![]() ![]() Boom! Single RF box, about 15 rows up with perfect sightlines. “Well, I’ve been standing in line for 12 hours and would really like to sit without a pole in my face. ![]() My homework had revealed that the ticket system is very dynamic and kicks up tickets almost randomly. “Only have standing room and obstructed,” came the reply.įuck. “Best available single,” I confidently said. My feet were exploding and despite my initial openness to a standing room ticket I really wanted an actual seat. An officer stayed back there and they sent a couple hundred folks home. Fantastic! At 2pm we started feeling real confident when two police officers and a Fenway ticket agent counted the line, confirmed our position and then proceeded to cap the line way in back of us. Multiple counts told us we were somewhere around 120 in line. But that didn’t stop me from jumping into a game of street football, complete with throws over moving buses. Thankfully we were in a spot under an overhang, so didn’t get that wet. I passed (a trend that would continue through the day as multiple package store runs occurred before noon) I actually had work to do! What a fun bunch! The first thing that the guy in front of me did was offer me a puff of stuff legal in Colorado but not Massachusetts. Immediately introduced myself to the folks around me. Had decided that if there were more than 500 people in line I’d bail. Paydirt came in the form of a tweet which said someone showed up at 3am and was about 90 th in line. Scoured Twitter to see if a line was forming. ![]() Packed like it was a camping trip, minus the sleeping bag and adding a laptop so I could do work. Calculated the odds of getting in as a single would increase my chances, so treated this as a solo attack. Since this was a deciding World Series game, figured the available number would be lower. A USA Today article said that generally 700 tickets a day were available for Sox play-off games. I wanted in, but we’re talking about the toughest ticket in the history of Boston.ĭid loads of homework. Now the Sox were poised to clinch the World Series here in Boston. Football at 2am, a never ending bottle of rum and the stamina of a 21-year old kid made for epic memories. Got to see 1986 World Series Game 6, the last game the Sox won before the infamous Buckner incident at Shea Stadium. In college, (aka “the wonderous time before the Internet”), I slept out on Landsdowne Street twice for Red Sox play-off tickets. Now is the moment to do something before it’s too late.Ī bit of history is necessary. ![]() A moment when anything is possible.Ĭlimate change is happening. Walking on iconic NYC streets with buildings towering over us, my thoughts turned to how this was a moment. The marching got underway shortly afterwards and proved to be a rolling party of chants, songs and dashes to street food vendors. It was a cascading roar that came up Central Park West, 400,000 people sequentially unleashing yells of hope, anger and passion. After a powerful, steady silence I looked up at the sky, slightly bewildered why a military jet was marking the occasion. At 1pm a moment of silence was observed for the countless victims of climate change. Since we were in the back of the pack by 86th Street, it took over three hours to get going.īut in that time the most magical part of the day happened. And our minds were blown as we saw the staging point at the Natural Museum of National History.Ī great group called Mother’s Out Front was our tribe for the afternoon. Our walk across Central Park turned up hundreds more marchers. Signs and banners were everywhere at Grand Central Station and on the subway. The trip into NYC told us this was going to be something special. We saw this march as a way to open their eyes to the power they can yield as citizen activists. So his past Sunday we were up before the 5:30am alarm to trek into NYC and participate in the People’s Climate March.Īs big as climate change is for our generation, it’s going to be an even more important issue for our kids’ generation. When normal folk engage, that’s when an issue hits the tipping point. The public that cares and gives money and talks the talk over dinner conversation but isn’t a group of activists. Rallies work because there are moments when an issue gets to the point where the public needs to be heard. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a proper rally. Rally On! Our Day at the People’s Climate March ![]()
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