Right.
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| one last USJ trip! |
My friend took me to USJ! Since it was a holiday, it was PACKED. I mean, everyone says "there are times it's not packed" and I responded "yes, but those are SCHOOL days. You know, the days I have to work."
Lines were AMAZING
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| One ride actually had a 320 minute wait. I'm like "PEOPLE ARE WAITING THAT LONG?!" |
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| dead ant, dead ant! |
And there were street shows and walking attractcions
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| old new york |
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| IT'S GONNA EAT ME |
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| now to find out who this is. |
And we saw the parade
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| waiting and eating lunch. |
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| parade! |
Easter is the next holiday, so of course, there were Easter decorations
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| he never did like CHASING rabbits. |
And we checked out Potterworld, of course. OH! here's a funny story! SO!
Way back in February, I went to Rakugo. Japanese storytelling. And for audience participation, a very entertaining guy was called up. He was guided in telling some AWFUL jokes, like "what's the most comfortable pet? A carpet" "What's the tastiest pet? a Crumpet" etc.
Anyhow, after the storytelling, they had a "chill and snack" time where audience members were invited to just socialize. This guy and I were some of the ones who stayed. When they asked me where I worked, I said I was a teacher, but I was under legal obligation not to say where I worked. (no, really) And he laughed and said he was the same.
"Oh, you're a teacher?"
"No, I work at USJ, but I can't say where."
"You're a USJ hitman. Ok."
"No, I'm an entertainer. and if you happen to go through Potterworld..."
"Ah, I thought I recognized your voice."
SO! While I was a USJ, I took a chance. Chances were SO slim, but OH WELL. I got in line for Olivanders and when we walk in, THERE HE IS.
My friend and I got good spots to stand and I said to her, in a normal voice. "What's the loudest pet?"
And he couldn't help laughing. :D
And guess what!
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| I got selected for the wand trying out process! :D |
I did not buy the wand, but it was fun to be part of the process! (guess it really is who you know!)
And it was just all really fun! One of the fun things was, we got some caramel popcorn holders early on.
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| Sesame street area |
And so we just had something to snack on all day! And they're CUTE!
They had holders for other areas, like a Gundam one, or maybe a minion one, etc, but not only were those more detailed and not as cute, they were WAY more expensive. :P
So Monday was fun! We finally left around Sunset, because we both had work the next day. :P
Tuesday actually wasn't too bad! They had me teach the 2nd graders, so I wasn't bored. I did have to sing the "hello" song again.
and then I replace "I'm good" with other emotions
It's a good basic song that I AM SO SICK OF.
As a "goodbye" one of my teachers gave me a cake!
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| isn't it pretty! |
It was, unfortunately, green tea (that besides the Word of Wisdom, I think tastes like low quality grass) So I gave it away to someone in the share kitchen.
Me: walks in with cake, coincidentally spots acquaintance who has done me favors in the past. "Congratulations! Do you want a cake?" Hands her cake
Her: stares at it confused "Um. Yes? Why?"
Me: Well, my teacher gave it to me as a goodbye gift, but it is green tea. I don't like green tea. Do you want it?
Her: Are you sure?
Me: well, it's either that, or I throw it away.
Her: clutches it to her. "thank you."
(I ate the chocolate flake on top of course.)
So Wednesday, I had planned, for WEEKS, to have the sisters (and a few other peoples) over for lunch. I decided on crepes. I'm poor, so I told the sisters to bring fruit and whipped cream. The elders I told to bring bananas and butter. One of the elders stared at me and said "but butter is EXPENSIVE" and I'm like...."no. really. food is expensive. you'd almost think I was asking you to put in partially to this giant meal you people ask me to host."
Anyhow, I woke up Wednesday and had apparently forgotten about my body's habit of falling amazingly ill immediately following the end of school. (I think I'm in denial)
But it was too LATE to cancel the lunch, so I held it ANYWAY.
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| elders couldn't make it in the end. |
And it was fun! They all enjoyed the crepes, and the others brought fruits and veggies and one sister brought onigiri (rice balls.)
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| SPAM onigiri! |
The Sisters brought fresh strawberries, and the English sister said when she suggested they buy them, her companion said "but those are expensive!" and she remembered me laughing about the Elders and was like "Let's get them anyway."
And then it was over and I died.
I was COMPLETELY useless until Friday afternoon.
Mostly.
I did get some packing done.
By Friday Afternoon, I was feeling better, so I decided to press my luck by biking to a mall to hang with a friend.
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| they had cherry blossom taiyaki! I will miss taiyaki |
And I got new shoes. :)
Danica is coming in on Monday, so I did a lot of packing because 1) lots to do and 2) I'm not sure I could fit her in my room without getting rid of a lot of stuff.
This means I'm going through the stages of packing.
"How much do I love this?"
"This will fit"
"How do I own so much stuff?!"
"Throw it ALL AWAY."
"I don't CARE, I want to KEEP it!"
"Can I pack it now, or will I need it later?"
"Ok, where did I put....?"
"I cannot see my floor"
"Good enough for now."
Of course, no one is the same, so one tends to cycle and jump around the stages pretty unevenly. :) My room is now an interesting mix between an utter mess and...kinda empty.
Saturday, was a lot of random stuff. I DID make an apple cake recipe I like! I stuck it on facebook, so give it a try and tell me how it turned out for you! I'm gonna give some of mine to the Sisters. I can see the Elders' faces now. "But Elders, apples are EXPENSIVE." :P
Hope you are all doing well!
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