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02/20/2004 Entry: "2-21-04 queer eye update."

"They're gonna make you cut your hair!!!" That's what I heard from everyone I told about the casting call.
So i go to the casting call today for Queer eye. The other guys that were waiting in the studio were these really plain, if not hipster looking, white guys. Jeannie went with me and when the casting agent called me in, she asked Jeannie to come in too. When I sat down the casting agent looked at a paper in front of her and says "oh you're the poet. thats so cool." I am really bad at taking compliments. I just get really shy and modest. The exact opposite of what I needed to do. So she asks us a a couple of questions about poetry and about whether my hair is part of my persona. I took out some of my ID's with short or no hair. She complimented me on how I looked. I got shy again. So after a few more questions she says, "Well we'll be making our decisions on Monday. Ten guys will then get call backs for longer interviews. If you don't get a call back" she stopped herself then and said, "You know what. You are getting a call back, I make the decision so ha ha." Then she wrote something on a paper and told us to expect a call sometime next week so they can send a casting person and a camera crew out to our apartment to get a more in depth interview. So I'm on to the next round. It gets scarier every minute. I checked the ratings for "Queer Eye" it gets more than 8 million viewers when its on NBC. Thats as many people as live in New York. Yikes!!!
I'm gonna learn the words to "She Bangs" and go on tour. I'll keep you posted.

I'm gonna keep the day song the same for today.

Replies: 2 comments

Thanks Dyanna. I am lind of excited now, although I'll probably be scared then. The "event" that Jeannie proposed was a reading. See when I won the Nyfa they give you a portion of it up front and you have to do a community reading for the other part. I have yet to do that reading. So I would do it on national TV. The woman seemed to like the idea, said it was different so we'll see.

Posted by edward garcia @ 02/21/2004 11:55 AM EST

You GO boy! I absolutely love the fact that you're not afraid to change. And, even if they cut your hair, who cares? They also give you a kick ass apartment and free clothes! Its worth it. Oh, and Kyan is hot. ;-)
One question... isnt there supposed to be a 'reason' why you're doing this? Like one guy needed to be more considerate to his wife and was a slob, another wanted to propose, another wanted to get the girl to move in, etc etc. What's your reason?

Posted by Dyanna @ 02/21/2004 11:16 AM EST