Voice Over Girl
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Friday, September 30, 2016
Another birthday and all it's thoughts
After saying Happy Birthday to Jeff, who shares the same birthday as me (exact day! and year!), and he saying it back to Me upon waking, I woke up today and said to myself "how in the hell did I get to this age?"...And then I thought even more about it, as I stumbled into the bathroom and looked in the mirror and stared at my face. If I was going to face another birthday I may as well look good, so I immediately showered, and did my hair, applied a little make up and started thinking...I know what I did in these years to get here today....I married twice, I had over 12 Radio jobs, I made so many dear friends, I laid my Mom and my Dad to rest, I traveled Europe, the USA, bought myself a Condo near the beach, I started my voice over career, bought a few cars, had some very lows in life and some very highs, and I survived cancer not once but twice. Oh yea and I stopped at that thought...I really could not have even been here from those 2 cancers, they were serious and not to be messed with. So I beat those odds and here I was having another birthday and still grumpy about it. As I was finishing up styling my hair, I heard the phone ring from downstairs. Jeff answered it and went out back to the patio and said "Hey Addie, oh thank you, how nice of you to call"...then I knew this is why I am still here today. A phone call from my son to wish Me Happy Birthday. That is why, and then I peek into my office and see a few voice over project orders on the computer , and I think that is why I am here too, and last but not least, I take a peek into my Facebook page, and there were hundreds of well wishers. Some with the nicest words, and some just a pop in wish. My heart was warm and I knew then it's a good day to be alive.So the laughing little girl from many birthdays ago is now a big girl and can realize it's the littlest things that can keep me living and I am grateful for every single one of them and today is a good birthday to celebrate.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Sully's mindset when I met Him
Being in radio as a deejay has given me the opportunity to meet some very incredible people...of course there was Boz. Not that it was a radio event, but I could quickly pitch in my 30 second elevator speech, "that all formats I worked at in radio we played one of his songs"-at least it gave me some credibility in those brief moments that I will savor forever! , lol, But then there was Kenny Loggins, Tony Bennett, Smokey Robinson, David Sanborn, Dionne Warwick, Anne Murray, the band Chicago, Ray Parker, Sports figures, Rock n Roll musicians, and then there was Sully. Captain Sully, the miracle on the Hudson airline pilot.
I was emceeing a concert at a local venue in Danville. The opportunity dropped in my lap because I had worked with Jim at Primetime Entertainment when I emceed for a KKSF gig. He offered me the summer concert series to emcee at Blackhawk Plaza. A bit nervous, as this is not the Radio booth, this is upfront and in front of everyone, so I strolled around the plaza killing some time before I was to take the stage. I looked across the atrium and there was Sully. I was a bit star struck, I thought how terrific to see him there and approached him for a photo. What a sweet gentleman he was, as he obliged. But his wife stopped Me for a moment and asked what I was doing with the photo. I explained to her I was emceeing and it is always so fun to collect photos of my events, and I might post it on Facebook, she accepted my answer and there we posed. Of course I proudly displayed it on Facebook and received hundreds of likes, and I thought how cool it was that little 'ol Me had that opportunity. Now we have a big screen movie out on Sully- the ever so talented Tom Hanks playing him. (Academy Award material in my opinion) I of course waited for release date and again posted my photo on my Facebook page with Sully, the "likes" came rolling in once again. I knew I had to see this movie, and so I set out to do so today. What happened to Me while watching the movie was a complete surprise. The overwhelming emotion of sadness came over Me within the first 30 seconds of the movie. I couldn't believe the tears streaming down my face, and how my chest hurt and my whole body felt so heavy while sitting there, I quickly calculated when was it that I posed with Sully- it was during the NTSB interrogations. I realized I was clueless as I stood there with him at the plaza that day in July. I realized, as he was our hero, he was tormented, yet I didn't know, I had no idea what this gentle man had endured. What his wife endured, his daughters. Here I was so giddy with being able to brag about my meeting and there Sully was processing all that had reoccured that day back in January 2009, how silly of Me, I can only hope he is at peace with his heroic act, and I can only hope I know in the future when meeting one of my stars I reflect on where they are at in that moment of their life. Radio has given me many opportunities, but this one was the best gift ever. Dang, Sweet Sully, always a hero.
I was emceeing a concert at a local venue in Danville. The opportunity dropped in my lap because I had worked with Jim at Primetime Entertainment when I emceed for a KKSF gig. He offered me the summer concert series to emcee at Blackhawk Plaza. A bit nervous, as this is not the Radio booth, this is upfront and in front of everyone, so I strolled around the plaza killing some time before I was to take the stage. I looked across the atrium and there was Sully. I was a bit star struck, I thought how terrific to see him there and approached him for a photo. What a sweet gentleman he was, as he obliged. But his wife stopped Me for a moment and asked what I was doing with the photo. I explained to her I was emceeing and it is always so fun to collect photos of my events, and I might post it on Facebook, she accepted my answer and there we posed. Of course I proudly displayed it on Facebook and received hundreds of likes, and I thought how cool it was that little 'ol Me had that opportunity. Now we have a big screen movie out on Sully- the ever so talented Tom Hanks playing him. (Academy Award material in my opinion) I of course waited for release date and again posted my photo on my Facebook page with Sully, the "likes" came rolling in once again. I knew I had to see this movie, and so I set out to do so today. What happened to Me while watching the movie was a complete surprise. The overwhelming emotion of sadness came over Me within the first 30 seconds of the movie. I couldn't believe the tears streaming down my face, and how my chest hurt and my whole body felt so heavy while sitting there, I quickly calculated when was it that I posed with Sully- it was during the NTSB interrogations. I realized I was clueless as I stood there with him at the plaza that day in July. I realized, as he was our hero, he was tormented, yet I didn't know, I had no idea what this gentle man had endured. What his wife endured, his daughters. Here I was so giddy with being able to brag about my meeting and there Sully was processing all that had reoccured that day back in January 2009, how silly of Me, I can only hope he is at peace with his heroic act, and I can only hope I know in the future when meeting one of my stars I reflect on where they are at in that moment of their life. Radio has given me many opportunities, but this one was the best gift ever. Dang, Sweet Sully, always a hero.
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