My First Meet & Greet...and My Epic Fail! (Page 2 of 2)

I don't peruse through this section enough it seems....

Thank you Coach for your honesty in letting us all have a laugh at ourselves. Yes I said at ourselves, because we've all done it!

Well, it's been a week, my bruised ego has (mostly) recovered, so I thought I'd add a brief postscript...

My students didn't give me quite so hard a time as I had expected, but they did give me some grief. The suggestion that I double down on the ginkgo biloba next time stung a little bit...   

One of the kids suggested that perhaps I should consider using a Sticky Note when the next opportunity comes along:

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I had hoped that opportunity would be today in Des Moines, but the starting time of the Meet & Greet got moved up a bit, and there's no way I could get there in time.  I wound up giving my M&G passes to a friend of Patty's, which makes me feel a little less bummed about having to miss it myself...   

Here's a pic of the other Joe tie I had made.  Original plan was to wear this one to the Des Moines M&G and bring "Paula" (my Epi JBLP) to get her signed.  That will have to wait, now, but I will be wearing this tie to the concert tonight nonetheless:

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You don't get a really good look at "India" in the pic of me and Joe, so here's a better shot of her:

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Here, she's sitting in my comfy chair at school:

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Here's, she's admiring the pic of me and Joe (she considers it a pic of HER and Joe!):

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And, finally, a closeup of the pic, framed, on my wall:

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Looking forward to tonight's show, and to maybe meeting some fellow forum denizens in person...   

Wow Coach! I do hope you packed the guitar in case an opportunity presents itself after the show!

I forgot to ask for a picture in Louisville. Not a huge deal But I know that initial sinking feeling when you make the realization and it's too late.  And I do have a great one taken at my first Meet & Greet in Vegas. I'm not there for me, I'm there to say thank you and show my appreciation for all that Joe, the band and everyone else it takes to keep the tours going, and newcds & dvds coming out.

I had them made in anticipation of the Omaha/Des Moines M&Gs.  Plan was to wear the tie that featured him playing the guitar I'd be asking him to autograph each time (well, in the case of the goldtop, mine is an Epi, of course). As the poet Robbie Burns observed, "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley..."  And "agley" is certainly where my "schemes" wound up this time...   

If someone had told me I'd have as many Joe-autographed guitars as Albert Pujols had home runs this April, I'd have been in heaven!  As it turned out, Albert and I tied...and it was somewhere a little south of heaven...   

To have the ties made (and they can do similar things with other items they offer), I started here:  http://www.zazzle.com/ties

I decided on ties because I knew I'd have to leave straight from work, with no time to change, and because the JB Store doesn't offer anything like them.  I figured it would be okay because each one is a one-off, and I'm not trying to sell them or anything...