Cover Story.

(The following is an Cover Story article to be published in next month's premiere of Comet Magazine)



Well, aren't I a lucky one, I guess u can say,
Fresh outta college, graduating with a GPA of 4.O.
All those years of taking up Journalism, finally paid off,
I came to this magazine to have fun, and not just for that unlimited dough.

Hey, u all don't know me but my name is Sol Francisca,
Which is pronounced like Francisco, but with an 'A' at tha end.
I was born over in Sao Paulo in Brazil, home to that World Cup,
Which is gonna be party central with a lot of goals scored in tha net of Sin.

I came over to Columbia University, in tha N-Y-C!! Yay!
Please excuse me, but back home we just love to have nothing but fun.
Our fun is hanging out with friends, or taking two hour lunch breaks just because,
As u can tell by my name, and my body, it's all about tha beach, and tha glorious sun.

Sometimes I still regret that my folks gave me tha name of Sol,
So much pressure, I mean, whenever there's a cloudy day, all eyes turn to me.
I tell them, that my name means 'Sun', like I don't control the weather...Duhh!
One time, this professor instead of giving smiling faces, would draw sun's on my test, that was freaky!

During the Fall Semester of my Junior year, me and my girl went out,
I mean, Fashion Week was in full bloom, and we weren't gonna miss Zac Posen for tha world.
We took that bus to tha subway, that dropped us off right at tha Fashion Tents,
And we like, ran like little school girls who just got glasses and found their fun vision at Pearle.

It was awesome, Tha Music, Tha Celebrities, so much tha 'In' crowd,
I knew right then and there, that I wanted to be around tha movers and shakers who are Superstars.
But this writing field is a tough business, so much 'Meow' all around town,
To stand out I either had to study hard, or hike up my skirt three inches like everyday was a night at a Manhattan bar.

After lots of hard work, and after many days missing out on Back Alley sales on Fashion Ave.,
Tha pretty Brazilian...Muah!  Ended up with top honors, although I still wished I had some Chanel bags.
So many of my friends have them, as well has Burberry, Louis Vuitton, and others,
One of my dorm mates even had tha Director of Gucci deliver her the newest tote, top down in a Jag!

Those were tha days, and my girls, well...How can I put this?
When all of us get together, we can truly present a photo op, that so beautifully sick.
All of us are smart, all of us are drop dead gorgeous,
Then we are from all these different countries, we joke that our group should be called, "Take Ur Pick!"

I'll get into tha party aspect later, but times were tough right after graduation,
This Job market Sucks, plus I got Sallie Mae on my back like never before.
I wish that Sallie Mae chick would come and visit me at my joint for all her trouble,
If she did, I'd just Karate chop her in her deep pockets, and shove those stupid loans right up her rear door!

Since I didn't find any immediate work, I did what any else hot newly graduated girl would do?
Shopped like crazy, and partied until well after tha other side of Midnight.
Hitting tha clubs in New York City, is like nothing like anythang u can imagine,
But let tha new Jordan's or Lebron's come out at Niketown...Never seen girls rep'in all five boroughs fight?!!

Even Ms. Sunshine couldn't live off of Mami's and Papi's wealth forever,
Although, they are making a hot killing being exclusive distributors of Havaianas sandals.
Last year, 60 Minutes tried to do a thang on my family because of this "disgruntled sweatshop worker",
He was just upset cuz My Mami declined his date invite...Mami has way too much curves for that loser to handle.

And so do I...I mean I did get it from My Mama,
Just last week I walked into a club, and five guys asked me for my hand in marriage.
All I could do was just smile, or beam some "sunlight" on tha situation,
I simply said, 'You handsome Hamptons boys are so two years ago, now I only date guys from Paris.'

So as this story goes on, I was broke, and down to my last $50,
Caught all up in tha mess of whether I should eat or put these UGG boots on layaway.
Right as I was about to give my money to tha cashier at this Pop Up Boot store,
My phone rang, and it was 'Mi Amiga' Claudia, with some news that was about to change my day.

She told me that her and her husband just settled their divorce,
Since I know Claudia is a fiesty gal from Panama, I know she wiped her Ex's bank clean.
Claudia was my best friend, ever since tha first day Freshmen year at Columbia,
Claud's already got mad loot, so she thought why not start up this sexy magazine.

I immediately ran outside on Broadway, and got some more details about tha gig,
She wanted me to be tha person who got things kicking with tha first cover story.
Claudia is like super efficient and super detailed in anythang she does, including her laundry,
So she told me she already knew who would be on tha first cover...somebody living for future glory.

