My Photo Shoot, Part 2

Stingray as Gulliver (concept by Zexiv's classmate, photo by Zexiv, model, Yours Truly)

Being a famous model is not easy work especially if it involves being immobile for long periods, and you feel an itch but can't scratch for the life of it because you're tied securely to the ground. And of course there is the starving of one's self to look good in clothes, the loss of one's personal privacy and being hounded mercilessly day and night by the paparazzi. However hardship is nothing new to this battle hardened old soldier, who has been taken prisoner and interrogated many many times but never revealed a thing other than name, rank, and serial number. This particular shoot was a collaboration between Zexiv and a classmate of his (who is brilliant with Photoshop and has a much better version with the chessboard converted to black and white). Anyway, here I am in their interpretation of Gulliver's Travels, showing the mighty warrior (mainly me) brought down by the little people. Hmmm ... I really should start ironing my uniform again; it looks like i went to sleep in it ...

P.S. Tomorrow is Zexiv's birthday. Happy Birthday, old pal!

My Photo Shoot

"I'm king of the world!" (just like Leonardo :))

I apologize once again for my extended absence. It has been a long and cold winter, and the lack of sun in perpetually rainy Vancouver has sort of put a dampener on my creative powers. This blog I think would be best written lying on the beach in sunny Boracay, or even from a cosy room in a dive resort in Anilao, with a bottle of San Miguel beer by my side, while munching on some barbecue chips. Yes, that would indeed be the life ...

Quite a bit has happened since my last post last Christmas, and I do have lots of stories in the pipeline which I hope to post soon, once things become a bit less hectic. In the meantime, here is a photo taken of me from a recent studio photo shoot. That's a king chesspiece I am holding up and my M-1 rifle. I had wanted to wear my old regulation dress uniform and shave my beard (after all one never can tell when one might be discovered), but Zexiv convinced me this was the best "look" for the picture.

It was a fun shoot though admittedly very precarious balancing on that globe. Now I know what those models go through. I think I look quite good here . Hmmm ... perhaps I should send this to Mademoiselle Marie ...

More posts to come soon!