I want to make out with a woman right now. - Victoria: You act like I'm not
right here. - One year ago I said I was straight. I don't know if that's true.
I don't know if that's true. I might be a little bit fruity, y'all.
It's time for another New York vlog. This is a compilation of things I did around the city
ranging from getting a new tattoo, to visiting the fashion exhibit at the MET, and to celebrating my
birthday, which if you know when my birthday is, then you'll probably know how old this vlog is.
But let's pretend I actually edit things on time and keep on going. It's also funny looking back
at this footage because this was a time when I thought I was straight, but you'll see later that I
met up with a friend who is now my partner. But at the time we were just friends and we made so many
obvious flirty jokes with each other and while she liked me at the time, I was still very oblivious, so
it's kind of amusing to watch back on this and be like damn, I really had no clue, even
though it was so obvious. So I hope you enjoy this relic of my time at the city, because I guess the
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anything all right. So now let's dive into more adventures in the city. So one of the first things
I did when I arrived to New York was get a tattoo, which is the one that you've been seeing here. One
day I'll do a tattoo tour about all my tattoos and go in depth with all of them, but a common thing
that they all have is that they are all flash art, meaning that it's original art that the tattoo
artist creates and I just chose it, because I never have any specific ideas in mind. I'm more so going
for the style that the artist has. So my artist was Ari, who is a queer non-binary Philippinx tattooer.
They were so diligent with their work. It took about six hours, so afterward I got dinner at
a Vietnamese restaurant. I would personally not recommend this place despite the cool lighting and
interiors. I just felt like it was very overpriced for an okay meal. But I should have expected
that because it looks very trendy. The best Vietnamese places are always the hole-in-the-walls.
And then that weekend I met up with my friend Levi who I met in the booktube community.
We got steamed rice rolls from Canal Street Market and boba from Tiger Sugar. we also did
some book shopping at McNally Jackson, where he bought Bunny and i bought Howl's Moving Castle.
Also shout out to his cool artist John Walter. I stumbled across his work on our way to the coffee
shop and I really like how his work is almost like a journal of his thoughts. We spent most of our
afternoon working on our novels in the Blue Bottle Coffee shop. To this day, we are still meeting up
at different cafes and writing our books, so he and I have truly gone through it together.
When the evening came, we grabbed dinner at Chinatown with some yummy soup dumplings.
I am changed back into my pajama pants. Fun fact about these pajama pants, I actually split a hole
right in the middle. I'm gonna stand on my chair so you can see. Right here, just a big hole right
in the middle. I split these pants like a couple of months ago, but I still wear them as pajamas
anyway. Because I figured like, I'm wearing them at home, nobody's going to see. Nobody ever really
gets to see my coochie. (yawns) It is 1am, today was the day that I vlogged the least. I did go out today,
I went and grabbed lunch with Levi at Bonchon, filmed absolutely no footage at all. Then we got
boba, I also filmed no footage at all. And then we met up with Nikki at the library to do some work.
Again, I filmed absolutely nothing. We didn't even get work done at the library. All we did was act
like those annoying people who try to whisper and be quiet at the library but you can clearly
hear them talking about anime and other loser shit. And then after a while I was like dude,
we're not even working, let's just get out of here and like go to a bookstore or something.
Nikki showed us a discount store for books and DVDs and manga. This particular store
is pretty much where you get really good deals on used books. She was saying that she saw some girl
walk out with all the Twilight books in the series for four dollars. The problem is that the products
aren't in a system so you won't be able to look it up anywhere, you just have to find it yourself.
And then that night we ended it off with grabbing dinner at the Melt Shop before we parted ways and
here I am at 1am, ready to go to bed. Oh, I finally got a New York public library card. I've been
meaning to get one. The cool thing about getting a New York library card is that not only do you
have access to all the libraries in the city, but you also get free access to some of the museums,
which is actually what I'm going to do tomorrow. I will be going to the met with Monica and Kayley.
It is my first time meeting up with them in person. Oh, fun fact - I don't know if it's okay for me to
say this - but Monica unfollowed me like I think a year or two ago on Twitter. Long story short, she
was just put off with how annoying I am (laughs). Which is understandable because I do think that I can
come across as like too much in my videos, like even if i am joking a lot sometimes it can rub
people off the wrong way. And so clearly she was not feeling whatever dumb joke I was saying. And
she not only subtweeted me but she also unfollowed me afterwards, so I was like oh! But then basically
this year we joined like the same Discord server and we were just chatting more often and I have
manipulated her into warming up to me. We are now mutuals on Twitter, it is totally chill. But this is
just proof that sometimes people can come around. The people you've seen in this vlog in New York,
like I've met through booktube. You know, like Nikki and Levi. And I think it's always interesting to
meet people that you know online and see what it's like in real life because I think it helps a lot
in just humanizing each other and ourselves because it's really easy to get caught up
in whatever this person is portraying online. They may be portraying just one side of themselves but
that isn't all there is to that person. And what I really enjoy about meeting online friends in real
life is that I just get a more complete picture of who they are. It's similar with me where I'm not just
someone who says snarky shit all the time or is constantly being negative about books or whatever.
