Comic-Con Day 4 and Beyond

[fenchurch]

Sunday was our day off from booth duty, but there really wasn't a lot we wanted to see by that point. It was billed as "Kid Day" at the convention and most of the panels were geared more toward a much younger crowd. We did wander the show floor for a bit, even though we'd pretty much seen everything there already... then we headed up to the video replay of the Masquerade from the night before, getting to the room in plenty of time to watch jainamsolo and sirrogue's group's presentation, which was quite good and very funny.

We cut out of the Masquerade replay a bit early so that we'd be sure to get in line for the "Once More With Feeling" Sing-a-Long... assuming it would be really packed, but the line for it had not yet coalesced so we ended up sitting in on the end of the rather sparsely attended Deepak Chopra panel about spiritualism in comic books. It had actually sounded interesting in the description, but I don't think we were the only ones who found the whole thing more than a little confusing, judging by how many people were getting up and leaving (one of the panelists went on this long rambling diatribe that connected Abu Graib with global warming (?!?!?!) and Hurricane Katrina and seemed to end up simply listing things he didn't like. Or something. Honestly, it made absolutely no sense and didn't even really relate to anything else they'd been talking about.

The Sing-a-Long was a BLAST!! It's so funny, too, because things really do seem different when watched with a large crowd. Like Tara's song to Willow, which I always thought was fairly suggestive without being overdone, suddenly seemed almost lewd... with all of the cheering and hooting going on from the audience. ;-) I'm actually rather glad I hadn't watched the musical in awhile, because it all came back again how wonderful it was. Oh, and the crowd's favorite character? Spike. There was a huge uproar of cheering every time he hit the screen.

I'd been watching all weekend for redeem147 -- we always seem to end up bumping into each other at these big conventions. I'd seen no sign of her... and then when we were leaving (as in, we were approaching the crosswalk to cross the street away from the convention center), I looked up and there she was!!! Just in front of me. It always amazes me when I bump into people I know at these things.

We got back to the hotel room and started packing up, since we were planning on leaving quite early the next morning when cynthdiane checked out, but we started thinking about it and realized we were mostly just planning on hanging out in the room for the rest of the evening... so we went ahead and packed up and made the trek back to Redlands for the night.

Monday was spent at the San Diego Wild Animal Park with Rackham's twin sister, her husband and daughter. I did end up marveling quite a bit at the seemingly never-ending stamina of 3-year-olds... but we got to see a lot of stuff that I don't know if I would have gone to, if it weren't for my niece leading the way. The park, itself, is well worth the visit. Some incredible animals in settings that are much more like their natural habitats. And they have lots of babies right now, which was pretty cool to see.

Next up, we're about to head out for Monterey, with a quick swing through Rancho Cucamonga to stop at the Pinkberry there (it's the closest one on our route). Yeah, it's apparently true what they say about the stuff, because I've been wanting more ever since our first experience with their frozen yogurt last week.

Comments

[jawajames.livejournal.com]

well, at least we were in the same room - for hte buffy singalong.
i sat in the frontmost block of seats, middle section.
(and during "Where do we go from here?" i shouted "Disneyland"

at least there was less Dawn-hate than last year's.

[pmgoose.livejournal.com]

Oh, the Sing-a-Long sounds like SOO much fun!

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

Great report

And cheers for Spike/ James always make me happy

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I love the Wild Animal Park, though I hear it's changed a lot since my last visit. I need to get back and check out the changes.

[dawnofme.livejournal.com]

I have to agree that the Wild Animal Park is great. We have season tickets. It's about 45 minutes away from where I live. I love the meerkats, of all things. Imagine taking five energetic kids to that park. That one hill is a pain to climb and we always somehow manage to climb it instead of go down it. LOL!

I lived in Rancho Cucamonga and my husband works in Ontario, but I've never seen a Pinkberry and have no idea what it is. Was it at the new outdoor mall? I've never been there.

I've never been to one of the Comic-Cons. Sounds like you had a great time.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

My sister-in-law and her family have season tickets, too... and I know they go quite a bit. And I can just imagine what it would be like, keeping track of that many... but wow! Keeping up with one was hard enough!

Pinkberry (http://www.pinkberry.com) is a frozen yogurt place... although it also gets refered to as "Crackberry" because of the addictive quality of their product. They only have three flavors (Original, Coffee and Green Tea), but they've tons of different toppings including a lot of fresh fruit. We only know about it because their frozen yogurt showed up in "Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog," which got us curious about it... so we figured we'd look for it while we were in SoCal. Really yummy stuff! The one in Rancho Cucamonga is over at the Victoria Gardens Mall.

Comic-Con is a lot of fun, but it has almost gotten out of control with the number of people.

[tomte.livejournal.com]

Mwahaha! Another victim of Pinkberry! Soon my plans for world domination will be complete!

*ehem* I mean, hope you're having a good time.