Premiere night

There is only one way to describe the premiere of Rough Winds this past Wednesday, November 4th: Magical.

Yes, it was extremely nerve wrecking for me because I always cringe upon seeing myself on camera, but it was a great experience. The movie itself was FANTASTIC and so beautifully shot I'm not even lying. There is no doubt that the Director, Andrea, and the Cinematographer, Matt, are very talented film makers and a force to be reckon with.

I will be honest, I wasn't as satisfied with my performance, but then again, I've only seen it once. Perhaps if I watch myself in it more than once I will grow to like myself in the movie. The rest of the cast, though, did an AMAZING job. The three main actors were incredible and not to mention one of the supporting characters, Christina, who's character I enjoyed each time she appeared in a scene.

My family went and so did my two best friends, Rudy and Nina. They were very supportive and I'm glad that they were there with me - even though we ended up separated because there was reserved seats for the actors and crew to sit together.

After the movie there was a Q & A where the audience asked us questions - thankfully I didn't have to answer anything, the one who did all of the talking was our director, Andrea.

I took a few photos with people and even signed autographs after the film during the "after party" where free pizza was served at the Cinema Paradiso's courtyard; it was bizarre knowing people wanted my autograph but a feeling I welcome with open arms.

Many people complimented my acting and my character, telling me that they loved my characterization of Steve and some even expressed that he was their favorite character in the whole movie. One of the most amusing moments of the night was when two italian (or Jewish) sounding older women held me hostage for 5 minutes because they wanted a photo with me. They tried to take one with their camera phone but it didn't come out so well, so one of the nice ladies then proceeded to look for her husband and get him to find their camera. God bless them! LOL.

Another "highlight" of the evening was ... my shoes. My damn shoes started to fall apart during the night, LITERALLY! I stepped on a puddle of water when I arrived and I felt a little dampness in my right shoe. I shrugged it off and kept going. When I entered the theater the heel on my right shoe felt VERY odd, so I looked down and was mortified to see that the heel had somehow torn off completely. To make a long story short, chunks fell off from BOTH of my shoes during the night and by the time I got home the bottom of my shoes looked as though vicious animals had eaten them; the rubber soles were completely visible. I laugh now at the memory when during the Q&A when the actors and crew were asked to go to the front of the theater to answer the questions how I spotted a chunk of my shoe right in front of us in the center of the theater. Luckily the room wasn't too brightly lit and my pants were long. It was very awkward to say the least!

Anyway, tonight I received a text from the director telling me that the film had won Best Florida Film! I'm so happy to hear that. I also learned that the movie is having a special screening this November 21st at 7pm, a Saturday.

I hope that this movie opens a few doors for me. I love acting in films and only wish that I will have more opportunities to keep acting in them.

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1 Day left for the premiere

And I've had my share of "nightmares" the past few nights about the movie's premiere tomorrow night.

One of them consisted of a few scenes not working well, so the crew got all of us cast members in those particular scenes and dragged us off to re-shoot the scenes while the audience waited (bizarre, huh?

The other one, which I had like a night ago, was of the premiere being held inside of a tiny garage storage room.

I'm so nervous! Tomorrow is the day!
Gonna feel awkward to have my family and friends see me in a sex scene ... not only that, I just can't stand watching myself act!

Lord have mercy ... :)

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Look ma, I'm on TV!

I woke up this morning to seeing clips from my movie on the local news channel. It was so bizarre to see some of my scenes on TV, but oh so thrilling!

The movie is finally premiering on the fourth of November and even though I'm fine now, I can't imagine how nervous I'm going to be when I'm in that theater watching the movie with the room full of people and my family and friends.

It is an event I'm both looking forward to and getting nervous about!

Halloween is in a few days and I purchased a Sweeney Todd wig from Amazon. I was thinking of buying a costume but immediately discarded the idea because of two reasons: the first being that I am not rich and the second being that I can simply wear some pinstriped pants, a white buttoned up shirt with a vest over it. Throw in a bloody handkerchief, along with some brilliant eye shadows and make up and voila, I'm Sweeney Todd and I saved a bundle of money without switching to Geico.

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The cold is here! (For now)

Give me a "Woot, woot!"

I woke up this morning and it was freezing outside!

Last night the air began to grow chilly and I got really excited. What did I do? I quickly turned off the A.C. and opened up ALL of my windows. After all, a college student who is paying the electricity needs to seize the moment to save some $$$ when the opportunity arises.

I'm sipping some coffee right now and I couldn't ask for a better morning. In a bit I will be going out with my best friend to a few thrift stores to see what we can find for Halloween so we can save some cash and our wallets have something in it other than frustrated flies trying to escape when we open them.

This weather is perfect. Right now it is 75 degrees and it is PERFECT. It isn't too cold but it isn't warm either.

Just thought I'd update and share a little of my glee with ... well, whoever reads this. Which I'm sure is only two or three people ... as I've mentioned before.

