Author Topic: Anyone Else Have Bad Luck Around the time of NDK? (Read 1945 times)

meredithgk · « **on:** January 06, 2011, 04:58:53 pm »

I don't know what it is but I usually end up having massive car trouble during NDK. Here is my Story.

At NDK 2009 I was driving home Saturday after a long night of NDK fun and coolness when my car started running like it was on it's last leg. I was barely able to limp home in it and ended up missing Sunday at NDK because I was so exhausted and distraught about it.

At NDK 2010 I was driving home Sunday after having an awesome Weekend, when no sooner did I pull out of the parking lot at the hotel the car died and refused to run for a few minutes then finally started working but again I was able to get home as it stalled a few times for me on my way home.

Both times it was something simple but vital that broke in my car, the first time a spring in the engine and the second a sensor thingie.

I am wondering if I have "The car curse of NDK".

Anyone else out there have some other coincidental curse that seems to happen to you during NDK? I would like to know because maybe we could hire a priestess to come to NDK next year and perform a ceremony to lift whatever sort of curse is affecting us, LOL.

dalbkino · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2011, 07:37:13 pm »

I have one.

Every year an unexpected and large bill pops up in the mail. Usually dentist or doctor related from earlier in the year about February/March. So I end up using money I was saving for the dealers room to pay the bill. Its really strange, especially when I was confident that I had caught up on all my bills by July, but then September comes around and somehow I've missed a payment.... >_<

*EDIT - Grammar

ArmachiA · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2011, 07:23:19 pm »

^ OMG that seems true for me on everything! I'm currently saving for Sakuracon and just cracked a tooth and have to go to the dentist. Yay! >.>

Mangosteen · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2011, 07:57:58 pm »

Someone or something that means alot to me dying.
Although it is around a month or so before or after NDK~ I am not liking this curse of ours.

WafflezelffaW · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2011, 10:07:05 am »

I do.
For every convention I'm excited to go to, not just NDK, we leave at 8 in the morning. I then end up being told we have to run an errand and then we can get there. Then more and then some more and more and more and more. All the time. When these are errands my family could of done all week. We end up getting there around 8 P.M. No matter how prepared we are, something pops up.

Rippy The Nekomatta · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:48:19 am »

I did too, Lee's BMW finally keeled over Saturday night of Con....i think it was a given that car was going to die. Lee and I had to tell Greg that we had to leave due to that emergency. DARN CAR! In fact it caught fire....thank goodness we were home when that part happened....we have a new car thank goodness....this year we hope to come to NDK without the engine catching fire. If anyone wants to know where the BMW is, its in a junk yard somewhere

gidastra · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2011, 11:51:10 am »

My only bad luck is that I seem to never bring everything I need to the convention. I'll have a cosplay, and I'll forget the wig. I'll forget my bag of games or my clothes or even my card for buying things in the dealers room. It happens EVERY year.

Armachia, you go to sakuracon, too? I love that con.

Colter · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2011, 03:42:16 am »

COO lost a van about 10 miles outside of Denver in 2000; engine seized up. It took about 4 hours to get to the hotel. After after the convention, Mike ended up selling the van to a wrecker for 20$ and we took a cab to the Hertz by the airport. After which they informed us they wouldn't rent us a car because none of us were 25. It took about seven hours before were able to track down someone's distant relative to rent a vehicle for us. We got home Tuesday, and the car had to be returned 150 miles away... it was the closest drop off point they would accept.

That sucked, but it wasn't the worst convention ever.

Rippy The Nekomatta · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:27:35 pm »

oh...wait back in 2006, my credit card got stolen in the dealers room, con security were so helpful though...and i called it in right away, the only weird charge that showed up was at Anime Pavilion, which was mine....lol, I think that Con Security reacted quickly and it was so nice....whoever it was that helped me check each area I was in at the Dealer's Room was so friendly and helpful.

Still that was the worst of luck, I was so mad too because I didn't have cash to get home...

