11 Responses to “quote of the day”

1. Radioactive Jam Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 10:45 am

   Constipated?

2. Suldog Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 1:46 pm

   Sween, I think you know I work as a voice-over person and commercial producer, and much of my work involves telephone applications. One of the jobs I did in the past was the reading of a healthcare line, where patients would call in and give responses to questions regarding their treatments. One of them was, and I quote:

   “Please rate the consistency of your stool today. Press 1 for hard. Press 2 for firm. Press 3 for soft. Press 4 for loose. Press 5 for watery.” It was more than one take before I got through that one.

   (I always wondered why there wasn’t a choice for “no stool today”, or perhaps “thought it was a stool, but I only farted.”)

3. sween Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

   RJ: Well… not at the moment. Thanks for asking though!

   Suldog: Going from “soft” to “loose” to “watery”, I’m dying to knowing what the natural progression was for 6, 7, 8, and 9…

4. lightspring Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

   Hey, Suldog! You’re a voice artist? Cool. If you ever find yourself with time on your hands and want to talk about the business with someone who’s interesting (that would be “aspiring”), look me up! (Sween, you don’t mind this private conversation right here in your Comments, do you? I thought not. Oh, and thanks for the mention!)

5. lightspring Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 3:28 pm

   Uh, that would be “interestED”. Which is not necessarily the same as “interestING”, which may well be the case also but it sounds weird for me to say it about myself.

   [shaking head with self-loathing and wiggling dyslexic fingers]

6. lightspring Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 3:29 pm

   [slinking away quietly now before the carnage gets any worse]

7. sween Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 4:11 pm

   [Sound of door opening. Sound of running feet.] Sorry! I was in the bathroom. Did I miss anything?

8. Suldog Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 4:45 pm

   Lightspring:

   I did a series on voice work over at my place, a little while back. You might find it interesting. It was a primer of sorts.

   In July of 2006, you might start with a piece entitled “Vo-Ho”. Then go on to “A Primer For Aspiring Talents” (parts 1, 2, 3) and also the two or three posts following those, as they continue the series under an assumed name

   If you get lost, just drop me a line and I’ll get you back on the road. And if you have any questions following the reading, I’ll be glad to help as I’m able.

9. Suldog Says:
   January 19th, 2007 at 5:54 pm

   Sorry, Sween. Did you say something?

10. Alison Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    Oh man I would so love to get into this. But alas I have no training and although I make my 8 year old pee his pants laughing when I add voices to reading the comics, I am not sure that it verifies that I have comic voice talent suitable for cartoon work. Which would be SO KICK ASS. :o( I wish I wish I wish……….
    That would be SUCH a cool job “Yes I am the voice of geeky character #12 on “The Blah Blah Show! Thanks for asking!”. Hey look! I am only 39 and finally found a career aspiration. And I owe it all to Sween’s blog!!!!

11. sween Says:
    January 22nd, 2007 at 9:31 am

    Suldog: Ignore me. I was interrupting. Talk amongst yourselves.

    Alison: You’re welcome.

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