MooglyGuy
02-18-2004, 05:22 AM
Now, this is mostly spawned on by the fact that I haven't taken my medication yet today, and since it's been a good 36 hours since I've taken my anti-depressant pill (Zoloft) and anti-psychotic pill (Risperdal), my personality has hit rock fucking bottom and I'm not a pleasant person to be around right now.
Anyway.
This rant has to do with the fact that I eventually want to be a voice actor. I can do great things with my voice, people tell me all the time I should be on the radio, and I think all-around it would be a fun job. This is a story about how people whose lives are not all about broadcasting, and who view voice performance as a lark, are SO looked down upon by the people who equate broadcasting to their lives. I'll just repost this from the AOL Instant Messenger window when I was saying this to a friend who is also interested in voice acting:
Mega64man1: Oh, that reminds me. I've been giving serious consideration to welching out on the voice acting part, simply because ETSU managed to piss me off so much that I don't think anyone with anything to do with ETSU deserves my talent.
Mega64man1: Did I tell you what happened, what made me drop Broadcast Performance?
Mega64man1: Okay, so I was talking to this one girl after class about maybe getting let into the recording studio in Warf-Pickel (or however you spell it), and she said that with my voice it shouldn't be a problem. I would just have to talk to some "Daniel" guy about it. But for that day, she just logged me onto the studio computer herself, gave me a quick five-minute rundown on how to record using CoolEdit.
Mega64man1: And believe me, five minutes is all ANYONE should need, it is NOT fucking rocket science, you click the damn Record button, then you click another button to start recording, then you speak into the godfucking microphone, then you stop talking, you press the same button, then you unclick the recording button. Bam, done, finito.
Mega64man1: So anyway, I did this for a few hours.
Mega64man1: So then a week later, I go to ask her to log me on again, and this Daniel fellow is in there. So I say to him, "Hey. Uhm, I'm in Broadcast Performance, and this one girl - I forget her name - said that I would have to talk to you to get an account on the computer so that I can record some clips."
Mega64man1: And he gives me a runaround about how I have to talk to some Candy woman.
Mega64man1: So I nod and go on my way, a little pissed off for being run around, but otherwise no big deal.
Mega64man1: So a week later, I go up to this Candy woman and I ask her as nice as I possibly can if she could send off an email to Daniel with my login info so that I could use the computer. Then she proceeds to give me the third fucking degree as to what classes I've taken and what ones I haven't, and she finally decides to tell me that I need to talk to so-and-so, because I haven't taken such-and-such a class, and I don't know how to use the equipment (I DON'T NEED A FUCKING CLASS TO USE THE EQUIPMENT, IT'S NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE), so-and-so needs to be in the room with me whenever I'm recording a voice clip!
Mega64man1: Now, given my busy schedule, I'm in no mood to have to wait for someone else to watch over me to make sure that I don't magically fuck up the equipment by fucking breathing into the microphone, and on top of this I'm sick and tired of each person telling me to talk to one other person, and I just want some fucking answers, but despite this, I put on my happyface, and nod, and say I'll go talk to that person.
Mega64man1: So I go into class early, and I talk to Tammy Hayse, and the SHE proceeds to lecture me about how I'm SUPPOSED to even be taking another class before Broadcast Performance, but she permitted me in, and how I'm SUPPOSED to have to take another course after Broadcast Performance to use the equipment, and how she doesn't even know me well enough to trust me around the equipment!
Mega64man1: Which, let me reiterate, DOES NOT REQUIRE A FUCKING DOCTORATE IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS TO USE!!!!!!
Mega64man1: SOOOO... I basically said that apparently since I'm not a Broadcast major and am not in their little 'clique', they apparently don't want want us OUTSIDERS around, and that I'd give them just that, so I dropped the course.
Mega64man1: I probably had a good shot at being a part-time DJ at ETSU with my voice, or so said that one and only nice girl in the classload of cocks that was Broadcast Performance, but now I wouldn't even want the job unless I got paid a DAMN good salary, because if they're not going to help me out, then I sure as fuck see no reason why I should help them out!
Mega64man1: And furthermore, this ties back into the whole thing about voice acting for that Digital Media thing. I realize that this is the Digital Media center and not the broadcasting division, and it might be my foot in the door as a voice actor, but I will be absolutely FUCKED if I WANT to have my voice put on ANYTHING that this fucking university produces!!
Mega64man1: *pants, glares at the keyboard, pants again, and sighs*
Anyway, what do you think? Am I wrong for being incredibly frustrated and feeling that if ETSU isn't going to do me any favors, then I certainly shouldn't be doing them any favors? I mean, I'm not even going to be getting paid for this voice acting thing.
