You would not believe...

I love U2... Like, favorite band ever, hands down. Like, debated taking an overnight redeye to San Fransisco, cause a friend had an extra ticket. LOVE THEM!

So when I found out they were ending their Vertigo world tour in Portland, OR... well, I had to get tickets. My roommate at the time also happened to be a fan, so we bought tickets together. Not great seats, but I'm in school.

Then some time passed. Things happened. I met a boy, I went to Europe, I decided to totally change my life, and I moved out of the apartment. A few months go by, and suddenly I get an letter in the mail. It has a check in it, with a post it note... a tiny 2 x 2 post it note. It says "Here's the money from your ticket. I found someone to buy it." UMMMM WHAT??????

So I was outraged, my boyfriend, in his attempts at being helpful, called the police and asked if that was theft... they laughed, and said talk to Judge Judy. Okay... bummed... I could have fought it out with her... but frankly, if she was that upset with me, then I didn't really want to ruin the concert I have been looking forward to for years by sitting with her...

Did I mention that that concert sold out in just a few hours after tickets went on sale? They did... So there are no tickets to be had. Actually, that's not true... there were some on Ebay... cause everything's on ebay, but they were maybe 300 dollars and up. So, I became reconciled to the idea that I wasn't going to go see my favorite band. Sad, but they'll tour forever, so I'll catch them next time.

And then the day of the concert rolls around. Dec. 19, for those of you who are keeping track, and I'm not feeling all that great, I've had a bad cold the last week and am feeling a little under the weather, so I'm thinking. "It's okay, next time the tour I won't be sick."

Then 2:00 that day rolls around, I'm laying on the couch, finishing christmas presents and watching Perry Mason.
The phone rings.

It is my boyfriend. He says, "I have two tickets to the concert tonight. Do you want to go?" Ummmm YES!!!!!

It turns out, he had been calling the Universal Records PR guy for U2 daily for the last week. He'd gotten permission from his boss to do a story on the concert, and had managed to get us 2 press tickets.

It was awesome! The seats were WAY better that what I had bought and lost. I spent the money that my roommate sent me on a concert t-shirt... I bought my man a beer, and I still came out ahead financially. The concert was Phenomenal. Really just too good to be true. They played all my favorite songs, and all of Thomas's, they ran around their circular stage, Bono sang operetically to Miss Sarajevo, and it was one of the most chillingly beautiful male voices I have encountered. I was walking on air all night...

I hope you all had a merry Christmas and Hannukah and I wish you the best for this coming year.