Comic-Con

Oh my god, two blog posts in one month; I must be serious about that whole keeping up thing I mentioned.

So this past weekend I went to Wizard World Comic-Con St. Louis. I went with my best friend and my little brother. It was fun and I had an amazing time. We arrived on friday, went and checked in, and started walking around the vendor area.

DAY 1

The first thing I saw when I got there was the booth for Ultrasabers. They are a company known for making lightsabers. They usually have set styles that people get but when I got to that booth I saw something I never expected to see. I saw the Saber of Omens. For those who don't know what that might be it is the Sword of Omens from Thundercats as a lightsaber. It was the coolest thing ever, and I bought one. Now mind you, I had no plans to do so, but when you have an opportunity like that, you take it. So I bought it and I look forward to using it.

After that, day one was mostly filled with walking around and visiting friends. There is something pretty sweet about having friends who have booths at an event like that. One of which being it makes them easier to find when wanting to hang out. The food choices were about the same as last year. Expensive but still good. He only complaint I really had was the lack of tables and chairs to sit at in the food area. I understand that with the amount of people attending you can't have seats for everyone without losing Con space, but if your food venders are in an area where there is nothing else around then damn it give people a place to sit. And no, the floor is not a viable place to sit. When you have been walking around for a few hours and decide to get food, the last thing you want to do is have to sit your happy ass on the cement floor.

Now unlike last year I did try and attend some panels. On Friday I only attended one. It was a Doctor Who panel that mostly discussed the end of Matt Smith's run. It was pretty cool, I even got up and asked a question of the panelists. I ended the day with seeing Captain America: The Winter Soldier which was an awesome movie.

Overall, day one was a good day. There was one issue, but that's not really my story to tell.

DAY 2

The second day was my favorite of the weekend.

It started with putting on my Renaissance Superman costume. I hadn't worn it since I went to Renn Faire last year and it was nice to wear it again. So we(me, my bestie, and my brother) went over the Con and were able to see some more friends. I went to a speed-dating event. That was pretty fun. I did kind of feel like the guy running it was kind of douchy. He kind of talked to everyone as if we were those stereotypical nerds you see on tv who couldn't get a date to save their lives. I've been in the geek/nerd community long enough to know that type is a rarity. Either way it was pretty fun. Made a couple of new friends, and have a new tumblr to follow. After that I went back to my room to change out of the costume. Partly because my feet were starting to hurt in the boots I was wearing, but also because the clasp for my cloak had come off and was no longer usable. Will have to work on getting that fixed. If only I knew people who knew costuming lol.

The next thing I did was go back for my picture with Karen Gillian and Matt Smith of Doctor Who. Got in line about an hour before the photo opp which was a good thing because it was already packed. I jad gotten tickets for my bestie amd I as we are both fans. We had found out that each pass could actually get two people for the photo. She decided to invite my brother into hers which is cool, except he had never watched the show. I invited a good friend of mine.

After the photo we headed back to the hotel room to prepare for a room party we were throwing. I had decided to throw a room party after booking the room when I realized how large the room was going to be. I'm not going to lie, I was really nervous. I had invited friends out before for a party but having friends come to a restaurant for your birthday is not quite the same as throwing one where you have to take care of the details. I must say it was a resounding success. There was a good turn out with friends both new and old. It definitely made me confident about possibly throwing parties in the future. I'll admit the fact that it ended with me in bed alone is something I would have changed but that's how things go.

Day two was loads better than day one. Seeing as how day one was amazing that says something.

DAY 3

So the third day was a bit more subdued. It was the last day of the Con and so there wasn't as much to try and experience. At least not as far as the Con went. We mostly spent this day going around to the booths friends had and saying hi. My bestie and my brother wanted to go around and get the free stuff that came with their badge which is cool. I had done that on friday so I mostly just walked with them and occasionally made my goodbyes to friends as I saw them.

This was the first event this year where I was reminded how much I missed my dad. Him, my brother, and I were originally planning on going together. My dad even wanted to try and do a steampunk costume. So while I had fun doing this without him it still hurt. But I think in the end, he would be proud of me for being able to have a good time anyway. He would have been the first to tell me that I couldn't change what happened, so going and enjoying myself would have been the only thing to do. I could hear him now: "Did you have a good time? Then don't let the fact that I wasn't there change that."

Overall I had a lot of fun and it was a great experience. Good friends, good booze, much laughter and smiles, and lots of joy was had, and you know what? In the end that is all that matters.