Speaker 1
I am short. I like basketball. My father drives a truck. I like to work outside. My mother is from canada.
Speaker 2
I'm a painter. I like making music. I don't want a boss. I try to love everyone. I live within my means.
Speaker 1
I work as a landscaper. I like to work by myself. I enjoy playing basketball. I am short. My family and I are Canadian.
Speaker 2
I am self employed.I am a painter. I write and play music. I am a short person. I am from Virginia. I love Virginia. I don't think the weather in Virginia is very nice.
Speaker 1
Hello stranger! I hope you are ready to get to know me.
Speaker 2
Hello! What do you do for a living?
Speaker 1
I enjoy to work outside, mainly landscaping and such. You?
Speaker 2
I can't handle having a boss, so I work for myself.
Speaker 1
I enjoy working by myself as well. Do you have any hobbies?
Speaker 2
Yes, mainly the arts. Painting and creating music! You?
Speaker 1
Although my short stature might deceive you, I enjoy playing basketball.
Speaker 2
Same here, and I also do not have much height to me!
Speaker 1
Short people unite! Where are you from?
Speaker 2
Virginia. I love it here and I love everyone! You?
Speaker 1
My mom is originally from canada so I stayed in the area. It gets rather cold.
Speaker 2
The weather in virginia is insane. Snow one day, hot the next.
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Speaker 1
I work as a landscaper. I like to work by myself. I enjoy playing basketball. I am short. My family and I are Canadian.
Speaker 2
I am self employed.I am a painter. I write and play music. I am a short person. I am from Virginia. I love Virginia. I don't think the weather in Virginia is very nice.
Speaker 1
We are doing landscaping for Justin Trudeau next week. I can't believe they choose me to do such an important job!
Speaker 2
OMG, that will be so cool. I imagine it will be a big job though. A man like that won't have a small garden!
Speaker 1
I haven't seen the garden yet, do you really think it will be that big?
Speaker 2
100%! I reckon it will be split into sections though, I doubt it will be one large area of land. If I was to guess, he will probably only want another section doing, rather than the whole thing. You NEED to send me some pictures when you can
Speaker 1
I will get lots of pictures, if i find the time! He did say I might need to be there for a month. I just thought he meant that so I would do a good job.
Speaker 2
oh god... I think he probably means his garden is on the large size. I wish you the best of luck. Maybe you could get a selfie with him, that would be one for the archives
Speaker 1
I never even thought about it that way. You are getting me worried that it is some English country manor estate. I'll get a selfie but I will be looking very tired.  
Speaker 2
It may be like that yeah, not sure of the architecture style in Canada though. I assume similar. But, it might be more similar to french-style. Whatever that is... I wouldn't worry, it is a great opportunity. It will definitely pay well.
Speaker 1
It will be the big break I have been looking for. I'll be landscaping all the big stars next!
Speaker 2
If you could pick one big star to landscape, who would you choose?
Speaker 1
Definitely Jim Carrey, I just know he'd want something weird. 
Speaker 2
Imagine if you turned up, and he was playing one of his whacky characters. Cable Guy would be soooo funny! Have you seen it?
7 days
Speaker 1
I work as a landscaper. I like to work by myself. I am planning to take a lot of pictures of my landscaping job. I would like to landscape Jim Carrey's yard. I enjoy playing basketball. I am short. My family and I are Canadian.
Speaker 2
I am self employed.I am a painter. I write and play music. I am a short person. I am from Virginia. I love Virginia. I don't think the weather in Virginia is very nice.
Speaker 1
Have you written any new music lately?
Speaker 2
I have actually!  I just finished the first draft of a new song yesterday.
Speaker 1
Well I would definitely like to hear it sometime! :) is there anything specific the song is about?
Speaker 2
I hope to record a version of it pretty soon!  It's just your typical rock song about a girl haha.  Have you done any fancy landscaping recently?
Speaker 1
Perhaps about a short girl that took the midnight train going to Virginia? haha! And I have actually! I helped out someone create this really beautiful garden. I will be going back later to take a bunch of pictures of it all. 
Speaker 2
That's awesome!  Have you ever made a hedge maze for anyone? I've always thought it would be super cool to have one of those in the front yard of my palace LOL.
Speaker 1
No but that is definitely one of my dream goals to create. Specifically, the one that looks like it's from the Shining lol
Speaker 2
It's pretty huge though.  That would probably be all work and no play haha.  I hope you get to do that one day – perhaps for Jim Carey :-) 
Speaker 1
Omg yes!! That would mean everything to me. Then maybe sneak in a picture with Jim! haha 
Speaker 2
I would gladly come and paint a portrait of you and Jim in his new hedge maze!
