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argurotoxosI was only waiting about ten minutes before I heard someone yell 'Arma!' Turning around, I saw both Tomo and Kun coming toward me. Immediately, I ran to them and attempted a two-in-one hug. *grin* Turns out they had gotten a bit lost and had to walk up this weird narrow alley with high walls to get to the train platform, but they made it!
So we got my stuff into the car and then headed back to Tomo's house, where I finally got to meet his mum and his two sisters. We then went around opening Christmas presents. Kun gave me a very cute kimono!bear keychain that I put on the keyring with my house keys and flash drive. Sankyuu! ^^ And Tomo gave me way too much stuff -- a black scarf, kanji cards, a music CD, two German books, a Greek coin with Alexander on it, and I just know I'm forgetting something. 0_0 どうもありがとう、弟！
Then his family took us all out to a Mexican restaurant called Margaritas. We talked about the nightmare that was last year's drive to NH, our Yami no Matsuei photoshoot, elementary through high school . . . Anything and everything. The food was all very good and there was a lot of it. I was proud that I was able to eat more than half of my main dish after all of the appetizers we snacked on.
Sometime near the end of dinner, one of Tomo's sisters had managed to sneak some salt into the other sister's water. Which of course led to the addition of even more condiments, including tabasco sauce. In the end, I drank it all and it actually tasted better than the concoction that my dad had created at Denny's. XD
Dinner that night was one of those times I wished I had a video camera in my head. Something I could use to record every second with perfect accuracy and then replay whenever I wanted. Because when you're in that moment, everything feels so right that you just want it to last forever; just stay there with your best friends having fun and eating good food. You know it's one of the best times you'll have and because of that you value every second and want to memorize it forever, but it's also bittersweet because memories become fuzzy and you can't quite capture that moment and those feelings afterward. But even though you can't remember exactly what everyone said and did, it leaves a lasting impresssion on you and you smile later with watery eyes.
When we got back to Tomo's house, we showed Kun the first two episodes of Kyou Kara Maou. We had to take her home shortly afterward, but I was so glad that she was able to spend most of that evening with us. I had really, really missed her. *hug*
Tomo and I spent the rest of the night playing Sudoku, watching Queer as Folk, and talking about Japan and languages.
Friday was our big shopping day. We went to the Salem Mall and I bought the second volume of Yu-Gi-Oh: Millennium World with a Borders gift card that my grandmum had gotten me. Among lots of other things. Like a new Batman wallet, a Leonardo action figure, and a box of four random DC Comics figures (I got Robin!). We also played with the Darth Vader masks in the toy store. Now everytime I hear 'Your powers are weak', I think of 'Your nen is weak!' *grin*
Tomo went into Express for Men - which is an insanely expensive clothing store - because he had a gift certificate. He bought a sweater and a dress shirt. Of course, the dress shirt just happened to be one of the only things in the store that wasn't on sale and he ended up paying almost $100. 0_0 Makes me happy for my Sears and Salvation Army clothes and the fact that I couldn't care less what I wear most of the time as long as it's comfortable and dark-coloured.
After we finished walking through the Salem Mall, we headed over to the mall in Manchester and got the best beef teriyaki with soba that I've ever had. It was really good. Though I'm still not sure it was worth the hour and a half it took us to get out of the mall parking lot. Oi. 0_0
On our way back from the malls, we stopped by two of Tomo's friends' houses. They were both nice and seemed like cool people. We also stopped by a convenience store to get some junk food.
That night, we watched more of Kyou Kara Maou (including my two favourite episodes!), some of Queer as Folk, and a strange French film called Wasabi. It was a fairly good movie that sometimes reminded me of the awesomeness that is The Pink Panther movies, but I really think they should have picked a different movie title.
We meant to wake up at 8 AM Saturday, but ended up sleeping until 9:30. In the end, it didn't matter since we couldn't go to Kun's until noon.
