Today I got to go to the Daily Show with Jon Stewart near Radio City Hall near Midtown, Manhattan. It was a great experience. The tickets were free, and due to a lucky break, I was able to get a ticket online (reservation) because they had originally planned not to do any shows this week.
So I got there at 2:45 and was number 23 in line. at 5:15, we were escorted, through a metal detector, into the waiting area and then finally into the set. As 23, I should have been seated in likely the second or third row, but since I was solo, there was an open seat in the first row. This seat just happened to be eye level with Jon, again front row, and directly in front of him. When they say "as the crow flies," that was me, about 25 feet away.
The show was great, former Press Secretary Ari Fleischer was the guest and in between the boos (for him) and the laughs (for Jon) there was the usual journalistic satire. It was definitely worth the wait and pretty much anything is worth missing class.
When I got home, I checked out the construction zone at home and found, to my dismay, the project had expanded. They took out the radiator in the living room, are sanding, still have not finished my room, and have only replaced the plumbing (in the midst of) in the bathroom. I think we are looking at a serious delay...
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