Journal

Jul
29

To tell or not to tell

I am pretty ambitious I won’t lie. I like to get out there and get things done. It is just what I do. I hate being still but, then I do like to take at least one day a month and do nothing. The instances that have occurred in the last few weeks have been one of those making a judgement call.

When someone is almost breaking the law but, not exactly, you have to wonder on who to tell and what the repercussions would be. I find myself in the mist of high school gossip. Not the kind anyone would wish back upon someone as those can be the best or most painful years growing up. I end up telling things like it is. There is no icing on it as this is not a cupcake conversation. You have to make those choices on where you want to go and where you want to end up.

The choice to tell was an easy one. Not just because of the age thing but, because that I wanted upper management to take more responsibility for their actions. I heard that they would take care of it. No follow up on my end, just an out of mind out of sight example of things. I would wish them well. I wanted to. I just don’t see how this can be the accepted norm. But for once…it was time to tell.

Jul
27

Updated Contact Information

I have updated my contact information on this site. I was using my model mentoring company as a modeling number but, then I have made one that is separate. So please check out the new number for calls and texts. I really do appreciate everyone who I have been working with this year!

I have some limited dates that are going to be available in the next few months. These will be paying assignments only. Sorry my TFP slots for those months are already taken. Also a booking outline will be also linked onto the booking page shortly. Let me know if you have any questions.

Jul
25

Booking a model and not being an idiot

I have been a model in this business for about 27 or 28 years. The issues that I have had lately with people trying to book me and other models is appalling. We are not wanting to date you. Taking our clothes of and have you seem to visually rate us is degrading. Having to ask the same pertinent questions over and over is more time consuming. It is easier to block and delete you.
The other issue is the models who are just doing it so they can call themselves a “model.” No being a model is not just showing up and posing in front of a camera. If you think that then, please get out of being in the modeling business. You should not be here. There is way too much to do before, during, and after a shoot that always needs to happen. With you ignoring all of this…it is just frustrating to the photographer, stylists, and other models.

Try not to stick your foot in your mouth. Try not to ask for things that would not be representative of the booking of a shoot. You do not need to know relationship status. You do not need to know a lot of stuff that does not pertain to the shoot. Small talk is one thing. Asking invasive questions is another. It is time to again raise the bar and not just educate but instill the practical practices to make modeling a business.

Jul
15

Paws and Prayers

The last few weeks have been emotional. They have also been draining. It has been a few months since I learned that my beloved cat has cancer. It is devastating. She was a present to my family back in 2004. She is older and her health was not so good, so we decided to get her checked out. I had already had to deal with the loss of a cat with feline aids earlier this year. I again have never had to put a cat down. I don’t think that I have cried as much as I had then. This time I just am hoping that we are doing the right thing and keeping her alive as for her quality of life. Not trying to be selfish but, we of course would like her to live forever.

I have noticed in the times that we live, we are burying more family members. Not just animals but, siblings, parents, relatives are all passing around us. They say you can’t take it with you but, then what would you take? I am not one for prayers but, if there was a God to pray to, I would more like to ask the question on why these people are leaving us too soon?
Celebrities you heard of leaving us in life usually have some dramatic story. They have lived in excess, abused their bodies, and never lived in the “real” world. Then you hear about the tragic struggles that some of them have had. The ones who have hid their pain and who end it just so that they don’t have any more pain. The people that are left behind have questions that will never be answered.

I guess I don’t want too many answers. I just want my cat and my other love ones to stay and be well. Is that too much to ask?

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