Frank James Bailey

New Years Eve Question:

How many of you think tonight is just like any other normal day and will probably go to bed by 9 or 10pm, waking up into a new year?

I plan on staying up to watch the ball drop my self. I always do.

My favorite New Years Eve was in 1998 - 1999. I was DJing at a night club and I got to play Prince’s song 1999, just after Auld Lang Syne at midnight. I know that sounds silly and stupid but I grew up in the 80’s and I always wanted to play 1999 at midnight for the new year of 1999! That song came out in 1983! And for a kid growing up, I always wanted to know and feel like would it would be like to Party Like It’s 1999!

Anyway…I remember my grandfather (who has been gone for over 10 years now) never stayed up. It’s one of the few things I will always remember from him. He NEVER stayed up for New Years.

What about you?

Happy New Year!

For those of you who do not know…I not only make Youtube videos but I am also a voice actor. I don’t do audio books are medical narration (to long and boring) but I do voice a lot of commercials, liners for radio stations and Internet stations and Internet videos.

Here is the link to my LAST voice over blog of 2011.

http://frankjamesbailey.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/charging-for-re-dos-or-re-writes/

More “fun” stuff and videos tomorrow. 

Frank 

How was your Christmas?

My daughter is only 4. Well, she’ll be 5 in January, so let’s just say she’s 5.

I told my daughter Paige that she has to leave out cookies and milk for Santa. My wife thought it was a little…well, over the top. It was so cute to see that Paige wanted to leave Santa three cookies and a big glass of milk.

Low and behold, on Christmas morning, Santa ate 2 cookies and took a big bite out of the last cookie too. Santa also drank a ½ a glass of the milk.

My wife asked me “why didn’t Santa eat ALL the cookies and drink ALL the milk?”

I told her, “Maybe Santa had so many cookies already (you know, from eating cookies at EVERY house on the planet) he couldn’t eat them all at our house. So he took a big bite out of the last cookie to let Paige know that he DID eat cookies! And he only left ½ a glass of milk so that Paige would know he did drink some of the milk.” The point is…proof that Santa was here!

The reason I bring this up is because my wife never got to experience the “fun” stuff like that.  She’s from a very small town and I’m from the sub-burbs of a big city. Christmas time was a little bit different in my house compared to where my wife grew up. To see the look on my daughter face, when she saw that Santa had eaten the cookies and drank the milk, was priceless. She was totally surprised.

Paige was even more surprised by the all the gifts she got too. A Princess microphone, a princess guitar, some new clothes (which she didn’t seem to care to much for. But what 5 year old likes to get clothes on Christmas) although she did LOVE some of the new dresses she got. My daughter LOVES to put on dresses!

It looks to me that Paige might be a singer when she grows up. She can’t really play the guitar yet but she strums it a lot. And to see her in front of the mike, playing her guitar in a dress, ….she just seems like a soon to be country music star. Like she might be Taylor Swift in about 10 - 15 years!

You’ll see what I mean soon. I’ll post a video when I get a chance to edit. Christmas may be over, but it’s still kind of a crazy week here.

As for me, I didn’t get much, but that’s fine. I got want I wanted and needed. Seeing the smile on my daughters face, when she opened her presents, is the greatest gift for me.

Finally, I want to ask…how was your Christmas?

Frank

This isn’t really a blog. It’s just something quick and funny. I posted this on my facebook and G+ page. Here goes…

A few days ago I went shopping. My wife even made me a list. Milk, bread, eggs, and puffs. So I got milk, bread, eggs and Reese Puffs. Apparently she meant Puffs tissues!

Hard to blow your noise with a bowl of cereal. 

Now come on, if you saw the word “puffs” on a list (and that’s IT…just the word “puffs”) could that not be mistaken for a box of puffs?

I think she’s lucky I didn’t get Coco Puffs.

Check out the link below. Black nerd Comedy! Very funny stuff!

I don’t own this video in any way. I just wanted to show my friends something funny I found. 

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7PTFTIMbDjs

I know I have a different audience on this blog. (Well, for the most part.)

I assume the people who fallow me on Tumblr know I make Youtube videos. But…in case you don’t know, I’m also a voice actor. I do voice overs from my home studio. 

So just in case you would like to read my latest voice over blog, here is the link to my Wordpress Voice Over Blog.  

http://frankjamesbailey.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/to-isdn-or-not-to-isdn-that-is-the-question/

If you do voice overs and have an ISDN line or DO NOT have an ISDN line, I’d like to hear from you.

Frank

Today I went out and ran! 

Well, it was more like a jog.  

Ok…I hardly jogged at all.  

For the first time in YEARS, I went out running. It was me and my sister in law Trish. Trish is an avid runner. She told me the last time she went running (which was over 3 weeks ago) she ran 6 miles! I used to run between 3 – 5 miles, when I ran Cross Country – 20 years Ago!!!

This time…we only did 2 miles. It should have been pretty easy for both of us. Nope!  Just so you know, I do walk every day. If I’m not walking out side, I’m walking on the treadmill.  I usually walk about 2 – 3 miles, but I do walk…EVERYDAY! I spend a LOT of time in front of my computer so I have to walk. I have to keep moving. I’ve gained between 25 – 30 lbs in the past 6 months just sitting in front of my computer do computer related stuff. (NO - Not Porn!) 

Today…that run…kicked my ASS!  

Yea…I think I’ll stick with walking.

Even if I walk 5 miles and it takes me an hour and a ½, at least I wont feel completely worn out.  

So…do you run??

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In case you were wondering why I have’t posted anything here in a few days, this blog will answer that. 

I had a health scare last week. 

This is a link to my voice over blog where I explane everything.

http://frankjamesbailey.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/in-case-of-emergency/

I have a voice over business and I write a voice over blog too. (This one on Tumblr is my personal blog)

Here is the blog I wrote earlier today about my voice over business and my new baby on the way. 

http://frankjamesbailey.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/my-wife-is-expecting/