on why joe lennon is my personal hero this week
so i found out only 2 days ago that the dismemberment plan is getting back together to play ONE SHOW in april. i love d-plan, not to mention they're one of those bands from my freshman year of college that when i listen to now, i'm essentially paralyzed with nostalgia. in a good way. and i missed every easy opportunity to see them when they were still together, justifying it by sayingto m'self, "oh whatever, you can always see them again later." dumbass. don't ever tell yrself that.
anyway, i really wanted to go to this show. tickets went on sale at 5 pm yesterday and i figured they'd sell like those proverbial hotcakes, if i can ever figure out why people buy hotcakes in such a rapid and desperate manner. i was working and went on my dinner break at 6, speeding home listening to "gyroscope" and running to my computer, only to find out--o surprise!--the show had already been listed as sold out. this is a fucking HOUR after tickets went on sale. you'd think this was justin timberlake or something.
bigh disappointed sigh. oh well. once again, i console myself with thought of the explosions in the sky show in just less than 2 weeks (which, suckers, is also sold out in charlottesville AND dc) and move on in the world.
except! later that night i see joe. we'd been talking re: this d-plan show the night before, so i ask him if he managed to get tickets at all. he said yes as casually as if i'd asked him if he enjoyed breathing. but then he followed up with "i got you one, too," as if i was honestly expecting that. and then i find out that alex, randall, and heather are also on board for this delightful evening. high fives are appropriately dispersed.
happiness is such hard work.
anyway, i really wanted to go to this show. tickets went on sale at 5 pm yesterday and i figured they'd sell like those proverbial hotcakes, if i can ever figure out why people buy hotcakes in such a rapid and desperate manner. i was working and went on my dinner break at 6, speeding home listening to "gyroscope" and running to my computer, only to find out--o surprise!--the show had already been listed as sold out. this is a fucking HOUR after tickets went on sale. you'd think this was justin timberlake or something.
bigh disappointed sigh. oh well. once again, i console myself with thought of the explosions in the sky show in just less than 2 weeks (which, suckers, is also sold out in charlottesville AND dc) and move on in the world.
except! later that night i see joe. we'd been talking re: this d-plan show the night before, so i ask him if he managed to get tickets at all. he said yes as casually as if i'd asked him if he enjoyed breathing. but then he followed up with "i got you one, too," as if i was honestly expecting that. and then i find out that alex, randall, and heather are also on board for this delightful evening. high fives are appropriately dispersed.
happiness is such hard work.
posted by sarah at 12:02 PM
2 Comments:
dude that's rad. i had 3 computers on a T1 connection at work, refreshing the page every 5 seconds from 4:59 to 5:00pm, requesting one and only one, and i STILL didn't get a ticket. the show didn't sell out in less than an hour, it sold out in less than 30 seconds.
Pretty awesome. I briefly entertained the idea of coming down to the District for it, but bailed before getting tickets.
P.S. Expect a letter soon.
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