FAN EXPO 2010 - Day 1

Hello fellow geeks!! Miss me?

Sorry this took so long! School started and I've been super busy, so I don't know if this is even relevant anymore, but I thought I better get this posted before its been a month since the FanExpo. So, without further ado, here's Day 1 of FanExpo!

I'd like to start off by saying that I had a BLAST!!! My feet and knees hurt for about a week afterward, I was sweating so bad I had to make sure I washed every single article of clothing in my suitcase, we stood in 3 hour lines, the food was terrible, I developed a fear of cramped spaces, I saw things I'll never be able to get out of my head.... it's like Christmas! (Ok, my Christmases aren't that dysfunctional, but you get my point.) This year was especially disturbing as there were even more geeks, nerds and trolls than ever before! This meant, more costumes, more weirdos, more people to make fun of (I know, I'm a b*!@$,) and unfortunately, more people in general.

Now before I begin my little rant, I would like to take this time to state for the record that this weekend wasn't bad in the least bit. Rob and I had a wonderful time together, with a few minor, but terribly annoying, setbacks.

Rob and I started our weekend Friday morning. We got up relatively early, (for us,) took the train to Union Station and checked into the Intercontinental... that's right, the Intercontinental! Check out the view from our hotel room!!

It was pretty "suite" buHA! So Rob and I got settled in and decided to head down at about 1pm to line up. This brings us to our first hurdle. Rob and I pre-purchased the Deluxe Pass. What that means is that not only does it get us into the convention for the whole weekend, but we also get in on the Friday a full 2 hours before the standard ticket holders (@ 2pm). Instead, Rob and I waited in line a full 3 hours before we finally entered the convention... yeah. Here's a couple pictures a friend of mine took of that line.

Notice how you cannot see either end of that line. That's because it wraps around the building on 3 sides! You see, what the geniuses at Fan Expo don't understand, is the concept of "mail pre-purchased tickets to the buyer, so the buyer doesn't have to stand in line to get said ticket." I get that they're trying crack down on fraud and whatever. Also, instead of a ticket, you get an armband you have to wear for the entire weekend, which, I might add, was the most annoying piece of jewelry I've ever had to wear, plus I scratched Rob with it like 4 times, PLUS it didn't go with my costume :( . I don't know if mailing tickets would actually help, but all I know is that there's gotta be a better, faster, more efficient way of getting fans into the convention in a timely manner.

Although there was a plus side to standing in that line for 3 hours. Rob and I were entertained (and slightly annoyed) by an eccentric character standing behind us in line. He never shut up. He sang songs that he didn't know the words to, but did that stop him? Hell no! He made up his own God damn lyrics! He made ridiculously obvious observations. For example, Rob was wearing his Batmobile t-shirt so he could be ready to face the original Batmobile in all it's glory. This guy saw the shirt, pointed it out to his friend and whispered, "Hey, that guy's wearing a Batmobile shirt... and the Batmobile is here at the convention this year! That's a funny coincidence. What are the odds, eh?" He wasn't joking. Finally, as we were almost at the entrance of the convention, a volunteer was handing out itunes gift cards for 6 free episodes of "Dr. Who". Our friend behind us read from the card "6 free epsiodes of Dr. Who..." He immediately turned to the volunteer, "Do we get 6 free episodes of Dr. Who with this card?" Yeah, Rob and I couldn't contain ourselves anymore.

Finally, once we were past that ridiculous line-up, we were free and ended up having a great time. We were so inspired by all the costumes that we headed back up to our hotel room and got into costume.

And if you're asking yourselves "Hey! Is that the fertility idol from Indiana Jones?!" You're damn straight that's the fertility idol from Indiana Jones!! "But Christina that belongs in a museum!" Hell no it doesn't. It belongs with the two most awesome video game tomb raiders of all time!

I didn't buy much on the first day. Mostly I just priced out what I wanted to get later, (I think that might have been a big mistake, but I'll be getting to that.) I did get to meet Felicia Day, and also got her to sign my first issue of "The Guild"! She was awesome, she also asked us to come back and see her on the Saturday, cause she wanted to see our costumes. Rob and I also got into the Batmobile! (Picture to come.) I also bought the fifth book (Phil, correct me if I'm wrong) of "The Book of Methuselah". The writer is my bf's brother-in-law, Phil McClorey. He's an incredibly talented writer, with very original content and has a real passion for comics in general. I'll post the link to his website, he's got some of his works up, so check it out! http://www.furiouscomics.com/

And that's my first day at FanExpo! I promise I'll have these posts up, hopefully, one day after another. I wanna get this done so I can move onto some other topics I've been thinking about.