She's So Unusual!

Some people deny the existence of fate. Whether I questioned it before, I now know better. Could it be mere coincidence that the one time in a month that my radio was tuned into something besides public radio was also the exact moment that they announced Cyndi Lauper's concert bus rolling into town? I think not.

Luckily, Roomie had not yet bought me a birthday present and felt quite guilty about that little fact. Next thing you know, she and I were shaking our true colors all over the smokers green at the Sunset Amphitheatre with dozens of admirers begging to dance in our circle (they wouldn't let us dance in the isle... fascist ushers).

We let one guy, Aidan, stick around all through the night--at least for all of the fast songs. (Sorry, mom, but he had to go sit by his shy, non-dancing boyfriend during the ballads--all in the chance you take trying to pick up men at a Cyndi Lauper concert.)

Anyway, time after time Cyndi always puts on a good show! The Vegas crowd lived up to its rep of being full of high-rolling jerks who don't "get" the music or the fans (money does change everything!), but I was in a place of Zen, so no worries. The performance was so good, that it almost made up for the fact that I missed seeing Cyndi off-Broadway in Three Penny Opera last spring (B.S. will appreciate my pain at discovering that I also missed seeing her co-star,Jim Dale!)

Some of you are violently jealous, I know, but don't worry. Cyndi is surely coming to a city near you soon!