The last time I sat down for a photo shoot was 18 years, when I was modeling the latest yarmulke fashions ago for Bar Mitzvah Monthly, a Hebrew trade magazine that was basically the equivalent of US Weekly at the local synagogues.

Fast forward to 2009, and I’m striking a pose for the newly launched 944 Magazine. 944 Magazine has been around in cities such as LA, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Miami, and now brings its non-douchebag blend of culture and style to Atlanta. Thankfully they’ve kept the photos of prickly haired guys in Ed Hardy shirts to a minimum, instead choosing to focus on some of the more interesting people and things that the city has to offer.

You can pick up a copy of 944 Magazine at bars, clubs and salons all over the city.

I tried to get them to let me pose while holding a full grown anteater on a leash, but apparently the photographer was allergic to anteaters:

Thanks to Bill Hallman for hooking up the shiny shoes. He lent them to me for a wedding, and seeing them in a magazine should effectively remind him that I never gave them back: