B&B: You sound like the type to swindle a brother out of his sanity... [Laughs]
SS: Friday, I went out with a friend of mines who I used to date last year. We hadn’t been together for a long time. We went out to a jazz bar, but before he called to tell me that he was a painter. I always encouraged him to be a painter because he wanted to be a rapper, but I told him to be a painter. He said that he drew a mural on the wall. We go to the jazz bar and went upstairs and it was lovely up there. He said that he was going to get something from downstairs. A waiter came up to us and said, “Two ‘soncerae’s’ for the couple.” I asked why it was called a “soncerae” and he said that my friend was so depressed about me that he would come to that place and always have that drink and talk about me. The drink, he described, was to symbolize how he felt about me.

B&B: What did he think you were?
SS: The drink is real cold and sweet… and that’s me. He said that I can really be cold and sweet. We drank and by the end of the night everyone had that drink in their hands. It was so good. It was like drinking juice. We get back to the apartment and the mural is of stuff about me. It was really weird! He thought I was so amazing and all that. I’d have men crazy about them and I don’t think it has anything to do with what I look like, but my mom says that I make them lose it for no reason. I broke up with the guy because he started feeling himself. It’s been a chain of that. I’m being bitter as a result of it.

B&B: So, how are you any different from the other ladies in the game trying to do the same thing as you are?
SS: They’re not trying to do the same thing as I am. I’m not trying to be a model. I’m trying to be a philanthropist. The things that I’m doing are a prerequisite. I have never liked modeling. I have been putting in the work. The things that I want to do have nothing to do with modeling. It just works like promotions. Shawn Darnell from Summer Bunnies came to me wanting to shoot me. He really wanted to shoot me. He was supposed to come to Atlanta and didn’t show up. He told me that I wasn’t pretty enough. I have seen him turn the most butt ugliest women into models. He was giving me an excuse because I wasn’t for it. He just wanted me to do certain things that I couldn’t do.

B&B: This year seems like Black folks will really see some changes within their government and hopefully in their homes. Will you be voting for Obama and what does will his presidency do to help you realize your aspirations?
SS: Politics is an interesting subject for me. I never intended on voting for Obama, I wanted to vote for Hillary. She had more experience. I don’t think that our society is ready for an African American president. That’s how I first felt. But after hearing him speak, I appreciate him more. I still am deciding not to vote, though. In 2004, I voted for Al Gore and I don’t remember anyone talkin’ about voting for Bush, and he cheated to get the presidency! So, I’m not going to vote because I feel jilted. I feel like my vote doesn’t matter. I know that it may be important, but I’m not going to vote.
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