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When
I
met
the
woman
who
would
later
become
my
wife,
I
was
just
19
years
old.
I
had
a
long,
long
ponytail.
I
delivered
pizza.
In
1994
I
was
thin,
carefree,
and
spent
more
time
planning
my
next
road
trip
than
with
silly
"conventional"
distractions
like
rent,
gas,
and
cable
TV.
I
saw
the
Grateful
Dead
at
Soldier
Field
that
year.
I
saw
Phish
in
Cincinnati
and
Louisville.
I
crashed
a
Phish
show
on
my
20th
birthday
way
up
in
Bethlehem,
PA.
I
ended
that
year
with
the
same
wife-to-be
and
two
of
my
closest
friends,
by
spending
New
Year's
Eve
in
Amsterdam.
Those
were
heady
days
my
friends
and,
now,
if
it's
possible
to
have
a
mid-life
crisis
at
34,
welcome
to
it's
heart.
Maybe
it
starts
with
Phish.
Could
be
Bonnaroo.
It
may
be
that
having
my
brother
living
so
much
closer
has
a
mutual
bad
influence.
We've
already
caught
the
start
of
the
Dead
tour
(as
posted
below)
and
now
here's
a
rundown
of
the
summer
to
be
:
May
31
Phish@Fenway
Boston,
MA
My
friend
"Uncle
Ted"
scored
the
tickets
up
in
the
rightfield
grandstand.
My
brother
and
I
are
flying
up
that
morning.
We
get
in
at
11:30.
We
leave
Boston
at
5:00AM
Monday.
It's
a
whilwind,
what
Timmy
calls
a
"Rockstar
Vacation".
We're
just
going
to
RAWK!
Should
make
for
a
pretty
interesting
return
flight
in
any
event.
June
9
Phish@Asheville
Civic
Center
Asheville,
NC
Hard
tickets
to
score
but
I
paid
the
scalpers.
This
will
bring
about
some
scorn
in
the
-Head
community.
I
absolutely
do
not
care.
Otis,
Pauly,
and
my
wife
will
be
there
too.
Should
be
silly
since
it's
the
smallest
venue
on
the
Phish
tour
this
year.
This
is
an
old-school
venue.
I
plan
to
act
in
a
very
stupid
manner.
As
soon
as
the
show
ends
my
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