celtics rally time mis-management

Posted on | September 24, 2008 | Comments

Where are the Celtics? Where oh where could they be? So today ended up being a total bummer. First of all, it’s Celtics Day today in Maine. That meant that I got to wear my slick Celtics jacket to work and talk about them all day and no one could stop me.

It also meant that at lunchtime, I got to leave work and go to a rally that TD Banknorth was sponsoring in honor of the team championship and see the Larry O’Brien Trophy and all that jazz. The rally was schedule to go from 10:30-Noon and after that we were supposed to be able to oggle the trophy from Noon to 2:00pm until they packed up and moved the whole shebang up to the U in Orono.

Well… me and two of my coworkers get to the rally at 11:30 thinking it will have been going on for awhile, but when we get there, nothing. There is a crowd of people in front of an empty stage and corny music blaring out of some speakers (‘Hero’ from Foo Fighters and some other song with the word ‘hero’ in it). We stand around for a half hour wondering when the damn thing is going to start when finally some dude with a microphone informs that they’re over at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital and will be sure to arrive “soon”. Ok, now I understand how important charity is and visiting sick kids is, yada yada yada, believe me… I don’t have coal for a heart. But, sweet baby jesus, where’s the time management? 2 hours late? Do they think people who have jobs can just sit around some gym for hours on end waiting for Brian Scalabrine, Tony Allen and Leon Powe to just stroll in at any old hour of the day? Apparently. I finally had to give up, say fk it and bail and I’m possibly a little bit — ok a lot — bitter about it. All I really wanted was a couple of pictures of the players. Instead I got a picture of an empty stage (big green square) and an empty podium (small green square), missed lunch, and had to stay late after work. Sumbitch.

Leon Powe

The one saving grace was when they played “You Should Be Dancing” by the Bee Gees and a group of middle school kids started disco dancing in unison in the bleachers. Gino would’ve been proud!

I checked the local news website and of course I missed a whole lot of great Leon Powe moments. I love me some Leon Powe. Sigh!