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This is a podcast where a group of friends document their creative paths in and out of the booth and beyond the screen while also exploring the journey and origin stories of other fellow actors to learn from, get inspired by, and connect with our community as we share our ups and downs and, of course, our chaos along the way.
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Welcome to Keeping Up with Chaos from the Booth and Beyond.
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Welcome back.
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I'm Jocelyn Rocky.
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I'm joined by Gabby Borshaw and Lloyd Waller.
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This evening we have our Mature Actor series where we have Abby Patin at our chaos table.
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We get to talk to her all about her experience as a voice actor.
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She's a Filipino-American educator, writer, and actor based in Portland, Oregon.
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She's best known for voicing all different kinds of genres, including anime video games, live action, dubbing, and indie entertainment.
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We brought Abby to the chaos table because Gabby, Abby and Gabby, that rhymes, Gabby saw one of her postings on social media that went viral that definitely interested us in sparking this conversation that we're having tonight and sharing with you.
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And it's about how sometimes early on in your career you think that you don't have a seat at certain tables or you're not invited to certain stages, but you are.
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And sometimes you just have to take a risk and put yourself out there and go for it.
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Uh, we talk about a lot of other very cool things, and um, we're so excited to show this conversation with you.
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So welcome.
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Sit down, join us, listen in, and enjoy.
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And please share us because when you share us, we all organically grow.
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Thanks.
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There we go.
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That's okay.
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Can you hear me?
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Yes.
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Oh my goodness.
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I'm so sorry.
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Are you okay?
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I'm late to I'm late to the party.
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It's all that's okay.
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That's okay.
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Yeah.
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Actually, we were we were I was okay.
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So I was trying not to ask too many questions because I was like, we haven't hit record yet.
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Like, yeah, we we got really excited.
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Yeah.
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Oh, you guys are funny.
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I was this has to be yeah,
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no, you're good.
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I'm glad.
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Um thank you, Gabby.
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Um I was actually doing some um, I was actually doing some production and um and I was like, I can get it done.
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I can get it done, it'll be done, it'll be done.
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And then feeling two minutes, two minutes, and then I was like, oh shoot.
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But you guys are early and on time, and I'm late.
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No, that's okay.
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We just needed the recording button because I didn't want to ask too many questions.
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I was like, I feel like everything that's coming out of my mouth right now is just gonna lead into something else, and we're not recording.
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Well, we're recording now, so we can let let's commence.
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Hi Lloyd.
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Hi, Lloyd.
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Oh, I love your shirt.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I appreciate it.
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Yeah, oh, it is a really cool shirt.
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Well, welcome, Abby.
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And I want to know what you guys were talking about before I I popped on.
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I I said that I'm usually in my booth, but right now I'm on location because you know sometimes life gets uh chaotic, which is why this is keeping up with the chaos from the booth and beyond.
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I'm in the beyond right now.
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Yes.
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And I I was actually just telling Gabby, um, like, thank you for reaching out to me about the podcast opportunity of uh like all those months ago, I don't even remember how long ago that was, um, uh, because of this Instagram post that I that I had posted.
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And so we were just kind of talking about, you know, what that post meant to her.
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And um, yeah, and that's when we were like, oh, we we should wait.
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We should wait.
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Let's not start yet.
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So um, but we also did mention that where are you based, Abby?
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Oh yeah, I am based out of Portland, Oregon.
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Very cool, very cool.
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Yeah, I'm in Florida.
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Whoa, yeah.
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We're in the opposite corners, yeah.
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I'm below you.
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I'm in Vegas, Nevada.
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Hey yo.
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Gabby's in an entirely different country.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Mexico.
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So let's talk about the post that you posted um that like sparked Gabby's um interest.
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You know, she's been loved it.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So something that yeah, it's something that doesn't been, it's not talked about.
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And I really appreciate that you were brave enough to put it out there because it's also something that a lot of people are like too sometimes even too embarrassed to share.
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Like, oh I was invited to this, but nobody came to my booth, you know?
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So yes, yes.
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Or for sure.
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You talked about being like a lesser known character and being out there, putting yourself out there at you know, these cons, right?
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Um and I just thought that was so fascinating.
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First of all, I have to just say, I'm like stressed out about those.
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Like I know how much work they go that goes into it.
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Okay.
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So yeah.
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So it's it's a lot of time and effort, even just to get yourself to there, right?
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So for sure, yeah.
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Yeah.
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So how did that start?
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Like, how did how did you get how did that spark happen for you?
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Like, how did you decide to put yourself out there and go to a a a Comic Con or yeah?
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Yeah, yeah.
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So I guess um we can, yeah, we can backtrack a little bit before even getting to the post.
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Sure.
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Um, but yeah, so for me, I I gained my first like really big um anime role back in 2024.
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Um it actually was my first role in anime ever, and it just happened to be in this um pretty viral show at the time called My Dear Friend Nokotan.
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Um and it was yeah, it was a really big hit in Japan.
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Um a lot of people were talking about it here in um the States as well.
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And so um the the cast, which by the way, we uh pretty much all of us were upcoming very new voice actors, and we all recorded that show remotely, which you know, at at in 2024 at this point in time, um I like to say that uh the voiceover in the industry has tried to move past, you know, remote recording from the um from the COVID times.
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Um and so it it was a really big deal to a lot of us newer talent and remote talent, you know, who don't live in like those big voiceover hubs to be able to record this
show um remotely.
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And so some of our casts, you know, we got together and we were like, we think it would be really cool if we could talk about our experience recording this show at conventions.
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And so um that's when we, you know, we all collectively were trying to get ourselves into some cons, um, approaching it from that angle of like, you know, this is like a completely remote recorded show in 2024, we'd love to, you know, talk to people about it.
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Um, but not a lot of conventions picked us up, which totally fair, you know.
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Um a lot of us were really new, and I I understand the business side of conventions.
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Um but but for the few handful of conventions that were able to um bring me out or or wanted to take a chance on bringing me and maybe some of my other cats mates out, um that was my first dip into the convention circuit.
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Um so yeah, yeah.
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And then since 2024, um I have had you know the opportunity to um make my way to a few other, you know, conventions around the country, um, which has been really cool.
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So question when you say like be accepted, like do you have to actually um you know put yourself out there and ask to to be a part of it?
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Or yeah, you know, that was another like big learning curve for me.
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Um I have to say a special shout out to my castmate Donald Guzzi because he um he was the one who was really helping guide our cast with um how do you reach out to conventions because he's uh dealt with all of that stuff before.
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Um Yeah, so there's a couple of different ways that a person can be a guest at a convention.
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One would be through fan um, you know, recommendations or suggestions.
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Fans can submit to conventions.
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Um lots of conventions have like a guest request form.
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And you know, so the cons will usually decide who they want to bring based on the you know the recommendations from their attendees, which totally makes sense, right?
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Like if you're if your attendees want to see like this X, Y, and Z person, then that convention's gonna try their best to bring those people out.
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Yeah.
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Um and so that's one way.
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And then another way would be, yeah, kind of just self-marketing, like reaching out to these cons and introducing myself and um, you know, talking about what I could bring to that convention.
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Um, and if they're interested, they may or you know, or they may not reach out.
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So yeah.
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That makes sense though, because I mean you want people to be excited to come to the con, right?
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And you and you want people to pay for the tickets.
