Cold, sick, and enduring Flautists of Idiocy

April 10, 2006 at 4:23 PM

Man, I have to most god-awful stomach aches today. I feel like there's a knife going from the bottom of my stomach into my rib cage. It's really hard to breathe too...and I've had this since I woke up. This ain't the first time either, which leads me to wonder if I should maybe see a doctor. Hopefully it's nothing worse than a case of acute indigestion.

(Un)fortunately, I have a gig tonight. One of the usuals- half an hour, they pick the amoun of money I get. Okay by me; I usually end up getting good exposure and more money than I would charge anyways. As usual, I'll go through those loverly Handel sonatas (minus the Largos, as they don't impress the public), some solo Bach cello suite excerpts, and watch the 12 guests mill around during cocktail hour and eat their foi gras during dinner. Or whatever. Should be great fun (and it'll give me a chance to try out one of my three new white blouses).

Mr. Neal's been twice as picky since we talked about music school. Know that he knows for sure what I want to do, he seems to have set his heart on being the nastiest little slave driver he can be. Which is a very good thing, and I really like that. But man! He can be tough to please!

After I finished my lesson with him yesterday, we had orchestra rehearsal, which in a word, sucked. Flautists are the epitome of stupid, evil, and blonde (no offense to any blonds out there...Syd...). They were so anal that the conductor, ina fury, took them aside during break. Obnoxious twits. Linda, if you truly wanted to be evil, you'd be a flautist.

*shivers* It's so cold in here! I'm in the university library and I'm literally blowing on my hands to keep warm...and I live in FLORIDA for pete's sake! What is this??? I demand a refund! :-)

Your freezing, ill violinist,
Natasha

From Mister Brucie
Posted on April 10, 2006 at 4:35 PM

Hahaha... I am a flute player and I TOTALLY AGREE with your comment about flutists. We are by far the bitchiest of any instrument, which is saying something.

(I am nice, though -- of course)

From Sydney Menees
Posted on April 10, 2006 at 5:33 PM

Flautists? Hm, never truely encountered any of them. I'll have to take your word for it!

Good luck at your gig tonight. I've been sick the last few days too :-(

From Colleen Russo
Posted on April 10, 2006 at 6:09 PM

talk about being sick...
ive had like mumps, sickness, pink eye everything you can imagine in one week!
all from my lovely sister....

From Karin Lin
Posted on April 10, 2006 at 7:29 PM

There's a new flautist in my orchestra who's male and somewhat geeky-looking, but I think he's hot...maybe because any guy secure enough to play an instrument associated with dumb blondes is pretty neat. :)

Hope you get better soon!

From Danielle Gauthier
Posted on April 11, 2006 at 12:30 AM

My little sister plays the flute and I can't agree more with what you said.

The other day, I was notating my music and she was reading over my shoulder (SO annoying) and asks me was "mf" stood for.
"uh...maybe you should practice"
"no, practice doesn't start with 'f'"

She knew what it was too, and genuinely wanted to know what it stood for. She thought was some kind of sectret violin acronym. Everyone knows it's only a secret to the violas...kidding.

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on April 11, 2006 at 6:45 AM

Come on, guys. Musician jokes are directed towards people who play viola, banjo, or accordion. The flutists/flautists I've known are very good musicians. Natasha, I hope you feel better soon.

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