Puppeteer, at your service

[puppeteergirl.livejournal.com]

Hello sounis! 

I've finally decided to introduce myself. I occasionally hang around chatzy. I've left comments before, but I posted them as savvywriter. In case you are wondering, yes I am a professional puppeteer. No, I have never had a puppet attempt to murder me. The only reason I got a livejournal account is because of this community. 

Ummm what else?

I have seven brothers- one older, 6 younger and one older sister...with the same parents (watches everyones eyes bulge out). 
I live in the USA.
I have never been out of the USA, though most of the members of my family have been at least once.
I love reading books, though lately I've had to stick to unabridged audiobooks, because I've had to multi-task
I love animals (especially cats...when they're not snotty)
I like to read books aloud to my brothers and do all the voices

 I first read The Thief several years ago. I can't remember when exactly, but I thought "Wow, what a great book. I wish there were more books like that." And when I spotted QoA in the shelf at the library, and KoA in the new books section, I pretty much freaked out and had a wonderful weekend reading them both. The good thing is that I found the books in the order you read them in. The annoying thing is that I didn't have to wait to read any of them, and now I'm waiting (and waiting and waiting and waiting) along with the rest of you all for the next book. 

That's pretty much me.

Comments

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

*eyes bulge*

NINE children??? Your poor child-bearing mother, is all I can say. XD

I didn't find QoA or KoA until last year sometime. I had assumed that the Thief was a standalone, and I found its descendants by accident. But now I am eagerly awaiting the next, as you are!

[hikari-cyhan.livejournal.com]

Welcome, Puppeteer! That sounds like an awesome career. Oh God I made a rhyme.

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

I agree. Puppets rock. Glad that you're official now, puppeteer!

[bellawilfer.livejournal.com]

A long time lurker comes out just to say, "Welcome!" and...

I should probably post an intro as well and shock everyone. I have five brothers and five sisters. :-D And yes, they are from the same parents. Big families are marvelous!

[(Anonymous)]

Welcome! Has anyone warned you about the cookies? :)
~Feir Dearig

[kilerkki.livejournal.com]

Does your seventh brother ever strike you as a little odd? Or is it his seventh son you should be watching out for?

So what do you do as a professional puppeteer?

[alineadrklrdsis.livejournal.com]

Lol. I love big families. *Has 5 brothers & 2 sisters with the same parents and a barrage of half-siblings to boot.* Sorry, no eye-bulging here. =P Welcome!

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Welcome to you, too! Yay, a lurker no longer.

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

And people tell me that I have a big family. I'm the second of six. (My mom's the second of ten, so again, not as much eye-popping here.)

I guess, since this an 'introduction' thread I should say "Welcome!" but that seems slightly odd after I've been talking to you in chatzy for a good while... but even so... WELCOME! :)

[lylassandra.livejournal.com]

Or worse, the eighth of an eighth...

[pcw-rcw.livejournal.com]

I (Richard) am the eldest of eight, from a mother who was the youngest of twelve. One of my mother's sisters has fifteen, all Smiths. Perri, poor soul, has only one sibling. Large families are more common than you would think...it's just that they tend to keep a low profile. We're new here, ourselves, but welcome anyway. Being a puppeteer is a fascinating profession. Do you have a specialty?

Puppets ect

[puppeteergirl.livejournal.com]

Wow! Lots of big families in here. Kewl. A question for those of you who have lots of siblings: Have your sisters and brothers taken on odd hobbies? I have one brother who juggles (really well) and one who went from skateboarding to unicycling. And then I'm a puppeteer. I'm wondering if we do that because we're trying to individualize ourselves so we won't be "So-and-so's brother/sister".


My favorite type of puppet to work is the marionette. Marionettes are different from all other puppets in that you are working with gravity instead of against it. My second favorite would be hand puppets. I have done shows with marionettes, hand and rod puppets, and shadow puppets (shadow puppets are not usually holding your hands up to a light and making a duck on the wall. It's more like this: http://www.collaboratorstheatre.co.uk/pics/shadow4.jpg
Right now I'm working on a Little Red Riding Hood show, based on a painting by Tasha Tudor from her book The Doll's Christmas.

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

why is a warning needed?

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

woot for official delurking!

[puppeteergirl.livejournal.com]

"Does your seventh brother ever strike you as a little odd? Or is it his seventh son you should be watching out for?"

Wouldn't the seventh child be the one you are apeaking of? And wouldn't that child be lucky? Seven is generally seen as a lucky number, yes?

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

I'm the oldest of seven natural brothers and sisters. (That sounds odd, because the brothers are almost the youngest, but it also sounds odd the other way.)

That's so cool you read to your brothers... I sometimes read to my siblings as well, and I try to do voices. Does that ability help in your puppeteering?

[kilerkki.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of the stories about the seventh son of a seventh son, where the boy is always a little fey and probably destined for Great and Magical Deeds (like Will Stanton from the Dark is Rising sequence).

[puppeteergirl.livejournal.com]

Yes quite a bit. But its harder when I'm puppeteering, especially because when i'm reading, I have to read as if I'm really speaking naturally in the assumed voice, and when I'm doing the puppet w/voice I have to think of things to say, and say them naturally. I haven't done many live shows (usually they're recorded), but the voices come in handy when I grab a puppet or two for an impromptu show.

[scottykarrde.livejournal.com]

Ooh! That sounds fascinating!
My eyes ain't bugging out yet - ditto here, except that with us, there's six girls and one boy :-)