'Austino Galaxia.' was tha name that Claud's told me,
And I cringed a little bit because I have already heard some of tha stories.
Writes about all this Love crap, a typical South Beach party boy,
Throws around tha word 'God' just so that he can attract freaky girls at tha Catholic School Dormitories.

I told her 'No', that he wasn't a good choice for tha first cover,
Next I suggested Derek Jeter, since he's in tha baseball season of his last, why not put him on as our first.
Claudia just laughed, and then spoke like only she could say,
'Jeter is a Star, this other guy has his own Galaxy!...Now tell me who's # would u rather have in ur purse?!'

With that I had no choice but to adhere to my best friend slash boss' request,
The next day I took tha first thang flying down to beautiful Miami, more specifically South Beach.
Been awhile since I've been down to Tha Land of Tha Beautiful People, per se,
Now the question was...I have no formal contacts, so how can this Galaxy fellow even be reached.

Luckily, Claudia knew a friend...who knew a friend,
Who happened to be one of tha gals that Galaxia was crazy about late last year.
She set up an interview for me, with tha setting be right on tha sands of the beach,
Tha only request was that I wear a royal purple bathing suit and ever so often shake my derriere!

Shaking my booty was easy, I mean I'm Brazilian so I was born a sexy dancer,
But getting into a bathing suit...Well, let's just say that my privates need a little touchy touch.
It's been the dead in Winter up North, so I don't even wear athletic bras when I work out,
My gym is only for chicks...I.E., it's a gym 4 hot women who in tha sexy category hav been blessed 2 much.

After I touched down, I stopped over to Coconut Grove, being lead by Yelp!,
Went to this Spa, that helped with my Bra....zillllan Wax and added a little spray tan.
I told tha Wax Specialist who I was about to interview, and her eyes got so wide,
She stated that it should be a crime that somebody of his nature is still on tha market as a Single man.

By her voice, I could sense that she was a bit jealous, that I had him 2 myself,
Hopped back into my rented Ford Focus...Yuk!...I only ride in Rovers or Benz.
But Claudia was my gal, and I know that she really wanted to get this exclusive interview,
Besides, in a way I was even curious...I mean, Plenty of Fish hasn't brought me that dream Boyfriend.

Zoomed down Bayshore, and took that A1A back over to South Beach,
I was lucky because my hotel was right there on tha Ocean Drive sand.
As I was in my hotel room, I happened to look out tha window, and a huge movie was like being set up,
All these beach blankies, and cameras being flashbulbed, and in tha middle I could see my subject at hand.

Couldn't believe it, but Galaxia was already down there in tha middle of a photo shoot,
And here I was wrestling with myself, burning mad that my top was oozing out my 36 triple D's.
Still remember tha day, that I got my boobs done, they had a buy one, get two free sale in Ecuador,
You can never pass up that 'Holy Trinity' deal, and sometimes tha best thangs in life do come in threes.

I squeeze my top on, just so that I could be....noticed,
Quickly I examined my wax job before I put on tha bottom to match.
My Boniqua missed a spot, like right above my...but under my belly button ring,
Yeah, I got my tummy pierced too at that Spa...Hey, sometimes u got 2 put urself out there...I mean, he is a good catch!

Slipped on a robe, and walked down tha back stairs to tha photo shoot,
Evidently, this was where tha other members of Comet Magazine were getting prepared.
I was wearing this highly fur robe, in like 85 degree weather,
In a distance I could see 5 hotel rooms at tha W with men holding binoculars...looking at me kinda weird.

As Bill Cunningham took tha last 'Flick' of my interview subject,
Immediately, I went into Friday Night mode, and pranced over to him in a sultry stroll.
I had high heels on, some gold ones to match tha Barbie Doll swimsuit,
And offered Galaxia an unforgettable introduction and as well as a chilled Banana from Dole.

"A girl offering me a Banana, while wearing a robe,
This has got to be straight off of the Playboy Channel.
Gurl, u don't even have to front, cuz I know ur smoking hot."
Somehow I didn't know if he was hitting on me, or talking about my robe made from Flannel.

"Hi, my name is Austino Galaxia, and yours must be..."
Claudia...I mean, Sol...I was kinda nervous cuz those heels were giving my feet tha blues.
Galaxia being tha ever gentleman, sensed my discomfort...
"Why don't u give ur feet a break, and let ur hair down...My best interviews come when there's no shoes."

