Rickey at the U.S. Open

I watched the U.S. Open with Dantern last week. There was some ticket confusion which led to our seats getting upgraded, so I was excited. Unfortunately, Rafael Nadal wasn't playing on the day we were there so I was a bit bummed that I couldn't really cheer for anyone. I gave Roger Federer civil applause (everyone seemed to be rooting for him).

Things I learned:

Calling a person a "one-legged girl" is insulting. Yup, there was this a-hole behind us who kept on referring to one of the ballgirls as a "one-legged girl".

There are still some good people in the world. We were seated beside this lady and her mother who were true tennis fans, and it was wonderful to be around their spirited energy. One of them said: "It's rude to cheer when someone makes a mistake (unforced error)." I didn't realize that before. I will try not to cheer anyone's mistake and instead cheer for someone's winners. Danny and I left the stadium early to walk around the grounds, and we met the lady again near the concession stand. Yay!

The sun is right in front of you, wherever we were seated. I now know better. Seat somewhere else or bring a cap.

Aside from Mexican, White, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, I am now also Jewish.

Dantern is a star. It's amazing what some curly locks can do to some people.

Roger Federer plays Andy Murray at the U.S. Open Men's Final today.

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