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The Stuttering: Redux
Sep. 18th, 2009 08:22 amSidebar (or perhaps frontbar or topbar): I wasn't intending my last post to be a pity-party, but I'm aware that's how it came out. I wasn't looking for affirmation (or for a Made of Fail listener to compare my voice to Joss Whedon's, in an obvious bid for favor [which totally worked by the way]), but thank you, all of you, for the replies.
(No, Dayna, I'm not going to take medication for a speech impediment that I mostly have control over, but thank you for the thought.)
Taking Rene's advice, I spent a couple days doing nothing but relaxing, and that seemed to work out fairly well. I know that the stutter is only at its worst when I'm stressed, anxious, or excited about something, but we all know that knowing something logically and applying it at the time are two seperate things. Unless it's the case of my first and only panic attack, which went undocumented but took place after The False Carbon Monoxide Scare of '09. (Basically, after the fact but before I wrote that post, on my drive to work that morning I had a panic attack. I was squirming around in my seat trying to get comfortable and trying to breathe, but I kept driving normally and even during the entire episode I was thinking, "Fascinating. So this is what Dayna goes through all the time. This is really quite interesting from a scientific standpoint." I AM NOT KIDDING. I even called Dayna later on that day to confirm that I actually did have a panic attack. Apparently I am Spock in times of physical distress.)
Even so, I may eventually take some vocal coaching for it - especially if I follow through on The Great Job Hunt Of My Time. Yes, I'm still looking into schools of broadcasting, to the point where I'm actually downloading financial aid applications and similar resources. What'll make things easier is that Made of Fail has given me a ready-made amateur portfolio, which will show recruiters what I've been able to teach myself with absolutely no professional education whatsoever. What will make it harder, of course, is a series of unfortunate...shall we say educational indiscretions that I made in my high school and limited undergraduate college years. Jillian knows what I'm talking about. (Man, if I knew then what I know now...well, I'd probably have still been lazy, but I would have felt a lot guiltier about it at the time.)
Seriously, though, how cool would it be to have Made of Fail be a morning show, weekdays at 6-10, check your local listings?
EDIT:
An applicant admitted to the diploma program must be a hight school graduate or have GED certification. Each applicant must successfully pass a live audition, and recieves a written evaluation that measures the applicant's vocal skills relative to articulation, breathing, reading skills, and voice quality and strength. Each skill is evaluated on a scale of 1 to 10, and the applicant must achieve an average of 7 to be admitted to the training program.
I CAN DO THIS.
SON OF EDIT: Okay, guys, the morning-timeslot thing was just an example IT IS NOT THE POINT.
(No, Dayna, I'm not going to take medication for a speech impediment that I mostly have control over, but thank you for the thought.)
Taking Rene's advice, I spent a couple days doing nothing but relaxing, and that seemed to work out fairly well. I know that the stutter is only at its worst when I'm stressed, anxious, or excited about something, but we all know that knowing something logically and applying it at the time are two seperate things. Unless it's the case of my first and only panic attack, which went undocumented but took place after The False Carbon Monoxide Scare of '09. (Basically, after the fact but before I wrote that post, on my drive to work that morning I had a panic attack. I was squirming around in my seat trying to get comfortable and trying to breathe, but I kept driving normally and even during the entire episode I was thinking, "Fascinating. So this is what Dayna goes through all the time. This is really quite interesting from a scientific standpoint." I AM NOT KIDDING. I even called Dayna later on that day to confirm that I actually did have a panic attack. Apparently I am Spock in times of physical distress.)
Even so, I may eventually take some vocal coaching for it - especially if I follow through on The Great Job Hunt Of My Time. Yes, I'm still looking into schools of broadcasting, to the point where I'm actually downloading financial aid applications and similar resources. What'll make things easier is that Made of Fail has given me a ready-made amateur portfolio, which will show recruiters what I've been able to teach myself with absolutely no professional education whatsoever. What will make it harder, of course, is a series of unfortunate...shall we say educational indiscretions that I made in my high school and limited undergraduate college years. Jillian knows what I'm talking about. (Man, if I knew then what I know now...well, I'd probably have still been lazy, but I would have felt a lot guiltier about it at the time.)
Seriously, though, how cool would it be to have Made of Fail be a morning show, weekdays at 6-10, check your local listings?
EDIT:
An applicant admitted to the diploma program must be a hight school graduate or have GED certification. Each applicant must successfully pass a live audition, and recieves a written evaluation that measures the applicant's vocal skills relative to articulation, breathing, reading skills, and voice quality and strength. Each skill is evaluated on a scale of 1 to 10, and the applicant must achieve an average of 7 to be admitted to the training program.
I CAN DO THIS.
SON OF EDIT: Okay, guys, the morning-timeslot thing was just an example IT IS NOT THE POINT.
