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Name: Karen
Country: United States
State: New York
Metro: Brooklyn
Interests: natural lighting, fresh air, the sound of the ocean, working hard at something you enjoy, spending time with a good friend, knowing an unseen God
Expertise: MS Word, Excel, Publisher, Photoshop, a little piano, a little Stanislavsky, a little Meisner, writing down blocking...
Occupation: Producer-in-training
Industry: Post-production
Message: message me
Member Since:
2/15/2005
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| So......is everyone else here also on Facebook? Should we talk about making a switch? Or do we like the long-form of blogging that Xanga caters to? It seems that blogging has waned quite a bit. I often forget to even check.
I know that no one likes change but....just asking.
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| 4 more years!
Last night we saw "Sunday in the Park with George."
I am not a complete fan of Sondheim's music...more like a 60% fan. Some of it I like; some I find annoying. This was the case with "Sunday." Except, the staging and projections supersede the annoying songs. It's breathtaking. Painting with projections....and it works! The middle bits were nice enough, but the beginning and the end were my favorite moments - as he begins to paint and then when the canvas returns to white. Just so lovely.
Yesterday was our anniversary. Four years. What struck me the other day was that we've lived in NY almost half our marriage....so almost the same length of time that we lived in Norfolk together. How strange.
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| Thought Police
I've been reading George Orwell's "1984" on my commute. I really like it. But it also seems strangely familiar....
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| what to write. what to write.
For days...maybe weeks...I've been opening this screen and then lightly drumming the keyboard for a few minutes...trying to come up with something to write. But then something interrupts me, and I end up closing the window. Nothing grabs my fancy as a topic. I have no kids to talk about. No puppies. No students. I do have a job, though.
In February, I took a full-time (but entry-level job) at Red Car's New York office. This is part of my change of career from theatre to producing for television. Red Car is an editorial (post-production) house, editing tv commercials like Verizon Fios, Mercedes, Sharpie, Betty Crocker, etc. You've probably seen the David Beckham Sharpie commercial - yeah, our editor did that. Of course, post-production is not nearly so "glamorous" as actual production, I realize. I'm not on set, shooting, being creative. But this office is a really fun and creative place to be and for now, I'm content. I'm even doing scratch voiceover for a Duncan Hines commercial. That just means I'm the voice for the rough cut, as they're editing it for the client to approve.
Though I don't make a whole lot of money right now (especially by New York standards), the job does have some perks: free breakfast and lunch as well as free drinks/snacks, jeans every day, friendly people, beer on Fridays, a Wii and ping pong for taking a break, a decent commute. But most importantly, the full-floor office itself is set up to be a pleasant, relaxed environment with lots of windows, colorful walls, pleasant lighting, an open floor-plan, and scooters for a quick trip across the hard-wood floors.
Jason is still working at Broadway.com. He is less content with his environment than I am, but his job also has a one perk - free tickets. Which is helpful, because we're very poor right now. Last night we went to "Gypsy" with Patti LuPone. I enjoyed it much more than I expected, because it was funnier than I thought. And Patti was great, very dynamic. (Sorry, Amber, I know you're not a fan.) We're trying to get tickets for something next week for our anniversary. We'd like to see Sunday in the Park with George, but we'll probably see August Osage instead.
Anyway. That's me right now.
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