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In my continuing tradition of acknowledging holidays I don't celebrate, happy Canada Day!
Today was Beth's last day of her summer class. While I was waiting for her to finish her exam, I played some more of Dragon Warrior Monsters. You might recall that I already won the Starry Night Tournament, but there's more to the game after that. Today, I fought my first boss in this part of the game, who turned out to be none other than the DracoLord (AKA Dragonlord), the main villain in the first Dragon Warrior game. He even said pretty much the same thing he did in the original game. This time, however, he put up much more of a fight in his human form than as a dragon. I wonder if some other classic villains from the series will appear in the game.
After Beth's class, she bought lunch for both of us at Denny's. That was very sweet of her. I had the Breakfast Dagwood (as usual), and, since I still have part of it left, I'll probably eat it on my lunch break.
Okay, so that was the good part of this post. Most of the rest of the entry is made up of complaints about stuff.
While Beth was at school, I went to Strawbridge's (whatever happened to Clothier, anyway?) to buy tickets for a They Might Be Giants concert later this month. I didn't get them, though, since the lady said the Ticketmaster system was down. I guess that isn't the store's fault, but I've had problems at that counter before, like when they refused to sell me tickets because I was five minutes late or something. I also remember hearing from Beth that they told her cousin Mark that they were out of tickets for the entire Warped Tour, which I'm pretty sure wasn't true.
Speaking of Ticketmaster, their extra charges are annoying enough without giving them a stupid name like "service charges." What service is this money going toward? It's pretty much the same way with places that charge "shipping and handling" rates that are much higher than shipping a package could ever be (within the country, anyway). Why not just call these extra charges "because-we-can fees"? I still wouldn't LIKE them, but at least they'd be a lot more honest.
And speaking of TMBG, I have to say that I'm not too fond of their newly-formed Street Team, for two reasons:
1. The Johns have mentioned before how they're scared of their fans. While I'm sure they won't actually be interacting with any members of their Street Team, why would they want to make the crazy people semi-official spokespeople for the band, and give them free stuff?
2. Is TMBG really at the level where they NEED to rely on fan promotion? It's not like they're some tiny, unknown band. Wouldn't it have been more appropriate for them to have formed a Street Team back in the early eighties, when they were playing small clubs in New York City?
Mind you, I'm aware of the importance of word of mouth in promoting ANY band. But, really, which is more effective? A friend or acquaintance playing someone a few songs, or maybe making a mixtape for them; or some random guy on the street handing out flyers that he made himself?
I wonder if I should subscribe to any more livejournal communities. Right now I'm only in two.
This has gotten to be a pretty long entry. I doubt anyone will be at all interested in it, though.
Today was Beth's last day of her summer class. While I was waiting for her to finish her exam, I played some more of Dragon Warrior Monsters. You might recall that I already won the Starry Night Tournament, but there's more to the game after that. Today, I fought my first boss in this part of the game, who turned out to be none other than the DracoLord (AKA Dragonlord), the main villain in the first Dragon Warrior game. He even said pretty much the same thing he did in the original game. This time, however, he put up much more of a fight in his human form than as a dragon. I wonder if some other classic villains from the series will appear in the game.
After Beth's class, she bought lunch for both of us at Denny's. That was very sweet of her. I had the Breakfast Dagwood (as usual), and, since I still have part of it left, I'll probably eat it on my lunch break.
Okay, so that was the good part of this post. Most of the rest of the entry is made up of complaints about stuff.
While Beth was at school, I went to Strawbridge's (whatever happened to Clothier, anyway?) to buy tickets for a They Might Be Giants concert later this month. I didn't get them, though, since the lady said the Ticketmaster system was down. I guess that isn't the store's fault, but I've had problems at that counter before, like when they refused to sell me tickets because I was five minutes late or something. I also remember hearing from Beth that they told her cousin Mark that they were out of tickets for the entire Warped Tour, which I'm pretty sure wasn't true.
Speaking of Ticketmaster, their extra charges are annoying enough without giving them a stupid name like "service charges." What service is this money going toward? It's pretty much the same way with places that charge "shipping and handling" rates that are much higher than shipping a package could ever be (within the country, anyway). Why not just call these extra charges "because-we-can fees"? I still wouldn't LIKE them, but at least they'd be a lot more honest.
And speaking of TMBG, I have to say that I'm not too fond of their newly-formed Street Team, for two reasons:
1. The Johns have mentioned before how they're scared of their fans. While I'm sure they won't actually be interacting with any members of their Street Team, why would they want to make the crazy people semi-official spokespeople for the band, and give them free stuff?
2. Is TMBG really at the level where they NEED to rely on fan promotion? It's not like they're some tiny, unknown band. Wouldn't it have been more appropriate for them to have formed a Street Team back in the early eighties, when they were playing small clubs in New York City?
Mind you, I'm aware of the importance of word of mouth in promoting ANY band. But, really, which is more effective? A friend or acquaintance playing someone a few songs, or maybe making a mixtape for them; or some random guy on the street handing out flyers that he made himself?
I wonder if I should subscribe to any more livejournal communities. Right now I'm only in two.
This has gotten to be a pretty long entry. I doubt anyone will be at all interested in it, though.
