What's up beautiful people, it is your homegirl Shameless all up in your building.
I'm actually here in Toronto, Canada.
I ran away. I'm here for Caribana.
Okay, so I'm gonna do the 50 random facts tag.
I was tagged months ago by SunKissAlba. Sorry for taking so long.
Yeah, I thought this was a perfect video to do because it doesn't require that much editing and y'all know how I like to get fancy with the editing.
So yeah, the first fact is: I'm a perfectionist. Which means I have issues.
Okay?
Fact number 2: I talk a whole lot! Like, I could just keep going for hours!
Like if you're gonna sit there and listen to me and like, be intrigued and interested, I'll just keep talking.
Using my phone; I cannot remember 50 facts.
Fact number 2-B: I have a bad memory.
Fact number 3: I'm always cold. Which means I always wear a robe or a blanket, and/or drink hot tea.
Fact number (French) 4: I love mint chocolate chip ice cream with sprinkles.
(French) Number 5.
(French) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Okay, 5.
Don't make fun of my if I get my French wrong, P.S.!
When I was a kid, I had short hair. Insert photo here.
And me and my cousin Jeigh, we would put pants on our heads and like, run around.
Run and try to get it to flow. 'Cause we wanted long flowy hair like they had in the commercials.
I'm beautiful! Look at my long hair!
Fact number 6: Everyone thought my brother and I were twin... boys.
Twin brothers. 'Cause we both had short hair.
Number 7.
I had short hair as you guys know. And I thoght it was pronounced 'ashro,' as opposed to 'afro.'
Ashro! My cousins made fun of me.
Fact number 8. This is a big one.
I used to be a clepto! I used to steal all the time!
It was so bad; I think from the ages of like, 4... like, 6 or something like that.
You know they had these cubby holes in school, like you had like a hole you put your stuff in.
Everyone would put their toys in there, I would just steal the barbies. I would just steal them.
And then they finally caught on. So then, it got so bad that the daycare teachers had to check my bag before I left, and my mom had to check my bag when I got home.
I don't steal anymore, P.S.
Fact number 9: I used to mispronounce words all the time because of my mom's Filipino accent.
So I thought what you guys referred to as 'COM-for-ter', was pronounced, 'com-FOR-ter.'
I thought that up until high school.
Fact number 10: I was in the Philippines at the age of 10, and I went to a party and I saw a drag queen.
A Filipino drag queen for the first time. And I was mezmerized. I was in awe!
I just had never seen anything so fierce in my life! Which is probably responsible for my drag queen obsession to this day.
Fact number 11: I started playing the flute at the age of 5, all the way until I was 18.
Which means I was a geek, and I was in a band. Hello!
Fact number 12: I'm really into musical scores, musical compositions, and movie soundtracks.
It's so bizzare and I think it's because I was in a band. So I like, read sheet music and all that stuff.
But I'm obsessed with composers. And my 2 favorite ones are Danny Elfman, who composes for Tim Burton.
And Mark Mothersbaugh, and who does the musical composition for Rugrats.
Fact number 13: Random fact. My idol that you don't know--idols that you don't know--include Tim Burton, Shakespeare, and Albert Einstein.
Yes.
Fact number 14: When I was younger, I wanted to be a veterinarian, or a pilot.
Fact number 15: I was in air cadets, which is why I wanted to be an air pilot.
GEEK.
Fact number 16: My first job was delivering newspapers with my brother and my mom.
Fact number 17: I was obsessed with dancing.
And I would always dance to music videos to learn the moves.
And in high school I got my first taste of professional dance in my dance troop, Shades of Brown.
That was spearheaded by choreographer, Tara Lewis. I see you, girl.
Fact number 18: I am a water baby.
Which means I am a synchronized swimmer.
Insert photo here.
I did synchronized swimming and I did high-diving, and I completed all levels of swimming which means I can be a lifeguard.
I have this weird bucket list thing, which means I want to be a hand model.
I've always wanted to be a hand model!
Like, just for jokes, I'll always--I'll just have a phone, I'm like...
Fact number 20: I used to have a really bad temper. Not around people I didn't know that well, but around my really close family.
Like my brother and my mom.
I would lose it! I used to break things and punch holes in walls--I was so angry! I don't know where I got it from.
I'm not longer that angry person. I am now calm.
Buddah-esque!
Fact number 21: I can't watch horror movies. I don't like blood or gore.
It makes me feel sick.
Fact number 22: I am obsessed with the 80s. Namely 80s movies.
I.e., Goonies. I.e., Warriors. I.e., Robocop.
These are classics! The best movies came out in the 80s--Back to the Future? You guys don't know. You don't know!
My favorite childhood movie. I have 2.
Never Ending Story. Say my name, Sebastian! Say my name!
And Beauty and the Beast.
(Singing) There goes the baker with his tray like always, the same old bread and rolls to sell.
