Sometimes, the odds are against you, especially when they are 50/50. That might sound like a peculiar thing to hear from a woman like myself. I'm generally a lot more positive than that, but I have learned from experience that if the odds of success are 50/50, chances are strong that something will go wrong -- because let's face it, half the time they do. Otherwise, the odds would not be 50/50.
For example, it makes me nervous to buy tickets online. Tickets for anything. You know how you get that screen that says "you have 3 minutes to complete" whatever? That makes my heart pound. There's a margin for error. And if you read my blogs, you know I'm one of those cranky persons who hates getting stuck in the nosebleed section for a show or a concert. I want to buy tickets in the first few rows. If I can't buy those kind of tickets, then I don't want to go. Spittooey.
So, when I saw that tickets went on sale yesterday at 10 AM for an impromptu Robin Williams show Sunday at the Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento, I thought it would be a good idea to take my husband and go. Even though my husband says Robin Williams seems to have lost his touch. Hey, he can't be Mork forever. My husband doesn't think Williams is that funny anymore. I admit that I have watched a few Robin Williams specials in which the material wasn't that funny, but I don't think any comedian really outgrows a funny bone. Besides, he is probably a lot funnier in person. I've never seen a live Robin Williams performance.
Robin Williams has a new stand-up comedy tour and I guess decided at the last minute to try out his fresh material in Sacramento. See, you Bay Area people -- I'm wagging my finger at you -- this is yet another good reason to live in Sacramento! So, I hopped over to tickets dot com to refresh my screen every 2 seconds. Bingo. The tickets went on sale. I quickly selected my seating option. The next screen asked me to type those twisty, convoluted numbers designed to prevent spam into a box and click continue. Geez, I hate deciphering that crap.
By mistake, I clicked start over. Ack. What? Well, for starters, I probably typed the numbers wrong because I couldn't really read them. And I couldn't find my big, honkin' magnifying glass that I keep on my desk for such emergencies. But to click the wrong button! What are the odds, again? I should have clicked "continue." Not start over.
So, that is why I have tickets for the 4th row and not the first row. But that's not so bad. Besides, I heard the show sold out in 26 minutes. Proceeds of the show are being donated to the Sacramento Food Bank.
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Sounds like an entertaining evening!
Fourth row sounds great to me! Have a good time. I don't think he has lost his touch:)
I hope you and your husband have a great time at the Robin Williams show. I think I would go crazy. That man moves around so much it makes me nervous. He is funny though.
Elizabeth, online ticket buying is iffy when the screens get stuck but usually the FINAL transaction process screen is where they take your money. I liked Robin Williams in that movie with him as a doctor, Patch Adams, but he is certainly the hyper one.
Elizabeth - Have a great time at the show. My experience with buying tickets online is usually pretty good with one exception. A couple of years ago my son wanted to go see AC-DC when they were in the area. I jumped online the morning tickets went on sale to buy two tickets. I guess I did something wrong or clicked the wrong button because I ended up with 2 sets of 2 tickets, in different parts of the arena.
Robin Williams half as funny as used to be is still twice as funy as most other comics in my opinion. In my younger life I was a chiropractor, and Mork and Mindy was on on thurs nights at 7:30 while I was an intern. None of us would schedule patients for that time and we would all be in the basement of the clinic watching.
Give my regards to Mork.
Will Mindy be there, too?