Hello and welcome to my blog. I am probably the only person reading this right now, but that is OK. I've done blogs before, first time during my study abroad trip during the Spring 2012 semester...6 years ago today I was doing this same thing except from my much older Toshiba Laptop in a student housing center in Barcelona, Spain (shout out to La Resa!). Look it up if you don't believe me: http://alvinyespana.blogspot.com/2012/03/can-i-go-on-strike-from-studio.html. Also don't judge me I was young then (still am) but geez I sound different.
Anyhow, I did another one, two years ago for my Masters program at Tech...I thought I was being super ingenious and dope by creating a new circle courtroom. LOL. My point is, I decided to do another Blog/diary hybrid because I enjoy reading my posts from the past. I always hope other people read them too but I thoroughly enjoy reading them myself. They serve as valuable insights into how far I have come as person, and in life. It can be hard to see your progress sometimes when you are in the middle of whatever grind you're in. I'm officially in my late 20's and 21 year old me seems so far away. More importantly, however, 25 year old me seems far away. Early 26 year old me seems far away. Even December of 2017 seems far away. I'm 26 right now-pushing 27 for reference.
I'm going to start with today and throughout the life of this blog (2 weeks, 6 months, a year, till' I die?) I will refer back to other important times I should have blogged, but I finally felt enough inspiration and conviction to start it today. Today marks a week out for, what I hope will be, my national cable TV debut. That's right, if I made it past the editing room I'll appear on the Silver screen across America on FX's Atlanta. Last night I met with a fellow "Film Industryer". I'll keep him nameless for now but this guy is dope, talented, and deserves all the creative accolades I can think of. I'm speaking it into existence now but I think I've found my version of a Ryan Coogler - Michael B Jordan, or a Christopher Nolan - Michael Caine, or an Ava Duvernay - David Oyelowo relationship. These talented director - actors collaborate very often on their projects and they are able to produce great storytelling and filmmaking together. We worked on a short, simple, and dirty narrative together last night and I think we both surprised ourselves at how solid the product turned out. It was just the two of us, I wrote it in 30 mins one morning then last night, we rewrote it together, then spent about 3 hours improvising and filming it. For now, that little project will remain nameless and relatively view less but not meaningless. Both my looming TV debut and the pure creative magic I experienced last night really pushed me into starting this blog. It was the first time in a while that I noticed the progress and the growth as it was happening. That's the point of this blog...growth. Yes, it'll be through an aspiring actor and creative's lens but growth is universal. Everyone has the potential to do so.
Do I not-so-secretly want this blog to be discovered one day when I am not as incognito as I am now? Definitely maybe. Do I want myself and others to look back at this first post and be like "what kind of weird inspirational place was Alvin coming from that day?" Probably. Do I want to look back on this first post and sometime in the future when it feels right, say wow, you've grown? Absolutely. It may be a week from now when the Atlanta episode airs and I realize I got cut haha. Oh the growth I'd have to do then.
This is why I'm doing it now. So in a week from now if I don't make the episode, I would have already seen the growth I've made regardless. Be the person you want to be a week from now, today. That's the point. Happy reading folks (Ok really, it's just me) ;)
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