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And I mean, I mean it's like it's absolutely exactly for both the the actors and you know the people that are coming.
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You want everybody to be absolutely yeah, so that makes sense.
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Yeah, yes, totally.
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Um Gabby go.
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I feel like Gabby, did you have a question?
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Oh no, not right now.
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I I'm just listening, I'm just absorbing all the things.
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Because it's really it's really cool.
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I've never done a comic con, nor do I know how to get into one.
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So it's something that uh I've I've never even like even in our animation uh classes like before when we were still taking classes, like they didn't they didn't really talk about that or cover that subject at all.
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No.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And well, I think the other the other piece to that might also be, you know, uh there's a lot of uh I mean it's not just voice talent, but on screen folks too.
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But you know, there's a lot of talent who have been in the industry for a really long time and and don't, you know, go to conventions or don't really do cons.
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Yeah um and I certainly I certainly did not think I would be doing conventions at all.
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Um at least not like ever this early in my career.
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Like I'm I'm only going into my fifth year of like voiceover, you know.
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So I still feel like a baby a baby voice actor sometimes.
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Um us too, us too.
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And so um yeah, and there was someone I met on well at one of the conventions, an another voice actor, and I I apologize that I can't remember who it was.
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Um but they were talking about how, you know, when you get into when you get into the world of acting or or voiceover, um at least for most people I think the the thought is not now I really want to get into the convention circuit.
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You know, like we're we're in it because we're creative and we're performers and we love to bring stories to life.
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And so um I'm I just feel really fortunate and and privileged and humbled to be able to even be in those spaces.
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And so um that actually brings me then to my post.
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So um I had been doing, you know, a handful of conventions, usually pretty medium, small sized conventions over the last couple of
years.
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And I've I've enjoyed like every single one.
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Um even the ones that might have been a little like disorganized.
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I enjoyed all of them.
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Um and then I was scrolling on Instagram and I saw a um a vendor, like a artist vendor who goes to conventions, and again, I I wish I could remember the vendor's name.
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But she made a a post of like vending at a convention when no one shows up to your table.
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And it honestly got me thinking about yeah, you know, my experience at these conventions, while I have really enjoyed myself, you know, getting to meet the people who come by.
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Um there is like a tinge of of loneliness that sometimes come through when uh when I am sitting at my table for multiple hours and no one's stopping by to talk to me, or or they might take a look at my banner and then go, oh, I don't know anything this person's from, and then keep walking, you know, and I then then the convention organizers always come by and they're like, Oh, how's it going?
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We're so glad you're here.
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And I start to feel bad.
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I'm like, oh, you know, I'm doing great, but maybe there was someone else you all could have brought instead of me, you know?
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Um and uh and then a little bit of imposter syndrome comes through, you know, just like is is am I meant to be like in these spaces?
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Am I taking up spaces where I shouldn't be?
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Um and I just thought about putting those thoughts out there.
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Uh I did not ex I really did not expect it to like blow up in the way that it did.
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Um it was starting to reach, you know, some, you know, who I would consider like a lister voiceover folks and yeah, who who were saying very similar things and you know, about at least about their early, you know, days doing the convention circuit.
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Um it was more of just a post that I wanted to put out, just like maybe for myself and my few friends who might be following me.
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Um had no idea it was gonna blow up the way it did.
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Go ahead, go ahead, Lloyd.
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Go ahead, Lloyd.
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What I was gonna say, and this kind of goes back to just before the statement about um you know, people not really talking about it.
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Like Gabby, you said people weren't talking about it in character classes and stuff like that.
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I think obviously like I haven't been a guest at any cons or anything like that.
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I feel like for a lot of people I think a lot of people
don't realize that that is uh part of the business side of doing voice acting.
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I think that so many people are focused on the acting in the booth, taking glasses, absolutely on the business side of thing things, and there are very few people who have the opportunity to, you know, go to cons.
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So for you to talk about that is talking about something that just statistically there are not going to be a lot of people talking about any.
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That's a really good point.
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That's a really good point.
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That's a really good point.
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And you know, and it's and like I s you know, going back a little bit, it's like you know, all the you know, like not only getting accepted, like you said, you know, either marketing yourself to the cons and having them accept you, or like having your fans, you know, get you in, right, as a guest, but there's a lot of preparedness that has to happen ahead of time, you know.
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I mean when you even just to get to the cons.
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So there's a lot of work before you even sit down at your table and like put your table together, you know.
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So let I mean you want to talk a little bit about that.
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And then you're sitting there, you know, and you've done all this work and you're sitting there and then you're like, crickets, you know.
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Right, right, right.
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Uh yeah, I mean, you know, you as a guest, you know, sometimes conventions uh will ask for you to, you know, maybe uh participate in a panel or two.
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Um and so you have to prepare, you know, you have to prepare panel topics.
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You gotta put like a workshop together.
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Um it's not always just sitting down at your table all day.
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It is also like actual social interaction with people.
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Um I uh I I'm a teacher by day, so that's like that's my main job.
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And so sometimes when um when I'm doing these panels and these workshops, a little bit of my my teacher side comes out and it makes makes me feel pretty, pretty comfortable and confident like hosting those panels and stuff.
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But but it is extra things to prepare for sure.
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Um art prints, you know.
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I um I I'm so proud to have worked with so many talented artists um who I've commissioned, you know, for my character prints.
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Um but of course, you know, that and that costs money, right?
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Like um, and so yeah, putting um all of your time and energy into preparing for a convention weekend and then maybe maybe five people show up to your panel, right?
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Or or maybe I don't sell a single thing the entire weekend, right?
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Um yeah, that I gets you a little bit because you know you you've you've really prepared mentally and um have uh put a lot of emotion um and and joy into the these uh panels and topics that you've been so looking forward to talking about.
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Um you had artists who um you know uh spent time creating art for you to share with others and then feeling like you weren't able to follow through on that can yeah, be a little tough sometimes.
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Yeah.
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And it's good to like talk about that and like air it out.
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I mean also you're talking about like maybe you have to travel, right?
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Like you have maybe to drive, maybe there's gas, maybe there's a airplane ticket, I don't know, you know, hotel, you know, and then schlepping all of your stuff in and out and packing it up and oh my gosh, yeah.
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Yeah, I didn't even didn't even think about all of that.
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Um and and sometimes, you know, um sometimes the conventions don't don't always cover everything.
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And so there have been a couple of um instances where you know I I had to pay for my own lodging or I had to pay for my own ticket.
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Um and if I you know if I don't break even, like if I don't make enough in that convention weekend to um cover all those expenses, it's like ah um so yeah, it's tough.
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That kind of goes back with it is tough.
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But it that also goes with like your kind of invest like Lloyd was saying, that goes back to the business side of things, right?
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Like you're investing in your business and putting yourself out there and you know, and it's like a it's a business expense, I guess you could put it into your taxes as like a business.
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Yeah.
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The crazy thing that I've been thinking about this this entire time.
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Oh my goodness.
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The crazy thing is that there's always there are always those people, and I I say this because I had this specific thing happen, who like someone will be at a convention and no one will be out be at their table.
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And the person that did not attend that convention would have been like that's the first person they would have gone to to see.
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Oh yeah, yeah.
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It was like uh if only if only those in if only those ships didn't just pass by.
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It's like, oh, you're in my town and I would love to see you, but I have a thing I have to do on
that Saturday.
