The A+ Bee Issue Nine: Bee-thoven’s Ninth

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21 Comments

  1. So with whoever picked Candide. But my other favorite overture that’s not on the list is Carousel, because it’s a waltz.

    • I always forget about the Carousel overture! You’re right, it should probably be on this list. I can’t listen to it, though, because it gets stuck in my head if I even think about it peripherally.

  2. okay, but like why wouldn’t that information have been in the email scheduling the interview? I think it probably was and you don’t need to talk to anyone to figure it out. Flirting while you already feel super nervous sounds bad. Waiting until after you’ve rocked the interview is a better idea.

  3. ‘She smiles at you hungrily’
    Which museum is this I am suddenly fascinated by their latest exhibition and must visit.

  4. Best! Kadry you are always hilarious, I love it. I choose the info center option for choose your own adventure!

  5. 2nd floor! wouldn’t want to get more flustered before the interview by talking to the receptionist again. also: vestibule. of. vibrators.

  6. FOURTH FLOOR. ADMINISTRATION.

    This gay-dventure is currently aping the life I am trying to have, as a recent museology grad and a current museum jobseeker! I’m going to try to live vicariously through this, so choose well, people!!! No pressure!!!

    Also as far as overtures go, I vote for West Side Story and Pirates of Penzance, although Candide is definitely amazing.

  7. Autostraddle, I can always rely on you. I was having a terrible day and crying tears of frustration and then I saw my LaFerry fic made it in and they became tears of joy. And actually though this entire issue I really needed it. Also I vote fourth floor.

  8. Overtures ftw! So… operatic overtures were my favourite thing about growing up with an opera singer for a mother and spending a lot of time in opera theatres. I’m less keen on actual opera than I am on the overtures. I love overtures. Favourite overtures: Magic Flute, Barber of Seville, Die Fledermaus, Hansel and Gretel. Oh and on the not-opera side there’s Tchaikovsky’s 1812 and all the ones Mendelssohn wrote. I am suddenly consumed by a wish to go make a nerdy classical overture playlist.

  9. Since the girl doesn’t seem like the type to take no for an answer, it’s entirely possible that she decided to discreetly see which floor I selected and follow me up. Therefore choosing the 2nd floor could lead to an awkward encounter in the vibrator vestibule. I choose four; when my elevator door opens and she “accidentally” steps out of the one next to me at the same time, I want to be on the floor where her boss works to avoid any further awkwardness. Also, that’s probably where the interviewer’s office is located.

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