7 days 5 hours
Speaker 1
I work as a landscaper. I like to work by myself. I am planning to take a lot of pictures of my landscaping job. I would like to landscape Jim Carrey's yard. I enjoy playing basketball. I am short. My family and I are Canadian. I want to create a hedge maze. I have watched The Shining. I am a fan of Jim Carey.
Speaker 2
I am self employed.I am a painter. I write and play music. I am a short person. I am from Virginia. I love Virginia. I don't think the weather in Virginia is very nice. I wrote a new song yesterday. I want to record my music. I write rock songs. I like hedge mazes. I have watched The Shining too. I paint portraits.
Speaker 1
Do you think any of your paintings will end up in Art Museums one day?
Speaker 2
Oh, I don't think so.  That would be amazing but I think it's just a nice dream to have and not something I can realistically think about.
Speaker 1
I think they will! Or perhaps your music will end up winning a grammy! What genre is your favorite
Speaker 2
It's mostly rock but has some traces of blues and pop in it.  what types of music do you enjoy?
Speaker 1
Classical is my favorite. I used to play the flute in college. What's your latest project?
Speaker 2
Oh, classical is great, too.  A part of me wishes I could play in a symphony.  But it's definitely easier to do popular music.  I'm thinking that I might start trying to combine my painting and music, either with a series of paintings that have accompanying musical pieces, or creating paintings that are inspired by listening to new music I write.
Speaker 1
Would that art be called do you think? Do you know if anyone ever done that before?
Speaker 2
I'm not sure.  The idea just sort of came to me as I was fiddling with my latest song.  I started seeing images spring up in my mind and I sort of wondered why I'd never combined the two art forms.  I'm sure someone must have done something like this before.  I mean, there are exhibits where installations feature music and sound, so that's really the same idea.
Speaker 1
Maybe I can do landscaping inspired by music. I'm working on a new sports theme project so maybe I can find some music that will inspire me
Speaker 2
That's a really cool idea.  Tell me about this new sports themed project.
Speaker 1
I'm thinking of doing the hedges that will resemble a basketball court. Maybe it'll go viral and get Jim carrey's attention
Speaker 2
That would be so cool.  Do you have a drone you can use to get overhead shots?  I'm sure people would be excited to see creative hedge designs, sort of like crop circles or fancy haircuts.
12 days 5 hours
Speaker 1
I work as a landscaper. I like to work by myself. I am planning to take a lot of pictures of my landscaping job. I would like to landscape Jim Carrey's yard. I enjoy playing basketball. I am short. I would like my basketball court hedge design to go viral. I would like to get Jim Carrey's attention. My family and I are Canadian. I want to create a hedge maze. I have watched The Shining. I am a fan of Jim Carey. I like classical music. I played the flute in college. I am working on a sports themed landscaping project.
Speaker 2
I am self employed.I am a painter. I write and play music. I am a short person. I am from Virginia. I love Virginia. I don't think the weather in Virginia is very nice. I wrote a new song yesterday. I want to record my music. I write rock songs. I like hedge mazes. I have watched The Shining too. I paint portraits. I don't think my paintings will be in an art museum one day. I'm a musician. Rock, blues and pop are my favorite genres. I like classical music. I wish I could play in a symphony. I think pop music is easier than classical. I might start combining painting and music. I have never combined painting and music before. I am a creative thinker. I get ideas while making music. I see images in my mind while listening to music.
Speaker 1
Have you written any new songs or painted any portraits?
Speaker 2
I thinking of doing something Jackson Pollock inspired. I am going to play "We are the Champions" and see where it takes me. 
Speaker 1
That is a really great song! I think I will play it today too. How long does it usually take you to write a new song? 
Speaker 2
It depends on the inspiration. My last song took about a week which is pretty good for me. 
Speaker 1
Well I would love to hear it when you're done! I know it will be good.
Speaker 2
Yeah, I am not sure if I am going to continue the song writing for a bit. I am kind of into this whole idea of reinventing the self portrait.
Speaker 1
That sounds interesting.... Reinventing the self portrait. What do you have in mind on how to do that?
Speaker 2
I am going to take the persona of the person, deduce what colors represent them and then play the music that speaks to me all while reinterpreting Jackson Pollack.
Speaker 1
That should turn out amazing! If you need a subject ever I would love to volunteer for a portrait!
Speaker 2
Perfect. Then you can see what I am talking about. I am going to bring abstract expressionist portraits mainstream.
Speaker 1
That would be awesome! Do you ever paint anything other than portraits?
Speaker 2
I painted my dog Scruffy for a sixth grade talent competition one time. 
18 days 5 hours