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Absolutely.
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And you know that that has happened before where I've had um and it's always a surprise to me, like a pleasant surprise.
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Um people will will comment on uh my Instagram because I I usually will, you know, keep up to date on social media when I'm at conventions and stuff, and people will be like, oh no, I I would have wanted to come see you, but I'm not in town right now, or you know, or some something came up, or um one of my one of my favorite interactions was at a convention in um in Houston, Delta Hcon.
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There's these group these group of young boys who came by.
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Um I they walked past my table and they kind of looked up and then they did like a double take and they were like, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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They got so excited.
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That is awesome.
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And yeah, because they were just like, Your character is my favorite character in the show.
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I didn't even know you were here.
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Which I was like, boy, I don't know how you didn't know I was here.
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Like, I'm on all the promotional stuff, but uh but they yeah, they were just so excited to to see me, and that that makes up for all of those times where no one was coming by or I was sitting by myself for hours.
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Just to have that one like positive fan interaction, it it truly, really does make it all worth it for me.
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You know, that's interesting that you said that because that's like thank you for sharing that, because that's so cool because like that goes back to like your post in the point.
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You know what I'm saying?
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It's like um sometimes it's just those micro moments that like really just are the best.
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My oldest son just went to his first um like con in um Orlando, and he was like, some of his favorite moments was you went with a group of friends, and um and he said he's like sometimes they don't make it easy for you to get to them either, you know, like the parking is expensive, and like you know, as like a you know, on the flip side of things, not just and um and then but he said some of his favorite moments were were seeing actors that were not the main characters, you know what I'm saying?
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Like I'm I'm new to the understanding anime and character.
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Um that's not really my but um I'm learning, I'm learning, and you know, and and and um and he was you know, I can't name off the characters, but he was like took some pictures with them and he was like, Oh, I was so excited because you know they weren't like the main main character, but they were like my favorite character in the plot and the story and like the I don't know the thread of the I don't know, like I can't speak to it, but you know what I'm saying?
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Like it's absolutely super excited, and I was like, cool.
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And then I actually I and just to toot your horn a little bit, like this morning I was having coffee with my middle son, and I was like, Yeah, I'm having this podcast.
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I have a guest coming on, she's in anime, and like Gabby invited her, you know, they're both character, and I'm you know, more commercial.
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And sure, yeah.
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And I was like, you know, and and I was he goes, Who is she?
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I'm like, you know, Abby, and is it passion or yeah, passion.
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Okay, perfect.
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And he was like, Well, was she in?
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And I'm like, I I can't pronounce, but let me pull it up, you know.
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And so I pulled up your bio and I was like, I was like, see?
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And he was like, he googled you and he's like, Oh yeah, I watched those shows.
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Oh yeah, I know her.
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Oh yeah, I know her character.
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And I was like, Okay.
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He's 15, but like you know, to yeah.
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So and going back to the teenager boys that like like were so excited about you, they probably didn't know you because they didn't and not not know you, I meant they probably didn't know you were weren't there or were there because like they don't pay attention to details like that sometimes.
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I mean they're totally guess they're like I'm going to the lead here.
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Yeah they're like trying to get to the conference we're trying to get there trying to absorb everything you know and then they're like squirrel you know like definitely yeah ADHD squirrels plague my brain every day oh my gosh we love it Lloyd we have we do we do but I mean like you know conven the conventions are a lot even for like people that are going there that are fans you know it's very overwhelming yeah so yeah yeah totally I'm happy that they found you I I am too and I will also say there there has also been a lot of folks who would come by e even if they didn't know who I was just to talk and I really appreciate those interactions too because um it I I've had a lot of really great interactions with like folks who want to get into voice acting um or someone who has a really cool cosplay and I like comment on it and then they come over and we're talking about like you know sewing and stuff for for 30 minutes.
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I I just love getting to like make these little little connections these little moments of connection
with people that I probably would have never ever met or talked to before if I wasn't at that convention.
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I I very much am an extroverted person so um but I get my energy from other people and I love when we can share good energy with each other.
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I love that so much.
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You know there are a lot of voice actors that are more introverted right you know they chose and I've I've met a lot of those people too doing all of this.
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And so it's a ch and it's a choice to do the convention.
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So how did you choose to get into voiceover?
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Like let's hear about that.
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Like how did you're an extrovert a lot of times most voice actors are introverted and I'm both I'm an introverted extrovert like an introvert.
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Yeah I can I can do this I could probably maybe go to a Comic Con maybe maybe you know and I've done that in a different like lifetime and a different career choice that I had like many years ago you know like for marketing and stuff and events like that advertising and marketing but it takes a lot out of you you know so anywho how did you get into voice acting yes I you see I've been asked this question like so many times at all these different cons that I've gone to and I and I feel like I still haven't been able to you know real condense everything as cleanly as I want to but I would say um the the the short answer is during the pandemic.
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Okay.
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Um I I have already had a uh background in theater and so I I had done theater since I was in middle school.
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Um did it through you know high school also through college but I was never yeah yeah but I was never taught in my in my household um that the creative space was you know a valuable career path.
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Um and so even though I have this passion for for art and for performing um I still you know I went to college for teaching um and as I mentioned earlier I am a teacher during the day and I still I love being a teacher.
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I I love being a teacher.
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Um but then when the pandemic hit and you know I I was doing shows with like community theaters at that time um but we weren't we weren't doing shows in person anymore.
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Um I basically just stumbled into voiceover.
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Um you know on on the internet I kept seeing people post uh projects of like hey I I have this you know webcomic or this original animation and I would love for someone to voice in it.
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Um and through some of my actor friends um I I would start people would start sending me stuff of like hey like I don't know if you do voiceover but like you this here's something if you want to try it.
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Um and I did and I really I really enjoyed this new um you know this new world of acting that I didn't have a lot of experience in before.
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Um I loved that it was something I could do from home um from the comfort of my home that I could bring all these different kinds of characters to life in a way that I couldn't really do on camera or on stage because of you know like let's just be totally clear because of like how I look and um especially being like a like a woman in the performing arts and um you know I really loved that other side of of voiceover and I decided that I was gonna go full like I was gonna dive right in.
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Like um even after the pandemic was over I um really started to like grow my skills in VO taking workshops taking classes um I still do on camera stuff and I still do theater um but voiceover truly became like my my number one passion.
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That's awesome.
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Yeah I have a question.
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Um okay so you said that you and and I I completely understand because same you know that with our families not looking at our career initially right as like some something that yeah I get it.
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Very relatable yeah yes oh totally yeah especially like I have a Philippine like I'm Filipino like Filipino families you know it was like become a nurse become a doctor and I was like I don't want to yeah and how how are they taking it now?
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Like are they now more supportive are they like oh we didn't know that this was an option and this existed I think they definitely are I I mean even though I did not go to medical school like they wanted me to I my parents were they were already very supportive of me becoming an educator.
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And now that they've seen they've seen some of my stuff like I I pull up you know commercials I'll be like oh look that's me or um I I show them my um shows when they come out or or movies when they come out and um I can just see like the smiles on their faces and um how how proud they are and um they might not want to admit it but but I'm they I'm sure that they um yeah they're they are super supportive of like where my career is going now and I think at the end of the day you know they they just want me to they want me to be happy and they want me to you know have all my basic needs met and stuff of course yeah of course they like like any anything they did it out of love.
