There's lots of world out there...

*sigh* Thank the heavens it's Thanksgiving!!! I'm so excited to go home!!! Hm, let's see, what's happened since my last update? Oh yeah. Johannah died on Friday. I went to the Memorial Service last night. It was open casket, but due to some wonderful twists of fate and people's heads, I never saw her. See, I have this little thing called necrophobia, and seeing dead anything else creeps me out enough. I never ever want to see a dead person. Ever. I don't even understand why we have the whole open casket thingy. I mean, if we believe that bodies and souls are separate entities and that the soul has gone on to someplace else, that being the person, then why do people want to stare at an empty shell? My dad and I were talking about it last night, actually.

So yeah, I need to do some final packing here and then I get to go home T_T. Yayness! If anyone wants to do anything with me, give me a ring. Preferably on my home phone, but my cell might be on if your lucky. Elsa and Mike are coming, but I'm totally willing to ditch them, lol. Well, I do need to spend some time with them, obviously, but I have no problem hanging out with other people. And it's her birthday on Sunday, and I have no idea of what to give her. El will probably be getting a very nice card, lol. Okay, gotta go! Laters!

~msbbt

ERG! I can't register cause the stupid page won't come up! I need to get into the afternoon classes, dammit! Not happy right now... Okay, technically we're having photo call, so I gotta go. Oh crap, hi Ivan! ^^;

Yeah, I know you're all wondering about why I'm up at 9 am on a Saturday, and I'd love to tell you about how well the show is going and that I'm in the improv show tonight and what my parents and I did when they came to see it on opening night, but well... The reason I'm awake was I just got a phone call, and it's prayer request time. Apparently one of the girls that's done tech on this show and the last one got in a really bad car accident last night and it doesn't look good. We're meeting at 10:30 to talk about it as a company, I guess. Good grief, how are we supposed to do the show tonight?! How are we supposed to do improv?! She was watching rehearsal on Wednesday night!! I mean, I'm not close to her, but I still just feel... I can't explain it =/. Hoping for the best here.

OMG, guys... Read the first paragraph CAREFULLY:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051101/ts_nm/food_beef_recall_dc

In other news, still in a lot of crap, but I've given myself a permit to write fanfics since I always have writers block in the first place. Still no messenger though. Unless it's a Friday or Saturday. And I'll get my NYC pics up as soon as I have time to scan them and put them on Photobucket...

Okay, here's the entry you all probably wanted to see! My account of my wonderful trip to the Big Apple this weekend! And I actually only ate strawberries fruit wise.

FRIDAY: We arrived around 7, went to our hostel (Upper West side my foot, we were in Harlem), and then went and bought Metro cards! Kathy got her first ride on a subway. Wheee! Then we went to Time Square. When I got out of the subway station on 42nd street, I thought my eyes were going to burn out of their sockets. There were so many lights and people and tall, interesting buildings! I couldn't help but gawk and take pictures, hee hee. Then we wandered around aimlessly, ate some Italian, Rahul and Shruti and I got lost and ended up walking past the swanky district and the southern edge of Central Park, and that was about it. Got back around midnight.

SATURDAY: Started off the day with a backstage tour of Wicked! Wow, it was cool. We got to see costumes, and the stage (which I couldn't take a picture of, but it was amazing), and two guys from the cast talked about the basics, since we obviously couldn't see the fancy stuff. It was really cool, since we all knew it would be next to impossible to get into the actual show. Then we met some actress lady and ate at this uberly expensive place which didn't make me very happy. After that, Rahul, Shruti, and I saw Fiddler on the Roof (starring Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O'Donnell). It was so good! It didn't have any gigantic special effects, but everything was still amazing. Lotsa fun. Then we wandered around again, and I got lost trying to find the other show (Off-Off-Broadway) I wanted to see, and it was raining, so I gave up and fortunately remembered how to get back to the subway.

