new jersey adventures
Jan. 16th, 2009 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rose_of_painOn Monday I hopped onto the Chinatown bus and headed to NYC. I took a different one than I usually do so wasn't sure where I was going to be dropped off and was a bit dismayed to find out there was a layover in Philly. So don't think I'll take that one again. Once in the city I met up with Marissa and we went to Friends2bMade except I really didn't see anything I had to have. lol Oh well. We went to Kino after that mostly just so I could get myself an onigiri 'cause I didn't really intend to buy anything. We decided to just head to Marissa's after that. Her family is crazy but in a good way. lol They were entertaining, that's for sure. XP
Chatted with Marissa the rest of the night over the dolls (she has eight the crazy girl XP). Took us a while to figure out where to put the dolls so we could sleep but we managed to. Chatted pretty late into the night which was really enjoyable as its been a while since I've just been able to do that with someone.
Then Tuesday Nicole and Alyssa came over. We went to Panera for lunch and then Nicole got really excited over the fact Marissa had a Quad (and I'm like thinking "...what the hell is a quad?" I seriously never heard that term for it before, lol). So her Dad started it up for us...
Nicole on the Quad with Marissa's Dad guiding her
Nicole's victory pose after riding XP
Me on the Quad being all "??" at Marissa's Dad's instructions. I was like "well break and gas, that's all I need to know, right? ^^;; Oh god, what the hell am I doing, I can barely drive a car..."
I got stuck on the ice XP (so did Nicole) so he had to push me up over it, lol Otherwise I did pretty good even if I did go insanely slow 'cause I was like "I have no idea what I'm doing, hahaha"
Yeah I'm badass with this pink helmet yo. (We had many Pink Ranger jokes going on that day)
Alyssa and I outside during the Quad adventures
Marissa then got on it and went crazy fast down the path in the woods and we watched her...get stuck and yell out "I HATE THAT TREE! I've always hated that tree!" as her Dad runs to help her get unstuck and then chides her on using a bad path. XP He then took Nicole and then me on a ride with him down the path (omg he went so fast! But it was really fun!) and made fun of Marissa by showing us the spots she got stuck in.
Then we went inside to warm up and laid out all the dolls on the bed...
XP So many! And most of them are Marissa's. I only have 3 and Alyssa just had one (sadly we forgot to get another group shot once Tachi arrived)
Alyssa finally reunited with her "father" XP
Tara came over once she was done with band practice and brought Tachi with her. So there was much doll craziness which will be posted on the doll journal.
But here's a great one of Tara eating Tachi's head.
Then we played Rock Band and I was introduced to Razlo XP And I created Spark though sadly didn't get to give him a cool outfit before I left. Oh well, I think his hair makes up for it. XP Then we ate pizza and Nicole made us watch Scrubs with her (I actually did watch it though it was hard with everyone else distracting me XP). Then Nicole took Tara home but I'm glad I at least got to spend some time with them as I haven't really had much time with either of them lately at cons.
After they left I subjected Marissa and Alyssa to Seal of Roses. Alyssa liked it! Yay! Not so sure if Marissa did though she was really tired so it was hard to tell. Sorry for making you stay up so late and I hope your Mom isn't too angry, Marissa. Really didn't realize how loud we were being. They both seemed pretty amused by the cheesy parts of the show at least ("Acaradabra!" and "We will welcome you~!" as examples). I wish I could have shown them Elisabeth too but didn't have any time either of the last 2 days to show more.
Wednesday we sat around for quite a while. Marissa put the dishes from breakfast in the dishwasher...only to have her Dad come home and be all "AHHH! The one day Marissa actually puts them away is the one day I have someone over to fix it and didn't want any dishes in there!" XP Oh the irony. Then he told us to stop doing nothing and go out and do something. Except we really had no idea what to do so we ended up driving over to a mall, wandering around...and going back since we really didn't have any real desire to shop, lol. Ended up stopping by Nicole's house for a bit and bugged her for a while. Then went to TGIF for yummy foodage. Back at the house we played more with the dolls and then they wanted to try to do a photostory. I was way too tired so I already knew I'd be no help so mostly just was online and occasionally watched them. So even I don't know what went on. lol I'll find out when I see the photos. Alyssa gave up too and decided to help me confuse Tara on AIM while Marissa ended up doing a really cracked story...that she didn't even finished as she came over to help us further confuse Tara (we all kept messaging her on my SN). The rest of the night was far too silly but it was a lot of fun. We were dorks to the extreme and I nearly died laughing as I remember laughing so hard it hurt a few times. XP
And here's a photo of Alyssa saying goodbye to Lucifer. Marissa really wanted a photo of it for some reason. XP
Eventually we went to bed. I was so dead by the time we did, lol. Thursday we got up early and said goodbye to Marissa and headed out to NYC again. Sadly Nikki couldn't meet up with us as she ended up having a job interview. ;_; But I'm sure I'll end up there again some time in the future as I do like visiting NYC when I can. Alyssa and I went to Cafe Zaiya for lunch and I somehow managed to order 2 Tempura Shrimp Udons instead of one. O_o; And not realize it until after I sat down and was like "wait, why did she give me two pairs of chopsticks...wait 1 bowl of soup and 2 onigiri should have not been that much...oh shit." Luckily Alyssa hadn't ordered anything yet so she took the 2nd bowl and paid me for that. ^^;; Wow, still not sure how I managed to do that either.
