June and July filers - NVC to Interview

[Jeraly 4]

Haha - well... you only have like an hour left of work so!! I did suggest yesterday that wine was snuck into a thermos

Ok - so moxie and I are in my chatroom - anyone else game..?!

Haha aww that sucks!!! Ok well it is still showing you are in there so you prolly didn't log out properly - gimme a shout if you head back in and get no response from me - I have the sound on so I can hear when I get a message

[rae_and_scott 1]

Haha - well... you only have like an hour left of work so!! I did suggest yesterday that wine was snuck into a thermos

ha, I WISH! I don't work 9-5. I work at least 10 hour days, and yesterday I worked from 8am to 1am. Tonight I will just quit at some point and drink my damn wine. Or maybe I'll start while I'm still working. lol

[Jeraly 4]

Eww - sounds horrible... I got out of the whole teaching thing because while it looks good on paper it is so crazy you just end up having no life... What do you do if you don't mind me asking? I work in an office - it's ok - I'm always busy so the days pass quickly and it is 9-5 Mon-Fri and only 3 miles from home so about a 30 minute drive each way on average. It isn't much money but I do enjoy having that time to myself while I can enjoy it - am sure things will change when I move though...

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

Haha - well... you only have like an hour left of work so!! I did suggest yesterday that wine was snuck into a thermos

ha, I WISH! I don't work 9-5. I work at least 10 hour days, and yesterday I worked from 8am to 1am. Tonight I will just quit at some point and drink my damn wine. Or maybe I'll start while I'm still working. lol

oh no, you work in film dont you?!?!

[Jeraly 4]

*getting fed up talking to herself in her website chatroom*

[rae_and_scott 1]

Eww - sounds horrible... I got out of the whole teaching thing because while it looks good on paper it is so crazy you just end up having no life... What do you do if you don't mind me asking? I work in an office - it's ok - I'm always busy so the days pass quickly and it is 9-5 Mon-Fri and only 3 miles from home so about a 30 minute drive each way on average. It isn't much money but I do enjoy having that time to myself while I can enjoy it - am sure things will change when I move though...

oh no, you work in film dont you?!?!

lol, you were close Susie. And I don't mind you asking at all Aly! I am an animator; I do animation for graphics for (mostly) tv.

I freelance, and while my hours are long and I work a ton, I also have a lot of freedom, and the money's not bad (I'd say it was good if I didn't live in NYC where a person can't even afford a studio apartment... but that's a whole other can of worms!). Last year I was able to take 4 vacations, and in that, I went to 3 new countries. Prior to being freelance, I slaved away doing the same thing and never travelled anywhere for basically 5 solid years.

I usually work in offices, but occasionally, like now, I get to work from home, which I dig.

But it does get hard, and sometimes I feel like it eats up my life (especially around the holidays)... I haven't been the to gym in forever and I also take a martial art and my attendance there is sucking.

But at least I don't have a boss!

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

lol, you were close Susie. And I don't mind you asking at all Aly! I am an animator; I do animation for graphics for (mostly) tv.

I freelance, and while my hours are long and I work a ton, I also have a lot of freedom, and the money's not bad (I'd say it was good if I didn't live in NYC where a person can't even afford a studio apartment... but that's a whole other can of worms!). Last year I was able to take 4 vacations, and in that, I went to 3 new countries. Prior to being freelance, I slaved away doing the same thing and never travelled anywhere for basically 5 solid years.

I usually work in offices, but occasionally, like now, I get to work from home, which I dig.

But it does get hard, and sometimes I feel like it eats up my life (especially around the holidays)... I haven't been the to gym in forever and I also take a martial art and my attendance there is sucking.

But at least I don't have a boss!

haha, i was very close indeed!! with those hours, and going by the area that we both live in, i felt you were a shoe in!! lol my roommate works in editing and one of my best friends works in production, they both have those insane hours, its unbelievable...

your job definitely doesnt sound half bad though...definitely better than the boring office job that i currently hold...booooooooo...im going to grad school in the fall (not sure where yet, because im still waiting for those acceptance letters!), and would love to start doing some creative things on the side...i love photography, and would love to do some freelance work in that area...

at the current moment though, i am working with a friend on starting up a free-walking tour business in the city...any future tourists??? you know who to talk to!! woot woot!!

creative work coupled with being your own boss is always a great combination

[Jeraly 4]

Wow - that is sooo cool - I was going to set up my own business before everything changed and I decided to move to the US - I did my final dissertation on the use of animation as a teaching tool in elementary schools - I've worked with children aged from 4-10 doing various types of stop-motion so I have a real (amateur) interest in it How did you get into the field?

