#10daysto40 So... remember when I talked the time my high school art teacher encouraged me to try out and model? Well, this is the impromptu photo shoot we had near the cafeteria and band room area to submit for the competition. I guess you can say this is my 1st comp card. I remember I had no clue she was going to do this. I didn’t try and dress for anything that day except for a normal day at school. She saw me walking in the hallway and told me to come by after one of my classes. Ms. V was the photographer with a decent camera. This was me at 16 trying to do serious poses and smiles like I was a serious model lol. I didn’t have a haircut at all, I wasn’t prepared at all to do any kind of real or semi-pro photo shoot. Man, these pictures would never have flown in this era. They probably wouldn’t have given me a second in today’s climate. . It’s crazy, I remember how bad I wanted to grow a beard back then. I was trying to be an adult way before my time. I’m kinda hairy, so I could grow my facial pretty early. The problem is my beard could never connect. Regardless of how I tried to so-call shave in the area to make the hair grow, it never worked. Yet, when I went to my barber Daniel at the time, I remember him telling me that he was never shape a full beard for me then. He said I was too young to wear a beard like a grown man. You know what, he was right. I was too young. I appreciate Daniel and the OG’s back then for not being afraid to tell a lil man when to slow down. You think you want to be grown until those responsibilities, bills and consequences hit you. Then you start wishing you were a kid again. Thank you Ms. V for believing in me, and thanks Daniel for checking me and keeping this kid a kid... . . . #40daysuntil40 #countdownto40 #model #modelsearch #anthony #james #bjng #beanie #jb #bingbing #soulcooljay #jay #mrsmellgood #jamie #lauderdale #davie #floridaboy #vintage (at Davie, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bplb6V1D17B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6tl0fjdkeqzl