So my friend Heather and i were going to go on a little trip somewhere. i was a bit fuzzy on the details, but i got together my 35mm camera and a bag and then before i knew it i was at the airport and then i was wooshed to this cheesy fake "wild rapids" sort of ride. We dragged along side the wooden fence thing the entire time.
At the bottom of the ride, i tell her it's been fun but i need to pack for our trip.
Me: "i didn't plan on going this far from home, but i can drive really fast or something and meet you back here when im ready. How long would it take me, you think?"
Heather: "We're in Russia....."
Me: "We're already here?? omg... ::panic::"
i had no money, no change of clothes, and i didn't even bring film for my camera. The little "town" we were in had many buildings crammed close together with signs in english hanging everywhere. There were american tourists running around everywhere like "wow real russia!" [i've had an experience similar to this when i went to Mexico. Some little groomed manufactured town and then people living in poverty in huts and solders with assault riffles just beyond the walls.]
So we go over to a litte shop and i see how much 35mm film costs [too much lol] and Heather buys us food then tells me she only has $20 left. i ask the lady running to store how you say "thanks" in russian and she just gets mad at me i assume because people always want her to translate shit for them.
We go to a little cafeteria area and i steal a lot of hard candies and mints from trays they have laid out because i'm not sure how long we're going to be here and i'd like to have SOMETHING to eat. Eating the sandwich Heather bought me, i clean out my camera bag and realize i have a $20 stashed in one of the side pockets. Woo~
i go tell Heather, who had wandered into a little shop at the back of the cafeteria. They have snacks and drinks and magazines and little touristy trinkets, but with no prices marked, so i'm just scarred to even ask since everything everywhere else was overpriced and crazy. There was a little internet kiosk set up so i was like "sweet, i can contact the outside world and tell them of my plight!" but the keyboard was in cyrillic so i'm like "noooooooooooooooooooo!" and try to find a way to make the keys type the alphabet.
Heather calls me to the back and notions to a guy with a helmet on his head which sort of looks like a tiger, and then buys these tiger mint things which end up being like... $19.95! And i'm like... "ahhh noooo don't buy mints! i have mints!!!!!!" but she gives them her money. D:
Also, to the left of the counter was a magazine desplay and they had some magazines from Japan and, in particular, this Lolita one.... so i wanted to try to steal it but the stop keepers wouldn't give me a chance at all. D:
So we leave the store and it's kind of dark outside now. We find a little field-area with trees and stuff where these youngish people are hanging out, aparently just as disillusioned with this touristy Russian town as we are. We smoke a joint with them and it's the best thing ever. lol We agree to meet up somewhere later, but right now i wanted to explore the little town a bit father [and secretly try to find a way to the 'real' Russia, since i'm under the impression the USD might fare better in a real market rather than a manufactured one and a town can't be too far away]
Most of the buildings are just little mini museams with the content of their exhibitions in neon signs above to doors.
i pick one at random and so through the turny bar thing and walk through the door and.... omg it's so bizzare. The entire room is this glowing, pulsating series of lights. The floor is slippery and starts pulling me in. i'm kind of freaked out by the whole thing so i fight my way back to the door which i can no longer see and eventually trip and fall back in the hallway before the weird room.
i leave that one kind of weirded out and go into another one, but i see the entry fee is like... $15 so i'm like "lol see you later".
So i go to the far edge of the town where theres a wall and a little downward sweeping pathway that goes around a building and follows alongside the wall. i start going down it away from all the people, and after a while i hear someone running up towards me. i turn around to see this lady running at me, and she stops and is like "Give me all of your money!"
i figured i wasn't far away enough from everyone to yell and get someones attention, but then i also figure i can probably take her in a fight. lol
And then.... my alarm goes off!!! And wow, as it brought me back to consciousness it was a long long trip because i was very very far away. lol i also have the feeling like i had a dream about that town before, but i don't really remember.... just a feeling. ::sigh::
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This makes me so fucking happy!! Thanks Tivis!!! xD <3 It's probably the best use of yooouuutuuube.