You Can't Always Get What You Want
What a day yesterday was...Started things off by getting up earlier than usual to try to get Stones tickets. I drove to the Wherehouse in Burbank to get in line for tickets only to realize that the tickets for the show venue Drew and I were wanting to go to (The Wiltern Theater) weren't going on sale at the Ticketmaster venues. So, I quickly rushed home just minutes before tickets went on sale to brave the phones and Internet. 10 AM rolls around...the start of the ticket sales...The phone lines were a joke. No luck there. I tried logging on to the website. I was thwarted. Within minutes the Wiltern was sold out. So, I went to Plan B...the Edison Field. There weren't really any seats that worked for Drew or me. Plan C...The Staples Center. No tix in our price range were left there. BLARGGGGGGHHHHHHH! By 10:15-ish, it was all over...it was worthless...no need to go on...Time WASN'T on our side and we shall be getting no satisfaction especially since nobody came to my emotional rescue when i was literally stuck between a rock and a hard place. C'mon I should get some tix for putting those Stones references together! :-(
After the Stones fiasco, Drew, Ted, Larry, and I joined Erin for brunch at Hugo's in Sherman Oaks. Or I should say Hu-GAY's. Adam and Katie met us there. And boy it was truly a "family" restaurant but of a different kind of family. We realized that while it's nice to get together at restaurants in a big group, it's not really conducive to catching up with everybody. Little clusters of people tend segregate in their own pockets of conversation...It was fun nevertheless...
We finished up brunch and Drew, the roomies, and I went to Toys R Us (again...). We got the Jedi Duels game and played it when we got home. Continuing the pattern things seem to be taking with these Star Wars board games, Larry won the game with Drew coming in second and me bringing up the rear (don't go there...).
The day ended when the "Survivor" gang gathered to watch the big finale. I will dare to say that this could be the last "Survivor" I really follow closely. I really started to lose interest towards the end of the season. There wasn't (at least in my mind) anybody to root for in the Final Four. My "faves" were gone quite early (poor, sweet Gabriel). And I'm really not the biggest Rosie fan, so that didn't help matters with the post-finale wrapup, which I didn't stick around for. Plus, the switching of the rules?!? Leaving one elimination up to luck?!? I understand the need to spice things up, but geez, that was plain ridiculous and honestly, I think the integrity of the game is hurt by it. I dunno...With "Scrubs" moving to Thursdays this fall, I think the torch has finally gone out for "Survivor" on my island.
What a day yesterday was...Started things off by getting up earlier than usual to try to get Stones tickets. I drove to the Wherehouse in Burbank to get in line for tickets only to realize that the tickets for the show venue Drew and I were wanting to go to (The Wiltern Theater) weren't going on sale at the Ticketmaster venues. So, I quickly rushed home just minutes before tickets went on sale to brave the phones and Internet. 10 AM rolls around...the start of the ticket sales...The phone lines were a joke. No luck there. I tried logging on to the website. I was thwarted. Within minutes the Wiltern was sold out. So, I went to Plan B...the Edison Field. There weren't really any seats that worked for Drew or me. Plan C...The Staples Center. No tix in our price range were left there. BLARGGGGGGHHHHHHH! By 10:15-ish, it was all over...it was worthless...no need to go on...Time WASN'T on our side and we shall be getting no satisfaction especially since nobody came to my emotional rescue when i was literally stuck between a rock and a hard place. C'mon I should get some tix for putting those Stones references together! :-(
After the Stones fiasco, Drew, Ted, Larry, and I joined Erin for brunch at Hugo's in Sherman Oaks. Or I should say Hu-GAY's. Adam and Katie met us there. And boy it was truly a "family" restaurant but of a different kind of family. We realized that while it's nice to get together at restaurants in a big group, it's not really conducive to catching up with everybody. Little clusters of people tend segregate in their own pockets of conversation...It was fun nevertheless...
We finished up brunch and Drew, the roomies, and I went to Toys R Us (again...). We got the Jedi Duels game and played it when we got home. Continuing the pattern things seem to be taking with these Star Wars board games, Larry won the game with Drew coming in second and me bringing up the rear (don't go there...).
The day ended when the "Survivor" gang gathered to watch the big finale. I will dare to say that this could be the last "Survivor" I really follow closely. I really started to lose interest towards the end of the season. There wasn't (at least in my mind) anybody to root for in the Final Four. My "faves" were gone quite early (poor, sweet Gabriel). And I'm really not the biggest Rosie fan, so that didn't help matters with the post-finale wrapup, which I didn't stick around for. Plus, the switching of the rules?!? Leaving one elimination up to luck?!? I understand the need to spice things up, but geez, that was plain ridiculous and honestly, I think the integrity of the game is hurt by it. I dunno...With "Scrubs" moving to Thursdays this fall, I think the torch has finally gone out for "Survivor" on my island.
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