New York City Blogging – Chelsea Surprise Launch Party

  • got lost in Central Park (again)
  • accidentally Balto Statue
  • burned some of my last mobile data for call for help in group chat
  • warum zur Hölle ich nur 60 MB bekomme und danach untergehen darf ist unbekannt
  • sizzled in the sun for 1 hour on the rocks, waiting for help
  • read The Stardust Thief and can highly recommend
  • got collected by Em (thanks Grama PLEAD)
  • joined group
  • tried not to feel awkward → failed
  • tried to catch and remember all names → failed
  • but I’m pretty good at just being there, so I did that
  • Chelsea arrived and hubbub ensued
  • so many pictures to be taken
So many people, so little cake 😉
  • CAKE! (delicious AND sparkly)
  • actual socialising happens 😱
me, George Jreije, Chelsea Abdullah, Jaclyn Hart
  • detour because stupid period, can’t wait for those to stop
  • it’s fun, awkward, awkward fun but the awkward is on me
  • everybody talking fast an not leaving opening to chime in
  • das ist aber nicht sehr deutsch, meine Lieben
  • half-melted buckeye – but good
  • not really from the kind of buck I expected, ngl
  • moving on to empanadamama
  • no wifi
  • it is very loud → Mel.exe stopped working
  • menu via QR code on mobile like – ha ha ha ha, no
  • water tastes like pool again
  • overwhelmed and bale to bare minimum, hoping to coast by
  • the wave
  • bill posted in groupchat for calculating your cost like – ha ha ha ha, no
  • want my mobile data back
  • walking back to a train station we can all use
  • everybody boarding a different train
  • police accumulating behind me 😬
  • macht mich zu Hause auch nicht glücklich, aber eure Polizei ist echt creepy 🤷‍♀️
  • glad to leave them behind
  • Obligatory Group Chat Tee Pics

New York City Blogging – Chelsea’s Official Book Launch

  • nervous af because do I know anybody at the event? no
  • but do I feel we’re friends because twitter? also no
  • but do I believe they’ll be as happy to see me as I’m scared to meet them? definitely no
  • my people-ing skills strike before I even leave my hotel *le sigh*
  • but ready or not, here I come, people will have to endure my presence for the evening
  • should probably have had dinner before the event
  • swimming to the station, high-humidity to the max 😔
  • can’t see much when crossing the river 😔
  • arrive at destination station in Brooklyn, start walking in the right direction before uncertainly bumbling about in the rain like a drunk bee for 10 mins before getting back on the right track
  • now this looks like a place where people actually live, I like it
  • street food guy on the corner but I am to nervous to stop, what if I’m late
  • Probleme die man als Deutsche nie los wird – Überpünktlichkeit 🤷‍♀️
  • find the bookshop, enter – get recognised? welp
  • recognise Chelsea, Jen & Gabe
  • talk a little to Chelsea, bought another copy of the book, stand around awkwardly, trying to look as if I belong
  • failed at small talk 101
  • the reading was good, wished the fooking birds had shown some respect for my hearing problems and shut tf u *le sigh*
  • also: CHELSEA HOW DARE? 😭
    • book starts my fave way with the introductory adventure going right
    • will it also be the cause of all problems in the book? Too early to tell, will love finding out
  • got book signed
  • tried to socialise
  • probably failed
  • had pics taken that will hopefully surface somewhere
  • managed to actually talk to people because OFMD cosplay
  • awkward goodbyes
  • prolly spoiled the surprise event the next day somewhat *oop*
  • this area really doesn’t look as if I need to be walked to the station, it’s a people area, people live here?!?
  • hungry enough for courage to get chicken burrito from street food guy
  • it was a very good burrito
  • also: BUY THE BOOK! (it is very good, is2g)