SUNDAY: This is my favorite story day. Out of the 13 of us students, 11 wanted to see shows (Rahul and Shruti wandered around again and I gave them my phone since theirs don't work in the states). 10 of us were going around and trying the lotteries. Basically, you put your name down on a sheet of paper and if you want 1 or 2 tickets, and they draw them about 2 hours before the performance. The tickets are in the front row and cost around 25 dollars. Of the 10 people trying (all of us asking for 2), 2 people won for Avenue Q and 3 people won for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. We tried Wicked, but no one got it. Well, the 11th person, Halcyon, stood in the cancellation line there for 3 hours and managed to get a seat 12th row center. Needless to say, we were all jealous. But anyway, I saw Avenue Q which was freaking amazing! I loved it so much! What surprised me was how many people did more than one character puppet wise, and there was another girl who would control the second puppet if they both had to be onstage. They would even keep the facial expression of the puppet they were holding, even if they were talking for the other one! Oh, twas so good... Three people don't have puppets, sort of the older and wiser ones like on Sesame Street. They even had these little screens that would have animations and such on them, keeping up with the adult Sesame Street theme. I can expand for anyone who wants me to later. Then we all met up, got dinner quickly, and eventually made our way to the Upright Citizens Brigade improv show which Julia wanted all of us to go to. It was pretty good. I wasn't amazed or anything, but I liked it. Then we wandered around for a while, saw a guy get splashed by a puddle from a passing taxi (Shadenfreude!), and eventually went back.

MONDAY: First off, we met this lady who does a lot of different theater thingies and she talked to us for a while, blah blah blah. Then I went with Rahul and Shruti to this Indian restaurant that they found, and since their from India, they knew what everyone was and told me what I should get, since it was an all you can eat buffet thingy. The food was a little spicy, but it really wasn't too bad. Then we went to the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero T_T, and Shruti and I managed to find the Kinokuniya Bookstore, which was awesome! Then we (ironically) all ate at a Japanese restaurant, which also had great food and saw Altar Boyz. It was so funny! It's like a parody of N'Sync and the Backstreet Boys sort of styles, but they're a Christian group. I recommend the soundtrack (and the show) to all. And then we went and got cheesecake at Roxy's in Time Square. Holy freaking crap. They literally had mugs of hot chocolate (cause it was raining again), and huge pieces of cheesecake. I got strawberry, and I ate the whole thing! Yay me! Then I went back and went to bed.

TUESDAY: I came back. It was boring.

Pictures to come!!!

I'm going to New York City today!!! I'm so excited! If I find anything peoples will like, I will surely buy it ^_^. Yay! I've never been there, so I'm pumped!! Kiyuu was supposed to give me an address *glares*, but fortunately I found the store through a bit of random web browsing. Huzzah! Okay, gotta finish packing. I leave Augie in 50 minutes. SQUEE!!! Be back Tuesday afternoon and tell ya guys all about it here. And on messenger if you feel like dropping me a line... *hinthint*

~msbbt

Midterms week is coming up... BLAH on that! And then Fall Break! New York City, here I come!!!

Well, now that I have Photoshop, I made more icons! i.e., if you don't care, ignore this post. I'm using three of the twenty-three, so, yeah. I'll miss you, Sango Grope and Ivan! You'll never be forgotten! ...Cause they're still saved on my computer.

Inuyasha [x8]
Detective Conan [x5]
Fruits Basket [x5]
Misc. [x5]
( I have no life )

"Stole" this from Susan... I thought it was interesting :P

I'm trying to get all my Livejournal friends' locations plotted on a map - please add your location starting with this form. Username: (Then get your friends to!)

