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It's a role Mack has relished since 1976, the year of the nation's Bicentennial, when he first came to Williamsburg. But that wasn't the beginning of his career in woodworking. You could say that goes back three generations.
"My great-grandfather, along with my grandfather, started Headley's Antiques back in the 1920s," Mack explained, "which combined an antique shop, an auction business, and reproduction furniture."
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Mack occasionally visits woodworking schools and has to make allowances for the limitations of time and student skill.
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For years, most of the shop's production was used in the high traffic areas in Williamsburg or used to fill out a set of a chairs that didn't all survive.
"Now they have everything they need," Mack explained, "and we are choosing projects to train apprentices or to study a specific 18th century cabinetmaker. We turn the finished pieces over to our products division and they handle the merchandising. It is the fairly high-end trade; after all, from raw lumber to finished products, these pieces are strictly hand tooled."

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HONG KONG--Hong Kong shares ended flat Friday after two sets of China manufacturing data offered a mixed picture about the world's second-largest economy.
The blue-chip Hang Seng Index edged down 7.69 points, or 0.03%, at 23721.84. Trading volume totaled 70.56 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$9.10 billion), up from HK$68.90 billion Thursday.
China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.4 in January from 50.6 in December, lower than the median forecast of 51.0 from a Dow Jones poll of economists.
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Farmers and ranchers, increasingly reliant on pumping groundwater, are desperate to have more and more wells installed. This frenzy could deplete California's aquifers, experts say.
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Owner of dogs that killed California jogger is charged with murder
Prosecutors in Los Angeles County have filed murder charges against the owner of the dogs that attacked and killed a 63-year-old jogger in Littlerock.
Alex Jackson, 28, was arrested at his Littlerock home Thursday after DNA testing confirmed the presence of the victim's blood on several of his dogs.
His bail is set at $1,050,000. If convicted, he faces life in prison, a district attorney's spokeswoman said.
Six pit bulls and two mixed breeds — were recovered from his home, according to the Los Angeles Times. Four of the dogs were believed to be involved in the attack.
"We believe there was evidence that he was aware the dogs were vicious and they have attacked before and he knew of the danger they posed," said Jane Robison, a district attorney's spokeswoman.
Pamela Devitt, of Antelope Valley, was attacked by a pack of dogs on May 9 and died en route to the hospital. Coroner's officials said the cause of death was blood loss, and that they found 150 to 200 puncture wounds on her body.
Since January, authorities had received at least three other reports of Jackson's pit bulls attacking other people, according to the district attorney's office.
Experts said the filing of murder charges in such cases is rare.
"When it comes to murder charges, there are very, very few over decades. But increasingly dog owners whose animals attack are facing criminal prosecution," said Donald Cleary of the National Canine Research Council. Most dogs involved in such attacks aren't family pets, and have usually been isolated, he added.
Cleary said he was aware of only two cases in the last 15 years in which dog owners have been charged with murder — one in San Francisco and one in Atlanta.
One of those was Marjorie Knoller, an attorney whose dogs mauled her neighbor to death in San Francisco. She is now serving 15 years to life in prison for the 2001 killing of lacrosse coach Dianne Whipple.
A jury convicted Knoller of second-degree murder. A judge later reduced the conviction to involuntary manslaughter, saying there was not enough evidence for Knoller to know her two 100-pound Presa Canarios would kill. The original jury verdict was later reinstated after an appeal.
(Photo: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Posted by John Woestendiek May 31st, 2013 under Muttsblog.
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Report calls attention to dog shootings by Houston police
Since January of 2010, Houston police have gunned down 187 dogs, killing 121 of them.
And last year alone, law enforcement officers in Houston and Harris County shot more dogs than New York City police officers shot in 2010 and 2011 combined.
All of those shooting were deemed by police to have been justified, but it's not too hard to find families that disgree with that.
The KHOU 11 News I-Team did, and its report this week is more evidence that, across the country, requiring police to be trained in dealing with dogs could save dogs, and their families, a lot of pain.
Colorado passed a law requiring that, and it was signed by the governor this week.
The KHOU report, when it looked at the police-involved dog shootings for all of Harris County found at least 228 dogs had been shot by officers and deputies since 2010, 142 of them fatally.
"If the dog turns and comes at a citizen, or the deputy, they have all right to use lethal force," explained Dpt. Thomas Gilliland of the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Records show Harris County deputies shot 38 canines in the last three-and-a-half years.
When asked if all those shootings were justified, Gilliland said: "The justification is, in that matter, and at that moment the deputy had to choose the decision to use lethal force against that animal."
Sgt. Joseph Guerra, who works as a cruelty investigator for the Houston Humane Society, said it teaches some officers how to safety interact with threatening dogs. But the training isn't mandated for all officers.
"A lot of times, officers are not sent to training to get that type of certification to feel comfortable enough to deal with these animals," he said. "We need to get those officers involved in some mandated training in how to defend before going to deadly force."
