I am sitting outside the East entrance of the Reliant Astrodome and watching
the little crowd of people try to worm their way in early. They have pink
wristbands for volunteers, green badges for volunteers, red badges for
staff, glossy red wristbands for the food people… but what do they have
for the participants? Nada. I think they let anyone be a volunteer. All
you need, apparently, is a name. I am hanging out with the lowly artists
who only have our complimentary tickets to show. I am also not feeling very
well, having eaten some pizza for lunch. Bad stomach. Eeew. The drive to
the dome was fairly easy with a minimum of traffic. My car will need to get
topped off with gas before I try going back home. Need to get plenty of
rest because tomorrow is the life is unfair day for me. A few moments ago I
had to fib about how much gas was in the car. You’re supposed to only have 1/4
of a tank once you’re inside, plus they want you to unhook your battery. Doesn’t
emptying gas from your car and jacking around with your battery sound like dangerous
things to do? If I had my way I wouldn’t do either one. Since the car won’t run if it has
less than half a tank in it, I figure since it’s 3/4 full that I only have 1/4 left to
go before it can’t move. As for the battery, I have never been able to unhook it
before, but I do have spare loose wires that I think will give it that ”unhooked”
appearance.