Chapter One - The Brit

Ok, so today wasn't one of my best days. It started with me waking up this morning very exhausted, yelling at the kids 30 minutes later to get ready for school. Got into the car straight into the traffic jam from hell, which Waze, in its best intentions, tried to get me out of only to lead me to the same intersection three times. So I went over a traffic island and bumped my car.

I just gave up and drove home. 

So, I worked from home today and ditched the dubbing studio session I was supposed to get to. At the end of the session, which I ditched, I'm getting a call from one of the actors I work with who also attended the session as a director this time. He asked me kind of angrily who wrote the script they were reading today. He said the script is, to put mildly, a Google Translate quality written by someone who never bothered watching the video. It was me. I wrote that script.

Abiding with all the insults I could possibly take, I apologized, admitted my wrongful doing, and of course, tried to defend myself. And he merely laughed with embracement. Wanting to cry really bad after this call, I just kept working. I sent the recordings from today's session to my boss for approval. Now, he's an odd bird. You can never tell what mood he's in, but he always looks as though he couldn't be bothered with anything. His morning hellos could make flowers wither.

So, I sent him an email and, BAM, I did something wrong. I sent today's recording WITHOUT A VIDEO. His answer was "How am I supposed to approve this without a video? I would imagine you'd know this by now!!" Now, I know it may sound like petty stuff, but I truly wanted to bury my head in the sand and stay there all fuckin' day. I felt like shit. And I'm actually writing this post thinking (or maybe knowing) I may have the writing skills of a non-native English writer, but let me just say this...

To everyone out there reading this...

I AM NOT a native English speaker. I AM NOT a native English writer. English IS NOT my first language. I just LOVE writing in English. and I think I am OK. 

This post is especially dedicated to the man, the dubber, the Brit who trashed my script-translating skills today and was appalled (whoah!!) by its quality. 

Man, fuck you!

Thanks for reading 😇