Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Music, Jacket, Alfajor, Sick

So, I did it! I woke up on time, and got ready on time to leave, and actually he pushed it back 30 min :), but it's all good, I want to start being on time anyways.

It's like 25 min from my house that I have to drive, sometimes longer, so that is where I do my vocal lessons,in my car when I'm driving, if I'm not recording or performing, I admit that I am lazy and don't practice, so I love that I have to every morning because I get a lot better. The cd I use is a combo of two one is by Ariella Vaccarino, it's called Voice Lessons TO GO, and the other is one that was made by Tom McKinney, but most of the time I just do the first one, and then sing along to some Shakira, Beyonce, Bic Runga, or like today it was Sara Barilles.

If you are wondering how Oscar and I met, we met doing a song together for The Ying Yang Twins, it actually did not make the cut because they did not get the release from the original owner's. They felt it was too crude. Check it out at www.myspace.com.julin. It's called Fever.

So I recorded the rest of the chorus, but my throat was so sore, I was feeling so sick, when I tried to do the second verse, it was recording like I was straining. So, I said, let's do it next time, I wanted to finish, but when you are the singer and your not feeling good, even though your trying, you know that it would be better, if you were better, it would just sound better. So we put it off until New Year's Day, or Jan 2cd.

So I went to Central Market, I don't want to go to the Dr. I feel like, my immune system is a lot worse since I just go to the Dr. for everything, I don't want to keep getting sick, so I got, a Wellness Booster, Astragalus Root, Zinc Lozenges, Nighttime Cough & Bronchial Syrup, fresh squeezed Oj, and I have vitamin C pills, and I am taking Asprin.

Hopefully I will be better by tomorrow! And I start my New Year's Resolution in 2 days, so I want to be well for that also!

I still did not get my jacket from that bar.

I ate a Alfajor, it's from Argentina, it's like a carmel pastry, so yummy :D, and also I had tomato basil soup from Central Market, I love it but it's so fattening, I had to squeeze it in before the 1st!


Alrighty round 2 with the herbs, and a salad, and I'm watching Land of the Lost.

goodnight!

~julin

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Goals for 2010

Well, I just got done eating the most amazing Argentinean meal, complete with a glass or two of red wine. Feeling completely full, I watched The Line, or La Linea, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111918/, to complete my day. It was ok, kinda confusing.

I also wrote a new song, I started writing it about 3 weeks ago in my car when I was so exhausted that I was just playing around, and I had my recorder in my car so I recorded it, then I expanded it just randomly, and it worked out to be a really good song, a little twisted because of the context, but it's different I like it.

I ended up not going to record, I don't know why but I am getting a sore throat and it turns out my producer had a gig at 6:30 so we would only be able to get a couple of hours in, so I stayed in and rested instead of trying to push it, so I can be better tomorrow. We start at 12:00pm.

I still did not get my jacket from that bar.

But, the whole reason I wanted to start this blog was to follow my goals in 2010, I'm going to be the only one in the world to follow my New Year's Resolution for the whole year. This is going to keep me motivated, and hopefully my friends and family will too :D

Here are some of them, I'm not going to list them all:

Start Jan 1 at 12:00am

Workout 5 days a week (I'm not talking hard core fitness here either)

Eating healthy, EXPAMPLE: egg whites, fruit, veggies, tea, fish, brown rice.

Taking a cup of superfood or something like that and flaxseed oil every morning.

Taking vitamins everyday.

No alcohol

No smoking

No coffee

No fattening food, fast food, or heavy desserts

Read at least 30 min a day

Research every Sunday how to be healthy, a better you, religion, new books, new tips ect.

Yoga or Pilates 3 times a week.

Pay off any and all debt.

Learn Spainish

Take a trip to Europe

Do some Charity

These are all the things I want to do, it's not like I'm forcing myself. I'm going to make other goals too, like saving for a trip to Europe, and playing a show with my new music, and all that jazz, but this is just to start. I'm going to keep them in a file in my computer so I can go and add more as time goes on.

