my home, my heart

that guy i'm in love with

classic sledding - crete,il 2009

the feast - the christmas goose!

my home and 2 favorite people

man, i like this guy!

namaste, families and lovers everywhere

up, up, and away!!

the art and technique of packing is absurd.

soon, i will be up, up, and away!!

namaste, to the US Airways and Iberia pilots of Flight #3303 and #274.

and...that's okay

...and i wish i were in new york. and window shopping with
mid-western mittens on south american skin. and my cheeks
have never been rudy with frostbite at age 5...but hers are.
and so outside the sephora mega makeup franchise i see reflected
my bundled up self living the white life and that's okay i think
that's a-okay so i begin to disrobe my hands...you know,
remember what ice feels like. remember that we have drops of the
same flag in our blood and although my mother never swung steady
a machete...she has sewn my clothes. she has prayed at my bedside.
she had paid for my oil changes. she has taught me of travel...
of a vast backyard.
of the responsibility that a passport stamps.
and that home is everywhere you choose to blossom.
she has given me a life never lived by her,
for me,
if i am so bold as to truly live it full.
...and christmas in new york with tv news stations and
draft beer specials are oddly cozy attributes to the city's jingle bustle.
the cathedrals emanate a more solitary tone of commercialized religion
and only few who enter now know how to operate the holy water.
let us pray. because, that's okay.
*november 2006


namaste, mom. i love you. te quiero mucho.

back on business

just watched Julie & Julia. . .

all i want to do is blog and eat butter.

namaste, santa.
thank you for visiting.

the dickens out of people

family bowling 2009!

(new) Garcias/Huettunbar Christmas fun times (Jude as cameraman)

Grandma and Grandpa (My Buddy) at"Mango Street" family dinner

Dad, Christian and Mom at "Chad Diety"

Tia Lolo and Tio Jim at "Mango Street"

Merry Christmas! To all my family and friends! I LOVE YOU!

our favorite words

simple as that. words we love. words we love our mouths to taste.

christian's words:

bloodbath

quadricept

churro

dominate/domination

hypnotize

vandalize

grenade

tank

morph

spur

scratch

octane

casing

fence

encrusted

slick

bite the bullet

gina's words:

banister

freesia

and

gorgonzola

juice

spine(s)

garnish

fickle

archaic

Inca

ask

sage

cowlick

shoelaces

left

linguistic

Paris

Cordoba

Seville

salt(ed)

marigolds

papaya

Vermont

hybrid

Minnesota

campuses

lisp

emeralds

champagne

anthology

disfrutar (to enjoy)

yolk

bruises

conversation

blood (sangre)

native

opium

seeds

teeth

dime

cobbler

thank you for sharing in my love of words, my love.

namaste, to my one and only, m*tha f*cka.

keep those palms open to receive the light.

Marketing Resume - Gina Cornejo

EDUCATION

Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, IL.

Graduate as of January 2005 with Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in Theater.

QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS

Extremely outgoing and always with a smile!

Fluent with Microsoft Word and Excel

Ability to adapt to changing environments

Dependable, honest, punctual and flexible

MARKETING/EVENT EXPERIENCE

Leaddog Marketing Group, Inc. (NYC based) Chicago, IL. July 2003-present.

· Staffing Manager/Field Manager/Brand Ambassador for Chicago events

· Pre-Promotional Street Team Staffer/Zone Manager for SELF Magazine “Workout in the Park” 2004-2008. 15 years of this event!

· WWE Fan Axxess Tour on the road to Wrestlemania (World Wrestling Entertainment) 2006-2009. Set-Up/Tear Down Crew/Zone Manager for 3 years. Cities include: Chicago, Miami, Houston, Toronto, Detroit, Orlando.

· Additional companies and events: Nissan “Rock N’ Roll 1/2 Marathon” (08-09), ABC network “Fun in the Sun” tour (04), Bridezillas promo for WEtv Channel (07-08), Fitness Magazine “Mind, Body and Spirit Games” (04-05), Charter One Bank Farmer’s Market (05), Ice Mountain Water Promotion for the 2005 Chicago Marathon, Sprint Promotion for 2007 Chicago Marathon, Crunch Fitness, FedEx Kinko’s Chicago Bears NFL Meet and Greet, Field and Stream Magazine, AARP, Microsoft Windows XP Experience

· Dan Mannix, President and CEO http://leaddogmarketing.com

GMR Marketing. Chicago, IL. June 2008-present.

