Image by NKDBY via FlickrI don't know where the idea came from, but I went on the Suicide Girls website yesterday to register to be one of their models. If you don't already know, Suicide Girls is an online community for "alternatively beautiful" women to feature their pin-up style photo sets and get some exposure (haha, silly pun) for their modeling careers. I guess some models have gotten famous from the site, and I wouldn't mind posing for some pictures, so I figured "What the heck?" I'm not a model, but I'm not really doing much else right now. Plus, I have hella tats, which is apparently a bonus for a Suicide Girl.
I filled out a brief form and attached some photos of myself and this morning...
one of the photos I submitted
... I got a reply saying "You look perfect for our site, and you've now passed the first stage of the application process" now here's some more forms to fill out. I haven't completed these yet because I'm not totally sure if I want to go through with it. Being a pin-up model sounds fun, but I'm a little worried about any sort of possible backlash, particularly regarding employment options. Will posting provocative photos of myself for Suicide Girls impede me from getting a great job? I surely hope not.
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Have any of you had any experience with this website, and if so was it positive? I'm really curious. I think I have what it takes, and I even have some ideas already for a photo set. I won't divulge now, but it's going to be awesome if it comes out how I'm imagining it.
For Day 16 of the challenge I've been neglecting, I am to "tweet" someone not in my state/country. Since I've already addressed my friends in Philly, my family, my cat back home, I'm not really sure who to write this one to. I'm starting to feel like taking on this challenge wasn't the best idea, and thirty days is feeling like a huge commitment. But I will carry on...
Okay, so I have decided that this tweet will go to the pen-pals I've had over the years. I love writing letters, and like receiving them even more, so I've had a number of pen-pals in my time. Writing letters to friends back home kept my sanity in check when I was living overseas and provided a great way to spend time, when I wasn't busy reading or writing papers. So pen-pals, this one's for you.
@PenPal: I haven't written in a while, guess I've been busy. Thanks for keeping cabin fever at bay and sending me those funny drawings. Still have em
Above photo: Some little things I've collected and kept from pen-pals. Also some found art. My old bedroom wall.
8 comments:
Go for it! You'd be a killer pin up model!
i haven't heard of that SG site but sounds pretty cool.
btw i've always wanted to have a pen pal... lol
I haven't heard of that site either - but hey, if you've got it goin' on, why not?!
And that's super awesome that you've had pen pals. I always wanted to have a pen pal when I was like, 8. Pretty awesome.
I love bright eyes! I love heykelsey's youtube cover of poison oak.
Last week I overheard a girl talking about taking some nude photos for suicide girls and explaining about it. She was talking really loud, really boasting like. She had piercings on her face and everything.
Subtopic: My friend, and use to be manager, was supposed be in a movie with Reese Whitherspoon. What happened was he freaked out and didn't take up the opportunity. He ended up running away, saying that he got a job working for a cruise ship. Peace out! We all thought he was crazy. But the way he thought about it was true. He said, once he becomes an actor, or does one actor thing, he can't go back. His face will forever be around to be criticized or spoiled.
A few years ago I was asked if I wanted to do gay modeling. Yep, gay modeling. That's SF for you. I asked a lot of people whether I should do it, it paid a lot and it just seemed like it was the only opportunity I could get. I didn't do it, because although it was a great conversation piece, it just wasn't something I would've wanted to find if I became a published writer. That's my 50 cents.
I did do this other modeling thing for an old maybe Korean guy. It was me in my underwear, him, his pretty receptionist, and a whole lot of awkward.
Congrats on SC! My friend modeled for them, and she had a wonderful time.
I tried to get onto suicide girls.
I am not a girl, but I am chubby and covered in hair.
They haven't called me back yet.
To make me feel better about myself, visit:
iamyourblog.blogspot.com
Hey. I say go for it. There's no harm in anything.
These days, they say that "everything follows you around" on account of the internet, but it seems like, at the same time, you can do a whole lot to protect yourself as well. I think that if you give yourself a pseudonym and wear your makeup a little differently for the photos, you should be able to "hide" pretty well. After all, what matters is, Does it show up if somebody googles you? and Does it show up on your Facebook?
Basically, if you keep your same name with everything you do, the internet is dangerous, but if not, you're probably not really going to get in 'trouble.'
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