Good day!

Changing Weather

It is a beautiful day outside this morning. The sky is gray, the breezy air feels wonderful when it brushes against my face and through my hair. Those who prefer the shining sun and bright blue sky would call this day a gloomy one, but I see it as an ideal day to be out with close friends walking around the beach, through a park, or going to the movies.

Unfortunately, I'm stuck at work!

I am inside a chilly office, my calming gray sky is actually these boring gray walls that stand around me, and the only thing brushing against my face and hair is the dust particles from the old AC vents - I'm surprised I haven't gotten sick.

Currently the thought of getting a new job is very tempting. I don't want to work in this department anymore. I'm over it, it is boring and I feel like I am wasting my time. The bad part is that I'm not sure if I will find another job where they will work around MY schedule. If I go to another job I will have to pick my classes according to the schedule the new job assigns me. And while picking classes that fit around the employer's schedule doesn't really phase me all that much, I cannot do that this semester or the next because I have the musical class that only has ONE time block.

Going to FIU or any other school after Miami Dade isn't exactly my favorite plan. I want to move out of Miami, get an agent, and go somewhere else to start working towards making a career. I want to explore new areas of the world and meet new people and have new experiences. I know my family (well, my mom, actually) will make it extremely difficult for me to leave but it is something I just have to do if I ever want to grow as a person, become fully independent and learn how to take care of myself. My mother says I would never be able to do that because I need her too much, and while that does seem like something vindictive to say, I feel she says it out of fear. Because she knows that I have that determination to leave the state to pursue my dreams - something all my siblings have failed to do and instead have stayed in Hialeah to become parents. Perhaps my mother says those things because she wants to find a way to weaken that determination that is burning inside me so that I won't leave and she won't feel so alone.

But I need to move. It has to happen, MILLIONS of others do it and I'm no less than anyone to not be able to do it. Yes, I'm scared of the thought, but that is only natural ... especially to someone who has never left Florida at all.

I know it's hard, but she's just going to have to learn and accept the fact that she needs to let her youngest child leave the nest and spread their wings, before it turns into a rusty cage of imprisonment.

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Ah, fall

Where is the chilly air hiding?

I'm anxiously waiting for those days of fresh holiday air to get to Miami and chase away the mugginess of the Summer's heat.

Today was the first song auditions for Showtune, the musical revue we're doing at my campus this term. Yes, Another revue ... I'm pretty much sick of them but what can I say. I want to have fun this semester and not get stressed out over silly things.

Fall has arrived, and the heat is still here.
I hear a cold front is coming soon, but who really knows when that will be.
They say potato, nature says po-tato.

My rant is over.

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Math, you are DONE in my Life!

At last I got the math waiver at my school to exempt me from having to take the classes. This means that next semester will be my final one and then I finally graduate from MDC. After that, who knows, I'm guessing I ought to try going to a University. Then again, I don't really need any diploma in theater to book actual jobs. Casting directors don't look at that stuff, unless I graduated from a fancy artsy school like AMDA or Julliard.

Instead of taking the 2 math classes I will have to take a Critical thinking class next semester. That should be fun.

This semester I am only taking a play writing class, and the musical class. We're not sure which musical we're doing this year, but I've been told it will more than likely be another revue... GRRR.

Next semester, though, they're thinking and hoping of doing Cabaret. That should be a fun show to do.

Everything is fine here at the new place. We're adjusting pretty nicely, just need to finish organizing the place. Like I said in the previous post, my mom has A LOT of stuff.

Have I totally abandoned this blog? I better not!

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Moved & Festivals

It's 3:29am and now it is when I had the chance to stop and take a breather.
I've spent the last 3 days or so moving stuff out of my old apartment and into the new duplex my mother and I moved in to. We're finally moved.

The place is BIG but my mother, being the pack-rat that she is, has WAY TOO MANY STUFF! So we are left with a cluttered living room that nearly drove me to tears a few hours ago. It's still there.

I love my room, it is bigger than the tiny room I just moved out of and even bigger than the room I had at the previous duplex I lived in before it went into foreclosure.

My room is still a bit messy but compared to the rest of the house, it is the most organized.

The backyard is humongous and I'm so happy to finally have a place for my washer and dryer again! I can do my own laundry again, yippy!!!

In other news, I am proud to announce that my movie ROUGH WINDS got accepted into TWO FILM FESTIVALS!!! One is a prestigious film festival that is well known being held in Europe and the other is in Ft. Lauderdale and is screening November 4th. You can only imagine how relieved my family is to know this, they were beginning to suspect that I hadn't filmed a movie at all because it's taken so much time.

Anyway, I'm done. My feet are literally aching from all the lifting and moving I did with my brother today. My sister and her husband showed up later and then my other sister did too once she got out of work.

Now I can't wait for this flipping mess to be cleared from the living room!!!

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