Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Ok, I�fm taking a little time off of summer reading to properly blog about my trip. I won�ft finish today, but I�fll do as much as I can.

So on Friday [June 29] I had to wake up at 6:00 to go to the airport. My mom was nervous about me going through security on my own so she got one of those pass things that let the parent walk the kid through the airport and stuff. We waited for about 2 hours in the Gates, and while we waited I saw that there were these birds flying around. They looked like they had accidentally come in or something, and now they couldn�ft come out. I felt kind of sorry for them. ^^; But anyway, after that was the plane flight, which was okay. I sat next to this mother and her 16-month old daughter. She was really cute, and she liked my Rubiks cube. *lol* When the plane landed, they mentioned something about the baggage claim and how you have to go to one terminal instead of another, but I didn�ft hear it quite right.

When I got out, I had a choice between two baggage claims. Terminal 1, or Terminal 2. Terminal 2 was clearly marked Southwest Airlines so I thought, �gOf course, this is where I should go.�h But then I remembered the announcement and thought, �gWhat if they had to change it?�h But then, I decided maybe I should just go to Terminal 2 and see what happened. So I got to Terminal 2, all the time wondering if I should go back, but I ended up staying there. There were 3 baggage claims, and one said Flight 1274 or something to that extent, the other said something like Flight 437 and the last one was blank. My flight had been 801 but since I couldn�ft see it, I panicked. So I waited by the last baggage claim until suddenly it flashed Flight 801 on the screen and I was so~~~ relieved. XD;

So as I waited for my baggage, I saw Sano-chan coming up from behind me, and so we greeted each other and stuff. Then we waited for my baggage for what seemed like forever, and when we finally found it, we had to go find Sano-chan�fs mom. When we did, we went to the car, and we listened to ZZ. Then we talked about our teachers and what we had been doing for the last year.

We pulled in to the El Rancho Steak House and Sano-chan�fs mom said that Sano-chan�fs sister, �gHotohori�h, would be meeting us there. We didn�ft know what we wanted to order, until I saw the clam chowder in a bread bowl and remembered what Yuki had told me. So I ordered that, and Sano-chan ordered popcorn shrimp�c. I found that the dish I ordered came with quite a big salad, and so I wondered how big the actual dish could be�c XD;;; It seemed quite huge, so I started eating the soup part of it, until I had a good amount of bread at the top. But, I was kind of confused because I didn�ft know how to get the bread off. I got a knife and started cutting little bread rectangles out of the bread, dipping them in the soup, and eating them. Sano-chan started laughing hysterically, since my pieces were exactly porportional. XD;; She still won�ft let it go, lol.

So after we went to lunch, we went back to Sano-chan�fs house~ And she showed me her room, and we talked for a while, and I gave her some gifts and SMILE stickers, I met her pets, and then Hotohori had to clean out her room, so we helped her by organizing a box of stuff, and then some more by putting more stuff in other boxes. We had to work fast, because we couldn�ft leave to go pick up Neko-chan until we finished, and we didn�ft want her to get in trouble for being home alone. So as soon as we finished, we picked up Neko-chan. But, as we were going to get in the car, Hotohori kept driving away! XD;;; It was kind of funny, but annoying at the same time.

We got back to the house, and we tried to get Neko-chan to like Going Under Ground because I had given her a poster of them, except I didn�ft know she didn�ft like them. ^^; We also gave her the SMILE stickers and we wore them�c on our faces. I was the only one to wear it on my forehead though�c the others chose the cheek. XD; We went outside to take pictures of our Laruku-ness but Neko-chan wouldn�ft take off her hat because she didn�ft like her haircut. I stole it for a second, but then gave it back. But Sano-chan still tried to get it off, and succeeded once, so Sano-chan said that Neko-chan owed her a pearl drink. We went through a couple of hand-me-downs from Hotohori, and I got 2 pairs of pants and a jacket that I want to use for JRock cosplay. Don�ft know how I�fll do that though�c haha.

When Hotohori finished cleaning her room, she dropped us off at Golf Land, the local arcade. We played so much DDR but I wasn�ft used to metal, so I got lower scores than I usually do. I almost passed Twilight Zone though. Then we played Rush2049�c ahhh that thing was addicting. And then Beatmania but I wasn�ft that good at it. So�c I didn�ft play it again. We wanted to play Drummania but we didn�ft have our ID cards with us�c -o-; So they wouldn�ft give us our sticks.

We were exhausted when we got back, so we watched a movie. I finally got to see Moon Child! lol�c but Gackt can�ft act if his life depended on it. There was one scene that would have been really sad�c if Gackt hadn�ft messed it up. XD; He can�ft write, either. So many plot holes~~ Like when Hyde�fs friend was burning up in the sun because he was a vampire, why wasn�ft Hyde burning around, while he watched from like�c 2 feet away? And then they talked in English, and Japanese, AND Chinese. But the Aussie English was awful. And then there was that little girl, Hana�c we renamed her 50 Language Girl because she seemed fluent in everything. Hyde said something that no one understood, we just heard something about �gno 3 f***ing ninjas in Japan�h or whatever. Then they always shot their guns sideways and always missed. And Gackt�fs scary when he smiles. Hyde can�ft smile, he looks like he�fs trying to, but he can�ft quite do it. But at the end, he did, and we were like, �gOMG Hyde~! We�fre so proud of you!�h Haha. Then there was that scene at the end where Gackt shoots a bunch of holes in the roof to let the sunlight in, but the roof doesn�ft fall in! And when Gackt�fs going to do the last shot with him and that Chinese guy, the Chinese guy goes �gHeiiiiii�h and then Gackt says �gArrrrrr�h. It makes no sense, but it�fs so fun to laugh at. At the end, they�fre like �gThe sun�fs coming�h when it�fs already like directly above them�c XD;; Ahhhh, such a fun movie to laugh at. XD;;;;

After that we watched the DVD that Neko-chan had bought off of eBay. It was a ripoff, but nevertheless, it was still a MYV concert and we got to watch MYV�fs crazy dances that make him so cute and adorable. We were dancing to POP is Dead with the backwards P and we almost did a Picture Story but it didn�ft go through because we were so tired. By the way, MYV�fs cage dancer is really creepy. He was entertaining at first�c but after it was just kind of scary.

