The Crutchfield newsletter, apparently, was only the tip of my modeling iceberg. Today I’m on the front page of Crutchfield.com. If you print it out and bring it to the housewarming tomorrow, I’ll sign it for you. :)

John saw a familiar face in his Crutchfield email flier today - mine! Back in August 2006 when I bought my QX4 I ordered a new Alpine deck from Jeremy, a slow-talking Texan with a head for electronics and my guy on Crutchfield’s telephone advisor team. A few days after my successful order, already many head-banging hours of Alpine goodness into my new vehicular music experience, Tara from Crutchfield’s creative team hit me up for a customer testimonial plug, and I happily obliged - I’ve always had great service there and the $25 gift card didn’t hurt, either. ;) Clint helped me take a few pictures inside my truck one sunny afternoon, and I sent them off to Tara. I checked the catalog every month for a few months, paging through in search of my smiling mug, but eventually forgot or assumed they had deemed my look not “catalog” enough.

Eighteen months later, here I am, plugging their new Alpine gear. Look who’s gonna be America’s next top model! Take that, Tyra Banks!

Clint, congratulations, you’ve been published! You’re now a professional photographer - feel free to add that to your resume.