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Howard the Duck · 02-20-2011, 03:17 AM

i used to do hip-hop dancing - stringing together 40 or 50 wildly different steps was not an easy thing, lemmetellya

djchameleon · 02-20-2011, 03:34 AM

I bet not, that sounds awful. I would rather just do some cardio on an elliptical and do some yoga

Howard the Duck · 02-20-2011, 04:15 AM

woke up at 4pm just now - going through my Pink Floyd catalog in a mp3 disc I misplaced and recently found again

going to jump into Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow again later

ThePhanastasio · 02-20-2011, 09:24 AM

Spent most of today so far working on my "Texas accent".

I am playing the part of Hattie in Laundry and Bourbon, and am having such a hard time with this accent. Years of acting classes and roles demanding everything from Brooklyn to Mancunian to French accents have completely altered my own accent in general.

People now mistake my accent for "Vermont", and I have no one around here from Texas to listen to for getting this accent down. People around here have a Southern accent, but they speak more with a Southern twang than a drawl, so it really doesn't help me.

I really am a perfectionist about this sort of thing. I regret that the Texas accent was not already in my repertoire.

Howard the Duck · 02-20-2011, 09:29 AM

^^try doing a Yosemite Sam

ThePhanastasio · 02-20-2011, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

^^try doing a Yosemite Sam

Haha! I don't think my director would appreciate me coming into readthrough talking like Yosemite Sam.

I'm basically just going to watch The Blind Side a few times today, and just emulate Sandra Bullock's voice in that as much as possible.

**Janszoon** · 02-20-2011, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

Spent most of today so far working on my "Texas accent".

I am playing the part of Hattie in Laundry and Bourbon, and am having such a hard time with this accent. Years of acting classes and roles demanding everything from Brooklyn to Mancunian to French accents have completely altered my own accent in general.

People now mistake my accent for "Vermont", and I have no one around here from Texas to listen to for getting this accent down. People around here have a Southern accent, but they speak more with a Southern twang than a drawl, so it really doesn't help me.

I really am a perfectionist about this sort of thing. I regret that the Texas accent was not already in my repertoire.

Aw, I have such a soft sport for Laundry and Bourbon. My dad directed that play when I was a kid.

Dayvan Cowboy · 02-20-2011, 11:13 AM

I woke up this morning and walked out to the living room (my house is open concept, so my kitchen is beside the living room, which is beside the dinner table.) and a grey, old (2007-ish, i think) computer was sitting beside the counter. I interpreted this as one thing:

I FINALLY HAVE MY OWN DESKTOP COMPUTER!

My stepfather is becoming fed up with me because I keep using it instead of my laptop for 3D stuff. the problem is, though, is that laptops are absolutely terrible for rendering 3D scenes so there's no way in hell I'm using my laptop. I'm going to upgrade this computer a bit (more RAM and a faster graphics card would help) and then I'm making sure that nobody else uses this computer, because I'm not allowed to use my stepfather's.

Burning Down · 02-20-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy

I woke up this morning and walked out to the living room (my house is open concept, so my kitchen is beside the living room, which is beside the dinner table.) and a grey, old (2007-ish, i think) computer was sitting beside the counter. I interpreted this as one thing:

I FINALLY HAVE MY OWN DESKTOP COMPUTER!

My stepfather is becoming fed up with me because I keep using it instead of my laptop for 3D stuff. the problem is, though, is that laptops are absolutely terrible for rendering 3D scenes so there's no way in hell I'm using my laptop. I'm going to upgrade this computer a bit (more RAM and a faster graphics card would help) and then I'm making sure that nobody else uses this computer, because I'm not allowed to use my stepfather's.

You think 2007's old for a computer? We have three computers that are way older than that - an orange Apple iBook clamshell laptop from 1999, a desktop PC from 1995 running Windows 95, and another desktop running Windows 3.1x, from about 1993. I learned all my computing skills from the Windows computers, when you would actually have to manually input a lot of commands so it would do stuff for you. They still work too!

Dayvan Cowboy · 02-20-2011, 01:16 PM

I think we have a computer from about 1995 in the basement somewheres. It's kind of scary looking because some of it's hardware is pulled out and it's side panel is missing. We mostly use the computer if we need spare parts or something.

The reason why I say it's a bit old is because the requirements for a computer to render a 3D scene at an optimal speed has gone up a bit, and older computers aren't exactly superstars at it. So, in order for it to run at an optimal speed, I thought that I should probably upgrade it a bit.

02-20-2011, 09:24 AM	#14724 (permalink)
ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	Spent most of today so far working on my "Texas accent". I am playing the part of Hattie in Laundry and Bourbon, and am having such a hard time with this accent. Years of acting classes and roles demanding everything from Brooklyn to Mancunian to French accents have completely altered my own accent in general. People now mistake my accent for "Vermont", and I have no one around here from Texas to listen to for getting this accent down. People around here have a Southern accent, but they speak more with a Southern twang than a drawl, so it really doesn't help me. I really am a perfectionist about this sort of thing. I regret that the Texas accent was not already in my repertoire. __________________ Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend My last.fm It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung

02-20-2011, 03:17 AM	#14721 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	i used to do hip-hop dancing - stringing together 40 or 50 wildly different steps was not an easy thing, lemmetellya

02-20-2011, 04:15 AM	#14723 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	woke up at 4pm just now - going through my Pink Floyd catalog in a mp3 disc I misplaced and recently found again going to jump into Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow again later

02-20-2011, 09:29 AM	#14725 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	^^try doing a Yosemite Sam

02-20-2011, 11:13 AM	#14728 (permalink)
Dayvan Cowboy Basscadet Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Antarctica Posts: 1,258	I woke up this morning and walked out to the living room (my house is open concept, so my kitchen is beside the living room, which is beside the dinner table.) and a grey, old (2007-ish, i think) computer was sitting beside the counter. I interpreted this as one thing: I FINALLY HAVE MY OWN DESKTOP COMPUTER! My stepfather is becoming fed up with me because I keep using it instead of my laptop for 3D stuff. the problem is, though, is that laptops are absolutely terrible for rendering 3D scenes so there's no way in hell I'm using my laptop. I'm going to upgrade this computer a bit (more RAM and a faster graphics card would help) and then I'm making sure that nobody else uses this computer, because I'm not allowed to use my stepfather's.

02-20-2011, 01:16 PM	#14730 (permalink)
Dayvan Cowboy Basscadet Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Antarctica Posts: 1,258	I think we have a computer from about 1995 in the basement somewheres. It's kind of scary looking because some of it's hardware is pulled out and it's side panel is missing. We mostly use the computer if we need spare parts or something. The reason why I say it's a bit old is because the requirements for a computer to render a 3D scene at an optimal speed has gone up a bit, and older computers aren't exactly superstars at it. So, in order for it to run at an optimal speed, I thought that I should probably upgrade it a bit.