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off to Rockwall for a potential job lead thingymabob.

Tonight:

Othello at the Dallas Hub Theatre. Tickets are $20. People should come!

1. Rocky this weekend. It never ceases to amaze me how every YEAR auditions for Drag Show see me screwing up miserably. Seriously. I've played all these parts (some more than others) I know them. I don't mess 'em up in rehearsal. I pretty much own at what I do (That's right, I'll say it. How often to admit that?) And yet...when its freaking AUDITIONS I screw them up in a ROYAL fashion. ZOMG. Now, don't let those in Rocky who read this thing that I'm not happy for those who got the parts, or that I lied when I said I was happy to be floorwalking. I mean what I say...I'm just lamenting the fact that I'm a moron. Supremely so. LOL.

2. Floorwalking. I love it. I love being able to say my bitchy, rude comments and not being admonished for them because its expected and loved at Rocky. I can get whatever evil, vindictive, rude, Politically Incorrect thought that is plaguing my brain for the week out. Its just hard to turn that part of my brain off EVER. Floorwalking at Rocky is a lot like improv stuff for Faire. We have our standard lines, but we are encouraged to come up with new lines to fit topical things and what not. Which is great...and I'm fairly decent at. So...why can't I do that at Faire? Oh yes. Because my Faire brain and Rocky brain are not on speaking terms.

3. Job hunt. *sigh* That's all I really have to say about it. Just...*sigh*

4. I'm far to A.D.D. sometimes. I have so many freaking projects going on because I have the inability to focus on one thing for more than an hour at a time. But its only when I'm home. Get me somewhere else, where I don't have my computer and projects in front of me and I focus like a good little girl...but at home...nothing will ever get finished on my projects. EVER. Cause I only devote an hour of time before I move on...until I come full circle again.

Speaking of Projects:

5. I need to make an apron. With big pockets. For faire. Need to find pattern. I'm sure I have one somewhere, but all of my stuff is packed away since I moved into the smaller room and digging through it all to find what I need/want is going to be a hassle.

6. Should I also finish getting an idea of what I want Winnie to look like finished. Seriously. I have an...idea. Vague at best. Just know I want the apron.

7. Paranoia is sinking its claws into my brain again. This happens occasionally. It will pass.

On Tuesday I mosied my way over to the Arlington Guitar Center and purchased my studio quality mic. Now while this isn't the best quality mic, or the most expensive (that would be the one that cost over $3k) it is, by all accounts, a good mic for someone just starting in this biz I like to call "Voice Over Artist". As some of you know its what I went to school for (more or less, VOA does fall into the Broadcasting world) and is sort of a passion of mine. I like to talk. I like to make weird noises with my voicebox and I have a fairly decent range.

I'm trying to get into Freelance Copyright. I am skilled at writing commercials, I know how to produce, and I can voice them. Especially now that I have my spiffy mic. Eventually I need to make a professional webpage, I just afford a domain name or anything right now. I have someone who will do my business cards for me, we just need to sit down and discuss what I want on it. I'm not at all sure, really, how to go about this "Freelance" thing.

I'm still trying to find a job. I would prefer that it be in the field I went to school for, but I am also applying for jobs that I did before school. Hooray CSR. Taste the excitement THERE folks. But...a job is a job I suppose.

But while I do all this, I'm also trying to put together a decent enough VO demo (as opposed to my commercial or broadcasting demo) to send out to FUNimation (and possibly ADV). I've always said that I've wanted to be a cartoon when I grow up. I don' t know how feasible it is. Technically, I'm semi-qualified to even take on extra duties as an ADR Tech at the studio and what not. In the meantime I'm auditioning for "fansubs". Silly as that sounds, it'll help me in the long run and while I'm waiting to (maybe get a job) it'll help with my voice acting ability. Because, with cartoons, all you have is your voice and you have to make people believe.

All of this...is something I really want to do and something I've wanted to do for a very long time. And yet...yet I feel like it'll never get accomplished. I'm going to be another statistic in the "Went to school and failed to succeed in their dreams" department. It's a little overwhelming at times.

