It is 8:12 P.M. I am at a Starbucks and listening to the new Feist album. I really like about half of it, the other half is decent. Anyways, as some of you, but hopefully not very many of you may know, I recently went to the premier nerd convention in the country, Comic-Con. I have to admit I was pretty skeptical going into this thing but after it’s all been said and done, I must admit I was impressed. This is no mere small time Lone Star Comics show. This place transcends all of nerdom. It has TV, film, comics, art, video games, vendors and more programs then the Neo could hack through. They showed sneak previews for the pilot episodes of the Bionic Woman and The Sarah Conner Chronicles (from terminator) and afterwards the cast and crew did Q&A’s. Additionally the cast and crew of Hero’s, Futurama and Battlestar Galactica showed up for Q&A’s. Names like Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Stan Lee and scores of artist, writers and actors were present and it was even rumored that Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Alba made appearances too. It was quite a show. Of course there were scores of people dressed up in various costumes, some come cool, some lame, and some very revealing. I have decided I will have to divide this into two blogs rather then one blog larger then a Balrog. I will post some pictures to at some point here.
But now, I have a top ten list and article for you to read.
Top Ten Reasons To Go To Comic-Con
10. Discovering the frozen bliss that is Yugurtland.
9. Vendor babes who act mildly interested in you just to sell you crap.
1. Princess Leia Slave Girl Outfits!!!!!!!!!!
Nerds Descend on San Diego, Thousands Flee.
July 26-29, San Diego, in what can only be described as a nightmarish scene from some sort of hell for jocks, 130,000 some odd nerds, geeks and weirdo’s invaded the normally chill city of San Diego, CA.
Local residents fled by car, tram, plane, ships, blimp, you name it, trying to avoid the plague that had descended upon them. Many other residents had become accustomed to the yearly migration and were fully prepared, having found ways to cope in years past.
“The important thing to do is not let their nerdiness rub off you.” Says Robert Mitchell, a banker who lives in the greater San Diego area. “I try to do all the cool things I can that weekend, things they would never do. Go places they would never go. I usually go surfing that weekend and I try to bag at least two different chicks. They avoid the beaches since most of them have never seen the sunlight. Bars are another decent bet since at least half of them can’t get in. Going to a frat party is another good idea.”
Unfortunately there are those innocent victims who did not know any better. Many were on vacation in San Diego and found their normally fun trips ruined by roving bands of stormtroopers and animae look a likes.
“My and my friends came down here to party this weekend,” says Todd Archer college student and member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, “When we got down here we were really freaked out. Where are all the babes? Instead I was hit on by a girl wearing blue paint. I think my friend slept with a Jawa. It was horrible. The entire trip was ruined.”
The city of San Diego has considered issuing nation wide travel warning for this time year. Perhaps it is time they do before it’s to late.
Of course, now that I'm back in town, I'm faced with the dilemma of trying to explain to people that I went all the way down to San Diego with my college buddies and we didn’t party or chase girls, while trying to avoid telling them exactly what we did do. Dang, the life of a nerd is hard. Later gang.
1 comment:
Just tell your friends you went to San Diego on a mission trip...a Sonlife Evangelistic Mission Project. That is MUCH cooler than comic con.
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