Trips past and future
- Pretty much have been too busy to do an entry the past few months. I hate saying that but it's true. I've been traveling and doing college shit and everything has just been crazy. I think that when I start going to college I'll try to do an entry a day. There should be enough happening that there's interesting stuff to write about and not just my usual spewing of shit onto a key board about my life. Also it will be a good way of letting people know I'm still alive. Not that I won't still be on twitter and stuff, but still. Some people aren't on twitter and I don't contact them every day so it will be a good excuse. But yeah a few things that have happened that are important.
- So I went to Disney and Infinitus which was pretty cool. Disney was good and made me realize that as long as you live in a city you really don't know what America looks like. I mean Disney isn't full of assholes but jesus some people are very odd in this country. My favorite are the people who bring there kids into the smoking section of the park. what the fuck? I went with a few people from the group and hung around with Kyra and tortured her with Stewart Lee quotes and making fun of Ron Weasley. We also got to see Liz as Pluto which was amazing! Maybe my favorite part of the whole trip! Something about seeing her was so great. Just seeing Liz even not dressed as a huge dog was awesome and we got to give her the Tonks wand after sitting on it for months and trying to keep it quiet.
Then I went to Infinitus. I have to say it was a pretty good con and after Leaky it seemed really good. The panels were good (the only 1 I disliked was the slash panel which had some weird comments. My favorite was when somebody asked what prop 8 was and then said 'There are no trans people in Harry Potter. The tears that rolled down my face were as hot and burning as acid). The costumes were amazing and seeing everybody was pretty cool. The best part of the con though was when I got to interview PalinVoldemort. The answers they gave were great and it was amazing. I'm gonna write it up for DiscoNap plug and it should be awesome.
I also got to go to Universal and see the Harry Potter theme park. I really had no expectations for it, but when I 1st walked in it was sort of intense. Seeing Hogsmeade and seeing Hogwarts and walking around in that world was pretty cool. It's been in my head for so long and to think that people's love for a book sort of willed this whole park into existence is pretty intense. Everything was just like I imagined it (except for the hour and a half lines to get into the shops!) and it was amazing.
Then I went to Cheri's and slept for a week because holy shit I was tired.
- Somewhere in between this I watched the finale of the world cup during which I went insane and then became sane again it was so long and Kyra didn't give a shit because it wasn't baseball. Seriously though people said that game wasn't exciting but I thought it was pretty excited to see all the babies who were conceived, carried and then born during the duration of that game.
- I decided to go to college at Shimer in Chicago. I just thought that if I stayed in New York it would be the same as it always was. I mean I love New York and hate to leave it, but still, it would be like life as normal and I feel like that has to change at least 1 time in life. I just felt like if I didn't leave I'd always wonder what would have happened if I did, and I don't like that. also it will be nice to get out of the house and away from my mum. It will be sad to leave Dave and everybody in New york but I can come back and see them every holiday and it will be ok. I am sort of nervous about the idea of leaving the house for such a long period of time and having to deal with people but I figure that if it goes bad I could always just beat everybody in my class to death with an ax and then run out and freeze to death in the snows of Chicago like some fucked up college aged version of The Shining. I have to contact my room mate soon which is daunting enough as it is, and get all my stuff together. I also have to do small thing like go to the ear doctor and see if they can something or just break down and give me a hearing aid. At this point both my ears are going and I really need to do something about it. I also have to get new music on my ipod to listen to as all of mine is shit (any suggestions are welcome) and figure out what books I'm bringing with me. I also have to figure out if there are any other Harry Potter fans in Chicago as it's a fear I have that I'll have to see Deathly Hallows alone. I've heard of a few but still I'd like to find a few more and actually get in touch with them.
- Saw Elis the other day. He seemed sad but ok about it. We then went around to toy stores and downtown and were loud and sweary.
- I've started watching the news again. It's good. Still I can feel my blood pressure going up every day. At least I'll die informed. And looking at Rachel Maddow.
- Talking of news I got DiscoNap in the mail a few days ago plug and it's amazing. It also has a story by me in it. So now everybody go follow @DiscoNapzine on twitter so you can learn about the zine and keep up to date and maybe hear about my filthy writing sometimes.
- Tomorrow I'll probably do some writing, and then on Wednesday see Michele and Alex's new kittys! I'm trying to see as many people as possible before I leave and get stuff done so lots of running around this month.
- And now pictures to show the things in this entry!
Weird sisters around a little cauldron.
At Disney I found fake New York and missed New York.
Me: 'People say 'Have you read Harry Potter, Stew, have you read it?' and I say no, but I've read the collective works of Blake so fuck off!'
Kyra: Shut the fuck up!
Us with Pluto.
After trekking around Disney I found a fainting couch in a hotel and fainted on it.
Kyra's shoes good for exercising and being badass, my shoes good for kicking people, Liz's shoes good for both.
