Why "Sexy" Is a Dirty Word for Me

I’m not, by any stretch of the imagination, a model as we usually think of models. I’m not eight feet tall. I don’t walk the runway. I will never be in Victoria’s Secret.

But as part of expanding my acting business, I’m looking into commercial modeling. Commercial models are people in print ads. A commercial model can be a beautiful woman, or an average-looking and approachable woman, or a seventy-five-year-old man. You don’t have to conform to the standards of fashion-model beauty. What you do have to do is portray a certain “type”—the stressed-out mom, the successful businessman, the ambitious new intern. It’s an acting exercise that falls between acting and modeling.

New Year, New Start

I like New Years Resolutions.

I realize I’m probably in the minority here. For a lot of people, the New Years resolution is just another thing to commit to, then forget about three weeks after it’s made. I get that. I used to be like that. I still am, for some goals. I’ve changed in the past few years, though.

Really, it started with turning 30. I don’t know what caused it—I wish I have an interesting, relevatory story to tell, but I don’t. I just looked at my life and thought to myself, I can do better. And I started to be consistent about certain things. To set aside a certain amount of time per day. And I began to see real progress. Sometimes it can take a long time to see progress, but once you start to see it, you’re hooked.