We walked closer to tha water, and I pulled out a pen and paper out of my swimsuit,
"Girl, I hate to see where ur hiding tha tape recorder!"
I just smiled, and told him how us Brazilian Mamacitas are super special,
And told him, U'll be absolutely stunned what else is hidden South of Tha Border!

He smiled, and then just said, "So what do u want to know?"
Somehow I think I was given tha key to every gurl's heart and secret desire.
He was allowing me to ask him about anythang I wanted to ask him about,
Should I start him off Barbara Walters slow, or put him straight into tha Tabloid Media fire?!

I began, by asking him, 'What's been on ur mind lately?'
Which I could tell wrinkled his feathers just by tha look on his face.
"Sol, u telling u don't do ur homework, u don't read any of my diary,
A gurl who doesn't know tha back story of her subject has no right in tha Media in tha first place."

Mud, was written backwards all on my forehead, a big boo-boo,
So I had no choice but to fight back, tha best way I knew how.
I stood up, and dropped my robe, which revealed my silhouette of perfection,
Sat back down, and suddenly the heat from Sol, brought a little sweat to drip from his brow.

"Ur beautiful.", Galaxia replied, and immediately I thought I had him,
But I forgot that Galaxia has been around beautiful women all his life.
So right as I began to think my body hypnotized him like a Biggie and Puff song,
He said, "I'm taking a day off from gurls...need at least one day from thinking about a future wife."

His words said one thang, but his glances especially at my tummy told me another,
So just like Jezebel, I began to work my magic, and u females know what I'm talking about.
'How come ur taking a day off?  What has gotten u so tired?
Isn't Fun and especially Love been all that we have heard u shout.'

"Let me tell u what's been going on", Galaxia then uttered.
"Overall, then I'll get in tha Love thang.  We'll save tha best for last.
This last few days have been crazy...I mean before I came out here I had to lay down and think,
Like...just quietly gather my thoughts on if tha future has been worth tha climb of tha past."

For the next several minutes, Galaxia went on to speak about tha last few days,
Saying who else could get his car nicked up, and also been robbed of his him Marc Jacobs jewels.
That pickpocket-robbery thang, he thinks happened while he was on tha dance floor last Saturday night,
As he said, "When ur juking with gurls who look like sexy Mermaids, u never know what may happen in that Beauty pool!"

He didn't sweat it, going on to tell of his MJ bracelet collection,
As well, as show me exclusive pics of his Nike shoes, in those he swears he'll never dance.
Has a mad collection of Air Jordan I sneakers, Kobe VII's as well,
But my favorite are those ultra-exclusive Nike Air Max Camouflage's representing tha country of France.

Galaxia knows his fashion, and began to tell me of what style he's into now,
"Right now, I'm trying to create a look that says Galaxia yet mixed with Euro Footballer and DJ."
He says he absolutely loves tha international brand of ELEVENPARIS and hopes to collaborate one day,
And tells me that he loves to wear girls on his t-shirts just to prove to tha tabloids that he's not gay!

I asked him, if he's ever considered what he'd look like if he was a girl,
Galaxia just smiled, and showed me a pic of a Kid Dangerous, another favorite brand, T-shirt he just bought.
"I'll probably look just like this girl in on my t-shirt, sexy, and enchanted for fun,
Yet, u can tell that inside u know she's smart in tha love game, and in that she's very difficult to be caught."

That was a perfect lead-in to tha subject of Love, and who else to better answer,
'Galaxia, what is ur true definition of Love?  U write about it, so I have to ask you.'
He began to look down a little bit, for I could see that some armor was coming off,
I then told him, 'Galaxia, it's alright, u don't have to answer that question if u don't want to.'

"Naw....Naw...", He clamored, gathering some strength,
"U asked tha questions, and I learned a long time ago, any star cannot run from tha truth.
Love is a sensitive topic with me, it's been crazy all of my experiences,
It's like all eyes are on me coming to tha plate, and I know I'm tha best Home Run hitter since Babe Ruth."

Before, he goes on, a sexy lady in glasses and a long summer dress whispers in his ear,
Seemingly, she's a publicist, who thinks this interview isn't going along as planned.
But, Galaxia waves her off, and continues to reveal his innermost thoughts,
This was getting better than that interview PBS had with Oscar The Grouch while he was sitting in his can!