Then we went to Book Off and I discovered that they DO still have a VHS section (it just moved) and that they DO still have Takarazuka items. I just never thought to look at the DVD or CD sections. ^^;; Durr. So yeah they actually even had a BUNCH of soundtracks but none that I was interested in. But there were 2 DVDs and oh man it was so hard choosing between them as they had Best of Wao and the TCA Special from '03 with Osa and Rika in it. I ended up with the latter 'cause I figured I'd probably watch it more often than the first though I would've gotten both if I had more money (they were both only $25 *_*) I watched some of it today and omg its so funny. Its the one where they do several routines that combine all their popular shows together and make fun of them. So its really only something a Zuka fan that knows most of their shows can follow. I mean I don't even know that many so I was even a bit lost but I got most of the main jokes (the Black Jack parodying Elisabeth is still the best XP)
After that I stopped in Bryant Park for a second to take some quick photos of Dietrich in the show as of course it decided to snow Friday morning -_-;; (we kept hoping it'd snow while we were there so we could take doll photos in the snow). My hand was burning as a result of the three quick photos I took (and they're not even that good ^^;;) Oh well. Then we went to Kino for a bit and the trip to Chinatown took a bit longer than we thought so I missed the 3pm bus by like seriously only a few minutes. It like just left after I got there. ;_; And I thought there was a 4pm bus but there wasn't one until 5pm. -_-; So ended up waiting for 2 hours. But at least Alyssa was there to help it go by faster. The bus ride back was pretty uneventful. I read through most of it and tried to ignore the fact that there was a baby directly behind me (worst mistake ever but luckily the baby was like dead silent almost the entire time so I was able to ignore it). I was so dead by the time I got home though. x_x;
But I am glad I went and saw you guys! ^_^ It was lots of fun! Now I go to make a post on my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fallen_arcadia of all the doll crack.
~Lyn
Chatted with Marissa the rest of the night over the dolls (she has eight the crazy girl XP). Took us a while to figure out where to put the dolls so we could sleep but we managed to. Chatted pretty late into the night which was really enjoyable as its been a while since I've just been able to do that with someone.
Then Tuesday Nicole and Alyssa came over. We went to Panera for lunch and then Nicole got really excited over the fact Marissa had a Quad (and I'm like thinking "...what the hell is a quad?" I seriously never heard that term for it before, lol). So her Dad started it up for us...
Nicole on the Quad with Marissa's Dad guiding her
Nicole's victory pose after riding XP
Me on the Quad being all "??" at Marissa's Dad's instructions. I was like "well break and gas, that's all I need to know, right? ^^;; Oh god, what the hell am I doing, I can barely drive a car..."
I got stuck on the ice XP (so did Nicole) so he had to push me up over it, lol Otherwise I did pretty good even if I did go insanely slow 'cause I was like "I have no idea what I'm doing, hahaha"
Yeah I'm badass with this pink helmet yo. (We had many Pink Ranger jokes going on that day)
Alyssa and I outside during the Quad adventures
Marissa then got on it and went crazy fast down the path in the woods and we watched her...get stuck and yell out "I HATE THAT TREE! I've always hated that tree!" as her Dad runs to help her get unstuck and then chides her on using a bad path. XP He then took Nicole and then me on a ride with him down the path (omg he went so fast! But it was really fun!) and made fun of Marissa by showing us the spots she got stuck in.
Then we went inside to warm up and laid out all the dolls on the bed...
XP So many! And most of them are Marissa's. I only have 3 and Alyssa just had one (sadly we forgot to get another group shot once Tachi arrived)
Alyssa finally reunited with her "father" XP
Tara came over once she was done with band practice and brought Tachi with her. So there was much doll craziness which will be posted on the doll journal.
But here's a great one of Tara eating Tachi's head.