Me at the Rave night at the con. I think I was trying to look like I was E.
Me penning my master piece and by that I mean drawing stupid shit on the free paper they had out.
Getting ready for the ball with Jenn.
Liz as Tonks at the ball and me as me in a silly wig.
Elis.
DiscoNap!
- So I went to Disney and Infinitus which was pretty cool. Disney was good and made me realize that as long as you live in a city you really don't know what America looks like. I mean Disney isn't full of assholes but jesus some people are very odd in this country. My favorite are the people who bring there kids into the smoking section of the park. what the fuck? I went with a few people from the group and hung around with Kyra and tortured her with Stewart Lee quotes and making fun of Ron Weasley. We also got to see Liz as Pluto which was amazing! Maybe my favorite part of the whole trip! Something about seeing her was so great. Just seeing Liz even not dressed as a huge dog was awesome and we got to give her the Tonks wand after sitting on it for months and trying to keep it quiet.
Then I went to Infinitus. I have to say it was a pretty good con and after Leaky it seemed really good. The panels were good (the only 1 I disliked was the slash panel which had some weird comments. My favorite was when somebody asked what prop 8 was and then said 'There are no trans people in Harry Potter. The tears that rolled down my face were as hot and burning as acid). The costumes were amazing and seeing everybody was pretty cool. The best part of the con though was when I got to interview PalinVoldemort. The answers they gave were great and it was amazing. I'm gonna write it up for DiscoNap plug and it should be awesome.
I also got to go to Universal and see the Harry Potter theme park. I really had no expectations for it, but when I 1st walked in it was sort of intense. Seeing Hogsmeade and seeing Hogwarts and walking around in that world was pretty cool. It's been in my head for so long and to think that people's love for a book sort of willed this whole park into existence is pretty intense. Everything was just like I imagined it (except for the hour and a half lines to get into the shops!) and it was amazing.
Then I went to Cheri's and slept for a week because holy shit I was tired.
- Somewhere in between this I watched the finale of the world cup during which I went insane and then became sane again it was so long and Kyra didn't give a shit because it wasn't baseball. Seriously though people said that game wasn't exciting but I thought it was pretty excited to see all the babies who were conceived, carried and then born during the duration of that game.
- I decided to go to college at Shimer in Chicago. I just thought that if I stayed in New York it would be the same as it always was. I mean I love New York and hate to leave it, but still, it would be like life as normal and I feel like that has to change at least 1 time in life. I just felt like if I didn't leave I'd always wonder what would have happened if I did, and I don't like that. also it will be nice to get out of the house and away from my mum. It will be sad to leave Dave and everybody in New york but I can come back and see them every holiday and it will be ok. I am sort of nervous about the idea of leaving the house for such a long period of time and having to deal with people but I figure that if it goes bad I could always just beat everybody in my class to death with an ax and then run out and freeze to death in the snows of Chicago like some fucked up college aged version of The Shining. I have to contact my room mate soon which is daunting enough as it is, and get all my stuff together. I also have to do small thing like go to the ear doctor and see if they can something or just break down and give me a hearing aid. At this point both my ears are going and I really need to do something about it. I also have to get new music on my ipod to listen to as all of mine is shit (any suggestions are welcome) and figure out what books I'm bringing with me. I also have to figure out if there are any other Harry Potter fans in Chicago as it's a fear I have that I'll have to see Deathly Hallows alone. I've heard of a few but still I'd like to find a few more and actually get in touch with them.
- Saw Elis the other day. He seemed sad but ok about it. We then went around to toy stores and downtown and were loud and sweary.
- I've started watching the news again. It's good. Still I can feel my blood pressure going up every day. At least I'll die informed. And looking at Rachel Maddow.
- Talking of news I got DiscoNap in the mail a few days ago plug and it's amazing. It also has a story by me in it. So now everybody go follow @DiscoNapzine on twitter so you can learn about the zine and keep up to date and maybe hear about my filthy writing sometimes.
- Tomorrow I'll probably do some writing, and then on Wednesday see Michele and Alex's new kittys! I'm trying to see as many people as possible before I leave and get stuff done so lots of running around this month.
- And now pictures to show the things in this entry!
Weird sisters around a little cauldron.
At Disney I found fake New York and missed New York.
Me: 'People say 'Have you read Harry Potter, Stew, have you read it?' and I say no, but I've read the collective works of Blake so fuck off!'
Kyra: Shut the fuck up!
Us with Pluto.
After trekking around Disney I found a fainting couch in a hotel and fainted on it.
Kyra's shoes good for exercising and being badass, my shoes good for kicking people, Liz's shoes good for both.
Me at the Rave night at the con. I think I was trying to look like I was E.
Me penning my master piece and by that I mean drawing stupid shit on the free paper they had out.
Getting ready for the ball with Jenn.
Liz as Tonks at the ball and me as me in a silly wig.
Elis.
DiscoNap!