Los Angeles Take two!

Hello! It is now mid-April and I just got back from another trip to LA! It was such a wonderful experience! It was my first time ever traveling alone. I was so nervous, but I had so much fun.

Traveling alone definitely lead to some strange experiences as I explored and worked in a big city. I met a gang leader, I had a near-death experience, and also had a ton of fun hanging out with some of my closest friends and playing on the beach!

On one of the last nights of my trip, I was making a quick dinner stop at In-N-Out burger before my long drive back to the house I was staying at. I got my cheese burger (which was delicious) and was getting into my car when this HUGE man started walking towards me. I immediately grabbed my pink pepper spray and locked myself into my car. I kicked it into reverse and noticed a group of big scary men standing behind my car, so I was trapped. Somebody then began to bang on my passenger window. I cracked it open about an inch in fear that the man was going to shoot me if I just sat there. "Sista, your gonna be a model! I'm gonna hook you up with my sister TYRA, and put you in my movie.." The man went on and on and I just smiled and nodded. He then slipped an old receipt with writing on it, told me to call him, and walked away with the men who were standing behind my car. I drove home as fast as humanly possible, locked myself inside, and pulled out the receipt. There was a name on the receipt along with "your gonna be in my movie" and a phone number. I googled the name and one of the most famous gang leaders in history popped up, along with a bunch of mug shots of the actual man I was talking to earlier that night. As one could imagine, I freaked out, hid in the closet with my mace and knife, and called the LAPD. They said to not worry, but that didn't stop me from not sleeping a minute the next few nights. I eventually got over my fear, and got proud of my gang experiences...I think I am ready for my star debut on Gang Land.

I was staying with my agent and his girlfriend in a town about an hour out side of Los Angeles. Being a not-so-great driver, it was pretty awful driving on the LA highways all alone for a few hours every day.
It was a pretty nice house, but I was terrified of being all alone and driving so much. On one of my first nights in LA, I had a little bit of a home sick freak-out and wanted to go stay with my friend instead of being all by myself in a very unfamiliar territory. At 10:00 pm, I drove all the way into the city. I called my friend when I was outside of her condo building and she told me I needed to park on the street and call her when I was standing out side of the door and she would buzz me in. I drove around for a few minutes and found a parking spot about 4 blocks away from her building. At this point, It was about 11:30, and I was in a very sketchy part of LA. I was reluctantly about to get out of my car when I heard a gun shot and a man sprinted past my car with another man following close behind, chasing the other. I went back to my agents VERY quickly that night, and never stayed out past dark again unless I knew it was completely safe.

I learned very fast that big cities have a lot of dangers, and quickly went into survival mode as I continued in my first ever lone-adventure.

I walked in LA Spring Fashion week and LA Style fashion week. It was such an amazing experience and I met so many incredible, talented people. Runway is my favorite part of modeling. Every show has its own unique energy, along with many strong personalities. There were several runway venues where there would were a few shows a day.  There were runway and stationary shows. In the stationary shows, models pretty much just stand on a box for an hour with out moving. (Stationary shows are VERY miserable, but its still fun to be a part of LAFW) There was a staff of about 50 hair and make up artists to get all of the models ready backstage at every show. The girls were generally pretty nice (though every now and then I'd come across mean ones) and the rest of the staff was always very excited and fun. Back stage is normally  a big party with a LOT of hair spray. Runway shows take about 6-8 hours of a models time, but about 30 seconds of walking (literally). It is always worth it in the long run, however. I had so much fun this Fashion Week and look forward to hopefully walk in New York Fashion Week in the fall! :) I am so grateful that I was able to walk in LA fashion week. I have such supportive family, friends, and God and I owe it all to them for blessing me with such amazing opportunities.

When I wasn't working or going to castings, I would sneak away and hang out with my friends. My two all time best friends, Jordan and Jane, both live in LA and I went on bunch of fun adventures with them. Jordan and I went on a joy ride and had this crazy lady tell us to "Go Back to Colorado" when we had a little too much fun on a round-a-bout in Malibu. Jane and I ALMOST saw the Chelsea Lately show, but some things fell threw and we now have tickets to the AMERICAN IDOL FINALE!!!!!!!!! I am so excited its unhealthy! :) We also hung out a ton, went to universal studios, and had a lot of fun best friend time :).

I've been signed with Wünder Management in Los Angeles. The Agent, Scott, is such an amazing person and has helped me a lot with my career. Wünder has given me a ton of amazing opportunities, and thats why it was so difficult when I made the decision to switch agents. I switched in hope for some new opportunities (in both my career and traveling) and am hoping everything works out. I just recently signed with Manager Caleb White, and am so excited to see what he is going to do to help my career.

