Sunday, January 13, 2008
Birthday Boy
We went to a photo exhibit this afternoon, to a fabulous dinner tonight, and then headed to the Kennedy Center for a play. A great time was had but I am too freakin' tired to blog right now, so off to bed with more to follow Monday.
To all who sent e-mails, Facebook notes, SMS...thank you!!! Many of those came from overseas, so they started even before it was officially my birthday here! Special thanks to Eddie in Malaysia, Tracy in California, Paul in New York, and Ethan here at home who all called...thank you, boys!!!
And now to bed. After all, I'm 42...I need at least 5 hours of sleep a night.
To all who sent e-mails, Facebook notes, SMS...thank you!!! Many of those came from overseas, so they started even before it was officially my birthday here! Special thanks to Eddie in Malaysia, Tracy in California, Paul in New York, and Ethan here at home who all called...thank you, boys!!!
And now to bed. After all, I'm 42...I need at least 5 hours of sleep a night.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
(Click) (Click) OK, Give Me Pouty (Click)
All right, before I get into this story, a quick tale from last night...
So I go to a club and the guy checking IDs looks at me a couple times and says, "No way can you be this old." And I said yeah, I am, and in fact, "in two days I'll be even older."
A reference to my birthday, naturally. But of course, in two days, we'll ALL be older. By two days.
I'm stupid sometimes.
Anyway, this week I did some modeling. There's a photographer from Minneapolis whom I'd talked with last year after seeing some of his work. He had me send him some photos and then told me he'd like to use me as a model sometime...he travels a lot and had been in DC just a couple weeks earlier and thought he'd be back in 2008, so he said we could do it here or I could come to Minneapolis where he has his full studio. I thought about doing that, but as it turned out he had a last minute trip here this week and called to see if I'd be available. For that, I'm definitely available.
Anyway, he had me bring a bunch of different outfits (I had a backpack full!) and accessories and such. Some of the pics were thoughtful and serene, others were sexy, all of them were fun. We shot for about 2 hours and I saw some of the photos afterwards...nice! He will do some editing on them, working with PhotoShop or something more advanced, and I can't wait to see the final products! I know he won't use very many of them and I'm curious to see what he picks.
This is the first time anyone's asked me to do this. A year ago I don't think it would have happened...in fact, I would never have even considered it. I was pretty unhappy with my body and would not have exposed it to a camera. So yes, I'm very excited! It makes me feel good to have someone else think he can use me and show me and make something that people want to see.
A friend of mine is doing a shoot with me in a couple weeks, the same friend who did the Asian men calendar for this year. But that's a little different, he knows me...this was out of the blue, someone whom I'd never met.
A note to all my photographer friends: I am ALWAYS available to you (well, when we're in the same country) for something like this if you ever need a model or want to practice with one!
So I go to a club and the guy checking IDs looks at me a couple times and says, "No way can you be this old." And I said yeah, I am, and in fact, "in two days I'll be even older."
A reference to my birthday, naturally. But of course, in two days, we'll ALL be older. By two days.
I'm stupid sometimes.
Anyway, this week I did some modeling. There's a photographer from Minneapolis whom I'd talked with last year after seeing some of his work. He had me send him some photos and then told me he'd like to use me as a model sometime...he travels a lot and had been in DC just a couple weeks earlier and thought he'd be back in 2008, so he said we could do it here or I could come to Minneapolis where he has his full studio. I thought about doing that, but as it turned out he had a last minute trip here this week and called to see if I'd be available. For that, I'm definitely available.
Anyway, he had me bring a bunch of different outfits (I had a backpack full!) and accessories and such. Some of the pics were thoughtful and serene, others were sexy, all of them were fun. We shot for about 2 hours and I saw some of the photos afterwards...nice! He will do some editing on them, working with PhotoShop or something more advanced, and I can't wait to see the final products! I know he won't use very many of them and I'm curious to see what he picks.
This is the first time anyone's asked me to do this. A year ago I don't think it would have happened...in fact, I would never have even considered it. I was pretty unhappy with my body and would not have exposed it to a camera. So yes, I'm very excited! It makes me feel good to have someone else think he can use me and show me and make something that people want to see.
A friend of mine is doing a shoot with me in a couple weeks, the same friend who did the Asian men calendar for this year. But that's a little different, he knows me...this was out of the blue, someone whom I'd never met.
A note to all my photographer friends: I am ALWAYS available to you (well, when we're in the same country) for something like this if you ever need a model or want to practice with one!
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Happy Birthday to Me
41 today, but I don't feel like it, of course. Just a quiet day of bumming aronud town -- I've needed one of those for a while!
Thanks very much to all who sent birthday greetings!!!
Adrian's taking me out to dinner tonight. For those who've known me for a long time you know that we met on my birthday (see the January 14 2001 entry) so tonight marks our 6th anniversary of meeting. This one feels different from all the rest, for the obvious reasons, but I'm looking forward to a very nice night out at a new restaurant (well, new for us, anyway).
Thanks very much to all who sent birthday greetings!!!
Adrian's taking me out to dinner tonight. For those who've known me for a long time you know that we met on my birthday (see the January 14 2001 entry) so tonight marks our 6th anniversary of meeting. This one feels different from all the rest, for the obvious reasons, but I'm looking forward to a very nice night out at a new restaurant (well, new for us, anyway).
Labels: Age
Friday, January 12, 2007
Still Alive
I noticed that my profile on Fridae.com (which is based in Singapore, 13 hours ahead of us) already shows me as 41 years old. Silly Singaporeans, always making me feel older than I really am. Well, occasionally, there have been some who've made me feel younger!
But a reminder, nonetheless, that this time tomorrow I'll be a little older. Which I suppose is true every day, come to think of it.
Finally got over my cold and all that nonsense, made it to the doctor and got some drugs that are supposed to fix me but don't give me any wild feelings of euphoria, so what's the fun in THAT?
But a reminder, nonetheless, that this time tomorrow I'll be a little older. Which I suppose is true every day, come to think of it.
Finally got over my cold and all that nonsense, made it to the doctor and got some drugs that are supposed to fix me but don't give me any wild feelings of euphoria, so what's the fun in THAT?
Labels: Age
