Morning After Thanksgiving

I was going to post last night but I was so tired I didn't make it to do nothing. Yesterday was a pretty cool day. I got to catch up on a whole lot of much needed rest!! I worked that morning, which wasn't too bad. Not too many people came in and everyone who called just wanted to know what time the gym was closing. I should Have just picked up and said " Hi, this is DeAndre and we close at 3:00 today. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!" I'm sure that would have been fine for everyone too. I also got a chance to some a little tiny tiny bit of the Macy Day Parade which was still exciting! I was glad to be able to catch a little bit... Imma definitely be in there for the next one.

After that I made the easiest 20 dollars of my life... lol. I did like a small on camera interview about potato chips and got paid for it. It was awesome!! If they like it, Im going to do another and get paid a whole lot more!! So let's hope and pray for that. When I left there I went home and slept the whole Thanksgiving through... lol. I woke up and went out to eat eventually that night but nothing traditional... almost like another regular day. I did have Ruby Tuesday though and I been craving them for a while now. So that was pretty good. Other than than not too much happened.

So as far as traditional Thanksgivings go, it was probably the worst one of my life... But I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. :-)

A Year and a Week

So, it's been a good minute since I started this post... haven't done much but it's still here, lol. Me still thinking about it is a self goal to myself and shows me that I definitely can do more with it. I know how I roll and this could have became just like Myspace!! So this time around, we really going to try and do better; definitely since there's much more to talk about these days.

Living here in New York has been great!! Modeling has really taken off and I've definitely learned myself so much more. I don't think that I have "changed" since I've been here, just gotten better. My confidence, talent, poise, dress, and attitude all have been positively effected and I'm so grateful for it. I still think this has been the best choice I have ever made. I'm still with Chase Models and I love it there... Chase is one of the best people I met in my life! Here is a link to my page with a lot of my new work on it. Check me out. He has taught me so much about the industry and my career. I have so many things coming up in just the near future. I had two major castings I'm waiting to hear back from, two more in the next week, a photo shoot on Monday, and a show on December 3rd. I'm also still preparing myself to shop around to bigger agencies in the city. I got my 9x12 book now with some awesome sick pictures... so I think I'm ready. :-) I also starting to look at agencies overseas. I recently got a passport and I'm ready to become international baby! All I need is some polaroids and I can start submitting asap. I definitely plan on doing something serious with this.

I'm also getting ready for other things branching off from modeling. I'm about to start taking acting classes in the very near future. I just found my audition piece and I'm trying to get it together before scheduling the meeting. You can look at it here.. I think it's real interesting. I can't wait to start those as well. I'm also going to sign up for voice lessons and improv classes. I'm trying to step in every door and become a triple threat! Like I said... I know my season is coming and it's right aroud the corner. All I got to do is take the first step.

Has anyone ever seen the show Mobbed? It really is awesome, at least the episode I saw today. I guess because it hit so close to home. It really made me think about some issues in my own life and how deep they really are. Anyways... this show definitely doesn't need to be slept on!!

Like I said... a lot has happened and i promise to do better by keeping up with this more often. Even if no one reads this but me it's fine... it's my personal release and I feel so much better by getting things out into the air. It leaves me empty and ready to be filled by positive energy... to be blessed! That's what we all need to strive for these days and I guarantee people will stop being so angry all the time, lol.

Yea I lied... big whoop, wanna fight about it?

Lol, but no on the real deal, I am mad at myself for not keeping up with my blog. But I am HONESTLY going to keep my word this time and consistently write in my blog. I have tons of inspiration now. My life is in a really great place and I just see things getting better and better.

