Was great!  The part I was most nervous about ( puppet sex) was the funniest part.  At least I thought so.  But that's me and my warped sense of humor. 

The night started out great with Dimitri the train conductor





He was very friendly and he didn't even call us out on our obvious lie, when purchasing tickets.  I had told Matt to say he was a senior in high school, so I could get the student discount.  I had learned on the last train ride, college does not count. 

Matt: One adult and one student please.

Dimitri the train conductor:  How old are you?

Matt:  Long pause Uhhhhh, I'm a student at local community high school

Dimitri gives discounted price

Learn to lie Matt!!!!!!!!!

We went to dinner at Ed Debevics.  That's always fun.  A fifties style restaurant where the wait staff is rude.  I would be great there.  I don't know why it's funny to have rude wait staff, but it is.  Plus they are crazy, which I like.  Our waitress, was okay, but she was somewhat annoying.  I wanted duck man ( see pictures below.)  I did like that she called my friend a drunkie ( for having a daiquiri ) because this friend is practically the opposite of a drunk.  The friend was only drinking to prepare for the oral puppet sex in front of her 17 year old daughter. 

We got cool hats there too






 
Drunkie is in the middle








Duck man ^^^^^^^^





annoying but sort of funny waitress ^^^^^  Lose the laugh and the Italian accent honey and you'll be fine.

After dinner we took a cab to the Cadillac Theater to see the show.  The cab driver, a South African guy,  was VERY interested in my cool hat.  Matt, who was raised right, ( although has problems with telling white lies) and is very generous, gave his hat to the nameless cab driver. 

He loved it.






We got to the show early, so drunkie needed another drink.  Jeeze, you would think she had never seen puppet porn before.  Oh right, she hadn't.  As a matter of fact, she never even watched Sesame Street as a kid.  She's a farm girl and was always working.  I don't know how she managed to learn her letters or numbers, but I'm assuming she did. 





Matt and his friend Brea ^^^^^^^








Kate Monster above ( not Brea) was amazing.  She also played Lucy the Slut, often at the same time, which if you saw the show, you would realize how hard that would be. 

She also had an amazing voice.




Lucy the slut's boobs are real.




Brea and her mom, Drunkie the sheltered farm girl.  I think Drunkie's boobs are real too, but I never asked.

Drunkie, the sheltered farm girl, seemed like she could have used another drink during certain parts, but she lived. 

These were a couple of our favorites in the show.

Evil Bears are VERY funny







Anyone who knows me, knows this is my kind of musical.  So even though I LOVED Wicked, I can almost see why Avenue Q beat it out as best musical.   Almost, but not quite.  Although I think this was much harder to do.

Anyway, I got a shirt.  And I am hoping to get up the nerve to wear it to work.  We'll see.  I think the " boys" will love it.

Sometimes it does suck to be me.  But it probably sucks to be you too.

I got home today and got a letter from the Chicago Dept of revenue.  I had no idea who that was and almost threw it away.  It turned out it was a $100.00 running a red light ticket.  The proof, a small before and after picture of my van running a red light.  Then a bigger picture of my license plate.   The picture was grainy and in black and white, but I'm still pretty sure they got me.  Since it was black and white I almost wanted them to prove it was red, but I think the position of the darkest one, gives it away. 
Expunge does not think I have to pay it since it didn't come in registered mail.  I have to agree.  First, Dept. of revenue does not even sound like a running, red, light, traffic , thing.   It sounds like City of Chicago's way to make money.  I mean seriously, it's almost impossible to NOT run a red light in Chicago.  They change so fast, people are always walking when  it's your turn,  and the busses and cabs cut you off and make you all nervous.  Also, whatever happened to good old fashioned police stopping.  If there  is  no cop around, your supposed to get away with this stuff.  $100.00, give me a break!  Talk about a rip off.  It's not like I was drunk driving or something.   How can they prove I got the letter?  Do they have a camera on me getting my mail?  It actually wouldn't surprise me.  Big Brother is always watching you .
Not only that, it happened a month ago.  I didn't even realize I did it.  I think I should be able to plea insanity or something. 
I hate driving in Chicago.  In fact, I think driving in a major city should be outlawed.  It is the most nerve wracking experience.  I'm surprised more people are not hit by cars in the city.  No one pays attention, and people just walk across the street, even when it says don't walk. 
New York is worse though.  You couldn't pay me to drive in that city.  The cabs go 100 miles and hour and practically mow people down. 
I just remarked to Matt the other day how much I liked the city of Chicago.  It's a very clean city, very pretty.  But now I know why.  They can afford to be clean because they are charging $100.00 to every random person who accidentally runs the red lights. 
Well I'm not paying.  They can just find another way to pay their street cleaners.  I will also be taking a train from now on. 
In fact, I am going to see Avenue Q with a friend, her daughter, and Matt on Friday.  We WILL NOT be driving.  We will however be seeing puppet porn.  I just learned an entire song is all about making noise when your having sex.  Apparently, the puppets have oral sex and try out different positions during the song.  My friend said we might learn something.  I don't think I want to learn from puppets, and I definitely don't want to learn with my 19 year old son sitting next to me.  I'm really not the kinky type, so puppet sex is not my thing.  But it got great reviews and since were taking the train, no $100.00 fine letters will be coming.
 If we have time I think I should go to the Chicago Department of Revenue and spit gum on their sidewalk. 

I bet the sexual puppets don't have these problems.