Why I didn't go to Detroit with my wife to see Louis CK last week
Subtitle: ...and other dumb stuff I do
Before classes started, my wife informed me that Louis CK was touring and that, as luck would have it, he was coming to Detroit on Friday, Oct. 12th. At the time, this seemed perfect... my last final should be sometime earlier that day, I thought. We'd be able to make it up to Detroit in plenty of time for a 7:30 PM show. So we bought tickets (Louis CK subverted Ticketmaster and sold tickets to his show directly on his website... awesome business savvy on his part).
Fast forward to Day 1 of orientation for the SMF program. Each student gets a really nice Fisher folder, chock full of papers with information we'll all need in the coming days, weeks, and months. One of the enclosed documents was a calendar. The calendar showed that Saturday, Oct. 13th was also a day on which I could have a final exam (or at least that's how I read it). Keep in mind that I had not yet received the syllabi for all of my classes yet. Based on the calendar, I informed my wife that I would likely not be able to attend the Louis CK show and that she should find a friend to use my ticket.
Fast forward to about 10 days ago... I realize that I do not have a final on Saturday. In fact, my finals are over by 10 AM on Friday. I called my wife and informed her of my incomparable stupidity (she's already aware of my affliction); my call is a few days too late. My wife has already asked a friend who is working up in Michigan to join her. To my dismay, this friend accepted the invitation.
That is why tonight I sit at home in Dayton alone with my dog (is "alone with my dog" an oxymoron? if so I'm going to use it as the title for my first book) while my wife is probably laughing her pretty butt off to the comedy stylings of Louis CK (seriously, if you haven't seen "Louie" on FX, check it out... it's an odd combination of funny and sad that you won't find anywhere else on TV... Louis CK has a rare talent for making fun of his own life in a way that induces both pity and laughter simultaneously).
The answer to the "why" in the title of this post is: because I'm dumb.
As promised, here's some other dumb stuff I've done:
1) I ran myself over with my own car (it was a Ford E-150 van, actually).
2) I once asked my wife if she needed anymore "Versus cotton panties," to which she replied, "Do you mean 'VICTORIA'S SECRET cotton panties'?" Watch enough sports and your brain automatically turns "VS" into "Versus," not "Victoria's Secret." My bad, Mr. Wexner.
3) While driving down the freeway, with the radio already turned off, I've reached for the radio's volume knob because I was having a hard time conversing with my wife over the road noise. My wife noticed this and asked, "Did you just try to turn down the road noise?" Yes. Yes I did.
Enjoy the Buckeye game Saturday night. I've been to a game at Indiana's stadium (yeah, just one). They call it "The Rock" (must be one of those ironic names). Not a great college football town (basketball's a different story), but the stadium should be filled with Ohio State fans. I love it when Buckeye fans can do the O-H-I-O chant around an opposing team's stadium. GO BUCKS!