OCT 02

2023

Monday: as expected, I was up at around 5 AM again and got right into FFXIV, where I had time to run one Praetorium instance before the servers went offline. While I fell short of my overall goal for tomestone collection, I had deliberately aimed higher than I really wanted, and I got out far better than most of the people gnashing their teeth on the subreddit. For somebody as new to the game as I am, there will always be more mounts and minions and orchestrion rolls to collect.

I started and finished last week's weekly project at work, and my contact said they'd have this week's data ready for me on Wednesday. We'll see.

We had tickets to see The Wombats at Union Transfer, so I had last night's leftovers before we left for the subway. It was standing room only, but we arrived early enough to stake out a couple spots where we could lean against the railing near the forward entrance to the auditorium. Julie commented that the opener (the Red Rum Club) was maybe the best opener we've seen; she might be right.

Things soured once the Wombats took the stage. A guy who'd wandered into the vicinity between sets finished his drink and made the night miserable for most of the people around him: he'd sway into people, reach over shoulders toward the stage, throw his head back so he could sweep his hair out of his eyes, yell along to the music, and jump like a maniac. I swapped places with Julie and eventually had to sort of shield her with my body—and good thing, because the dude backed into me, jumped on my feet four or five times, and at one point straight up leaned on me to let somebody pass in front of him. I probably should have just pushed him away to begin with, but after 20 minutes of this I realized my error and resituated him. We'll stick with concerts where we can get seats from now on, I think.