Casting

First and foremost... I completed my second marathon! My goal was 3 hours and 30 minutes but I fell a little short and crossed at 3 hours and 37 minutes. I could have beat my goal. I know I can go under 3:30 but there was one issue that slowed me down. It wasn't my legs. It wasn't my lungs. It wasn't the cold or mental exhaustion. It was the shits! As embarrassing as it is I have to admit I had to take two trips off the course to settle my rumbling belly. The sharp stomach pains combined with the minutes wasted sitting in a Porta-Potty are definitley what slowed me down under the 3:30 mark. I'm still proud of myself. I beat my last marathon by 11 minutes but it would have been nice to reach my goal, or to at least have something better to blame than the shits.

So... On to the other exciting news... I've been discovered! Well it's not as glamorous as it sounds but I have been in touch with a talent agent and I have a second meeting with him this Wednesday to go over the paperwork and take a few photos. It was all petty random. Since I'm broke and have been considering prostituion and porn to help get me out of debt, I thought it might me a better idea to check out some random jobs on craigslist. I saw a posting that was for a Christmas advertising campaign for a major Canadian department store. It's looking for four different people, one of which is a young man, aged 18-28 with a big bright smile. In other words - they're looking for me.

I sent them a few pictures and within a few days got a response asking me to come into their office for a meeting. It was weird. I didn't think this would amount to anything and sort of just applied for kicks, but now that they were requesting a meeting and it was becoming more real, I got nervous. I figured I applied for a reason and it would be dumb to chicken out, so I called in, made the appointment, and saw the scout a few days later. The meeting was fairly quick. I brought in a bunch of photos and the guy asked me about my availablity and flexibility with work. It seemed too easy and you know what they say: "If it seems too good to be true then it probably is." But what if it isn't...

It isn't a fashion modelling opportunity - it's for commercial work, print ads, corporate promotions etc... So what if it's legit? Their office is a pretty impressive space in Toronto's ritzy expensive high end shopping area and I doubt that a shady operation could finance that location. Plus they have a very large online community with a professional website, facebook involvement etc... It all seems legit but again - it just seems so easy. I guess it is a superficial industry. It doesn't take a long screening process - someone either has a look and photographs well or they don't, so maybe meeting me, seeing my pictures, and knowing that I have a flexible schedule was enough.

I was still skeptical and the agent wanted me to sign on but I told him to email me the legal papers and that I'd look things over and get back to him. Everything in the legal checked out. I had a lawyer look it over and they said it was a very standard and basic contract. It's also written in that I could leave the agency with two weeks notice and that the contract did not bind me to any set length of time.

So what the hell? I'm going for it. I applied to that posting for a reason that day and the fact that this opportunity presented itself just seems to feel right for where I am in this crossroads of life right now. If it doesn't pan out - so what? If it gets me some work and some extra cash - well hey girl hey that's great! Any opportunity turned down is an opportunity lost and I'm young and open to any sort of new opportunities that come my way.