A melting pot of emotions swam about my head during the three and a half hour flight from Austin, Tx to New York. What kind of people would I meet, what would I do to fill my spare time, more importantly, would I survive an entire five days in this huge city?!
My husband and I finally arrive at the JFK airport and wait for Mitch to take us to our room, and apon settling in, we begin to ponder what we can do to pass the time. We break in the bed first, of course, ;D and I call the cutest little girl I recently met on twitter, through BST. This enchanting little ebony skinned youngster took us all over town. Her name was Shaniqua, and she's a hopeful SG. We met up with her in Times Square, and I spent a lot of time telling her all about the BA family, and the conversion process was certainly working. We took the subway to Queens, to play mallrats for a few hours, I bought my hubby some bitchin' new shoes, and struggled to find our way back home. Shaniqua was the sweetest, spunkiest little love bunny...I wish I had the time to hang out with her more on this trip.
The next day, I wake up early to make it just in time for my first shoot. Mitch picks me up just before noon, and takes me to this cute little apartment where all the magic was taking place. BST answers the door downstairs to let us in; in PJ pants no less, I thought he'd switched roles with James Deen for a moment! There was a long climb up stairs, a climb that felt weeks long; I knew who'd be waiting for me at the end. We open the door to find everyone frozen, or so it seemed. There was a team of makeup artists, James Deen, Kylee Kross, Kelly Lind, and finally the queen bee of BA, miss Joanna Angel. She looks at me and through the momentary silence she breaks the tension by saying, "You're so tiny!", "So are you!!!" I replied by immediate instinct. We hugged and she seemed to fit like a glove, like a bright pink puzzle piece to me. I make my way around the room meeting everyone, and James puts me through the necessary paperwork, while Joanna rummages through my suitcase to figure out what my first outfit would be. I feel eyes on my butt while signing my name on various x's, I turn around and James remarks on the roundness of my ass.
Finally, done with the business part of the process, Joanna hands me a few items to try on for her, and everyone waits for me to get naked. I'll admit I was a bit uncomfortable, considering I'm so used to taking off garnments in front of a low quality web cam, not in person! I swallow my embarassment, and try on the outfits. Makeup and hair took forever, I can't say I was the happiest with it, but it they were the only makeup artists we had, and it needed to be done. Everyone tried thier best to make me feel comfortable, and pretty. They sit me on a couch in the living room, shortly after Kylee finished her scene with James. This was all so new, lights in my face, tons of makeup, everyone's attention on me; I was so nervous! Joanna remarks, "You're not this shy on the internet!"
Next installment I'll continue with the first shoot! Keep reading!
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