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This week - Castings and what castings are about

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Hey guys, So got myself in a bit of trouble today as I decided not to go to my castings today and it happened to be one where the casting director phoned the agency to tell them that I hadn't showed up! Nightmare. Said so many sorrys after that was untrue. Now your probably thinking why I didn't go to my castings, because of course it means I'm not going to have the work from them. Well all castings are different for different jobs and some are for smaller jobs that are not actually request castings. Quite simply enough when the agency just sends you along even though the clients have not requested you. Now today's castings were one where they wanted everyone to show their bum's?! And the other was asking for lovely teeth. Now this job was a very low pay, with a less than guaranteed buy out too it. With it being a fairly open casting, I felt I would give it a miss. Sometimes I look at the details of the job and have to assess whether they are worth going to or not. ...

My Religion

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Hey guys, So I hope you didn't think I was going to go spiritual on you then?!? ha ha. But I kind of do consider this as a very important part of my life. Yes some people will think its sad, others though will know exactly what i mean and probably feel the same about their teams. Well the mighty Arsenal have been my team since I was brought an Arsenal kit for my 4th birthday from my late Grandpa. (so nearly been supporting them for 22 years now!) God I'm old! Right, those of you who have had the distinct pleasure of watching a game of Arsenal with me will know what I'm like. Its like an experience you will never forget! I show passion, positivity, negativity, emotion, frustration, anger, exhilaration..and it could go on. Basically I scream and shout at the TV and at the players who of course cannot hear what is coming out of my mouth. Yes I am biased in favour of my team, who isn't, but I am a nightmare. My language during games is terrible, plenty of dreadful words get...

Easter Sunday - Family time

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Hey guys, I wish you all a very happy Easter and hope you all have had a great time with your family and friends cause thats whats this time of year is all about. It was great to spend some time this weekend with my family on Sunday and some family friends who we havent seen for a while. Always great to catch up and get together and I feel so lucky to have an amazing family behind me, supporting me in every way and to share some amazing moments with. This weekend produced an amazing moment for me when my gorgeous niece, pictured above, started saying my name. And she kept on and on and on saying it and it was truly amazing! Loved it so much and it was so cute. She really has grown so much recently and is walking, running and talking as much as her mum too! Which isn't a good thing with the amount my sister talks I tell you! ha ha (those family members or people who know her will know exactly what i'm talking about ha ha).] I decided this weekend to give my family and friends an...

Never go to Work with a Hangover! - tip of the day

Hey guys, For the first time since I started presenting on SmartLive Casino, I worked the day after the night before. All I can say is What an error! Serious mistake! Thursday night was a night in London called El Nocturnal. My mates run the night every couple of months and basically gets a lot of guys I model with and girls to party hard, with some quality music in a cool venue. Was a very messy night and I was horrified the next day when I realised how much I drank, you would be amazed with how much I consumed. But I had 7 bottles of beer and a vodka cheery ade before getting to the party. Then 2 corona's (my favourite drink by a long way) followed by about 8 ameretto and cokes with 8 more corona's and a shot of sambuca! I promise you, I'm not bragging about this or think this is brilliant at all. Its just the truth! How I do it I will never know, but thats probably why my mates call me "no limits", I seriously do not know when to stop. So as you can imagine the...

Contact Lens Job - Amazing how its shot

Hi all, Yesterday I had a job for a contact lens company that to be honest I didnt really know too much about what the job entailed. I arrived a nice late call time of half 10 to see a studio that was filled with people and everything was in the process of being set up. It was a commercial, or so I thought. What I then found out a bit later was that I was shooting a "how to use contact lenses" video for the companies website. Very random, but at the same time I must admit I thought very very easy! mistake! So the day started sitting chatting to the girl model there, an Anerican girl called Mel, married to an English Director, who had some amazing stories to tell. Thats whats great about jobs sometimes when you get to meet such a range of people with some incredile stories. Mel was great and we got on great, which always makes a job a lot easier. Make up artist had some great stories too about jobs when she was younger and abroad, about all the inner crew relationships! ha ha ...

Smartlive Casino - Live TV Presenting

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Hi all, Have not spoke about this yet and thought I would do so to update you about what else I do for work and the need for another source of regular income whilst you are modeling. Since I started modeling in May 2007, I have been constantly looking for another source of income and work that I can carry out alongside modeling. Modeling is such an up and down business and the work is extremely irregular, you just never know when the next pay checks coming in. Stability in my life is needed at times. I've done all sorts of work, Roofing, Plastering, Rendering, Football coaching and I'm sure a few more since then. But none of these jobs were amazingly enjoyable and all were very difficult to do alongside modeling where I would never know what I was doing from one day to the next. Then the opportunity came from Naomi to go in for a screen test for Smartlive Casino. My response was simple, "Naomi, if I'm sh*t then just tell me and I will forget about it", but had not...

My weekend at home - Love my Family

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Hi everyone, I feel I should tell people what I do in my spare time and what the rest of my life entails and all. So back very late from Milan Friday night and Saturday I was playing football for the 2nd week running after 8 weeks out after damaging my knee ligaments. I love my football, always have and been very sporty my whole life and don't want to stop it at all. Play football for Harold Wood FC and a nice 4 vs 2 win was always a nice thing, though im a bit of a perfectionist sometimes and wasn't happy after as we were 4 nil up at half time and played bad in the 2nd half. Showed my stroppy side that can come out at time and especially on the football pitch ha ha. Those who know me know exactly what im talking about! So on Sunday was my mums birthday. She got spoilt with special chocs from Milan and a lovely card. Simple but just what my mum wanted. We went out for a meal with my mum dad sister her husband his 2 kids and my niece Kaitlyn whos a little cracker. So sweet its u...