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more randomness
Oct. 25th, 2007 11:48 am1.
me: I am looking for a voice teacher.
T the Chorus Master: Here is a list. Try this person!
me: [calls Voice Teacher Number One]
VT#1: [calls back a week later to say she's on her way out of the country but will call me when she returns, approx. July 2]
weeks and weeks: [go by]
me: [calls VT#1 again]
VT#1: I can't take any new students just now, but I will e-mail you within a week with some other suggestions.
weeks and weeks: [go by]
me: So I sent my e-mail again, and I've heard nothing, so I kind of give up on her and am coming back to you for more advice. Unless you have some sort of bat-signal you can activate to persuade her to return a person's e-mail.
T the Chorus Master: I do not have a bat-signal, but thanks for letting me know she's so swamped, and I'll stop sending people her way. Here are some other names.
me: [tries some other people, without success]
VT#1: So sorry to be so long getting back to you! Here are some other suggestions.
me: Do you know any of these people?
T the Chorus Master: Sorry this is turning out to be such a drag. Try that person, we know her!
me: [calls Voice Teacher Number Two]
phone: [rings and rings and rings and rings and rings and does not go over to voice mail or answering machine]
me: Just to keep you posted, I did finally call VT#2, and couldn't leave a message, but I will try again, because I am Determined!
all of which I mention as a setup to the comment I got last night at rehearsal:
R the Director: T has been keeping me up to date on your efforts to find a voice teacher. I'm so sorry it's been so difficult for you. But what's a bat-signal?
:-D
I just called VT#2 again and did get a machine this time, so I left a message, and e-mailed both R and T to keep them posted (since R asked that I do this) - and while I was at it, I included a link to the Wikipedia entry on Bat-Signal. :-D
2.
A curling friend I think I have positively identified as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sosovirtuoso was telling us that his Chinese family name has to do with winning, but specifically winning through perseverance; and that his Chinese generation name has to do with a type of tree; and that his Chinese given name means more or less "man, person, individual".
"Huh," I said. "A man who carries the day, with trees. So what you're saying is that your Chinese name is MacDuff."
Game, set, match to Fox, I believe. :-)
me: I am looking for a voice teacher.
T the Chorus Master: Here is a list. Try this person!
me: [calls Voice Teacher Number One]
VT#1: [calls back a week later to say she's on her way out of the country but will call me when she returns, approx. July 2]
weeks and weeks: [go by]
me: [calls VT#1 again]
VT#1: I can't take any new students just now, but I will e-mail you within a week with some other suggestions.
weeks and weeks: [go by]
me: So I sent my e-mail again, and I've heard nothing, so I kind of give up on her and am coming back to you for more advice. Unless you have some sort of bat-signal you can activate to persuade her to return a person's e-mail.
T the Chorus Master: I do not have a bat-signal, but thanks for letting me know she's so swamped, and I'll stop sending people her way. Here are some other names.
me: [tries some other people, without success]
VT#1: So sorry to be so long getting back to you! Here are some other suggestions.
me: Do you know any of these people?
T the Chorus Master: Sorry this is turning out to be such a drag. Try that person, we know her!
me: [calls Voice Teacher Number Two]
phone: [rings and rings and rings and rings and rings and does not go over to voice mail or answering machine]
me: Just to keep you posted, I did finally call VT#2, and couldn't leave a message, but I will try again, because I am Determined!
all of which I mention as a setup to the comment I got last night at rehearsal:
R the Director: T has been keeping me up to date on your efforts to find a voice teacher. I'm so sorry it's been so difficult for you. But what's a bat-signal?
:-D
I just called VT#2 again and did get a machine this time, so I left a message, and e-mailed both R and T to keep them posted (since R asked that I do this) - and while I was at it, I included a link to the Wikipedia entry on Bat-Signal. :-D
2.
A curling friend I think I have positively identified as
sosovirtuoso was telling us that his Chinese family name has to do with winning, but specifically winning through perseverance; and that his Chinese generation name has to do with a type of tree; and that his Chinese given name means more or less "man, person, individual"."Huh," I said. "A man who carries the day, with trees. So what you're saying is that your Chinese name is MacDuff."
Game, set, match to Fox, I believe. :-)