My trip to LA was so much fun. I missed my family, friends, and boyfriend all so much but I learned a lot and grew up a ton. I am so much more independent, and ready to travel the rest of the world! I've become a lot more responsible and understanding about the value of money. Altogether, I am so thankful for the AMAZING adventure I got to go on and for all the love and support I've gotten from the incredible people in my life. Thank you so much to everybody who is there for me and for my career. I will continue to update my blog with my future adventures and travel stories! :)

Update!

        Hey! I've been home for about 2 months now and I am more than ready for another adventure! I hope everybody is having a wonderful start to 2013 and had a great holiday season.

       I had an great holiday season that I got to share with my friends and family. I've been skiing, sledding, and playing nearly every day. I finally got caught up in school by completing nearly the entire 1st semester of my junior year in about 4 days (the most miserable four days of my life, note to self: NEVER get behind ever again in school!).

        I spent most of December in my home town but also had the chance to be in a Dillard's runway show and a Dennis Basso runway show. It was really nice getting to continue my dream while being back at home! In the beginning of January my friend Josh and I (a student from my old high school) did a photo shoot together styled by "Calamity" and I submitted it to Nationalist magazine and it got in!! We were both super excited about it! The shoot was super chilly (because it was in an ice cave) but once my body went numb I couldn't really feel the cold any more. It was crazy being two teenagers from a small town getting our work into a National magazine! (here are some pictures from Nationalist Magazine)

    Right before I left LA I did a shoot for Tinsel Tokyo Magazine which was published today. I am VERY excited about it!!! This shoot was really cool! The entire team was super talented and we all had a lot of fun together. It was POURING rain outside so between almost every shot I was having an umbrella over my head and powder put on my nose. It was super hard to focus because my dad flew into LA that morning and I hadn't seen him for about a month, and I couldn't see him until the shoot was over! Although it was hard to truly concentrate I feel like I did a good job. A lot of the clothes were too big for me, so my back was covered clips! This was one of my most favorite jobs and I can't explain how excited I am about with the pictures! Here are the images from it! :)

     I've also had a lot of fun non-modeling adventures since I've been home. I went to the National Western Stock Show, the X-Games, and even hiked the Grand Canyon and went to Las Vegas all in one month! I have to say, it was a very enjoyable month.

      I was originally planning on going to South Korea at the beginning of February but there were some complications so I am going in April after I take the ACT. However, I am going back to Los Angeles in the March for a few weeks. It will be my first time ever traveling with out my mom, it will be a big change! But still, I am very excited. My two best friends (Jordan and Jane) and a lot of my family and friends live out there so I won't be alone.

       I've been able to see how Los Angeles has changed me since I got home. I don't need to be with people 24/7, I have more confidence, I am more adventurous, and more importantly I am completely happy just being me! I am so blessed to have so many amazing people in my life. God really blessed me. As I am starting to get ready for another crazy adventure I am seeing how much I just love life! I will start writing more and keep you up to date about my career once again!

A busy end to my trip!

Last week was such a wonderful way to end the amazing LA adventure that I was so lucky to go on! On Saturday I had a magazine photo shoot. It was pouring rain and the shoot was out side, it was so much fun! Rain is my favorite weather:). It was for an editorial spread, so it was very, very high fashion . They actually made it look like I had no eye brows which was pretty unique! I had 7 looks and very intense hair and make up, so the shoot took about 8 hours. Everyone in the crew was super talented and we all had a lot of fun together, I am very, VERY excited to see the pictures! I got a peak at a few but unfortunately I can't post them online before their published or I will get in a lot of trouble.

On Sunday I was in a Jackson Guthy music video!! Jackson Guthy is said to be the next Pop sensation. He is 17 and ultra talented, I was so lucky to get picked to be in the video! The video was in this AMAZING ranch in Santa Barbra. It was on top of a mountain and looked over the ocean, I was in love it was my dream house. Really all I had to do for the video was dance and act like I was having a lot of fun at a "high school party". The funny thing about is everyone was about 21 except for me, we all just looked like we were really young. The whole crew rocked and I became friends with a lot of amazing people! It was so cool hanging out with actors vs. models. They are SO different from each other! They aren't bad differences, just very obvious. Models are a little more calm and very put together where actors are still put together but like to be loud...VERY loud! We got yelled at a few times because we were behind the scenes playing patty cake due to extreme boredum and we got too loud..oops! For some reason they let Jackson choose the food for the whole crew, so being a 17 year old boy he picked candy, soda and fruit snacks. We were on set for about 10 hours, so by the end we we shriveled up with hunger. As we were walking to the shuttle to take us back to LA we walked by a pizza man. We happily stole Jacksons pizza and have a feast on the drive back. This was my first acting job, so I was really nervous. Luckily my impeccable dance skills helped me blend in perfectly, just kidding. But really it wasn't that bad. The video should be out soon and I will be sure to post in the minute its published!!