The Arlington and Fort Worth Police Departments started mandatory dog training for officers last fall, and state lawmakers are considering a bill that would require the training for officers across Texas.
Posted by John Woestendiek May 17th, 2013 under Muttsblog, videos.
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A case of mistaken identity?
A mastiff that killed a terrier-Chihuahua mix Thursday at Charlotte's Frazier Dog Park mistook the smaller dog for his favorite chew toy, according to the man who brought the mastiff to the park.
On Thursday, Maran Heatwole walked into the dog park with her 12-pound dog, Presley. Witnesses said the mastiff, about 140 pounds, picked up Presley and shook her from side to side, reports the Charlotte Observer.
The man who brought the mastiff to the park told the newspaper that the dog had been playing at the park with his favorite toy, a brown stuffed bear. When Presley walked by, he said, the mastiff picked her up because they looked similar.
The newspaper did not identify the man by name, and he declined to give the dog's name, but he did provide a photo of the toy in question.
He said he feels sorry for Presley's owner, but pointed out the park has a separate area designated for small dogs, and that Presley should have been there. He said the mastiff was not his, but belongs to his girlfriend's relatives in Tennessee.
Heatwole drove Presley to Dilworth Animal Hospital after the incident but veterinarians were unable to save the dog.
Heatwole passed the man's name on to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control. Officials there said Sunday night that the case is under investigation.
Parks officials said this is the first fatal incident they know of at one of the county's five dog parks, which have been open for eight years.
Joseph Hawley, Heatwole's fiance, said the couple is devastated by the loss and plans to lobby for stricter safety regulations for aggressive dogs in parks. "We're gonna do as much as we can to make sure no other owner or family has to go through this."
Posted by John Woestendiek April 5th, 2010 under Muttsblog.
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Boy and his dog shot at West Baltimore home
Police in Baltimore are investigating the shooting of a 9-year-old boy and his dog Tuesday night.
The boy was shot in the left hand in West Baltimore Tuesday night after three men kicked in the front door of his residence, police said.
The boy was taken to an area hospital and is in stable condition, the Baltimore Sun reported. The dog was killed.
Police were called to the 1600 block of N. Ellamont St. about 11 p.m. and found the victim shot along with a dog. Witnesses told police that the suspects fled the residence after the shooting.
Posted by John Woestendiek December 2nd, 2009 under Muttsblog.
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Father shot while walking dogs with daughter
A father walking his dogs was shot to death in front of his 13-year-old daughter Tuesday night, after exchanging words with a man who got mad when one of the two dogs sniffed his legs, police said.
The father, Thomas Cunningham, 38, of Hayward, California, worked as a head janitor for the Dublin Unified School District. He and his daughter had gone to a store to get ice cream and were returning home with their two dogs, the San Jose Mercury-News reported.
Police said Cunningham's German shepherd approached a man and sniffed his leg. An argument ensued and the man pulled out a handgun, shooting Cunningham as his daughter watched.
The two were returning from a two-block trip with the dogs — the year-old German shepherd and an unspecified smaller breed.
Police are seeking the suspect, and any additional witnesses.
Posted by John Woestendiek November 27th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
Tags: california, crime, daughter, dog, dogs, fatal, father, german shepherd, hayward, killed, leg, police, shooting, shot, sniffed, thomas cunningham
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Man blames dog in wife's shooting death
A California man is blaming his dog for the fatal shooting of his wife.
John Aaron Norris, 25, of San Miguel said his dog ran underneath his feet, tripping him and causing the semi-automatic rifle he was holding to fire.
Norris is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the July 9 shooting death of 24-year-old Tasha Dawn Norris. His preliminary hearing is scheduled to resume today.
Norris pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge and to a charge of possessing an illegal weapon at his home — a semiautomatic rifle found by investigators, according to The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.
Sheriff's deputies testified Wednesday that Norris stated he was standing on the stairs when the dog ran under his feet and tripped him. He told authorities he was holding the gun because he was planning to remove the ammunition before fire inspectors came to his home to examine new sprinklers in the condominium.
Tasha Norris was seated on a couch in the home when she was shot, according to investigators. Medics attempted to revive her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Posted by John Woestendiek November 20th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
Tags: accident, blame, blamed, california, charges, crime, dog, dogs, fatal, fired, guns, hearing, john aaron norris, rifle, san miguel, semi automatic, shooting, shoots, shot, tasha dawn norris, tripped, wife
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Norfolk SPCA offers cut rate dog flu vaccine
Concerned that cases of a highly contagious dog flu might be on the rise in Virginia, the Norfolk SPCA has vaccinated its shelter residents and is offering the two-shot vaccine series to local dogs for $45.