Then, I brought out my Sailor Uniform, and Hotohori tried it on and looked really American. XD; Neko-chan was really cute in it, but refused to take pictures. ToT; So I put it on, and we had a 3-picture photoshoot, since the camera wasn�ft doing well with the light. I�fll try to post them up if Neko-chan sends me the data discs.

Neko-chan slept over, and we fell asleep at around 3:30, after eating a lot of fortune cookies and ramen snacks�c lol. So�c that was the end of Friday.

On Saturday [June 30], I woke up first, so I just kind of hung out until the others got up. Sano-chan woke up second. Neko-chan was last. Haha. Neko-chan and I looked in the living room, only to find out that Sano-chan�fs dog had eaten all the fortun cookies and ramen! We were afraid it was bad for the digestive system or whatever, but Sano-chan said it was ok. XD;

We went on the computer for a little bit, and checked out Rasaya, a Japanese hairstyle website. As we were browsing hairstyles, one stood out to us. We clicked it and to our surprise, we found�c A MYV HAIRSTYLE! We all wanted our hair like that, but I�fll have to wait a little bit since I just trimmed my hair, and my mom doesn�ft want to have to pay for another hair cut. XD;;

Neko-chan went home, and Sano-chan and I set out to go to SJ Japan Town. She put in the Plastic Tree CD [シロクロニクル]. It was such a long ride, that we probably listened to that CD at least 15 times. I liked National Kid�c a LOT. And we heard Baka ni natta no ni so much~! It kept me awake when I was about to fall asleep. Haha. As we were driving, I saw a Walmart for the first time in my life. When Sano found out that I had never seen a Walmart before, she laughed so~~~ much. Then she started teasing me about, �gDo you not have a Costco?�h or �gDo you even have a Target?�h Haha. This went on for about 3 days I think�c We finally got to SJ, but we couldn�ft find JTown! We were driving around the same area for a long time, until we called back home to get directions.

When we finally go there, we started looking for a place to eat, and when we did, both Sano and I ordered curry rice. There was this little baby next to our table, and he kept staring at me. Even as we were leaving the restaurant, he was still staring at me. Really cute, but it was weird that he kept staring at me. xD;;;

Then we walked to the Manju Store and bought LOTS of manju. Ahh it tasted so~~ good. We went to the Japanese Grocery Store as well, and I tried RAMUNE for the first time. Even though I don�ft like soda that much. Since I had never tried it before, and I hadn�ft seen a Walmart before, Sano-chan decided that I was some sort of deprived child. *lol* I didn�ft even know how to open the bottle, and I still can�ft do it quite right.. XD;

Sano-chan took me to the Japanese Garden which was really beautiful. I wish I had brought more film. I took lots of pictures of the bamboo garden�c it was so nice to look at. Very relaxing. At one point, we saw all these turtles on this rock. I think there were three of them. They looked like they were sunbathing�c haha. It was really fun to look at.

By then it was getting really hot, and we drove to a coffee shop. It was really nice because it had air conditioning and there was a Noah�fs Bagel right next to it�c haha. Sano loves that place.

After we got the coffee, we went to Kinokunya and I saw a Seventeen so I looked at it for ideas of what to do at Print Club. I still needed to buy Hotohori and Neko-chan gifts, so I went to the stationery section. Sano-chan told me that Hotohori really likes clover patterns, and Neko-chan loves random stuff [although I kind of already knew that]. So I found a clover print stationery set for Hotohori, and for Neko-chan I got the most random stationery in the world. The pictures on it were really cute, but really random: a white shirt hanging out to dry, a glass of orange juice, a bunch of plants, another white shirt, and a shoe. I loved that shoe. XD;;

Later, we walked across to Mitsuwa Market and we bought snacks and drinks. Sano-chan wanted so many drinks that she dropped them and dented a can of Calpico Soda! Haha. We bought so~~~~ much: Calpico Soda, Mitsuya Cider, Calpico flavor drinks, etc�c XDDDD By then, it was getting really hot again, so we went to Clover Bakery and bought some kakigigori which is like Japanese shaved ice�c except really really sweet. Sano-chan got a brain freeze. And we found out something about each other: I always buy strawberry flavored things, and she always buys melon flavored things.

When we got home, I taught Sano-chan how to make a website layout, and use Photoshop. We created a new layout, that was supposed to be just an example but I was really happy with it. Yuki gave us some space on FTorg, but I still haven�ft taught her how to use FTP�c I gave Hotohori her gift, but she decided that now we�fre in some sort of competition, and that she has to get me a better gift than I gave her. o_O;

Sano-chan took me on a secret trip, and wouldn�ft tell me where we were going. So I just waited until we got there. XD; First, we went to her favorite childhood restaurant~~ That stuff was so~~~ good, I wanted to eat so much, but I got full too easily. -o-;; Then she took me to a Morman Temple that was really beautiful, but we got there too late so we didn�ft get a chance to go in. After that, Sano-chan took me to Treasure Island to see the night view of the Bay Bridge�c Too bad our picture didn�ft turn out, though�c x_x

That�fs pretty much the end of Saturday�c

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