Then we played Rock Band and I was introduced to Razlo XP And I created Spark though sadly didn't get to give him a cool outfit before I left. Oh well, I think his hair makes up for it. XP Then we ate pizza and Nicole made us watch Scrubs with her (I actually did watch it though it was hard with everyone else distracting me XP). Then Nicole took Tara home but I'm glad I at least got to spend some time with them as I haven't really had much time with either of them lately at cons.
After they left I subjected Marissa and Alyssa to Seal of Roses. Alyssa liked it! Yay! Not so sure if Marissa did though she was really tired so it was hard to tell. Sorry for making you stay up so late and I hope your Mom isn't too angry, Marissa. Really didn't realize how loud we were being. They both seemed pretty amused by the cheesy parts of the show at least ("Acaradabra!" and "We will welcome you~!" as examples). I wish I could have shown them Elisabeth too but didn't have any time either of the last 2 days to show more.
Wednesday we sat around for quite a while. Marissa put the dishes from breakfast in the dishwasher...only to have her Dad come home and be all "AHHH! The one day Marissa actually puts them away is the one day I have someone over to fix it and didn't want any dishes in there!" XP Oh the irony. Then he told us to stop doing nothing and go out and do something. Except we really had no idea what to do so we ended up driving over to a mall, wandering around...and going back since we really didn't have any real desire to shop, lol. Ended up stopping by Nicole's house for a bit and bugged her for a while. Then went to TGIF for yummy foodage. Back at the house we played more with the dolls and then they wanted to try to do a photostory. I was way too tired so I already knew I'd be no help so mostly just was online and occasionally watched them. So even I don't know what went on. lol I'll find out when I see the photos. Alyssa gave up too and decided to help me confuse Tara on AIM while Marissa ended up doing a really cracked story...that she didn't even finished as she came over to help us further confuse Tara (we all kept messaging her on my SN). The rest of the night was far too silly but it was a lot of fun. We were dorks to the extreme and I nearly died laughing as I remember laughing so hard it hurt a few times. XP
And here's a photo of Alyssa saying goodbye to Lucifer. Marissa really wanted a photo of it for some reason. XP
Eventually we went to bed. I was so dead by the time we did, lol. Thursday we got up early and said goodbye to Marissa and headed out to NYC again. Sadly Nikki couldn't meet up with us as she ended up having a job interview. ;_; But I'm sure I'll end up there again some time in the future as I do like visiting NYC when I can. Alyssa and I went to Cafe Zaiya for lunch and I somehow managed to order 2 Tempura Shrimp Udons instead of one. O_o; And not realize it until after I sat down and was like "wait, why did she give me two pairs of chopsticks...wait 1 bowl of soup and 2 onigiri should have not been that much...oh shit." Luckily Alyssa hadn't ordered anything yet so she took the 2nd bowl and paid me for that. ^^;; Wow, still not sure how I managed to do that either.
Then we went to Book Off and I discovered that they DO still have a VHS section (it just moved) and that they DO still have Takarazuka items. I just never thought to look at the DVD or CD sections. ^^;; Durr. So yeah they actually even had a BUNCH of soundtracks but none that I was interested in. But there were 2 DVDs and oh man it was so hard choosing between them as they had Best of Wao and the TCA Special from '03 with Osa and Rika in it. I ended up with the latter 'cause I figured I'd probably watch it more often than the first though I would've gotten both if I had more money (they were both only $25 *_*) I watched some of it today and omg its so funny. Its the one where they do several routines that combine all their popular shows together and make fun of them. So its really only something a Zuka fan that knows most of their shows can follow. I mean I don't even know that many so I was even a bit lost but I got most of the main jokes (the Black Jack parodying Elisabeth is still the best XP)
After that I stopped in Bryant Park for a second to take some quick photos of Dietrich in the show as of course it decided to snow Friday morning -_-;; (we kept hoping it'd snow while we were there so we could take doll photos in the snow). My hand was burning as a result of the three quick photos I took (and they're not even that good ^^;;) Oh well. Then we went to Kino for a bit and the trip to Chinatown took a bit longer than we thought so I missed the 3pm bus by like seriously only a few minutes. It like just left after I got there. ;_; And I thought there was a 4pm bus but there wasn't one until 5pm. -_-; So ended up waiting for 2 hours. But at least Alyssa was there to help it go by faster. The bus ride back was pretty uneventful. I read through most of it and tried to ignore the fact that there was a baby directly behind me (worst mistake ever but luckily the baby was like dead silent almost the entire time so I was able to ignore it). I was so dead by the time I got home though. x_x;
But I am glad I went and saw you guys! ^_^ It was lots of fun! Now I go to make a post on my
fallen_arcadia of all the doll crack.~Lyn
