Tara: Hey everyone!
Tara and Nadia here! So, we mentioned last time that we went to the con while we
were in New York, but we kiiiiiinda spent so long talking about the other days
that we didn’t get to talk about it. So, today, we’re going to talk about our
NYCC day and our (mis)adventures on that day. And….oh boy….it was a day….
Nadia: Ooooh god, where
do we start?
Tara: The beginning
is always good.
Nadia: *Glare* Snarky
bastard. ANYWAY! We woke up early the morning of the con. Even though i wasn’t
feeling it and getting ready was a bitch my corset wasn’t working for me by
fuck toothbrush was misplaced, and my shoes were pinching my feet for some damn
reason.
Tara: Well, we had
been doing a lot of walking around the day before, which probably explained the
shoes. But anyway, we eventually got ourselves in our outfits for the day.
Though it wasn’t exactly the best start. I mean, I fought with that wig of mine
for ages. I’m pretty sure it came alive at one point and was trying to strangle
me or something. It had it in for me! Honest!
Nadia: pft! Really?
Tara: Yes, really.
Wig’s can be a bit temperamental and can wig out on you at any moment *solemn
nods*
Nadia: Eeeehhhhh? Ok,
now I’m looking at my wigs and locking them in the closet. But anyway, before
we set off downstairs to get breakfast i went to the bathroom and, oh lord, the
level of bitching I heard from the stalls
Girl 1: ‘Oh god,
they’re coming along too?
Girl 2:
‘Unfortunately. Hopefully they won’t take a year to get ready. I mean, how long
were we waiting for them again?’’
Girl 1 ‘45 minutes to
an hour… I think’
Grl 1: ‘It’s
ridiculous though, we had a time to meet up. Don’t waste everyone else's time,
like, I mean, we should have just left them there.’
Nadia: ‘Bitch you
wanna come say that again? Is it our fault we only got a response after myself
and T were back at the hotel? Is it our fault that the trip leader changed
plans on us?! WELL, an’, bitch, if you have something to say say it to my damn
face because, the next time you do this shit again, ima piano key you teeth
out!’
Girl 1&2: ……
(both leave without a word)
Tara: Well….the
threat probably wasn’t needed, but….well….it did kind of hurt. I mean, the day
we were late for the meetup, we had asked the where and when that we would need
to meet before we split up from them, with us being told to meet back at the
hotel at 4pm. However, there wasn’t really a good internet connection outside
of wifi points (something the other group knew), so when they changed plans on
us, we didn’t know anything about it until we got back to the hotel. So in all
honesty, it wasn’t our fault that the info we were told that morning was wrong.
So that we were being spoken about like that actually really hurt. I’m the kind
of person who really hates upsetting others, so….well….it kind of made the day
a bit depressing to start with...I mean, it was a bit uncalled for anyway, as
we were ready before half of the people going.
Nadia: not just that
the whole trip was disorganized we came down early got food met up with
the trip leaders, waited another 25 minutes for every on a person STILL got
left behind and not no mention the mayhem that was arriving and getting the
tickets.
Tara: Ah yes, that
was a bit….uh….interesting. So, basically for the con, there was two ways you
could get your tickets. The first was by having the tickets delivered directly
to you, for a price. This was what I did (mainly as I panicked a bit when
buying the ticket due to a time limit). The other way was through something
called ‘Will Call’, where you get a confirmation email that you take along with
you and pick up your ticket on the day. Nadia did this method. In our group,
there was some who chose delivery, and some that chose Will Call. As we had two
trip leaders, both of whom picked different ticket methods, we split into two
groups as there was two entrances for the different methods. (or rather the
Will Call people had to go to a different area to get their tickets before
going through the main entrance). So…..here’s where things got a little messy.
Basically the Delivery people followed the crowd to the main entrance with our
secondary course leader (we’ll refer to as C from this point), and joined the
cue, which was literally doing laps around the building. So, eventually, some
of the Will Call group joined us. But…..well, not all of them. We found out
from C that Course Leader One (We’ll refer to as A from now on) had….well….left
the others. It was only by chance some of the group managed to find us, and the
rest were missing, with no idea how to contact us. C was furious at A for this,
and I was worried out of my mind for Nadia, who had no idea where to meet me,
either.
