It sounds almost blasphemous to say, but yes, I do indeed hate summer. I’m not good at not being insanely busy, and I get depressed sitting at home for too long. I also get cranky and annoyed with my roommates at the drop of a hat. Bleh!
On top of being bored and depressed, I haven’t had the greatest summer so far… Found out a couple weeks ago that Elixir has been nixed by the old crone who holds the music department here in her iron vise-like grip. And a couple weeks ago I got an email from the summer program I’m doing next month… It was the email with the cast list. We’re doing Gianni Schicchi and Dido & Aeneas. There was just one problem… My name wasn’t anywhere on it. The retard who’s running the program “forgot” to cast me because he “misplaced” my rep list/resume… both copies of it, that is. I sent one in with my application and gave him another copy in person at the audition. So tell me, how the HELL do you lose both of them? And how do you just forget about someone you gave nearly a full-ride scholarship to? Answer: either you’re stupidly incompetent or you’re wishing you hadn’t accepted me and want me out of the program. I’m going with stupidly incompetent, because if he wants me out of the program he chose a really stupid way to go about getting me to drop it. He did finally fix it, but he cast me only for Dido & Aeneas, which he has TRIPLE cast! (Most of the people in the program are undergrads. I’m one of the few graduate students, yet I’m also one of the few who didn’t get cast for both operas. What’s up with that?) Supposedly he’s going to decide at the beginning of the second week who is actually going to perform and he may split roles up. That’s going to be a freaking mess. I really don’t want to deal with the man anymore. It will only be a two week program, thankfully, and I shouldn’t have to deal with him ever again once it’s over.
So, yes, I hate summer. And not just because of the heat.
