Wednesday, July 21st
John & I met up with Erik & Ricki on Wednesday at 11:15am to drive down to San Diego. We stopped at Denny’s for breakfast and hit some traffic once in downtown.
Arrived at the hotel around 2:45pm and checked-in. We are staying at the beautiful Bayfront Hilton on the water! It’s adjacent to the Convention Center. After check-in and settling in a bit, we got our Con passes. Ricki & Erik hit up the Con floor and John & I took shots of vodka then went to the Clash of the Titans outdoor fun zone. We got body painting (turned our arms to stone), a photo in a standee of some of the characters, climbed a rock wall, battled on a bounce-floor gladiator thing, and then jumped on the trampoline rope thingy (and did back flips). No, we did not vomit!
After that, John & I went to the Con floor for a bit, but left to help Emmett, Matt, and Shock unload stuff into the hotel. Then, John & I headed for dinner and wound up at Buca di Beppo after a long search for cheap food. Erik, Ricki, and their friends Aubrey & Jimmy joined us. It was a great night! We came back after dinner and got into the hot tub / pool. Soooo nice! We crashed pretty soon after that.
Thursday, July 22nd
Woke up at 7:50am and got a shower. Erik, Shock & Ricki went to get in line for Tron. I went down to Starbucks to get a soy latte with hazelnut and a bagel & cream cheese. I then walked to Hall 6BCE, but saw Pauly Shore on the way!!! Got right into the Danny Elfman panel and became friends with some great people in line: Kristin (Lady Bacon at Ren Faire) and Daniel Kaufman (also a Rennie). The panel was amazing!!!! I was so happy to have been in there!
After Elfman, I booked it over to Ballroom 20 for Psych. I got in early enough to see Burn Notice (with Bruce Campbell), White Collar (with Matt Boner) and then Psych!!! What a great set of panels. I asked a question at Psych: “If you were going to wonder the Con floor incognito, what character would you go as?” See their panel (somewhere online probably) to hear their answers.
When Psych was done, I followed a new friend over to Marriott 3’s Fulfillment Room to pick up our swag. I got a Psych shirt for me (and for Megan Small), as well as Burn Notice and White Collar shirts. There was a really cool Fraggle Rock thing going on over there. I will be heading back over there tomorrow if possible!
Immediately after collecting swag, I met up with Shock, Ricki, and John in line for Scott Pilgrim at Hall H. I had been snacking on trail mix ALL day! I wanted real food, but I wanted to go to the panel even more. We got in just in time! It was a fantastic panel with tons of scenes from the movie. Michael Cera was dressed as Captain America. The cast is pretty incredible! You have to go see this movie!!!
Came back to the room to charge phones, then went to dinner at the Fox Sports Grille downstairs. Service was soooooo slow, but the food was good. John’s friend Leetal joined us. After dinner, I worked on school stuff and John, Erik & Ricki went out to get drunk in town. Wish I could have joined, but I am happy I got a lot of school stuff done.
It’s 12:12am now, and I’m ready for bed. Tomorrow… Con floor!!!