Blizzneyland

    One of the coolest things about Blizz is the events team and how they put things together for everyone to enjoy. A show of appreciation for employees and their loved ones. Among the awesome opportunity to kiss a llama on campus, I was also able to visit Disneyland- which I could already do, but this time around, it was with everyone from work. 

It wouldn't have been nearly as amazing or magical, had it not been for Chicken.

My dear Taurus is a lover of lavish comforts. 

I'm also an earth sign, but also a hobo and a lover of sub-par, simple pleasures.

So when Chicken booked us (just barely before they sold out) a room for the weekend at the Grand Californian Hotel, I just about shat my entire soul out.

My entire soul.

 He did this same exact thing last year for the company holiday party- except at the Disneyland Hotel. And, yeah, I shat out my soul then, too.

I will never get used to it. Ever. 

My parents worked hard to give me a good life. Even though I was an only child, and they spoiled me, I watched them work hard. And that will always stay with me. I overcompensate for that by not allowing myself to feel entitled to ANYTHING.

So when my Chicken spoils me this way, I appreciate the absolute living shit out of him. And I'm so proud of him. And happy to have him in my life. Because he's just so awesome to me, and us. 

We didn't go into the park until around 3:30ish. The event wouldn't start until later after everyone left the park, so we took it easy and enjoyed the day. 

There's a wine place in California Adventure we hadn't tried before. I had the sparkling wine, he had the draft. They were incredible!

As it got darker, we walked back up to our room and rested a bit before walking over to Disneyland. It was really, really, really nice to be able to walk right into the hotel from inside the park. Like... damn.

 Observe the Hei Hei shirt because Chicken.

 The most awesome thing about this was seeing everyone from work, at Disneyland!!! 

The coolest part about my work is that I get to meet and interact with EVERYONE. It's the best perk. So everywhere we went, there were smiles and waving. And it felt amazing. Everyone was happy and the energy was incredible.

Around 9:30, Jack Sparrow came out on a boat and introduced JAB. Or Jabby, as I like to call him. 

Ah, so cool. After his speech, Fantasmic came on, and it was so beautiful! In all the times I've visited Disneyland, Fantasmic isn't really something I bother to watch because I'm probably crouching somewhere, viciously gnawing on a turkey leg and snorting a margarita. 

So for this one, we stuck around.

 Goofy's such a slut. Good for him

 The SHORTEST WAIT TIMES OF MY LIFE. Every other time we've gone, it's been stupid wait times for Space Mountain or Haunted Mansion. However, that night, some weird ass alternate dimension shit somehow... transversed (is that a word) into this reality, and the lines went straight to the churro stands. But there was no wait time for Space Mountain. Or really any other rides. 

We had the park to ourselves, but we are a hangry people, with mighty needs. Of sweet cinnamon sugary warm bread noodles. 

Also, they were free. And I can't imagine the insanity that went into producing unlimited amounts of churros all night, but damn those cart vendors did it. And I applaud them. 

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE FREE. NO ONE DID. It was in print on our brochure for the event, but lol no one reads that xD. But a little after 4, we finally decide to get some churros. 

I go to pay the lady and she looks at us and goes, 

"are you here for Blizzard?" 

I'm like yeaass? 

She's like, "do you have the wristband?"

"*sloppily shows wristband*"

It's free then! Here you go!

gorl  W H A T

She hands me the two churros.

I turn around and look at Chicken. He starts smirking and says, "oh yeah. They're free lol"

He forgot -___-

From that moment forward, I made it my duty as a responsible, concerned disneyland go-er to tell everyone from work who I talked to that night about the free churros. Many of them nani'd harder than I did, but at least now they knew. Definitely by the end of the night though, everyone knew.

We stayed up late and ordered room service at 3 am. 

The next morning, as we were going through security to enter the park, one security guard noticed we were both wearing Diablo shirts. Chicken went on ahead past the bag check, and he asked me what class I liked, followed by a bit a small talk. 

