Sunday, August 27, 2006

Busy(mess) Days in O-town!


After a long Thursday night in Montreal with Danielle, Rodolfo and Yerko... i woke up at 7am, Friday the 25th
I got to Ottawa from Montreal, at 11.30am, my ride home got to the station at 12(noon)...
My first job was at 1pm, but i should had gone to MAC on Rideau Center at 12.30pm for make up and hair...
I never made it, cuz i had to go home first get my car and then go to the shooting, as i couldnt had done the make up and hair at the center, i went straight to the shooting place and did it on my own!
LOL...
What a mess!
I was shooting a print ad for a the t-shirt label "Daisy" (which means: Native of)! Like, i'm daisy of Africa!
And i had as companion, Helex my agents adorable daughter!
At 3.30pm i had my second job of the day... with Giant Tiger, for the winter flyer coming out sept. 20th... and so i was released from the first shooting at 3pm... but i had the wrong address, and when i got there at 4pm, half hour later...
i was tired and stressed out, around 4pm the roads here get busy, it was hot out, and i hate having the AC on... allergic to AC... i got to the place... parked the car, went straight in...
when... i see this 3 "personnes" i've never seen, giving me a nasty look... knocking their foot on the ground as if saying: "we are tired of waitting for you".
I though: "shit, now i am fucked"
I looked at them and said: "ok, i surrender"
They started cracking laughing at me, like: "we are so mean, poor kid"
Then one of the Giant Tiger representants said: "we had a whole dialogue ready to put you down (they had half hour of prepare it)... but after seeing your face, we just couldnt go ahead... lets work"
I got dressed and... flash flash flash... i heard: "we got it"... and done!
What a really like about working with giant tiger (second time they contract me), is the fact that they pay 75 dolars per hour, but you only shoot for 5 minutes and you are gone!
Next thing i know is my mom has the flyer hanging in the friedge door, with all the information about the sales of the store... its hilarious!
After i was done with G.T. i had to go back to my prior shooting... but it was late... so Jef Harris (the photographer) said i could go home.
But... i didnt.. i passed by my agency to see how is my schedule so i could leave to Paris... to see Madonna with my friends, Danielle, Oliver (in Switzerland) and Rodolfo (who is moving there today to study cook at Cordon Bleu)... and then after the agency, i had to go to make some fittings for the fashion shows organized by the Velvet Production and Stephan Klovan for the Pride Festivities in O-Town...the first fitting was sponsored by: Trustfund Stores... then i went to pick my friend David for an ice-cream... he came to the second fitting with me, sponsored by: Babyface Stores!
After dropping David back home, i was feeling like, i needed some rest it was already 9pm... but... Helex (my agent daughter) was doing a "Going Away" (to Italy) party... so i joined the Crew (Angies Crew- the name of a group of 12 models from my agency, incluiding me) lets say: Trustfull People with who we can share!... We went to "The Drink", i couldnt stay long cuz my friend Jason (that also moved to Montreal) was in Town, so i joined Jason for a Tequila shooter, at "Blue Cactus" with Marta and Michel... we had some Drama, but with Jason its already normal... LOL... (he is gonna kill me)... so much drama that i left tearing! We just get too emotional when Jason is drunk!... LOL... then... i went back to the Crew... they were waiting for me in my car... after we head to Kylies house, for some more drinks and chat... but... people was falling asleep, so me and Nathaniel (who just booked a reality show: Amazing Race, Congrats boy) decided to leave for more excitment and so, we got it and it was early saturday when once again i was finally laying down in my beautifull queen size bed!
Saturday 1pm, getting ready to leave the house...
4pm was the rehearsal of the benefit capital X magazine fashion show at Helsinki!
After hair and make up...
A couple of rehearsals... with lots of turns and turns...
A Sandwish of Cheese and Salad (thats all they gave us to eat)
The show only started at 11pm...
It was Good... could be better... always...
Then we left to party a little .. horrible skectched-out environment, models and drugs... sometimes doesnt quite work, they were freaking out... hating each other for no reason... alucinating!
And so for me the party was over... back home... slept... not much...
Sunday, 12(noon) awake, back to work...
At VIVA, bank street!
Funny is that everytime i do one of those (free of payment jobs for charity) i say: "i'll not do this again" and why?
Cuz they are for free and they are always the less organized and they take forever... Almost 10 hours of work, yes... forever, sometimes no food, no assistence,, they are some just ridiculous!... but today it was "FUN"...
I got to the the Babyface store and the show that was suppose to be at 2pm, had already been delayed to 4pm, they said:"you can go and come back"
LOL... of course, but if i did go, i would never come back, so i stick around...
There was a photographer hired to take pictures of us in the store clothes for them to use it for publicity and the catalogue... so it was fine, 4 hours would do...
4pm the show was about to start... but it was rainning and the show was outside... so we had to "wait a lil longer"...
After doing the first part of the show... the place wasnt really packed and Stephan (the contracter) wanted us to "wait a lil longer" for the public...
It was already 5.30pm and we were sent to eat.. this time, we could choose anything out of the menu.. LOL... so i had a "Chicken Quesadilla"...
At 6.30pm back to the store to change, and grab a "gay flag" to give it up to someone in the public and wish: "happy pride"...
It was scary to see the public, the scum of the after-hours, this people had been partying since friday, not sleeping, and they were there, just cuz there was loud music, and they still wanted to keep on partying... it was too much!
It was almost 9pm when i was going back home...
My Sisters were back from New York, it was my brother birthday (JP i'm sorry, now you know why, I Love you BRO), even tho he is in NYC, and i forgot about his birthday for the first time in my life, he sent me a beautifull Gift (those are HOT)... its been 2 months man, ouch!
The best thing is after crazy days of work, and my total exaustion, getting home, with my family, they are always so full of energy and they laugh and tell me stories... its just great!
But i cant stay any longer, cuz at 11.59pm... i'm taking the bus to Montreal...
That was my weekend...

2 comments:

sammyray said...

How are you doing this in the space of a weekend? Are you able to stop time?

Wait. Don't answer that, Mister Ego. :)

LOL

sammyray said...

This is an interesting quote from this entry:

so me and Nathaniel (who just booked a reality show: Amazing Race, Congrats boy) decided to leave for more excitment and so, we got it and it was early saturday when once again i was finally laying down in my beautifull queen size bed!

Hmmmm...sounds like something happened here you're not telling us, Paulo :)