MY NIGHT WITH DAVE and HIS BAND

My Dmb story, Because we'll I'm bored...Story turned out very long so... you better not be doing anything.

Tuesday - I come to realize that I had 4 hours of vacation time left and decided , for no particular reason, to use it on wendsday. So I quickly wrote an email to my manager and he just as quick responded with a "Sure go for it". I decided I'll just go to the doctor to get some things checked out and nap the rest of the day. Later on the day I totally forget that I had half a day tommorow... I heard about a DMB show for wendsday...I figure No way I can get tickets and the thoughts passed... I went home.. went to bed.

Wendsday - I woke up extremely tired and sad until I realized " Wait I get out at 12 today Woo hoooo , time for happy neked dance"
I get to work and 20 minutes in someone says " I want to go to DMB" , I say " ME TOO, do you have tickets?" .. " NO". Darn.
Then I thought... ahh wait.. Doctor.. or Dmb concert.. after a few more minutes of struggle... it's settled.. Dave all the way.

So I searched and searched for tickets... No where to be found.. and BAM.. dave griffin .. emails me.. I have 3 tickets for 140$.. i say.. " ouch... how about 120... make them an even 40 a piece.. come on my kids need lunch money"...
he says " sorry man.. i have other people paying the 140.. but you're the first on my list.. so yes or no "

... i oblige.. And set up the rendevouz. [ Side point... what is it with people finding it funny that I call myself yellow??? ] I said " i'll be the guy in the black hat.. oh and i'm yellow. "...

He says " haha can't wait to meet you.. you're funny"

.. i say " Well since i'm so stinkin' hilarious that means you will lower the price correct? " ..
He says " NO "
and i grew angry. but i was fine.
So I get the tickets, walk around the city since the girls weren't gonna be there for another hour..
I park my butt at the outdoor martini bar on 53rd and 7th...Had a few long islands..
Met some very friendly yet pretentious people , Some woman about how she hates salmon on her quiche.. and then some other guy about how people need to strive hard in life to get anywhere.. and then 4 guys in armani suits celebrating their promotion.

Finally the girls get there.. and we hop into a pedi cab.. a frickin tight rickshaw with 3 people up to central park. good times.. EMMA rocked my world. But thats not the point..
We get to central park and the line is enorrrrmous. So I see a lonely girl leaning on the fence and i say " can i be your friend and jump in here" ...
" Sure you can "...
we go in and i say " here's 5 bucks for the help " ... she threw the 5 bucks back at me and said. " no it's cool. no need for cash"....
I think she wanted my bootay.. but who knows.. So we walk in ... THe concert on the great lawn was set up in 6 different classes. General admission, early general, vip, side stage, side stage vip, and workers... We got into general admission ... and tried really hard to get into Early general.. eventually they opened that up and we got in..
This is where we tried to get to the front.. but not really the front. just the front of early general. Here i decided to go pee.. and lost the girls. I come back.. and see two girls carrying a tray of about 15 hot dogs pushing through the crowd.. i follow them saying " excuse me i'm with them" .. in hopes of finding my friends..
well these girls push through.. about half way.. and they say " oh man.. it's too tight we can't get through..."

.... i looked at them and said " thats definately not the spirit i want to hear" so I asked for the tray.. took it.. put it over my head.. and yelled out " sorry sorry cocktails for vip people.. i'm delivering cocktails.."...

this GOT me all the way to the front.. but i still didn't find my friends.. and the girls i was helping couldn't find their friends either. SO i tried to hop the fence in VIP and fell flat on my face.. the guy through me back over in the crowd.. so me and the NEW girl friends.. walk out to an open area..
THey gave me a free hot dog and some water for helping them.. so i hung out with them for awhile. nice girls. ANyway.. i turn to my left.. and BAM .. there are MY friends. they came out and found me.. woo hoo.. let the party begin. i left the other girls who were extremely pissed because there friends never came out.
I was moving around all crazy.. and Eye witness news was videotaping two chicks talking about the show.. and the guy pointed to me.. and said " get behind them and go all crazy "... so i did.. and thus ON the news. so we hang out there for awhile..

One the girls.. not to be named.. tries to mack it to this FIBER OPTIC guy to let us in the vip section.. he decided to mail us a CD of all the photos he'd taken from the inside instead as compensation for not letting us in . anyway.. a little later..when the cops were looking the other way.. i put on my work badge from siemens on my neck, lift up the fence so it dislodged.. and walked through... BAM.. we were in VIP section.
We danced and yelled in the vip for awhile.. right until dave got off for the first time.. at this point we decide to jump another fence and
get into the Side stage. BAM.. there we were... side of the stage with all these workers and people with various badges.. while i had my siemens badge.

So we hung out there.. when dave came back on for the encore of a few songs.. definately good times.. but there was one more section.. the SIDE stage VIP area... ahh we needed to get there. but it was a very small opening.. with one really large bouncer.. before i know it.. one of the girls is on the other side.. huh what..

there were these huge high power lights.. we hopped over that.. and went in from the side.. and BAM.. there we were... in the most exclusive part for the concert... man this story is long.. so much more happened. but i'm tired.. there was something about an afterparty.. going to jail.. etc.. etc.. but not important.

point is dmb rocked !