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despite the gap, despite the pain, despite the regret... i love, and love, and love.
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[10 Jun 2010|04:57pm] |
If you bare with me while I sort through my English that would be very nice. I think it is pretty good overall, I only struggle with contraction. That is when you say that's instead of... that is. We don't do that. Look, I used "don't". I will call it progress.
So this will be my introduction. I do not know many people and I do not think many of you know me. I think I will keep it simple. If you wonder what I do or who I am I will start with what is most important. I am a soldier. Honestly. People in America do not believe me when I tell them this but it is true. I was drafted just like anyone else into the IDF and my country has been very accommodating and letting me do other jobs. I do not mind though being a soldier first. That word means different things to different people but for Israelis it just means that you are providing service to the country. It is different than enlisting in the American army. In Israeli we have free health care and different kinds of taxes. Everyone puts in and everyone takes out. When you put in, you put in time and what you get out are doctors, university educations, and skills. These are the sort of things I believe in, so it is not a big deal where I come from to say you are a solider. Everyone is a soldier, it is like saying you are Israeli.
I do communications for the IDF. I visit different army bases and talk about programs that are offered and help run education sessions. I can shoot a gun though. I have what you call "tags". I know how to climb a wall with just my hands. Basic training is for everyone, even people who do communications. The only thing I regret is that I can only do the other two parts of what make me while I am young and so I have to split my time between soldier, model and actress. I realize though that it is nice for people in my country to see me, or Bar or Natalie in movies or on the covers of magazines. In a way that is service to my country. It is not the same when you come from such a big population that dominates the media. I suppose it feels similar for other tiny countries when they see one of their men or women in a movie or on tv. I am off topic but what I mean to say is that all the things I do and all of who I am, I am an Israeli and a soldier first and the other parts are just the same as being a doctor or being a baker.
What people know me for is not where I am from or whether I can shoot M14s. It is swimsuits. I model for Sports Illustrated, Victoria Secret, FOX, FCUK, and different magazines. At first I only modeled in Israel but over time that has changed and now I'm not just in the Israeli Elle or the Israeli Victoria Secret catalogs. I do more American projects than anything else. Bathing suits mostly but my absolute favorite are the fashion spreads. It is always more fun in my opinion to put clothes on than take clothes off. I know some boys who will disagree. Now, I do acting, or a little. I got my English accent good enough so that I can play American characters. My first movie is going to come out soon. It is called Twelve. This is how I met Emma and Chace and got to go to my first Sundance. After having such a nice experience where I got to be someone the opposite of me, I think I would like to do more acting things and I hope I get to meet more people and pretend to be many people.
Until then I am Esti and it is very nice to meet you.
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