It was a mildly hot February day, unusual hot for this time a year..The year was 2013, the place was Hollywood....Well actually it was close to Hollywood, but not really, but anyway I went to church with my mom and enjoyed the fine California air and upon returning home, we noticed cones semi-blocking off the streets of our neighborhood. "Oh, so I guess they started filming," I told my mom unsurprised.
My cousin, who I believe will be a very successful Director one day, recently contacted me and asked if he could use my house to shoot some scenes in his movie. Being the Thespian that I am with a great appreciation for the arts myself, without hesitation, I agreed and today was the day that they began filming.
My mom drove to church so she parked at her house and I walked down or more like trotted down to my apartment, trying my best not to get in that way of artistic progress and as I get to the doorway of my home, I notice two females and a male sitting on my couch. The male was tall, with shoulder length black wavy hair, wearing a robe and sporting a beard. I looked at them and they looked up at me as I entered the home and I thought to myself, "Is this a movie or a porno?" Oh my gosh, what did I get home into?!!" Just kidding, my cousin explained the storyline to me and my home was suppose to be the married characters home. I walked in and introduced myself and they seemed like typical "Hollywood peeps," so I put my purse down and searched for my husband who was suppose to be holding up the front while I was out. I found him back at my moms house, giving my little bro a haircut and we went back to the apartment to hide out in our room, while chaos took place everywhere else. Unfortunately, my husband decided to ditch me to go "buy food," and alas, I am left here alone being a stranger in my own home, which is why I am here now writing to you my beloved, at least you guys can keep me company and make me look like I'm not a total looser with nothing better to do! Again I kid!
I'm actually pretty use to all this craziness, because believe it or not, yours truly almost became the next "Who's that girl again?" but at the last minute I decided to take another route. Acting and anything that has to do with art actually runs in my blood; all the way down to my ancestors. Can you believe that my family was a traveling acting company that traveled all over the world, performing theatre and shows and was even Poncho Villa's own private entertaining group. Legend has it, that when my great aunt was born, Poncho Villa and his posse were downstairs at a bar, when my great, grandfather ran down and announced the birth of his daughter and Poncho Villa and his gang were so excited, they started shooting their guns up into the air. (So Hollywood movies right, but it's true), then when the war broke out, Poncho Villa personally guided my family across the border into New Mexico, which is how we ended up in the United States. So you can see how it is no surprise that a lot of my family is actually in the industry.
I myself, once upon a time was an aspiring actress and from what I was told, I had a very promising future, and I did get a lot of call backs and things like that, but truth be told, when I was in it, all I felt was pressure. Pressure to look a certain way, speak a certain way and act a certain way and all the ways I was suppose to be...well it just wasn't me. So after awhile, I thought about it and even though my manager at the time was strictly against it, I decided to walk away and have a normal life. One where I wasn't scrutinized for everything I said and did and free to fall in love, go wild and just be me! Do I wonder what might of been? Truthfully, not really, all I have to do is open up a magazine and see for myself and I know I made the right decision. Plus, I would always joke with my husband and tell him that if I never walked away, I would have never of met him and I wouldn't have the wonderful life that I have now. So by now, you know the gist of my life, you tell me? Should I have continued with acting or did I make the right decision? I think so......Until next time.....
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