9:40am-- Yesterday I witnessed history. Since inaugural day of Target
Field—April 12th, 2010—the Twins have tried to win a series of games
against The Bronx Bombers six different times. Each attempt to win at least two
of three games ended in disaster, until yesterday. For my eleventh game of the
year I watched the Twins trounce the Yankees 6-1. All of the action happened in
the second inning including a three-run homer by one of our All-Stars Miguel
Sano. It was a fun, fast-paced game with great pitching and stellar defense.
The Twins are now 5-6 while I’ve been in attendance this year.
Hoping the positivity from yesterday will flow over to
today, I will be once again trying to get tickets to see my comedic hero, Dave
Chappelle. He came last year and I waited by the computer on Ticketmaster, and
the tickets were sold out before I could even get in the electronic queue.
Tickets to see him perform this time at The Icehouce—the Eat Street
music/cocktail club that holds around 200 people—go on sale in 14 minutes. I
think tickets will be even harder to come by this time because of the limited
seating, but I must try. You will see my elation or frustration in just
moments, although it will all appear as one post to you. So, until then, I will
watch Netflix and chill. Stay tuned.
10:01 Total frustration. I even had a friend try from her
computer at another location, and it would appear that we have been
double-denied. No queue, no glimmer of a spot in line, only complete denial. It’s
like Beck all over again. There must be a secret trick or some kind of special
way people get into these things. Mark my words, I will see Chappelle someday,
and I will cross his name off of my list. I don’t mean the other list, “The
murder List.” I mean the bucket list. My bucket list of performers is small and
includes David Gilmour, Dave Chappelle, and The Beatles. I can’t ever seem to
find tickets for any of these artists, although I am willing to someday travel
to England to see David Gilmour. I am also willing to go to New York again
someday just to see Dave Chappelle where he seems to perform most often. As far as The Beatles, well, there’s always
YouTube.