Life is All About Second Chances.
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Album:Ten Silver Drops *
Today I bought 2 tickets to see Secret Machines at the Crystal Ballroom on October 19th. This is good for two reasons, one, that Secret Machines is a great band and, two, that I went to see them once before and left soon after they came onstage. Why? Let me tell you a little story about the time I went to see Secret Mahines open for Interpol on October 24th, 2004. I'd gotten dumped by my girlfriend of 7 years about 8 months earlier and in August of 04 decided to move away to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. When I heard about Interpol playing in Portland I tried to get me some tickets and scheduled a trip up to town to see the show, however I wasn't able to get the tix but decided to go visit my family anyway. Now I hadn't seen my ex since I left at the end of July, which was the longest we'd been apart since about 1997 aside from when I was at college so when I got into town she called me up and wanted to talk. Apparently she had tickets to the show and her new boyfriend listens to heavy metal so wasn't interested. I told her no, but being still fragile and lonely I caved in when she started to beg. I figured we'd sit through the show, perhaps awkwardly, leave and that would be it. She'd go home to her new boyfriend and I'd go home to a bottle of schnapps. I drove to her place and we took her car to the show. It all went downhill from there. I was so conflicted and nervous and emotional about seeing her and being next to her that I panicked. About 10 minutes into Secret Machines and way before Interpol I told her that I couldn't handle seeing her and left her there at the show, hopped on a bus and rode back to her place to get my car. That was the last time I saw her in person until about 9 months ago. But that's beside the point.The point is that I get to see Secret Machines again in the same place just shy of 2 years later with my fiancee whom I love to bits. If only Interpol were there again it would be a perfect way to replace that horrible night so long ago.So there's my little story. I'm bored at work and apparently have no problem with sharing my personal life with a bunch of people I've never met. So there.
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