Twelve · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:44:56 pm »

I have two! One is forgetting my things, because I normally have to take some stuff to school before and I'd rather no take up too much space

That's my fault though. I also have horrible luck with sewing NDK week! Almost every year this happens and my Sewing Machine gives out on me all week. I was able to solve this by just finishing most of my cosplay before the conventions >w< Sometimes it's hard though!

Little Miss Rikku · « **Reply #10 on:** February 01, 2011, 03:30:54 am »

Usually it's the normal "I have to stay up till 4 in the morning of NDK to get my cosplay finished" deal or the "We said we'd be up early to go to the hotel early but slept in and are now running late" issue, but in 2009 things were a little different. My cosplay group had our Ancient Egyptian YGO cosplays done and even woke up on time. Everything was running smoothly and we were all very excited about it for once. The rest of our caravan showed up to follow us down to the hotel on time even! So I was getting my house locked up and went to the back sliding glass door to let my dogs out into the backyard until my dad got home and when I shut it the darn thing shattered into a million tiny pieces and all I could do was cry. Oh yes, cry. And not just a few tears here and a few there, I BAWLED like a baby! I thought for sure my dad was going to kill me!!

He came home a few minutes later, I was still bawling and he looked at me funny. I remember distinctly my friend Stacy looking at my dad and saying, "Don't get mad when you look over your shoulder."

He looked and didn't notice the glass was broken until we said something. Thankfully he was alright with it and explained to me that the door originally had two pieces of glass in it and one was broken out already so it was only a matter of time before the other went. So he reassured me everything was ok and we left...and ended up being an hour late.

I think it was about 3 pm that same day that he texted me and said it was all fixed. I felt better but still felt bad. I don't anymore though because apparently after my friends and I left to Wasabi 2010 he broke the freakin handle off the same door!! lol. My house is falling apart... -_-

mjones_leo · « **Reply #11 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:55:03 pm »

Back around the time of 2005 at the time I was working for a tyrannical manager in a large DoD company in Colorado Springs and I was looking to changing to a different position within the company. I was contacted on Tuesday from a person on a different contract and they wanted to do an interview on Friday afternoon like at 3pm. Well, that Friday, I planned on going to NDK first thing in the morning. I remarked that I was leaving town for vacation Friday morning, therefore the interview was rescheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Come Thursday morning, I got called into my manager's office was screamed at for about an hour which one of the items came up was the job interview on two points. First, I had to get permission to take the time off and the other point I was told that interviews had to be done on Friday afternoons. I argued that I will not change the interview time and he didn't push it. Instead he told me whatever I had planned, cancel and I was told I had to be at the office until at least 5pm on Friday and in fact was told not to leave town until Saturday since I would be subject to being paged.

The interview went well and I had a voice message on Friday morning that asked how soon can I start. As soon as I saw my manager, I told him I got the offer and I am gone for the rest of the day ! Really p*ssed him off !

The Pocky Pirate · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2011, 01:22:10 am »

For me last year, i though i had all my cosplays in my car ready to go. But when i got to the hotel, my luffy shirt and sandles were no where to be found when i was unpacking. I was sure i had them at that time until, i realized i left them at home. The up side: my house wasn't far from denver. The down side (well there's 2 of these): had to drive back to get the shirt and sandles, AND had to pay the $10 parking fee 3 times altogether. Dang parking fee... well i'm glad i may not deal with it next year (unless otherwise noted).

nemisis47 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2011, 10:18:40 pm »

Quote from: mjones_leo on February 01, 2011, 02:55:03 pm

Back around the time of 2005 at the time I was working for a tyrannical manager in a large DoD company in Colorado Springs and I was looking to changing to a different position within the company. I was contacted on Tuesday from a person on a different contract and they wanted to do an interview on Friday afternoon like at 3pm. Well, that Friday, I planned on going to NDK first thing in the morning. I remarked that I was leaving town for vacation Friday morning, therefore the interview was rescheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Come Thursday morning, I got called into my manager's office was screamed at for about an hour which one of the items came up was the job interview on two points. First, I had to get permission to take the time off and the other point I was told that interviews had to be done on Friday afternoons. I argued that I will not change the interview time and he didn't push it. Instead he told me whatever I had planned, cancel and I was told I had to be at the office until at least 5pm on Friday and in fact was told not to leave town until Saturday since I would be subject to being paged.

