I made a last minute decision to try to get a ticket to this
concert. My brother and I were going to the one the next night but part of me
wanted to see them both times. Also, rain was in the forecast for Saturday so I
wanted to see them on a perfect day; the weather was lovely on Friday.
I feel sort of
guilty for lying to my mother. I told her that I was going to the mall then a
late night movie. I didn’t want her or my brother finding out that I would be
seeing DD twice in one week.
I was a bit worried
that there wouldn’t be any more tickets but there were. I got them at the box
office. I arrived at Central Park by 5:00 and only had to wait about an hour
before they let us in the venue, the Summerstage.
I was lucky enough
to get in about the third row, to the left. I was talking to a girl for a
little while. She moved back to sit on a blanket. She had asked me to join her
but I did not want to leave that excellent spot.
I was kind of
annoyed when she interrupted me during the show to ask my name and if I wanted
her to get me a drink. It was nice of her to offer but I don’t want to miss a
moment of seeing DD.
I had eaten my
dinner at a deli place on 57th Street. Their prices were kind of
high; the orange juice cost $3.00.
Another girl,
Stacey, started talking to me. She asked me that question that I dread and am
embarrassed to answer- who is my favorite DD guy. I didn’t really answer her.
She said that hers is John and I smiled so she figured out that I like him too.
She said that I should not be ashamed about this.
The two girls in
front of me were tall so I stood on my brother’s binocular case to get a better
view. It got a bit ruined because of this. I probably should not have done
that. My brother will surely be mad at me.
I hadn’t been sure
that I would get that close to the stage which is why I had brought his
binoculars with me. He had won these at Wildwood in the early 90s.
Stacey asked me why
I wasn’t singing along to “A View to a Kill”. When I told her that I don’t know
the words she seemed baffled. I did sing along a bit during “Save a Prayer”.
Simon asked
everyone to hold up their cell phones during the latter. Stacey held up a
lighter for a little while which made me nervous. I am afraid of fire. I
jokingly said “Fire bad”.
She jokingly
offered me $20.00 to say hi and wave to John. No way could I ever do that. At
one point, he was looking in our direction and smiling. I am embarrassed to
admit that I smiled back. A small part of me wanted to believe that maybe he
was just smiling at me but obviously that wasn’t the case.
John had changed
into an Obama t-shirt. I am pretty sure that he still had the armband on then.
He threw his orange cap out into the audience. A girl near me caught this. If I
had done so, I might have given it to Stacey.
I did the reaching
up thing during “Sunrise” as I had at Roseland. I like that song a lot. Part of
me was feeling embarrassed about doing so both times, naturally.
Simon did that
intro bit during “Girls on Film” at the end. I think that he did so at the
Roseland show too. I am so glad that I went to this concert; I had such a good
time.
Stacey bought a
hoodie and I got the tour book at the souvenir stand. We agreed to share a cab
back to Penn Station. We walked around a bit beforehand. Central Park is nice;
I had only been there one other time before twelve years ago.
She showed me The
Plaza Hotel. We saw a puffy shirt in a store window. She said that Nick would
probably like that. I laughed and agreed with her.
She asked me what
my favorite DD song is. I said “Rio” and “Save a Prayer”. She also wanted to
know which one I don’t like. I told her “Wild Boys”. She said that she likes
it.
She asked me
another question that I am ashamed about replying to- where do I work. I
usually lie and say at a small bookstore but this time I said that I haven’t
had a job in 4 years. It has actually been much longer than that.
I mentioned that I
have a lot of dreams with DD in them like a revenge demon one. She seemed to
think that this was cool.
I am fairly certain
that Stacey said that she got to meet them once. I should have inquired about
more details regarding this. I wish that I could meet them someday but I doubt
that this will ever happen.
That cab ride was
only the second one that I have ever taken. The first was in 1985 with my
family when we were going to the ABC studios to see Regis and Kathie Lee.
Stacey said that
she would be attending the next night’s concert. I said that I would be there
with my brother. She said that maybe we can hang out again then. Part of me
wanted to but a bigger part of me felt very anxious about that. Plus, if we did
then my brother would find out that I had been to the Friday show too.
I am mad at myself for forgetting to clean off my glasses before the show. They were dirtier than I even thought. I was semi-obsessing that my view would have been better if I had cleaned them.
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