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Yeah.
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Of course yes and then anytime I'm at a convention my my mom is always like can you send me the details because I want to share it on Facebook.
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That's cute that's cute.
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Um so are you still a teacher?
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Because you know you said you're an educator
and a writer and a voice actor and you do on camera in theater.
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So are you still teaching?
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Yeah okay you're at the brick and mortar school yeah okay I am yes I am still teaching I will say US history my US history yeah that is what I teach and uh this is my fifth year of teaching and this is my third year of teaching part-time so through three years ago I went from the full-time teaching to part-time okay because I I decided that you know if I could really make this voiceover stuff happen I want to make it happen.
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Yeah and so yeah yeah but but I am still teaching part-time and uh I'm actually grading some stuff this weekend.
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Um but you know I'll I'll get to that after after this podcast meeting.
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So how how has that um impacted like when you do like your creative character work you know what I'm saying like when being a teacher I mean like you have like you're like plugged into high school kids you know they're rowdy and I all kinds of personality and energy I have a couple in my house right now funnily enough I actually think it's I think it's the reverse I actually think that a lot of my um uh my creative work fuels my persona in the classroom.
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Oh really?
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Um that's really cool.
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Yeah yeah um especially teaching what you teach yes and I like to tell people I like to tell people that you know there's a certain level of like acting that has to be involved with being a teacher.
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Like sure you know you you you have to you have to put on these different personas you know when when you show up into the classroom um you are you're improving your way you know through an hour and a half of of curriculum time like um yeah and a tough job it's a tough job being a teacher I think oh it oh it's it totally is um and I I mean I don't know how long we want to like or how deep we want to go into the the teacher side of things but it it's a job that um surprisingly well okay okay surprisingly I've met a lot of people in voiceover who also do some sort of work with kids whether they are teachers or they're like can they've done camp counseling um and I'm just like huh there is I feel like that needs to be explored a little bit more the intersection of of actors and like education because I have met a lot of yeah I've met a lot of actors who also work in the education space and I feel like that can't be a coincidence.
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I don't think it is I don't think it is yeah yeah that's that's interesting I'm writing that down and that's a big note go ahead Lloyd were gonna say oh no my brain just rabbit holed so I was like it reminds Rabbit hole rabbit hole go yeah do it do it do it I was first in college I went to college and I was an English major now I graduated with a mass communications degree but when I was an English major there was always the question of like what are you gonna do with an English degree and or like what is English teach you that's useful and uh uh literature uh by and large like if you're the type of person who is like consuming things that present you with knowledge and make you feel allow you to be a better more empathetic person and like that is very important.
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But telling that to people in the context of how this is going to support you for the rest of your life is you know and I think that anybody who acts who is not doing it necessarily just for the money um not that there's anything wrong with anybody doing anything just for the money because I feel like a lot of people are really toxic about like oh if you don't if you do it just for the money you're not gonna but um be paid for your intellectual property yeah that you're sharing your creativeness.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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But I think people who act just by whether it's on camera, on stage, voice acting whatever there is a requirement to know how I guess to do it well, to know how to connect with certain parts of yourself that traditionally people are not asked to and to be able to connect with other people in those ways.
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And I think a lot of the time the best people to teach are the people who have explored how to connect in those ways because a lot of people who have moved on into adulthood you know there's it's it's like uh when you talk to teenagers and you're like oh uh I have real adult problems what do you have to worry about and it's like oh so you've let the world uh harden you against empathizing with these empathizing with like for this kid these very real problems.
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Yeah right and you have to be able to know how to meet them in an in a meet them halfway I guess meet them where they're at to interact with them to keep them engaged.
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Absolutely so yeah there there there's there is study that could be done but I also feel like unfortunately because of the virtue of it it'd be real hard to put like numbers to anything lots of abstract conversation would come up yeah but actually you I I really like what you said though about this um yeah this ability to to build to continuously build like empathy and and connection through the interactions that uh for me as an educator I'm having like every day with um with with young people.
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And and yeah and you know um I would say that because I am in a school setting and I I'm with young people all the time that I can still be plugged in into what like what issues matter to uh to to young people right now.
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What are the lives of young people like right now?
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I yeah I it is a certain level of privilege that I feel
like I get to have I don't just lose myself in the you know the staircase into adulthood right and like you were saying oh those are your those are your young people problems now.
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Like I I'm grown and I don't have to deal with that anymore.
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But I like that yeah thank you for sharing that.
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Yeah.
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I um I find that it's also um pretty cool that you are not systematically but you're being very conscious of the fact that you were a full-time teacher and then you've kind of stair stepped to part-time you know and like what was the thought process there you know because some people are like I'm leaving my job and I'm going full-time voiceover you know or and then they're like oh this didn't work you know and then they're backtracking or there's some people that are like I'm stuck in my job and I don't feel like I can stair step or I don't have the opportunity to stair step out of it or you know can't so I love that for you because that's like also very relatable you know so how did how did that look for you?
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You know like I think that that's an interesting thing to talk about too you know yeah yeah definitely I mean you know um for for me I I've always known that acting or or really just any sort of creative um creative piece like because I I also do like digital art and I I'm a writer as well and I and I do poetry um I've always known that there's a creative aspect of myself.
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And when I when I finally became like a full-time teacher and again teaching was it was also a dream of mine um it started I started to realize how much I needed the creative space to kind of keep me going in a way um and that whenever I was doing anything creative it it just made me feel so much more alive.
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And after after two years of of full-time teaching I just decided to you know I asked myself I I asked myself in this one life that I am going to live you know um do I do I want to live it doing what I truly truly love to do or I mean do I want to focus just on like the the income stability just something that's gonna keep me you know keep me keep me housed and and all of and all of those things and I feel like in some ways that's a really radical question to ask yourself.
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Um and I did just come to the conclusion of if I could make my this you know basically I came to the conclusion that art and creativity and and acting that that is really where my passion lies and if I can make that my livelihood then I want to make that happen.
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But how am I gonna make that happen?
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Um I I I really did have to look at my situation logically and just speaking for myself um I was I'm fortunate that my partner has a has a job that is able to support the both of us even if even if I just straight up quit teaching.
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Um and you know I I chatted with my partner about that too because it was like you know I this is something I'm thinking of doing um it will probably impact our finances and so we should probably have a conversation about that.
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And and he was really supportive and you know he he was like hey like our income or his income could support us both and so if I want to try you know going part time and just see where where it's at like go ahead and do that.
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And so um yeah that's how and I gotta also you know give props to the folks at my school who were like yeah they're like like yeah we recognize that you you have a life outside of teaching too and if there's this other pathway you want to explore like we also want to give you the flexibility to do that um while still you know keeping your your foot in the door here at um at my current job.
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So that's cool.
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It was just a lot of understanding and communication from other folks um and I think just being in a really fortunate situation because I know that for a lot of people that is not something that they can just do, you know um so so yeah um and so now I'm at this place of part-time teaching part-time voiceover and actually now I'm starting to have conversations about it is it now time to go full-time voiceover?
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Um I'm not sure yet about the answer to that but though that is the question that I'm starting to you know linger on more and more these days.
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Yeah.
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I want to go ahead one I want to say good for you uh I'm glad that you have like a job that's supportive of like you uh you pursuing the other thing that you care about.