The H3N8 influenza virus is fatal to about 5 percent of dogs that catch it, the SPCA said in a news release. Symptoms include persistent sneezing and sniffling, coughing with a yellow discharge, and unusual fatigue.
The SPCA said suspected cases have been reported in Williamsburg and at the Norfolk Animal Care Center, the city's animal shelter.
"If a dog sneezes and another dog walks by, he can catch it – that's how contagious it is," said Michelle Williams, SPCA director of donor and community relations.
All 70 dogs housed at the SPCA's shelter have been given the vaccine, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
Barbara Hays, manager of the Animal Care Center, told the newspaper that tests haven't come back yet on a dog in its care that died after being adopted. Although no other dogs have gotten sick, the shelter limited contact with outside dogs for about a week but isn't vaccinating dogs, she said.
H3N8 is a type A influenza that is suspected to have started at a Florida greyhound track and has spread to 30 states. As of last year, 1,079 cases had been confirmed, Tampa Bay Online recently reported.
Virtually all dogs exposed to the virus become infected, though only about 80 percent will develop symptoms, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.
The AVMA recommends that people who work with dogs in shelters, kennels and dog day care centers wash their hands when they arrive, and before and after handing any dogs.
For an AVMA fact sheet about canine influenza, click here.
Posted by John Woestendiek October 21st, 2009 under Muttsblog.
Tags: american veterinary medical association, canine, dog, dog flu, dogs, fatal, flu, h3n8, health, influenza, norfolk, pets, spca, vaccine, veterinarians, veterinary, virginia, virus
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eSPORTS: NASL Season 2 Grand Finals, Recaps & Highlights
December second through fourth was the North American Starleague's 2nd Season Finals, held in Ontario, CA. While the first season's games were intense and nail-biting, season 2 definitely raised the bar in terms of competitiveness. Many amazing games were played, and major upsets were had. Here, we'll go recap the event and talk about a couple of the highlights.
In the Round of 16, the most notable upsets were Evil Geniuses' Chris "Huk" Loranger, an MLG and Dreamhack Champion losing to Team Mouzsport's Hasuobs. MTW's Dimaga, a fierce and well known Zerg player falls to imba.FXO's Brat_OK, a Terran player. In the rest of the Round of 16, Greg "Idra" Fields dominates Brat_OK's fellow team member Strelok in a clear 3-0 victory, Hero defeats fellow countryman Hwangsin 3-1, Sen ousts Dimaga's teammate TT1 3-1, Morrow defeat's his own teammate Mana 3-0, Puma narrowly takes out Teamliquid's Sheth 3 to 2, and finally, Thorzain, another Mouz player who bust through NASL's Open Bracket Tourney to get to the Finals, overpowers EG's British player Benjamin "Demuslim" Baker with 3-0 victory.
Notable Games
There were three series that found to be highly notable and therefore of a must-see quality. Those specific matches are Puma's Round of 16 match against Sheth, the first encounter of the powerful Terran player Thorzain (who also sports a great track record) during the semifinals, and the grand finals series between Puma and Hero. The best series out of the three was definitely the revenge match that started during Dreamhack Winter between Puma and Hero.
During Dreamhack Winter, Hero seemed so well composed and strong, and was able to best Puma with a narrow 4-3 victory in a best of seven series. However while Puma let the Dreamhack championship title slip away and headed home to lick his wounds, he was ready to take his revenge during NASL's season 2 finals. Players that stood in his way tried their best to stop Puma, and two players (Thorzain and Sheth) nearly did nearly achieved that but Puma's determination pull him through as he rolled through. Finally, while Hero himself did well all the way up till the finals, Puma proved that this tournament belong to him, and him only. This time, with his head held high, Puma stood victorious over Hero and takes the season 2 championship title.
Other Highlights
Multiple Casters: NASL provided 9 casters and 2 guest Emcees for the grand finals for noth Heroes of Newerth. The Casters attending were: Husky, Day [9], DJWheat, Gretorp, Orb, Mr. Bitter, Rotterdam, with the two guest Emcees being Twitch TV's Justin "TheGunRun" Ignacio and longtime Brood War Commentator Zach "Diggity" Smith. The HON casters attending were Nicholas "BreakyCPK" Caras and Phil "TheThrill".
Red Carpet Entrance: Truly a testament to treating all of their players as stars. You can check out the video here:
Extras: A live, "Live on Three" show, and the Day [9] Daily done on stage was the icing on the cake to a great grand finals. On Live on Three, a new game was announced to be added to the broadcast of NASL: Tribes: Ascend.
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Weird wearable technology
Summary: Wearable technology goes beyond Google Glass and rumors of an 'iWatch.'
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Ping back clothing
Ping is a social networking garment which connects the wearer to their social media accounts -- including Facebook -- wirelessly. By performing natural gestures, whether lifting the hood, bending or swinging your arms and moving the zip, you are able to 'ping' back your friends when they send you a comment, like or message.
