Khary Randolph's "The Black Book"

Khary's new book is out.....

The Black Book
He is a well-known illustrator based out of NYC
A portrait of me is in his book
You can pick up the book here if you like pretty artwork: kharupt.com

Who needs a lawnmower - buy some sheep....

As you travel down south - the scenery contains more and more churches. It's like this: KFC, church, McDonalds, church, Shoney's, church...... The citizens become more bible hugging, non-liberal, repenting republicans...... Yet, somehow their gas stations have the most perverted names ever. I mean, the Slip In, the Kum and Go, Peckers, and T&A? Are you kidding me?

Hotel I was staying at last night, had those little sprinkler-pipes all over the ceiling..... Next to each one was a sticker of a closet hanger.... saying, "DO NOT hang your clothes here".... and I thought that was funny. Because someone must have done that, draping their clothes around the room on the sprinklers....

Thought it was snowing in NC, but it was cotton season - then I thought it was snowing in SC but that was just dead roosters on the highway....

Jiffy Lube. Got my oil changed, new wipers put on the car. In the waiting room, the Garden Channel was playing..... I've decided that my new goal in life is to walk around a garden using words like "Grandeur" and "Fantastical" - and get paid for it.

I have started gluing Chinese fortunes to my computer with eyelash glue..... the fortunes remind me about things that are important.... like. "If a rubber band is pulled, shot in a direction, it will go straight." "If you seek the seeker you will be sought" or "Any decision you have to make tomorrow is a good decision" (I love that one... because it justifies anything I do).

Been Living in Fredericksburg for days now...

I wish I was better equip to deal with the highs and lows on the road. No stopping it. I am in Fredericksburg all depressed ... first three cancellations and then a photographer canceled because my voicemail said I was in NYC (I haven't changed my voicemail in two months) So I have just been sitting around, stuck in a big funk,

 ...... Ooooh and I am reading the last book from The Golden Compass.... it is really addicting. I wish I had a daemon, then I would never be alone like this.... I wonder what mine would be? They say that your daemon reflects who you are so mine would be something clever, good at getting into anything and everything, something that really enjoys food - like a raccoon. A trash panda... Yes, I would have a raccoon daemon. It would travel the country with me, sitting shotgun .... he would eat all the garbage in the front seat!!!! 

The Renaissance....

"So, what kind of photography do you shoot?" 

"Me? Renaissance.... most of my photography resembles paintings from the Renaissance - old, delicate. I paint with light - ... love the richness of that era....." 

"Wow, that is awesome, that time period was beautiful...." *drops robe* ".. lets shoot!!" 

"Yes! Lets do that! Now.... I want you to go over there and put your boob on the table. Yea. Now put your boob on the chair, now the bed post... yea, that is just great!"

Just like the Renaissance 

Pin-Up Event... SlyHorse Studios!!

Right now I am in Fredericksburg Virginia.... All three of my shoots canceled for this afternoon - Although cancellations always suck..... I am really excited for the freetime - Spent the morning running errands. Sending off the E-bay stuff, car washin, oil changin, deposits for the bank, laundry, cleaned out the front seat of my car - which was starting to smell like a really funky-nasty-armpit? I did not touch it, kicked all the garbage out of the car with my foot....

Everything wraps up, right? A bunch of people go to the restaurant around the corner - Get back to the studio to sleep, 2:30 am - and I hear a *rap rap rappin* on the door. A model and her photographer friend had car trouble. So here we are in a studio - sleeping under softboxes and alien bees....  my airbed, a clitoris shaped couch thing for the model and a blow up piece of cheese (for the photographer).

Retiring..... A Way of Life

So I took a break on writing - mostly because I feel like my drive has been lost....to model, to travel, to book jobs, to stay so busy all the time. Was talking to Kerri Taylor today on MM and she mentioned about how she is tired of modeling......I am starting to feel that way too? .. Tonight I mentioned to a photographer that I might retire this year......, "Looks like you've smartened up," he said...... Which kind of took me back. Do photographers think that modeling is not a good career choice?

..... I wonder if the feeling comes and goes?...... if it sticks?.... or if we'll go out and do something new? Who knows, maybe Kerri will quit next year and maybe I will go to school and get a waitress job somewhere..... Some days though, I wake up and I'm just so excited to go work - Like today! Shot in a giant warehouse against all these beautiful murals, with a space heater, some good coffee, and good company ..... climbed up on a roof, stopped the construction across the street..... it was fun. Tonight I am sleeping at Slyhorse Studios and they are having a pin-up event tomorrow evening, which I am going to be a part of... I miss Matthew, it has got me in a funk..... traveling alone is not all that much fun..... it is like you do a million awesome things, but there is no one to share it with.

Round round get around..... 2nd time around...

This is my new schedule for this year. I am going back on the road on Thursday morning - Destination: DC.... This time around, I am going to all the cities that I missed, Savannah (Ever read the book: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.... always wanted to go there after reading it), Key West, Memphis, Little Rock, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Fresno, Seattle, all of Canada, Fargo, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and all the National Parks in between.... even Jasper up near Edmonton.