Cristy Joy's Blog

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If energy is neither created nor destroyed..
If radio waves can be heard in space for centuries after the broadcast..

Then that means that whatever emotions are flowing inside of us have the potential to create ripples in the pond of life for many many years… and that we are swimming in the reflection of our ancestors…

So what choices are you going to make today to add to this ocean?
What seeds are you going to plant?
Are you going to live in love or are you going to live in fear?

Sometimes it’s an easy choice to make and sometimes it takes courage.
Either way, the decision is yours. Make it a wise one.

Peace, Love, Inspiration,
Cristy Joy

We all are alive, simultaneously, right now.
We each are living this one life, trying to make it the best.

What can we all do, as human beings, to make this world more lovely?
To bring each other more joy? and happiness?

What can you do to make this experience of living a better one for yourself and for everyone around you? What is 1 step you can take today?

Peace, Love, Inspiration,
Cristy Joy

I’m inspired and excited.

Tomorrow I night I have a group meeting with regards to an upcoming project. I also have some scripts to look over about another project.

Then Thursday is Day 1 for that new comedic webseries I got cast in. The one where I mentioned them creating a character for me.

I’m really excited. I have a really good feeling about everything.
I hope it all works out.

Also, on Monday, I had an audition for something that has the power to totally change my life. It was so much fun. The longer I was there, the more I just totally comfortable.. like I belonged. It was cool.
The people there were cool too. I just felt like we all just kind of vibed.
I felt more comfortable than I’ve ever really felt at an audition like that.
The people with the production company just seemed really chill.
I’m usually so nervous at these sorts of things.. I did get nervous maybe twice.. but it didn’t last very long. It was cool. The people there were nice and fun to be around.

This past Saturday was fun too. I’ve been getting freaky with my blog here. Adding stuff and then taking it away. I can’t remember if I blogged about this one.. but I got to meet a bunch of people who are linked up with that radio station that I dance with. So many cool, nice, down-to-earth human beings. It was good times.

Time really flies when you are surrounded by good company. Saturday I hung out from light until dark! Probably the only reason why I left was because I was a bit under a time crunch to buy a drum set.

I got a really awesome deal. I got this rickety looking set… Some of the hardware is a bit rusty.. but it totally plays like a GEM!! AND.. I noticed after I set it up.. that all of the drums have REMO HEADS!!! WHAT!!
The thing looks like a pile of garbage and sounds like a beauty!
And the hi-hats are all busted up and crunchy sounding. It’s awesome.
I love the set. It’s bad ass.
The guy who I bought it from was really nice. He had a ton of drums in his garage. He even helped me break the kit down and packed it in my car for me.
Man. Did I mention that the set has Remo drumheads?!?!?!?!?!!!!!
I got a chair and everything. I’m so happy. I’m so ready to jam now! Ha!

Hmm.. What else?
I’m just really excited. I have some really great ideas for all of the projects I’m involved with. I’m looking forward to sharing them with everybody. I have a good feeling about everything.

And I’m just really inspired too. I’m having a lot of fun sharing my little thoughts of random inspiration that I get. I always kind of come up with these ‘quotes for the day’.. It’s been really neat just sharing them with everybody online and seeing what other people come up with in response. It ends up being like a chain of inspiration. I love it! I just wanna eat it up!

Recently, I had some really great auditions..
I got a very cool email from one of the directors.. pretty much the casting was out of his hands, but he wants to work with me in the future.
So we’re linked up now online. I hope we do get to work together.
I really enjoyed auditioning for him. He actually directed me, which is pretty cool.
I did one take, with my own version.. and then he gave me some direction.. and the second take I did it his way.. and I could really feel it that time, like he made the right choice for me. I could feel it came out great.
It was pretty neat. I’m looking forward to seeing the audition tape.
He’s actually going to cut it and send me a copy! How cool is that?!
I wish everybody I auditioned for would do that! I would have soooooo many videos on YouTube right now. LOL

Oh, that’s another thing I am SO HAPPY ABOUT!! I got my YouTube account reinstated!! Thank you YouTube!! Woo! Awesome.
You see, I’ve been using the internet since the days when you had to dial up with a 2400 baud modem into a local BBS. I am a computer geek.
All this technology is very exciting to me. I just love playing around with all of it. And cameras and everything. It’s fun.
When it comes to copyright laws, it kind of irks me.
You see, my thing is that.. If I’m not making any money off of it, then why should it matter?
If I am playing someone else’s song, isn’t that kind of like cross promotion? Isn’t that a good thing? Shrug.
Needless to say, I’m really happy to have my YouTube account back, and I have been going through and deleting videos.
Although honestly, it is a little tough for me. I wish there was a way to pick specific videos and transfer them to a new account. That way I could remove them from that playlist but at least still have them up somewhere. That would be cool.
I have pieces from a 5 month road trip I was on. I’m a little bit sentimental about a lot of the videos I have up there, even though I haven’t really looked through most of them in a long time.. if even, at all. But still!!

