Introduction

my name is ashley. i'm 22 years old and a senior at california state university northridge. i'm majoring in broadcast journalism which has been my passion for so many years... but now it is more than ever. i intern at E! which has been a dream come true for me. i'm very confident... some people may say i'm a little too confident... but i don't think there's anything wrong with that. i'm a nice person and respect the people that respect me, but i am the most important person in my life... at least right now. one day... things may be different... especially when i have a family... i plan on my children being the center of my world, but that's far away. now, it's all about me and what i'm here to accomplish. i moved here from mentor, ohio in the summer of 2004 just after graduating from lake catholic high school. i can't say that i miss ohio... because i honestly don't... but i swear i wouldn't have wanted to grow up anywhere else. i know for a solid fact that i wouldn't be who i am today without my good upbringing in the midwest. i owe it all to my parents. they are amazing people. i will be happy if i'm half as good to my kids as they were to me.  to this day they are still supporting me here in LA. I can't work because school and my internship are taking up so much of my life. but don't worry... one day i will pay them back for everything... or at least try. a huge house in malibu and a few nice cars and vacations are definitely on the list... even tho they deserve more than any material thing. have i mentioned my cat yet? that's weird... because i'm obsessed with him. his name is sake. he is my roommate, my son, my best friend. ok... i'm not really best friends with a cat, but you know what i mean. he's there for me no matter what and always listens... never interrupts. haha. i'm proud to announce that i actually do have human best friends as well. i could ramble on and on about the important people in my life and how they've helped me in different ways... but for now i'll just tell you about jamie and bri. jamie and i have been good friends for a long time... back to before high school. we had some rocky times but remained friends since graduation and she is one of my favorite people in the world. we can go months without talking because we're so busy... and when we do... it's like we took no time off at all... of course there's always a huge update required... but we will always get along and i hope one day she moves closer to me. bri is my best friend here in LA. we met when we worked at abercrombie back in 2005. we've always stayed close and she's seriously such a fun person to be around. i don't think i'd like this place as much if it weren't for her. both my best friends are so smart, so respectful, so funny and amazingly pretty. i'm really lucky to have them... and all the others that i spend time with and talk to. it's hard to have good friends in LA... it's hard to have good friends anywhere. jealousy sucks. i have learned that people will never be happy for you and the only ones that are, are the only ones that matter. delete everyone else in your life. there is no point for them to be there. alright... i need to go to sleep. i'm having trouble with doing that lately and then i'm tired all day because i get up so early. although, i think class is cancelled tomorrow due to the porter ranch fires... there's too much ash flying in the air. goodnight xo ashley