Enough Aready!

A question I'm sure a lot of Harold Camping followers are asking this morning is "Why are we still here?".  Yet again, "rapture" didn't happen.  Or did it?  Are there now 200 million of Camping's followers questioning the validity of an obvious fanatic? Is that the reason for their rapture, for them to realise they placed their faith in the wrong "prophet"? That would certainly end their world as they knew it, they are raptured into questioning their own beliefs.

Now for my take on this...ready?

THE WORLD IS NOT GOING TO END ANY TIME SOON! 

Not yesterday, not on Dec 21, 2012 not for probably millions of years long after mankind has burned itself out.  Yup that's right folks, we'll probably go the way of the dinosaurs with yet another ice age.  The world is far better equipped to survive than we frail humans currently inhabiting it.  So good luck with your silly predictions of "Judgement Day"  the only judgement being passed right now is on Harold Camping by all the poor souls he conned into believing him and his "false prophecies".  I guess he hasn't figured out the bible was written by powerful men in an attempt to control the masses.  All that talk of burning in hell and not being accepted into heaven if you don't conform wasn't written with the good of all mankind in mind but in an effort to strike fear in the hearts of man to facilitate control over the masses.

Seriously did they really think that the men who wrote the bible had any fore thought as to what the world would be like in 2011?  I doubt they thought much past the next week.  The Mayan calendar ends on Dec 21, 2012 most likely because the guy chiseling it into stone died.  Or they ran out of room.  I'll make you all a deal, if the world ceases to exist on Dec. 22, 2012 you can all say "I told you so" and I will readily admit I was wrong.  However there won't be anyone around if I am wrong so yah, good luck with that.

That's, how I see it.
Tammy.

How Young Is Too Young?

Some say 13 some say 16 some say 18.  What am I referring to? Modeling.  I started when I was probably around 16 doing mall fashion shows in that small B.C. city I grew up in.  Did I think I was too young for that? No.  Did my parents, obviously not or they probably wouldn't have allowed it.  The thing is two short years later when I was 18 and trying to make it in Toronto, I was almost too old! Imagine that, 18 and too old.  However that was in the 1980's and the "Super Models" ruled the world.  So my career wained and ebbed doing the odd show and photo shoot til I was the ripe old age of 25 when I shot my last set of portfolio pictures and retired.  Somewhat unceremoniously I might add.  So again, how young is too young?

My daughter signed with her agent when she was 13yrs 7mos.  She participated at VFW this past April one month after her 14th birthday and has done numerous shows and photo shoots some of which have been featured in online magazines.  She was probably one of the youngest at VFW in fact I think she was the youngest.  That being said if anyone were to guess her "done-up model age" they'd come up with 18 or 19, and most have.  If they were to meet her on the street looking like she normally looks yah, she may get 15 or 16 because of her height but more so because of her maturity and the way she carries herself. 

You see, my girl was born old.  She very intelligent and well spoken she has a great attitude about this odd path she has chosen and she has a team of adults making damn sure she isn't damaged by the industry so many bash of unethical practices.  Her agent is the same agent that signed the lovely Coco Rocha seen here  talking about this very topic.  I felt it necessary to weigh in on it because my daughter is very young in age but not in attitude.  She has carried herself well thus far and has not lost sight of who she is and her own moral code.  She's not a typical bubbly boy crazy teenager.  She stoic and reserved and very focused on her goals. 

She's also what the designers look for in body style and height, tall and slender.  Who knows how long that will last.  Her career in modeling could potentially be over by the time she graduates if she has a growth spurt that goes wrong.  So is she too young?  No, I don't think for her, for who she is, she's too young.  I think she's in right at the right time.  Her agent sees the same potential he did with Ms. Rocha in her and we are pacing her for a successful career without the early burn out.  There is a plan in place and strict guidelines being followed. 

First and foremost, school comes first.  She can't maintain her A average if she misses school because of modeling.  Second, nothing revealing, she won't do shoots she's not comfortable with.  Close monitoring by me and her agent.  If we don't know at least one or two people she's working with it's not likely she'll do the job.  Her safety is my number one priority and if we are approached, and we have been, by some one I don't know, I'm on the phone to her agent doing a back ground check.  If it's someone he doesn't know, and he knows a lot of people then it's a no thank you. Third, when she says she doesn't want to do this any more then that's it, she's done.  No questions asked.

