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Anonymous asked: is it a bad idea to buy concert tickets for chicago concerts before you get there/know your schedule? also how far is the aragon ballroom

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Funny story about buying concert tickets before school even starts… (#seniornostalgia)

When I was a first year, I bought myself a pass to Day Glow (aka an overhyped paint party that sounded like the coolest thing ever to 18yo Megan). I made the purchase before I showed up to campus, based on the fact that other people on the UC Facebook group said they were going. 

Flash forward to my first month of college, night of the event. I met up with three other firsties, and we were, like, omg #soexcited!!! Not realizing that cabbing it was a WAY better idea at that time of night, we made the ~1.5hr long trek on the train in our white shortie-shorts and tanks, all of us freezing cold. (That was mistake #1.)

We made it there in one piece, ready to rage. We got in the giant line outside of the Congress Theater, and it started to rain. Like, really pour. Whatever, we were young and free and about to be crammed in a room with loud music and be pelted with paint #noregrets #socollege! (Waiting in that line = mistake #2.)

Finally, finally, when we got to the front, we were not so kindly informed that we needed IDs that confirmed we were 18+. None of us had brought any such identification save our completely useless UCIDs, so we got turned away. And then took the train all the way back to Hyde Park. Freezing cold, wet, and defeated.

Moral of the story: always read the terms and conditions. But still buy the ticket because, no matter what happens, your freshman year mistakes will be the fodder for many fond senior year memories.