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September 21, 2004
simulated skin is no laughing matter.
exercising some skills outside of my job description, i found myself in a sound booth recording a voice over for an instructional video, for the second time this month.
one segment of the script called for me to say, " simulated skin pad", but i kept stumbling over the phrase with the equivalant of verbal recoil at the concept. *gack*
however, being a professional, i decided to smile for that phrase to "lighten" the tone...which made me think about the limbs & things superstore hawking simulated skin pads for demonstration purposes only...which was a very short trip to a snorting and giggling fit verbally incapacitating me. understandably, the producers in the sound room were perplexed and straight-faced, reducing me to a squirming 10 year-old trapped in a church pew giggling FOR NO APPARENT reason. which just made it worse.
with tears running down my face, i had to politely excuse myself. until my inexplicable laughing ceased.
good thing i'm a constant source of my own amusement--i just can't seem to find anyone else to let in on the joke.
or it's just a very short trip from a slight smile to laughing my ass off at the slightest provocation.
Posted by heidijanet at September 21, 2004 03:15 PM
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