America's Next Top Model - funny story

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Well there really is an open casting call the same weekend at the same location.

And I googled the chick's name just to be sure, and she did casting for some MTV show, so she is a real casting person.

wow definately go you may never get another chance like this



ps just wondering what do you think her reaction would be about "possibility" of another Aspie on the show If you eventrually tell her tell us the reaction

Yeah my thoughts exactly. Worse case scenario I lose a day of my time and gas money.

I'm not officially diagnosed, just self-diagnosed, so I wouldn't tell them until I were to go and get an official diagnosis.

well I do agree with your significant other that reality shows are garbage and their popularity makes me lose fate in the american people. However I am not so high and mighty to not use it for personal gain. It sounds like an oppertunity and further (positive) examples of aspies in the media is always something I could support.

wow, you said a mouthful! how wonderful you realize now what your boyfriend is like! You didn't even have to go on the show and he shows his colors!

now it is just a coincidence this is happening at the same time as the opportunity, but you don't have to take the opportunity just to show him. but what a gift to know how he will be in a LTR. We rarely get to peak behind the love and see the reality.

Merle

If I had been a woman, I would have called security or used maze or pepper spray on that person -- or suspected that it was the female version of a stag party -- getting the bride-to-be to ridicule herself.

^ uh?

she was with her parents

Okay so I drove down and went this morning. My boyfriend went with me. In the end he thought supporting me was more important than what he thought was worth it or not

I ended up not making the cut. I think I was about half an inch too short. I thought it was a ton of fun though and I learned a lot from the more seasoned girls around me.

sorry to hear that Kirska, maybe next year, who knows!

and very glad to hear your boy was there with you!

how totally cool! I think it is something to tell the grandkids!

Merle

What a stupid reason for refusing someone ....

He's a control freak. Dump him.

Seriously, you're unlikely to be with this guy in 20 years time, so why turn your back on an opportunity like this because of him?

If you share a car (did you both contribute to its purchase and maintenance?), what right has he to tell you where you can and can't drive it when it's your turn to drive it? Sorry, I'm soooooooooooooooooo independent minded, I can't bear people telling me what I can and can't do, and I think it's outrageous when people do try to do something like that with someone else. How dare they?!?

Personally speaking, I'm not a huge fan of reality tv, it can be exploitative, but I'm all for people trying things out. I figure that it's better to try something like this, find out you don't like it and move on, or maybe you'll like it and you might be able to do it for a couple of years and earn some money to make yourself secure financially if you're successful at it? You can always turn your back on it if it doesn't work out. And I know we're not all the same, but if another Aspie appeared on the programme and managed okay...

But what you can't do is turn the clock back. If, say, you're not with this control freak Stupid Other in ten years time, you won't be able to call the casting people and say, Hey, I'm single now, can I come for a casting?

At the very least, it will be an interesting experience and you might end up with some lovely photographs as a souvenir.

Years ago, when my daughter was a toddler, people used to stop me in the street all the time and tell me my daughter was so beautiful and she should do some baby modelling, so one day I saw a casting advertised and took her along, and she did some shoots for some catalogues and stuff. One day, they wanted to take some test shots of me, for 'mother and baby' type shoots, but I was too shy and not confident about my looks, so I declined. I wish now I had done it. Like I said, you can't turn the clock back, once you've passed up on an opportunity, it's too late. And my daughter didn't regret it, in fact as a teenager she did a shoot for Gap (just for their internal style sheets or something).

I say go for it! At least go to the casting and find out more about what's involved, whether they can hold you over till the next series when you've finished college. If you want to turn it down make sure that's an informed decision, not a decision based on your current boyfriend's small-mindedness.