Back to Reality
Friday, June 23rd, 2006I’ve
been trying to casually glance around for another job, trying to move closer to
my chosen field, a field of dreams if you will, for the last little while. And
every chance I get I’m just going for it. I’m gonna be 25 soon and unless I do
some clever planning I’m gonna turn 30 and feel like a lost lamb. So When I saw
a posting on Craigslist yesterday, for
a casting for a reality T.V show I figured, what do I have to loose, this could
be a good pay cheque, and you know lead to something like: a $50,000.00 contract with Ford Models, a year
long contract with Cover Girl and a spread in Elle Girl, shot by world renown
photographer Giles Bensiomone…
I
sent in my info a jpeg and a link to my friendster. Then last night I got home
around 8:00pm and I have a message on my answering machine: “Hello Alexandre,
my name is Megan and I’m calling from trisomething entertainment regarding a
casting for MuchMusic, We’re wondering if you could come in today for a casting
around 6:30” Evidently I couldn’t cause it was like quarter past eight, so I
called back and was like sorry just got in call me back and maybe we can set
something up.
I
then proceed to call up everyone I could think of and be like:
“OMG, I’m totally
going to be on a reality show, I wonder if I’ll be the bitchy one, or the one
who tells it like it is in the video confessional booth… Do you think it’s like
a competition reality show where people get voted off one week at a time like
survivor? Do you think I’ll have to move out of my apartment and live in a loft
with a bunch of teenagers? What if I have to go before my man comes home and
then we’re separated even longer he’ll be so let down. But OMG couldn’t you see
me winning? Do you think Scoop magazine would take pictures of me doing the
groceries???”
Then
this morning I heard back from Megan… that fucking bitch.
I’m
a reality show no go.
I missed the casting and the casting missed me. But…. As it turns out it is
one of those one episode numbers. Like ‘My Room is a Mess Help Find a
Solution’ kind of shows, and I want money but I don’t need to expose
myself to the whole country for anything less that one entire seasons worth of
weekly hour long segments of reality. So much for my dream of landing on the
pages of the Scoop. And it’s back to the grindstone as the say for I have lots
to do in order to move on up.
If
you wanna help me up, don’t be shy. And
if you’re a hater, just ask Nelly Furtado what she thinks of me now.
XOXO
BGA,
Happy Pride Homos!







