This just in: My girlfriend Amanda is in town for the week. I've thoroughly enjoyed having her around. We have wondered around Manhattan the past few days going to the Rockefeller Plaza, Time Square and Central Park. I have also shown her around Brooklyn a bit as there are a few streets with really great restaurants and a lot of shops which makes for fun exploring. We plan on going to Coney Island for the world famous Nathan's hotdog and the Empire State Building at some point but having to juggle work cuts into our time for play and adventure, unfortunately. I keep having these weird run-in's while I'm out and about walking. I ran into a friend of mine, Justin, while Amanda and I were in Times Square. Justin is from Greensboro and is signed with the same modeling agency I am in N.C. I don't know how this keeps happening seeing NYC is such a big city! Also, my brother Adam was in town for the weekend so it was good to see him as well. I'd also like to share the success of a friend of mine from Charlotte, N.C, Mike Press. If you watch Beyonce's latest video for her hit single, The Best Thing I Never Had, Mike is the guy in the video who's at the Prom with Beyonce then turns and starts dancing with another girl. They also show another shot of him where he looks extremely sad. You can go to http://www.beyonceonline.com/ to see the video.
As far as casting calls go the biggest call I've had this past week was an opportunity to work with Gillette to become "the body" of all their ads. Speaking of modeling, my friend Daniel from Sweden is in town for a few days as was a girl named Helen(from Ireland) who is Louis'(fellow Fusion model) girlfriend. I feel bad for them because my room is the only room with A/C and I do not exaggerate when I say if it's 98 degrees outside then it is also 98 degrees in the rest of the apartment except for in my room. Cooking in the kitchen is like going to a sauna, often I am not sure if I'm cooking the food or if I'm the one being cooked due to the heat.
Here are a couple of pictures I'd like to share with you this week. One is of a private yacht(or should I say mini-cruise ship) I saw on the East River while at work one day. The other is of the not-so-hit-sensation, the naked cowgirl(I could only get a side shot of her as she was taking a break and was facing away from the crowd and I didn't want to wait 10minutes to see her front...it didn't seem worth it)
I'd also like to share a song and/or poem with you this week. I happened upon a little known fact one afternoon that, unlike house cats, Siberian Tigers like to swim. So that made me think, we as humans all have our similarities but there's always something that makes us unique, whether it be how we are raised or what have you. Despite our similarities its the fact that we are unique that makes us question how we fit in to the grand scheme of it all. But maybe we shouldn't focus on "fitting in" but being ourselves and who we are. This song focuses on how we may feel as if we don't fit in while searching for ourselves and that, in a sense, is what this writing is about.
No House Cat
Days go by and I spend most my time wishin' I was somewhere I belong.
Where is the place I'll call home for which my soul has yearned for so long.
The tide rolls in and out chasing the sun and moon that shine down on my face.
With heavens above and the Earth below, one foot forward at all times searching for this place.
Maybe fairy tales told as a child revel with the wild of my imagination which tears my fabric.
Dreamers are left in the cold of what's lost yet hope to make sense of the havoc.
Why do you stare like that just because I don't fit in. I'm no house cat, Siberian Tigers like to swim.
I'm reminded of a fruitful past as the warm wind does a cheerful dance on my skin.
A bull in his pin wants nothing more than to be released as does a fish who swims without a fin.
Lost, yes lost is the heart that has no purpose but what will be paid to find such a cost.
A man may give up on a dream but the search never seizes in answering that which is truly lost.
So shares the same sentiment the man who has a face in the crowd.
For all is exposed behind the reasons he has to be proud.
Don't stare like that at him, he's no house cat, Siberian Tigers like to swim.
The son of a man who is deemed great has big shoes to fill and can easily fall to hate.
This is a heavy fate and a hardy man is needed to clean such a hefty plate.
A true dreamer who is considered brave may also be the very man who needs to be saved.
For he is depraved of knowing that someone backs him and that can cause even the stronget man to cave.
Those who aim to be unique have a long journey ahead to find what they seek.
But that is what empowers the weak and gives us hope while times are bleak.
So don't stare at a man who doesn't fit in, he's no house cat, Siberian tigers like to swim.
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