Ka - Ching!

I'm so excited! So the money I made from my first print ad (Star Beer Nigeria) has arrived! yay! Why am I excited, you ask? Because now, I have enough money for my hotel and flight to Cali! When! Glad that's out of the way! I am going to put it in my saving account and NOT touch it! I have a call back for another KFC commercial tomorrow (lol, i guess that liked the first one- hell, i need a demo reel of that commercial too) so hopefully, I will book the gig. All of my bookings from now until 2009 are going to go to saving up for that trip. I'm excited.... It's getting closer! Not to mention I'm still awaiting for payment for 2 other jobs (AutoNation and Ped-Egg). I do not have a game plan for when I get over there. Outside of eating Roscoe's of course. But I know I want to work with Will and Sita for sure. Add to that, I will be annoying the hell out of Nadirah and Eric and who knows what other havoc and mayhem I can cause in their town. I do want to hit a few agencies and have them "give it to me straight" so I can get my shit together and relocate. But there are other circumstances that that come into play as well. Should I make a demo reel of work complete thus far? And What about Las Vegas? I'll see how much a connecting flight will cost because I want to shoot with Ransom and party with 2 of my closest friends that live out there. Many this trip is getting costly. I better hurry up and get back to saving. One thing's for sure, this is gonna be one HELL of a trip. On the surface, it seems like business but when I look at this time concept, it sounds like a whole lotta partying to me! :D

Fuck It- I'm ready to Leave

With the execption of the love my life (my grandmommy), a few good friends and even fewer family members, ain't shit left for me in miami. I'm ready to leave. If you're been reading my blog, you'd know what i mean. I'm pretty sure I can be as productive (if not more) in California. My family doesn't respect my craft or consider this a real job (no surprise there). Even if I'm not successful over there, I think I just need to get away (cut the umbilical cord! lol). I have to do this. For me. For my sanity. For all the people that always wonder "what if" and warn me never to make the same mistake. For the few people that support me and would hate to see me throw in the towel so soon. Throw in the towel? I can't quit now. I have to do better. I'm going to set up some kind of link to accept donations to fund my relocation there. I just have to figure out how to post it on this blog or make a link. (If you know how to do that, contact me too). Please ask me from time to time, what they can do to help me pursue my dreams. Well, here's your chance....

Entourage Episode

It Read:

So we are looking for models in an upcoming episode of Entourage. The models will play models in this episode. If the director is interested the talent will be flown to LA for the shoot The episode shoots in LA June 17- June 27.



ORLY? And yesthefuckIdid submit my picture. I know I'm trying to compete against a Ferrari with a Geo, but who cares. Obviously, if, they're looking in Miami, they probably want some gorgeous-brick-house-asian-island-hispanic-black-GODDESS that would make the most devout Christian go lez, but who cares. I'm tired of looking at castings and saying I myself "I don't fit that role". :-( FUCK THAT!!!! Let the fucking director tell me no! If I don't submit my pics then it's an automatic no regardless. At least if I submit my pics, the director will see then. And while I may not be the sexy, sultry, vixen they need for this episode, maybe the next episode will feature "the girl next door" type and I may have a shot.....

I'm stand on the edge, trying to take a leap of faith..... Jump, bitch, jump....

California Love

So I'm back in Miami after a killer shoot in Cali. I was fortunate enough to shoot with Nicolaas de Bruin & Melita, Lady Sweet Face Photography and Eric Haywood Photography. Man, I had a blast with all three AND their make up artist, What's more important is that I learned a lot. Not just about modeling but about myself. I like modeling. Don't mistake what I'm saying here, I'm just so used to focusing on Acting that I never really gave modeling a full chance. I did a self analysis of my "look" and my height figured I'd probably suck at it and didn't focus the energy into it. Oh but I had so much fun! And more importantly, I liked the glamour work that I did. Commercial work comes easy for me. I'm always laughing and moving around and that makes it an easy capture for me. But glamour? Ahhhh that's a whole different ball game. No smiles just seduction. I don't think I've ever gone 3 hours with out smiling (unless I was sleeping or attending a funeral). It was hard not to "think" of poses and just move.... Nicolaas was great, being the former international model that he is, he was more than willing to help me out on posing. He also let me know which poses sucked ass big time all while making me laugh. Could this be the start of a new venture for me? Acting is my one true love but I kinda feel like I wanna explore this new artistic outlet. This comes as no surprise to me, however. Even in acting, I always go after the non characteristic roles. The bitch, the psycho, the seductress, the assassin, but never the girl next door role that would easily fit me. I got a kick out of doing the seductive shot. One thing is for sure: I'd better step my game up. Not everyone will be as nice as Nicolaas. I've got a long way to go before anyone would mistake me for "sexy", lol.

And so it begins.......

Hi. I don't know what I'm doing here but hopefully I'll figure it out on the way. I am, for all intents and purposes, an actress. I've been wanting to start a blog since the new year as it marks so many changes in my life. I'm hoping this blog will do a few things. One, I want to use it to chart my successes and failures. I want to be able to look at everything I do from now on and figure out how I can improve. Two, I'm hoping it can be therapeutic in a sense. I don't have many people to talk to about my goal and aspirations and I figure I'm boring the shit of out the few supporters that I do have. And finally, Three, I'm hoping YOU, the reader, will read my blogs and also provide feedback on what I may be doing wrong and how I can improve. This should be interesting to read, lol, I'll try to keep the sob stories and rants about me not getting picked of a role to a minimum.

In any event, before this gets too long and it starts to read like a boring ass acceptance speech from the Oscars, I'll end it now. I just want to thank you so much for taking the time to read this. Hopefully, you'll become on of my supporters and be there with me when times are good and also to put my ass in my place when I'm dead ass wrong. That's what friends are for, right?

So are you ready? Let's go!