Nadia: My only saving
grace was the fact that our friend (we’ll call B from this point) was with me.
I swear, I was going to kill A for doing his little disappearing act AGAIN!
(one day, I’ll tell you guys about that other story).
Also to the hag that
was working at the desk, if you don’t know how to use a computer, get the FUCK
OFF IT AN’ LEAVE IT TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, YOU OLD DECREPIT BITCH!
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
I was standing there
for 20 or so minutes waiting on her to figure this shit out. 4 people had to
help her scan and register one ticket! I’ve never seen anything like it in my
life. And here’s me getting annoyed, B trying to calm me down and I’m not
taking it and, as soon as I’m about to cuss a bitch out ‘here’s your ticket. Go
down the hall to the left, they’ll let you right in’. So we go to the left and
they tell us NOPE, gotta round the building…. I’ll spare you the long details
and let’s just say that it was the longest slow march to death of a mile that
I’ve done in my life! I was hungry, I was pissed, my feet were killing me (at
that point I just took off my shoes) and people were shoving each other just to
get in… B ended up holding my hand just so we wouldn’t be separated and at that
point, when we finally got in…. Where the fuck was our group? All I could see
was a sea of people at this point. Even B was all types of pissed! I came up
with the idea that these sorts of places usually had wifi. Once we had that
sweet sweet delicious wifi, we final found Tara n C.
Tara: Me and C had a
similar idea, leaving Facebook messages and the like. We thankfully ended up
making a meeting point and the four of us were reunited in front of the lego stand
(with a creepy giant Lego Supergirl glaring at us. Oh well, not my fault if
creepy Lego figures don’t like the fact we were relieved that we finally found
each other, right?)
Nadia: we were all
types of pissed and relieved by the time we met up and if i wasn't feeling it
before i certainly wasn't now. It was packed my feet were hurting C was
fangirling over a few artis. We got a few cards but that was about it.
Tara: I kinda felt a
little bad for sort of dragging Nadia around a bit. Well, I say I, B and C were
still with us for most of the time. B ended up drooling over a Nightwing
statue, and I ended up with a comic and some books. Oh, and this adorable
dragon ‘pet’. But honestly, after that point when C and B had headed off to
some panels, I had to admit that I was feeling pretty ready to go, as much fun
as I did have after the panic was over. I mean, the shoes I had were cosplay
ones, not really suitable for the hours we spent on our feet and I was
practically crippled myself by the time we were done. So we sent a message to C
saying we’d be going early and we’d meet everyone back at the hotel (I say
‘early’, but it was….like….two at that point. We spent most of the day there
and it was only an hour before we would have left anyway). We didn’t want to
upset anyone again and C has internet access, so we thought that was fine.
After that, we made our way back to the hotel via the Subway - yay for
downloaded subway maps! But honest, we were knackered. I literally was limping
at that point too.
Nadia: By the time we
got back to the hotel and wound down, it was, like, 3:30 and then I get an
angry phone call
A: ‘Where are you
guys? It’s past our meeting time’
Nadia: ‘We’re back at
the hotel, A. We sent C a message. What happened to it?’
A: ‘Oh, well, C’s
phone isn’t working right now.’
Nadia: ‘Is that so?
Ok, well, we’re at the hotel because we’re quite tired, but we will be leaving
later tonight and will be going to dinner later.’
A: ‘Ok’
Nadia: ‘Alright, A,
see you later’ *click!*
Tara: So, basically,
our plan to make sure what happened last time didn’t happen again didn’t work.
And now I felt bad yet again. I know it wasn’t my fault or anything that a phone
went dead, but…..Even so, it made us seem like terrible people yet again…..
Nadia: At that point,
I was so pissed I couldn’t bring myself to care… honestly, but we lifted our
spirits with good food though.
Tara: Yeah, we went
to Yupduck again, since we liked the place the first time we went. So some good
food, nice chatting and giant rice balls again that we had to take away so we
could go to the hotel to watch youtube vids and unwind. It was a nice ending to
the day, even if there was a lot of ups and downs and complications. I think,
if I would sum up the day in a word, it would either be ‘Dysfunctional’ or
‘Complicated’
Nadia: Not much I can
add to that, there, but yeah rice balls and Markaplier makes my days better.
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