As for her future lets say the next four years, if she does well then we can expect to see her travelling.  Not without a chaperon and nothing that will cause her to sacrifice school.  We've agreed, my 14 year old and I that these two years will be spent here at home gaining experience, confidence and a killer portfolio.  So when she is ready for the world stage, she will be exactly that, ready.  And if it happens to be when she's 16 then so be it.  If it's not until she's 18 or 19 then that's fine too.  The trick is to let her grow up at her pace and be as supportive and protective as her mother as I can be.

I'm sure anyone reading this will have their opinion of this whole issue of how young is too young and for most 14 is too young.  But there are the rare few who posses a maturity that surpasses most and for all the young models I have met this past year they all seem to have this rare trait it's what wins them the jobs and gets them noticed it's what is required to succeed.  Trust me, if a client were to encounter one of those teens that you see at the mall with too much make-up, inappropriate clothing and thinking they are all that, they'd laugh them out the door telling them come back when they grow up, maybe.

I do have to agree to the need for some regulations.  I also think that it is the responsibility of the parents to ensure their daughters are not being taken advantage of and that they are at all times safe and cared for no matter where they are working and that the industry needs to really assess the inconsistencies with their changing demands day to day.  I do have to say however, a 10 year old girl dressed up in women's clothing posing provocatively is WAY too young.

That's, how I see it.
Tammy.

Soul Sucking Women

GASP! There is no such thing, is there?

Oh yes there is and I know more than a few personally.  Soul sucking women are those women who decide that the man they are married to is no longer up to snuff.  They are the same women who end their marriages sighting such things as abuse and neglect or they just flat out cheat on their unsuspecting husbands or all of the above.   They are also the same women who have had everything handed to them on silver platters by men who absolutely adore and worship them.  They are selfish ungrateful leaches who suck the life out of their husbands and discard them like yesterdays news.

It's easy to become ungrateful for what you have when everything your heart desires is given to you willingly without question.  To be adored no matter what, to be worshiped and unconditionally loved and all they have to do in return is be happy.  Alas, though, they are not happy, they are never happy. Why is that? Because they always want more, they raise the bar to unattainable heights and when their demands are not met they are justified in their horrific behaviour towards the man they vowed to "love, honour and cherish, til death do they part".  One sided vows apparently that do not apply to them, just the poor sucker they manipulated into marrying them.

Oh, but wait! They weren't always like this were they?

Well, maybe not at first, of course early on in the relationship they had to appear grateful and appreciative, loving and kind.  Just the kind of woman any man would be proud to take home to mom. Oh they are masters at this and be assured this behaviour lasts right up to the day after the wedding, or maybe even upon their return from the honeymoon.  Take your pick, once they have you they don't have to try anymore.  Let the games begin.

Now the poor sod who was wrangled by this skilled soul sucker has no idea what he's in store for.  He's going to have moments of sheer joy as a result of the speck of affection afforded him, and moments of absolute astonishment as to how he managed to fail so miserably when he had tried so hard to follow the very specific instructions shoved down his throat.  Poor guy, he'll never learn, he will NEVER attain the lofty goals she sets.

Then when all is said and done, and she's sucked as much life out of him as possible, she dumps his sorry ass.  Of course somehow managing to put the fault on him because Lord knows they can never be held accountable for failure.  The really sad part is, once dumped the shell of a man is left still wanting for the wife he loved, adored and worshiped.  He doesn't see that it was all one sided, that he was in a relationship with a phantom, it wasn't real.   So very unfortunate the situation afterwards.  But never fear, they do get theirs.

One sentiment I have heard time and time again once the soul sucker has had a few months to enjoy her new found freedom, is that they realise their mistake.  Too late, hopefully by that time the man they emasculated has regained his confidence and reclaimed the person he once was and now realises what a fool he was played for and has moved on.  So too bad for you soul sucker, too little, too late!  And by the way, your misery looks good on you.

So for all you men out there who were, are or are thinking about marrying a soul sucker.  Think twice, ask yourself, "does she meet me half way?"  "Does she expect me to be all that, while she sits back and receives without giving?" "Will the wonderful woman I thing she is remain after we say "I do"?"  If you are unsure about any of these questions.  RUN before she manages to suck the life out of you! Or if you're really brave, call her on it.

That's, how I see it.
Tammy.