Kun's was awesome. Her mum is the nicest lady and she's very cool. ^^ I also got to meet Kun's boyfriend, who was also very cool. He even knew about Mighty Max! XD The four of us sat on Kun's futon and talked about anime, school, movies, manga, old cartoons . . . We also watched the first dubbed episode of Hikaru no Go. It wasn't too bad . . . until Touya Akira came in. They absolutely butchered Touya's voice; it sounded way too deep to me. x_x
We were only at Kun's for about three hours, though it felt a lot longer than that. I would've loved to have stayed there all day, but we had to leave for Shampoo's before dark. On one hand, I really wish Kun could've come with us to Shampoo's and that I could've seen more of her (and that I hadn't forgotten about my camera on Saturday; I only got one picture of Kun during the whole trip and that was on Thursday), but on the other, we did get to spend quite a bit of time together. We tried not to drag out our goodbye as long as we ususally do and we actually didn't cry (at that time, anyway), but it was still hard. *hug*
But, on a positive note, I might be staying at her house if I go to Anime Boston! ^__^
The ride to Shampoo's was crazy. It was snowing when we left and we got completely lost. Tomo ended up going to his aunt's house for help, which amounted to nothing. In the end, we were saved by Shampoo calling Tomo's cell phone and Justin giving us directions over the phone. Score!
When we got to Shampoo's, Musashi was playing Kingdom Hearts II. Unfortunately, he had to work that night. x_x But, on the other hand, Shampoo, Tomo, and I got to hog all the snacks and game consoles. We ended up playing four different games, all music-related -- a guitar game, a karaoke game, a drum game, and a Music of the 80s Trivia Game. Suffice it to say I failed at the last one miserably.
We exchanged Christmas presents before the games started. Shampoo got me a Hunter x Hunter mini-calendar (!!), the first two Fushigi Yuugi OVAs, a box of Pocky, some Full Metal Alchemist trading cards, and a blue and purple handmade bracelet. ^__^
To celebrate the New Year, we watched the ball drop on TV and drank sparkling cider. Then Tomo had his Exciting Crossdressing Adventure. Which is very good blackmailing material, but I'm not that mean. XD But seriously, Shampoo and I didn't make him do anything! I don't know about him, but we both found it very amusing.
In the end, we didn't go to sleep until 7 AM. Or at least Shampoo and I didn't; Tomo fell asleep earlier but would briefly wake up everytime we touched him to put on a blanket and then would fall right back asleep.
We left Shampoo's apartment around 1:40 PM on Sunday and got back to Tomo's house right as my parents pulled into his driveway. I quickly got all my stuff from his house and just threw it into the back seat. Then we hugged and it was time to head back to New York.
So we got my stuff into the car and then headed back to Tomo's house, where I finally got to meet his mum and his two sisters. We then went around opening Christmas presents. Kun gave me a very cute kimono!bear keychain that I put on the keyring with my house keys and flash drive. Sankyuu! ^^ And Tomo gave me way too much stuff -- a black scarf, kanji cards, a music CD, two German books, a Greek coin with Alexander on it, and I just know I'm forgetting something. 0_0 どうもありがとう、弟！
Then his family took us all out to a Mexican restaurant called Margaritas. We talked about the nightmare that was last year's drive to NH, our Yami no Matsuei photoshoot, elementary through high school . . . Anything and everything. The food was all very good and there was a lot of it. I was proud that I was able to eat more than half of my main dish after all of the appetizers we snacked on.
Sometime near the end of dinner, one of Tomo's sisters had managed to sneak some salt into the other sister's water. Which of course led to the addition of even more condiments, including tabasco sauce. In the end, I drank it all and it actually tasted better than the concoction that my dad had created at Denny's. XD
Dinner that night was one of those times I wished I had a video camera in my head. Something I could use to record every second with perfect accuracy and then replay whenever I wanted. Because when you're in that moment, everything feels so right that you just want it to last forever; just stay there with your best friends having fun and eating good food. You know it's one of the best times you'll have and because of that you value every second and want to memorize it forever, but it's also bittersweet because memories become fuzzy and you can't quite capture that moment and those feelings afterward. But even though you can't remember exactly what everyone said and did, it leaves a lasting impresssion on you and you smile later with watery eyes.
When we got back to Tomo's house, we showed Kun the first two episodes of Kyou Kara Maou. We had to take her home shortly afterward, but I was so glad that she was able to spend most of that evening with us. I had really, really missed her. *hug*
Tomo and I spent the rest of the night playing Sudoku, watching Queer as Folk, and talking about Japan and languages.