So that’s it really.
Oh wait, one more thing.. That TV show I was supposed to do either last week or the week before got moved to.. not this Saturday, but the following Saturday. I’m pretty excited about that. It will be my first time rapping and dancing on a television. So that will be cool.
I will be rapping my new song and representing my radio station homies.
I’m looking forward to it. I think they might be streaming it online.
I gotta email the lady and ask where people can watch it. I gotta remember to do that.

Also, there is another television show that I made an appearance on last year some time. It looks as if I will be working on that again towards the end of next month. It’s a Spanish Television Show. It was a little bit confusing the first time. I’m bilingual, but the Spanish they spoke on there is different than the Spanish that I speak. LA Spanish is different than Miami Spanish. I can have a conversation out here with someone who doesn’t speak English.. I’ve had to do that before.. but on the TV show it’s different because it moves kind of fast. It was funny.
They dressed me up all sexy too, for that show, which was interesting.
Anyway, it was fun. I’m looking forward to being apart of one of their programs again next month. It was a neat experience the first time.

So anyway, that’s about it. Tomorrow is going to be a busy one for me… and I’m looking forward to it all. Should be fun

Peace, Love, Inspiration,
Cristy Joy

I just contacted Universal Music Group.

Honestly, I want to try to help the company out. I think I may be able to generate some income for them. I want to cut a deal.

I called up their corporate headquarters in Santa Monica, in an effort to speak with someone in their marketing department.

I spoke with a male operator, who passed me along to a female operator, who passed me back to the male operator, who hung up on me twice.
They both told me that they need a specific name in order to transfer me to someone other than the other operator.

Is this the truth?
How are they conducting business?

How can I get in touch with their Marketing Department?


So basically, here is my idea.
I currently have 3 videos up on YouTube which are under question by their company for copyright, which I will happily delete if requested.
But I thought to myself something interesting…
These videos have garnered over 5,000 views on their own… without any sort of promotion or advertising by me. It just kind of randomly happened.
What if I were to team up with UMG’s Marketing Department and utilize these videos as a means of promotion for the company?
Actually put some effort into doing some promoting of these videos.. put in the time and the energy.. to generate whatever numbers they may be looking at… because numbers to a company, essentially mean $$$, right?
And then to cut a deal with them. They can give me a percentage. Use whatever method they want, advertising whatever, and we can work together and generate some income for each other.
Makes sense right?
Anyway, it’s an idea that I thought it would be worth passing along to the marketing department. Maybe they would be interested if they read this blog. It’s worth a shot, I’d say.

What do you think?


Peace, Love, Inspiration,
Cristy Joy

What do you want? What do you need? What are you going to do today to make it happen? Go for it! Go get it! You can do it!

You can have ANYTHING and EVERYTHING heart truly desires… and you will.. you are on the path.. You just have to realize that, believe it, know it, own it.. and go do whatever it takes to make that happen.

So what are you gonna do today? What are you gonna think? How are you gonna feel? What does your heart desire today? Go get it! You can make it happen!

Peace, Love, Inspiration,
Cristy Joy

Part of my motivation for success is my inherent want/need to inspire the world.. world peace and unity…

Something snapped in me today and it said “Why wait for success? Start now.”

The same voice that inspired me to move to LA repeated itself today and it said “What are you going to do? Are you going to follow your heart or are you going to follow your head?”

When you follow your heart you are heeding to your intuition and the end result is always love. It’s scary at first. It doesn’t logically add up. But over time it will make sense.

When you follow your head you are playing it safe. But that’s not what you really want.

Anything that has meant the most to you has always involved some sort of risk.
But really, what that risk is, is actually just letting go of that need for comfort and security.. it is willing to make yourself vulnerable.. to put what you stand for on the line, because if it means that much, it is worth it.

Go for it. Do it. Never look back – only look forward.
In the end, at least you gave it all you got.

Peace, Love, Inspiration,
Cristy Joy

It has been a really weird month up until now. But perhaps it is because I have been holding everything in, just trying to figure it all out on my own.
Maybe just writing up a simple little blog will help me to work everything out.

You know, I started performing when I was 6 years old. I remember auditioning for chorus in elementary school and singing “It’s a small world”, and my teacher flipping out and scribbling a bunch of notes on a tiny piece of paper. Next thing you know I’m in chorus and performing solos for the entire school.