"Today was like tha first time I just 'Let Go',
Since u didn't do ur homework, u didn't see my last diary post...it literally was Too Much.
Sometimes in life we want things to happen so quickly, and wonder why am I going through this,
It's like u want to win tha boxing match, without even throwing tha first punch.

With me personally, tha thang I've been fighting with, is if anybody has been worth it,
Like...I've gone through every, and I do mean EVERY step, Sol, on Love's never ending Road.
So when u've seen all tha cool personalities, when u've seen all tha ta-ta's and curvy bodies and toosh,
U wonder if anybody will ever complete u in a manner that sometimes has left ur heart feeling cold."

He continued..."When ur climbing tha mountain of not on love, but life,
U can reach so high that u look around and find that nobody is there but you.
So sometimes that's how I am...all my boys are married, some have kids,
And I'm just living this, I guess, ultra-fun lifestyle, feeling like in tha future is this all I'm gonna do?

So Love has taken us through some people, and experiences unparalleled,
Whether that's with dating races, or people playing games or gurls who have BF's on tha side.
One thang that I can do, and I can look u straight in tha face, Sol,
From tha standpoint of going down tha list, there hasn't been one name that I wanted to hide.

U got to go through those experiences, or pain, in order to move on.
Now, at least on this Wednesday (Feb.12th), there is about 2 be major change.
Feel free, there's nobody on my list, there isn't even a list so to speak anymore,
Like now it's hit me that I only are gonna interact with tha coolest and sexiest dames that are in my range."

For tha first time, I sense a calmness to this fellow,
Maybe it was tha gushing of tha waves, but u sense like he's had enough.
Rumors have flown about how Austino Galaxia is tha toughest interview in show business,
How if u cross him wrong once, then he'll never again read or be interviewed for ur stuff.

It hasn't been easy tha last few months,
Galaxia would later go on and say that he's never more felt 'on top of his craft'.
Yet with all tha writings and tha undeniable appeal of Fun and Love,
He still feels like his life is a strange battle of future success and entitlement for holding on to his water raft.

"Sol, u know what I dream every-single-day,
That one day, we will become tha best, and it'll be about nothing but Fun and Love.
Things happen like people pulling up to us at a stoplight, or strangers walking by saying, 'Hi',
And I think that we're close to what we've been destined to do by tha Heavens above.

But as u are in that moment, sometimes all u can see is how u want things to be,
In that forgetting, just how far u've come, and how good u got it at tha moment at hand.
That's why I wanted this interview to be out here, right near tha water,
I got everythang, so now I just want 2 enjoy tha smaller thangs, like a convo with a pretty girl on tha sand."

And with that tha Sun began to set, and we spoke for about 30 minutes sorta off record,
On topics such as Tha Miami Heat repeat chances..."I think they should win it all, and 3-peat."
To what happened to #Occupy Wall Street, "Tell me, Sol, u weren't out there in tha freakin' cold."
To freaky topics like Galaxia's dream lay...."U know Diane Sawyer is really hot.  I think that would be neat."

He went on to name about 50 other women as well,
From Babs Bunny to Vanessa Williams to Odalys Garcia who used to host tha show Lente Loco.
I asked him where he would like to get married one day,
And he said on a "small, private island...preferably off tha shore of Acapulco."

With that we concluded over cover interview with this man of tha future,
He told me, this was actually his first cover but he knows it will be tha first of many.
I tell him how good thangs sometimes take time, and how nothing good comes easy,
A dry smile crosses his face, along with a "I know", but he's heard it all before from his Hoops coach Bennie.

So we shall see what lies ahead, it should be good.
I think we need to appreciate that what's going on won't last forever and ever.
A guy writing a diary real-time about his rise to that top, so that tha Galaxy unknown can see,
Then to put it now into poetry form...Perhaps history hasn't seen anythang more cleaver.

Yet that's what Galaxia wants, and as we exchanged phone numbers and good-bye's,
He told me somethang that I will never forget as long as I live.
Something that I can tell my kids, so that they can strive to be tha best,
Living a life that's more than just super high fashion and a nice multi-million dollar crib.

Galaxia told me..."Sol, u name means tha Sun, which is sexy in and of itself,
Along with tha Moon, in tha Sky it just hangs there, or simply flanks.
I've been taken for granted for awhile now, and people are gonna miss these 'unknown' times when it's gone,
So Sol, when u see somethang special, I want u 2 cherish it and always remember to utter to urself...

Thanx."

Austino Galaxia.