then on dec. 23 my bro and his g/f come to my work and ask if i have to work on nye cause they wanted to buy me the plane ticket if i could get the ticket to get in. i immediately went over to my boss, asked him, and he's like "Phish? oh yea sure, i've seen them a few times, no problem man," and it was on. i seriously spent the next 5.5 days searching for a ticket anywhere i could think to look.

we ordered my plane ticket on christmas eve, and the only time we could get was arriving there at 7:50pm. so, after thinking i had at least 5 different tickets set up w/ different people w/ extras, i was unable to close the deal b/c of poor timing, and short notice. on the 28th, i posted a request yet again, and this guy Todd hooked me up HARDCORE!!!! you really have no idea how stoked i was to finally have a ticket.

i talked to him a couple times to clear up any questions so that i could get straight off the plane and get the ticket and go to the venue. the 31st comes, and my flight leaves at 10:40am, i grab a 375ml bottle of smirnoff vodka for the plane trip (no time to drink before the show, so i got wasted on the plane.) brought NO carryon, luggage, anything. got right off the plane, immediately got a cab, and headed over to the Hyatt regency where Todd had left his extra.

keep in mind that i had never met this guy, just talked to him twice, and the trust level was on both our asses. so i go in and tell the clerk i'm there to pick something up from Todd. he quickly turns around and grabs a package, and inside is a book of some sensual healing/karma sutra shit. my stomach immediately dropped. i searched the entire book, and asked him to double check, but said that was all that was left. PISSED!!

worried outta my mind that i just flew cross country and now don't have a ticket, nor do i have time to get one since the show was about to begin any time. i pleaded w/ the man to check in back, and gave him my license and shit, and just said you have to look for me again. he's like, hold on, i'll check in back, then comes out a minute later with ticket in hand!  needless to say, I went immediately to the show and ended up having a blast. good thing i asked him to check again, eh?