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taz_39Monday, I was happy to wake up at 7:30 for Disney (as opposed to 5:30 for Epic Universe.)
(stock image, Mickey & Minnie in the Utilidors)
A cold front came through, and it was mid-60s (about 18C) and sunny! How glorious!!
(Yes mid-60s/18C is quite cold for Florida)
Additionally, it was Free Food Day (Employee Appreciation) and although I didn't partake due to transcription it was nice to see people happily strolling the Utilidors with plates of food and goodie bags throughout the day :)
We had all of our parades and sets, and good crowds due to the lovely weather.
I got 7.5 miles/17,000 steps.
After today I have no more scheduled days with the band, so I made sure to say "bye" to the guys and thank everyone for a good time. Everyone is always so classy: they all said I'd done a great job and that they loved having me, super kind. I'm grateful to have this gig, even if it's just filling when someone's absent.
Back home I re-packed for Epic Universe and practiced bass trombone and watched Severance with Jameson.
It sounds like we're doing sets tomorrow, and Mariah says she had down time between sets, so I'll bring my transcription and hope that there'll be time to work on it.
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I was up at 5:30am because there was a message in our group chat that security was now using the bag scanners. Going to have to start getting there earlier from now on.
("The Phoenix Gate," modeled after the Arc de Triomph. Photo courtesy @bioreconstruct, I'm risking sharing one of his aerial photos since the Phoenix Gate has been prominently featured in Universal's own fly-through videos for months now.)
Now that we are out of full-time rehearsals, things are so much simpler.
We show up. We warm up our instruments. We mentally get into character.
Then we walk out to the park with a sound tech, get to our entrance places, and do a run of the show.
And that's all we did, all day.
Normal-ass sets to reflect what our day will be like when the park is open.
FINALLY no show director breathing down our necks or correcting how we move or play or blink or breathe.
No endlessly playing the show over and over to the point where I am also playing it in my sleep.
No more music to memorize or lines to learn.
The hard part is over.
Today we were totally left alone to just do our show runs, eating lunch in between. I had plenty of time to work on transcription between sets, and although I still didn't get it all done I've only got about 30 minutes left to transcribe. Yay!!
We also had free food offerings today at Epic (gosh, both theme parks are throwing free food at us, it's awesome!) and it was meatballs, mashed potatoes, and carrots. Since I'd packed a lunch I passed on the hot food, but there were lots of free snacks as well so I picked up some peanut butter crackers, almonds, Fig Newtons, and other stuff. Very much appreciated!
And there was a film crew in the Ministry of Magic while we were rehearsing. They didn't come near us but we got to see them load in tons of very $$$,$$$-looking equipment, and also what seemed like "faux families," little clusters of actors who'd been grouped in what looked like couples or family units and were probably there to act in a commercial for the park. I'm assuming that's what they're filming anyway, since the MoM is like 90% complete.
We were released at 4:30pm, right after the final set. What a treat!!
Before going home I went to Whole Paycheck and got ingredients for skirt steak taco salad.
Back home I opted not to practice trombone or transcribe, and didn't have to pack a meal for tomorrow.
I just wanted to rest for a few hours. It has been five freaking weeks and these are my first consecutive days off in forever. I think the world can spare me two extra hours to exist without having to do something every minute.
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Wednesday, was up at 7:30 for breakfast and an hour later got started on transcription.
I was still at it by lunch time, then Jameson went to a doctor's appointment and I hit Publix for a few small items that Whole Paycheck hadn't had. Back home I finished and submitted my transcription project, got the steaks marinating, and practiced bass trombone for a solid hour while sipping half a Dragon's Milk beer. To me that's a lovely afternoon indeed.
The skirt steak(s).
I did everything right...marinated them for 2 hours, let them come to room temp before cooking, seared them on a screamin' hot pan until the kitchen was filled with smoke and the internal temp was 130F, let them rest, then cut them "against the grain." And they were still chewy as hell. So I cubed/minced it and tossed it in the pan again, and then it was edible. Just...what I can I say. I'm not an abuela with generations of skirt steaks in my blood.
The flavor was good, though. Crunchy chips, lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado, cotija cheese, salsa, sour cream (for Jameson), hot sauce.
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Thursday: another glorious day off, wow!
Friday: Epic Universe rehearsals
Saturday & Sunday: ALSO days off but I’ll have transcription, bass trombone practice, chores, and caramels to make!