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Thank you.
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Yeah yeah because I I did not I did not think that conversation was going to go that way and I'm very glad that it did.
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Very relatable too yeah the other thing is while you were talking about that before you got before we it was right after you talked about like do you want to focus on what you really want or the income stability you know in that regard you reminded me and I need to move this sticky note because I never look this way when I'm in the booth.
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I have a sticky note right here uh in my booth that says act or die trying yes yes probably it should have it like on my screen it was like good for you I'm good for you I mean it also says something about the fact that like you're you were not afraid to ask you know like you were like okay what's gonna make me happy and recognizing that right and then and then expanding and going to your partner who's your partner and you have to do it together and you know being on the same page and then saying okay now take the next step and I'm gonna go to my
school and say I am passionate about teaching but I have another passion that I'd like to see and then being open to allowing you to go part-time you know so like all the pieces kind of fit together but you know you asked and you put yourself out there and you created opportunities for yourself to expand into what you really wanted to do.
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You know you kept and I think and then in you know and it's awesome that like the path opened up for you and all the stars aligned, you know?
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Um that's also very cool, you know, but like that first step you gotta like do it.
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You know it's like Yeah definitely and I and I guess the other part with the ask is uh truly the the worst thing is that I could have just been told no.
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Yeah you know and then it's like okay well then then at least I know that like all right maybe maybe part-time teaching is not an option right now then what then what what do I need to do next then but yeah asking can be scary so scary um but sometimes that is the that's the first step that you need to take and it is and it could work out you know and it could not but it also could yeah exactly and you have a supportive partner too that is you know and that's also a big a big deal you know yeah and um and like you said yeah I you know I and I have a day job and I had to pivot like so I I was I'm the opposite of you where like I had um I went into voice acting full time you know like training and stuff because I was like an at-home mom and and I wanted to that was the passion I wanted to pursue and I had a partner who you know could support us financially and he was like yeah just do it before I actually went back into the corporate world.
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But I have to tell you though that I went back to the corporate world I pivoted but it's like adjacent to what we do right so it's not so far off of what we do.
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And um you know I I just think like you know and I'm trying to advance in my corporate job and it's like you know Again, you gotta ask, you gotta knock on the door, you gotta keep moving, you're gonna get rejection, you know, and then another rejection.
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And then like you find the right people that are supporting you in a positive way to keep you going and moving through because and then eventually you're like, oh yeah, okay, this is actually working, you know.
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But it's scary.
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All of it is scary.
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It totally is.
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It totally is.
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I I feel like that is always the uh what what do you call right?
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The the starving artist, right?
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Like anyone who works in some sort of creative field, like I'm sure can empathize.
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Yeah,
it's all scary.
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Do you do you like being on camera?
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I know you mentioned that you did theater and and on camera and but you your passion is in voiceover.
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Like, do you like being on camera and and up on stage?
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Yeah, I I you know, I would say I would say theater probably is maybe my my my go-to.
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Like if I could only do stage acting, put me in coach, you know.
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Um I I love on camera stuff too, though.
00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:12.079
It's like like, you know, they're they're all so different.
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Yes.
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Um performing live in front of a crowd, um, having these big cameras up in your face, and and then working behind a microphone.
00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:21.760
Like they're all different um environments.
00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:26.239
And um I love whenever I can break out of my booth a little bit.
00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:26.639
Yeah.
00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:28.239
Uh so yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:32.159
Whatever makes your your heart sing creatively, you know, it's like, yeah.
00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:35.280
Absolutely I I accidentally stumbled into on camera.
00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:38.960
My, you know, so it was like I was voiceover and accidentally stumbled into on camera.
00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:45.199
And and two, like have some more tools in my toolbox for voiceover, you know, and then it's like, but it's so fun.
00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:49.840
And like Lloyd's an improv and he's doing stage work and Gabby's all a little bit on camera, you know.
00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:59.920
So it's like, you know, it's just it's like sometimes at whatever g you get into creatively, you know, creatively, it's like you just have to s see what unfolds too, you know.
00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:06.960
And back to your um convention work, um, you know, like I don't know.
00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:11.599
I mean, is is it scary though, putting like sitting there?
00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:12.320
Like, I don't know.
00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:17.199
Like, I to me it's like I would be terrified to be out of my booth.
00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:21.360
I mean, there's something to be behind it's something to be said to be on set, you know?
00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:22.000
Sure.
00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:22.320
Yeah.
00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:37.119
And there's like, you know, there's cameras in your face and there's people around you, but like, you know, or like on stage, and like you said, there's an audience in front of you, but like when you're in conventions, like there's no barrier between you and people.
00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:40.159
No, I mean that's that's totally true.
00:46:40.320 --> 00:47:02.159
Um I I would say that uh it's not it's not that I am am scared about being in um uh in those kinds of spaces, but you are right though, that like when you when you're at those conventions and you are engaging with people face to face, um that there yeah, there is no barrier.
00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:13.039
And I have always wondered like what do I do if there's someone that comes up that I do not feel comfortable like having in my space.
00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:15.679
And and it and it does happen.
00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:17.360
Um, unfortunately, it does.
00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:30.400
Um but I I think that that is why, you know, getting to know the um convention staff and particularly like the guest relations folks that you're working with um is super important.
00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:37.039
I think that's why it's really important that conventions have a really strong guest relations team and security team.
00:47:37.360 --> 00:48:15.760
Um because I I I have had some really, really great experiences with the um, you know, the guest uh handlers and um the gr the guest relation folks like looking out for all of us, um making sure that you know um if if we find ourselves in a a tricky, you know, situation, uh we like some conventions I've gone to, they've told us like different codes that we could use, or you know, if we need some help, um like oh, you know, can I order can I order this one drink or something, then they they would know exactly what to do, they'd get security over right away.
00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:30.159
Um and so when I when I get to know the people who are, you know, putting the convention together and looking out for us um guests, whether it's the cosplay guests or the voice actor guests, um that always makes me feel you know a lot better.
00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:30.800
But that's good.
00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:45.519
But you know, you are right though, that like um anything can happen in these in in these spaces, and so there's a little bit uh piece of you that needs to be like uh socially aware and cognizant about everything that's happening around you.
00:48:46.719 --> 00:49:06.159
So you do anime and voice you do well, voiceover is the main genre, obviously, but then you like break and then you go into anime and video games and you do you do um dubbing, and that's like also like a a very um you know, you have to be trained to have that skill to do dubbing, you know.
00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:07.440
And then also indie.
00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:08.400
You do indie.
00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:12.800
So do you do indie, do you work with indie artists for voiceover and film?
00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:14.079
And yeah, okay.
00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:15.760
So Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:19.440
So you're trained in all of that, and which one do you love the most?
00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:26.800
I mean, I've I've gotta say, even though it doesn't pay the most, is is definitely dubbing.
00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:27.360
Yeah.
00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:30.639
Um I I I'm a nerd.
00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:37.679
I grew up, you know, watching watching anime, reading manga, reading comic books, like playing
video games.
00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:52.480
Um, and I just I think it's so cool um being able to, you know, loc like localize these works like in into English to make those stories more accessible for for folks.
00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:58.639
Um, because that's you know, that's how I that's how I watched anime growing up, watched anime dubbed, you know.
00:49:58.880 --> 00:50:06.639
Um actually like uh watched a lot of anime dubbed in Tagalog, the the Filipino language.
