Going through my emails, I was just about to delete my weekly TicketAlert after quickly scanning it and not seeing anything that interested me...

Thu, 10/1/2008   Hello Ivy. Welcome to your weekly TicketAlert Featured Spotlights Bridal Expo Experience everything you need for your wedding first hand! Not To Be Missed The Australian Shakespeare Company - in the Botanic Gardens! Hi-5 Dance along from the start until the grand finale! ADVERTISEMENT What's On Check out these event(s) that matched your interests. Russell Peters & Friends An Evening of Comedy Hosted by Russell Peters Palais Theatre St.Kilda, VIC Mon, 03/03/08   more dates On Sale Fri, 11/01/08 Cypress Hill Palace Theatre formerly The Metro Melbourne, VIC Fri, 15/02/08 On Sale Mon, 14/01/08 Incubus Palais Theatre St.Kilda, VIC Thu, 28/02/08 On Sale Fri, 11/01/08 GO WEST, PSUDO ECHO & PAUL GRAY. VIC MISCELLANEOUS VENUE MELBOURNE, Thu, 29/05/08 On Sale Mon, 14/01/08 Seraphim Trio - Archduke Melba Hall Parkville, VIC Mon, 26/05/08 On Sale Fri, 11/01/08 Seraphim Trio - The Century Of Enescu Melba Hall Parkville, VIC Wed, 27/08/08 On Sale Fri, 11/01/08 Seraphim Trio - Piano Quartet Melba Hall Parkville, VIC Thu, 27/11/08 On Sale Fri, 11/01/08 La Boheme Athenaeum Theatre One Melbourne, VIC Sat, 08/03/08   more dates On Sale Thu, 10/01/08 Other events going on sale in your area. Eve - Here I Am Tour Palais Theatre St.Kilda, VIC Sun, 30/03/08 On Sale Mon, 07/01/08 K.D. Lang - The Watershed Tour the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall Melbourne, VIC Thu, 24/04/08   more dates On Sale Mon, 07/01/08 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival - Target Rocks Red Market Central Pier Docklands, VIC Sun, 09/03/08   more dates On Sale Mon, 07/01/08 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival - Independent Runway Central Pier Docklands, VIC Sun, 09/03/08 On Sale Mon, 07/01/08 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival - Runway Deluxe Central Pier Docklands, VIC Thu, 06/03/08 On Sale Wed, 09/01/08

 

...but then a voice in my head (I don't care what you think!) said, "Look again."

I did, and OMG.

Incubus
Palais Theatre
St.Kilda, VIC
Thu, 28/02/08
On Sale Fri, 11/01/08

This must be the best TicketAlert I've received in over a year! I knew Incubus will be playing in the Soundwave Festival on 29 February, but I was hoping for a sideshow because I'm not willing to shell out $125 just to hear a few songs from them when I didn't know (or care for) the other bands in the festival.

Brandon mylab in the same city I'm in, breathing the same summer air - it's just [I don't know what].

~Fate, or something better? I couldn't care less, just stay with me a while.
         "Anna Molly"

I had just left a fastfood restaurant's parking lot on Wednesday night after driving through to get a vegetarian sandwich when a car which I thought was going straight turned right and into where I had come from.

The driver, who looked to me like a thug about my age, didn't hide his annoyance at having to maneuver around me because I had slightly blocked his way. He shook his head, clucked his tongue and seemed to contemplate whether he would let himself grow angrier as he shifted gears.

I waved through the window, which was rolled down because it was a summer night too hot for my old car's a/c to handle, smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry." As he drove by, he looked less annoyed and remarked, "Lucky you're pretty!"

I laughed, "Thank you!" and wondered as I drove away what else I could get away with because some people think I'm not so hard on their eyes.

The following night, it seemed my luck had turned. Near the fastfood I had driven through 24 hours earlier, two female cops pulled me over and claimed I was speeding. I told them that according to my car's speedometer, I was driving a little below the speed limit, to which they replied, "It must be off."

"If my speedometer's off, then everyone else's around me must be way off because I'm usually left behind on the road," I thought. But since my apparent charm from the previous night had obviously worn out and the cops didn't set off my gaydar, I bit my tongue. I again took the apologetic stance and said that other than not pulling over sooner because I didn't realize I was the one they wanted to stop, I didn't do anything wrong.

They ran my license, made me take an alcohol breath test and let me off with a warning - for something I still insist I didn't do. Lucky I'm pretty?

Nah. Unlucky I have P plates and look like a stupid teenager.