Problem: I do a lot of different things.
Solution: make a video talking about my work history, who I am, what I do.
(And pray the right person sees it and hires me, hey, maybe that’s you!)
I’m Jason Rugg, an animator, illustrator, editor, voice actor. Let’s work together.
I grew up in a mega church.
I recently started attending a much smaller church, and I gotta tell you, it’s bizarre to go to a church where the pastor knows my name.
Ran into one of my parent’s neighbors and she said “what’s your dad’s name again? Jim?”
And I said “Mark”
And she goes “oh I knew it was one of the apostles.”
You know. Jim the apostle.
Thinking about when I started college as a sheltered homeschool kid and someone said “hey, Jason come on over, pop a squat!” And my brain was like “is this a drug thing”
Turns out it was slang for “take a seat”
Shoutout to the cashier who said “execute order 66” when he gave me my number at Corner Bakery today.
When I laughed and said “Do not hesitate, show no mercy” he busted out laughing and said I was the first person to get the reference, he’s been doing it for 3 months. 🫡
The wise men brought Him gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. But they were, all of them, deceived, for another gift was made.
The little drummer boy in the Deep.
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People: “oh no, we’re getting a half inch of snow tomorrow, we need to cancel everything!”
Chicago: “We lit the railroad tracks on fire to melt the ice. See you tomorrow.”
If you need something a little more light today, because, you know, everything... Here are the bloopers/technical difficulties from this week's episode of the Holy Post
@philvischer
@SkyeJethani
@KaitlynSchiess
My dad's older brother died when my dad was just 2 years old. Randy Rugg died from Measles at the age of 4, just 2 years before the Measles vaccine could have saved his life.
I grew up wondering who my uncle could have been.
Vaccines work. Get vaccinated. Save lives. Please.
A year ago,
@SkyeJethani
tweeted it was my birthday and asked folks to follow me. It brought me some great new friends and most of you reading this right now. It’s been a massive blessing and I’ll always be thankful for that!
Late last week, my friend Jeff died from inoperable brain cancer. It was a long battle.
Tomorrow’s the visitation.
I’m not ready for how much I’m gonna cry.
Forgive me if I don’t have anything funny to say for a while.
I dunno if anyone else feels this way but I’ve completely burned out on being able to pay attention to politics.
My brain just can’t handle the stupidity and polarization anymore.
I left my position at the Holy Post in mid January. The show was my first consistent client out a college, and my first real job (besides mowing lawns)
I’m incredibly thankful for the experience and skills I gained in my time there. And meeting so many of you tweeps.
One thing I'll never understand about Dave Ramsey (boo, hiss) is why they always wear these headphone/mic combos like they're commentating on the Daytona 500
If you search "Holy Post" in the twitter gif search this gif of
@SkyeJethani
comes up and I think this might be one of my best contributions to to the Holy Post Cinematic Universe
It's pretty surreal to think about how long I've worked for
@philvischer
(5 years this month) and how long his work has impacted my life. VeggieTales had such an impact on me that I still get sad whenever I cut up a tomato
Me: …And that’s why the Star Wars prequel trilogy is really underrated and doesn’t deserve the hate it receives
Priest: the bride has also chosen to write her own vows
My parents asked my grandma about getting a life alert and she just said “you don’t need a life alert if your first fall is hard enough.”
For being 86 she’s pretty metal
News Anchor: The COVID-19 Pandemic is causing social isolation and cabin fever in a large portion of the population.
Homeschooled kids: I've been training my whole life for this
I made several life-long friends working on the Holy Post, and found my creative partner.
It would have been 7 years next week. I’m still trying to figure out exactly what’s next. But I’m excited to see what the next chapter brings.
Sure, AI art is cool, for a few seconds. But I’ve never been compelled to sit and study AI Art.
Unlike Nighthawks, which I’ve studied for hours and hours of my life. It’s breathtaking [and massive] in person
Ai art is junk food. Human-made art is a gourmet meal.
Today marked 365 days of closing my rings every single day!
One year ago, I put on my Apple Watch for the first time and started taking my fitness a lot more seriously. Here’s to the next 365!
When I was 8 my grandpa said “Flossing every day can add 5 years to your life. But what they don’t tell you is that those years are at the end of your life. The ones where you’re in pain and wish you hadn’t flossed so you could just die.”
So yeah he was a pretty optimistic guy
As gas prices drop the price of paint scrapers will skyrocket because of all the republicans furiously trying to remove the Biden “I did that” stickers from the pumps
Some white people don’t think white privilege exists but totally accept the concept of Back to the Future, where just changing how your parents meet can change the car you drive, job you have and the furniture in your house.
A year ago, I tweeted this after struggling to find a church for a long time.
@MatCamerer
(who I’d never met) saw my tweet and slid into my DMs and invited me to his church.
And I couldn’t be more thankful for the community and friendships I’ve found there.
I spent last thanksgiving anxious, angry, and on the verge of quitting my job.
This year, I spent it full of joy, laughter and peace.
I have a lot to be thankful for this year.
We had a pile of technical issues this week on the Holy Post Podcast. I'm having to piece together strings of recordings from each person, as our new recording service stuttered and stopped for SOME PEOPLE (looking at you,
@SkyeJethani
) This is gonna be a long night.
I got CPR certified in college at
@AuroraU
. It counted as half a credit. I’ve never had the chance to use it, but awful moments like tonight with Damar Hamlin show that you never know when you’ll need it.
If you can, please learn CPR this year. It just might save a life.
Just thinking back on 2021 and realizing how many leaps I took in the last year. Not all of them paid off. Some hurt more than I would have liked.
But all in all…
I’m proud of me.
Well, I feel like I just hit a voice acting milestone.
I just stumbled across an ad with my voice in it for the first time in the wild! Just a random lil YouTube pre-roll featuring me!