I’m back. Outfished the men, and yeah, Pearl Jam. From the fanclub forum:
I’m a 231xxx and I am from Colorado. My family has a cabin up on a lake near the NY/CA border, and so my vacation was Ottawa and then a week at the lake. I just got back.
I was psyched to just get tickets after all the problems we had back in May. When the lovely 10C woman handed me mine, she said, “Second row center, not bad.” I started shaking and didn’t even think to thank her. The woman behind me laughed and said, “Careful, you might get rolled for those.”
I hyperventilated a minute, ran back to my car, hyperventilated some more, and told my husband “Well, the tickets weren’t quite where I was expecting.” I showed them to him and he thought they were a misprint.
I’d have been psyched just to be on the floor and rocking out with my eyes closed, which is what I normally do since I’m half midget.
I will never attend a better show than I got that night. I’ll never have better seats, never have the connection to the band, never hear a more perfect setlist. It was literally the highlight of my existence. I know some long-time 10Cers don’t like the lottery, and yeah, some people who aren’t obsessed might not rock out as hard as a long-time member, but all I can say is thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my soul. I still shake when I think about that night, get a big grin, and any grumpiness I have fades away.
I was fortunate enough to be directly behind a young woman who had a rough time of it recently, and seeing how Ed took care of her, and made the show special for her, makes me love the band even more. Time to finally get tattooed.
Anyone willing to part with a pick? I’m framing that big bad poster with my tickets. Even better, Mookie Blaylock went to my college. It was just the most perfect night, everything came together like a dream.
And the setlist? Breath was my Holy Grail song. I never figured I would hear it live, and to hear it live from the second row, spitting distance from Ed…
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