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Anyway.
This rant has to do with the fact that I eventually want to be a voice actor. I can do great things with my voice, people tell me all the time I should be on the radio, and I think all-around it would be a fun job. This is a story about how people whose lives are not all about broadcasting, and who view voice performance as a lark, are SO looked down upon by the people who equate broadcasting to their lives. I'll just repost this from the AOL Instant Messenger window when I was saying this to a friend who is also interested in voice acting:
Mega64man1: Oh, that reminds me. I've been giving serious consideration to welching out on the voice acting part, simply because ETSU managed to piss me off so much that I don't think anyone with anything to do with ETSU deserves my talent.
Mega64man1: Did I tell you what happened, what made me drop Broadcast Performance?
Mega64man1: Okay, so I was talking to this one girl after class about maybe getting let into the recording studio in Warf-Pickel (or however you spell it), and she said that with my voice it shouldn't be a problem. I would just have to talk to some "Daniel" guy about it. But for that day, she just logged me onto the studio computer herself, gave me a quick five-minute rundown on how to record using CoolEdit.
Mega64man1: And believe me, five minutes is all ANYONE should need, it is NOT fucking rocket science, you click the damn Record button, then you click another button to start recording, then you speak into the godfucking microphone, then you stop talking, you press the same button, then you unclick the recording button. Bam, done, finito.
Mega64man1: So anyway, I did this for a few hours.
Mega64man1: So then a week later, I go to ask her to log me on again, and this Daniel fellow is in there. So I say to him, "Hey. Uhm, I'm in Broadcast Performance, and this one girl - I forget her name - said that I would have to talk to you to get an account on the computer so that I can record some clips."
Mega64man1: And he gives me a runaround about how I have to talk to some Candy woman.
Mega64man1: So I nod and go on my way, a little pissed off for being run around, but otherwise no big deal.
Mega64man1: So a week later, I go up to this Candy woman and I ask her as nice as I possibly can if she could send off an email to Daniel with my login info so that I could use the computer. Then she proceeds to give me the third fucking degree as to what classes I've taken and what ones I haven't, and she finally decides to tell me that I need to talk to so-and-so, because I haven't taken such-and-such a class, and I don't know how to use the equipment (I DON'T NEED A FUCKING CLASS TO USE THE EQUIPMENT, IT'S NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE), so-and-so needs to be in the room with me whenever I'm recording a voice clip!
Mega64man1: Now, given my busy schedule, I'm in no mood to have to wait for someone else to watch over me to make sure that I don't magically fuck up the equipment by fucking breathing into the microphone, and on top of this I'm sick and tired of each person telling me to talk to one other person, and I just want some fucking answers, but despite this, I put on my happyface, and nod, and say I'll go talk to that person.
Mega64man1: So I go into class early, and I talk to Tammy Hayse, and the SHE proceeds to lecture me about how I'm SUPPOSED to even be taking another class before Broadcast Performance, but she permitted me in, and how I'm SUPPOSED to have to take another course after Broadcast Performance to use the equipment, and how she doesn't even know me well enough to trust me around the equipment!
Mega64man1: Which, let me reiterate, DOES NOT REQUIRE A FUCKING DOCTORATE IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS TO USE!!!!!!
Mega64man1: SOOOO... I basically said that apparently since I'm not a Broadcast major and am not in their little 'clique', they apparently don't want want us OUTSIDERS around, and that I'd give them just that, so I dropped the course.
Mega64man1: I probably had a good shot at being a part-time DJ at ETSU with my voice, or so said that one and only nice girl in the classload of cocks that was Broadcast Performance, but now I wouldn't even want the job unless I got paid a DAMN good salary, because if they're not going to help me out, then I sure as fuck see no reason why I should help them out!
Mega64man1: And furthermore, this ties back into the whole thing about voice acting for that Digital Media thing. I realize that this is the Digital Media center and not the broadcasting division, and it might be my foot in the door as a voice actor, but I will be absolutely FUCKED if I WANT to have my voice put on ANYTHING that this fucking university produces!!
Mega64man1: *pants, glares at the keyboard, pants again, and sighs*
Anyway, what do you think? Am I wrong for being incredibly frustrated and feeling that if ETSU isn't going to do me any favors, then I certainly shouldn't be doing them any favors? I mean, I'm not even going to be getting paid for this voice acting thing.
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"Kupo, motherfucker!! DO YOU SPEAK IT!?"</P>