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All or Nothing

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With me, it’s all or nothing. Oklahoma anyone? But truly, I’m an all or nothing kind of gal. If I do something, I go all in. I’m pretty sure that if I accidentally stole an orange I’d turn into a full on kleptomaniac. Joking aside, my all or nothing attitude has been both a blessing and a curse (okay, curse is a little dramatic).

In my relationships, I either want to hang out with you all the time, or never. If I don’t see or hear from you for a long time, I’ll forget about you. I don’t say this because I’m callous, but because I’m honestly forgetful; at the same time, I want to give more to the relationships that I can give to. Basically I’d rather hang out with someone who can hang with me everyday over someone who can only hang once every two weeks.

This makes it difficult for me to date, because if I feel “meh” about you on the first date I’ll probably just forget you exist. On the other hand, if I really like you I might come across as clingy…or maybe even a tiny bit creepy. I don’t mean it, I just like to show the people I like that I like them…a lot.

With school, this means I’ll either spend one hour or one week on a project; there’s no in between. I either hate a class or love it. Every professor is my favorite or my least favorite. I’ll either read the whole textbook or none of it.

If I decide I want to do something, I’ll do it or go crazy trying to do so. I’ve wasted hours and hours on study abroad programs, scholarships, schools to transfer into, trips to take, jobs to apply for, projects to audition for, and many more things that never happened. I become obsessed with my next big thing, whether it be a birthday trip to NYC (didn’t happen) or studying abroad in London (also didn’t happen).

But my all or nothing attitude has also served me well. I got my first ever movie “role” (as an extra, not anything fancy guys) through really weird circumstances. I found an article in our paper about the movie filming nearby and decided that I, little freshman in high school Celina, was going to be in this movie. Long story short, I emailed the director and convinced my whole family to drive to the mountains and be extras in a random indie film.

My all or nothing attitude also got me my first paid writing gig, out of school for two weeks my senior year of high school to film, and living in Manhattan last summer. And now my all or nothing-ness has landed me a job right after graduation exactly where I wanted – Paris! So even though my all or nothing life is a bit crazy, crazy can be good. Crazy can be PARIS yall!

So follow your crazy! Feel free to comment below with what that is so we can cheer each other on…and make sure we aren’t too crazy ;)

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Lunchtime Lyric Loser

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At lunchtime one day in fourth grade (maybe third), I was asked/made to join a singing competition. The competitors were myself and a girl whom my mother approved of because the girl complimented her hair. The judge was my bully/friend, the girl who I sat with at lunch sometimes when my actual friends had a different lunchtime.

Anyways, the song that was decided upon was called Redneck Woman or something. I had never heard it, preferring Britney Spears and NSYNC.  Needless to say, I did not win. I did not have to country grit the judge was looking for. So I can’t put “Elementary Country Song Lunchtime Winner” on my resume. But I can still sing you 3 lines from the song.

This wasn’t my first brush with rejection, and it definitely wasn’t my last. Losing a singing competition to the girl who compliments your mother’s hair is a bit upsetting, but nonetheless, I shouldered on. I went on to audition for solo after solo, role after role, to end up with what could be considered disappointing results: one solo in all of middle school chorus, none  in high school, and one lead in a musical throughout my whole career.

Maybe this competition set the tone for my singing career. But I think that losing a redneck song competition helped me deal with rejection and continue to try. So thank you to the little 4th grade redhead who called me names and queened me the lunchtime lyric loser; you helped me lose with grace.

 

And anyways, she got engaged to a boy with ramen noodle hair, so who’s really the loser here?

I MET COLE SPROUSE and acted like an idiot

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So today I went to a cool park that I guess I won’t share so he can have privacy? AND I MET COLE SPROUSE

So we went to this park for a festival and we were walking around and I thought I saw him and then the fangirls started freaking out and were like “ZACK AND CODY ARE YOU COLE SPROUSE?”  so then I was like obvs it’s Cole. So he went to sit under a tre away from those crazy girls and we went to sit by a fountain to debate whether or not it was Cole. So we had a student with us and she grabbed my hand so we could walk by him to see if it was him. AND IT WAS so we texted my friend Julia to come sit with us in the grass relatively near him. Then I made a quick pros and cons list to figure out if I should talk to him. I decided YOLO. So I walk over…

Here is the conversation:

Me: Hey!

Him: *jumps* Hey!

Me: Sorry!

Him: It’s okay you just startled me.

Me: I was just wondering what you were reading

Him: A book…(then he said the title something about loose thread)

Me: Oh cool.  Sorry if people do this a lot, do they do this a lot? I didn’t want to invade your privacy but I figured you wouldn’t say hey to me so…

Him: If you were like *does crazy waving motion* I probably would have.

