November 9, 2008

• The New York Chronicles:  Life of an OC Girl in NY
  Entry 26

  I wanted to blog sooner, but I've been battling a cold and a horrible cough.  I think there are many factors I can give credit to for my deteriorating condition.  First off, it's getting colder outside while it's getting almost unbearably hotter indoors.  The quick change in temperatures has to be a factor.  Another reason is that I've been entertaining guests for a whole month now and the last two have just left this morning.  Fun good times, but I am spent.  LOL. 

  For a while I would say it was really cold, but it's getting nicer.  Yep, the weather has been stabling in the 60s now.  Funny how I used to consider that cold.  I consider it quite nice now.    And I must say, I'm totally loving the Fall in NYC.  You don't get to see this in OC.  Check out all the autumn colors!  This is right outside my apartment building.
  

  HALLOWEEN!
  All I have to say is... Halloween in NYC is absolutely fantabulous!  I've always loved Halloween, but I really got to see how much people love it this year.  The city is such full of creative people full of spirit.

  The first event I participated in for Halloween was also a tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.  For the 25th anniversary of his Thriller album, New York City wanted to break the Guiness record for the most people dancing the Thriller dance at the same time in the same location.  Duy, Dan, and I had a blast getting all dressed up, getting our make-up done, and learning the dance.  We met a lot of great people and I even scored some television time.  I swear every major tv station and publication was there.  And yes!  The record was broken.  New York's 73 beat Toronto's last year's record of 62!  Go NYC!  And go us!

  

  

  
  I really think that you can't live in New York without participating in or going to see the Village Parade.  According to Wiki, it's the biggest public Halloween event in the US.  Over 60,000 people were there and I was happy to say that I was one of them.  The creativity was awesome!  In OC, I've been seeing the same faces and staying in the same areas each Halloween that I haven't been seeing much of it.  It's almost become a holiday to wear lingerie.  haha.  It was nice to venture out this year.
   
  My challenge this year was to find a costume that would still keep me warm since the Village Parade is outdoors and thanks to Thaoie for lending me her leather trench.  I had to do was buy sunglasses and I become Trinity!  The boys were great Agent Smiths!  Duy did great making those ear pieces using cable wire, a chopstick, a hanger, and some ipod ear pieces.
  

  

  Anne's Halloween 2008 starring... Me and my friends and thousands of New Yorkers.

  Anne as Trinity and Dan, Nam, Duy, and Allen as Agent Smith.

  

  Lewis as a Zombie, Nang as Pipi Longstocking, Laura as a flapper girl.

  Ryan and Adam as Crazy 88 Fighters and Sonya as Gogo Yubari.
  
  Xay and Vanessa arrived in New York later on in the night.

  

  Here are some folks marching in the parade with us.
  

  Even the spectators dressed up!
  

  One of the floats at the parade.
  

  Our goal of the night was to find Neo, The One.  We were sure SOMEONE would dress up as Neo and we'd find him, but we DIDN'T!  However, we WERE able to find Morpheus.  LOL.  We found him in the subway and he bolted when he first saw the Agents so we ran after him.  HAHA.  We were able to get a picture with him.
  

  When people didn't see me, they thought the boys were Men in Black, Secret Service, FBI, CIA, Bouncers, you name it!  When I was included in the mix, they guessed it right away.  Like the boys say, I was the glue that pulled the group together, but they had fun acting out other parts as well. 

  Here they are acting as the secret service to the new President Elected, Barack Obama.  This guy acted and talked just like the real guy!  He was actually the one that came up to the boys and asked if they were his secret service. 
  

  And past presidents.  LOL.
  

  These guys were so creative!  They were a walking boxing ring complete with boxers, ring girl, and ring master.  They would walk along with the rest of us in the parade and every few minutes the ring would open up and they would stage a full on boxing match.
  
  

  Such great costumes!  Here are just a FEW more of the great costumes I saw that night.  It was Halloween Heaven for me.  I wish I could show you all of the costumes I saw that night.

          

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