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

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.