birthdays/ticketmaster and otherstuff
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2eclipsea very happy birthday to my sister, cam.
who doesn't have or read lj.
but who deserves a happy birthday anyway.
i am thoroughly disgusted with ticketmaster and it's crazy pricing. i am SO happy to give good musicians for providing me with stimulation and enjoyment, but $30 of added charges onto $25/ea tickets adds up to $80/ticket. ridiculous and unreasonable. they are shooting their own industry in the foot. i am driving down to state theater to pick up my tickets for GBS today (and get my free cd!). it makes me angry out exploitative and opportunistic our capitalistic system can be. i'm in favor of capitalism. i think it's the best system we've come up with so far. but "what the market will bear" gets a bit out of control sometimes and i wish we had more balance.
my dad is turnin 80 in november. that's kind of a big deal. and something nice is that i'm not the only one who thinks so. all of us kids and my mom are planning a surprise party for him. he didn't even ASK any of us to come, because we are all coming for xmas roughly 2 months later. all he wants from us is a letter.
i am posting about this here in part to remark on my father's incredible humility and selflessness - while he, himself is the most generous man i've ever known - but also because this is a great idea for a gift that is inexpensive, personal and meaningful.
the letter he wants is about why/how we love him.
my sister is going to scrapbook all the letters into a book for him.
and then we are all going to show up the weekend before his birthday to surprise him. :)
who doesn't have or read lj.
but who deserves a happy birthday anyway.
i am thoroughly disgusted with ticketmaster and it's crazy pricing. i am SO happy to give good musicians for providing me with stimulation and enjoyment, but $30 of added charges onto $25/ea tickets adds up to $80/ticket. ridiculous and unreasonable. they are shooting their own industry in the foot. i am driving down to state theater to pick up my tickets for GBS today (and get my free cd!). it makes me angry out exploitative and opportunistic our capitalistic system can be. i'm in favor of capitalism. i think it's the best system we've come up with so far. but "what the market will bear" gets a bit out of control sometimes and i wish we had more balance.
my dad is turnin 80 in november. that's kind of a big deal. and something nice is that i'm not the only one who thinks so. all of us kids and my mom are planning a surprise party for him. he didn't even ASK any of us to come, because we are all coming for xmas roughly 2 months later. all he wants from us is a letter.
i am posting about this here in part to remark on my father's incredible humility and selflessness - while he, himself is the most generous man i've ever known - but also because this is a great idea for a gift that is inexpensive, personal and meaningful.
the letter he wants is about why/how we love him.
my sister is going to scrapbook all the letters into a book for him.
and then we are all going to show up the weekend before his birthday to surprise him. :)
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Date: 2008-09-11 04:18 pm (UTC)my brother and I put together a book of photographs for my mother for mother's day. She loves pictures of her children so we took some with a friend of ours who does photography. She loves it!
My dad was like "I want one for father's day!!" lol
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Date: 2008-09-11 06:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-09-11 06:39 pm (UTC)it takes my dad about a whole 5 minutes to forget how crazy we all are about him. he CONSTANTLY undervalues and underestimates how beloved he is.
Well Hey
Date: 2008-09-13 03:54 am (UTC)The one concern is logistics; I wouldn't want my letter to arrive too early, nor to interfere with the surprise in any way.
We must speak of this in the coming days.
Re: Well Hey
Date: 2008-09-15 01:06 pm (UTC)i talked to mom (organizing all of this). your letters are more than welcome! it looks like we are doing this the weekend of halloween, so if you can arrange for your letter NOT to come before then, you won't spoil the surprise.
however, it is sounding like the family wants to keep this celebration, not only to just family, but to just immediate family. sorry about that. i will have more time to hang with friends when i am down over xmas.
Re: Well Hey
Date: 2008-09-18 05:23 pm (UTC)