Well, that was lucky..
For many years now I have been listening to the orgasm inducing music of Joe Satriani, and I have always managed to somehow miss out on tickets to his live shows by days, sometimes even hours. Not this time, ohhhhh no, my radio station of choice happened to mention that they will be having a presale for his shows in October.
It was at this exact moment, hearing what had to be lies, that I looked on in sheer shock and excitement, swerved over to the wrong lane and missed a cyclist by about 2 inches. Fuck it, I need to get home and tell someone.
Somehow I made it home alive. Jumping out of the car, storming through the front door and shouting at my wife. "CALM DOWN!" she shouted back, "what on earth is up with you?".
"Oh my God, you have no idea... OH MY GOD! I have just heard that there is a... FUCK... Joe Satriani concert in October... The presale tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9am!" I yelled.
"Erm, great honey! Well done..." she didn't seem as happy as I was.
"IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY?! FOR OVER 12 YEARS I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS MOMENT, EACH TIME HE TOURS I MISS IT FOR SOME STUPID REASON! I WILL NOT MISS IT THIS TIME".
"Stupid Reason? Like our wedding?"
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So.. anyway, the next day at work... I logged onto planetrock.com (radio station site) at 8:30am and clicked refresh every 10 seconds, my heart racing faster at every click.
9am: There it was! The link to my dreams... I clicked on it, went through some horrible login/register screen and saw that my tickets were reserved for 15 minutes whilst I registered.
"Please be swift in the processing of my transaction" is what I wanted to shout, but instead it came out as "COME ON YOU STUPID PIECE OF SHIT". This didn't go down to well with my boss, or my bosses boss. I didn't care.
Finally I got through, bought 3 tickets and printed the receipt. Amidst all this chaos and panic I didn't actually see what seat I had been allocated..... I looked down, and had a mild heart attack.
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The moral of this story is that no matter how long it takes and no matter how many times you fail, do not give up on your dreams. In the end, you will be rewarded ten fold.