[rae_and_scott 1]

haha, i was very close indeed!! with those hours, and going by the area that we both live in, i felt you were a shoe in!! lol my roommate works in editing and one of my best friends works in production, they both have those insane hours, its unbelievable...

your job definitely doesnt sound half bad though...definitely better than the boring office job that i currently hold...booooooooo...im going to grad school in the fall (not sure where yet, because im still waiting for those acceptance letters!), and would love to start doing some creative things on the side...i love photography, and would love to do some freelance work in that area...

at the current moment though, i am working with a friend on starting up a free-walking tour business in the city...any future tourists??? you know who to talk to!! woot woot!!

creative work coupled with being your own boss is always a great combination

Well said!

What is your boring office job? Well, if you're going back to school, then it doesn't matter, since you won't have to stay there, right?!

I also love photography. I took a few classes in college and would have actually loved to switch my major over to it but it probably would have cost me an extra year of school (and tuition $$$). I actually have an enlarger and so can do black and white stuff at home in my own bathroom... though I haven't used it in a few years. I want to get a really nice digital SLR this year -- especially since my little point and shoot Elph just crapped out! And on the first day of a vacation no less!

[rae_and_scott 1]

Wow - that is sooo cool - I was going to set up my own business before everything changed and I decided to move to the US - I did my final dissertation on the use of animation as a teaching tool in elementary schools - I've worked with children aged from 4-10 doing various types of stop-motion so I have a real (amateur) interest in it How did you get into the field?

Oh that's cool!

I always knew I wanted to do something creative. I entered college as a drawing major with the plan to switch over to painting, quickly found out that I hate painting (and suck at it lol), and for whatever reason, switched over to computer graphics. So the type of animation I do is not actually cartoons or 3D movies. It's kinda hard to explain. But if you watch tv, you will notice that a lot of the stuff you see is not live footage, but graphics, and that's what I animate (like type, but it's a lot more than that).

Okay, okay, shameless plug, here is my website:

www.keenmedium.com

And you know, I always wonder how people get into their jobs/fields. Seems like so many people just "fall into" whatever they're doing. I've decided my dream job is to become a chocolate taster, but I'm not sure where to start....

[Jeraly 4]

I'll swap you?!?! That is really cool!! I am no painter either - I am more into installation work which is what I ended up getting into through my teaching degree (specialist subject was art and design). I want to set up my own bespoke jewellery business when I move out there

[rae_and_scott 1]

What kind of installation stuff? Is that like, how things are set up in stores?

I love small businesses. We need more of them, and less Wal-Marts. So good for you.

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

Well said!

What is your boring office job? Well, if you're going back to school, then it doesn't matter, since you won't have to stay there, right?!

I also love photography. I took a few classes in college and would have actually loved to switch my major over to it but it probably would have cost me an extra year of school (and tuition $$$). I actually have an enlarger and so can do black and white stuff at home in my own bathroom... though I haven't used it in a few years. I want to get a really nice digital SLR this year -- especially since my little point and shoot Elph just crapped out! And on the first day of a vacation no less!

my boring office job is working as a secretary in a real estate office...i work on the upper east side and deal with all the super super rich people who want to open businesses in this neighborhood...it has nothing to do with my area of study (psychology), its just basically getting me through this year off that im taking...i CANNOT wait to get back to school....i will be going for psychology of language, and doing research in that area...most people dont really understand how, but research is creative in a lot of ways also...i decide what to study, and can create new findings from my studies, i think thats awesome lol what a nerd.

rae, that truly sucks about your camera, but now you have an excuse to get a nicer, fancy one! lol i actually have a pretty descent digital camera that i bought right before i went to florence for the first time...i was taking a photo class in italy, and thats kinda where my love began...recently the nice camera has started to piss me off though, because its too big to bring everywhere!! my brother bought me a crappy little point and shoot for christmas, and i bring that out with my friends and such...i save the nice camera for when its truly needed...are you from ny, or did you move here after college? where did you go to school?

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

im leaving work now, so i will speak to everyone after the weekend (unless i get to my favorite tea lounge / internet cafe)...have a good one!!!!

[Jeraly 4]

Installation stuff... ok - well my project for the last two years of my four year degree were based on the environment... lemme see if I can get some pics going... nothing special...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1885...mp;id=739675434

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-...188562_8755.jpg

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8358...mp;id=739675434

A lot of it was about recycling and deforestation - you might get the idea...