The interview went well and I had a voice message on Friday morning that asked how soon can I start. As soon as I saw my manager, I told him I got the offer and I am gone for the rest of the day ! Really p*ssed him off !

Glad you got outta that job. Boss then sounded like a jerk. Only time I had bad luck was at NDK 09 with my debit card getting charged without me knowing thanks to the Lift hotel. Luckily I got it solved week after NDK and learned to pay in cash if I stay at the hotel and decide to eat there.

SaccharinSweet · « **Reply #14 on:** February 16, 2011, 06:06:54 pm »

My first NDK experience (2010) really didn't start too well...

I had a flight into Denver the Thursday before NDK started. I was supposed to go to my classes here in Illinois and then go straight to the airport. Long story short I ended up missing my flight, so I had to wait for the next one. When the plane landed I sent a text to my boyfriend who was supposed to pick me up. His car just decided not to start, so I ended up waiting in the airport for at least an hour while he found another vehicle to use. Luckily things only got better after that...

Tamalover4798 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2011, 03:31:02 am »

For me the NDK (2010) con was grate but then when my friends and I were eating lunch one of my friends accidently Spelt some Hi-C on my cosplay so I had to try to wash it out in the bathroom. In the end I had a big red stan on my cosplay the whole day. Sad part is, it was my first con all so.

Nogardous · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2011, 09:48:50 am »

*knock on Wood* I actually tend to have good luck at NDK time.... well any con in general... Worst thing that happen at NDK was probably just having friends get mad at me because they get locked out of the room and I went to dinner with some friends of mine... But other then that each year is generally good and find people to hang out with... even if like last year just me and my friend Ben.

LilliumLupin · « **Reply #17 on:** March 04, 2011, 03:22:52 pm »

Every year since 2008 I've helped Irony cut patters, hand sew a few things, and help with props and various other things. Her sewing machine always seems to melt down the entire week before NDK/Wasabi and last year I was passed the same curse. I had one cosplay to make and my twenty year old sewing machine finally decided to die on me. I couldn't hand sew the entire thing even with the help of my crafty parents and so I had no cosplay

Also I managed to get horribly lost and turned around on my way there and arrived an hour late, but it was till a great con once I actually got there.

Skrae · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2011, 06:22:01 am »

Really the only bad luck round con time happened last year. Got to the hotel on Thursday to help set up. By the time we finished, there were no beds left in the room, so I decided to attempt to sleep in the tub (door locked so noone snuck in and turned on the shower). I finally got situated and reasonably comfortable and started to doze off, when our next door neighbors got to their room and were extremely loud (vents go straight through the rooms, can't see anything thankfully, but you hear everything). I was promptly roused and tried to tune them out and they even started to calm down. It was almost working...

Until the tub started to flood. Water seeped up from the drain and by this time (my only solace is that, judging by the sounds of their reactions, it happened in their bathroom too), it was four o clock, so I decided to forgo trying to sleep in favor of hanging out with the start of the registration line. So Friday was spent dead tired since I was sick and hadn't been sleeping anyway.

trinityrenee · « **Reply #19 on:** March 05, 2011, 08:21:54 am »

I don't usually have bad luck around NDK because it's so close to home. What happens is when I go to Anime Expo, something always happens.

In 2009 we were driving back from AX when one of my friends locked her keys in her car. So we were stuck in Vegas for about 4 hours till someone finally came and opened up her car.

In 2010 we just came out of Los Angeles when a belt in one of our cars broke, leaving us stuck in California for another 2 days after that while we tried to get it fixed. While we were waiting, an earthquake happened.

Bad luck, yes, but we've all decided it's not a trip to LA if something doesn't happen. It brings us all closer together. :3

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