Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Is It Worth It?

Sometimes you find yourself in situations that you're not really sure why they are happening. Such is the case in which I found myself at the Today Show, waiting earnestly at 4am last Friday morning to see Lady Gaga.

Why you ask? I mean she's pretty awesome (I think) and her music is fun to dance to. I always thought that she would be a fun act to see in concert, though the $100 and up price tags are not so fun...

Thus fueled with desire to see her, but no tickets, another girl (whom I had just met the previous day) and I decided to go to the Today Show and see her. Little did we know that people had been waiting outside for 48 hours STRAIGHT for her.

We got to the show and had a decently good view of the stage from across the street. It wasn't raining, the sun started to rise and it there was cloud cover so it seemed like it was going to be ok.

First view of Lady Gaga!

Then things started to go awry. People were pushing, fanatic fans were yelling at grumpy new yorkers (read typical new pushy new yorkers), it started to get unbearably hot, there was lots of yelling and our view of the stage was obscured by all the fans they let in around it.

We managed to stay for just her warm-up songs, the other girl bailed and I tried to stick it out, but I was tired of being shoved, yelled at and sweated on all over by people that were non-purposefully standing on me. I ended up leaving 45 minutes before her real show.

Moral of the story: Never go to a Today Show concert. Not sure what I was thinking doing such a touristy thing in a city I'm living in and knowing I hate touristy things. Also, if someone is worth waking up at 4am to see, it's probably worth it to spend $100 to not feel like you're dying or might die.

Other Updates:

I'm officially going to Peru and will be living, studying and volunteering in Cuzco from August 28 - Thanksgiving. And Jolene is joining me for the Inka Trail at the end of the trip! I'm beyond excited!

I am applying to grad school this year. It's going to be a long and stressful process, but when you decide what you want, I guess there is no easy way. Now to find one more recommendation... (Seriously 4??)

I'm excited to see my Mom on her way back from Russia on Sunday! She doesn't know any of my new plans yet!

Stunning Sunset on the 4th of July from Brooklyn of Manhattan

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