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darchildre) wrote2010-12-09 07:51 pm
darchildre) wrote2010-12-09 07:51 pm
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Today has been long and stupid.
First, there was an extra-long (and mildly depressing) staff meeting. Though, plus side, there was exciting food.
Then there was work. Which was not bad or anything, but just kinda draggy and boring and blah.
Then I left work, ate the quickest dinner in the history of ever, and went to church to practice for the stupid Christmas pageant. The problem, I think, is that the woman running the pageant a) greatly overestimated the musical ability of the praise team and b) doesn't actually know that much about music. Which is fine - I'm in no way saying that everyone needs to know things about music. There is a lot about music that I don't know. But I find that non-musical people tend to think that the ability to read music grants a person magical abilities, like the ability to learn six or seven pieces with complicated rhythms and multiple key changes and not completely predictable melodies in two weeks. And she thought that we could all read music. (For the record - two out of five of us can. One of those is me. Neither of us is magical.)
It's not going to be a debacle, I don't think, but it's not going to be terribly good either. I don't think we're going to look like complete idiots - it's the children's service, people aren't going to care that much if it's not good - but I find that my sense of professionalism is somewhat offended. I hate the idea of sucking when I know I could do better if I had been given enough time to prepare.
So, yes. A long and stupid day. Now it is over, and I am going to watch mindless television and do something crafty. That will make me feel better.
First, there was an extra-long (and mildly depressing) staff meeting. Though, plus side, there was exciting food.
Then there was work. Which was not bad or anything, but just kinda draggy and boring and blah.
Then I left work, ate the quickest dinner in the history of ever, and went to church to practice for the stupid Christmas pageant. The problem, I think, is that the woman running the pageant a) greatly overestimated the musical ability of the praise team and b) doesn't actually know that much about music. Which is fine - I'm in no way saying that everyone needs to know things about music. There is a lot about music that I don't know. But I find that non-musical people tend to think that the ability to read music grants a person magical abilities, like the ability to learn six or seven pieces with complicated rhythms and multiple key changes and not completely predictable melodies in two weeks. And she thought that we could all read music. (For the record - two out of five of us can. One of those is me. Neither of us is magical.)
It's not going to be a debacle, I don't think, but it's not going to be terribly good either. I don't think we're going to look like complete idiots - it's the children's service, people aren't going to care that much if it's not good - but I find that my sense of professionalism is somewhat offended. I hate the idea of sucking when I know I could do better if I had been given enough time to prepare.
So, yes. A long and stupid day. Now it is over, and I am going to watch mindless television and do something crafty. That will make me feel better.