Well, time to suck it up buttercup and back to pondering what exactly I'm going to voice and put on my VO demo. Needs to be about 90 seconds long. I have...13 recorded. >.<

a very happy birthday to katjabee! <3

I like Documentaries and what not. Part of the "I love history and how this happened" bit of my personality. Am watching a documentary that looks at M*A*S*H and how it compared/contrasted with the actual war in Korea. They're on the topic of the nurses, and a veteran nurse from the war was talking about how sometimes they had to enforce their own rules.

Veteran Nurse:

"Well we had certain hours for the shower tent, and invariably someone would forget it was the women in there. So we had our Korean lady that worked in our tents...we gave her a baseball bat and set her in front of the door. And we didn't have any trouble after that. There was no doubts who was in the tent."

That stuck me as very amusing.

Okay. Back to M*A*S*H and Korean War history.

So things have been pretty much the same. Look for a job, not find a job, stress about job, try to enjoy life otherwise. The last part to some degree of failing sometimes. Its really hard to keep your chin up after almost a year, but I suppose its human to feel a bit down once in awhile because life is kicking you in the face. But there's other stuff going on also!

( Cut for Stuffus )

I guess that's it really. Back to working on nerd like projects.

So, I wake up this morning and friend had forwarded one of those "read till you laugh" things that people in general get at work all the freaking time. Some of them worth the read and chuckle...others would've been better served in my recycle bin.

But this one. This one is glorious. I can guarantee that most of us have had some of the exact same thoughts. So...because this made me laugh so hard I was snorting and my head hurt for awhile afterwards...I thought I'd share! Enjoy!

( Because I'm Nice )

1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2.Go to IMDB.com and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO cheating, if you don't know any of them then that's just too bad.
6. You don't have to be tagged in this to play.
7. If you're tagged, please play this game. This way everyone can guess.


1. Oh it's an order. In that case gentlemen. Let's edit.
2. Well what do you know? The mountain comes to Mohammed.
3. Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers.
4. Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one. Scarlet Pimpernel (1984) - txreisende
5. If you were me, I'd be ugly.
6. What started it was this knothead tried to pawn off a hootchie-cootchie girl on me in Panama.
7. What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.
8. No sir, no, I didn't steal it. No, it's right outside. M*A*S*H - vikingcoder
9. Here's another curse for you - may all your bacon burn.
10. Rock 'n' roll by its very nature leads to a breakdown in discipline. Mr. Holland's Opus - hoopkid
11. Man is least himself when he talks in his own person... Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth.
12. We can no longer go on thinking this world has nothing to do with ourselves. This is our world. There's no difference. This is where we live.
13. I beg to differ, infant. We're on quite intimate terms, unless you can prove otherwise. The Three Musketeers - kymberlynn
14. This is the LAPD. We're the most hated cops in all the free world. My own mama's ashamed of me. She tells everybody I'm a drug dealer.
15. Don't underestimate the mentally ill. We know how to count. Benny & Joon - katjabee



I wish you all luck.

ha, found a picture where they don't match me to a majority of boys. Yee-haw! Though...it did have Charles Bronson and it made me a little sad. lol

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And a very happy one to our good Cap'n, srgmatt  <3

Hope it is/was a good one!

So...while perusing youtube to see if any video of chess matches this year had been posted (and as near as I can tell...they haven't. Though I did find one of Leah and Rabbit's fight :-D ) I stumbled across something I wasn't aware of yet. Apparently, some anime clubs have been getting together and staging Human Chess Matches at Various anime cons. These examples are from MetroCon a couple of weeks ago and apparently 2007. With my notes. Oh notes. The fights I chose are the ones that stood out (for good or bad. Though I'm biased, so none of them really add up to my Scarby peoples...) If I'm being to harsh, please someone let me know.



( Another Fight (This one is better) )

( Oh noes! )

I think that's all for me. Should be happy its all safely hidden behind cuts. :-D Bravo to anyone who got through it all!

3 days later all my muscles are now over the sore. This is good.