It seems like a lot when I look at it, but that's only because I sleep 12 hours a day, and only have 12 hours to do anything, and I usually sit around for 2 hours in the morning so that's really only 10 hours, and I sit around for 2 hours at night so that's 8 hours, and you have to add drive time, so the days just slip away for me sometimes, I don't want that anymore.

So if I start moving early I can get it all done.

We'll see how it goes, I'm not one to give up, and it's all on me now.

I have to wake up in 8 hours, so I gotta to go to bed.

:)

~julin

2 and 1/2 Days

....Left till the new year. Yesterday I had mac & cheese and chocolate ice cream. I wanted to go work out, but for some reason I've been so tired, and now I think I'm getting a little sick. I'm drinking my superfood drink every morning and taking my vitamins again, I kinda stopped for the whole christmas week, just because I didn't think taking them and drinking alcohol would be very effective. I left my black jacket at this bar, I have to remember to get it.

It's raining outside over here, I'm going to record today, that's my only mission, I guess maybe I'll try to get my jacket and maybe workout a little.

It seems when I wake up late, I've missed all these things I was suppose to do.

So I auditioned for this movie called, Love Don't Let me down, it was an indie film, going to be filmed in austin, tx, but I guess the script got picked up by Tobey Mguire, and now Leighton Meester has the part that I tried out for. I mean good for the script writer, that's good news, I still wanted the part, but I love Leighton Meester too, so I am looking forward to seeing it, I love those music, indie feel, kinda films. That is the reason I want to act so much. Also any action, or kicking ass, love that too.

My audition is up at www.youtube.com/actressjulin, it's for chiles.

Well, some of you know that exactly one year ago, I did this crazy tv show thing, it kinda changed my life, in a good way, they casted some girls that are similiar, some of us, not all of us, and now most of us are really good friends, and I totally forgot to mail their XMAS gifts! But I will send it soon, I can put that on my list :)

hope your day is wonderful,

~julin

Monday, December 28, 2009

New Blog

So I was putting it on hold about blogging yesterday, because I wanted to take my time, but it seems that, that is also the case today, I have to hurry to the bank and then go record. I was super hungover yesterday, I'm trying to go all out before I give it all up in 2010. Everybody is telling me not to do it, but that just makes me want to do it more. No bad food, no alchol, no laziness, no excuses. It doesn't sound that hard, but it really is. Usually I can do that for a goal, if I have something to work for, but for no reason I think what's the point? I also want to research all the ways to be really healthy, you know just try it once, I for sure do not want to look like madonna, but maybe Jen Aniston. I mean she looks amazing.

I do have to say if I get my one month vacation in Europe, it's all out the window, just for the time I'm there. :D

off to record a record :)

~julin

Saturday, December 26, 2009

First Blog

So I just watched this movie, Julia & Julia, and she did a blog, so it kinda made me want to do one too.

I'm not going to be cooking or anything, but I have some goals I want to do for this year 2010, and I just want to keep track for myself. I just want to be a better me all around, and I don't want to just talk, or blog, haha! I want to do some charity, take better care of myself, record my songs, write my script, get in good shape, make some money, travel a month in Europe, make a music video, play some shows, go on tour. I can do that in a year. Each day I have to work at it though, and not give up.

Today there are a lot of sales going on at the Galleria, I really need some new attire, I never shop for my self, it feels like I never have anything to wear except t-shirts and jeans, but some people dress so cute, I was in NYC, and I love that city, I really wish I could live there, but I don't have enough money to live the way I'm used to living. But my point was that everyone there dresses really cute, a magazine I like to look at for fashion tips is Nylon, and they have great reading material too. Also all the Holiday stuff is on sale, I love buying cute stuff for decoration each year too.

My favorite stores are Zara and Urban Outfitters.

Ok so for those of you if anyone sees this and doesn't know me, my name is Julin, I sing, act, write and do some promotional modeling for extra cash.

www.facebook.com/actressjulin