Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Funk.

First off, I love Taylor Swift! I think she's pretty cool, music is sweet and I love the lyrics. So, on to more pressing matters. A photographer that I worked with for a Gothic photo shoot last month has agreed to do another shoot with me next month. Yayyy!! We also happen to have the same vision and style which is even more exciting. We shared some photos that we love and came up with a running theme for the shoot. Here are some of those photos:




Emma Watson is absolutely stunning in these photos. There are also some others that we both love, but I can't post those pictures, so here are the links:
http://www.larajade.co.uk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sugarock/

I can't even begin to put in words how excited I am to do something like this!! And to work with someone who wants the same look is just such a huge plus!! She also happens to be majorly talented, so I'm also honored to be working with her as well. I have no idea where to begin in styling this shoot. We have a location, but I'm going to keep it a secret till I post the pics. I have a few pieces of clothing that are "fairy tale" like, but I'm going to have to scour thrift store for some funky things. Ahhh!! lol So happy. I can't wait. :D

Rollin With Schwinn And Burnin' Calories

Bike riding is not what I remembered it to be. Last time I went riding (before the last two days) was years. And I believe it was when my age still had the word teen in it. When I lived in Queens, I would ride to Forest Park all the time. I'd ride up this crazy hill and all around the park, barely breaking a sweat. Now....well, you can just imagine. Me and Kane rode out yesterday to give my new bike its first spin. Less than halfway to our destination, Orchard Beach, I was huffing, puffing, and feeling nauseous. Hilarious, I know. But here's the cold facts, a ride from my house to Orchard Beach is 10 miles. I'm sure there's lots of people who can do that in their sleep, but I was just ready to fall apart. If it wasn't for Kane yelling at me to keep going, and singing " Don't Stop Believen' " together, I would have packed in and headed home. We got semi lost and ende up in Pelham Manor, where there were million dollar homes and backyard the size of football fields. (side note: soooo want one of those houses) We finally made it to the beach. I had a pretzel, chugged a gatorade and was good to go.
I'm being really big on the whole biking thing cause I want to lose weight and biking combines alot of things I like: fresh air, the outdoors, traveling, and generally having fun.
My younger sister asked to go with me riding today, and I agreed, provided that she sat through my constant safety briefings. The way to get there (the beach) involves riding along side NYC drivers, and I was uber paranoid to say the least. So we trekked out today and had a blast.

We skinned our knees in the landing of this photo. I haven't skinned my knee in ages. We also happened to skin the same knee which was weird. And my legs and knees also happened to be in great pain from yesterday's ride, so needless to say, landing on them felt like I broke them. But we were rolling laughing afterwards, so its all good.



Making it to the beach is a victory I can't describe. :)
Going home is always tricky cause of all of the loop dee loops in Pelham. But we made it back safe and sound. I'm really addicted to this bike riding business. Especially after all the gadgets I'm buying for my bike. Hello my Hello Kitty rearview mirrorrrrr!!! Thank you Ebay!!

I'm gonna be riding every chance I get. Hopefully I'll see some really cool things and show em to you here. Like......umm......a bald eagle?? We got those in NY right?

