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Haven't gotten around to posting since this weekend was mostly a drag--didn't leave for home like we'd intended, because my violin professor was being a douchebag and called to tell me that I had a lesson on Tuesday after he'd specifically told me (and my mum in a very douchey way) that there was no way in hell he was going to teach this week. THIS after he told all his students to stay until May 25th at the earliest for make-up lessons because he'd also skipped town in April to teach at another camp. Everyone in the studio said, uh, hell no, and left after finals week. Our family, on the other hand, cancelled our pre-planned Asian trip meant to honor my uncle's 7th death-day anniversary (that's a long story for another time) and were left scrambling to find any tickets once the professor flip-flopped.
Needless to say, our family was not best pleased. Which my mum tried to tell the professor over the phone when he refused to give me a lesson. And then when I showed up at said lesson that he FINALLY gave me, the professor tried to make it sound like my mother was being all overbearing and tetchy when there was no reason to worry because I obviously knew what I was doing without his help, just like he'd thought! Uh, sir? That wasn't what she said. How do I know? I was standing right behind her during that douchey conversation where he said, and I quote, "I'm doing more than enough for your daughter, and she isn't working hard enough for me to give her anything more! She's going to have to work a lot harder if she wants to move faster!"
I drop classes because he tells me I'm taking too many and not practicing enough, I'm flying through the pieces he assigns and he tells me in lessons that he loves where I'm going with such-and-so, and this is the BS I get behind my back? What the FUCK, man.
So, of course, when he tells me on Tuesday that I've done wonderful things with my current piece, I have to take it with a grain of salt. :P Although I have to say that I really connected with the Tchaikovsky violin concerto that I played for him. Maybe because Tchaikovsky was a homosexual (I'm serious!) and this piece is all about A GAY LOVE STORY. The queer is strong in this one... ;)
Anyway. */rant* Our family wibbled for two or three days and finally decided not to try to pick up the pieces for our Asian trip since OMG WTF the prices went through the damn roof. Which means I have all the way until the summer session starts in June to practice and write stuffs. Which is OK, but now we'll probably miss that anniversary. *jazzhands and makes other inappropriate gestures at the professor*
Other things to jazzhands about: Rand Paul has proved himself to be an idiot and another douchebag, though at the very least entertaining as we watched him evade question after question on Rachel Maddow's show last night--Kentucky, you're going on Gina's No-Fly List of A-Hole States right behind Arizona and Virginia; and CSI: Miami killed off/eliminated two of its recurring characters last night. One of them was Rick Stetler, who (for those not familiar with the CSI slash fandom) a scary number of people like to pair with Horatio Caine, the leader of the Miami CSIs. Stetler turned out to be a dirty cop who had Horatio's ex-girlfriend (and Stetler's own ex) blown up because she and another CSI were close to finding his dirtiness. I have to say, I never really liked him, but I'm more than a bit o_O at the thought of what the slashers are going to do with this bit of plot. No doubt there will be a spike in prison!kink with Horatio getting "full-body" visits to Stetler in his jail cell...
...or there will just be a shitload more of Ryan Wolfe/Eric Delko hurt/comfort fics. *eyeroll*
Needless to say, our family was not best pleased. Which my mum tried to tell the professor over the phone when he refused to give me a lesson. And then when I showed up at said lesson that he FINALLY gave me, the professor tried to make it sound like my mother was being all overbearing and tetchy when there was no reason to worry because I obviously knew what I was doing without his help, just like he'd thought! Uh, sir? That wasn't what she said. How do I know? I was standing right behind her during that douchey conversation where he said, and I quote, "I'm doing more than enough for your daughter, and she isn't working hard enough for me to give her anything more! She's going to have to work a lot harder if she wants to move faster!"
I drop classes because he tells me I'm taking too many and not practicing enough, I'm flying through the pieces he assigns and he tells me in lessons that he loves where I'm going with such-and-so, and this is the BS I get behind my back? What the FUCK, man.
So, of course, when he tells me on Tuesday that I've done wonderful things with my current piece, I have to take it with a grain of salt. :P Although I have to say that I really connected with the Tchaikovsky violin concerto that I played for him. Maybe because Tchaikovsky was a homosexual (I'm serious!) and this piece is all about A GAY LOVE STORY. The queer is strong in this one... ;)
Anyway. */rant* Our family wibbled for two or three days and finally decided not to try to pick up the pieces for our Asian trip since OMG WTF the prices went through the damn roof. Which means I have all the way until the summer session starts in June to practice and write stuffs. Which is OK, but now we'll probably miss that anniversary. *jazzhands and makes other inappropriate gestures at the professor*
Other things to jazzhands about: Rand Paul has proved himself to be an idiot and another douchebag, though at the very least entertaining as we watched him evade question after question on Rachel Maddow's show last night--Kentucky, you're going on Gina's No-Fly List of A-Hole States right behind Arizona and Virginia; and CSI: Miami killed off/eliminated two of its recurring characters last night. One of them was Rick Stetler, who (for those not familiar with the CSI slash fandom) a scary number of people like to pair with Horatio Caine, the leader of the Miami CSIs. Stetler turned out to be a dirty cop who had Horatio's ex-girlfriend (and Stetler's own ex) blown up because she and another CSI were close to finding his dirtiness. I have to say, I never really liked him, but I'm more than a bit o_O at the thought of what the slashers are going to do with this bit of plot. No doubt there will be a spike in prison!kink with Horatio getting "full-body" visits to Stetler in his jail cell...
...or there will just be a shitload more of Ryan Wolfe/Eric Delko hurt/comfort fics. *eyeroll*