My weekend

Friday was spent in the utter concentration of completing my statistics homework.

Saturday was a little hectic due to a shortage of time. I had an open call for modeling/acting at 1:00pm. Thankfully even though I was ten minutes late the casting agency had not started yet. Arriving at the agency was an easy walk in, sign in, and enter into a room with roughly 50 other people. These people were either here with parents, family, friends, to help support them while the audition was going on for those auditioning. While I did come with my brother, he remained in the waiting area at the front. Christopher (my elder brother) seemed to be having a rotten day. Not that I minded him not being there for me, actually I almost preferred it. This is my business after all. The room was focused on a tiled walkway that had been built to represent a runway. So it was just... a runway? While I was waiting I had to fill out this form for all of my information, which I unfortunately did not have the time to complete before handing it in. They didn't seem to mind...

The casting directors came into the room and a man named Derrick had a short introduction to the business of MTM modeling (the name of the agency). Then he had all of the models lined up and walk down the runway in the center of the room, making sure to ask each person who auditioned to say their name. In good humor, sometimes I wonder why crowds of timid people go to open calls for casting companies to get into an industry they are currently not cut out for. They say their name, walk the runway (quickly) and leave. You have such a small amount of time to truly show the directors that you are very interested in this industry. I agree with them, a few seconds is all it takes.

Think of it like this. These directors get thousands upon thousands of requests from people who want to be apart of their industry. Naturally it is impossible to sift through all of those requests reading every resume by verbatim. Instead they hold open calls, you go by their standards, and you have seconds to impress them because everyone wants to be a superstar! So many people think "I'm the best!" but they're really in need of a reality check.

Knowing what they would be looking for, when they asked my name I said "I'm Edward and I'm not a vampire!" which is really a very stupid joke to be honest. So why would I say that? To tell them I'm a little more flamboyant. Once I finished walking the runway and taking my time to the end and back the casting directors left the room. Seconds later they came back in asking for me. I was pleased to be an immediate call back. Tomorrow I'll be at a meeting to discuss my contract! Everything about this is very exciting because this is what I want to do. This is what I love to do.

Afterward my friend was having a birthday party which was pretty outrageous! We were smashing things, dancing, chatting, watching mediocre movies, and most of all having a blast. I think the strangest thing about the party was the skinny dipping whirlpool. My friend happens to have a circular pool which if everyone swims in the same direction makes a whirlpool and can be quite strong. She also seems to be a nudist. The family seems to be that way, which is odd watching the birthday girl skinny dipping into her pool around her friends with her parents present. Hell, I still can't figure that out. What's even funnier is several other people were stripping down too. I was in my underwear but had no plans to make a further step. While in the pool I did have to make an effort not to run into any of the naked males.

The rest of the night consisted of movies, games, and truth or dare until 8 in the morning. It was quite a game...