Highland Games in Stillwater was fun. I'm fairly certain I finished last. We got our asses kicked by the OK girls. Well, not B so much and for Amber's first competition she did amazing. I need to just get better at my game.

On a side note I didn't fall once. I got close twice. LOL. There was pinwheel arms and everything.

Caber tried to fall in my head while I was trying to pick it. Corrected that. THEN I ended up dancing with it. John (the judge) was amused. I did a full 360 trying to get the damn thing under control. Their competition caber was short and stout. Supposedly lighter than ours, but it was thicker and harder to pick. Bleh.

Everyone had fun and there was dead cow afterwards. All in all a good weekend.
 :-D

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My hair is now auburn. Hooray! No more brown!

Still looking for a job. Booo....

Here's wishing damesirwamba a happy B-day!

And here's wishing Bill R and the New Mrs. Riddle a very full and happy life together!

Why do people insist on having us send our audio samples through their craigslist.com application area? The files are always going to be too big for what craigslist allows. Unless you want us to ruin the quality of our audio...which in this line of work is never a good idea. Seriously? If you're going to advertise through craigslist...supply an alternate email address that you can be contacted at...otherwise life will be made of fail for those that would like to apply...but can't get a decent audio file to go through.

Thank you and have a wonderful day.

Signed,

VO talent around the globe.

1. I really am a horrible klutz, and while it stops some of what I do...it doesn't stop everything. So there.

2. My SAPA compatriots are amazingly fun and awesome people and I find myself completely wowed by them every weekend.
2b. I like my new mug. It makes me happy.
2c. When the Rooke says he will christian it properly...propriety be damned. :-D

3. Everyone who received awards, or were nominated, totally deserved them.

4. Everyone enjoying mine and my fight partners fight, and making it one of the show pieces for Monday was an honour and humbling.
4a. I wanna fight next year...

5. Poppets shall inherit the earth.

6. Stool ball with 9vs9 is HILARITY waiting to happen.

I am sore. My voice is shot. I fell down every week this year, and everyday this weekend. I had a blast doing it all. Here's a fond farewell to Scarby '09 in the hopes that the 10 months before Scarby '10 is not that long. :-D

( Cut for lots of point...sharp pointy points of pointdom )
I don't feel completely useless this year like I did last year. I don't know why, but I accept this. I feel as if I've earned my badge this year...as opposed to last year when I was dubious about that fact. Its been a joy and pleasure this year and I hope to be able to return next year.

First! Pictures!



That picture is made of win. Seriously. It takes great timing to snap the picture before the caber comes down (perfect 12 btw...until it landed) and while the bell is still sliding down my face. *snark*



I love my village. This was right after the coronation. I was explaining what had just happened and why, "YES SIMON. It was necessary to say 'God Save the King' again..."

This whole week I camped out at site because Tuesday and Wednesday were our Student Days. So that's where I will start.

( Student Days )


On Friday I saw Star Trek. Twice. The first time we saw it the movie was lacking sound in the first 5 minutes. Those who have seen the movie know that the first 5 minutes are fairly integral. When movie ended me, Jeremiah, Jim Hancock, Terry Foy, and Melinda all asked to see the first five minutes again...please. They gave us rainchecks and we saw it again. This time the first minute had no sound. :-/   But at least this time we got more of the dialogue. Star Trek is AMAZING. I have no gripes, and that's just really weird coming from me. Usually I have something to bitch about. Morgan, Morgan's Dad, and I all went and saw it again Saturday night. Hooray!

This weekend was HOT and HUMID and GROSS.
( Weekend WIL )

All in all a good week. I am tired and I hurt, but it was good.

Thought for the week: Landing on spikey sea shells....hurts.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers I know. *hugs Ali, Trace, Jon, Niki, and others I might be forgetting*

( Oh so much clutter... )



It was a good weekend. I threw the caber backwards, over my shoulder, with the bell on my head. It was fun. I am tired. I am sore. I have a job interview at three. I should probably start getting ready.

OH! and:

8. having random patron ask if they can kiss the big bell on my head confuses me...but sure why not.