Trilobite

Monday night I turned on my TV to watch game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals and was surprised to see the reception was much worse than usual. I could tell what colour jerseys the players were wearing but there was too much static to see the puck and it was pretty hard to follow the action. So after the first period I went to The Toucan to watch the rest of the game on their big screen TV.

I got worried during the second period when a band began setting up their equipment on the stage in front of the TV and I quickly started making a mental list of other places within walking distance that might be showing the hockey game. That was until Sarah Harmer walked past me on her way to the bar. It took me about two seconds to decide that even if the TV got turned off just as the game was going into overtime, I would stay right there and watch the band. The pub left the TV on for the whole game after all (which was entertaining, despite the Oilers not winning the cup) and Ghetto Express started playing shortly afterwards.

At the end of the first set the band told everybody there would be a special guest later on, which really got my hopes up. I even started to think of the songs I hoped Sarah Harmer would sing and I almost went over to her table to ask if she would play Trouble in the Fields! In retrospect I’m glad I didn’t do that, especially since she got up and left the pub right after I decided not to harass her. The special guest turned out to be Tracie Morgan, not Sarah Harmer after all. Oh well. I still had a good night, and now I have another CD by another local musician.