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Puffskeins have a Prehensile Tongue BTW
Apr. 2nd, 2025 07:44 pmMonday, up at 6:30 to finish my transcription job. It did turn out to be an interesting one, but I can't really share details. The person applying for asylum in the US was Russian, and that made it interesting.
Then breakfast and some errands. Got my hair trimmed because it's getting long and I don't want any more flak from Epic about whether or not I should have a ponytail. If I keep it too short for a bun that settles the issue.
Next, bagels for the week and Walmart for dish soap and wet wipes.
Back home Jameson was at physical therapy so I cleaned our bathrooms, ate lunch, and practiced bass.
I finally got through the whole Australian-tour-music-trombone-part, making some new timestamps for practice purposes along the way. Finally playing through the whole part was...emotional. Without sharing what show I'm doing (STILL, omg could they hurry up with casting so I can spill the beans!), the music has a huge emotional connection for me. If I'm getting chills and tearing up just from practicing the stuff, I might actually CRY the first time we perform the show. Note to self, bring tissues to the pit...
That playthrough actually took a large chunk of the day. Had a snack and rested while Jameson worked.
Today was the last day of March. April is about to be extremely busy for me, and temperatures are climbing here in Florida so outdoor work is gonna become harder. I am trying to extend grace to myself, to rest and sit still for 1-2 hours on days when I CAN.
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Tuesday, up at 7 to review transcription and send any questions to my supervisor.
Jameson left for the gym, and I
- picked up dinner ingredients
- practiced bass trombone for an hour
- ate lunch
- packed meals and clothes for Epic
- practiced tenor trombone.
I have two new tenor gigs coming up, one of which has jazz improv, EEW, so I will have to work extra hard on it. Urrrrgh that was not a fun practice.
After that I was damn tired so hopefully it's excusable that I rested for an hour before prepping dinner.
Dinner was "Moroccan"-seasoned chicken thighs roasted on a sheet pan with sweet potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, and onions, then garnished with pistachios, cranberries, pomegranate seeds, cilantro, and feta cheese bits. Drizzled with a lemon garlic yogurt sauce. It turned out quite good, next time I will cook the veg and chicken on two separate pans so the veg can crisp up a bit more but otherwise no complaints.
(stock image from Ambitious Kitchen)
Tomorrow, back at Epic to dance around in the heat.
It feels like forever since I've done an Epic show...hope I remember everything!
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Wednesday, up at 5:30. Coffee and spending 30 minutes doing my hair in the way that they want, then breakfast and the long commute to the park. I remembered how to apply the makeup at least.
Waiting for me was this cute puffskein keychain! Mariah (trombonist) found them in one of the shops and bought a bunch. I Venmo'd her. Honestly not sure where this little guy will live, but he was 50% off with the Universal discount and he'll make a nice memento of our own animatronic puffskein who performs with us, and whose name is Plume.
We finally had our prop back, including Plume, so I had to remind myself what the script is like when we're interacting with our puffskein. It wasn't hard; that script was DRILLED into us during rehearsal!
It was a hot humid day, but all of our shows were well-attended. I remembered to hydrate and cool off between shows. Since we third party employees are allowed to enjoy park previews this week, we saw several people we knew throughout the day and that made the shows even more fun than usual :)
After work I braved traffic for Whole Paycheck, but the hot bar was picked over so I got sushi instead.
Back home I did not at all feel like practicing, so instead packed breakfast, lunch, and dinner for tomorrow, and packed everything I'll need for my bass lesson (I'll have to go straight there from Epic), downloaded my 23andme data since apparently they're selling customer info to someone I don't know, and enjoyed watching some anime.
Oh, and the music coordinator for the tour I'm doing texted to ask for my musician's union info!
My hopes are up that we might get some paperwork soon, oh my goodness!!
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Thursday: Performing at Epic, bass trombone lesson.
Friday: Day off. Maybe more transcription? Practice, chores, errands, blah blah.