The day after the video, Monday, My mom, dad and I went to Disneyland! It was a very eventful day. I convinced my parents to stay until midnight to get the completely Disney experience. We went on nearly every ride, some even twice, and were all in a coma the next day. It was the Disney hang over, it was pretty awful actually.

On Tuesday we ate lunch at a Famous hot dog stand called Pinks Hot Dogs. It just happened to be the day that Leeza Gibbons was there presenting her "featured" hot dog. My dad gladly ordered her hot dog and got to be interviewed for her TV show! That will be airing in March, and I will be sure to put it up here when it does. He had a pretty spiffy hot dog speech.

On Wednesday I had an audition for a BMW commercial.  I am still very new to acting, and to say the least I do not think I got the job. My instructions were simple; just sit on the chair and act like I was in the front seat of the car driving some place really cool. The casting director told me to just say some simple dialogue that I would say if I were sitting in the car. He also told me that at some point of the audition I should act like my favorite song came on the radio. I walked in with a LOT of confidence completely convinced that I would get the job, but then I got a little bit nervous. I sat down and had a complete brain fart and had no idea what to say, so I screamed “Look, a UFO!!” and pointed out of the imaginary window. I realized what I just said and started to laugh, then eventually re-settled and continued to ride my fold-up chair BMW. I then said “ugh this drive is so long, but at least I am in this luxurious BMW” and followed that by a convincing eye brow raise. After that, it was time to turn on the music. I reached my hand forward and pretended to crank up the tunes. I head bobbed so hard that my neck was actually sore for a while afterwards. I got the standard “thank you, we will be in touch” as I left the casting and am very confident that they were not impressed, but that’s okay! It was an experience that I will be reminded of each time I get into my moms beemer. 

Shortly after Wednesday came Thursday which was Thanksgiving. We ate dinner at Kailey's boyfriends' house in Fallbrook (Orange County). It was delicious, and I had a lot of fun hanging out with Eric's little brothers. His whole family is really amazing and I am so happy Kailey found such a great guy.

I was planning on going back home to Colorado on December 1st , but a job that I had planned for got delayed which allowed us to come home earlier. We have been driving since yesterday and I will be home by tonight! I am so blessed that I got to have such an amazing experience in Los Angeles. My mom, dad, sister, agents, and all of the other incredible people in my life are the reason that I could have such a perfect adventure and I am so thankful for that. Los Angeles was a memory that will last my entire life and I can't wait for the other modeling memories that will be created in the future. It was bitter sweet leaving LA. I am ridiculously home sick, but I am also so sad to be leaving such an incredible city behind. Every great thing comes to an end, and I'm happy to say that that was only the beginning of so many more experiences. As of right now there are no official plans for the Spring, but Asia and New York are in big consideration right now. Thank you so all of those amazing people in my life supporting my career, you are all so amazing :). This is NOT my last blog! I will update on jobs I do in Colorado, published work from LA, and what ever path I take in the future. <3

Hot Topic and Cerisier

I have had such an amazing past 2 days! Yesterday I got called in the morning for a company called Cerisier, a Japanese hair brush company. They called me so last minute because the model that they hired had short hair, and they needed long hair for that particular shoot. I woke up and zoomed over to their studio. The shoot was really fun! It was mostly beauty shots and videos. The videos will be on a commercial in Japan! The whole crew was pretty laid back but still really fun. They brought an "authentic japanese lunch" for us...I'm not sure what I ate, but I didn't feel good for the rest of the night ha, but I survived! I haven't seen any of the pictures from yesterday and can't wait to see them! Shortly after the shoot, my agent called me and said that I got a direct booking from the company Hot Topic, I was so so so excited! I barley slept at all last night because I have never worked for such a big brand. My call time was 9am but then morning my mom checked her email and it got switched to 8:30, and in LA, 30 minutes can make a HUGE difference because of traffic! We rushed out of the condo as fast as possible and were on our way. I think my mom was going to throw up with nerves and stress when we pulled up to a truck loading zone at 8:25, luckily Hot Topic was in the same building just down the parking lot a little bit. The building was so cool! It was huge and the security was super high. Everything was really animated and gothic, something completely different than what I am used to, but it was surprising to see that not one of the employees were gothic! The studio was in the back of their huge marketing headquarters. They had 3 studios actually, we were in the medium sized one (still quite large). They started my hair and make up almost immediately. The unique thing about Hot Topic is for their catalog they shoot it lips down, so my eyes did not make it in any of the shots. As you could imagine, that made make up really easy. All they did was put lip stick on me and my makeup was all set. My hair had a completely different story. They wanted pink hair, so they put water and chalk in it. The hair stylist literally divided my hair up in to a ton of tiny little strands, got each strand wet with water and rubbed the painting chalk all over it. My hair feels like sand paper, but it's pink so it looks cool. She warned me that blonde hair some times absorbs the color of the chalk, I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning if that happened :P. I wore about 50 different outfits, I was puckered out by the end! Catalog is pretty fun but it gets a little boring because your poses are confined in a little box which doesn't allow much movement, and they have to be pretty generic. Editorial and lifestyle are much more fun. I was at the shoot for almost 7 hours and really enjoyed it! I am so thankful to have gotten the opportunity to work with such an awesome brand! I am so happy and loved working for them! After the shoot my mom picked me up and we walked around the star walk at hollywood and got some dinner. When we got back we rode up the elevator with a really sick woman who informed us that she was sick because there has been a body in the apartment next to her for about 5 weeks that was just discovered, it's so freaky! Luckily it is nowhere near our condo, but it is still in the same building which kind of freaks me out. He died of natural causes so that means there are no murderers in our building, thank goodness! I feel really bad for the man and hope he is safely in Heaven! On a complete opposite, happier note, I have a casting for a music video tomorrow and a full day of school unless another job comes up. My dad is coming to LA on Friday and on Saturday night I am in a Runway show! I go home in just over a week I can not wait!! :)