Then, when I was 8, I was in my first play “Oliver”. I was Oliver.
It was for a summer camp, I think, at what now is one of the oldest theatres in Miami. The Actor’s Playhouse. My friends and I were in this camp, but it was mixed ages. We were the youngest and the oldest “kids” were either teenagers or pre-teens.
I remember at audition, I remember being handed the script and doing a cold reading and saying “I’m Oliver, Oliver Twist”. I can hear it in my head exactly how I said it. Next thing you know, I’m proudly cutting my hair short for my “first role”.

Needless to say, performing is nothing new to me… But what is new, is the idea of taking it into my own hands and having it be a lucrative venture.

After losing a job that has been the most enjoyable, profitable, and worked best schedule-wise with my creative ventures…. and then losing my YouTube account which had over 200+ videos, 200+ subscribers, and thousands upon thousands of page views..
I feel like I’ve gained perspective and It’s really got me thinking about things… like where my life is headed, what am I doing, etc. etc. I feel like there is no turning back at this point. I can only move forward.
It almost feels like I’m being put into a “sink or swim” sort of situation and that I really have to Trust Life and to have Faith… and to have confidence in that Trust & Faith.
The only thing that feels right to me deep down in my heart, the only thing that makes sense to me, is to really get a firm grip on myself and my career, and to really take matters into my own hands… and to start doing what I love for a living.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure/privilege of spending the day with a group of really talented, kind-hearted, good people. I met a lot of new people. I think I’ve blogged about some of them before..
Some of the people are associated with the radio station that I dance for on their weekly show.. and some of the people are their friends/relatives.
Nice and down-to-earth people. I’m grateful to have met everybody. I felt a feeling of camaraderie and respect. I think it was mutual. Needless to say, It was good times.

And it was interesting timing too.
It was inspiring to spend the day with so many people who are doing what they love for a living. A little bit ironic, considering the predicament I have found myself in lately, and what has been predominantly in the foreground of my mind and my thoughts.
Just by being in that creative environment, surrounded by good people who are making it happen for themselves, gives me hope that I can make that happen for myself. That it is possible.
I consider them my friends, and yet, I also totally admire them for being able to do what they do. I look up to a few of them. They feel like a brother or a father to me.

I think I can do it too and I guess I kind of have been, more and more through various ventures… auditions, scoping out agents/managers, working on various sets, making music and cinema, all the stuff I have been blogging about, and etc.

But the most recent events have kind of given me a swift kick in the ass and have really motivated me to just grab the bull by the horns and to jump start this whole thing. To go go go full speed ahead!

Although I’m not sure exactly what direction to go. I’m kind of just brainstorming right now. Only time will tell and “Rome wasn’t built in a day”.
It honestly is a new thing for me to fully consider and focus on making my talents translate into profits. I’m sure it will work out somehow.

I recently was contacted by someone about possible DVD distribution, and that kind of got me thinking…
I’m currently researching ways of generating revenue for myself through video sharing and other online options.
I also wonder what people would be interested in purchasing/owning copies of?
I’m open to ideas.

I’ll find out soon enough in what direction I am led, and we shall see what happens…

Peace, Love, and Inspiration,
Cristy Joy
Actress, Comedian, Drummer

I pretty much have been Tweeting, Facebooking, and MySpacing everything that has been going on, really.

After a round of auditions last week, it should be a few more days until I know the results of everything.. But I do know for certain, so far, that I have been cast in the comedic webseries that I auditioned for… and that I am having a role added/written in for me.
Needless to say, I’m extremely humbled, flattered, honored, etc. about that. I should have more information within the next couple of days.

I can’t remember if I blogged about it or not, but I am going to be performing on Pasadena’s local access television station. We will be taping that in a few weeks. I’m pretty excited about that.

Also, I know I blogged about the show that I dance on regularly.. Well, I finally stopped by the studio last week! It was cool! Everybody was really nice and friendly and we recorded my first, official, professional rap song. That’s right.
I thought that was extremely kind of them to do. You see, for the Pasadena TV show thing.. the lady asked me to do a 2-3 minute piece for it… to either sing for a few minutes or dance.. and I thought well, how about I just play some songs that my friends have.. and dance.. and wear the t-shirt that they gave me.. to help promote their show.. also, my way of giving thanks to them for being so great about everything.

So, I ran the idea to by one of the guys.. and to my surprise.. little did I realize..

