Thank you, Richard

It is 4:13 PM on a rainy August day and I feel inspired. I had a weird dream (perhaps nightmare) last night that involved murder, family reunions, T-shirts, and parks named after foods in french. 

Surprise (or no surprise at all)! I made a new blog!

Richard Linklater has been my inspiration during these past three months. I have consumed his movies religiously and has motivated me to do something on my own. I am starting a project with the only human I know who is as equally passionate as me in the exact same little things—records and CDs, skateboarding in golf courses, ridiculous tattoos, driving around sketchy places in Florida, and the art by the godly figure: Richard Linklater. 

This is her holding a cow!! On her very palm!! No one could ever!!

We have come to realize that although this year has created a huge negative impact in our society, it has been a year of catharsis, enlightenment, epiphanies, progress, growth. We are living in a new abnormal. This is history being made right before our eyes. These are times of uncertainty, but this is the most certain I have felt in my entire life. I know who I am and I know what I want. 

This is a random list of some of the shit I have discovered about myself:

• Music is my biggest passion. Oh don't get me wrong, I love film and it is what I want to pursue. But there is nothing that gets me more excited than talking about music and exchanging songs with my friends. I love rockstars and I love boys in bands and I would do anything to go to a concert right now. I have been to the record store at least once a week for the past few months. There certainly is no place like it. Also, I have been listening to one album a day in hopes of broadening my knowledge about music!
• I am very fucking resilient. So much so that it scares me a wee bit sometimes.
• I never walk up or down the stairs, I always skip one or two and sprint as well.
• My life has consisted of constantly saying goodbye to people (not necessarily death, more like moving away type goodbyes)
• I am very similar to my mom
• I find beauty in the most little things and I am happy I do
• I think tramp stamps are COOL and a part of me wants one eventually
• I do not like TikTok because something about it seems off and dystopian to me. I feel like I am sensitive to the sensory overload of constantly scrolling and having audio change all the time.
• I am surrounded by water signs. All of my close friends are water signs, including me! (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)
• I love love love nature and I think I have decided I want to live surrounded by nature when I am old and settled. I used to be a city girl but that has changed. 
• Waking Life by Richard Linklater is probably my favorite movie ever
• I love where I am right now, and I used to hate it here a lot. 

During the beginning of "quarantine" I went through a bit of an identity crisis. This only made me seek to do different things and experiment with my hobbies. I know who I am now and I am happy!

Back to the purpose of this post—Mariana and I are starting this new project, heavily inspired by Linklater's pieces. It is basically Waking life but the themes revolve around being in a pandemic, instead of them revolving around dreams and existence (although they do come hand in hand). Our aim is to make a short film with a series of conversations that we have had during the pandemic. We have yet to plan it in more detail, but I will explain once that is done.

Tomorrow it's Record Store Day! And we plan to go to the record store and start shooting random footage to find inspiration. I will let you know how it all goes down.