*Here is a picture from my shoot for hot topic, it was behind the scenes shot by the boy model that was there, Dylan.

*Here is a picture of the Hot Topic headquarters!

November 12

Yesterday was my 17th birthday. I got to go to Disney Land with my best friend Jane and her parents, my awesome friend Ricardo, and my mom:). It was such an incredible birthday! I had so much fun and am super sleepy today! I am so blessed to have so many amazing people in my life! I got a polaroids camera for my birthday, and I am obsessed with it! Once I figure out how to clearly scan the photo's I will upload them on to here. Thank you for all of those who sent me such incredible birthday wishes!

Last week I did several test shoots with Douglas Robert. He is such an amazing photographer and I am so excited about the pictures he took! Here are a few of them!

I also did my first ever shoot with a boy last week! Ricardo (my photographer dad) shot it! The boy was his nephew, a seriously beautiful man. I was really nervous at first because I wasn't sure how to work with a guy, but it went very smoothly and I feel like the pictures turned out really cool! I don't have any edits yet, but I have a behind the scenes shot and will attach edits as soon as I get them!

I come home in a little less than two weeks, I am SO excited! I love LA and have been having so much fun with all of the people that I have met out here, but I am ready to be back in the mountains! We will start driving home the day after Thanksgiving. With only 2 weeks left, my schedule is filling up really quick as I am getting quite busy, which is really fun! Several clients want to use me and I am being considered for a really big magazine shoot right now! :D When I get home I have 2 runway shows in Aspen and one in Pueblo, then my life should slow down for a little bit. I'm trying to convince my parents to allow me to go to New York in January for my Christmas present and to meet with agencies out there! Either way, I am so excited for another beautiful Colorado Christmas. I will keep to date about my next two weeks here in LA! :)

P.S. I just created a Twitter and I have no idea how to use it, if anyone else has one follow me! :) My username is KassidyFischer

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Under Water Shoot

Yesterday I felt like I was on America's Next Top Model. I did an under water mermaid shoot for Deborah Lindquist! We did the shoot in the photographer's friends' beautiful house. The house was so big that we actually thought it was an apartment building when we drove up to it!I attached a picture of the main room of the house. I would probably trade the studio my mom and I are living in for that house, just maybe!

I'm not a very good swimmer, at all. I have mastered the doggy paddle and that's about it. For some reason when I heard "under water shoot" I truly believed that all of my snorkeling and tubing experience would make me a really awesome swimmer! I was slightly wrong! My first issue is that I couldn't figure out how to get to the bottom with out floating up right away. I kept going under as fast as I could to popping up on the surface a few seconds later. Eventually the photographer realized my problem so she gave me a weight to hold me down. I literally almost drowned as I jumped into the water holding the 10 lb. weight, so the assistant swam over and took it from me. She's a little more water blessed than me! I think this was the hardest shoot I've ever done because it was so far out of my natural element, but I did have a lot of fun doing it! I eventually figured out that if I blow out all of my air I could stay down a little longer. To pose, it basically required anything that feels "foldy and awkward".  I had three beautiful outfits and got to work with another model form London who was absolutely amazing! I couldn't see for about 2 hours after the shoot because the water (salt water) was so harsh, but eventually some eye drops got my sight back and I survived! I did not get the chance to see ANY pictures, so I'm really anxious for them to get edited! I will post them as soon as they do :)