A-flutter

Aug. 2nd, 2007 08:03 pm
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Comicon was fabulous. Nuff said.

Arrived home yesterday-ish.. very tired but happy. Had the honor of meeting and seeing lots of people.. got to sit in and listen to some really interesting panels with some surprise guests... got lots of Con shwag and comic books, and spent a goodly amount of time with loved ones. Yay.

So at the Con.. got to see in no particular order.. Neil Gaiman, Barbara Hambly,Leonard Nimoy,Orson Scott Card, Jim Balent and Holly Go Lightly of Broadsword comics, Frank Cho,Tad Williams, Terry Moore (omg,omg,omg.. FINALLY).. Brian Froud again...Scott Kurtz of PVP, umm...pretty much just a fuckton of people that I admire. I tried to restrain my screaming fangirl-ness,... I really honestly tried. I failed. I can't help but be the gushing dork sometimes.

Sunday was whiled away by sitting in a line waiting to put my application in to vend next year. I believe I have about a snowball's chance in an Easy bake oven of getting in.. but it's worth the shot. I still need to send them every bit of cash I have. Basically I was told to arrive at 0830 to put in my app. I get there around 9-ish and there are already people in line. THEN I was told that they don't start handing out the apps until noon. I wasn't even smart enough to bring a book. Go me! So I chatted with the guy next to me who said that he was the artist for Tad William's last book ( I still have to check that..).. and we did alot of the usual venting in line folderol .. He was told to show up at 10am. Oh yes and also an employee walked around and asked us to sit on the ground in line behind their curtains as if we were waiting in a foxhole because he didn't want the sheep to start lining up just because there was a line. He also told us that it didn't matter WHEN the apps were taken today just so long as they were turned in today. Hrm.. So.. more waiting. I geeked out again when I saw that Phil Foglio was waiting in line as well.. FINALLY noon rolls around and the apps are handed out.. Takes another 20 minutes or so to turn it in.. and we're all told that we won't know when we've been accepted for at least a few months.. probably January. Faaaaabbbulous.

So.. all this leads to probably not going to be in next year... but at least this year I was able to turn my application in.

That was a long paragraph about nothing really.

I also lost like... 4 lbs this week from walking around the Con. I think i'm on to something here.

Spent alot of time melting the brain with Wow. Always a pleasant past time. Went to see the Simpson's Movie which was way more entertaining than it should be.


Time to clean house and do more work.. only 3 months left until Louisiana.

Date: 2007-08-03 03:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] captain-snarky.livejournal.com
I haven't been to a comic con in years. Sounds like you had fun. And don't feel too bad for being a fangirl dork. If I actually saw Neil Gaiman I'd throw myself at him in a most unladylike manner. Drooling and everything. Swear.

Date: 2007-08-03 06:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] telarus.livejournal.com
Sounds like a good time! (Did you see the Gaiman snog?)

Date: 2007-08-03 08:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meccahi.livejournal.com
I had more fun than should be legal..
And yeah..I totally agree.. Neil Gaiman made me squee just looking at him... and I was a good 100 yards away.. and freaking Henry Rollins was there!!! No press or anything about it.. just "oh hey yeah by the way.. Henry Rollins is here.."

And then there was the surprise live feed of Steven Speilberg and Harrison Ford from the set of the new Indiana Jones movie.. Gah!!!

Complete Dorkdom. See? Still Gushing...

Date: 2007-08-03 08:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meccahi.livejournal.com
Hah! I wish.. That was at the Eisner awards which I wouldn't be able to get within a half mile of. I so wish though..

Date: 2007-08-03 12:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] captain-snarky.livejournal.com
I would be too. Rollins would have needed a spatula to remove me from his leg.

Date: 2007-08-03 10:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] telarus.livejournal.com
Aaah, different event. With all the recent press Neil's gotten it's got jumbled in my head.

oh totally

Date: 2007-08-03 11:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nikalodeeun.livejournal.com
i saw craig mccracken and totally flipped out cuz he was just like, right there. totally fangirl. it was gross. i feel ashamed. and i totally saw henry rollins just hanging out. he's so hot. always.

Date: 2007-08-07 05:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tempusfrangit.livejournal.com
How did it feel to see Neil? :D

Date: 2007-08-07 12:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meccahi.livejournal.com
wet and squishy with lots of squealing..

No really.. it was fabulous,.. he really does ooze charisma and he doesn't even realize it.

Re: oh totally

Date: 2007-08-07 12:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meccahi.livejournal.com
Heh.. totally..

And I still feel shame for how much of a fan girl I devolved into.. but i guess it had to happen sometime.

Date: 2007-08-07 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tempusfrangit.livejournal.com
*squees* I am so jealous, my dear.
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