#problems on problems

[sexybritishllama]

i had a scene i wrote in a flurry of inspiration that needed about.... 30k words of background context written before it would make sense. so i wrote that 30k words of context. except now im at the part where the actual original scene is meant to come in and i don't think it fits anymore so im just gonna go die i guess

[abewitchingsiren]

If i could stop feeling like a fat ugly hobbit that would be great

[kristalbrooks]

My stupid phone doesn't vibrate any more! THE FUCK?!?!?!

[bethanybreana]

I'm not stupid. I know whats right from wrong. Maybe I've just been a bit too reckless lately. I've been making all the wrong decisions.

But...it just feels so damn right.

[teenagefriction]

I am so emotionally awkward it's not even funny. If someone needs help I'm out of there six ways to Saturday. Hot damn.

[coffeeandoperatics]

How Deep Are the Proposed Paycuts for CityOpera Musicians?

Let me just BEGIN by reminding readers, that playing and singing in an Opera Chorus or Orchestra is a FULL. TIME. JOB. Like, I'm not using that word lightly. Playing in an orchestra is a full time position, complete with a salary and health benefits for family members. Full time. Just like an accountant, or lawyer, or teacher. It's a full-time job. 

New York City Opera's musicians say that the cash-strapped company is asking for pay cuts of up to 90 percent, which would reduce their salary from $40,000 per year to approximately $5,000. The company counters that the musicians would actually earn $11,855 under their proposed contract.

I'm insulted that NYCO would even SUGGEST $11,000 a year as a "viable" option for their musicians. How dare they. It is beyond a sin. 

$5,000 is, in fact, the proposed minimum pay based on the fact that not every production will involve all of the musicians, whether because the score doesn’t require a full orchestra, the theater doesn’t have space, or a combination thereof. For example, in May, the company will present Telemann's Orpheus at the Museo Del Barrio, where the theater pit can accommodate only about 25 instrumentalists.

To reduce one of NYC's finest cultural institutions to this bullshit, is incorrigible, and should never be allowed. Imagine if the company you work for decided to eliminate your position, force the company to change offices every few weeks, and be SURPRISED when people don't want to sign on to get $5,000-10,000 a year for doing the same amount of work?

I remain shocked at what George Steele has done to this company. I saw my first opera here, a production I will probably never forget. Looking back on it, there was nothing overly innovative about it. It was a typical Boheme production. I, however, was in awe. I knew then what I was going to dedicate my life to, and why performing opera continues to be relevant in our lives. Shame on NYCO's board for allowing this to happen. Shame.