· Brand Ambassador for Autotrader.com and CLS economic surveys at Wrigley Field.

· Event Staff, three weekends, Cotton & “Confessions of a Shopoholic” at Northbrook Court, Northbrook, IL.

· New Balance Shoe and Fitness event in Chicago (Dick’s Sporting Goods). Event Manager/Brand Ambassador including on site visits, inventory, and maintenance of store location.

· Tia Barrett, Junior Recruiter. gmrmarketing.com

Artistic Resume -Gina Cornejo

Gina Cornejo

Lily’s Talent Agency #312-601-2345

Height: 5’4” Weight: 135 Hair: Dark Brown Eyes: Dark Brown

Theatre

Nenny/Ave. Boy The House On Mango Street Steppenwolf Theater

Teatro Luna Jarred Goodman (Latino Theater Fest)

Teatro Luna Machos Chicago Dramatists/16th Street Theatre

Teatro Luna Lunatic(a)s Chicago Dramatists

Teatro Luna Surface Day Victory Gardens

Teatro Luna Hip Hop Theatre Fest Museum of Contempory Art

Solo Performer Full Circle Festival Adler Danztheatre

Teatro Luna S-E-X-Oh! Chicago Dramatists

Solo Performer Dream Eaters Neo-Futurarium

Texas Cabaret Metropolis PAC

Rosie Cabaret Columbia College Chicago

Erzulie Once On This Island Michiana Dunes Theater

Robin/Ensemble Godspell Tonkawa Theater

Television/Film

Hostess (V.O) Denny’s Pinnacle Productions

Gina Your Own Romance Novel Fox Chicago(Niena Drake)

Tori The Fight USC Graduate Film School

Production

Choreography Machos (Jeff Awarded: Best New Work,

Best Ensemble, 2008) Teatro Luna

Choreography Lunatic(a)s (Jeff Nominated, 2008) Teatro Luna

Choreography Lulu Silent Theatre

Choreography …Bio of George Takei Second City

Choreography Three Penny Opera Dir. Stephanie Shaw

Training/Special Skills

B.A. received from Columbia College Chicago, January 2005

Artistic Ensemble Member of Teatro Luna

16+ years of various dance training including: Ballet, Pointe, Tap, African,

Flamenco, Tango, Jazz, Modern, Musical Theater.

SAFD Certified Actor Combatant, 7 weapons.

Teacher Assistant for Nana Shineflug at Columbia College Chicago for

Body Movement, Fall 2006-Spring 2007.

Active adventure traveler, runner and yoga enthusiast;

also able to execute hand stands, cartwheels, round-offs, backbends,

walkovers, splits, a spot on drag impersonation, and 25 consecutive pushups.

References

Tanya Saracho: Founder of Teatro Luna.

David Woolley: Theater Instructor at Columbia College Chicago

**I am currently represented by Lily's Talent Agency and Shirley Hamilton.

Both agencies will be re-evaluated upon my return home in the early Spring.**

i'm legit

**this is strictly a business posting today!**

featured in these posts:

my current headshots,

my artistic resume,

and also my extensive marketing resume.

those of you still interested in reading the following,

who may actually have a job for me when I come back

to the United States,

i say to you,

namaste, future boss of mine.

for fun-zies

just for fun-zies, here are some random old poems.

no need to respond if they don't make sense.

that's the point of fun-zies...for fun-zies!

fruitless Cali sand,

silent under snow

and that water must

be fucking cold...

i moon walk on the

untouched ice dunes and

even inflate my belly so as

to honor the extra room

in my moon suit.

i make a sexy astronaut...

but i think i'd miss

the sun,

and the sand-

you can't construct moon dust castles-

i mean, that's just fucking ridiculous.

