Please drink some water. 🖤

I may never release my haunting/cursed cover of "Lotus Flower" by Radiohead but man does it feel good to sing.

A one, and a two, and a

Two things can be true at once - you can be kind to someone and adore them, while also distancing yourself from them in an effort to protect your peace. Self-care is no longer being present for the war someone insists on bringing you while you try cultivating peace for yourself.

Sometimes I finish a thing and get excited and then I realize there's more to do and I just

I have opened Final Draft... I shall now morph into a dozen coqui frogs pretending to be a script writer as I weave a tale of...something wonderful, I think. After this, there's going to be a lot of deep work for The Dead, & a horror narration I cooked up. Aiming to get these three things done!

All this free will and Chicago still doesn't have Dunkin' Iced Coffee buckets. Siiiiiiigh.

Cafécito will get me through. ☕️✨️🤸🏽‍♀️🖤

My process is upheld by coffee and maybe a couple of ghosts. Updates: Shorter & sweeter scripts. Project A was wildly lagging in Episode 3 for dialogue that wasn't necessary, but it COULD make great bonus listening; cut to six episodes, for now. Project B is on track & will get a little crazy.

It's true. I also dress like a dark romantasy librarian always, and more often than not I've got either an EMF reader or black salt in my purse, or both.

There's just something cool about writing a script on my phone when I should literally be asleep. I'm writing a hell of a lot more these days and I love it.

Graceland Cemetery - beautiful day for a walk, learned a lot about prominent historical figures from the city.

Sometimes you just gotta be cutesy. 🖤 A day with friends at Graceland Cemetery and brunch. I'm feeling happier than I have in a while, so maybe the sunshine does help!

Orange cake. 🍊🍰

A long time ago I found a bundt pan in the shape of a rose bloom in a thrift shop. The original packaging was still on it. Today, I am baking an orange cake with it. One thing I'm certain about, is that it is completely okay to frost this with lemon cream & eat it while believing life will be okay.

No, YOU are making a shotlist for your filmmaking project because it's mandatory to not only "get into the room" but you MUST build your own & break down barriers to prove yourself & show your skills...but mostly because you're trying super hard to make this little girl & her abuela proud. 🇵🇷

It is time.

I wrote a whole lot today, made a draft of commercial/documentary narrations - my portfolio needs to better reflect what I'm skilled at. I also applied for rep for print ads/television/modeling. At my age? Yes. 🖤 I am...doing my best, and right now it is what I can do.

I'll take three cafécitos and a burrito the size of my head, please. ☕️🖤

Five months from today I will be turning 44 and all I want for that birthday is a full-time job with a delicious cake and cemetery picnic with different charcuterie boards and to be surrounded by good people.

As the summer is just peeking it's unemployed head over the horizon for yours truly, I am putting it out there into the Universe that if you have a fully-funded podcast that needs coordinating, organizing with a human-first approach, I'd love to chat with you and discuss. [email protected]

The best thing about this time of year in Chicago is how whenever the sun comes out, somewhere in the distance you can hear House music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QtC...

As predicted, I now wake with a fair amount of neck pain and the sensation of being able to cast fireball with my left arm.

I very much adore writing. I've managed to complete the draft of another shortfilm today. This one will be placed into the batch of that needs edits. Unfortunately all the sitting from writing causes even more neck pain than is already present, so tomorrow - desk break and lots of stretching.

A mere cup of cafécito isn't enough. I need a whole can of Cafe Bustélo poured directly into my eyeballs.

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the release of SINNERS - today I'll be celebrating belatedly with a lot of writing & a re-watch...or three. The more I study and learn about scriptwriting, filmmaking, & cinematography, the more eager I am to see the stories I've outlined come to life.

Hereby henceforth vow to be all levels of weird on every app. Send cafécito. ☕️👻

Taking a chance and making my own narration samples. It's been really fun learning to mix my own audio with music I create. I'll do a few more, as the learning curve is a little tight. The monologue is an excerpt from "Dead Witch Walking" by Kim Harrison.

Stills from "Aliens: Resurgence" by Trisrex Studios

There's actually 62 million reasons to choose the bear. Hope this helps.

One thing that is utterly confusing to me is how we are all spinning through space on a muddy rock yet there are people out there who make time to try convincing you or others that you/they are untalented unless you/they "do what so-and-so does." These people are not okay and need a hug.

A little flooding to spike the scaries. No big deal, as it could have been literally worse. Fans are running and the pump is being replaced, as it had been shorted out during last night's storm. But, Beans in a window watching birds flitter around in a puddle is a cute little glimmer today. ☕️🥐

Oh, bother. My latest repeat-this-phrase-to-calm-down go-to is: "I am not a provider of emotional regulation. I am drinker of tea & a lover of whimsical madness. The stress of others is not my responsibility. I can provide support without enabling, if spoons allow.

Mood board for Project B - something very different. Also, thank you to all who have followed. I appreciate you. 🖤☕️🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

I really want butter pecan ice cream over a warm cinnamon roll while sitting in a cabin during a rainstorm.

It feels both brave & scary to work towards this. Brave especially during these unpredictable times - but I am doing it. There's also a Project B, a screenplay, a short film, several small music efforts, and a cinematography project. I'll need a lot of cafécito along the way. ☕️🖤

My grandmother had a saying - it sounds so much more lovely in Spanish than it does in translation; it means, "chase the praise, lose the race." It's a reminder for me to keep focused on the path, not the applause. I've always held her words in my heart but lately they resonate deeper. I miss her.🖤

Chocolate chip banana bread 🖤 The bundt pan is a blooming rose. 🌹

More from last night's event at The Congress Hotel: Me, feeling the seams of old doorframe over what used to be room 666. Window washers claim the room was sealed, but not cleared out, and is still intact.

Haunted hotel tour: The Congress Hotel This was really cool. Definitely want to do it again!

In celebration of the successful return of the Artemis II crew, a small tribute. 🚀

More inspo - I never thought a Superbowl half-time show would carry me through rough times but here we are. 🫶🏽🖤🇵🇷

Inspo 🇵🇷☕️🐰

Call me crazy but the best part of this year was January 1st-8th. 🇵🇷☕️🐰

NASA livestream is going insane. Godspeed, space friends. 🫶🏽🚀

Practice makes perfect. 🫶🏽 Yes: My background needs to be ironed and my shirt is NOT ideal for any audition. Also WHY IS THERE ALWAYS A RANDOM STRAND OF HAIR ON MY FACE!? 😆 Yes: I had FUN snapping these. No: I won't ever get tired of this. Let's GO! Acting goals! ☕️🫶🏽

Me: *does dishes* Ghost: *cabinet slam* Me: *lights candle* Ghost: ... Me: *plays Fleetwood Mac* Ghost: *dances* Me: *dances* Ghost: hey, we should- Me: *burns basil leaf* Ghost: HEY

Human art, for all humankind.

Do weird 💩 and seek out the whimsy you deserve. ☕️🫶🏽

Being a voice actor from Chicago there are three things I should have in my booth but currently do not have: - bottle of Malort 🥃 - a tavern-style pizza 🍕 - a jibarito 🇵🇷 Bonus item: lantern