December 18, 2008

I attended my second ever movie premier (hopefully more are to come!!!) yesterday evening and had a great time. It was so interesting to see all the special effects as well as how everything looks post-production. The movie, Fire from Below, will broadcast as a Scifi World Premier in September 2009. It will also be available on dvd sometime soon.

I have a few special thanks I would like to extend. God, family and friends are excluded, only because it goes without saying that I am immensely thankful for all that they have done and continue to do in my life. I love you!

Andrew Stevens- Thank you for seeing something special in me and allowing me the opportunity to be a part of such a great film. "You betta quit playin on me now." lol

Linda McAlister-Thank you for your tireless efforts and support of me as well as the rest of our agency family. Your encouragement makes this journey a lot easier. Thank you also for your passionate support of the motion picture industry and bringing the industry to Texas. You are truly a woman of action and not just words. :)

Mario Mims- Thank you for talking to me on the phone all the way to Eustace, Texas. It made the trip far more enjoyable. It was great working with you and I hope we are able to work together again sometime in the near future. "If you don't come back right now, you ain't gettin' none of this."

 Ok, I do want to thank one family member and one friend that was there to support me last night :)

Judge Aunt Melodee "Melo Yello" Mota- Thank you so much for attending the premier with me. It was greatly appreciated. Your commentary made the movie much more interesting. I need to talk to Andrew to see what we can do about getting it addded as captions throughout the movie lol. I can't believe we didn't take a photo last night!

Bryan Chatlien (<-- The best photographer ever)- You Rock! Thanks so much for coming out to support me. I can't wait to shoot with you again some time soon!

December 15, 2008

Today was the submission deadline for the new plays festival at Teco Theater. I submitted my new creation, A Lesson Before Crying.

It's a heart-warming tale about a grandmother who figures if the auto  industry can get a government bail out, so can she. Reminiscent of the prodigal son, this is a story that teaches you to forgive and to make each day the best it can be.

I am currently working to adapt this story into a short film. I will keep you updated!

*Photo courtesy of callmebecks.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

November 5, 2008

I am so happy to be alive! I'm happy to be an American and I'm happy to be a Black American. With roughly 338 to 156 electorate votes and the popular vote, Barack Obama has made history in succeeding in becoming the 44th President of the United States of America.

The most amazing thing about this for me is that when Bill Clinton won it was like "oh, Clinton won."....when George Bush won it was like " oh, Bush won.".....when Barack Obama won it was like "we won!" ....and not even "we" as black people....but we as people; we as Americans. Like President Elect Barack Obama said, "this is for Black, White, Hispanic, Asian,  Gay, Straight...."

God promises that his plans for us are to prosper us, and not to harm us. God has truly blessed us tonight! To God be the glory!!!

*Picture from www.yahoo.com

November 2, 2008

I never thought I'd ever blog. I figured if people wanted to know what was going on with me, they should just call or shoot me an e-mail......yet here I am on the blogging bandwagon. I hope you enjoy reading about what's going in my little piece of the universe.

I feel like my life has been consumed with this election stuff. I've already voted, yet I'm still tuned to CNN, like hearing what one of the candidates says is going to make a difference (for me) at this point. I think it is absolutely amazing that we have had the turn out to the polls that we've had so far and I hope the number continues to grow. That said, if you haven't already done so, please go vote! Vote for the candidate that you feel will be the best president; look beyond race, age, gender and attacks...look at who will be best for your pocket book, who fits your ideals and who you honestly feel can get the country in the direction that we so desparately need it to go.

Honestly, I think either candidate could get in the office and do a descent job. I feel in my heart, however, that Barack Obama is what we need as a country right now....plus, the mere thought of Sarah Palin being anywhere near the White House terrifies me. There's something about her that I just don't trust. Like just about everyone else in the country, I'm quite ready for November 5th to get here; that way we'll (hopefully) know who our next president is going to be and stop being subjected to blatant lies and needless bickering.

I have to go to work tomorrow, so I'm off to bed. Prayefully one day my full time will be acting, but until then a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

With Love,

Sequoia