DivaSkyChick

You certainly have my permission! --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Okay, today's the day! Thanks for those of you who have sent him Happy Bday emails, and for those of you who said you would but haven't yet, now's a good time! Thanks! He's at christiaanatzardwebdesigndotcom --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Thanks sweetie! I'll let you know more as we know more. I have you guys in my thoughts daily. Love you both. Mandy --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Don't know if this helps? Letterman's publicist: Stephen Rubenstein Rubenstein & Associates 1345 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York NY 10105 212/843-8000 (f)212/843-9200 --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

My lovely, soft opening, always on heading Spec 135 is in my icon - isn't it pretty?

Hey G - How's Kitty? --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

OMG you're so cute!!! Thanks girlie! --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

bumped for those getting home from work early... --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Layla send vibes too, Gia! "ooooh yeah, kitty vibes!!! where is it? I'll give that kitty some vibes!" --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

But you guys gotta send the happys to his email address cuz he doesn't do DZ.com - he depends on me to update him on all good gossip and stuff! --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Skydive Elsinore Peeps: We're celebrating Christiaan's birthday Saturday night at Rockin Baja Lobster in Temecula. Hope you local friends can make it and spread the word, the more the merrier! Those of you who know Christiaan but cannot make it, be sure to send him a Happy Bday email at christiaanatzardwebdesigndotcom Even if you don't know him, send him a Happy Bday note, fill up his mail box! Deadline: August 5th, his REAL Bday. Thanks everybody! --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Thanks everybody and please continue to post and pm me if you're just seeing this for the first time. I will be speaking to Andrew this weekend and we'll sort out what we're doing. And we'll keep you guys updated with regard to the film festival as well. My heartfelt thanks to all of you. --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

I love this whole process. From now on, every time you don't like a properly and fairly elected official's decisions, kick'em out. In fact, why wait for scheduled elections at all? You get to stay in office until you piss off enough people to sign your recall. Instead of running the state, you can just spend all your time running for office. Way to get things done, California. Clever! There will always be enough Republicans to sign a recall on a Democrat and vice versa. I really wonder what we've begun. --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

I wear a mini closing pin on my belly button ring. It's so cute! --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Well wow. Way to do your homework! A few more facts: Lupus affects 1 out of 185 Americans and strikes adult women 10-15 times more frequently than adulte men. Lupus is more prevalent than AIDS, sickle-cell, cerebral palsy, MS and cystic fibrosis, COMBINED. Yet so few people know what Lupus is! And now about Lupus LA: Lupus LA is the three year old, long hoped for fundraising support group of renowned physician/ author Daniel Wallace MD, one the world's leading authorities on Lupus. The mission of Lupus LA is to shed light and understanding on this often misdiagnosed disease that affects nearly two million nationwide, and to raise funds for the Lupus Research Institute. LRI is dedicated to finding fresh scientific approaches and new ideas to treat and cure Lupus. --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

I am working with a very prominent and cool skydiving filmmaker on a charity benefit to raise money and awareness for Lupus. He's going to do a skydiving film festival in Los Angeles in October and we'd like to speak to skydivers with Lupus for an introduction video. So, if you have the desease and are willing to talk about it publicly, shoot me a pm or post here so I can follow up. Thanks so much! Mandy --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Who is the cutie tandem master in the second picture?

Thanks, Wendy! --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Angela, Listen to this career track - it's long but it will make a point. Just after I graduated from high school, I moved from bumfuck to Hollywood to do "something" in entertainment. Got a job waiting tables, of course. Met a lady whose boyfriend knew a guy who was the business manager for a hotshot photographer. What I knew about photography: ZERO Got the job. Saved up money, met some cool people, moved to Europe to backpack around and learn French. Came home broke. Got job waiting tables. Found out from a friend that another friend's parents were hiring at their stock photography company. What I knew about photography? Quite a bit more than zero. They wanted a receptionist. I took the job. Worked my ass off, kissed appropriate butts, was promoted step by step to coordinating production for all the celebrity photo shoots. Left after a couple of years to backpack around Central & South America. Met a guy who knew a guy and ended up first learning then teaching SCUBA Diving in Honduras. Ran out of money in Brazil, flew home to go back to college (the deal I had to make with Mom to get a ticket home!) Studied Peace & Conflict Studies at UC Berkeley. Qualified to do: ZERO. Upon graduation, my mom knew this lady.... you get the picture. So I'm a jr. publicist, representing the BART workers in San Francisco and janitor's union. good, honest stuff. not a lot of cash. Met a chick who worked at a temp firm, told me about this impossible job working for this impossible guy from Sri Lanka that paid a bunch and let you travel the world. What I knew by now about traveling the world? well, quite a bit. what I had learned about dealing with people from different cultures? a lot. got the job. Coordinated meetings for an international board of directors who sent me to Thailand, Nepal, Russia and (LOL) Maui. Learned a whole bunch about highly placed government "celebrities" and being detail oriented. Got a call one day from that guy who was my friend's dad who owned a little stock photo agency. They were now a multi million dollar company and he invited me to come back and run the production division. Paid a lot. I took the job. Seven years later, I can now say that I know what I want to be when I grow up. At 37 years old, I just started a new job. I love it and I can't think of anything I'd rather do, except maybe work with wild animals. What I know about doing that? Who cares? Every door opens more doors! Make your decisions like this: When they write your biography, which decision will make for a better chapter?

Oh man, when I first started jumping I used to scratch all the time because of over-manifesting the plane. One person too many? That's okay, Mandy will scratch! Of course, we're talking about from an Otter, and I was usually riding right seat, so I'd have to climb out over everyone, and this would be after ages while manifest and everyone on board tried to figure out who wasn't supposed to be there.... Sooooo embarrassing and I didn't do anything wrong! Of course, I would also get a free jump ticket for my troubles, so it wasn't too bad! --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

I think that even his closest friends would be hard pressed to tell you why he did it. And they're probably not going to be posting those details on the forum. It's hard to say goodbye to someone without a note, without a reason, without warning - but it's important to realize that depression is not logical. It is insidious and it lies deep within. It is not the response of one fight, or one bad week, or one tragedy. It builds and blackens slowly. Anyone who knew Rob well, knew he had been troubled for a while. Hindsight sucks. Call it a reminder - who do you know that might be feeling isolated right now? who needs a good ass kicking from a loving friend? Do something about it. Don't feel like you should have. My two cents. --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

I don't know if you ever saw this photo, Jess. It was taken a few weeks ago at Elsinore, remember? Hugs, Mandy --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Jeez Jess, I'm so sorry you're going thru this. It sucks so bad. Anything anyone can do to help, just say the word, you know we're all here for you. Mandy --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Need I say more? --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch

Awesome!!! Are you planning on jumping this weekend? I think i"m ready to get back in the air.. --- www.facebook.com/mandyhamptonfitch