The second security guy was at the metal detector. He also noticed both of our shirts. 

He complimented me, then asked if I had heard about Immortal. 

 "what did you think about it?", he grimaced.

I said to him how during Blizzcon, I played it 4 times and found it really enjoyable and polished. And how much I was looking forward to it. 

His arms were still crossed, but his brow was no longer furrowed. He nodded, almost stunned as I smiled my response. Then added, "yeah, a lot of people are talking about it. It's definitely different" I said, "yeah I'm looking forward to it" and merrily skipped away.

We ended our Friday park visit with an evening at the Napa Rose. 

Our bartender, Joe, was such a delight. He also knows how to give you exactly what you ask for. And sometimes, even when you don't know exactly what you're asking for, and he knows it, he's got you. 

 I have no idea what I was drinking. But I told him I like sweet, strong drinks. He asked me if I wanted to get drunk lol, I said I wanted to be really really giddy. And man.... I was LAUGHING

We met up with someone from work who was also staying at the Grand Californian. 

Best evening

 and then after my third drink, I was walking back up to the room and looking into the toilet bowl. 

I didn't succumb and held my liquor, but Joe's drinks hit me like a truck LOL.

All good. Disneyland magic doesn't just fall apart so easily. I think the only thing that can really defeat Disneyland magic is a large family that can't agree on anything.

On our last morning at the hotel, we decided to go the early morning magic hour thingy. Where you show up at the park at 7AM and get a bonus hour. It's exclusive to passholders and hotel guests I think- something like that. I will say, it was pretty nice, despite it being fucking COLD

We went on haunted mansion before our breakfast reservation. This place has taro pancakes!!! 

We left shortly after, and like, napped or something. Since Monday was a holiday, it was like we still had a weekend left after our mini vacation.  

So fun. Also, Disneyland is terrible if you're someone how prefers to spend responsibly. We suck.

SO, Instagram is creepy in that it somehow knows I like food, like, a lot. And a sponsored post came up on my feed of this place with pictures of really bomb ass looking noodles and boba tea. And I'm like, omfg that looks amazing??! 

But, I hate sponsored posts, so I ignored it. 

Months later, I'm at Chicken's place and we're trying to pick somewhere to eat, when I remembered that fucking post from instagram of those bomb ass noodles. And couldn't for the life of me remember what the place was called. I searched for like, an hour, trying to find anything noodle related in the area, to no avail. 

THEN, months later, the POST COMES UP AGAIN. I recognize the noodles and I think I like, screamed. I immediately clicked on their stupid ad and looked the place up AND 

THERE'S ONE NEAR MY HOUSE

 AND AND AND

AND

This place is SO good. It's like, dope low-fi chill food lol. They have soups, noodles, fried rice, and boba tea, a little bit of everything. Comfort food. I love it so much. We went twice in a week. oof

 dis muh face

PIERCINGS YAY

so, dis GORL SO COURAGEOUS asks me about piercings (from work) Imma call her Flower ^^

because she's been wanting to get a new piercing for a while, but hasn't. I understand that lol. Until one day, we plan the day annnnnd we go :)

 She did so amazing. Not a single flinch. And our piercer was also great.

 For moral support, I also got another piercing. The last time I did this was when someone wanted to get her nostril pierced, and she was scared shitless, so I said I'd get pireced with her. And now it's just... idk. But then, she wanted me to go first. This time around, Flower wanted to go first. And she nailed it!

Now both my traguses are pierced, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

super crunchy. would not recommend. bitch to heal. it's fine now, but those first few days really suck lol. 

 food truck rush day is da best day at work evaaaar

  Also saw my bff yesterday after work. It made me realized how much my relationships have shifted over the last few years. Keep your loved ones close.

All this aside, the new year has been a bit turbulent for me. Mostly ups. But there's this constant weight that pulls at me. It was supposed to be over at the end of last month. March will be unfathomable for my little hobo brain. But significantly better. 

I sleep nao ^_^