00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:12.159
And so um You speak fluent, you speak fluently, like yes?
00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:13.599
I wish I could.
00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:19.519
I can understand it fluently, um, but I I wish I could, but I cannot speak it.
00:50:19.760 --> 00:50:21.360
I cannot speak it fluently.
00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:24.079
Um but yeah, I I love dubbing.
00:50:24.159 --> 00:50:25.119
It's so fun.
00:50:25.519 --> 00:50:28.000
It's interesting because like half my house is divided.
00:50:28.079 --> 00:50:39.039
Like sometimes some of them well, a couple of them like to like they want to hear the the native language in like when they're watching the show, and then they just want to like read what is it, the caption, right?
00:50:39.119 --> 00:50:40.400
Like oh yeah, the subtitles.
00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:50.559
Yeah, and then and then and then the and then the other half, like they want the dub, you know, they want to hear it dubbed in English, and so that's like a whole thing too, you know.
00:50:50.800 --> 00:50:51.840
Oh my gosh.
00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:54.480
My my household's divided too.
00:50:55.119 --> 00:50:57.360
That's like the forever debate though, right?
00:50:57.440 --> 00:50:58.639
Like dub or dub.
00:50:58.960 --> 00:51:00.719
Honestly, it could be both.
00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:02.719
Like, you know.
00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:06.320
Um, I I prefer to watch things dubbed that way.
00:51:06.400 --> 00:51:10.320
I I can just pay attention to what's happening on screen.
00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:17.199
But you know, sometimes there's really great series that ha have never been dubbed or or movies that have never been dubbed.
00:51:17.360 --> 00:51:19.039
I will watch them with the subs.
00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:20.880
That is totally okay.
00:51:21.440 --> 00:51:30.960
One thing I love about this conversation is the fact that so I'm I generally am a dub person unless I cannot find the dub.
00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:31.280
Right?
00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:31.920
Okay, yeah.
00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:33.519
Maybe it's not dubbed yet.
00:51:33.760 --> 00:51:52.880
Totally um, and and um that is mainly because, and I feel like I've said this before, um, actually, I know I've told this story before, so I won't tell the entirety of the story, but talking to another voice actor who was in a show asked me if I had watched anything interesting, and I was like, Yeah, I just watched this show.
00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:55.280
And they looked at me like I was crazy.
00:51:55.920 --> 00:52:12.400
Because I was like, Oh, what do you think about and they were in the show, and they're like, You watched it dug, you watched it subbed because you would have known that I was in the show if you had, and then they were it was Brandon Spring Mukai, and he's like, he's like, You have to consume the content if you want to do the work.
00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:14.239
Oh my gosh, it's so funny.
00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:15.039
What show was it?
00:52:15.920 --> 00:52:18.079
It was um ranking of kings.
00:52:19.119 --> 00:52:21.679
Oh, I think I need to watch that.
00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:23.920
It's been on my list forever.
00:52:24.320 --> 00:52:25.920
It's my desktop background.
00:52:26.559 --> 00:52:27.360
Oh my gosh.
00:52:28.239 --> 00:52:31.920
But it but I I am mainly a dub person because of that.
00:52:32.239 --> 00:52:39.840
Meanwhile, yeah, people watching sub is very funny to me because there are a lot of people who will be like, oh, the dub is so bad, I need to watch the sub.
00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:50.320
And I love the conversations where they're like, oh, the dub was so bad, the Japanese is better, and then you talk to like fans in Japan, you're like, the acting was so bad.
00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:54.239
Like it's like you don't understand, you don't know that language, you don't know the language.
00:52:54.800 --> 00:52:56.559
You don't know the new act acting exactly.
00:52:57.039 --> 00:52:59.760
You know, it's always so funny to me.
00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:12.239
And I gotta say that like doing um doing localization work, you know, now I've been I've have the opportunity to look behind the scenes of how these dubs come together.
00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:29.119
It's like there are people who don't understand that there is a process, you know, from from translating the the original material into English, and then the phrases or words that might not have a perfect English one-to-one translation.
00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:31.280
We gotta get a little creative there.
00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:35.760
And and then you layer the actor's performance on top of everything.
00:53:35.840 --> 00:53:41.920
Like there really is a process, and I really appreciate that process when it comes to to dubbing.
00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:43.760
So yeah, yeah, that's so cool.
00:53:44.320 --> 00:53:47.039
No, you do mostly dubbing for anime, right?
00:53:47.119 --> 00:53:51.199
So anime, like in in terms of like um animated shows, right?
00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:55.679
But do you do do you have you done any dubbing for like live action?
00:53:56.000 --> 00:53:57.519
Yeah, because I've got trained for that.
00:53:57.679 --> 00:53:59.039
That's also different, right?
00:53:59.599 --> 00:54:01.119
Because you're you're an actor on camera.
00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:04.239
Yeah, you're an actor on camera and you're a theater, you know, actor.
00:54:04.400 --> 00:54:05.039
So yes.
00:54:05.360 --> 00:54:08.800
That would be a something I would could see you doing.
00:54:09.199 -->
00:54:14.400
Yeah, and uh it is it's really fun because they they're they are so different.
00:54:14.800 --> 00:54:21.119
Um of course with any sort of voice uh with any sort of voice acting, there's always some level of physicality to it.
00:54:21.199 --> 00:54:39.679
But I would say when I'm doing live action dubbing, there's just a little bit more because you you really need to, you know, if if someone on screen is is running or if they're if they are if they're eating something and talking, um you need to make sure that the performance is natural.
00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:43.920
Um because it's it's you know, it's not it's not a cartoon, it's not an animation.
00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:52.559
Um these these are real life people doing like real life things that you can see actually work sound in real life.
00:54:52.639 --> 00:55:08.960
And so um yeah, it it's a little I I would say it's a little more tricky to do sometimes through through voiceover because you, you know, you are still you're acting with your voice still, but there there's a live person there and there's a balance.
00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:10.719
It's a lot, but it's it's difficult.
00:55:11.119 --> 00:55:13.440
I do enjoy the live action dubbing too.
00:55:13.760 --> 00:55:14.079
Yeah.
00:55:14.239 --> 00:55:17.039
I I took a couple classes to do that, to learn how to do that.
00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:42.239
And it's like, you know, like you said, there's also a process behind the scenes, you know, watching the scene, watching the person act in their native language, and then you know, the the line that goes across with like the translation of English, you know, from the native language to the English, and and then you know, if someone's like, ah, you know, like you I mean, anyways, I mean that I know that also happens in the animated stuff, but of course, yeah, yeah.
00:55:42.400 --> 00:55:43.679
But anyways, that's that's so cool.
00:55:43.760 --> 00:55:45.199
Okay, Lloyd, you have a question.
00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:47.519
I can see because we're we're winding down, we're getting close.
00:55:47.840 --> 00:55:48.880
That's why I wanted to ask the question.
00:55:49.119 --> 00:55:50.000
Yeah, go, go, go.
00:55:50.559 --> 00:55:59.280
So um, if there is anything that I mean, manga 2, um what would be like your dream role right now?
00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:00.719
Oh, that's a good thing.
00:56:01.039 --> 00:56:10.079
Oh there's two franchises that I would just I don't know what I would give to be in those franchises.