(stock image, Mickey & Minnie in the Utilidors)
A cold front came through, and it was mid-60s (about 18C) and sunny! How glorious!!
(Yes mid-60s/18C is quite cold for Florida)
Additionally, it was Free Food Day (Employee Appreciation) and although I didn't partake due to transcription it was nice to see people happily strolling the Utilidors with plates of food and goodie bags throughout the day :)
We had all of our parades and sets, and good crowds due to the lovely weather.
I got 7.5 miles/17,000 steps.
After today I have no more scheduled days with the band, so I made sure to say "bye" to the guys and thank everyone for a good time. Everyone is always so classy: they all said I'd done a great job and that they loved having me, super kind. I'm grateful to have this gig, even if it's just filling when someone's absent.
Back home I re-packed for Epic Universe and practiced bass trombone and watched Severance with Jameson.
It sounds like we're doing sets tomorrow, and Mariah says she had down time between sets, so I'll bring my transcription and hope that there'll be time to work on it.
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I was up at 5:30am because there was a message in our group chat that security was now using the bag scanners. Going to have to start getting there earlier from now on.
("The Phoenix Gate," modeled after the Arc de Triomph. Photo courtesy @bioreconstruct, I'm risking sharing one of his aerial photos since the Phoenix Gate has been prominently featured in Universal's own fly-through videos for months now.)
Now that we are out of full-time rehearsals, things are so much simpler.
We show up. We warm up our instruments. We mentally get into character.
Then we walk out to the park with a sound tech, get to our entrance places, and do a run of the show.
And that's all we did, all day.
Normal-ass sets to reflect what our day will be like when the park is open.
FINALLY no show director breathing down our necks or correcting how we move or play or blink or breathe.
No endlessly playing the show over and over to the point where I am also playing it in my sleep.
No more music to memorize or lines to learn.
The hard part is over.
Today we were totally left alone to just do our show runs, eating lunch in between. I had plenty of time to work on transcription between sets, and although I still didn't get it all done I've only got about 30 minutes left to transcribe. Yay!!
We also had free food offerings today at Epic (gosh, both theme parks are throwing free food at us, it's awesome!) and it was meatballs, mashed potatoes, and carrots. Since I'd packed a lunch I passed on the hot food, but there were lots of free snacks as well so I picked up some peanut butter crackers, almonds, Fig Newtons, and other stuff. Very much appreciated!
And there was a film crew in the Ministry of Magic while we were rehearsing. They didn't come near us but we got to see them load in tons of very $$$,$$$-looking equipment, and also what seemed like "faux families," little clusters of actors who'd been grouped in what looked like couples or family units and were probably there to act in a commercial for the park. I'm assuming that's what they're filming anyway, since the MoM is like 90% complete.
We were released at 4:30pm, right after the final set. What a treat!!
Before going home I went to Whole Paycheck and got ingredients for skirt steak taco salad.
Back home I opted not to practice trombone or transcribe, and didn't have to pack a meal for tomorrow.
I just wanted to rest for a few hours. It has been five freaking weeks and these are my first consecutive days off in forever. I think the world can spare me two extra hours to exist without having to do something every minute.
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Wednesday, was up at 7:30 for breakfast and an hour later got started on transcription.
I was still at it by lunch time, then Jameson went to a doctor's appointment and I hit Publix for a few small items that Whole Paycheck hadn't had. Back home I finished and submitted my transcription project, got the steaks marinating, and practiced bass trombone for a solid hour while sipping half a Dragon's Milk beer. To me that's a lovely afternoon indeed.
The skirt steak(s).
I did everything right...marinated them for 2 hours, let them come to room temp before cooking, seared them on a screamin' hot pan until the kitchen was filled with smoke and the internal temp was 130F, let them rest, then cut them "against the grain." And they were still chewy as hell. So I cubed/minced it and tossed it in the pan again, and then it was edible. Just...what I can I say. I'm not an abuela with generations of skirt steaks in my blood.
The flavor was good, though. Crunchy chips, lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado, cotija cheese, salsa, sour cream (for Jameson), hot sauce.
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Thursday: another glorious day off, wow!
Friday: Epic Universe rehearsals
Saturday & Sunday: ALSO days off but I’ll have transcription, bass trombone practice, chores, and caramels to make!
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Date: 2025-02-22 02:46 am (UTC)