Friday was our big shopping day. We went to the Salem Mall and I bought the second volume of Yu-Gi-Oh: Millennium World with a Borders gift card that my grandmum had gotten me. Among lots of other things. Like a new Batman wallet, a Leonardo action figure, and a box of four random DC Comics figures (I got Robin!). We also played with the Darth Vader masks in the toy store. Now everytime I hear 'Your powers are weak', I think of 'Your nen is weak!' *grin*
Tomo went into Express for Men - which is an insanely expensive clothing store - because he had a gift certificate. He bought a sweater and a dress shirt. Of course, the dress shirt just happened to be one of the only things in the store that wasn't on sale and he ended up paying almost $100. 0_0 Makes me happy for my Sears and Salvation Army clothes and the fact that I couldn't care less what I wear most of the time as long as it's comfortable and dark-coloured.
After we finished walking through the Salem Mall, we headed over to the mall in Manchester and got the best beef teriyaki with soba that I've ever had. It was really good. Though I'm still not sure it was worth the hour and a half it took us to get out of the mall parking lot. Oi. 0_0
On our way back from the malls, we stopped by two of Tomo's friends' houses. They were both nice and seemed like cool people. We also stopped by a convenience store to get some junk food.
That night, we watched more of Kyou Kara Maou (including my two favourite episodes!), some of Queer as Folk, and a strange French film called Wasabi. It was a fairly good movie that sometimes reminded me of the awesomeness that is The Pink Panther movies, but I really think they should have picked a different movie title.
We meant to wake up at 8 AM Saturday, but ended up sleeping until 9:30. In the end, it didn't matter since we couldn't go to Kun's until noon.
Kun's was awesome. Her mum is the nicest lady and she's very cool. ^^ I also got to meet Kun's boyfriend, who was also very cool. He even knew about Mighty Max! XD The four of us sat on Kun's futon and talked about anime, school, movies, manga, old cartoons . . . We also watched the first dubbed episode of Hikaru no Go. It wasn't too bad . . . until Touya Akira came in. They absolutely butchered Touya's voice; it sounded way too deep to me. x_x
We were only at Kun's for about three hours, though it felt a lot longer than that. I would've loved to have stayed there all day, but we had to leave for Shampoo's before dark. On one hand, I really wish Kun could've come with us to Shampoo's and that I could've seen more of her (and that I hadn't forgotten about my camera on Saturday; I only got one picture of Kun during the whole trip and that was on Thursday), but on the other, we did get to spend quite a bit of time together. We tried not to drag out our goodbye as long as we ususally do and we actually didn't cry (at that time, anyway), but it was still hard. *hug*
But, on a positive note, I might be staying at her house if I go to Anime Boston! ^__^
The ride to Shampoo's was crazy. It was snowing when we left and we got completely lost. Tomo ended up going to his aunt's house for help, which amounted to nothing. In the end, we were saved by Shampoo calling Tomo's cell phone and Justin giving us directions over the phone. Score!
When we got to Shampoo's, Musashi was playing Kingdom Hearts II. Unfortunately, he had to work that night. x_x But, on the other hand, Shampoo, Tomo, and I got to hog all the snacks and game consoles. We ended up playing four different games, all music-related -- a guitar game, a karaoke game, a drum game, and a Music of the 80s Trivia Game. Suffice it to say I failed at the last one miserably.
We exchanged Christmas presents before the games started. Shampoo got me a Hunter x Hunter mini-calendar (!!), the first two Fushigi Yuugi OVAs, a box of Pocky, some Full Metal Alchemist trading cards, and a blue and purple handmade bracelet. ^__^
To celebrate the New Year, we watched the ball drop on TV and drank sparkling cider. Then Tomo had his Exciting Crossdressing Adventure. Which is very good blackmailing material, but I'm not that mean. XD But seriously, Shampoo and I didn't make him do anything! I don't know about him, but we both found it very amusing.
In the end, we didn't go to sleep until 7 AM. Or at least Shampoo and I didn't; Tomo fell asleep earlier but would briefly wake up everytime we touched him to put on a blanket and then would fall right back asleep.
We left Shampoo's apartment around 1:40 PM on Sunday and got back to Tomo's house right as my parents pulled into his driveway. I quickly got all my stuff from his house and just threw it into the back seat. Then we hugged and it was time to head back to New York.
