1. Nothing new or pertinent to say.
2. Work deadlines. It's getting to be the busiest times of the year at the Big J, plus I'm trying to work ahead so I can go on many road/river trips this summer. I've counted up the weeks I'll be on the road, and it's almost half the summer!
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3. I've been trying to stay off the internets so I don't watch count-down clocks!
Remember how I've blogged about one of my favorite bands, a-ha ... and how they are breaking up? What I may not have made clear is that I.Have.Never.Seen.Them.Live.OR.In.Concert.
My relationship with a-ha has been a virtual, long-distance, pre-recorded love affair ... one that started as a crush when I was a teenager. Their first tour of the U.S. (in the early 1980s) did manage to come to a major city near me, but in a fit of youthful hubris (or delusion), my friend Jenn and I didn't get tickets. Silly, silly children we were.
I have learned from that mistake.
Let me advise you.
~Get tickets -- any tickets you can -- when the group or artist you like appears at a venue close to you (or not close to you if you can afford it). Darn the cost. You only live once (according to my religious philosophy!)
~Don't be overly fussy if your seats aren't on the level you want.
~Get a seat in the hall. ANY seat. Darn the distortion. SERIOUSLY.
~You cannot count on the artist continuing to be popular enough to tour the USA/near you/in an affordable venue/or AT ALL!
I learned these lessons the hard way. While internationally popular, a-ha didn't tour the States for many, many years. Their last show was in NYC in 2005 and was sold-out too fast for me. So, that's over 20+ yearsof unrequited love ...
That is
UNTIL TONIGHT!
Tonight, my lovely nieces and nephews, your Auntie Nettie and her adventure buddy Christine are letting their inner 14-year-old fan girls out to play. We will be on the floor of a NYC concert theater, indulging in displays of shrieking and giggling that are almost too painfully embarrassing to contemplate. We will be restrained enough, however, NOT to wear bedazzled "I Heart a-ha" or "Morton, will you marry me?" t-shirts, or to throw our underwear or ourselves at the band ... but I can't vouch for much else.
We've waited too long for this concert. TOOOOOOOOOO LONG.
That's the dreamy Morten of my teenaged years, courtesy of their web-site. See the biceps, the cheekbones, the hair ... (sigh and swoon!) As a bonus, the guy can really sing. And his fellow bandmates, Mags and Paul aren't lightweights musically either!
Reports from the show, though, will have to wait until next week. Grown-up life, with scarey doctors visits, will intrude tomorrow morning, plus I'll need a few days to digest the experience. Hopefully I'll get to take pictures to share with you later.
Is it time to go yet?How ever will I get any work done today?
Christine, what can I say? I have no words for what this belated birthday present really means to me! Really. You are AWESOME!
1 comment:
How funny is that you and I were having the same experience at the ripe age of 14, didn't know each other and lived thousands of meles from each other. I think this is a birthday present for the BOTH of us! I'm glad we are sharing this A-ha moment together!!!
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