If you do not constantly sit on your email, your chances of going are greatly diminished. I’ve been trying for about a month, because as a computer scientist, I am often on my email and can usually respond pretty quickly (< 5 minutes). Today… was my lucky day. Sort of.

I responded within a minute of receiving a notification, and was pleased that today I had been fast enough. There were still 40 tickets left! By the time I had finished filling out the form, there were a mere 28 left. I’m sure that in a couple of minutes the whole thing had closed off. It would seem that Colbert’s a popular guy.

So, here’s the trouble… the filming is on August 23rd, about a week and a half after I leave the city, and mere days before returning to Saudi Arabia. Just… my… luck.