grodscorp@grods.comOne of those days
 | Posted by The Editor on Saturday 9 February 2008, 9:36 am Categories: GrodsNews Tags: bicycles, Guinness, relaxed |
So I had yesterday morning off work because I was attending a training course from 12pm to 5pm. I had a bit of a sleep in and got up at 7am feeling relaxed. Went the gym, ate a leisurely breakfast over the paper, read the intertubes a bit. Relaxed. The rain meant that I was going to have to catch a tram instead of ride my bike but this would give me a chance to listen to some music on the headphones and relax some more. At 10.30am I got a call from work and found out I had to drop in on the way to the course to pick up some paperwork, which meant I was going to be unable to make it from home to school to the city on public transport by midday so I was going to have to ride my bike.
And it had started pissing down rain a little bit harder.
So I waited for a little gap in the rain and pedaled off to school. Got there in a surprisingly dry state and picked up my package. Wanted to wait for another gap in the rain but the start time for the course was approaching and I had to set off regardless. Not very relaxed anymore by this point.
About 15 minutes into my 20 minutes ride to the venue I got a flat tire. It was pissing down rain. I was running late. I was hungry. I needed caffeine. I was completely unrelaxed.
I finally made it to the registration desk at the venue just as people were entering the conference room. The caterers were putting away the sandwiches and the coffee. I managed to beg the dude for one triangle of an egg-and-lettuce sanger and a cup of coffee. I walked into the conference room dripping wet, insufficiently caffeinated, and completely, utterly, unrelaxed.
After the course it took me an hour to walk my dead bike home. I met Craig at the pub in Brunswick and drank two pints of Guinness in about four minutes flat.
GrodsThink Ep.31 (16/9/08)
Saturday 9 February 2008, 11:58 am #Wah
I blame Somalis and Lebanese for your bad day - except the Christian ones, they’re rather nice.
There’s nothing worse than when your best plans go all awry. And rushing, I hate rushing especially when there’s a chance you’ll miss free catering. Did you find that you never concentrated on your course all day and never quite caught your breath, despire hours of sitting down?
Saturday 9 February 2008, 12:08 pm #Damian
Sounds like you needed those rapid pints. Sometimes it’s the only thing for it. I trust you were able to sink a few more, too.
Saturday 9 February 2008, 12:14 pm #Damian
Wah, you just LOLed me. Noice.
Saturday 9 February 2008, 1:08 pm #The Editor
I think the non-nice ones have the prefix “dirty” attached to them, Wah. And you’re right about not being able to concentrate proper.
I certainly did consume a few more Guinneses, Damian. Got home at 12:30am and had a very drunken Gmail chat with John Surname who was trying in vain to buy Ween tickets online.
Saturday 9 February 2008, 1:47 pm #John Surname
Sold out, my arse.
Saturday 9 February 2008, 5:05 pm #krypto
Ween?!? sold out?!? where are they playing? Ed.’s house!
Saturday 9 February 2008, 11:01 pm #Mikey
Ever had a Guinness shandy?
They’re awesome.
Saturday 9 February 2008, 11:05 pm #John Surname
Krypto - The Forum. How the hell did Ween sell out two concerts at the forum?
Sunday 10 February 2008, 11:27 am #krypto
some mega rich ween fan decided that to fully appreciate the show he needed 500 tickets to himself, on both nights.
Alternately they were picked up by scalpers in which case you’ll get a ticket if you are prepared to pay as much for one as the afore mentioned mega-rich guy did in total for all of his.
Sunday 10 February 2008, 4:01 pm #Bron
It’s like missing out on Rage Against the Machine all over again.
I have not fully recovered from my shock of seeing tickets sold out in no time.
Fucking scalpers.