Auditioning for the lesbian choir
Not a clever blog title double entendre. I'm literally (and you know I don't use that word in a non-literal sense) trying out for the Seattle Women's Chorus, which, with the male counterpart the Seattle Men's Chorus, represent the largest & awesomest community choirs around, and also happen to be gay/lesbian. It's a community choir, so while I have to audition, I don't have to prepare a piece, or even necessarily be very good. It will be in September, but I'm not in very good voice right now because I haven't done any real singing in an age (rocking out in the car doesn't count), so I've got some practicing to do to get my range back into shape. I'm a first soprano, and I'll be damned if I get put in anything less because I didn't practice enough.
You don't have to be a lesbian to be a member. I'm pretty sure anyway, because that would make for an awkward audition.
Mostly, I just kind of want something on the schedule that gets me out of the house (that isn't gaming). I'm stalling on the job search for a bit, and while I'll still keep an eye open for & apply to jobs I really want, I'm going to back away from applying to jobs I'm less-than-thrilled about until after the wedding. I don't really want to have to start at a crappy retail/receptionist job with no future & no benefits right before the wedding, that would be disheartening on a couple different levels, not to mention I don't want it to be a pain in the ass to ask for time off for wedding stuff, and I'd like to be able to spend time with the out-of-town folk.
But anyway, I like singing. I miss singing, even if I don't necessarily miss choir people (but that's a different issue entirely). But I also just miss having a sense of accomplishment, and having something to be proud of, and something to tell people about when they ask how I'm doing & what I've been up to. It would be nice to have something going on (again, that's not gaming), whether I stay unemployed forever and just wind up barefoot & pregnant, or I get a shit job I dread, or I wind up with a wonderful, well-paid job with benefits that I love going to and I'm proud to tell people about. I think joining a choir could fill this gap.
Well, at least until I lose my shit and punch an alto (it would be a tenor, but it's a women's choir, so instead of tenors it just has a lot of altos. It's SSSAAA, what madness).
You don't have to be a lesbian to be a member. I'm pretty sure anyway, because that would make for an awkward audition.
Mostly, I just kind of want something on the schedule that gets me out of the house (that isn't gaming). I'm stalling on the job search for a bit, and while I'll still keep an eye open for & apply to jobs I really want, I'm going to back away from applying to jobs I'm less-than-thrilled about until after the wedding. I don't really want to have to start at a crappy retail/receptionist job with no future & no benefits right before the wedding, that would be disheartening on a couple different levels, not to mention I don't want it to be a pain in the ass to ask for time off for wedding stuff, and I'd like to be able to spend time with the out-of-town folk.
But anyway, I like singing. I miss singing, even if I don't necessarily miss choir people (but that's a different issue entirely). But I also just miss having a sense of accomplishment, and having something to be proud of, and something to tell people about when they ask how I'm doing & what I've been up to. It would be nice to have something going on (again, that's not gaming), whether I stay unemployed forever and just wind up barefoot & pregnant, or I get a shit job I dread, or I wind up with a wonderful, well-paid job with benefits that I love going to and I'm proud to tell people about. I think joining a choir could fill this gap.
Well, at least until I lose my shit and punch an alto (it would be a tenor, but it's a women's choir, so instead of tenors it just has a lot of altos. It's SSSAAA, what madness).