He ran a few ideas by me.. one of which, was me having my own rap song.
I never thought about making a rap song before, honestly, and it kind of sounded like a fun thing to do. I was undecided and tired.. so I went to lay down and take a nap.. and as I was closing my eyes, lyrics came to my head!
So then I started writing them down and the rest is history!
It really was a total honor recording a rap song with these guys. They are real professionals! Needless to say, it was a lot of fun.. and I’m looking forward to rapping/dancing on that TV show in a few weeks.. and of course, sporting their T-shirt, as my way of showing my appreciation for them taking the time to do that for me!
Nice, down-to-earth, good people too. I’m grateful that we have all linked up.

I got a phone call tonight about an upcoming audition for a tv show.
I just looked it up and it’s completely legit.
That’s about all the information I can say right now…
I’m excited and I hope I get to be on the show. I think it would be fun and a really great experience. Wish me luck on this one.

That’s about all that’s new that I can think of. Just waiting to hear the final word from the auditions that I had last week… waiting to hear some more information about the webseries shoot.. and then I have my own projects that I gotta get rolling on as well. A lot going on at once. I kind of wish that I could add more hours in the day and clone myself to be in multiple places at once.

Oh yes, that reminds me. That cool writer guy that I mentioned, emailed me a few ideas for scripts that we could shoot together. So things are rolling forward with that as well.
Did I also mention that he is shooting a short comedy and already cast me in it?
Yes, I think I did.

Well, I think that about covers everything.

Actually, today I thought of two pretty funny (or at least I think so) jokes, that are kind of time sensitive. I think I also have a few others scribbled down on paper sitting on my bookcase.
I may have to go up and do some standup comedy again next week or something.
It has been a few months since I did that. We shall see. Just an idea right now.

Anyway, I think that’s about all for right now, that I can think of anyway

Needless to say, I’m very excited and grateful about everything that I am blogging about. I’m really looking forward to seeing it all come to fruition and being able to share/watch the final product of everything. Lots of fun

Thanks for reading! Enjoy!

Love, Unity, and Inspiration,
Cristy Joy

PS. I almost forgot. Today I worked on set of the television series “Flash Forward”, again (last time was a couple of months ago). I just have to say that they are without a doubt, one of my all time favorite cast/crews to have the pleasure of making TV magic with. Really talented and fun people.
I hope I get the opportunity to work with them again! Good times!

Fun stuff! Lots of exciting things going on.

Just a quick update… sent out about 15 headshots/resumes/cover letters today (emails).. for various indie film projects.. also submitted to a few commercials

Found a clip from a television show I made an appearance in and posted it on all the social networking sites. Nickelodeon’s iCarly.

That was a fun experience. Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of being on a Nickelodeon show. I suppose that is every child’s dream.
It was definitely the most fun I have ever had on a Hollywood film set.
Awesome green room. Tons of fun. What a great experience. I hope I get to go back there and do it again! That would be awesome!

Something else that is new is that I’ve been in communication with someone who produces a local television show over here.
It’s a comedy/variety show and, from what I know about it so far, it seems really cool.
I think she wants me to do some comedy stuff on it, which I am definitely interested in doing.

Got auditions later on in the week that I am going to start gearing up for…

Oh, I shot that scene today with that filmmaker guy that I blogged about the other day. It was pretty interesting. Nice group of people.
I’m looking forward to seeing how the footage turns out.

I didn’t realize it, but it is actually going to be part of a new feature film that he is producing.
So now I have supporting roles in 5 independent feature films! Or is it 6?
Either way, that’s a pretty exciting thing to have under your belt, as an actress.
Needless to say, I’m pretty happy about it.

I also remembered today that I am the director for the Indieclub of Los Angeles, and was telling Adam (filmmaker) about it.

There is a local club owner here in Hollywood who is interested in having screening/networking events at her bar/restaurant.
I organized a few of these for the Indieclub of Miami, and they were fun little events, and very easy for me to put together. Just took a little bit of time and promotion. But no biggie.

So yeah, he has another feature that he is just about to complete, so I might put together a networking event for him. We’ll see what happens.
Play it by ear.
It would be fun though to gather all of my creative friends and people that I’ve never met, to just mix and mingle.. watch some independent cinema.. and hopefully find new people to create more projects with. That’s always a good thing.

The film club that I am the director of has over 2,000 members locally and over 10,000 members globally. It’s all done online, as of now.
That would be awesome though, if all 2k members showed up.
I’m sure the club owner would definitely be cool with that!

Anyway, that’s all the updates for now.
We’ll see what happens as time progresses.
In the meantime, I need to start getting geared up for those auditions I have later on in the week!

Thanks for reading! Stay inspired!!

Peace, Love, Respect, Inspiration,
Cristy Joy