Micky Dolenz? For real?

So I had a pretty interesting weekend. A fun one, too, for the most part.

Friday night I went to the Wings game versus the Atlanta Thrashers with Tiff. I missed going to a game last season, the first season I didn’t go since my first game in ‘86. Saved some money too buy buying the tickets from a reseller on eBay, cutting the cost by more than half.

The Wings played a pretty good game, although in typical Wings fashion they tried to let Atlanta back into the game in the third period. Hossa had two goals, as did Zetterberg, and Cleary put in the empty-netter for the 5-3 victory.

As an added bonus, Ted Lindsay was there signing autographs, but you had to buy his book. For $35, I had to pass. Still good to see a legend, though. $35 seems like a bargain compared to the hat that I wanted with the goal light on top, which was $100. If it had been under $50, I may have bought it, but definitely not at a $100. I may have to see if I can score one on the Interwebs somewhere.

Saturday was the big football game of the season for Michigan State as they took on the much-hated Wolverines. They went into the game as the favorites and ended up pulling off a 35-21 victory, led my Javon Ringer’s 194 yards. Personally for me it’s always a good day when you can beat the A^2 set, but it felt like a big victory this year. Too bad State got beat so bad last week by Ohio State, otherwise they’d be having a great season now.

After we watched the Wings win in a shoot-out Saturday evening, Chuck and I went downtown to the 129 Lounge. It was a typical Saturday, meaning the place was less than 15% filled. Not like you can ever hope for a big crowd anywhere around Monroe except for St. Patrick’s Day and Thanksgiving Eve. Anyhow, we’re sitting there talking and watching the baseball game, and a guy that looks just like Mickey Dolenz walks by us.

Turns out, it was Micky Dolenz! He was in town performing at MCCC. I’ve ran into famous people before in random locations, but a Monkee in Monroe? That’s just weird, unexpected, and totally rad.

Yes, I used the word rad.

I didn’t talk to him or anything, since he pretty much just walked in, paid his tab and off he went. He kind of ignored most people other than one lady that asked for his picture. I don’ think he was being rude or anything, looked like he was just trying to get out of there.

With every good side there tends to be a downside, though, and while a very materialistic downside, my car seems to have had a boo-boo. I’m guessing it happened while we were at the hockey game, but I’m not sure. I was taking out the trash on Saturday, and I saw what appeared to be gray dirt on the bumper. Turns out that’s just the color of the bumper underneath the paint. Somebody seems to have hit me and rubbed off the paint on the corner where it’s now chipping off in flakes reminiscent of the old Acclaim.

Oh well, it was still a good weekend. Seriously, how often do you get to say you saw Micky Dolenz?