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The adventures of jemz and mousaPi (ie. the grand adventures in fail)

YAY! We are safely landed in Japan. Not much going on yet but we had a lovely time gabbing with ilanabean42 and her friend, Meaghan. Then we met up with alissa at their terminal while I was on the phone with bloodybrilliant. We passed her around like a h0 (which she totally admits that she likes) and said happy goodbyes to Ilana, Meaghan, and Alissa before heading over to our own terminal.

It was just enough that we didn't have to wait too long before boarding our own flight to Tokyo. It was fun. The flight was long and we tried to sleep. Key word is try. But I have swollen ankles to prove I made it through the pressurized flight and every time I glanced over at mousaPi, she would either do one of the following: wiggle in glee, say whoo hoo, or stare like hamster at me and then looked away. I think her guinea pig has been giving her lessons in staring. :/

"Watch out, jemz. I'm going to be watching you from outside your capsule." states MousaPi who's sitting next to me (reading over my shoulder).

Big words from her. But it's really cute how she's so excited to just be in Japan that it fuels my own excitement! We made it through the immigration, customs, currency exchange, and the ticket counter for the Keisei Skyliner only to be balked at the cell phone counters. I did not want to go to the fourth floor of the mall to slap more money on the pre-paid phone I borrowed. Oh well. Maybe in Akihabara we will find a store and get that handled. :D

Our adventures have started and I'm looking forward to the next 10 days, both of ultimate coolness and utter fail. MousaPi already has a head start. She made some random Japanese man trip over his feet. :D Way to go, Pi.

Anyways, Ryohei-top is out of batteries. More to come when we arrive at the futuristic Capsule Inn in Akihabara. I feel strange things will be occuring tonight.

Okay, so my battery died on the Ryohei-top. But we're at the Capsule Inn now and up on the top floor in the women's lounge trying to get internet on our laptops. Sadly, we are currently failing.

mousaPi wants to say we're alive and I just want to check my email. I miss everyone already and it's pretty warm here. The humidity is like a slap in the face when we walked out of Ueno Keisei station to cross the street to the JR Ueno station. The sky sprinkled fat raindrops on us. It was sprinkling when we arrived at the Capsule Inn as well.

The Capsule Inn is pretty nifty. The capsules aren't as small as I originally thought they were (I get a touch caustrophobic) and they really are pretty cool. Our pods are next to each other and we took dorktastic pictures to me laughing, "Oh hey! It's mousaPI in a POD!"

So now we're just chilling and I am elevating my swollen ankles in a poor attempt to get them to stop being swollen. This happened last yearr too. Sadly, they hurt. D:

Okay, off to see shimmeredusk and have dinner! Yay!

I HAVE KANJANI EITO TICKETS!!!!!!!


So, all my concert tickets are now obtained! Everything is pretty much A GO for Japan! All I need is to pick up the pre-paid phone my friend is lending me, slap some money on it, and then start printing directions and information to put into my clear file.

I only have bits and pieces of planning left to do! I'm totally excited!

Now to finish up my wedding preparations. Everything is in order for the first wedding and I'm currently working on the joint bridal party and the bachelorette party themes. :D Thanks to bitofpixiedust, tinyangl, and nihongofrancais for listening to me babble about themes and colors and invitations.

OH! If anyone has any ideas for Japanese musical groups they want to see perform in the United States, I'm taking in suggestions! Please keep in mind that I probably won't have the budget to get really top names like Gackt, T.M. Revolution, any of the JE groups, or Ayumi Hamasaki. But I am curious if there are bands I should be checking out for Fanime. :D Let me know! Pimp them to me!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!


MOUSAPI AND I HAVE OUR TICKETS TO JAPAN



I AM SO EXCITED

even if it was super expensive plane tickets! T_T

SO EXCITED. :D Tomorrow, I'm back at the airport! Flying off to see karinberry, feather_down, ilanabean42, saturnianlove, peroxidepest17, and bitofpixiedust! Hey ladies, if I don't have your digits, I totally need them! *looks at Roxi & Linds* Email it to me at swtjemz at gmail. :D I can check email on my PokeShigeDex (aka blackberry) and I'll call you right away. :D

There have been a few other things that have been on my mind but I always forget them whenever I sit down to write an entry. OH WELL. :D I'll write more when I have time to breathe! After this trip, it's time to really buckle down and concentrate on tying the loose ends for my work with Fanime. I want to make sure everything is ready! I have a fantastic second-in-command (or TWIC as I call him. Yah yah, TWo-In-Command. :] )

But I hope everyone living around the SF Bay Area can come and check out Fanime on May 23-26! I'll definitely be wandering around. So if you see a frazzled (but stylishly comfortable!) me, feel free to stop me and tell me to take deep breaths!

I was going to post and say that I'm safe at mousaPi's place in Harrisburg. I was going to say that the freeways from Baltimore back to PA is confusing. And that Maxie is so full of love and dinner was absolutely fantastic since smoked salmon with wasabi aioli on tortilla chips and drinking a nice chilled glass of Reisling is decadent when eating in front of a gorgeous view of the Inner Harbor. And that the new exhibit of the Aquarium is super tall and utterly amazing. And that I AM ON THE EAST COAST.

But no.

JIN. JIN'S SOLO SONG. HAS. ME. FLAILING. LIKE. A. TEENYBOPPER.

There was a preview leak of his song. And DAMN, he is totally channeling Justin Timberlake. I love the beats and the song already. Throw in Jin's sexy vocals and the words "I could taste the sweet lovejuice" and I AM A PUDDLE OF GOO. This is a total clubbing song. I love it so much.

WHO IS ON TO FLAIL WITH ME!?!?!?!?!?!? EDIT: AIM CHATROOM - SWEETLOVEJUICE

TWO MORE DAYS BEFORE I BOARD A PLANE TO GO EAST. WHOOOOOOOO!



SO. NYC. MEET UP AT THE KINOKUNIYA AT THE ROCKERFELLA CENTER. I HAVE NO CLUE WHEN MOUSAPI, MARKSY, BETH, AND I WILL GET THERE BUT I WILL ASK THEM AND POST UP THE TIMES. HAVE YOUR PHONES READY OR SPAM ME YOUR DIGITS, BABY! RHEYNE, CIARA, KAMIKA, CLARE. I AM TOTALLY LOOKING AT YOU. :D <3


OMG. SO EXCITED.




P.S. Craigslist wanted ads? Are hilariously funny at times.

I just finished packing to go to New Orleans to see ISO for her birthday and MARDI GRAS! Whoooooohoooooo!!!

I AM UTTERLY EXCITED!!!

I'll arrive there late tonight but omg, going to a new place is so exciting! This weekend has been so awesome! I saw bestest, I saw my girls whom I love dearly, hung out with great friends, got my self-esteem boosted up a bit (because it's nice to know that people you've been hanging out with really value my opinions and me. I wasn't sure how they saw me but it amused me that I am seen as friendly, honest, and opinionated...err..or forward even when I don't say anything and just listen. :D Not a bad thing at all. Oh oh oh...and intimidating. I don't know why I keep getting this because I think I am not that intimidating at all. Well..maybe to my stuffed Ryohei-bunny. :-P ), and now I'm going to spend a fabulous week with Iso!

SO IF I DON'T COME BACK ON TO LJ, WISH ME A SAFE FLIGHT! and poke me at work on aim. I WILL BE A BIT BORED, y0. :D