14 posts tagged “vo”
so my whole project has been a bit of a failure. better to say it's the project that's the failure, as opposed to me. ME NO WANT TO BE NO FAILURE. so i'm not - it's just the project.
the good news is that i have 3 months to get back to where i was before bot. three months to lose 16 lbs. well, i'd be happy with 10.
where did i go wrong, you may be wondering. well. i can pinpoint it. on friday, i got a call back for a movie that i auditioned for through my la agent. it set me in a tailspin. you'd think this would probably motivate me - right? a fricking major studio thought for 10 min about having me in their big ass movie. the fact that i would be one of many talking dogs doesn't really disturb me. i mean, why would it? a MOVIE! with me in the credits! come on guys! (the movie is marmaduke, the major studio is 20th century fox - so i can stop speaking in code) so friday was all about the possibility of me flying to LA for the callback and then not having to and then the weekend was stan working on saturday and sunday being kind of eh, and monday being not called back nor in the movie & the heat. dear God the heat and here we are in excuse land!
so, tonight, i dedicate my run to you, my dear reader.
dear long time fans,
miles to go before i sleep (thank god). well, actually about 21 more weeks. WHAT? insane.
in other news, i miss smoking.
the thing 'they' aren't really able to express, explain or even talk about really - is the overwhelming sadness you can feel just being pregnant. the oh holy shit, have i just given up all of my other dreams for this dream of dreams? i think about my fledgling career and feel like once i'm back to being able to audition again, will i be able to find a sitter? then i wonder, will i even care? or will i stop caring until its like 10 and all i can say to it is, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS... I NEED TO SEE MY DREAMS COME TRUE. in other words, will i be my mom? am i being the most selfish person in the world to even have these thoughts? ack ack ack.
mostly though, i just think about holding my baby in my arms in this rocking chair.
oh and agents? you could send me out now - i'm really fucking free for that. i'd love an audition. really!!!! no joke.
i will quit swearing. maybe.
stan is the best baby daddy to come. he reads to my belly. COME.ON. if that doesn't make you wanna hurl the cute, i don't know what will.
(i stole this picture from someone's blog. thank you for finding that! someone - who i 'know' only through a pregnancy board)
hey!
this is cool - i'm going to be starting monday on all sirius channels with this promo.
yay!
so, two months ago a couple things happened. numero uno, i became mrs. laikowski. in fact it's two months from today! number two (or poo as we call it nowhere but in my head), i narrated a book on tape.
i haven't heard it but i did read it and it sounded delightful. the book is so adorable - it hurts your teef. so, if you know any little beings who are too lazy to read a book to them self, get them something different this holiday season.
and without anymore pomp, here's just grace read by me. oooh! and it's a series. wheeeeeee.
*does this mean i'm at 48 books this year?
dis is me singing bad. the girl one. yeah. you can hear me on the sports channel sometimes. ok.
bye
so yeah. about two weeks ago, on the snowy friday ... the snowiest friday of them all, i went on three auditions. one was for a like squirel & a dolphin mix or another squeaky animal and a dolphin, the other was for an 8 year old brittish boy and the third was for two different animals - a pig & a whale.
the good news is, i got the pig! oink. i'm going to be on another new pbs show called word worlds coming this fall. reoccuring as well and i got to tape it today. it was really fun. who doesn't want to oink? if you say you don't, then i feel sad for you and i will light a candle for you somewhere.
nicer news, i get another pick-up next week.
here's my problem. i need to have a convo with my agent about the amount of times i'm sent out because i should average 3 times a week, and right now, i'm averaging about 4 times a month.
i will now try and connect the subject to this posting.
no. i won't.
here's a cute picture of cali instead. she used to be a wee bean.
Yesterday, I taped my second episode of Nate the Great. I played Jimmy, a pirate loving 7 year old. He's a sweet bean and he makes his appearance in "The Case of the Perryville Pirate", episode 7. I'm not sure, but he will probably be coming back. (fingers crossed) I got to see (and now you do to) a picture of Harry. He's apparently one of the gang and is reoccuring. I taped the first one with Harry in November - "Crime After Crime", episode 3 - and tape the next one on Tuesday of next week - "Election Detection", episode 8. I hope that's not it for Harry, but if it is, I'm still the luckiest girl in the world.
To say that I'm excited is like saying that Pol Pot had some issues. Before I left for the studio (STUDIO, like a place where actors work! actors! like i am sort of), I had to get a shitload done at the job. I was so stressed. And then, I got there. And, I got to sit in a kitchen where they had a big table for me to sit and remember what I sounded like when I auditioned. And, I got all the water I wanted. And, a clementine. And, if I had wanted, I could have had a bowl of cereal or a pop or 12 pops. And, I got to just to prepare for my close up. And, then I got to go watch these AMAZING people work. The lead is just out of this world. She's worked out of LA because she's just got another series. Plus, did I mention she's the newest puppet on Sesame Street? Yeah. I want to name drop. I really, really do. Because, it's the coolest experience I may have ever had. But, I feel kind of gross too. Like I'm using these people. So, let's just say that I'm a working apprentice to some of the greats in the voice over business.
I'm going to try and shut up about it for awhile.
I've received my first check for a new animated series I'm in. It's called Nate the Great and it's going to air on PBS starting in Jan. 2008. I'm very excited.
I haven't quit my day job nor my second but this amazing opportunity, may help me pay for flowers at the wedding ... just as soon as I pay AFTRA.
