Don't Look At Me Like That -- You Amaze Me.

On March 19th, 2010, 5:00 AM, I arrived outside MSG alongside my bff Constance. We looked around in shock because we thought there would be a wild line by then. We were waiting to buy tickets for Lady GaGa. A few other fanatics showed up and we gave each other that whole "Are you here for GaGa ?" look. We stood our ground for some time then grabbed some breakfast at Mickey D's. Nobody at MSG seemed to understand why we were standing there. That was kind of heart-wrenching actually. After countless calls to Ticketmaster and MSG Box Office, Conn noticed that online it said that tickets were not sold at the actual venue on the first day, rather at a Ticketmaster Box Office. I remembered that those could be found at Macy's. I gave my sister a call hoping she could let us in early, but obviously that wasn't happening. After hours of agony and meeting other fans, we were told Macy's was definitely where the tickets were to be sold. So we ran up 8th Ave to a Macy's entrance with the Cellar stairs right next to us. There we joked around with some fans, talked some shit - the works. Finally, at 10:00 AM Macy's opened its doors and a massive rush of women and gays (haha, I loved it) ran to the stairs. I swear everything around me was a blur and all I could hear was Conn screaming out "ASHLEY !! ASSSSHHHHHLLLLLEEEEYYYYYYY !!". Alas, we reached the box office (or gift wrapping section) and we were BLOWN. Scalpers and Macy's employees were ALREADY on the line, like where the fuck did you come from asshole ? As the line progressed, more concert dates began to open up. When we reached the counter, the first tickets offered to us were General Admission, $79 - standing room only. No way playa, we were having that. So then we were so bold as to say "TWO BEST AVAILABLE" and we were given just that. Section 126 - $179.50 times two. My best friend Constance and I were officially en route to Monster Ball starring Lady GaGa on July 9th, 2010.

100 Days.