I sooooo had good things to blog about. I swear I did. But then today happened before I could actually blog about happy things . . .
Nick Albrecht needs a HUGE dose of humility. That arrogant fucker is REALLY getting on my nerves. EVERY time (and I am not exaggerating) I am in choir with him, he makes some degrading comment about my singing ability. And it's really pissing me off. Is he better than me? That's debateable. We have different voices. Some music styles he sounds better, some I do. Overall, he's had more vocal training than I have, but that's no excuse to constantly put me down. He has this mentality when it comes to singing that he's sooooo far above everyone in the group as far as talent, and it bothers a lot of people. It's not just me. I've posted before about him singing Alto and Soprano parts when they're supposed to be singing individually. He does this in practice all the time, and I've even heard him do it in a concert. A CONCERT!!! In Soundbite, when my character was offstage, I didn't run onstage and perform Jeremy's role along with him. Not in rehearsal and definitely not in the actual show. I can act circles around that fucker, and I don't point that out to him every play practice we have.
Things Nick has said that piss people off:
--Daily references to the fact that he and I do not blend, and alluding to the fact that it is all my fault because he's a better singer than I am.. One time it wasn't alluding and he actually said that.
--Daily exclamations that I should not sit or stand anywhere near him for the reason stated above.
--Upon making the slightest mistake in the music, he turns his head to me and sings at the top of his lungs just to make sue I know that I'm wrong, and that he is singing it right.
--Pointing out mistake when we stop singing after bellowing it in my ear. (sarcasm)Thanks Nick. I'm so deaf I probably wouldn't have caught that if it wasn't for you/(/sarcasm)
--Claiming 'of course' he will get the solo in "Joy is On the Way" because he is the 'best damn singer' in chorale.
--Telling Katie that she should not sing gospel because she 'sounds too white'.
--Singing Alto and Soprano parts while they are trying to learn.
--Singing Baritone and Tenor parts while they are trying to learn.
--Frequently over-singing to the point where he majorly sticks out in the choir and complaining that we don't blend.
--Blaming every other bass besides himself for above.
--Daily pointing out to others that, "DAMN" he's good.
Now, Nick claims that the only thing he's good at is singing, so he takes pride in it. Well, there's no problem in taking pride in something, but I, and others, think this goes waaaaaay beyond taking "pride". There's a difference in having confidence and making yourself feel better by putting down everyone around you. There are at least 3 other people besides myself who don't like to sit by him because he makes them feel like crap when they sing. I'm just so irritated about how shitty he makes people feel. It's completely uncalled for.
He claims that singing is the only thing he has to be proud of, but he's an arrogant ass about almost anything. Earlier this week he was pissed that he's only an Alternate RA instead of a real RA, claiming that he doesn't know how those other people got it over him because he would be a MUCH better RA than they would be. So I asked him who got the RA jobs. He couldn't tell me because they weren't announced yet . . .
Today in chorale, he was "teaching" the entire chorale how to properly do the princely leap he does in Into the Woods. Yeah, it only took him 2 weeks to actually get it right . . .
There are countless other things too, but it would take too long to list all of them. Today, it just got to be too much, and I seriously was about to punch him in the face. I had to squeeze Tabby's hand to keep from doing it. And I think the only reason that I haven't hit him yet is because I haven't actually told him how much he pisses people off. There's a possibility (though a small one) that he doesn't realize how much of an asshole he is, and he deserves a chance to try and change before I rip his fucking vocal cords out so he doesn't have anything to brag about.
I HATE BEING PISSED OFF!!!!!! I never get like this. It usually takes soooo much to actually make me angry, let along violent. Congratulations Nick, you have succeeded where sooooo many others have failed.
