A quest for Video Games Live

Post date: Apr 5, 2012 5:16:25 PM

ROM Hacking has been my private life. When I create many games or download them from authors including Japanese authors, I always wanted to meet or pick a date with a Japanese female. In the past, I have use craigslist to look for dates and I found one for January 2010, but I missed one. During my worse past experiences, Reni Mimura was the first Japanese female I met in June 2010, until I stopped loving her after August 25, 2011. I have discontinued impressing Reni as of March 2012 maid show of my recent albums but enough is enough. We are NOT in speaking terms on Facebook, which I do not post, or tag Reni on her wall on either account. But I met other good Japanese female singers, dancers, and musicians.

There is only one person and a rare person I never accomplished in my entire life and is to meet video game composer Kinyuo Yamashita. She did the works on many games including Castlevania, and Mega Man X3. While waiting for Reni’s next maid show in Boston it never announced or it never happened by Reni’s manager Agent Sato. I used up the Boston Trip money to order the tickets for Video Games Live at Count Basie but the Top balcony is the lowest cost. Others are high. I have ROW P seat 2 and is almost next to the wall. Anime Boston would've been the trip but it's too late. I would never meet Kinuyo again until another 6 to 8 months if I missed it.

When the time comes, I started going to Penn Station at 4PM and ordered the round trip ticket via debit card. The NJ Transit train to Red Bank departs at 4:38 on Track 3. I never ride the commuter rails before by the time I got to Red Bank; I panicked a bit and did not know how to get to Monmouth Street without a map guide. I asked the guy and he clearly showed me directions.

The VGL concert is awesome, it may not have the best seating but it was fun to watch. Many great gag clips and good music. They would NEVER play the same thing twice but every VGL shows are different. After the show, I do meet & greet. The line is longer than I expected. I was a bit frustrated because it is very late and I want to go home. I felt comfortable talking to Kinuyo Yamashita and had her sign my programs and have our pictures taken. That is something I would NEVER forget.

What angers me when I tried to get home is the NJ Transit making local stops, then the walkway from Lenox 125th Street to Lexington 125th street for a 10 minute wait on the (6) train. I went on the (3) express from NYC Penn Station while (2) makes all local stops. As of this service change, (3) goes from 148th Street to New Lots Avenue in both directions due to the late night (4) train terminates at Brooklyn Bridge City Hall forcing no stops at Fulton, Wall, and Bowling Green. I did not get home until 2AM so it was a fun experience. Hope I can meet her in a next few months