The wearer can use an app on their smartphone in order to customize messages sent by sensors that track when you move your clothing. Messages can be assigned to particular groups of friends, can change depending on where you are, who you're talking to or what your mood is.
Via: Electricfoxy
Does a color-changing dress turn you on?
Daan Roosegaarde, founder of Studio Roosegaarde hopes so. The high-tech dress turns clear when something gets you excited, which may provide your date with some unexpected eye-candy.
The dress is called Intimacy 2.0. Made in white or black, the garment is constructed with leather and opaque smart e-foils, blended with wireless technology and LED lighting. If your heart begins to race, your dress loses more and more color. "Social interactions determine the garments' level of transparency, creating a sensual play of disclosure," the project's website states.
Via: Studio Roosegaarde
Wi-Fi detection hats
Brando Workshop has released the "Wi-Fi Detection Cap," clothing which is able to seek out 802.11 b/g/n signals. If you're looking for a Wi-Fi connection in a public place, then two LED lights on the cap will show you network strength and availability -- although of course you will have to take it off to check.
The hat comes in three colors, two designs, and requires CR2032 batteries. The Wi-Fi Detection Cap costs $14 - $18.
Via: Brando
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Frenzy (playing the part of Rumble) steals the Mirage-shaped Drag Strip. Uh. Obviously, homage to Key to Vector Sigma here. I took this photo a long time ago, but it kinda still cracks me up.
(Source: Flickr / ensui)
At some point, little Shocks and Twi had the obsessive compulsion to clean a keyboard I don't even use anymore. This was a very orderly, systematic process, involving full dissemination and reassembly of all components.
Meanwhile, Starscream felt the need to steal a (very) particular stack, as he has an obsessive compulsion to carry more than he can handle.
Dirges for Dirge by ~8-13
This is a pile of super old gift sketches for 6thclone done by Saeru that I colored that…I think our jet never received in the entirety.
Causality - Stormbomb on Flickr.
Fansproject's third-party Causality Stormbomb…who *totally* isn't based off of Bombshell or anything. Nope. Cuz who ever heard of ninja Insecticons….?
more Dirges on Flickr.
A very pleased-looking TFA Dirge swiping up his helpless little G1 counterpart. (Animated Dirge painted by 6th Clone.)
Red Alert | Transformers MTMTE by =sniperdusk
Why isn't #7 out yet? Breathing is difficult at this point. O_o
Megatron | TF Beast Wars by =sniperdusk
…He clearly needs some time in the C/R chamber. In the meantime…battle damage! Because I like texture too much. ^_^;
Dinobot | TF Beast Wars by =sniperdusk
Okay, so now I've taken it upon myself to start working on Beast Wars fanart, too. The quantity of art-love for it out there after 15 years does not equal its intensely everlasting awesomeness.
Knock Out + Breakdown | Transformers Prime by =sniperdusk
This pic is improved now, do you not think? <3
Okay, so I was looking for Rung art, but I wasn't expecting my own pic to be on here. ;_; Dude, thanks everyone!
(via wireslide)
This is my birthday cake. It's rather huge (especially for someone who doesn't eat desserts) and we're still plugging along on it. As you can see here, it has even defeated Tarantulas….
Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen : Lockdown
I think he's so weirdly beautiful, even moreso than his original appearance in Animated. Definitely one of my favorites. (Lockdown isn't actually in the lame movie, but he was in that tyran toy line…and this was then the base for his primax design as well, as seen in the Drift miniseries…and this got me to bother to read the Drift story…clever ploy there, Hasbro.)
Transformers Beast Wars : Transmetal Tarantulas
Why does he look exactly like something I would design…? Like…exactly, in every way?
Transformers Animated : Starscream + Skywarp
I'm sure it's not supposed to be this cute…
Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen : Ravage
The only good thing about that terrible movie (besides maybe Megatron hassling Starscream) was how flippin awesome Ravage was.
I love this toy. Even if he doesn't transform into anything intelligible.


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Promethazine (By mouth)
Promethazine (proe-METH-a-zeen)
Treats allergies, allergic reactions, and motion sickness. Also used before and after surgery and other procedures to make you sleepy, control pain, or prevent and control nausea and vomiting. This medicine is a phenothiazine antihistamine.
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Help me find myself, all suggestions are greatly appreciated.
June 19, 2012
I am lost, I am interested in being a positive influence to other people by making them laugh or helping them out with life problems. Need some suggestions.
Hello guys, after doing lots of self-exploring, I've decided to take my question to the green. I need some suggestions!
My personality
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personality is basically spot on for the kind of person I am. I tend to get easily enticed by the things that I'm interested in, and as soon as something new comes up, I drop the old one.