*february 2007

roasted cauliflower soup gently poured over chipped chunks of gorgonzola

newly wedded to the hand-massaged baby spinach and arugula dish,

dressed with rosemary-honey and plucked pomegranate --

seeds from the first newborn sunflower that christ held between his teeth on the first sunrise of the first celebration of what we now call easter and i can't wait any longer to see you choke to your environmentally sound death despite the logic that you, too, breathe an animals' breath.

panting heavy heated from your spine as the moon licks your sacrum

you ate this earth growling. . .

remember. . . ?

primal, ripping roots, and dripping fruits, and food fighting with

brothers and sisters of the same pack.

so, became this fleshy earths' first carnivore who bit and cackled down the blood?

so, who is the wolf. . . ?

not that it matters. . .

with chops like that.

*february 2007

*i used to be a hostess at the Fiddlehead Cafe.

the menu is...specific.

the clientele is...specific, as well.

tangerine and crushed freesia, this city reeks of women and their oils.

let your hair down, girl! shake out the pony kinks

and loft that Pantene Pro-V to the east,

to the water,

to the maintainence men and coffee house hustlers.

the ladies sure do spritz heavily in the heavenly AM yawns,

too sleepy too hungover from mojito mints and second city sours

with lemony twists and happy hours

purchased by the bosses of bosses and the ass in the office who can only be civil when he's downed two double shots of jagermeister,

all that deer blood to settle his trigger before speaking kindly to his fellow dollar earners.

he hits on the chicky-dee, the fresh one, who got hired 3 weeks ago, who is the friend of the office fatty who brings in doughnuts about twice a month, even though she knows

everyone is on a fucking diet.

but the gesture is nice.

*don't have it recorded what year

namaste, m*tha f*ckas. now, go write a poem.

soon reporting from spain

i will be writing from spain come december 30th!

from granada! from ortura to be exact.
then from france! from paris to be exact.
from the computer nook of the parisian apartment
my peruvian cousin rents out!

just thought you should know where in the world i will be,
and what kind of world i will be viewing! i visited spain in 2007,
and i look forward to igniting the new year!
because, i don't think it was just me that thinks 2009 really sucked.

namaste, m*tha f*cka.

i want...please

"words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use."
*samuel butler, writer 1835-1902

i want.
i want to be employed by you. i want you to give me a job.
i want to write for you, to help you create, to give you a fresh vision,
to collaborate with you. i want this blog of heaping handfuls of my writings to be
a taste of what i can provide for you.
publish me. help edit my crap. help weed out the snarls.
employ me, damnit.
send me to where anthony bourdain gets shipped off to. yes. i want that.
i do want that. a lot. i want to travel. on your dime, if that's alright.
i want my words to be in actual use. somehow. somef*ckingway.
i want something to come of this, and i hope you can help me.
if not...

then, namaste, m*tha f*cka.
and enjoy!

swing your golden pick

"...this world is a treacherous place
and will surely slay and drown the lazy...

the only life raft here is love...

don't die again
with that holy ruby mine inside
still unclaimed

when you could be swinging
a golden pick with
each
step."
*portion of DON'T DIE AGAIN from THE GIFT, POEMS BY HAFIZ The Great Sufi Master

namaste, m*tha f*ckas.
i bow to you. the light within me honors the light within you.
i welcome you in!
this open space is to defy the deconstruction of communication...
to create permanence and integrity in my linguistic construction...these are my words...
and most are not in their sunday clothes.

i recgonize the irony, the poetic complex interpretation of namaste, m*tha f*cka...
and i am lovin' it!

urban zen in the fitting rooms, where western men fall short of western genius.
sifting for culture through merchandice
and i wonder if i could do a sun salutation in these jeans?
this urban gateway to the icons of eastern culltures
where throw pillows spark meditative OMMM
and floating lamps in my 2nd floor studio that rival the set of Karate Kid: Part whatever
the one when he's in mr. miyagis' home-home-town and his girl is the chicky
who digs him enough to do the sacred tea cup sharing tradition.

i bow to you, m*tha f*cka.
with humility. with respect.
with the knowledge that the light within us can sometimes be
just a bad haircut on the day we decide to die.

namaste.