Decisions, decisions...

Corey and I have a decision to make. An expensive one at that. Callia has been invited to attend the ProScout Invitational in Boston. For a whopping $795, she will meet with the top modeling and acting agencies in the business at a weekend long event in Boston in April.


Here's the story: for as far back as I can remember, people have always commented on how beautiful she is. I always agreed, but I also knew I had no choice. She's my daughter; I am biased. As she got older, I heard it more and more. "She's just gorgeous. She should be a model." She was even chosen to be in a Disney movie when she was 2, but they blew her off. (Nice, huh?)


So, last night I took her to a ProScout Model search. I heard them advertising it on the radio and thought, "Oh why not?" I really had no idea what to expect or what it was all about, but I figured it couldn't hurt to go in and check it out.

Ok, now. To avoid getting myself all worked up and mad all over again, I am going to skip ahead to the part where she was seen by the man doing the interviews. See, my son was so unbelievably uncooperative, it was all I could do to keep sane throughout this process. Just know we went in, filled out form, waited for a half hour, the man took one look at Callia and said, "She's got it," just after he glared at my son for screaming like madman. I sheepishly admitted that he belonged to me. He said he already knew Callia had exactly what he was looking for but unfortunately he could not talk to me with Kiefer there. I told him I could drop him off at home and be back in time to hear his presentation for the second round of interviews. He said that would be fine and we left - Kiefer, by the grace of God, with his life still in tact.


We returned at 8:30 and that's when we learned just how the program works. They charge you $795 for the work they do (and the legwork they save you) putting you in front of the top agents in the world (think Disney, Nickelodeon, Elite). You don't get signed? Too bad for you. They did their part - getting signed is yours.

So, what should we do? First off, we don't even have that kind of money to spare. Sigh...I don't know. I have more to add, but I'll post that when I come back with our decision. (These kids are getting on my nerves.)