I cannot even believe what I have done in the past few weeks. I think that I've died and ascended to nerdvana. (I think it's like in Narnia, where they all die in a train crash but don't find out until the end of the book? Was there a subway accident recently that I should be aware of?)

Because I can't actually find the words to speak about these things in detail, here is a list. I so adore lists.

- Harry and the Potters in Brooklyn (with MC Kreacher, who I had never heard of before and who is TOTALLY AWESOME.) SO RAD. They signed my grock poster. lsfjlsfljljs.
- John Krasinski at his film "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men." So, first of all, we were in the front row, so he stood about three feet away from us :3 and he was really funny and smart and stuff. ...AND THREE FEET AWAY FROM US. But though we may have had ulterior fangirl motives for attending, the film itself was really really intense and awesome.
- I went to my first convention, Animefest. ...mind= blown. Bought lots of geeky shit (but not enough if you ask me.) OH but the best thing there was this LOST GROCK BAND, "the Others." I got all their CDs, they're awesome. OH YEAH AND I HAPPENED TO SELL OUT OF ALL MY COPIES OF LAMPLIGHTER. ...well. I brought three. BUT I SOLD MY COMIC AT A CONVENTION. THAT'S RIGHT BITCHES
- Howard Shore at Barnes & Noble for a CD signing. ...if Howard Shore didn't completely change your life and elevate your soul to heretofore untapped levels of emotion, then, I don't know. Think of someone who did and then you will understand how much we were freaking out. He signed my complete recordings of ROTK and my sheet music! And he said "nice, well-worn copies..." or something like that. ohmygosh.*
- Next up was Billy Boyd's "Beecake" at Joe's Pub. This I honestly can't talk about without breaking down into so much capslock that your screens will shatter. Suffice it to say that the following things happened: 1) We saw Elijah Wood there as well. 2) We had awesome seats. 3) Beecake was pretty jammin' and awesome. 4) Howard Shore was also there, which means that my BFF Meg and I were in the *same room* as Billy Boyd, Elijah Wood, and Howard Shore AT THE SAME TIME. This goes so far beyond any of my wildest dreams, it's unspeakable. 5) Billy Boyd signed my CD. And touched me. And we got a picture with him. And I shook his hand.
- Finally we got to see the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack performed life to film at Radio City Music Hall. Basically, if you asked me to design the most wonderful event possible, that is what I would have come up with. It was incredible. Can't wait for Two Towers next year... yes? 8D
- BUT NO IT'S NOT OVER YET. We then proceeded to see Tolkien's original notes/manuscripts at Fordham University. ...I can only really describe what this felt like my making really inappropriate religious analogies, like, imagine seeing doodles on the back of menus that Jesus did, or something. That is what it was like for me. I am who I am ok.

SO YEAH. THERE WAS THAT, THAT HAPPENED.
In other news it suddenly got dayum cold. And so dry that the skin on my palms is peeling off D:


*also at this event the coincidence to end all coincidences happened. In fact, it goes so far beyond "coincidence" or "small world!" that I just don't know what to call it. The woman working behind the counter who sold us our complete recordings sets turned out to have recently transferred from the B&N at Kahala Mall! And she'd worked at Agnes's Portuguese Bakery as well! So we were all excited and hugged, etc, etc, Hawai'i is one beeg ohana, and so on. Then later it started to bug me how familiar she had seemed - and I found out that SHE WAS THE MODEL FOR EYE CANDY: [link] AND THAT OTHER ONE: [link] So... in a city of millions of people, at some really nerdy composer signing event, I run straight into the woman on whom the picture I won a Scholastic Art & Writing award for was based, which helped me get into the school I am currently attending which is the REASON I'm in New York and able to run into her in the first place. .....I don't even know what to say about this. I start thinking "oh, it's such a cool story," and then I start actually considering the odds, and I kinda need to sit down.

I got tired of looking at an outdated entry SO HERE'S A NICE NEW FRESH ONE.

Sooo just finished my second week of classes here at SVA (...already? Where does the time go!?) There have been some extreme highs and lows, but in general I am feeling excited about learning, meeting other art-y people, and yes, even about living in NYC. This was something that I rather despised at first, but the big and proverbial apple has won me over at last with all of its geeky events. Here is what's coming up for moi:

- Masi Oka is going to be at the NBC store this Monday! ... I might be too busy to go though, aww. But... but... masioka <3
- Animefest - where I'm volunteering at SVA's table and therefore a) getting in for free and b) getting to show/sell copies of my comic afja;lsdlkfjsdkfjomgnowords. This will be my first convention!!
- HARRY AND THE POTTERS IN BROOKLYN I can't even talk about this one without flailing - plus I get to see my bro SARRY!! Sidebar: this happens the day after Animefest. Geekiest weekend of my life? Honestly, I have probably already had a geekier one.
...maybe.
- Me and my bro Meg are going to see the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack preformed by the 21st Century Orchestra while the movie is projected super big at Radio City Music Hall. And apparently Billy Boyd will be there. And Howard Shore is signing stuff... somewhere. And we're also going to see Tolkien's original manuscripts of FOTR at this museum.
.... NO WORDS FOR THIS GEEKTASTICNESS. I MUST HAVE ASCENDED TO NERDVANA

Oh yeah and tonight I went to a Cartoon Allies meeting and listened to this amazing woman talk about the history of shojo manga and analyze it's development based on the place of women in society and all this intense stuff. I seriously have no words for the awesomeness. I have been waiting all my life to sit in a room with other people who considered it sane to analyze nerdy shit like manga like it was actually srs business.

YEAH YEAH OK SO NEW YORK YOU'RE KINDA COOL

you guys

YOU GUYS

I move in to my dorm at SVA in three days. D: I'm excited, yes, but at the mo it's more like SUPER NERVOUS. I just have this horrible dread that I'm going to be so out of my element and not know what the F I'm doing. Also that I might wither away and turn into some sort of Gollum creature living in the city. I NEED PLANNTSSSS ;__;

Sigh. But you know... THAT'S OK - STILL GOT MY POSITIVE ATTITUDE.


Yeah this entry is completely pointless, I'm just savoring these last days in which I can laze about the house wasting my time. AND I was going to upload lamplighter (my comic) but I just realized that I totally left all the files on my mom's computer and didn't copy them on to my new laptop! Silly me. Ah well I'll get my act together one of these days.

I have hit one of those walls - the kind that arise right after one has a good bout of advancing and improving, skillz-wise, and then once that bout ends, one just feels all stuck in a rut and mediocre and everything one does is just blahhhhhhhh.

BUT. Instead of angsting about it I guess I will just go draw some more until something comes of it that doesn't make me want to iron my hands. *RESOLVE*

In other news:
GROCK SONGS OUR EPIC BAND HAS WRITTEN SO FAR:

~ HP SONGS: 2, +various half-formed works in progress
~ 2 (ish) Star Trek songs, one being epically epic but we don't have a good handle on the actual tune yet, only badass lyrics.
~ 1 almost-finished 'Bones' song - a ballad to Angela from Hodgins' POV XD
~ 1 epicsauce Avatar song
~ +various instrumental jams I have thought up that have yet to be adapted to a song/have lyrics written for them

I'd say that's a fairly good start for a grock band comprised of noobs! ...now if we could only actually record them and set up our website before I leave... all would be well

I just have this to say:

WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR NOVEMBER FOR THE STAR TREK DVD? ;______;

I am in control of my emotions. I am in control of my emotions. I am in control of my emotions.