Gettin' Lucky In Kentucky

Kentucky. Well, I don't know much about it. I know that they're famous for horses and fried chicken. And that's about it. I'm going to Kentucky (..going to the fair...lol) to visit my biological grandmother. I say biological because I have an abuelita here in NY who is the one that raised my mom and bought me presents every Christmas, among other grandmotherly things: like leaving lipstick marks and my cheeks and saying I love you a hundred times. I've been to Kentucky once before, when I was a kid, like 10 or 11...can't be sure...but, I generally liked it. I remembered it being like that small town stuff you see in movies. But now, well....its definitely going to be a culture shock. I looked up the demographic of the town I'm going to, and its 92% Caucasian!! That is a huge difference from any neighborhood I know of in NYC. Plus, Kentucky is in the "bible belt" meaning.....church. I love Jesus and all, but I'm not big on being big about it. Did that make sense? I mean, the theme park we're going to has a church in it! Can you imagine Six Flags with a church? lol Despite it being totally weird, I love it, and I can't wait for the experience. We're going to Dollywood and I just found out I like her music. Never heard it before I decided to research her. We're also going to do roller skating to Christian music. Never thought I'd see that combination. But, all in all, I think that Kentucky is going to be great. And I'm soooo excited. Especially since my grandmother said we could wear slacks in church!! Oh joy! If there's Internet, I will definitely document each day I'm there, because I'm sure I will have alot to say :P I'm also contemplating bringing a video camera and attempting to make a lil documentary. I think it'd be fun, but may take away from having fun with the family. Dunno what I want to do yet. This is also going to be the first time my 2 year old sister is going to be on an airplane. This trip already promises to be more than interesting.

Summer, a new beginning.

So, I promise you weary eyed readers that I will no longer take after Rainbow Brite and multicolor my postings. I just realized how dumb it looks. January to May. Much, much has happened. My film shoots in class went marvelously. We all worked hard and the outcome totally shows that. When I get $200 to digitize my 16mm short, I will most def provide a link here to it on youtube. Or perhaps I can just put it here. I'm still learning all the tricks of this bloggy thing. Like my new background, you like?? Well, I do. I tried to go for something more girly, but who am I kidding, film is in my blood. So our shoots went great and I got good grades. I'm graduating college next May!! Or should I say, may (no pun intended) graduate. As long as I keep up my grades, I'll be just fine. Recently I was an extra in two films!! One being The Sorcerer's Apprentice and the other a mystery film titled, "Untitled Nancy Meyers Project". Sorcerer's Apprentice was loads of fun, except it was a lil chilly. I wasn't a paid extra. They asked my bf (who was the paid extra) to bring a dog, so he brought our dog Mimzy. As we found out later, she was basically not even needed. However, I tagged along to resuce my Mimzy poo in the case that she became grouchy. So, I basically "snuck" onset, saying that I was the doggy's mommy. Wasn't too hard tho cause they remembered me from holding :P So, on set there was pretty cool and pretty darn pretty. It was a Chinatown parade scene, and let me tell you, Disney goes all out. Here are some pics from that night:



Confetti was being dropped from the buildings. It was just beautiful. I can't wait to see the movie. We were arms length away from Nicholas Cage a few times and it was supercool to see him with his son and wife between takes.
And then theres the Nancy Meyers film which I WAS hired as an extra. Still waiting for that check tho......anywayz, it was alot of fun too. They shot at St. John's University, the day after St. John's graduation- borrowing the huge stage and thousands of chairs. This was way more fun that my previous extra gig cause I was casted as a graduating student, and didnt know that till I got there! Not on any part of mine, they just never told me. So I got a costume AND hair and makeup done!!!! It felt so cool. I've been in a real makeup artist's chair only a handful of times, so each time I try to savor it. XD Shooting went fine until my feet felt like they were going to snap in half. See, I was under the impression that I was a "guest" at the "graduation". So I wore my 4 inch heels and "come hither" dress, hoping to be placed in the front. So basically, neither were needed as a big red gown was covering my dress, and we were walking back and forth, up and down the aisle. So basically, my feet were in excrutiating pain. But thank God I'm always prepared. I couldn't wait to get to lunch and change into my nice comfy flats that I so wisely brought along. The food was AWESOME!! I had steak for lunch! One thing I love about being an extra is that they feed you well!! Being an extra is totally my gig, that is until of course I "make it". It was also really cool to see Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Hunter Parrish. Here's me in my gown (and 4 inch heels):

Yuck. I look like such a nerddd. Anywayz, a most eventful few months.

I'm going away to Kentucky for a week in July, and boy o boy. That itself is something to blog about 2morrow.