School / Skills
I am currently in my last year in university, I went from actuarial science to computing science to business to film to linguistics. I tend to plan a lot and the reason for these past shifts have been due to interest and also me having an internal conflict about whether or not I should be doing something for money or fun & etc. I chose linguistics because I found it easy and I seem to have a natural talent to picking out sounds and knowing how to properly articulate and pronounce certain sounds. (like telling my cousin-in-law where she placed her tongue wrong and where it should be placed when producing certain Chinese sounds).
In addition to the previous skill, I have also found that I have a good memory, especially visual memory. I can see a face on TV and say "hey, he/she looks like _____" and a lot of people tend to go "ohh ya!!!!" I also tend to memorize my notes visually much easier than knowing the concepts inside out.
I am also very good at improvising or making things that are completely irrelevant relate. This happens much more often in social gatherings when I make jokes and etc. Basically I can turn anything into a witty dirty joke.
I originally was planning to just settle and do a masters in speech pathology or audiology and get a decent pay and be on with my stable life, but i keep feeling like there's more. (Clearly I am not good with routine and mundane tasks) I want to do more. I get the biggest kind of satisfaction from helping people emotionally. I once started a music blog and stopped, and just one e-mail from a loyal reader who asked me how I was doing made my day. I love to make people laugh and I enjoy giving them advice.
Random: but ever since I was kid I always wanted to be a magician or have magical powers to impress/help people.
Please offer me some guidance/suggestions, I would REALLY appreciate it!
I've been thinking about possible careers such as:
Comedy Writer
- Something I've been really thinking about but have no idea where to start. I always thought it'd be so cool to come up with funny commercial sketches for companies or anything that requires some sort of humor or good writing. (For those who are in this field or know about it, what should I do and where should I start?)
Voice Actors
- I love doing accents, and impersonating characters, but not too sure of where to start. (for those who are doing this or know about it, what should I do and where should I start?)
- I enjoy making people laugh, only problem is I think I might have stage fright, more or less fear of failure. I always thought it'd be cool to do some stand up or be a part of a talk show (especially those crazy Asian game shows) < for those who know more about this, where should I start and how do I start??>
? - Not as sure about this, most likely comedy actor?
Radio Host
- I love sharing music and I think I would really enjoy being some sort of influential figure or just talking w/ someone or others. (For those who know more about this, where should I start?)
Something to do with Film or Entertainment?
I was a hardcore gamer and realized I want to devote more time to something else now. On my spare time, I tend to think about comedy sketches in my head or melodies I might want to produce. (I play guitar as some sort of spiritual/emotional release)
I am lost, I am interested in being a positive influence to other people by making them laugh or helping them out with life problems. I had been concerned a lot about the financial aspects of things but now have been slowly crawling out of that mindset and want to pursue something that's fulfilling like traveling and doing a career related to the entertainment industry or some sort. I need some suggestions and greatly appreciate it.
Thank you so much for reading and I look forward to reading what you guys have to say!
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Being a speech therapist would be having waaaay more positive impact on anyone than doing anything related to entertainment. Why don't you want to do that? Almost all the other things you list can be hobbies.
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Motivational speaker
Tour Guide
Activities Director at a hospital/nursing home/etc
Travel Agent
Speech Therapist
Refugee Assistance
Event planner
Life Coach
Actually, any job/person could use someone that is happy and makes people laugh.
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on June 19, 2012
Look into getting a job at Disney World.
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Have you looked into the
degree of happiness
, or what their graduates have done?
posted by
on June 19, 2012
have magical powers to impress/help people.
Hmm, I suspect that might be a bit of a giveaway there. I kind of feel like those things you list have more in common to do with getting external recognition from others rather than helping them, necessarily, especially in comparison to something like speech pathology, where your work could have concrete, measurable and significant impacts on many people's lives.
Most people do not get their lives changed by a voice actor or radio host. People with cleft palates, recovering from strokes etc do get their lives changed by a speech pathologist.
Is it possible you might have a lowish self esteem OP, are reasonably bright and have had people tell you your whole life that you "have a lot of potential" - and you find the thought of "locking in" to a career is both scary and feels like a waste to you?
If so, I have some great news, that doesn't involve becoming famous:
1. Most people, in most jobs, are not following their dreams
and they are totally okay with it
cause having a salary and security stuff is fine and there comes a point in life, even for bright kids like us, where you realise not everyone gets to be the president or whatever so what are you gonna do instead?
2. You can totally do all those things you want, without having to chuck in a day job. Indeed, it will probably be better and easier to have a day job to fall back on, rather than compromising your creativity and yourself cause you need to pay the rent, and you will need to pay the rent.
3. You are not locking in anything by choosing a degree, getting a vocation etc. People change vocations all the time. However, it's important to remember that the jobs you're talking about above are a) very very competitive, b) extremely hard work over many many years, and c) in reality quite different I suspect from the vision of them you have in your head, especially if - as you say - you don't really know the first thing about them.
tl;dr get your speech pathology degree or whatever, get a job that pays the rent, and in the meantime start hosting your own podcast, working in community radio or television, writing and self-publishing some work or joining writer's centres etc. Good luck.
