22 June 2005

kids

Today at work, I did just about everything, except the outside stuff. I started out on front counter, then stocked stuff, moved to drive-through, cleaned the bathrooms, went to grill, and then ended up in pit. At least it kept it interesting. I like days like that; it keeps you from doing the same thing over and over again. Pit just about drove me crazy because of my order taker. She's one of the young employees. Her mom is a manager. Which, by the way, I am so impressed by all the families that work at McD's. There are four mother-daughters, two mother-sons, and one brother-sister. Interesting. Anyways, you can tell where she gets her sarcasm and stuff. She was nice to me, but pretty rude to the customers. She kept complaining about how hot it was back there, but ironically, she was standing RIGHT UNDER the AC vent, which was blasting cold air out. She wanted me to shut my window every time, and kept reaching over and shutting it for me. I might not have minded that much if she had asked, but her whiny-ness drove me crazy, and it became a personal battle. I opened it every time she shut it. She tried to compromise, but I told her I was not opening and shutting my window after every customer. #1, I wasn't hot, #2, it doesn't bother me, and #3, childlishly enough, I was there first. So she finally gave up on the window, but then she would play with my credit card machine. Meaning, while she took orders, she would punch the buttons and make it beep. Then she kept clipping my shirt with a headset clip. I then responded by hitting her with a roll of papertowels. :-) All of this was not that big of a deal, but the next thing tipped me over the edge. I have no idea why they feel they must (see earlier post) but she started to shut my drawer for me. WHY in the WORLD do they do that?! I am FULLY capable of shutting MY drawer. First time, I said, "HEY," and batted her hand away. Second time, I said, "Don't shut my drawer." Fifth time, I said, "STOP it." She then proceeded to pretend to shut the drawer. She also gave me minutely updates on the time. Oh it was crazy and I wanted to leap out of the window!! She's nice, but she definitly showed her age today. I don't act all that "grownup" Don't get me wrong, we all have fun at work (hence the hit with the papertowel roll) but we also know when to quit...sometimes.

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On to other things...I've been playing the piano again this summer. Not that I ever quit, but I kinda stopped seriously playing classical stuff after I quit lessons when I graduated. Ah, it feels good to play again. I got some of my old music and have been reworking my songs. I even enjoy playing my scales. Therapeutic in a way. Calming. My favorite scales are D-flat major, and B-flat minor. I always picked those in lessons if he let me. F-minor is also a favorite. My least favorite is E-minor. Not sure why, but I have the hardest time with it. Maybe it's because my professor always called it "Easy-minor." We would get through the ones he thought were hardest (usually my favorites) then he would say, "and now, "EEEasy-minor" in a voice that incinuated that this was so incredibly easy, maybe even easier than C. But I always stumbled through it. Hm.

Right now, I'm working on Mozart's Sonata in F, K 332 (yes, I did look that up. All I knew was, "Mozart's Sonata). The first and third movements rock and the middle one has grown on me. Another one is Beethoven's "Grande Sonate Pathetique." I just got done practicing, and my trills went especially well today. I figured out some rough fingering in one spot, but can't figure it out in another. I don't like putting my thumb on the black notes, but I can't figure out a way not to in this one run (measure 278) . I'll have to keep playing around with it. The allegro molto section is getting better, although I have a hard time keeping my left and right hands even in one spot. Not sure why, they're both playing 8ths (cut-time) and the notes aren't hard, but it tends to pulse and my left hand gets all weird. My old teacher always made us play long runs in different rhythms. It sounds weird, but playing it off-beat actually helps it stay steady when you play it as written. Interesting. My left hand/wrist is getting stronger, because that song REALLY tires out my wrist, since I'm playing octaves pretty much the whole time. It's hard to explain unless you know the song. Anyways, it's good times.

1 Comments:

Blogger BlackLineFish said...

That was fun to read, more people should blog on the intricacies of playing music.
--gh

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