Every morning just the same, since the morning that we came,
To this poor provincial town, good morning, Belle!
Good morning, monsieur!
I know all the songs to that movie.
Fact number 24: I didn't feel comfortable wearing my hair out. When I had big, curly hair.
Until I was in grade 11. And that was because I got a job working at the Gap. In downtown Toronto.
And in downtown Toronto, I felt I could be free and be myself.
But for whatever reason I didn't feel the same way when I was in my catholic high school.
25: I love documentaries. My favorite documentary of all time is Paris is Burning. House of extravaganza.
House of la beige.
Opulence!
Watch it, get into it.
I used to have a big fear of heights.
Actually, just saying that made my hands and my feet sweaty.
I can fly, I can walk across bridges, I can probably even skydive. But just the thinking of it makes me afraid.
It won't stop me from doing it but it gets me sweaty. Like, I'm sweaty right now.
Fact number 27: I have a phobia of introductions.
Introducing people. I don't like it. I dont like it--I don't do it. I just won't do it.
I don't like introducing people because I'm afraid I'm gonna forget someone's name even if they're my family.
Fact number 28: I'm afraid of being attacked by a shark.
I don't know, I think it's because I like swimming a lot. And I just think, in the ocean... there's a shark in there. And it could eat me.
And I'm afraid of that.
Thank you Discovery channel.
Fact number 29: My comfort food is congee. I love congee.
Congee.
Fact number 30: I dislike slow-walkers. I can't stand it.
I have somewhere to go, somewhere to be. And you are slowing me down from getting to point A to point B.
Okay. Fact number 31: I got drunk for the first time when I was 17.
And all I remember was waking up to my bathroom door shattered on the floor.
Because my mom thought I had drowned in the toilet and kicked down the door to save my life.
Fact number 32: My first job as an actor was on a McDonalds commercial with Sisqo. Thong song.
That thong.
And yes, I did work as an extra. And yes, that is me in Supernatural, and yes, that is me in Hairspray.
FYI. All the people that comment.
Fact number 33: I've always wanted to surf.
I have snowboarded, I just need to surf.
Fact number 34: My celebrity crush as a kid was Jonathan Brandis. A sad story how his life ended, but I loved him. I was obsessed with him.
Fact number 35: My celebrity crush now is...
J Cole.
OMG, I am listening to his album non-stop. His lyrics just roll deep.
And look at him. He's like, adorable.
He's just... He's just all of it. I love that.
Fact number 36: I grind my teeth in my sleep.
I have flashes of being a superhero. Especially when I watch one of those action movies.
When I leave the theater, I'm like... I have superhero powers.
And I just envision a car hitting me, and I don't move, and the car like, breaks.
And I bash it on the hood. And it just dents.
'Cause that's my superhero power. Strength.
Fact number 38: My superhero power would be flying. No, I guess it would be super strength, then flying.
Fact number 39: I used to have a lot of dreams about fighting grizzly bears. I don't know why.
Fact number 40: I am a numbers geek. I have this thing with excel.
I love creating formulas. Or I used to. Back in the day I used to love creating formulas.
And I would just create formulas that calculated payroll, sales, all that nonsense. I would do that stuff.
Random fact.
Fact number 41: My favorite season is fall.
Fact number 42: My favorite holiday is Halloween and it's not even a holiday.
Fact number 43: I'm nomadic, which means I can't live in one space for too long.
I either move cities or homes.
I'm always the first person to fall asleep at a family party, but I'm also the first one to wake up.
Fact number 45: I started photography 13 years ago when I was 18, which means I is old, yo.
I've worked with the top agencies in Canada and New York. Hello!
Fact number 46: My job before YouTube, 'cause I was in New York and life is a hustle in New York,
I was a voice-over actor, and a photographer, and a bartender, and a cocktail waitress. All at the same time.
That's how I could pay my rent, okay?
I am petite! I'm... I think 5'3" and a half. I like to say 5'4".
Fact number 48: I am a dreamer. I like to dream big. I've always been a dreamer.
Fact number 49: YouTube is the first 'job' I've had that has allowed me to do all the things that I love... in one space.
At the same time.
Fact number 50: Because I am a dreamer, because I do love creating and making things, my dream is to continue what I'm doing.
'Cause I'm doing what I've always wanted to do which is produce content, create content, direct content, so I just want to do this on a bigger scale.
The fact is I need y'all help to do that. So I just want to thank you for tuning in and subscribing and liking and commenting and supporting.
Peace, love, and happiness from your Shamelessness. That just wants you to do you, be you, stay true, okay?
Mama is back in New York. I'm gonna buy a laptop. Now that I keep traveling, I need a laptop so I can edit.
See you guys soon, okay? I'm gonna be back. I'm gonna have more and more videos--I have so many videos in the works.
We got Beyonce transformation, we got my workout video, we got a whole lot of other stuff, okay?
Stay tuned, boo. Stay tuned.