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Write and perform YouTube skits and showlets. Tell friends.
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Just my opinion, but... being able to make people laugh is a lovely personality trait, not necessarily a career skill. It's a great thing to bring to bear on whatever field you end up in, rather than something to build your career on.
Most of the tiny number of people who make a living out of entertainment are people who are so dedicated to the thing they do that they will spend years doing it in their free time while they learn their craft, and if they're very lucky, might make some money doing it eventually. The first step to getting into all these careers is trying out stuff in your free time until you find something that you're passionate enough about that you think you can eat, drink and sleep it, regardless of the financial benefits, and continue doing it as a hobby for the rest of your life, even if there turns out to be no money in it. If you already know for yourself that you tend to flit between lots of different things, maybe you already know that you're not one of those people. The people at your college that are have most likely to make a living of doing this stuff when they leave college are the ones that have been doing them as a hobby alongside their studies for the past three years. (That's not to say you'll never do any of these things, just that you'll need to dig into something on an unpaid level first and see if it sticks).
It's great to dream the dream and aspire to grow and expand, but it's also no bad thing to make decisions based on who you know yourself to be, rather than who you wish you were. When I was younger, I half-aspired to acting, but didn't actually act much after leaving school. I had a dreamy feeling that I could have been great at acting if I'd only stuck with it. Then I realised that, actually, though I love the
of acting, I'm someone who needs structure and stability, and I hadn't just "settled" for a non-acting life, I'd deliberately made decisions that would give me what I needed, and acting wasn't it.
have magical powers to impress/help people.
What could be more magical than teaching people how to speak? Especially if you know you've got a gift for the work. And if you can be the speech therapist that people look forward to seeing because you can put them at ease with you gentle humour and your compassion - brilliant. Same goes for being a teacher, or all the other jobs on the excellent list above.
Most of all - steer clear of the concept "to settle", as being a compromise or an unsatisfactory alternative to what you really want. Thinking like that is a great way to make yourself unhappy. Choosing realistic options that suit what you're good at and make you financially comfortable isn't a compromise, it's a good way to become contented.
Good luck!
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Oh hello, fellow ENFP. I also flirted with these choices. I almost became a special ed teacher because I wanted to help people.
I'm a person with a career--not just a day job--who does improv, acting, radio acting, and writing as a hobby. My friends and acquaintances who are making a living acting and writing comedy know that it's a serious business, including:
- Blatant self-promotion, including constant cold solicitations for people to hire them/use their stuff or even appearing on America's Got Talent doing something completely unrelated to your actual talent because it's a chance to be seen by Howard Stern.
- Producing their own blogs, podcasts, videos, and posting them EVERYWHERE.
- Bugging their friends and family on Twitter, Facebook, and email about every upcoming appearance.
- Begging friends and family to contribute to their Kickstarter/Indiegogo projects.
- Knowing when to offer to discounts on classes/shows to improve attendance.
- Collaborating with as many other people as possible on-camera and off-camera because they might know someone who can help get them noticed.
- Booking and performing live shows in their own town.
- Booking and performing live shows anywhere they can find a free bed.
- Calling up morning DJs in hopes of being put on the air.
- Teaching acting & improv classes to pay bills.
- Running theaters or improv education programs to pay bills.
- Waiting tables/working meaningless, soulless retail/customer service jobs well beyond the age of 35 to pay bills.
- Living perpetually like a college student in less-safe neighborhoods with fewer and crappier belongings and multiple roommates for much longer than they'd otherwise choose.
It's great that you have skills to make people laugh. Do you also have business skills? Marketing skills? Do you know how to talk to the media once you finally get them interested in your work? Do you know how to find writing collaborators? Do you know anyone in radio who can help you produce a piece for air?
What I suggest is that you take some improv and sketch classes. You'll meet a breadth of people there. Some of them will be doing what you aspire to. Collaborate with the best ones on writing. Form an improv troupe. Get some shows under your belt. Make some videos and put them on YouTube. See what happens.
All of that ^^^ is going to take about a year if you get started right now. By then you'll be finished with your bachelor's and headed into your master's.
Your first year in grad school, keep doing shows and writing sketches. If time permits, and if your submissions are accepted, perform in improv festivals in other cities, particularly Chicago and New York. Introduce yourself around, network like crazy. You're going to learn that the people on the scene that you admire have had inconsistent success themselves. Ask them for advice. But please, pay to see their shows first, because they are still trying to make it themselves.
By then you will have completed the first year of grad school. You're only one year away from having a marketable skill for which you'll be paid more than a living wage.
Use that eventual wage from your career to fund all your interests and hobbies. Instead of begging other people to be in their shows, rent a theater and produce your own show. You can now pay for the printing and promotional materials. Produce your own festival/invited show, and be the person who invited visiting performers to bunk with you--now that you have a big enough apartment or house.
