the tecnique
11:50am: the alarm on my cell phone goes off. i situate myself in front of my computer and prepare for battle.
11:52am: i log onto tickemaster, and pull up an additional browser for backup.
11:54am: i start playing "say" on my ipod, you know, for inspiration.
11:55am: someone starts talking to me. i quickly hush them, and refresh my browsers to make sure nothing is happening.
11:58am: i have spent the last three minutes listening to my heart pound, feeling my palms sweat, and wondering what will happen if i dont, in fact, get tickets. the thought is too painful to think about, so i distract myself by thinking about pretty things. like her hair.
11:59am: start refreshing like crazy.
12:01pm: what's going on?!?!?! it won't show the "find tickets" tab.
12:02pm: TOTAL PANIC. use multiple browsers to try and get that damn "find tickets" tab.
12:03pm: finally click on "more info" and notice that it's letting me buy tickets. why didn't i think of this before???? i just wasted 3 minutes!!!!
12:04pm: find tickets on two separate browsers. pick the ones that have my log-in info on them, because i'm lazy and worry about that whole "you have 2 minutes to decide" thing. realize later that another page may have had better seats. get upset with myself.
12:07pm: am raped by ticketmaster fees, but am now the proud owner of 2 tickets, orchestra, 8th row. feel secretly pissed because i know i could have done better.
12:10pm: call concert companion. relish in the pleasure of ticketholding.
12:12pm: feel utterly nerdy, yet somehow fulfilled.
11:52am: i log onto tickemaster, and pull up an additional browser for backup.
11:54am: i start playing "say" on my ipod, you know, for inspiration.
11:55am: someone starts talking to me. i quickly hush them, and refresh my browsers to make sure nothing is happening.
11:58am: i have spent the last three minutes listening to my heart pound, feeling my palms sweat, and wondering what will happen if i dont, in fact, get tickets. the thought is too painful to think about, so i distract myself by thinking about pretty things. like her hair.
11:59am: start refreshing like crazy.
12:01pm: what's going on?!?!?! it won't show the "find tickets" tab.
12:02pm: TOTAL PANIC. use multiple browsers to try and get that damn "find tickets" tab.
12:03pm: finally click on "more info" and notice that it's letting me buy tickets. why didn't i think of this before???? i just wasted 3 minutes!!!!
12:04pm: find tickets on two separate browsers. pick the ones that have my log-in info on them, because i'm lazy and worry about that whole "you have 2 minutes to decide" thing. realize later that another page may have had better seats. get upset with myself.
12:07pm: am raped by ticketmaster fees, but am now the proud owner of 2 tickets, orchestra, 8th row. feel secretly pissed because i know i could have done better.
12:10pm: call concert companion. relish in the pleasure of ticketholding.
12:12pm: feel utterly nerdy, yet somehow fulfilled.
posted by Cristina at 12:19 PM
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