I am still going through
quite a bit of paperwork, but that's not the problem.
Many months ago (when I
still had some money), Green Day tickets went on sale. I wanted to go and Maria
told me I had to take her, which led to me buying two tickets.
More recently than that,
I received an invitation to the 80th anniversary party for my credit union. It
was on the same day as the concert, but that was not a huge deal. The reception
is from 4 to 6 and the concert doesn't start until 7. Based on their relative
proximity that would be very doable.
As the time drew closer,
there started to be some concerns. One is that Maria was not going to be
available. Honestly, I have bad luck with her and concerts, which I should have
thought of back when I purchased the tickets.
Also, I am very poor. It
didn't seem like a big deal then to buy the tickets, but now it is, and now I
wish I hadn't purchased them. I have seen Green Day. It was a great show, and I
wouldn't mind seeing them again. Also, I wasn't doing reviews back then, so I
was looking forward to writing up a show of theirs, but still, I need the money
more.
I have tried looking for
someone to buy the tickets, but without any luck. That leaves going to the
venue and trying to scalp them. That would not be the most fun a person could
have anyway, but that's the other thing going wrong: Heat Wave.
MAX may not be running.
Trimet is letting people ride for free, which is great, but for the particular
places I would like to go, MAX is more convenient.
I also don't know
anything about scalping. I'm not trying to make a profit, and I did buy them in
good faith - how illegal is it? Is it better to be early? By how much? What are
the odds of me finding someone showing up in the hopes of buying on a day like
today?
All of that probably
scraps the reception too. They haven't canceled it, and they sent out a
reassuring message that they will have bottled water, misters, and first-aid
personnel, but somehow it isn't sounding quite as fun.
In the greater scheme of
things, this is probably just a blip. The face value of the tickets would not
change much, and if I hadn't bought them then, it would already have been spent
on something else.
It is still very
discouraging. I don't get out much, and certainly not out for anything on my
own. Today was supposed to be a break, and it's not, and I am let down.
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