Like the old saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” And I’ve been try, try, trying to get some friggin’ tickets to attend The Dark Knight Gala in Chicago for over a month now. Tickets went on sale in May and sold out in less than a week. So what’s a Dark Knight/Christian Bale/Chris Nolan fanatic fan supposed to do? eBay, baby. All the way.

I’ve been keeping close watch of TDK Gala tickets on eBay for a few weeks now, and let me tell ya. Those suckers were going for some big $$$. Mind you, the face value of each ticket is $150 and these things were selling for over $1,000 per pair!!!

A couple of weeks ago, I was prepared to spend almost $650 for a pair, and right when I was entering my bid, there was a freakin’ glitch with eBay (it’s not the first time this has happened to me - I’m smelling a conspiracy here) and I missed out. I was so pissed! But - even though I fell off the proverbial horse, I dusted myself off and got right back into the eBay saddle again.

However, I began to get a little nervous after watching eBay for a few days because no new ticket listings appeared. Was my window of opportunity gone? Oh, despair! Then one day last week, I noticed 1 new ticket popped up for auction. I watched that little sucker like a hawk watches its prey - hoping that a bidder makes a mistake so I can swoop in for the kill.

On Tuesday, my little Firefox eBay tool (which kicks ass, by the way) popped up on my laptop screen to let me know that 18 minutes were left in the auction. The price was up to $501. Geez - that’s a crapload of money for me to spend, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime deal. I waited until the final minute and put my ceiling price of $651 in there and waited for what seemed to be an eternity.

I couldn’t stand the agony of the wait anymore, so I went to talk to Clark about something that I’m sure was much less important than the matter at hand. When I returned to my computer, I was prepared to see the ominous “You have been outbid” message that eBay loves to tease me with.

But lo and behold, I was the winner!!! And I won the damned thing for $511!!! I let out a really loud shriek (thank God The Boys are in NC right now) and told Clark that I was so excited that I could crap my pants. He politely requested that if I needed to do that, would I mind using Seth’s bathroom.

So I am now the proud winner of 1 ticket to attend The Dark Knight Gala in Chicago on July 16th, and I can’t freakin’ wait!

God, I hate when this happens.

Will you excuse me? I have to go change my pants yet again …