EXACTLY STOP ACCEPTING THE PREMISE OF THEIR ARGUMENT

People will always look for ways to blame artists having opinions and being human beings instead of ever considering holding management accountable

I parked next to Robert Downey jr once and yes he is that hot

What like it’s hard

Every time I go to the dr in the us, I pay the copay (because they won’t see you without the copay) and then a few weeks later I get a bill saying I didn’t pay the copay. This has happened like six times at different doctors, is this a new scam or something?

Annoying girl was not at all annoying, possibly because she brought a bottle of my favorite tequila with her. We may have an alliance now. Christmas diplomacy

Merry Christmas every one of

I would like to brag about my couronne, best one yet

Yule log has been baked and is cooling, cinnamon rolls are getting beaten up by the mixer, buttercream frosting on deck Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

I am at BevMo and I have a dilemma— my cousin is bringing her extremely annoying friend to xmas (she brings randos pretty often) (and I’m planning to get very drunk). We usually drink lots of tequila (I drink it, everyone else shoots it). Should I buy expensive tequila I like or shot tequila

The admin is emailing us at midnight three days before Xmas with a schedule for when we need to come and hear our audition feedback during the holiday break 🤡 I almost feel bad for the kid in the office

This year needs to fucking stop with its bullshit My electric meter has been broken since 2024, and I reported it but they didn’t do anything about it. Until this billing cycle!!! Now my bill is half my rent!!

Auditions update: results (and feedback 🙄) will be given in person in fucking january, two weeks before rehearsals start. If these motherfuckers think I’m changing my flight for that bullshit they are wrong

There’s a super white girl on tiktok saying she was detained at the “Mexico airport” because she didn’t look like her passport photo. Girl them making you wait at the desk while they try over and over to verify your identity is not being “detained” gtfo

In more fuck this year news I think I have a parasite 🤡 very normal for Mexico but the treatment isn’t over the counter in the us where I am 🫠

I decided to pretend my birthday is today instead of two days ago, because two days ago was a nightmare concert, but today now comes with an 8 hour flight delay and a $250 uber 😭

I’m so done with this year lmao I’m flying home for the holidays and my flight has been diverted because of weather to an airport 1000 miles from my destination at 4 am 🤡

Our admin is so fucking horrible, the boss is going around saying so many talented people came to the auditions that they can replace half the orchestra (25 external people máximum showed up)

The harpist managed to get out of the gig today and no one has asked the pianist if he would please play the cadenza in nutcracker suite and he is pissed about it

I literally don’t understand what is so hard about getting microphones in place before the orchestra gets there. Hear me out, someone from the admin tells them how many are needed and where to put them, it doesn’t have to be like this god jesus

Last runout of the holiday concert today. I swear to god I’m never playing this concert again, even if I have no other job next year I am quitting before next december

We are doing our annual holiday ritual of wasting a fuck ton of time in the soundcheck for the outdoor Christmas concert. Every year I want to gouge my eyes out and this year is no different

More insane audition news: In addition to an audition people who wanted to be concertmaster had an interview with the GM. Two of my friends who interviewed told me what they were asked:

This dude is even rude to a children’s choir

In more horrible audition news, the strings went through with the internal and external people in separate rounds, and the winds are not being separated

Ok just got home, it went great especially considering I practiced for 45 minutes total, I should not practice excerpts more often. Stay tuned for monday when they tell us if we still have jobs or not

In added absurdity there’s an extremely loud event in the main hall which you’ll absolutely be able to hear from the rehearsal hall next door where the auditions are 🤡

Just got to my audition, they told me to come an hour later but it looks like they’re more like 2.5 hours later lmao

I bought my cat a sweater for $200 pesos and she LOVES it and it’s the only thing keeping my mental health together atm

Auditions started this morning and they’re already two hours behind their ridiculous schedule by noon lmao

Lmao according to the audition schedule external applicants are getting half the amount of time for their auditions as people in the orchestra already 🤡 I couldn’t invent a more absurd scenario if I tried

I’ve been taking auditions for 20 years now and I swear I’ve only seen Verdi requiem on one audition that wasn’t for an opera orchestra so tell my why tf half of the excerpts for the audition I have to take to keep my job are fucking Verdi requiem 🙄 I’m so pissed I have to spend time working on this

I saw a comment yesterday that Australians pronounce “oh no” like R N R and I’ve been laughing about it ever since. Then my bestie told me “rise up lights” is how they say razor blades I’m crying 🤣

They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.

I heard from a few of my colleagues that this week’s pops program is reduced orchestration, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want that clearly communicated by management

North: Oslo South: Buenos Aires

I survived and there were surprisingly few disasters. A lot of surprise tempos as is custom with this guy though

They only remembered there’s a chorus on monday at the first rehearsal

Minutes since rehearsal started: 40 Notes played: 0 7 hours to opening (and 10 to closing!!)

Whatever Bluesky did with the algorithm is making some truly weird porn accounts show up on my timeline

Today when my stand light died in rehearsal and I waved to try to get the attention of the person with extra lamps, the general manager had a little hissy fit wanting to know what I could possibly need and why I need a light at all This is an excellent working environment

Hear me out, how about the people in charge coordinate things among themselves before the general rehearsal

You’d think if you were going to spend all this money putting on a ballet they would at least hire one person who knows what the fuck to do so we can rehearse instead of sitting here wasting time, later I guarantee you they’re going to ask us for more rehearsal later today

Trapped in the pit waiting for the stage to be ready with bass trombone one one side and piccolo on the other send help SHUT UP WE HAVE 6 HOURS OF REHEARSAL TODAY

This girl I know just had a baby after a 91 HOUR LABOR, how on earth is that a thing that can happen (I’m grateful every day to have been sterilized but especially today)

Six hours of nutcracker rehearsal with only a 30 minute break (!!!!!!) scheduled on fucking thanksgiving fml like I know this country doesn’t do thanksgiving but come on you don’t have to totally ruin it for me

Today I went to a workshop, did two loads of laundry, and made four meals for the week please clap No I did not practice nutcracker f that noise, we have like 22 hours of rehearsal this week fml

My grocery delivery arrived 40 minutes before the window (again) and even though I was home I was teaching so I made them come back later, they have to learn

So the MD wants an apology from the orchestra for ruining his reputation because people are mad that they’re auditioning every position (except MD who had no audition) 🤡

So the audition my colleagues and I all have in order to keep our jobs will in fact be behind a curtain. I feel despair and I don’t even want this fucking job any more