Here’s the latest video that Geobeats posted:

This job has been so fun already and I’m just getting started!  The Geobeats Vimeo Page has the rest of the videos they’ve done so far.  I love the video and pictures of the architecture in Seoul, Dubai and Beijing.  Too bad I didn’t have to go to each of these places to tell you about their top 5 or 10 attractions;)

I’m trying to save up to buy my first real car.  Like a reliable one where all I worry about is the car payment.  In the meantime, we got a Schwinn electric scooter that, I must say, does almost everything a car can do for me. 

It can go on the subway, you don’t need to pay for licensing or registration on it and I haven’t needed gas in ages.  You just plug it in to the wall!  And our neighbor modified the engine to make it go fast enough where it’s not just a toy, it’s actually useful.  I’ve been getting around lately with nothing that’s gas combustible and it makes me wonder if I even want a car until I can buy a reasonable electric one.

The next thing I’m buying in my life is a nice laundry machine.  I teach exercise so the laundry can pile up fast but, when it does it’s hard to transport everything to the stupid laundry mat.  With Dis’ help, between the bike and the scooter, were were “Makin it Happen” today.

I’m so excited to announce that I was recently hired by Geobeats.  They are a really cool company based in Boston who is hiring me for voice over + editing as well as a little on camera hosting.  And, get this, for the most part I’m talking about travel!  I love this stuff.  There isn’t anything I would rather talk about.  Their editing team is working on my first assignment but here is one of the samples from my first assignment.

Sydney Travel Guide - Top Travel Attractions in Sydney, Australia from geo beats on Vimeo.

This is an on going voice over job where I get to talk about the latest trends and events in New York fashion and designers.  It’s just perfect.

They come out twice a week – check em out!  Go to the Chic Report channel on You Tube or check out Fashion Week Daily’s blog at http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/video/default.sps

Last summer I booked my highest profile voice over job yet….and it was a video game.  I had one actual part, Nara Selephais, and three other ‘incidental’ roles.  All of the parts ended up being super challenging and wicked fun.  The director was so intense to work with.  Ginny McSwain was her name and I’d heard of her several times before of being this great voice over director who does a lot of jobs at Disney.  I was stoked when I found out I’d get to work with her.

Now the trailers are coming out all over the place and I can’t believe the principle cast members!  Check out this trailer to see who I’m in the game with:

One of the ‘incidental’ roles I got to play the madame of an alien whore house – super trashy and smarmy – it was so freakin fun!!!

This is the neighbor kiddo that lives across the hall.  She called me three times today to come over and play Beakiez=)

Tazhae was copying everything that I say while she was playing a game of Beakiez. So I decide to toy with her and say funny things that she has to repeat.  Then you see the camera get planted in front of her when she’s not paying attention. Watch what she does when she figures out she’s being videotaped! Just adorable.

I’ve been doing voice over work for about 6 years now.  Since I started, the industry has done a 180.  You really don’t need to live in Los Angeles anymore to do it and you can do a lot of work via websites to pay the bills while waiting to book that big campaign via your agent.

After some great encouragement from friends and family I’m going to teach a class in Seattle about this stuff.  An all day workshop that really covers the business side of voice over because that’s what has changed so much in the recent past.

Check out the details here:

http://naomisvoiceoverclass.com/

No I am not an editor.  But this sure was fun and there will be more – only they’ll have me in them;)

I love this guy.  I think the first time I made the connection that he was the dude Sound Garden wrote their song about was when I saw him perform at the Oregon Country Fair.  He was like, “I’m so fucking sick of this show.”   Then he threw his spoons over his shoulder and told us a story about how he only has one testicle.

So, pretty much crazy but, when he can channel his energy into playing those spoons, it is truly a sight to be seen and a sound to be heard.

On Saturday I went over to my awesome Aunt and Uncle’s house on Lake Sammamish in Washington. This lake is so stinking pretty and superior to other lakes in that there are no marinas or gas stations on it.  It’s a 73 degrees warm, clear and calm beautiful lake.

They took me wake surfing on their new boat and it was all kinds of fun!  You surf in the constant wake the boat provides.  You get up with a rope and then, as soon as you find the sweet spot on the wave, you toss the rope back into the boat.

It appears this new sport has taken off as there was an annual competition going on somewhere on the lake while we were having our fun.  Here’s a video of the experience.  First my Aunt Cathy goes, then me, then my Uncle Mike. 

P.S. That dog is less than 2 lbs!

P.P.S. Check out how my Uncle horse shoes the rope handle on the knob at 4:24