00:56:10.320 --> 00:56:10.719
Everything.
00:56:10.880 --> 00:56:11.360
I don't know.
00:56:11.599 --> 00:56:19.119
I would love to be in anything Star Wars or um the Avatar The Last Airbender universe.
00:56:19.679 --> 00:56:25.360
Um any any of those two things are like two of my most favorite franchises.
00:56:25.920 --> 00:56:28.639
Um and I also want to be a villain.
00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:33.440
I never get to I never get to voice villains.
00:56:33.840 --> 00:56:35.280
Like I I get it.
00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:39.280
I sound like this, but like I could do a really good villain too.
00:56:39.679 --> 00:56:41.920
You could probably yeah, I think I think so too.
00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:42.880
You could do a villain.
00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:46.239
That would be a cool like vocal tone to a villain.
00:56:46.320 --> 00:56:46.880
You know what I'm saying?
00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:53.840
Like it's like have you ever seen Yes, yeah, Nui?
00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:58.079
Yes, yes, very similar, right?
00:56:58.239 --> 00:57:00.400
But very, very menacing character.
00:57:01.679 --> 00:57:04.000
I still I hate that I have her theme.
00:57:04.159 --> 00:57:10.960
One of my friends used to make fun of me because I get so mad over that character, and I have like her theme in my head.
00:57:11.280 --> 00:57:15.280
So, hey, the opportunities are no, you're right, you're right.
00:57:17.920 --> 00:57:19.360
You're a writer and an artist.
00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:23.840
Like you could maybe, like, you know, you could maybe create your own, you know.
00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:25.760
That's so true.
00:57:26.239 --> 00:57:26.559
Yeah.
00:57:27.360 --> 00:57:31.519
And there may there may or may not be something that I might be trying to put together.
00:57:33.679 --> 00:57:34.639
Whoa, okay.
00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:39.360
Well, maybe we'll have to have you back on and and you can share further because I know.
00:57:41.679 --> 00:57:51.679
And as we wind down, we always like to do like a fun question at the end of it, and it's kind of a round table thing, and sometimes it sparks a little bit more conversation, so we can go a little over.
00:57:51.840 --> 00:57:54.079
Um, what you just have to pick a number, Abby.
00:57:54.159 --> 00:57:58.239
You get to pick whatever number you want, and it goes it goes to like a high range of numbers.
00:57:58.480 --> 00:57:59.679
So you tell me.
00:57:59.840 --> 00:58:04.719
One to I'm not sure exactly how far we go, but just pick a number.
00:58:06.480 --> 00:58:07.440
11.
00:58:08.079 --> 00:58:09.519
And I'm scrolling back.
00:58:09.760 --> 00:58:10.079
Okay.
00:58:10.559 --> 00:58:14.000
Uh oh my gosh.
00:58:14.159 --> 00:58:15.360
Okay, this is a good one.
00:58:15.519 --> 00:58:16.559
Okay, I like it.
00:58:16.639 --> 00:58:22.960
Uh, who do you think will be playing on the oldies radio in 30 years?
00:58:23.280 --> 00:58:25.039
Oh my gosh.
00:58:25.519 --> 00:58:27.920
Um that's kind of funny.
00:58:28.639 --> 00:58:29.519
That is funny.
00:58:29.679 --> 00:58:30.960
That's hilarious.
00:58:32.239 --> 00:58:36.480
Maybe like maybe like Bruno Mars.
00:58:36.639 --> 00:58:37.599
I don't know.
00:58:39.360 --> 00:58:42.079
He could be old in less than 30 years, really.
00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:44.960
I mean Yeah.
00:58:45.599 --> 00:58:46.239
Yeah.
00:58:46.480 --> 00:58:51.119
I feel like 20 years, it immediately is on an oldie station.
00:58:51.360 --> 00:58:52.000
Yeah, yeah.
00:58:52.239 -->
00:58:52.400
Yeah.
00:58:52.960 --> 00:58:53.280
Right?
00:58:53.760 --> 00:58:54.800
Um, we've talked about this.
00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:59.119
I'm already experiencing bands that I listen to that are like now classic rock.
00:58:59.199 --> 00:58:59.920
And I'm like, what?
00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:01.440
That's no.
00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:03.199
No classic.
00:59:03.440 --> 00:59:04.079
That's not classic.
00:59:04.239 --> 00:59:05.440
Green Day is not classic.
00:59:05.519 --> 00:59:06.719
What do you read together?
00:59:07.280 --> 00:59:10.159
And then you think about it and you're like, wait, wait.
00:59:10.400 --> 00:59:10.800
Yeah.
00:59:11.119 --> 00:59:12.880
Maybe it is classic.
00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:14.639
Lloyd?
00:59:15.199 --> 00:59:16.079
Oh, uh.
00:59:18.800 --> 00:59:21.280
What's a song that came out this year?
00:59:24.880 --> 00:59:25.199
Oh.
00:59:27.119 --> 00:59:28.480
Uh I know.
00:59:28.559 --> 00:59:34.480
I'm like trying to think of someone that like is recent, but I mean, you know, I already made a a comment about the go ahead.
00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:38.159
In in in 30 years, Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us is gonna be.
00:59:38.559 --> 00:59:39.039
Oh, yeah.
00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:40.320
No, you're right, you're right.
00:59:40.400 --> 00:59:42.480
People be like, oh, that's a classic.
00:59:44.320 --> 00:59:57.280
Somebody's somebody is like somebody is gonna be talking to like their nephew or something, you're like, you don't know what LA was like in those days, which is crazy because somebody now will do the same thing about the early 90s in LA.
00:59:57.679 --> 00:59:58.239
That's so true.
00:59:58.400 --> 00:59:59.039
That's so true.
00:59:59.280 --> 01:00:00.079
That's so true.
01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:01.519
Yeah, I know, right?
01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:03.840
Gabby, do you want to weigh in?
01:00:04.159 --> 01:00:05.599
Uh yeah, yeah.
01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:13.280
Weighing into that and and that and talking about that experience, I automatically thought of Bad Bunny and the supertime halftime show.
01:00:14.079 --> 01:00:15.119
Yeah, 30 years.
01:00:15.760 --> 01:00:23.280
We're gonna be like, you have no idea like what was happening in the country, and that's that halftime show was like big.
01:00:23.599 --> 01:00:24.239
So true.
01:00:24.480 --> 01:00:25.280
Yeah, yeah.
01:00:25.440 --> 01:00:28.320
I'd have to say the chain smokers, what's who do they pair up with?
01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:36.400
Chain smokers and that one song where it's like with the tattoo on your shoulder or like in the that's literally it's the song I was thinking of.
01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:38.000
Yes, I love that song.
01:00:38.320 --> 01:00:40.079
Uh my brain won't let me.
01:00:40.159 --> 01:00:45.599
It's like uh in the mattress that you bought or something, and there's a tattoo and you're driving.
01:00:45.679 --> 01:00:46.000
I don't know.
01:00:46.079 --> 01:00:50.800
Anyways, that that would probably be considered old days.
01:00:51.920 --> 01:00:52.880
Everything I always say.
01:00:57.039 --> 01:00:57.519
What was it?
01:00:57.679 --> 01:00:58.400
What repeat?
01:00:58.480 --> 01:00:58.960
What'd you say?
01:00:59.119 --> 01:00:59.760
Closer.