If you have a career with a steady income, you will have the luxury of doing only the things you want. Not the things you don't want to do.
This is not a plea to not follow your dreams. It's just that you don't sound that passionate about performing or art, so it seems like you should incorporate it as a hobby into your working life.
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I'm a comedy writer--I was on the staff of a TV show for a while, and since then I've written a few humor books and had stuff published in The New Yorker, The Onion, and McSweeneys. Although I've never done standup, I know a number of current and former standups. I'll give you the same advice I give anybody who is interested in any creative field:
If you can't imagine yourself being happy doing anything else, then, by all means, pursue it! Life is short and you might as well do what makes you happy. And there's never going to be a better time in your life to take big risks; the older you get, and the more responsibilities you have, the harder it will be to chuck everything and take a change on a highly risky career.
But... you do need to realize that it is a really tough and risky career. Everything Penguin Pie said is 100% right. You will be competing against people who are absolutely obsessed with the field; you will deal with rejection daily; you might put in years or even decades of work for little or no money before you succeed; and you might never succeed. And after all that, if you are lucky and get a great staff job on a TV show, it could get canceled the next day, and you might never work again.
I would also warn you that the transition from making your friends to being professional comedy writer is harder than you might imagine. It's kind of like being a good home cook, and trying to become a professional chef-- you have to take something you once did in a relaxed environment whenever the mood struck you, and learn to do it day in and day out to a professional standard in a high-pressure situation.
So, for all those reasons, I only advise trying it
if you don't think you'd be happy doing anything else
But assuming you want to give it a try, how do you get started? "Comedy" is a very broad field. What you do depends on what part of it you're interested in.
* BOOKS: Write a funny book, start to finish. Revise it until every joke shines. Get an agent for it. (I think there must be other AskMe threads on how to do that.) Use the agent to get a publisher. But be prepared to have your manuscript judged not merely on its own merits but on your "platform"-- IE, your ability to market the book on your own. A book with only ten good laughs, written by an author with a half million Twitter followers, has a much better shot at being published than a book with hundreds of laughs by an author with no Twitter followers.
• STANDUP: Start off doing open-mic nights. Build your craft and your stage persona and confidence. By the time you are good enough to get paid, you will have made contacts and gotten noticed by club bookers, and you can start moving into paid gigs. Realize this will take a long time, and lots of hard work.
• SKETCH COMEDY: Get other like-minded writer/performers together. Write and rehearse sketches. Put them on YouTube, and try to get stage time at any place with a stage. If you are amazingly lucky (like, winning-the-lottery-twice-in-a-row lucky) your YouTube sketches will blow up and producers will come calling. But here on earth, you will probably end up spending years building up an audience (online or in person.) Alternatively (or concurrently)-- move to LA and pay for classes at the Groundlings, and hope you move up the ranks high enough to get noticed; or move to Chicago and pay for classes with Second City, and hope you move up the ranks high enough there to get noticed.
• TV: Move to Los Angeles. Network like crazy. Take any job that gets you anywhere near a TV show writing staff, no matter how unpleasant the job is or how little it pays. Be prepared to spend years answering phones, xeroxing scripts, getting coffee for the writers, etc. Meanwhile, keep working on "spec scripts"-- sample scripts that you write to show how funny a writer you are. Eventually you will make contacts that can get your spec scripts into the hands of a producer or agent.
I realize I'm being fairly discouraging about all this. Again, if this is your dream, then by all means pursue it! You just need to know in advance that it won't be easy, and that there's no concrete, guaranteed path to making it work.
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Oh, and one more tip: proofread everything you write!
In paragraph 4, "Making your friends" was supposed to be "making your friends laugh."
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Sounds like you are exhuberent and frankly all over the map. Some of what you've got on your list is kind of laughable.
The one with being a radio host who selects the music. You do realize that most radio stations today are programmed by faceless individuals in gray buildings, right? The hosts are just personalities and are rather interchangeable at that.
Do some podcasts, if you're any good, people with download them and you'll know.
Voice Actors: Notice how all cartoons sound the same? It's because there are about 10 people doing voices for all of the cartoons all over the place. It's not a coincidence that the Cheerios Honey Bee sounds like Fry from Futurama.
My cousin tried to break into this, and after years and years and getting no where, she hung it up. She was good. She studied it in school. She had connections.
Actor: Comedy Actor? There's no such thing as a specific type of actor. If you're an actor, you do comedy and drama with the same amount of aplomb.
I'm the funniest person my friends know, but I'm an analyst for my day job. That's how it is in the real world. You have gifts and talents, but at the end of the day, there are thousands of people out there who are funnier, more talented and more driven than you are.
