Tom Waits ticket!
I first discovered Tom Waits during the credits at the end of the film Smoke. The song was "Innocent When You Dream." It was a little drunk and silly, and its regret made my heart ache, and when that happens (like with Townes Van Zandt) I have to find the source. I ended up buying and loving nearly everything Tom Waits ever did. I have waited years and years for the chance to see him perform live. Now, at last, he is coming to Phoenix!
I got online the first day and hour the tickets went on sale through Ticketmaster. They were already gone! I was so sad, so disappointed, so pissed off. Then this evening my son called. He was listening to radio while driving, and he heard that they were releasing more Tom Waits tickets for sale and I should get online right away. I did, and I got one! I'm dancing and singing my glee. I see him tomorrow night!
This is an awful week for our nightwalks. Last night we waited and waited for the temperature to fall to something less than 90. Finally, at 4 am it was 88 and we took off. Grumpy has new shoes, so suddenly he is setting the pace and the dog and I struggle to keep up. It was muggy and dead calm and almost no fun. The sun came up and burned our necks before we got home sometime after 6 am.
Tomorrow is a busy day. I have to take my son to court on the other side of town at 8:30 am to try and get his car out of impound (long story), and if that doesn't succeed I have to go to court at 2 pm and get it out in my name (we are both on the title). If that works, we will all have transport, but if it doesn't work I have to figure out how to make sure my son gets to Tucson that night where he is scheduled to do a show, and also get myself to Tom Waits the same evening.
Given all that, plus the fact that it's nearly midnight and it's still 100 outside, I think I might just skip the 5-mile walk tonight and get some sleep.
I got online the first day and hour the tickets went on sale through Ticketmaster. They were already gone! I was so sad, so disappointed, so pissed off. Then this evening my son called. He was listening to radio while driving, and he heard that they were releasing more Tom Waits tickets for sale and I should get online right away. I did, and I got one! I'm dancing and singing my glee. I see him tomorrow night!
This is an awful week for our nightwalks. Last night we waited and waited for the temperature to fall to something less than 90. Finally, at 4 am it was 88 and we took off. Grumpy has new shoes, so suddenly he is setting the pace and the dog and I struggle to keep up. It was muggy and dead calm and almost no fun. The sun came up and burned our necks before we got home sometime after 6 am.
Tomorrow is a busy day. I have to take my son to court on the other side of town at 8:30 am to try and get his car out of impound (long story), and if that doesn't succeed I have to go to court at 2 pm and get it out in my name (we are both on the title). If that works, we will all have transport, but if it doesn't work I have to figure out how to make sure my son gets to Tucson that night where he is scheduled to do a show, and also get myself to Tom Waits the same evening.
Given all that, plus the fact that it's nearly midnight and it's still 100 outside, I think I might just skip the 5-mile walk tonight and get some sleep.
posted by Cranky Ol' Lady at 11:33 PM
2 Comments:
100 degrees at night - doesn't seem right, does it? I've been enjoying your blog, but somehow missed that you & I live in the same city! I've just about given up walks because of the heat and I am really missing it!
Yeah, it doesn't seem right at all. I have passed on the walks the last two nights, and so has the dog. Homie can't take the heat, as I've read is the case for boxers in general. My husband keeps on walkin'! I don't know how he stands it, but he does.
So, you are here too? Me, not for long I hope -- trying to sell my house. Somebody said she heard we might get up to 130 this year. If we do I might just run screaming, house or no house!
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