Sidequest 18
Rage
In case you haven't noticed, I generally have a negative view of the world. I'm a downer, pessimistic when I want to be optimistic.
I don't get excited.
Not often at least. There are rare moments in my life that I actually felt some fleeting sense of 'excitement'.
One of those rare moments was when an email arrived in my inbox advertising concert tickets for Rage Against the Machine
I always thought I'll NEVER get to see this band live! So I was excited. Rage Against the Machine hits my general view for life, that attitude & style is bang on. I like Rage Against the Machine! A classic band with something to say.
Instead of my regular MO, I got in on the pre-sale and bought a ticket for myself.
Sidenote: I even had a cousin at one of the last family events I attended. Something for 'grandma' [shocker!] where they went out of their way to have some bag pipe players for her latest birthday smash.
Smile for the family photo and continue to act like everything's ok!
______ had that weird moment you remember looking back. Talking something about stage show theatrics. Sounded more to me looking back they 'already had other plans.'
It's the day of the concert. Drive down to TO, get into a hotel room. Do some usual routines for that stage of life before making it down to the concert.
It didn't start off good.
To start, they didn't give the actual start time. When they listed doors were going to be opening for Rage, was basically the same time Run the Jewels were ENDING their concert. To my disappointment I got one half of a song and they left the stage.
Bummer........
Not off to a good start.
Time passes, they're doing setup for Rage.
The concert is JUST starting and a much, much older women then anyone I'd be interested in approaches me.
It's not like she looks cute or is well dressed.
It doesn't take long for her to start spilling herself to me. She's divorced, had kids, etc.
........ [I want to watch the show!].............[Please, leave me alone].........
She admits that she doesn't actually have tickets to where I'm currently seated. The seat was empty and she helped herself to the spot.
.............[fill in the blanks]............
Out of nowhere she starts holding my hand. Starting to jump around and act all excited while holding my hand without my consent or approval.
It was the most cringe, trying to act youthful when you're clearly not moment, where you just want to gag yourself and die. THIS is not the concert girlfriend experience I've been dreaming of my entire life. I can say that much for damn sure.
She started getting super annoying! Besides pressing up on me to an extreme when I wasn't reciprocating. I stood there like a blank lifeless rock.
She started staring straight at me yelling into my ears as loud as she could along with a song.
She then proceeded to start covering my eyes with her hands as if she was 'being silly'. I was getting pissed off. She ruined that concert for me.
I eventually moved aside, sat down by the railing to obstruct others views as little as possible to try to get any concert in.
To keep a short story short.
The concert ended. And because I wasn't interested in a granny.
She out and out called me a "faggot" because I didn't want to put out for an unattractive bitchy granny. Then stormed out in a hush.
Double standard! How well would it go over if I called a girl a lesbian if she didn't want to sleep with me after I made an advance?
I should of told her to fuck off straight to her face.
I was right all along, I never got to watch Rage Against the Machine live.