touring fangirl

[jmtorres]

So I will be in NYC June 12-June 17. The purpose of my journey is: fangirl (verb, intransitive).

I am interested in hanging out with my friends and making new fannish friends! Therefore, if you live somewhere reachable by the subway system, I am willing to come to you. If you live somewhere withing a day trip of the city and there's something you wanna do (like hang out with me! or go to a museum or see a show or something social with me!) you could come to me.

I have this vague idea about rereading So You Want to Be a Wizard and recreating Nita and Kit's Ordeal (hopefully without actually changing universes). This might be a multi-day endeavor, or I could just be overly optimistic, given the amount of time I spent communing with my laptop on grey_bard's couch when last I visited. Also probably I should just acquire braces for all my joints now and bring them with me pre-emptively.

More realistic and concrete plans include going out to Coney Island to go to the beach, as I live in a landlocked location but am part selkie on my mother's side and cannot resist the call of the sea.

I am interested in (but last time failed to make plans I followed through on regarding) MoMA, the Guggenheim, visiting the New York Public Library on a day when it is open (last time I managed to go by on July 4th, which is, in fact, a national holiday, when libraries are closed), Paley Center, probably many other historical sites or museums I have not heard of. I will probably visit one of these this time (maybe two, I'm pretty sure the library is somewhere on the Ordeal walking tour).

I will almost certainly spend at least part of one day in Central Park.

Also I am interested in food. I like many kinds of food. I like trying new foods. New York is a great place for this and hey yeah. I also like trying new drinks and would not mind getting medium trashed one night of my trip if a few people knew a good place for that and wanted to hang with me for that ("medium trashed" = walking a bit wobbly, I love people, I may be interested in snuggling other interested parties).

I might like to go see some form of live entertainment (theatrical, musical, burlesque, who knows). Maybe!

But: fannish people. I totally want to hang out with you and meet more of you. You should say hi if any of the above sounds like cool stuff to do! And like, look, I kind of fail at keeping in touch with people, so even if it's been years since we've talked, if you wanna meet up I would be excited for it! Even if we've never really talked personally, just been on each other's reading lists, I would be excited for it! Like, don't think this invitation is just for my besties. This is for everyone I have conceivably run across in fandom like, ever. I am totally serious, I want to hang out with you.

Fair warning: I might talk about Teen Wolf.

Comments

[jmtorres]

Oh my gosh, that sounds epic, let's do that!

[tarzanic]

Fantastic! I'll be in Brooklyn, so I may be open for other Brooklyn-y things. We shall see! I've got you penciled in and will confirm details as we get into June. Yay!

[tarzanic]

Hi! I'm solidifying my June 13-18 plans and wanted to check with you: is the afternoon of 14th still a good time to hang out/check out the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company?

Feel free to email me at tarzanic at gmail dot com to talk times, contact info, etc.

[jmtorres]

right sorry was trying to hold off answering you until i was sure but in the interests of not ignoring you: probably! Let's plan on it

[tarzanic]

Oh, no worries! Sorry, I just didn't want to forget. I've got you penciled in. Thanks for letting me know and we can confirm later.

I've got an appointment on the 14th at 10:30am near Bryant Park (should last an hour-ish) and am thinking about going to their free juggling lessons in the park 12-1pm. I believe the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company is open 11-5. Yay!

[jmtorres]

So probably afternoon? I could show up at Bryant Park sometime in your juggling hour and amuse myself (possibly with knitting) and then we could go do the superhero thing after that?

[tarzanic]

Sounds perfect! Email me at tarzanic at gmail if you'd like to trade cell numbers.

Since you knit, are you going to Worldwide Knitting in Public Day on the 15th (2-4:30) in Bryant Park? I'm planning to drag another friend along.

[jmtorres]

oh my god um MAYBE?

[jmtorres]

Hey are you interested in coming to a evening showing of whedon's Much Ado after that on Friday? My host grey_bard is putting together fannish group to go see it.

[tarzanic]

Oooh, sounds fun! However, it looks like my timing probably won't fit. A friend is coming into town Friday night and I'm meeting her bus, then grabbing a late dinner. Keep me posted, though?