Saturday: Jameson and I get to go explore Epic Universe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday: Last day off for a while, so I'll likely use it to chill.
Then breakfast and some errands. Got my hair trimmed because it's getting long and I don't want any more flak from Epic about whether or not I should have a ponytail. If I keep it too short for a bun that settles the issue.
Next, bagels for the week and Walmart for dish soap and wet wipes.
Back home Jameson was at physical therapy so I cleaned our bathrooms, ate lunch, and practiced bass.
I finally got through the whole Australian-tour-music-trombone-part, making some new timestamps for practice purposes along the way. Finally playing through the whole part was...emotional. Without sharing what show I'm doing (STILL, omg could they hurry up with casting so I can spill the beans!), the music has a huge emotional connection for me. If I'm getting chills and tearing up just from practicing the stuff, I might actually CRY the first time we perform the show. Note to self, bring tissues to the pit...
That playthrough actually took a large chunk of the day. Had a snack and rested while Jameson worked.
Today was the last day of March. April is about to be extremely busy for me, and temperatures are climbing here in Florida so outdoor work is gonna become harder. I am trying to extend grace to myself, to rest and sit still for 1-2 hours on days when I CAN.
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Tuesday, up at 7 to review transcription and send any questions to my supervisor.
Jameson left for the gym, and I
- picked up dinner ingredients
- practiced bass trombone for an hour
- ate lunch
- packed meals and clothes for Epic
- practiced tenor trombone.
I have two new tenor gigs coming up, one of which has jazz improv, EEW, so I will have to work extra hard on it. Urrrrgh that was not a fun practice.
After that I was damn tired so hopefully it's excusable that I rested for an hour before prepping dinner.
Dinner was "Moroccan"-seasoned chicken thighs roasted on a sheet pan with sweet potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, and onions, then garnished with pistachios, cranberries, pomegranate seeds, cilantro, and feta cheese bits. Drizzled with a lemon garlic yogurt sauce. It turned out quite good, next time I will cook the veg and chicken on two separate pans so the veg can crisp up a bit more but otherwise no complaints.
(stock image from Ambitious Kitchen)
Tomorrow, back at Epic to dance around in the heat.
It feels like forever since I've done an Epic show...hope I remember everything!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, up at 5:30. Coffee and spending 30 minutes doing my hair in the way that they want, then breakfast and the long commute to the park. I remembered how to apply the makeup at least.
Waiting for me was this cute puffskein keychain! Mariah (trombonist) found them in one of the shops and bought a bunch. I Venmo'd her. Honestly not sure where this little guy will live, but he was 50% off with the Universal discount and he'll make a nice memento of our own animatronic puffskein who performs with us, and whose name is Plume.
We finally had our prop back, including Plume, so I had to remind myself what the script is like when we're interacting with our puffskein. It wasn't hard; that script was DRILLED into us during rehearsal!
It was a hot humid day, but all of our shows were well-attended. I remembered to hydrate and cool off between shows. Since we third party employees are allowed to enjoy park previews this week, we saw several people we knew throughout the day and that made the shows even more fun than usual :)
After work I braved traffic for Whole Paycheck, but the hot bar was picked over so I got sushi instead.
Back home I did not at all feel like practicing, so instead packed breakfast, lunch, and dinner for tomorrow, and packed everything I'll need for my bass lesson (I'll have to go straight there from Epic), downloaded my 23andme data since apparently they're selling customer info to someone I don't know, and enjoyed watching some anime.
Oh, and the music coordinator for the tour I'm doing texted to ask for my musician's union info!
My hopes are up that we might get some paperwork soon, oh my goodness!!
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Thursday: Performing at Epic, bass trombone lesson.
Friday: Day off. Maybe more transcription? Practice, chores, errands, blah blah.
Saturday: Jameson and I get to go explore Epic Universe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday: Last day off for a while, so I'll likely use it to chill.
