ComicCon Loot!

Its been some time since I’ve done one of these (or anything for that matter) so without any further ado:

1. Arrived in downtown SA at 930 on Saturday as I was worried about finding parking, luckily it wasn’t a problem at that hour.
2. The con did have some good guests, but I’m not into ‘celebrity worship’ much; I attend cons to hang out with friends and be supportive by flinging money at some of them.
3. That said, it was awesome to meet Rob Paulsen and get the Pinky half of my ‘Pinky and the Brain’ print signed. 🙂
4. Guests that I don’t “get” : reality TV show participants and cosplayers.
5. A friend had a decent explanation for cosplayers being a ‘thing’ now: They are our models/supermodels.  Fair enough. Still don’t get it.
6. It was kinda neat that one could get autographs from all four of the original voice actors from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. Cowabunga!
7. This is probably the biggest fan con I’ve been to; took me a while to see the whole thing.
8. Granted, it wouldn’t have taken quite so long if I hadn’t stopped to say hi to all my friends scattered about.
9. Funny moment: I was standing on the loading dock chatting with a friend when Ernie Hudson walked out talking on his cell phone.  He stood nearby for a while talking on the phone then just ran off.  Dafuq?
10. I saw Nichelle Nichols and some other folks walking by shortly after, didn’t want to be “that guy” so I simply waved hi.
11. Saw Stan Lee on a news report afterwards, he makes me slightly less ashamed to own a “Members Only” jacket.
12. Dear Guardian Knights Comics: Say what you want, but the ‘animal characters’ in “Gears and Bones” are furries.  This is not a bad thing.
13. Speaking of furries: I saw a few fellow fuzzers walking around, which is always good.
14. Even more furries: the cosplay I noticed most often was Rocket Racoon, mostly by women. I have no problem with this.
15. I really need to get a good pair of sneakers, my casual shoes became slip-tastic once wet.
16. I made a mental note to buy a paleta from the guy that’s usually in front of the convention center before leaving but it seems I missed him. Hijole!
17. Craziest T-shirt : “I GOT RIPPED OFF BY [name of other con]”  That’s some kind of messed up right there.
18. I ran into two candidates for “Patient Zero.” You know who you are.
19. Cannot mention this enough: Having a Whataburger within walking distance of the convention center is THE BEST THING EVER
20. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU construction people for restoring the connection from Market Street to 281 northbound.
21. I probably wouldn’t be as tired after the fact if I had a job where I walked around at least some of the time.
22. Yes, I managed to gripe about work even here. I’M SORRY!