Hey hey everyone hope you all are well. Just thought I would fill you all in on what's going on with me and the industry. The voice actors for The Simpsons are still in negotiations with Fox for their new contracts. What they want is instead of making $376,000 an episode they want $500,000 an episode, which is more than reasonable because 300,00 an episode is just not enough. How on earth are they going to pay for those 5 extra cars to fit in their 10 car garage that's attached to their mansions? Of course what does that mean for me and the rest of the crew? Well we get to sit on our hands and wait until they can come to an agreement because if there's no voices for the shows then there's no work. Here's the best part guess how much of a pay raise I'll get if the actors get their way? Zero. That's right we won't see an extra dime and on top of that there's still the rumor that the Screen Actors Guild, which the voice actors are a part of, might strike because all the actors in hollywood feel that their multi-million dollar salaries aren't cuttin' it anymore. Basically they want the same deal as the writers; if you haven't seen the South Park episode from this season that touches on the writers strike you need to watch it NOW because they do an incredible job in describing how ridiculous everyone is being.
Anyway, all this free time has let me do some things I haven't gotten to do in a while, such as my own animation test's, more time with my girlfriend
and play more poker. But golly I do miss that paycheck, oh well, some day I'll rise up and take back this industry for all of us extremely hard working artists. Until then keep watching the ski's, I mean skies.
Relief
Neglect
Spring Fever
Frustrated
Lazy
