Single What? Female...

diagnosis? or are we returning to the soft core?

Interview last week - check

Visit to unemployment/Work Force 1 orientation today (missed it LAST year) - check

Visit to vocal therapist this afternoon - check...

Two reasons for this episode of "vocal therapy porn"

1) It is time to look at the chords, ladies and gentleman. See the progress for real. Problem is, to do this, a nearly foot long metal rod has to be put down my throat. The procedure includes my sitting facing her, chest forward, her holding my tongue with gauzed fingers and then the insertion of a long metal rod down my throat as I try to breathe through my nose. (somebody just fainted with terror and glee, I know.) Sadly, this is not procedure I do well with. I have relaxation issues as it is (we'll get to that), but to have my tongue held out of my mouth and then having to bite down on a metal probe saying "eeeeeee" and breathing through my nose, does not quite do it for me. She saw some redness, but "nothing else". This may be a good sign as, while she could not see much due to my strong gag reflex, she didn't see nodes. I see another doctor next week who will probe my throat by going in through my nose...mmmmm....nose probe...

2) (go ahead - cue wah wah pedal music...cuz you're gonna go there...) "You're very tight today," the vocal therapist tells me. "Is there anything bothering you?" (end wah wah music)

Um, lost two weeks of unemployment because I had to reapply, am getting less than I was before, got a check TODAY that I was waiting for to give the man for bill money, am hoping I will have enough to pay rent when I get unemployment Wednesday, will not get paid by The Network until next week, had job interview - did well - WILL get job, BUT I won't hear about the second interview until NEXT week, have a performance of new SW?F material this Thursday, my mother comes into town tomorrow for her birthday and she will see the apartment for the first time Wednesday, I am signed up with 5 temp agencies and had to turn down a gig because my interview interfered with the days of the gig and I could not come in late, etc., would like to renew a website I am on but can't do it until after I pay rent, I can't audition for anything until the nodes are gone, but the nodes won't go away until I relax. BOTHERING ME? WHAT COULD BE BOTHERING ME?!?!?

(back to wah wah music) "Go get a massage," the doc says. "A rub down, even a fifteen minute rub at the nail place, something..." What I think I'll do is pop open some [favorite alcoholic beverage here] and get the man [who actually did train] to give me a rub down. Uh huh...Ooooh yeah...

All right, time to get stuff together before I head to The Network.

Peace --Alex

posted by funkweee @ 12:22 PM