[I wrote
this part last night, after watching Styx videos with Sara, who was visiting
from Phoenix.]
Home from
three Styx concerts, which included lifetime numbers 99 through 101. That’s
right, I hit my 100th show…and it was in Ventura, in my own
backyard. At the last minute I pulled a completely unexpected front-row ticket
to the Orange County Fair show the night before the Ventura County Fair show. I
must’ve cashed in a hell of a lot of karma points for that one.
I feel
very loved.
I am also
rather drunk. Spelling is optional.*
[And this
is today.]
It’s 8
p.m.; I got back about fifteen minutes ago from taking Sara to the airport. I’m
tired, suffering from Post-Concert Depression (enhanced by the fact that I don’t
know when my next concert will be), missing Ken (he’s running a rally and then
going to an IBR meet-up), and blinking in confusion and despair at all the
things that need doing… Where to start? Concert write-ups, laundry, e-mail, blogs,
cat boxes, dishes, writing, general house tidying…
Maybe I’ll
just have a glass of wine and go to bed, and pretend it’ll all be miraculously
done tomorrow and I’m really about to go on the road for more shows!
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*Spelling
was, in fact, optional, and it took me forever to type those paragraphs because
I kept screwing things up and having to fix them. ;-)
Tommy Shaw, Ventura County Fair, 8/7/10
Photo by Ken
2 comments:
That's a very cool picture of Tommy.
Congrats on the 100th concert. I may not get your Styx obsession fully, but I'm always happy when people I love get to enjoy things they love.
100 Styx shows! Yea, and now on to 200.
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