US Open Opening Night 2005

August 29, 2005: US Open tennis... why not? Jumped onto the Internet and bought a single ticket... now, buying a 'single ticket' is fraught with social commentary 1) do I have any friends? 2) how can you enjoy sport alone? 3) do I wish to be sandwiched in between two large American people in the stands high up on a hot night?

Luckily for me, the Internet is also a social commentator, possibly the highest in the land... its response was "would you like to sit less than 10m from the bass line in the players friends/family section?" okey-dokey then...

So with Big Mac & Bo Diddly bashing out some tunes, Michael Bloomberg opening it up, every Marine, Air Force & Navy guy & girl not in Iraq, Jim Carrey, and some fireworks, we got underway... I was sitting with the 'other player's people ie Sharapova & the other player... Agassi & the other player... but apart from having many people assume i was the new boyfriend of Daniilidou (who lost to Sharapova), the seats were AMAZING, the tennis entertaining, and the atmosphere of a rowdy New York crowd was excellent... Agassi's last US Open campaign? If it was, I was there for the first match of it... cool...