Maelstrom's Very Very Late Blog, part 2
Sorry about the "dual nature" of this, but I, once again, overloaded the poor buffer with my single post. :blush
I wrote up all that previous stuff yesterday, when I was at my own system. Now I'm at work, where I can actually post all of this as I go.
Day 5: I Don't Wanna Go Home!
I'm serious, guys. When Sunday came, it was accompanied by the realization that this was my *last* day here.
Time had never flown by so fast for me, and I really didn't want to leave.
Things I didn't get to do or see:
* The art show.
Whoops. By the time I thought about it, I noticed this little auction going on in the far end of the xhibit hall. I forgot that this con went on until Sunday only, not Monday, and all of it had to be taken care of by 7pm that evening. Oh, well. Next year.
* I never got to see Hsu or Poofer. At least, I don't
think I did....
There were SO many people there, a crush of humanity, that even the most visible costumes would disappear after ten or fifteen feet of bobbing heads.
* No panels, autographs, workshops, or anything of the sort. I didn't even glance in the book for them. Perhaps next time I'll at least check the possibilities out.
* My *own* costume.
The dress for the Fiona part of Jesse and my Shrek and Fiona dual costume won't be in until August. We'll just have to do it for Haloween first, I suppose....
Hall costumes that I would always remember (besides the "blue crew";) )
* Robot Caveman. This was for an indy comic someone was doing. It was so wonderfully ludicrous, such a walking contradiction, that I had to get a picture for myself. Even had one taken of me next to him.
* Gimli. To be honest, there were many LOTR costumes there, and they were all great. A few Aragorns, some armored Elven troops, but it's Gimli that I'll remember. Gimli was very well done, facial prosthetics and all. The chain hauburk was made of washers bound together with copper wire: very inventive, effective, and cool looking.
And, to top it off, this person, who was built like John Rheys Davies, was a female, with voice higher than mine. I saluted that woman.
* Puss in Boots.
This guy created the "cuteness attack" version of Shrek 2's Puss In Boots. Good LORD, but this was cute! We're talking a walking case of ketoacidosis! When I get the pics up tomorrow, you won't believe your eyes.
* A marching line of at least 30 imperial stormtroopers, tie fighters, rebel pilots and Jedi, winding their way through the crowd. I didn't have the camera ready at that time, but trust me: it's not a sight you soon forget.
* Buddy Christ.
Jill got a pic of him at the Heathen Sent booth. Need I say more? The man was perfect. Ah, the things you're missing, living in Texas, Steve. There, he probably would have been burned at the stake.
I don't travel that far to conventions very often. Over the past 10 years I've scaled back to not only the local ones, but only the local gaming conventions, of which there is, sadly, now just one. I just wasn't having much fun, and it seemed crazy to spend $300 on a weekend's worth of "not so much fun". When I went to WorldCon in 2002, it was an INCREDIBLE disappointment.
The place might have been half the size of SDCC, the dealer's room tiny, attendance shallow, and the entry price easily five times higher.
But coming to SDCC has rekindled my interest. Perhaps next year I'll be able to do all those things I didn't do this time. But with only 4 full days, I shouldn't expect I could do it all.