01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:00.960
Yes, closer.
01:01:01.360 --> 01:01:04.639
Chain smokers 2016, it's been 10 years.
01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:06.159
I love that song.
01:01:06.320 --> 01:01:07.360
I don't know why.
01:01:07.599 --> 01:01:13.119
You know, sometimes music just like it just hits you and it like resonates in your soul.
01:01:13.280 --> 01:01:17.920
Like that's like a song that I feel like has resonated in my soul.
01:01:18.239 --> 01:01:24.159
I will say what when I hear that song specifically, it does just bring me back to a certain time in my life.
01:01:25.280 --> 01:01:26.239
Music does that.
01:01:26.480 --> 01:01:33.199
Yeah, music does that, and so do shows and like anime, like when you guys are talking about anime and you know, TV shows.
01:01:33.360 --> 01:01:42.000
You know, I grew up watching Scooby-Doo, you know, so I didn't have like anime, but you know, I mean, like there are shows and music that just takes you back.
01:01:42.079 --> 01:01:42.559
Go ahead, Lloyd.
01:01:42.639 --> 01:01:43.440
What were you gonna say?
01:01:43.840 --> 01:01:53.679
Oh, I I was just like, yeah, um, most people there's been an iteration of Scooby-Doo for like most living generations of the world.
01:01:53.920 --> 01:01:57.679
But there also have been uh anime for most living generations.
01:01:58.159 --> 01:02:01.039
I mean, it wasn't as easily accessible in America, you know.
01:02:01.599 --> 01:02:05.039
But there was definitely anime you could have watched when you were growing up.
01:02:05.360 --> 01:02:05.679
For sure.
01:02:05.920 --> 01:02:07.199
It just wasn't in America.
01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:09.440
That's true.
01:02:09.599 --> 01:02:13.840
It's definitely become way more popular in the last like, you know, five years.
01:02:14.320 --> 01:02:14.960
It totally has.
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I mean, it's like mainstream, I feel like, you know.
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I mean, it's a little piece of me that's that is sometimes like I love, I love how booming it is now, but I'm also like like, give me back those years in middle school and I was being bullied for like Excel moon, you know?
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Like, oh, I'm going to the computer lab to watch Naruto and it's lunchtime, and people were like, Oh.
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They're like, ah, look at you.
01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:52.719
Well, in in back to music, like, isn't there like a popular anime song that hit like the mainstream that is what what was it?
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The vampire what?
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There's a few that have hit like the vampire girls, I don't remember the name of it.
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They're like You mean K-pop demon hunters?
01:03:00.960 --> 01:03:02.000
Yes, thank you.
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So completely different genre.
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Yeah.
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Um different, yeah, definitely different genre.
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I feel like I've said this before, but fun fact uh K-pop Demon Hunters, uh the song uh I think it was Golden.
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Not this is what it sounds like.
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Golden was the first the made them the first uh female music group since Destiny's Child to claim number one on the top 100 globally.
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Yeah.
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And it's it definitely once it gets in your head, you can't get it out.
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Yeah.
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It's a good song.
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It is.
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It is really is okay.
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So Gabby's gonna ask the final question and then we'll wrap it up because you know, it we gotta keep things on a schedule.
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So go ahead, Gabby.
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So out of out of everything you've you've done, what's the one thing you're the most proud of?
01:04:01.599 --> 01:04:12.559
I I think as of now, um, I'm the most proud of this anime film that came out recently, just a few weeks ago, called Cocoon, One Summer of Girlhood.
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Um you know, it was the first theatrical release that I was a part of.
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And uh uh going to the theater with my family um and and my friends, because I because I couldn't make it to the LA premiere and unfortunately, but I got some of my family and friends to get together up here in Portland to go watch it and to sit there, especially with my my parents, like my my mom and dad right next to me and my little sister, and um just watching this this thing that I was able to be a part be a part of.
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Um and then watching the credits roll and seeing my name up there uh really um it remi it reminded me that, you know, um I I can't give up on this passion of mine.
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Uh, you know, what would have happened if I decided to, you know, quit two, three, four years ago.
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Um I'm really proud of how far I have came.
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Um I know my parents were really proud and I hope to continue to make more waves, um, especially for you know my fellow my fellow Filipino creatives out there.
01:05:15.199 --> 01:05:17.440
Um That's so cool.
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I literally I looked that up while you were talking because I was like, that sounds familiar.
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And I I realized I want I saw the trailer and I wanted to see it and I didn't get to go see it.
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It it's all it's all good.
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It's all good.
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I hope it'll be on streaming or something somewhere.
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Probably that's so cool.
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That is like a goal, right?
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To like see your name on the screen, you know, like with your surrounded by your family and you know, absolutely your support system, and like that's like the ultimate.
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So that's really cool.
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That's uh that was really cool.
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You you gave us chills, yes.
01:05:51.199 --> 01:05:53.519
Yeah, chills for sure.
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So thank you so much for you all.
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And if anyone wants to see.
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See your posts on social media or like find you to do voiceover stuff or indie stuff or yeah, just connect with you.
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How let's do the business stuff.
01:06:09.599 --> 01:06:10.800
Oh yes, yes, yes, yes.
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Um yeah, if anyone would like to connect with me on socials, I I think I'm on pretty much every main platform, you know, Twitter, Instagram, Blue Sky.
01:06:20.239 --> 01:06:26.559
Um it's all at hello Abby Passion uh with one S in Passion.
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Um also, um I didn't get the chance to bring it up earlier because we were having such really good conversation about other things, but it is October.
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I don't know when this episode is coming out, but October is Filipino History Month, and I am doing a little um I guess fundraiser, I guess, on on my shop at abbeypassion.com.
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Um if you buy a print anytime during the month of October, uh I'm gonna be donating a portion of the sales to a group called the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, which is a group of other Filipino artists and creatives who are, you know, fighting for representation and and the liberation of all Filipinos everywhere.
01:07:08.719 --> 01:07:10.480
So um that's wonderful.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I love that.
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That's very good.
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That's very good.
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We'll have to we'll put that in the show notes for sure.
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Yeah, so very cool.
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Thank you so much.
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I really appreciate you coming on.
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Oh, I appreciate y'all for having me.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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All right, thank you so much.
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It was so nice to meet you.
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Yeah, it was really cool.
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Thank you.
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And you know, maybe we can have you back on another time.
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We always like to leave that door open.
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Oh, well, yeah, of course.
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I'd I'd love to.
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Y'all are awesome.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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All right, bye guys.
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It was so nice to see you.
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Enjoy the rest of the journey.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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Bye, guys.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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I know you gotta go.
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Thanks for no, it's okay.
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Look, I'll show you where I am.
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I'm at an ice rink.
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Oh my god.
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That is look, and everyone's here.
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That's my family.
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I mean, they can't they can't hear you, but they can hear you.
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They can hear me.
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Oh yeah.
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I wish I could add that into the into the podcast.
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I might again.
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Yeah, that's cool.
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This is my location.
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Can you hear the music?
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I feel like every time I was speaking because there's like music, I'm like, yeah, and this was really cool.
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Oh one time I heard like it like bled through a little bit, like one time, but then like after that, I no, no, no, I didn't even know where you were.
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Okay.
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Oh my god.
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Good.
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Oh my god, go have fun with your family.
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Okay, I'll see you next weekend.
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Bye.
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