Thurs night I was at Jones Beach to see Counting Crows . Sara Bareilles was on first . She played a short 25 min set . I ' m not a fan of hers , but she was pretty good .
Answer the following question: Based on the narrator 's passage , what is most likely true about the Counting Crows set ?

It was longer than 25 minutes .

I ' m glad I did because that was at 11 am and we did n't eat dinner until after 7 . I had some soup , a salad , and some fish for my dinner . I drank 1/2 glass of champagne to toast the happy couple and then stuck to water so I did n't drink empty calories ( and with an open bar , it would have been very easy to drink a few wedding cake martinis or white russians . )
Answer the following question: Why is this information important to the narrator ?

They are on a diet .

Howard pulled out his wallet from his trousers and threw a fiver onto the bar , but the barman shook his head and mouthed ' Tenner ' . Howard was silently outraged at the price of a whiskey but consoled himself with the thought that he did n't go out often , so he may as well spend up big . The whiskey sour was sharp on his throat and he almost gagged at the smell , but after the second swallow , it was n't so bad . Howard saw a shadow sliding up towards him .
Answer the following question: What is a plausible reason why Howard decided to go out ?

He decided to do something differed .

I got my copy of ' Running with scissors ' in the mail today . I bent the rules with my ' read the book , watch the movie ' thing I do , cause I was dying to watch it and it was on the TV one night , so I sat down and watched it . I have heard some good things and bad things about the book . I ' ve heard its over the top in some parts .
Answer the following question: Why would the narrator watch the movie ?
They liked the writing it was based on .