Me: Haha. I’m Celina

Him: Cole

Me: Cole. We should get coffee…do you want my number?

Him: Sure (but does not reach for phone)

Me: Are you gonna remember it?

Him: Yeah

Me: Should I sit? (My brain was melting so somehow I thought he would want to continue talking to me, this random girl in the park)

Him: um…

Me: JUST KIDDING I DON’T HAVE TO SIT

Him: Yeah I’ll just keep my privacy (he said this in a nice way, not like a “you a crazy witch” way)

Me: Haha oh okay have a good day byeeeeeeeee

SO YEAH. I APPARENTLY ASSUME FAMOUS PEOPLE WANT TO GET COFFEE WITH ME AND OFFER THEM MY NUMBER??????? IDK yall, my life is weird.

Anyways, I tweeted him about how I was a dork. Cest la vie. I still feel bad about interrupting his reading time. BUT IT HAPPENED SO YEAH.

I guess next I’ll meet Taylor Swift. Jk, but I would like to meet her cats.

A selfie from last summer in a Christmas themed store in Little Italy/NYC!

I’m Back! / Summer in NYC!!!!!!

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Hey Guys! I haven’t posted in so long, life has been crazy and I’ve been lazy. I have been writing, but it’s either in my draft folder or published elsewhere…mostly in my drafts. I’ve been really into poetry lately, so I have a bunch of poems I hope to publish somewhere, sometime.

Anyways here’s my big news – I’m going to be in NYC all summer! Last summer I worked at a camp and got to spend a week in NYC on a break. So this summer I decided I didn’t want to work at a camp and I wanted to work in a big city. I think it’s fate that I got this amazing job at a dance school! I’ll be living and breathing NYC all summer! I am beyond psyched and had some ideas for what to do, but I also want your input! Do you know of anything I should absolutely do this summer? Do you have a #nycdare for me? Ask me to do anything, even if it seems to crazy! I’ll do my best to do them all and document the summer through blogging and/or vlogging! I already have quite a few ideas, but I really want your ideas!!!

Here are some of the things on my NYC Summer Bucket List: read in central park, take the subway by myself, explore Williamsburg, go to the Met, go to a fancy party, meet some celebs, do yoga in central park, go to Taylor Swift’s gym, go to a concert, get on TV somehow, audition for acting opportunities, perform on the street or at an open mic night.

So comment or message me with your #nycdare for me! Share with your friends (especially those who know NYC or just have crazy ideas!) and don’t be afraid to ask me something insane! Here’s to a crazy amazing summer filled with awesome adventures!

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My First Vlog! The “Get To Know Me” Tag

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Hello gorgeous readers! I have been dabbling with YouTube for a while now and finally decided to post a video to my personal channel! So in addition to my posts here I will be doing a vlog at least once per week! I’m really excited for this new endeavor and it would mean the world to me if you’d consider subscribing to my channel! Feel free to comment here or on my channel with ideas for new vlogs! This video will tell you a lot about me, and hopefully makes you laugh during the process! Thanks for following my blog and being awesome!

Here is the video!

When Life Hands You Lemons…And Then Takes Them Back

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Yesterday was interesting. A week or two ago I had submitted to work on a film that Alex Wolff was working on. Because of transportation issues I wasn’t able to get to set to be an extra, so I was pretty bummed out. Just for the record, I don’t usually do extra work, much less unpaid extra work, but it’s Alex Wolff, ya know?

Also a week or two ago I decided I wanted to study in LA next fall. Honestly, I’m still not sure if this is a desire of mine or God’s, but I’m praying about it. Anyways, I was (and am) worried about how to find the money for this endeavor. I had also interviewed with a camp that I’d really like to work with and really wanted to get an offer for that camp for next summer.

So yesterday morning a I got an email from a casting person with the Alex Wolff film asking for my availability on Friday and Saturday. So I said I’d love to come to set Saturday. The casting lady says that’s great, that I’d actually get paid(!!!), and that she just has to check with the AD. After waiting all day, I get an email saying I’m “on reserve” and that they went with women who looked a bit older than me. So basically if someone dies I get to drop everything and go to set on Saturday.

Also yesterday morning-ish I got an email form that camp offering me a job – at their day camp in Chicago. I was really excited! However, after calling my mom, I was less excited. She reminded me that I’d be making significantly less than last summer, and obviously this wouldn’t help me raise enough funds to study in LA next fall.

So right now I’m really confused – why does life keep handing me lemons and then taking them away? Also, could you pray for me/keep me in your thoughts about this LA thing? I really, REALLY want to go, but I’m really discouraged because of my money situation.I thin it would be a great learning and missions opportunity. I would study film and acting in a Christian environment, but be out of my comfort zone in a huge city, and I think it could potentially be the best semester of my college career.

Love you all,

Celina