Completion
Oct. 10th, 2002 12:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sam_gamgeeNow I understand why people feel driven to drink. Today was just one of those days.
It started off great. Classes were good. Finally starting to get a handle on my email that's been piling up. Rehersal went really well. And then the show happened.
Okay, let me back up so you've got some perspective. I'm a theatre production major and as part of my major, I have to do so much work with the grad program. Which is cool because I get some experience and I get to work with a great group of people.
Well, this time I'm working the soundboard for Saint Joan.
During Monday's tech rehersal, I kept making mistakes - which made me feel bad and then would stress me out and probably make things worse. Then yesterday's tech was better, and I only made, like, two mistakes. So I figured I had it all out of my system. During today's rehersal, things went really well and I felt really good about everything.
And like I said - then the show happened. I forgot to flip a switch back after the second cue to change some levels. Luckily, you couldn't really tell. Then I discovered that one of the master levels was down, that's why the second cue sounded a tiny bit off. So I fixed that. And I was still feeling good, since those were just tiny things that didn't seem to have any real bearing on the overall sound. Then three cues from the end, I accidentally hit the system power button, which turned the board and all off (but not the computer). So I quickly turned it back on and figured everything would be okay. But then the last three cues wouldn't play. The first of which was needed for an actor's exit. Luckily, he was able to get himself off without it.
Everyone was cool about it, (and I found that if that happens, the computer needs to be restarted, but there was *no* way I've had time) but I still feel *really* bad about it. And I apologized to Steve about it and he was cool about it and was basically like, "Don't worry about it. Shit happens." Who've thunk the 3,001 time that I lean against the one set of equipment in the exact same way that I've always done, that it would turn things off? And some other things that I had no control over went wrong as well, so I hope things go better for all tomorrow.
And I hope that my Audio prof won't be too hard on me in class if she knows (which I'm sure she will).
I'm not sure I'm totally complete with what happened tonight, but I know I will be after my Audio class tomorrow. Let's just hope I can get through that.
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It started off great. Classes were good. Finally starting to get a handle on my email that's been piling up. Rehersal went really well. And then the show happened.
Okay, let me back up so you've got some perspective. I'm a theatre production major and as part of my major, I have to do so much work with the grad program. Which is cool because I get some experience and I get to work with a great group of people.
Well, this time I'm working the soundboard for Saint Joan.
During Monday's tech rehersal, I kept making mistakes - which made me feel bad and then would stress me out and probably make things worse. Then yesterday's tech was better, and I only made, like, two mistakes. So I figured I had it all out of my system. During today's rehersal, things went really well and I felt really good about everything.
And like I said - then the show happened. I forgot to flip a switch back after the second cue to change some levels. Luckily, you couldn't really tell. Then I discovered that one of the master levels was down, that's why the second cue sounded a tiny bit off. So I fixed that. And I was still feeling good, since those were just tiny things that didn't seem to have any real bearing on the overall sound. Then three cues from the end, I accidentally hit the system power button, which turned the board and all off (but not the computer). So I quickly turned it back on and figured everything would be okay. But then the last three cues wouldn't play. The first of which was needed for an actor's exit. Luckily, he was able to get himself off without it.
Everyone was cool about it, (and I found that if that happens, the computer needs to be restarted, but there was *no* way I've had time) but I still feel *really* bad about it. And I apologized to Steve about it and he was cool about it and was basically like, "Don't worry about it. Shit happens." Who've thunk the 3,001 time that I lean against the one set of equipment in the exact same way that I've always done, that it would turn things off? And some other things that I had no control over went wrong as well, so I hope things go better for all tomorrow.
And I hope that my Audio prof won't be too hard on me in class if she knows (which I'm sure she will).
I'm not sure I'm totally complete with what happened tonight, but I know I will be after my Audio class tomorrow. Let's just hope I can get through that.
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Re: my poor baby...
Date: 2002-10-10 09:48 am (UTC)And, yes, sometimes you have sad eyes and sometimes you are stubborn. I haven't read any AB books - am I like Anita? Sometimes I wonder about you, but, no, I don't think so.
Re: my poor baby...