Carol's Couch

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Carol goes to the Annie's

My first time at the Annie's!

Thanks to a good friend I was able to sit in the very front row on the left.... You couldn't get any closer to the stage!

I have been to Royce Hall at UCLA many times for various performances (Moby Dick by Laurie Anderson was by far one of my favorites). This was the first time I had to climb the 3 tier staircase in heels. Why is the parking lot so far away? We're not college students anymore.

Enough whining.... It was a beautiful evening and fun to see animators dressed up for a change. I was happy to run into two friends as soon as I came near the red carpet. The rest of the evening was all about catching up with friends and eating yummy brownies.

Thanks to animators posting all of the names on my photos, I have most of them here.....

See if you can guess who they all are.... Here are the photos and the names, In no particular order:

Tim Burton : Winsor McCay Award

Tom Sito : June Foray Award

Jeffrey Katzenberg : Winsor McCay Award

Tom Owens : Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Bruno Coulais : Music in an Animated Feature Production

Michael Giacchino : Music in an Animated Television Production

Bruce Timm : Winsor McCay Award

Jen Cody : Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

John Leguizamo : Presenter & Nominee for Voice Over

Bret Haaland : Directing in an Animated Television Production

Shane Prigmore : Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Eric Goldberg : Character Animation in an Animated Feature

Philip To : Character Animation in an Animated Television Production

Tom Kenny : Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

Seth Green : Presenter & Winner for Best Animated Short Subject, ShadowMachine

Tadahiro Uesugi : Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Gwynn Adik : Best Animated Television Commercial

Bob Peterson : Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Don Hahn : Roy Disney Tribute

Pete Docter : Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Directing an Animated Feature Production, Best Animated Feature

Tom McCarthy : Writing in an Animated Feature Production

William T. Reeves : Ub Iwerks Award

Mike Henry : Presenter

Lacy Chabert : Presenter

Nicky Jones : Presenter

Danny Jacobs : Presenter

Jordan Nagai : Presenter

Martin Meunier : Special Achievement Annie

Deep Roy : Presenter

Tony Anselmo : Presenter (Donald Duck)

Russi Taylor : Presenter (Minnie Mouse)

Bill Farmer : Presenter (Goofy)

Sean Aston : Presenter

Yuval Nathan : Best Animated Television Commercial

William Shattner : Host

David X. Cohen : Futurama

Ron Diamond : Best Animated Television Commercial

James Manfield : Animated Effects

Tom McGrath : Presenter

Congrats Tom!!!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

COOL CLEVELAND SHOW GRAFFITI

The Cleveland Show Graffiti link

Found in Milwaukee by a friend of Mike Henry's.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

THE CLEVELAND SHOW airs TONIGHT!

THE CLEVELAND SHOW

on FOX

Sundays at 8:30 PM

ADULT humor

Saturday, December 5, 2009

THANKSGIVING

Our Wyatt, Carey, Murray Thanksgiving

in San Francisco

   This Thanksgiving, after being unemployed for 9 months and almost losing our house a few times...We took a well needed drive up the coast to San Francisco.
Clean, crisp air intermixed with the pre-Christmas frenzy of families shuffling about the city. The energy of the city gave us life.
   All 7 of us actually fit on various parts of a cable car while our youngest kids screamed as we crested Nob Hill. They played on the beach at the unusually, un-crowded Fisherman's Wharf, while our two oldest kids went inside each Giaradelli store over and over again for free samples... Chocolate peppermints.
   Our children were used to not asking for things and did not ask for the M&Ms and Cokes peeking out from the hotel room refrigerator. They did not get upset when the one movie we did purchase stopped unexpectedly right before the end. Our toddler even put the Snickers bars back when we caught him taking them from the fridge.

   We needed this trip. We needed a break. Every month worrying about how we would make the next mortgage payment and utility bill. Stress and arguing building each month. Eating the same meals and not being able to go out. Searching and testing for various jobs. Talking to so many producers I couldn't count them anymore. Making sure to keep good records for each unemployment form. We could not take the kids on outings or buy birthday presents for their friends. We had to choose between paying the phone bill or the gas bill. 3 jobs fell through.
   I was defeated and tired.

   Finally, after months of friends and co workers spreading the word, and me pounding the pavement, I was hired. A week before Thanksgiving. For a network that will keep me employed for at least a year.
   Our children now know how important it is to have a roof over your head and clothes and shoes. They used to spend, spend, spend. Now, they are happy we can stay in our home. This Thanksgiving we were full of gratitude for all of the basics in life and our family sticking it out together. We made it! For now.