Alright, see you tomorrow. I'm gonna go ahead and bring you along to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
So this was my first time going to the MET. It was very grand and fancy, but the best exhibit at the
time was the fashion one. So this one was called In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. There were 100
ensembles of outfits. A lot of them use patchwork quilts, because I guess that's how you would
represent America. But I think one of my favorite pieces was a pageant dress that had a sash around
it that said "who gets to be American?" Because we love a little political moment. And then there were
some other contemporary pieces that I thought were pretty cool. I'm a big fan of extravagant dresses
and ruffles, because if you're a fashion designer, you might as well go all the way. If I got to wear
any outfit from this collection, I would definitely wear the suit that has a bunch of boobies on it.
Now that's my America. There is also a roof garden commission where we got to see the
city views and a big blue bird chilling on the moon. I wish I had that kind of life honestly.
We grabbed some Chinese food where I got to eat spicy noodles, which are my favorite
type of noodles, and then we walked around the neighborhood and tried out a bunch of cookies.
I got a turtle cookie at Noz Market, which was milk chocolate with roasted pecans on the outside,
but my favorite ended up being the chocolate chip at Levain Bakery because it was so crunchy
on the outside and gooey on the inside. I feel like if I'm paying five dollars
for a cookie, that better be a fucking good cookie, so I'm glad they stepped up.
And then some time later I started having some friends stay over my apartment. The context here
is that a bunch of us were in a group chat on book Twitter. One of us ended up having a wedding
and since he was in New York. that's actually why I ended up moving here so that I could rent
out an apartment that would house everybody to come visit. So Lelia was the first person to visit.
The next day, our other friend Victoria arrived, so we also dragged her into our cooking we grabbed
some groceries to pizzazz our HelloFresh meals even more. So at the time, Victoria had this huge
crush on me and I didn't even know and apparently she was super nervous every single day that she
was here, so it's funny looking back at this footage and thinking about how freaked out she
actually was on the inside. - So I woke up today and Victoria and Lelia surprised me with a big happy
birthday sign. We are gonna go head out to lunch for my birthday, and we're gonna meet up with Levi
and Nikki and just basically spend the entire day, I don't know, fooling around in New York.
For my birthday lunch, we went to Mala Project where you can make your own stir fried bowl
on the menu. There was an option for us to each order three bowls of rice for free, and some of
us checkmarked all three, and the waiter asked us if we were really sure we wanted all nine rice
bowls, and then we had to dial it down. I feel like that moment is very indicative of who grew up poor
because we automatically just grab anything that's free without question.
Then we walked over to Prince Tea House for desserts.
I got a mango crepe cake which was so soft and delicious.
Afterward we went bookstore hopping, starting with Forbidden Planet, which is a comic book shop. This
is a specialist chain that sells a lot of cult sci-fi books, comics and collectibles, and even
action figures and toys. Next was Books of Wonder. which is a cozy children's bookstore with a large
selection. They have a semi-weekly story time and a collection of rare books too. This was also the
store where I accidentally forgot my leftovers because I put it down so that I could browse
the books, and then when I realized I forgot it I was so sad about it. And this trend continued
on to the next bookstore at Rizzoli where Victoria also forgot her leftovers in the other bookstore.
So clearly we were operating on very limited brain cells despite being readers. We did see a rainbow
on our way home though, and everyone on the street just stopped to take a picture and admire the sky.
It was such a cute moment and truly foreshadowing to my inevitable gay awakening, but that won't be
for another week or so. And then that night we were in a silly goofy mood, so we decided to get
drunk. The following footage will be very cringy and embarrassing, so you have been warned
Alright, update to the vlog. I'm currently drunk. It's my birthday. I have a birthday crown.
Victoria: Oh my god, I forgot to give you your gift. - I have a gift? Is it your meat tacos?
I want to make out with a woman right now. - Victoria: You act like I'm not right here. - One year ago I said I was straight.
I don't know that's true. I don't know if that's true. I might be a little bit fruity y'all.
I mean, sober Cindy will say different, but don't believe her. She's a liar. She's a liar.
you were almost not very straight a couple minutes ago. - Y'all. Dude. Dude. We almost kissed.
We'll see. Updates later. - Here's proof that we're straight. We're watching Holidate right now.
And we are not at all roasting. We are taking it very seriously. I really really like the main-- the main--
You know who I find attractive in this movie? The man... (gags)
You're so pretty. - No I'm not! - Yes you are!
What's crazy is that I wouldn't have met y'all if I hadn't decided to start
a youtube channel. - That is, that's crazy. - I never thought that I would be a Youtuber.
Isn't that crazy? I thought I would make dumb youtube videos for like a week and
then I would quit, but then I wouldn't have met all of y'all. - It's so awesome. I literally can't
even take it, like the fact that we're all so close really blows my mind. Like I kind
of expected it all to fall apart eventually. - That's on you and therapy, dude. I don't know what to tell you.
I was like, I love these people so much. I hope it doesn't fall apart, and it hasn't. It's lasted, how
long has it been? Like a year and a half? - Yeah and it's so crazy because now we're literally going to
like a friend's wedding. - In the group chat! - The internet is so weird. - It's really crazy. So cute.
Aww, I love you guys! - I love you!
I love this. Okay I'm calling right now. I'm probably gonna make out
with one of them at the wedding. I'm gonna make my prediction right now.
Hap birthday. - (laughs) Hap birthday. - Hap birthday. Just two friends.
We might kiss.
I might not be straight y'all.
Who knows, it's a mystery on this channel.
Hello everyone. it is now 5:30 a.m. and the night is still young! Just kidding. we're going to bed.
Don't drink and don't do drugs. Goodbye.