First day at work today, a cute little old lady came in wanting sheet music for a song she used to sing "back in the day." When the time came, I asked her how she wanted to pay, and without skipping a beat, she retorts, "with MONEY?"
lol.
Monday, May 28, 2012
News: I bought a car today. Tomorrow is my first day of my new job. GROWN UP STUFF.
Meanwhile, funny story from this weekend:
Paul and I went to the symphony on Sunday. Phoenix Symphony Hall is right next to the convention center. On our way there, I remembered that this weekend, the Phoenix Convention Center is hosting Arizona Comicon.
After the symphony performance, the hall emptied, and there were large numbers of symphony patrons, who generally look like this:
Interspersed with Comicon patrons, who generally look like this:
It probably does not need to be said just how amusing this was to Paul and me. We made up a game, called "Symphony or Comicon?" in which we would guess whether the people we passed were leaving the symphony performance or walking around for Comicon.
It was usually pretty easy to tell.
Meanwhile, funny story from this weekend:
Paul and I went to the symphony on Sunday. Phoenix Symphony Hall is right next to the convention center. On our way there, I remembered that this weekend, the Phoenix Convention Center is hosting Arizona Comicon.
After the symphony performance, the hall emptied, and there were large numbers of symphony patrons, who generally look like this:
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| (albeit not so happy) |
It probably does not need to be said just how amusing this was to Paul and me. We made up a game, called "Symphony or Comicon?" in which we would guess whether the people we passed were leaving the symphony performance or walking around for Comicon.
It was usually pretty easy to tell.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
So after 23 days, 42 applications, four interviews, and two rejections, I got a job! I have officially accepted a job at The Music Store in the sheet music department.
"But weren't you already working at The Music Store?" you ask.
No, I was working THROUGH The Music Store. I give them rent, they direct flute students my way and let me teach in their studios. It was a laissez-faire system which worked for both parties. I will still retain this job, and one of the good parts about officially working there is that they are totally willing to work around my lessons.
The best part of the job, though, is that I have a future with the company. The sheet music manager is going back to school this year and will be leaving her job; The Music Store hired me with the intention of grooming me as a replacement. Her job is in the morning, Monday through Friday, and with much higher pay. No weekends. Perfect, perfect, perfect. So within a year, I can expect that if everything goes according to plan, I will have that job!
They also understand that their employees are musicians and want to take gigs, so they are totally okay with me asking off certain days so I can go play my flute for money.
It seems like a really, really good deal for me, one that has the flexibility to allow me to perform, teach, and have a social life. With potential to be long-term. It's not a 9-5 job, but I knew that as a musician, I would likely never have a 9-5 job. I'm okay with that. I think I will be happy working there, they are a great company owned by some really nice people.
Happy times! I am going to drink some champagne tonight :)
"But weren't you already working at The Music Store?" you ask.
No, I was working THROUGH The Music Store. I give them rent, they direct flute students my way and let me teach in their studios. It was a laissez-faire system which worked for both parties. I will still retain this job, and one of the good parts about officially working there is that they are totally willing to work around my lessons.
The best part of the job, though, is that I have a future with the company. The sheet music manager is going back to school this year and will be leaving her job; The Music Store hired me with the intention of grooming me as a replacement. Her job is in the morning, Monday through Friday, and with much higher pay. No weekends. Perfect, perfect, perfect. So within a year, I can expect that if everything goes according to plan, I will have that job!
They also understand that their employees are musicians and want to take gigs, so they are totally okay with me asking off certain days so I can go play my flute for money.
It seems like a really, really good deal for me, one that has the flexibility to allow me to perform, teach, and have a social life. With potential to be long-term. It's not a 9-5 job, but I knew that as a musician, I would likely never have a 9-5 job. I'm okay with that. I think I will be happy working there, they are a great company owned by some really nice people.
Happy times! I am going to drink some champagne tonight :)
This song brings back memories... my first introduction to Michael Jackson. I knew I always had good taste, this is actually a really good song! I like the switch to gospel choir instrumentation at the first modulation. So epic! Give it a listen.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
I love the way my kitty slowly and carefully walks towards me when I lay down to go to sleep at night. How cute he looks when he is playing. How he purrs ALL the time (sometimes for no reason). How he always walks up to greet me whenever I come home. How he follows me around the apartment and looks up at me with his cute little kitty eyes.
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| Man, I love this cat. |
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Job searching is actually pretty fun. I have never really looked for a job before, so it's kind of astounding to me how many there are out there, just waiting to be filled. It's like a game, to find the best job for you. To try to think about the different factors: how much does it pay? what are the hours? how far away is it? what kind of work will you be doing? who will you be working with? I know that it is unlikely that I will find a job with the perfect answers in all of these categories, but it's fun to dream.
I have applied to 30 jobs in the past two weeks, and I've gotten a call from just one! Although there are some recent ones I think I have a good chance for. I heard once that some crazy number, like 60% or something, of jobs that people get are not advertised. It makes me wonder how political getting a job can be. My first job at the Cracker Barrel was a bottom-of-the-barrel job, minimum wage for high schoolers. But it wasn't advertised. I got it simply by walking in and hoping there would be a job for me. My second job, working at the Health Department, was not advertised either. It was a position created especially for me, because I had connections. My current job, teaching flute lessons, I found through word of mouth. Not advertised.
I there may be a job being created for me as I type this. It's two parts exciting, one part scary, to enter a new phase of my life: the working phase.
I have applied to 30 jobs in the past two weeks, and I've gotten a call from just one! Although there are some recent ones I think I have a good chance for. I heard once that some crazy number, like 60% or something, of jobs that people get are not advertised. It makes me wonder how political getting a job can be. My first job at the Cracker Barrel was a bottom-of-the-barrel job, minimum wage for high schoolers. But it wasn't advertised. I got it simply by walking in and hoping there would be a job for me. My second job, working at the Health Department, was not advertised either. It was a position created especially for me, because I had connections. My current job, teaching flute lessons, I found through word of mouth. Not advertised.
I there may be a job being created for me as I type this. It's two parts exciting, one part scary, to enter a new phase of my life: the working phase.
