Yeah, it looked like no one on the board was going to the Madison show-- which makes me wonder if
anyone will be at the Madison show!
What happened with my ticket situation was this:
I live in Iowa but I like Madison and try to get up there whenever I can (about twice a year, usually). I have a female friend who has been wanting to go there, too; last year, I played
Flaming Red for her and needless to say she was hooked-- so when we found out Griffin would be in Madison, my friend got really excited about going. Since I don't have a working vehicle right now, though, she was going to drive us there and I would buy dinner and tickets. Unfortunately, she found out she would be unable to get that night off from work--
after I had already purchased and received the tickets! This left me with no way to Madison and two, non-refundable, non-exangeable tickets-- unless I somehow found someone willing go or, at least, I was able to sell the tickets (probably on eBay). Since I had been really looking forward to the whole experience, I was certainly hoping to find someone willing to go.
Fortunately, a very nice (though a bit religious, something I'm not) couple that I work with decided they wanted to spend the day in Madison on that date and were kind enough to offer me a ride up there and back. We'll spend the day downtown together, then they'll drop me off at the show and go do their own thing until it's time to pick me up and go home.
That will take care of
my ticket... but since I was prepared to eat the cost of the other one, I figured I'd be nice and just give it to another Patty fan for free.
Of course, I feel kind of bad that I'd rather offer it to a girl than a guy, but I'm sure no hetro guy would blame me for wanting to sit next to a girl (and yes, I shower, brush my teeth and use deodorant). This is not some kind of weird set-up to
meet a girl, though; I'm not after
anything but a pleasant Patty show experience-- then I'm going home as soon as my ride picks me up (it's a long walk back to Iowa, so I don't want to do anything that would jeopardize it).
As I've said, however: I don't really care what happens to the other ticket--
I'm going anyway!
As far as saying "hi" to Patty: I talked to her after the Benefit For A Landmine-Free World in Chicago a few years back and really enjoyed it-- so I'm hoping to talk to her again. If I do, I will say "hi" for you, Gillian-- though I'm sure you get plenty of chances to do that yourself!
"White on rice?" That's not the simile I'm used to hearing, Elise; the one people around me use is "Flies (or stink) on..." well,
you know!
