I definitely need to get some work done. But I can't figure out just what it is I should try to get. I'm stuck with some complicating factors that make it kind of hard to figure out. First, I'm a disabled vet, so money and financing are limited. Not unavailable but limited. Here's my problem. At age 63 I've gone back to school to finish the degree I started but never completed in the early '70s. The GI Bll back then was only a flat $175 a month for full time students, and only when you were actually in school. Semester breaks also broke the benefits. Apparently, my war was the wrong war and I suppose with the general attitude in the country then, I was lucky to get anything at all. By the end of the '70s I was back in the Army. Then, before getting my full 20 years in, I started having some medical problems. They said they were a result of Vietnam, but they weren't bad enough for a medical retirement. And on the other hand, they WERE bad enough that I couldn't reenlist again. In other words, they weren't going to discharge me, but at the end of my current enlistment I wouldn't have enough time in for retrement, and I couldn't reenlist anymore. I do wonder how much money that saved them, considering the thousands of oher people that had the same thing happen to them in the '80s and, I suppose, later.Anyway, I discovered that in this state people with Purple Hearts don't have to pay tuition at state schools. So last year I went back to school. My big problem is that I'm a theatre major. The university does 2 major and 1 or 2 not so major shows every semester. I'm actually pretty good; although I'm just a student, someone from one of the 2 major talent agencies around here just asked me if I want an agent. For those unfamiliar with the performing arts world, this is a bit unusual. One normally has to work at finding an agent. The agencies hold auditions, and only take on people they think are going to earn enough money to make it worth the agency's time and effort. But, apparent talent and ability or not, I seldom get cast in things at the school.Why? Simple, really. Given who they have to work with, the department and the directors tend to choose shows with younger characters, and the best I can do, with decent makeup, is mid-thirties. This semester, for example, the nearest thing was one show that did have a 30-something guy, but whoever did that role aslo had to double in one scene as a 19 year old.This problem also exists in the kind of work I can do. While I'm still in school the only thing I have the time to do is commercials. Take a look at the next few commercials you see. What's the typical age .of the vast majority of people you see in those things? Yes there are some somewhat older roles, but most people doing those have been working in the business since they were in their 20s. Like the guy in the "what you don't know about insurance" commercials (who graduated from my school, by the way).If I had thousands of bucks, I could "lose" a lot of years and have time to get established in the field. But I don't. I need to figure out what I can do to decrease my apparent age without spending multi-thousands of dollars. Here's a pic of how I look at my worst, about 10 minutes after getting up in the morning. I don't think one can post 2 photos or I'd also post one that shows what I look like with some makeup, not even with any really extreme effort to decrease the age, just some highlighting and stufff to soften lines and things. The difference would probaby surprise you, and I'd like to be able to look in person at least as good as I do in that made up pic that I unfortunaetly can't post. If could, it'd give you a much better idea of what I'm hoping for.