Do you know how much work it is to be successful at any of these creative-type jobs? And I'm not talking about honing your craft, I'm talking about the amount of ass-kissing involved. You have to know everyone who can do something for you, you have to know who they're married to, who their sleeping with on the side, who their kids are, what they do as hobbies, etc. You work every waking moment to claw your way to the top.
I'll paraphrase what Whoopi Goldberg once said in an Actor's Studio interview. "Success in acting is like winning the lottery, it's random. There are thousands of incredibly talented people working in commercials, regional theater and other smaller venues who will never be rich or famous."
If you think you want to do comedy, go to open mike night. See how that works for you. Expect to be terrible. If you want to write, start a blog, see how many followers you get. If you want to do sketch comedy, join a troupe.
You can do all of this in your off time, but if you want to live in a place with a roof, eat regularly and not freeze to death, you'll need a day job.
posted by
Ruthless Bunny
on June 20, 2012
Okay, I was thinking teacher when I got to ENFP in your description.
It's constant relationship building, new things all the time, and lots of chances to perform to a (mostly captive) audience.
Think about it - teaching HS English or History give you so many chances to do what you're describing. Memail me if you want more info on the "how to" side.
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I would really agree with everyone saying that if you really want to help people, speech therapy is a great choice and wouldn't be 'settling' for anything. Of course it has plenty of dull moments, stressful moments and moments where you wish you could sit in a nice safe office away from all the pain and suffering, but it's very satisfying at the same time.
I make my clients laugh all the time, and it's not only when I mess things up. Often people are so grateful to meet someone who has time to have a conversation with them using whatever modifications they need that they're dying to have a joke around.
The other thing you might enjoy about it is the level of performing - you are playing a role all the time. You have a therapy persona to try to get the best from all your clients and you vary that according to what the client needs. It's a skill in itself.
If you do voice therapy, you may get to work with the actors and singers and professional voice users, and understanding what they do is a huge advantage.
I think it's worth you investigating speech therapy as an option because it might suit you. On the other hand, I don't think it's the kind of job you'd enjoy if you felt you were 'settling' by going into it, I think you have to want to do it.
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I'll respond to the bits I know about!
Voice Actor:
You need to get actual voice over training. It's very easy for people to say "I could do that," but hitting your marks, providing compelling reads and knowing what to do when a client says "make it sound slower, but I need it 2 seconds shorter" can be tricky. Look for a short course near where you live - I found one at a reputable drama school in my nearest major city. Then you need to build up a demo (or your course might do this for you) and get self-promoting. I started with Elance, but you may have some luck calling up local radio stations and seeing if they need voice talent. Find a film school and offer to do free voice overs for their animation projects. The key is experience - people won't pay you to do stuff unless (a) you're lucky and/or (b) you have a bunch of experience behind you.
Put together five minutes of material. Find a good open mic night that also features 'proper' local comedians and see if they'll give you a spot. Do your stuff. Use it as a learning experience. Which bits worked and which bits need to be tweaked or thrown out? If you make friends with the other comedians, they can give you advice and point you in the right direction. Doing standup can be brutal but it'll help you in other arenas, especially your comedy writing - think of it as a free opportunity to test your material!
It sounds like you're more interested in the 'entertaining people' part of acting than the 'inhabiting a character' part. Just be aware that the best comedy actors are truthful to their characters - I'm sure you've seen comedy fall flat when the actor is too presentational. If you want to test the waters, I can't recommend community theatre enough. It's fun, you get to choose what show you want to do, you can see if you're any good, and you meet awesome, like-minded people.
Overall, the way you're looking at it is: 'how do I get professional work in these areas?' when you should be thinking 'how can I do these things that I love?' There are so many people doing comedy or acting or impro for the love of it. Join their ranks and you'll meet people in a similar situation to you. And really, the rest tends to work itself out. The cream rises to the top, and if you're good enough, you might start getting actual work through the connections you've made. But it's a long process and you have to be willing to do it for love over and over and over again until you have the luck, skill and experience to start getting pro work. And if it doesn't work out, you might just be happy with your awesome speech therapist job during the day and rehearsals for your show a couple of evenings a week and your fortnightly spot at XYZ Local Comedy Joint to keep you on the ball!
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Thank you all for the great suggestions,
@smoke : you are quite spot on in terms of my upbringing, but I don't find that uncommon either. I actually never put myself down so I don't consider myself as an individual with low self-esteem. I do admit that I care a lot about external opinions but only in the sense that I want to please them, not because I think I am not worthy.
@everyone else: Thank you so much for the input, it's really nice to hear from people with experience or knowledge about the particular fields. I do not deny that Speech pathology is interesting and has it perks, I guess my mind tends to wander and I do get greedy. Having the mindset of "how can I do these things that I love?" will be a much better approach than thinking about how I can try to turn everything I want to do into something lucrative.
You guys have all been quite helpful and if you have anymore comments, do share! It's time for me to think less and just do what I want to do!
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