So far I have been here less than a month and have done more gigs and projects than I would have done in a year back in Jacksonville. I have had two photo shoots, a fashion show, and another show scheduled on the 18th so far. I have been on like 10 casting calls (a lot for MB Fashion Week) and hopefully they will be calling soon as well. If not I wouldn't even be mad. I have met sooooooooo many great people in this short amount of; models, photographers, make up artist, stylist, fashion designers accessory designers, and promoters. These aren't just people who I talked to but who I connected with, got numbers, and hung with already. They are great connects and gave me numerous other doors to enter in and jump start my career. I am super grateful! :-)

I feel just so excited about life now, it's crazy! It's nothing but opportunity out here. As I type this, I keep switching back to my Model Mayhem page and my Casting Networks page to see if there's new postings added. There's always something to try and do out here. Not only am I doing the modeling but I have been trying to do extra/background work in movies and on tv. I just started that like two days ago so hopefully that will pick up too and y'all see me on tv and eventually start seeing me in lead roles.

I'm also going to start taking dance classes so I can get back on that also. I am rusty now and need a little practice, lol. There having an audition this weekend to be in a Ciara music video and I want to easily be able to go audition for stuff like that too. Not only that, I want to be on Broadway in the chorus and dane with them. They have some of the sickest performers like anywhere... and they get wonderful money, lol. I just want to do everything really. My mind is so wide open and I see myself trying anything, This move was really great for me. Everything is going good right now in my life. :-)

My quote for today comes from Robert Collier. It says "Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment." I think this speaks a lot to how my life is going. If you truly want something, you have to keep your mind focused on your dream and let nothing come in it's way. If you have faith and know that it can happen, everything will fall into place. It will almost seem like things happened on their own. I know it sounds corny but keep the dream alive and don't let it die, lol. If you can dream it, you can live it. But anyways, tired of typing now :-) so as always... remember the Alamo!!

Happy New Year!!

Hey everyone, how ya been? I've been great... just getting everything together for this move. Happy New Year!! I know I was gone for a little while... I've just been so busy! But I made a promise to myself that this year I will try my BEST to write on here everyday, no excuses! 

So.... so much has gone of course!! Telling my mom about the move, Christmas, New Years, everything!! So let's get started. My mom was a little upset at first but she's totally loving the move now (which I knew she would). She thinks its a great idea and I should do it now while I'm young. The only problem was that I worked for her and she wanted someone to replace me. Well I was super busy at work with that for her. I set her up with 11 interviews (that's right... eleven) and we hired 3 new people to the staff. Tonight we were there from like 7 to midnight... cleaning, doing paperwork, fixing folders, and just getting everything organized. I said to myself she definitely can't say I left her high and dry... I hooked it up, lol.

Christmas was awesome. Nothing big happened, I just spent it with my family and that was the best. No club, no parties, just chillin with the fam.  I got my ipod touch that I been wanting so bad. That's all I "wanted" for Christmas and I got it so needless to say I was super duper happy, lol. I was so glad my daddy was off work so he could spend it with us. It was also my nephew birthday who turned 4. He is so crazy and busy but I love him dearly.

New years is just new years to me. I'm grateful to make it to a new year and feel very blessed for it but it doesn't feel like a big celebration to me. I guess it's more of an internal thing.  Lol, I guess Im weird... I don't know. The only this is I make like new goals for the year and this year is to be like the old DeAndre and no matter what be happy. I can't life get me down anymore... I'm gonna do what pleases me again. I used to always be like that but for the past few years I let some of that slip but I'm going back to get him right now! Lol

So it's almost that time.. we have less that 3 days and I'll be a New Yorker. It's so crazy it's finally here. I been waiting for it so long now and it feels so good that it's right around the corner. Today was my last day at church and it was such a sad yet great moment. They gave us a love offering which I didn't expect and really showed that we will be missed. It was very much a bitter sweet moment but I know what it's for... my happiness. I'm ready to go! That's why I got to hop off here now and go pack up some stuff and get ready for the trip.

My quote for today comes from Marilyn Monroe. She says "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." I like this quote because I feel i can relate to this on many different levels. I don't feel as though you should try to get the best of a person if you cant and wont try to get them at their worst. You should be able to take someone for the whole package... just not the bits and pieces you like. I wish more people would realize that. But anywho... time to log off. As always.... remember the Alamo!

Oh yea... Got a little something extra tonight... my nephew on here wishing everyone happy new year!! lol