Not only have I been looking for a job, but also a school to go to. Now that I’ve graduated from Winter Park Tech, I’m ready to pursue my real career goal. I’m very interested in the film industry right now and am striving to do all I can in order to come out on top in this field.

My GPA (Grade Point Average) in high school was extremely low and I feel that if I were to apply for a four year university (NYU), then they wouldn’t really choose me to become a student there. So my thoughts and decision is to raise y GPA by taking a couple of classes in a community college. Here in Orlando there is a CC called Valencia, that has a couple of branches around Central Florida and is known to be a top school. There is also another extremely well known school here in Orlando called Full Sail. Both schools have a lot to offer, but at the moment I’m leaning more toward Full Sail. Full Sail is basically a cram school and the longest you can be there is two years. The best part, you can earn a bachelors degree in just these two years!

Their film department is a bachelors degree program. So I’m really interested in that.

At first, I was really interested in Valencia because a lot of my friends go there and said it was great school and environment. Also, like I said above, I need to raise my GPA. I’m really hoping that Full Sail can offer this (which it should) but then again the tech school I went to didn’t…so you never know unless you ask.

I’m going to be going to both schools for an open house and see how they are for myself. I hope my experience while there will be worth wile and that the best school shines brightly, so that my decision can be easier.

Today my mother and I went to go see the new movie ‘El Cantante’ that stars Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. The movie is a biopic on the legendary Salsa artist, Hector Lavoe (Marc Anthony). It is told from the point of view of his wife, Puchi (Jennifer Lopez) years after his death. Although I was only about 5 years old when he died (1993), I grew up listening to most of his songs with the Fania (famous New York/Puerto Rican record label) All Stars. So every time during the movie I would hear his songs, I would sing along.

During the making of this movie, there was much controversy and problems between family and friends of Hector. Many things in the movie were left out and a lot of people in Puerto Rico had problems with that. I heard that his family was angry about how they (directors, producers, and writers of the movie) had the focus more on his drug abuse then on his accomplishments during his lifetime. That’s where Puchi, his recently deiced wife, comes in. She wanted the movie to be told from how she saw it, the raw way. What not many people saw behind the closed doors, and I think she did an amazing job!

Both Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez did a remarkable job with this movie and if you are a latino or even a music lover, I highly recommend this movie to you.

What I love most about this whole story is that it adds on to stories I’ve heard since the day I was born. My mother grew up with most of those people in both Puerto Rico and New York. For the Latinos out there who know who Roberto Rohena/Roena is, well, he’s my mother’s cousin and another member of the Fania All Stars. He played with Hector Lavoe and all of those big time Newyoricans! It just gets me so excited to learn more about all of these legendary people and I’m so glad to be apart of it all, even if just a little bit. =)

YES, I got the car! I thank a million times to my father, aunt, and uncle for helping me with the payment and also my mother with the insurance! My family is the best. So basically all day today this was what I was doing. This is what my new Mustang looks like, only difference is that it’s red and doesn’t have leather seats (thank God). I didn’t want a 2005-2007 model because I think they’re ugly. I know it shouldn’t be just about looks, but my uncle looked over the car and said it was in great condition. Also it only has 71,000 miles on it! So its not so bad.
Ah, I love it! Now I just need to get a job in order to pay for it and pay gas…haha.

Argh, still posting up pages, they’re in “editing” mode so that’s why you aren’t able to see them yet. Since WP is a little different then normal HTML files, I had a lot to change. Also I wanted to clean up most of the pages.