What's up, beautiful people? It is your homegirl, Shameless, all up in your building.
It is that time of the year here to give thanks and praise, although we do it all day, every day.
Here in the U.S. it is a national holiday: Thanksgiving. And I just want to thank you guys so much for all your love and support.
You have been with me over the years, where I've been able to celebrate with you, and able to open up and share
parts that I've been afraid to and have been scared to. But because I have a bunch of angels subscribed to my channel,
You guys have been a major blessing in my life. And to share that journey with you has been amazing.
And I want to continue to share my journey with you; and that is expanding beyond YouTube.
Now an amazing journey I'm about to embark on, is a feature film called 'Alaska is a Drag.'
And it's written and directed by Shaz Bennett. It's a story of twins that are facing adversity in pursuit of their dreams.
It follows the main character, and he's played by Martin Washington. I was casted to play his twin sister!
Relation? No. Same last name, yes. Same initials, yes. Both of us are both Filipino and black, both of us live in California,
both of us have got that curly hair! I have a similar haircut. This is perfect, divine casting!
Here's a look at the trailer they did for the short.
MARTIN: My dad moved me up here 10 years ago to toughen me up.
It's not a good thing to stand out in a crowd up here, but I like to think of their stares as practice for when I'm an international superstar.
Want to try something new? Fight me like they do on TV. One-on-one.
Everything I know about fighting, I learned from television.
We don't have cable, so it's a lot of reruns and second hand Bruce Lee movies.
FIGHTER: I like your scarf.
FIGHTER: One lucky one, man.
So, here's the deal: I need your help.
I'm shamelessly asking for your help, to help raise $37,000 for the kickstarter page.
We already raised funds independently. Our goal is $50,000, we only hve $37,000 left.
it sounds like a lot, but if every one of my subscribers donated $2-$5, we would be over the moon, able to create an epic
masterpiece. But all we really need is $37,000. If we don't raise $50,000, all the money that we have raised gets returned.
I don't want to receive the money that I already donated. So I know we can do it.
This project is ambitious. This entire channel has been ambitious. My whole journey has been ambitious,
and it's been made possible because of you. You made this possible, and I know you can help make this possible.
You're supporting the arts, you're supporting jobs--because this is going to be creating jobs for a lot of crew and talent.
And I believe in this project, and I believe in you guys. If you believe in me and what I do, I would be so grateful to
share this next chapter with you, here on my channel--so behind the scenes, going to Alaska to film this project.
I really am excited to share this next chapter with you here because I started YouTube as a starving actress and photographer!
And to be able to do this project is coming full circle.
To find out more about this project and this film, read the description box. Also check out Martin's channel, he's so funny!
I can't believe that we're not related! It's actually kind of weird that we're not.
So make sure you guys check out Martin, make sure you check out this project, make sure you guys donate and support.
I love you. I'm grateful. Muchas gracias, salamat po, merci beaucoup.
Thank you guys so much! And again, remember to do you, be you, and stay true.
Be shameless.
MARTIN: Whatever you can do, $1, $2, $3, honestly it all adds up, you know.
It's going to go into the lighting, the camera--there's so much that goes into film production that you probably don't think about.
So we really do need everyone sharing, obviously as well. We appreciate it just as much.