Meet Craig The Model
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Oh boy! Andy Howard, one third of the Lost At E Minor editing team and the brains and brawn behind the Bullet Web Studio team, has been travelling the world over the past six months or so on an adventure of a lifetime which has seen him visit some truly remote corners of this vast planet that we call … errr … Mother Earth. In the process, Andy has also, somehow, managed to reinvent himself as the hottest male gigolo this side of Zoolander. In the nicest possible way, of course. Yes, ladies, roll up, roll up, take your place in the queue for a date with Andy Howard’s alter-ego, Craig The Model, a fit serving of mullet-wearing, vegemite eating, VB drinking Australiana. Hmmm, I think he deserves a promotion.
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Andy said | 19 November, 2008
Thanks for the comment Francis. No, Craig doesn’t think he’s Zoolander… he was born out of too much time ‘on the road’ with the boys when everyone has too much time on their hands. That, and we needed a Bullet demonstration site for a new design. We don’t like ‘normal’ demonstration sites, we like doing something a little different. And we like humour. A reasonable choice, no?
Whitey said | 20 November, 2008
Dude – that hair’s out of control. Craig needs a trim!
Fernanda said | 22 November, 2008
I actually think this is quite brilliant! Craig is so surprisingly into himself that I, as a viewer, couldn’t stop looking at these pictures. I even when on and clicked on the You Tube’s links- which I never ever do.
It just makes you want to be as proud of yourself as he is, and then you can really get away with anything…
Good for you Andy! It’s a hilarious mockery …
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francis said | 19 November, 2008
you think you’re der…ek…zoo…land…er? well i got news for you walter cronkite………you aren’t