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Something must be in the water around here. People on the metro today were unusually antagonistic this morning.

As I boarded a train this morning, two old men approached a seat from opposite directions. Keep in mind that there were about 5 empty seats around that section of the train. These two men started to argue over that one particular seat. It got so heated, it nearly reached violence level as one man chased the other man down the train. Eventually he backed off and left the guy alone at the opposite end of the car. It was pretty weird.

And then a few stops later, a 40ish woman started to sit down in one of the "reserved for seniors and persons with disabilities" seats when this old woman rushed in, SMACKED the 40 year old, and jumped into the seat. Then she started yelling at the 40 year old, "This is my seat. It's reserved for me. You're just a child!" I was so annoyed. How did that old woman know that the 40 year old woman didn't have a disability that isn't easy to see? There's more to disability than missing limbs. Or maybe she was pregnant? She had a big coat on, so who knows? Anyway, a younger woman sitting in the opposite reserved seat got up and offered the 40ish woman a seat. The younger woman gave the old woman a nice burn too, commenting that it's a shame that manners and grace don't come with age. The old woman just sat there and scowled at the world.

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Woo! Got tickets to Wicked!

The show is on tour around the country. I have wanted to see it for a long time, but going to NYC is kinda inconvenient and expensive. Unfortunately I procrastinated really bad, so tickets for their touring show were almost sold out!

And the Kennedy Center's website leaves something to be desired when you are trying to buy tickets. First you click on the date you want to go. Then you choose the section you want. Then you choose the seats you want. And if those seats have not already been taken by someone else, you can buy them.

Repeat that process for every weekend from June-August....

It made me crazy when it claimed there were 2 seats in a section left, only to discover the two seats were on total opposite sides of the room.

What the site really needs is a search engine where I could input, "Wicked, weekends, 2 adjacent seats, less than $100 each" and out would pop a list of dates and seats that matched what I wanted.

It took me hours to find tickets their way. But at least I finally got them. Every performance was nearly completely sold out. I ended up getting Orchestra level, row Z on July 31st at 7:30. Ben offered to buy me some opera glasses.

I'm currently reading the book the show is based on. I will probably finish before the end of July. It'll be good to see how they compare. I have been told the show is very loosely based on the book and isn't as dark.