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Seven years, no new ‘do.
Jess wanted to show her stuff
Faux hawk… fine by me.

-Adam.

For some reason, I remembered a funny story this morning, and I thought I’d share it…

Sophomore year in high school, I went out with a Senior named Mike. He was really nice, really rich, and he was a soccer player. Not that that matters to the story, but it’s some background. I went to his house to have dinner with his family for the first time, and it was a feast. We passed around the dishes. I was into the potatoes, the steak, everything, but there was a salad that I passed on. Mike’s mom handed the salad back to me and said, “Wouldn’t you like some salad?”

I smiled awkardly, and Mike replied for me. “She doesn’t like anything green.” They seemed shocked to think that a 16-year-old could be stuck in the toddler-esque refusal to eat her vegetables.

“You don’t like any green food?”

I thought. “Well, I like mint chocolate chip ice cream.”

-Jessica

p.s. For the record, I love vegetables now. Salads make me feel great, asparagus is one of my favorite foods, and peppers make everything delicious… (But Adam, I still won’t eat your seaweed.)

I haven’t really talked about my emerging career in voiceover here on the blog, but I’ve been doing it off and on for a while. I really enjoy doing it and it’s beginning to pick up.

I just signed up to be a voice actor in Voice123.com’s pool of talent. What they’re doing is really pretty cool. Essentially, they serve as an online middle man between voice actors and clients. Clients post their demos, voice profile and resume. Then, clients can search for actors that fit their desired criteria for a job they have. Sort of like online dating for voiceover.

To audition and bid on jobs, you just record an mp3 to their specs and email it. If a client selects you to do the job, you can either go to a studio to record it or (as I plan to do) record it right in your bedroom. You can audition for and do jobs for people all over the planet from anywhere on the planet.

With all of the content-rich media being produced these days and the fact that North American males are by far the most sought after sound, I’m in a pretty great position.

I love the way that more and more industries are being revolutionized by the networking power of the Internet. The ‘Net brought me a wife, a life in Korea, and now a fun career that I can do from anywhere in the world.

Anyway, you can check out my demo here.

You can also check out their main site here:

Voice123.com - The Voice Over Marketplace

We just saw this video, and I don’t know what we can do, but we can spread the word. Eric Volz is a young man from Nashville being held in Nicaragua for a murder he didn’t commit. Help spread the word. If you’re an American, please write your senator.

www.friendsofericvolz.com

Addendum: I’ve seen these kinds of “free so-and-so” emails and videos before, and they seem so far removed.  I guess this one hits home for me because he’s from Nashville, and he’s only 27.  This is also a very recent story, one that only began in November.  I try not to jump on every political bandwagon, but this seems worthwhile.  If there is anything you can think of to help this guy, if you know any people of influence, please help.

-Jessica

Successful lesson.
She’s a natural for sure.
With bikes and doggies.

-Adam

Birthdays and Ages

Being born on December 23, 1980, one would say I am 26 years old, right?  Well, not in Korea.  I found out last night that a Korean would consider me 28 years old!  That’s right, I’m 28!

Here’s how the math works… the time spent in the womb is counted, so they round up and call you 1 year old when you’re born.  From that point on, you do not advance in age on your birthday but at the lunar new year in February with everyone else.  There’s a big family celebration where everyone eats this special soup (I forget what it’s called), and the soup makes you advance a year in age.

So if I had been a Korean child, I would have been born on December 23, 1980, already 1-year-old.  Then two months later, at the lunar new year, I would have eaten some soup with my family and become a 2-year-old (though I had only seen the light of day for two months).  Interesting, huh?

-Jessica

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Guitars, violin
and song fill the air. Smiling,
Jin-ju dances free.

-Adam

She knows she’s cute…

She’s also very smart.  A few days ago, Annie and her parents Sung Hyeon and Sung Sook took us to the nearby city of Ilsan for the evening.  On the ride there, Annie and I were talking about GPS systems, and I taught her the word “satellites” (I actually found a word she didn’t know).

Hours later, she brought it up again, reviewing the words she had picked up from our conversations that evening “so I learned satellite, charcoal, cherry blossom and ticklish…”  I forget new words as soon as I learn them unless I use them a lot immediately, but Annie absorbs words after just one use.  What a special kid.

-Jessica

Yes, there have been an incongruous amount of doggie pictures recently, but seriously. Look at this photo. Adam is a great photographer, isn’t he? He’s enjoying his new camera, and I get more doggie pictures. We’re all happy.

-Jessica

We have a knack for killing plants, but Mr. Chia Head is alive and well.