a pop listener, my music taste are more into strange hippie folky bands that may surprise you... But the exception to the rule is Miss Britney Spears. This year she is at Planet Hollywood in Vegas doing shows. Feel like an extended date and a trip to Vegas? We can do that. I'll in fact do that at a discounted rate. A severely discounted rate. My ticket to Vegas, tickets to the show, and of course my hotel cost will get you three days at my overnight rate. What? All of that for so little? I won't even make you watch Britney with me [even though you'll be missing out on a pop spectacle of epic proportions.]




 

meeting me

My perfect date starts well before my smiling face opens the door for you.  It starts with initial contact.

As I fancy myself a writer [an aspiring one at best, but a writer nevertheless] I love a well written initial message. If you've read my blog, follow me on twitter, are on my mailing list reading my letters, don't hesitate to mention it when you get in touch for a date. As a woman, I am susceptible to flattery, and knowing you've explored all of the content I've put online and checked me out and just had to have me I can't say I'm not flattered. A woman never gets tired of being told she's beautiful. No matter how she may protest and act demure. And a beautiful girl never gets tired of being noticed as intelligent as well.

The quality of your initial message is directly correlated to how much you'll enjoy our time together. Simple messages usually elicit a simple response from me. Our interaction is far more than physical, and I like to email back and forth, and perhaps exchange phone calls if possible before we meet. I'm a fantasy for you before you even get in touch with me, and I want a chance to have an idea of you in my head so you can be a fantasy for me as well. I want to spend the week leading up to our meet dreaming of what will happen.

What interested you in me? How can I make you happy? What do you do to unwind and escape? I want to be part of that. Beyond fitting into the picture of happiness you hold in your mind, I want to reflect the ideas you have back to you, and expand upon them. I want to fully involve and distract your mind. Letting me get to know you a little before our initial meet up allows me to be a little more creative and better tailor your experience. Simple things like having a drink you like, to more complicated things like hair styles. I'm a barefoot hippie, but would you prefer I answer the door in heels?

P411 and Date-Check do allow for you to fill out profiles with this information, but say you don't have one, or yours isn't filled out, you can whisper all these things to me previous to our meeting.

As with all relationships, the key to happiness is communication. You're reading this, so that means you're listening to me, [well, reading, but you get what I'm saying] and will be a pleasure to be around; you are attentive. Communicate about yourself to me, in turn! I'm excited to get to know you.

happy ☺

I was a wild little kid.

The house I grew up in bordered a forested area I'd cut through and after a short walk be creekside. A mile by the creek would lead to the river, where I'd spent many days. Days riverside, I'd bring a book and a notebook, and sit and read and write. I had a grey and black tabby and sometimes he'd come with me, sitting with me for a while, then running off into the trees to play. He'd usually be back to walk home with me.

One early summer some of the neighbor boys and I put up a tire swing, and on especially hot days, the book would be forgotten for taking long swings into the river and sunning my clothes dry out on the rocks. I was always barefoot. We'd get clay off the river banks and make sad attempts at pottery that always turned into mud fights and crazy clay stuck all in my curls.

The Georgia sun is wonderful, and the sounds of the water rushing and the cicadas are the most soothing sounds to me still. We used to eat the mulberries right off the trees, and I'd go home with my fingers stained red and purple, and the pages I wrote too.

I think these perfect southern summer days are the reason that warm weather and nature make me so happy. I can't lie. I live in South Florida now, and this is in part because when the weather drops below 75 I start getting chilly, and when it's below 65, I no longer want to go outside [though I can be tempted during the fall for hikes in the mountains because, I mean, who can help by love the changing foliage] I love the sun on my skin, the wind in my  hair, the rain even.

I love soft grass and being barefoot in it. But hence the barefoot hippie title.

Get outdoors and climb a tree or something ;)
Get happy!

work

 There's a lot of fun to be had doing this job, but being an escort is a job nevertheless. The fun begins once an appointment is made, but getting to that point is a crash course in internet marketing and self promotion.

Site maintenance is key. Obviously it's important for you to be able to find out about me and answer any questions to find out if I'm the girl you're looking for. Or say we've already met, I'm sure you might want to peep out my pics when you think of me. So I do my best to update the info on my site and my pictures so that it's easy to keep tabs on my ever evolving journey into the world of sex work.

Today I'm going to try to fix my mailing list. A few gentlemen have told me they have been having issues getting signed up, and that's no good! I haven't sent out any official mailing list goodies yet, but once I get it up and running  my mailing list will offer VIP client perks. And of course sweet messages from me with a little more personal info. Oh! and candid shots... I'm a selfie junkie, or so I'm told. [It's not vanity, it's the documentarian spirit in me. I have been in customer service in one way or another since I started working [well, except for a stint as a go-go dancer. That was for me :)] and I know how important it is for me to communicate.

The written part of being an escort is much more intensive than one might think. I for sure was surprised. There's much more than taking some pictures and posting some rates. As my service is more personal, I want you to know me before we even meet [hence, the blog, the twitter, the site]. I am very conversational, and I want to know that you'll enjoy your time with me. So I write and I write so that you have plenty to choose from of what to read to know me. Half of escorting is sitting in front of the computer typing, like I'm doing right now. Emails to write, ads to post, site editing, blog entering [entrying? lol].

Luckily, I've always been an aspiring writer and majored in journalism, so my skills were easily converted.

This upcoming week keep checking back, I know I haven't been blogging regularly, what with being home the past several weeks, and the laziness that relaxing inspires... but this week I'll be blogging daily, so keep up with me on my tour through Louisiana! [I attended college here, so who knows you might get to read a drunken entry before I delete in since I have plans with my college roommate, and we always get into trouble]