Lauren said people could do this if they felt like it, and since Cassie and Lindsey apparently hate me... T_T (no, I'm just kidding ^^ ...Maybe)

10 years ago I was:
• Nine. And freaking out that was going to be 10 in six months
• Going to Nodland. In fourth grade, if I recall
• Obsessed with Animaniacs (lol, wow)
• Planning on becoming a writer when I grew up
• Preparing to have my brother go to college that next year

5 years ago I was:
• A freshman in high school (oh, good lord...)
• In band, marching band (with the other snare drummers that hated me cause I was better than them), Jazz II, girl's choir, and JV show choir (BURRRNNN!!!)
• Starting to make friends with people I still bug from time to time
• Beginning to realize that not all anime was crappy like Sailor Moon *waits to be pelted*
• Starting to write Dragonball Zeros

1 year ago I was:
• In Honk! ...I miss that.
• Living in Solberg
• Getting ready for my sister's wedding *shudders*
• About to crash and burn for the rest of the school year
• Still not wearing braces. I miss that, too.

Yesterday I:
• Worked at the Art Gallery
• Worked on a stupid project with Joe
• Finished and posted two fanfics
• Did a LOT of homework
• realized that I eat too much cereal

5 snacks I enjoy:
• Chips
• Cookies
• Cereal
• Beef Jerkey
• Strawberries

5 songs I know all the words to:
• "Change the World" by V6 (more or less)
• Pretty much everything I've sung in choirs
• Every little kid/classic Disney song
• "Popular" from Wicked (Christie thought that was impressive >.>;)
• Yeah, way too many. I've got an OCD memory, here, folks! Only Evan beats me!

5 things I would do with 100 million dollars:
• Get a car
• Buy stuff (anime and manga ;p)
• Pay off my loans and stuff
• Travel
• Put it in a savings account (what? I can't spend all of it!)

5 places I would run away to:
• My house
• Chicago
• California
• Norway
• Japan

5 things I would never wear:
• Any shirt without straps of some kind. Heck, I hate tank tops.
• skirts. Especially short ones
• a true bikini
• a thong
• Pretty much anything that shows a lot of skin

5 favorite TV shows:
• Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain
• Inuyasha
• Teen Titans
• Monk
• Whose Line

5 bad habits:
• Pulling out my hair
• Not being about to focus on my homework
• Not keeping my room/me clean
• Staying up too late
• Watching too much TV/Staying online too long

5 biggest joys:
• Family
• Music
• Getting a part in something
• Cartoons :P
• Friends. Especially ones that'll talk to me. *feels lonely a lot*

5 fictional characters I would date: (this one might be hard...)
• Kaito Kuroba *drools*
• Pippin Took
• Miroku *gets funny stares*
• Bankotsu *gets more funny stares*
• Ron Weasley (everyone else was saying him! lol, seriously, though...)

5 people I tag to do this:
• Susan
• Evan
• uh...
• um...
• Heck, if you haven't done this and actually read my journal, do it XD

Okay, back to homework XP

I've finally got Kaito!!! WOO HOO!!!

Stole this from Lauren and Cassie.

INFJ - the counselor You scored 36% I to E, 21% N to S, 19% F to T, and 42% J to P!

Your type is best summed up by the word "counselor", which belongs to the larger group of idealists. Only 2% of the population share your type. You are so empathic that you often know what others need before they know themselves. You are a complex person who can deal with complicated issues and people, almost prefer to, as you love problem solving. You can be something of an idealist or perfectionist, and should try to take yourself a little less seriously. You are a supportive and insightful romantic partner, encouraging your mate to have dreams and work hard to make those dreams come true. Because you are so creative, you have a wealth of ideas to help them toward those goals. You need harmony so much that you are driven to resolve conflict quickly, as long as the terms don't violate your ethics. You feel the most appreciated when your partner admires your creativity, trusts your inspirations, and respects your values. It is also vitally important that your partner be open and emotionally available - in other words, that they be willing to share themselves completely. Your group summary: idealists (NF) Your type summary: INFJ

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 46% on I to E You scored higher than 16% on N to S You scored higher than 11% on F to T You scored higher than 33% on J to P

Link: The LONG Scientific Personality Test written by unpretentious2 on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test