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The Musicians
Let’s not forget the musicians… technically also concert goers, though they are onstage, forced to wear penguin suits or pretend are going to a funeral. They have a pretty cool job—they get to play music for a living. But so many of them are cynical and depressed—they hate rehearsals, and they “don’t really listen to music any more because they play so damn much of it,” to quote a San Francisco Symphony Musician. They, like everyone are waiting for the concert to be over so they can go drinking.

From “The 9 Types of Classical Concert Goers”. Go here and then you can see the other types.

… I take a post down. And I thought the last one sounded that way. So away it goes! Because I try to keep this blog clean of snarkyness and gossip. Like this. Although I frequently fail.

I do the “true/kind/necessary” thing, but I don’t believe I have to have all three. I must have “true” … but sometimes something must be said and it might not feel kind. I suppose what it really means is that we must “kindly correct” or something. Right?

Now back to painting … hallway ceiling is finished (I think; we’ll see if I find holidays later). Now to the edging. Lots of doors and a window to work around. So off I go!