16 posts tagged “comic con”
Things on the home front are quiet. Nothing is going not that is a big deal aside from me cycling, but we have a new med dosage for that. I am looking forward to having D home for the long weekend. I feel like we haven't had
D just told me that I won't be able to get to Comic Con this year.:( Here is where I whine. I never want to go anywhere and the few places I want to go never work out and I am so sick of it. I get dragged to all these bullshit places I never want to go to and I hardly complain at all and then the 2 or 3 places I want to go don't work. Like TBS is in Anaheim on the 6/3 and I won't be able to go because of traffic. It fucking sucks. /end whinge, sorry for the tantrum.
I read two trashy romances this week. It's nice to read. I miss it. I have been picking romances because they don't
So I think I want to make some wishes and mayne anyone who reads this could combine their good thoughts and help make my wishes come true, I wish I could go to Comic Con for Thursday and see the New Moon Panel. I wish I could get BlizzCon tickets. I wish that Anya gets WotLK soon so she could hang out with us in Dal. I wish Mand gets a chance to do what he really wants to do. I wish T would come back because I need a break from being in charge. And I wish that I could do more things by myself so that Mand could raid and I could do more than sit and twiddle my thumbs.
Oh and this,,,
I just had the nicest Rob Pattinson dream. He was stranded with Susan, Belle, another 2 girls and I and we were walking these streets. It was someone's birthday and Rob took this book home with him and he made the girl a birthday present. It had pictures of him and facts about him in it. The last fact was that he wished he made more money per film. Belle called him on it and he blushed. I told him the dates of my birthday as well as Belle's and he laughed. Just as I asked him how we could contact him in the future I woke up and that was so disappointing. I really would have liked hearing how to contact him. I don't care that it was a dream. It was a good dream. My birthday is 9 October and I would love it if Rob was there for it. I wouldn't mind dreaming more dreams with him in the starring role. Nope the day started really nicely.
Today is the Stephenie Meyer signing and concert and I am a little anxious about it. I know it's assembly line and that you don't really get to talk with her. That all disappoints me. But I guess that is what you can expect when someone becomes a bookstar. I don't really care at all about Justin Furstenfeld, I'm not a Blue October fan. But I will get my book signed and all will be better with the world. Right?
I was on Lion & Lamb the other day and came across pictures of Rachelle Lefevre and Ashley Green from H magazine. Since I totally have a crush on Rachelle I had to steal the pictures to post here. I think she looks fabulous in these pics. She's so sexy and beautiful. *sigh* I think the only thing better than a picture of her is watching an interview of her or a video of her acting. She is so put together and eloquent. Yay for Rachelle. One day I hope to meet her and then I will tell her how much I adore her. In a nonscary, non socially idiotic way.
I started Acheron and I have read 156 pages and I have to hand it to Sherri the beginning of the book is dark, twisted, sickening, sad and makes you want to die. And this is all still back story we haven't even got to present times, I'm on December 11, 9529 BC. I feel pity for Acheron, something I have never felt before. I need the back story to be over soon though. I don't know how much more pain, suffering, humiliation and hatefulness I can continue to read. D says he is looking forward to reading this book because it wraps up the Acheron arc. After this book the arc will be Jaden's and I am looking forward to that. I don't think Acheron ever peaked my curiosity like he was supposed to. Jaden definitely has. Jaden... Jaden equals yummy.
I went to the doctor yesterday. I told him that the Neurontin works to make me fall asleep and he told me I should start taking it every night. So I am officially up to 8 pills a day. That seems like an awful lot to me but maybe I'm looking at the wrong things. I should concentrate on the fact that it is all helping me and forget about the details. I'm just glad that the Neurontin isn't causing horrible side effects. It's better than the Abilify, Lamictal, Clozapine, Xyprexa, Topamax, Zoloft, and the others. And D and I came to a decision about staying with Dr. Scott. Since D is changing jobs and his insurance won't be the same... We are going to stay with him and pay out of pocket. Use all my visits that we will have through the plan to see Dr. Moore. It's an imperfect plan but I don't have to start getting ready to start over so I really like it.
few days ago I got a box of things together for my sister. I got her two Gwen Stefani dolls at Comic Con. A book called Avalon. A few magnets from the zoo and some little things. I forgot to include a note but she probably won't miss it. Iam trying to let her know that I haven't forgotten her. She is so sad at home. And I've heard how mean my mother is to her on the phone. I just want her to feel loved for a few minutes. I don't think that gifts are going to change her circumstance but I figure that they can't hurt. Of course my mom could take away the dolls and never let my sister open them like she has done with several of the barbies I've sent. It's jus so hard to find a happy medium where I can do the right thing and make every one happy. I miss my sister like crazy and wish I could go see her but I'm still not cleared to travel on my own. If I could I would go home in a second. I don't care that I would be sleeping on the floor of her room.
They said that they were expecting 175,000 people at Comic Con this
year and this morning seemed to defy that number. It was busy, but not
the crush that I remember it being two years ago. I have no memory of
last year so I don't know if it was busy or not. We arrived after doors
open and went to the Sherrilyn Kenyon booth so that I could pick up two
more of her Comic Con copy of Seize the Night for mooching. I know
they'll go fast. Sherri's books generally do. After that we walked down
to where the Browncoats were looking for Guild t-shirts, but they
didn't have any. We walked to some comic book booths then and I got
another Comic Con Special Issue Angel: After the Fall #10
and the set of 4 Echo comics that I had wanted to get. Before heading up to Ballroom 20.
I am not a fan of Futurama and to be
honest, I don't even think it is a real show. I did sit through the
panel though as if I were a fan. I promise you that I did not like it.
It was followed by The Simpsons panel, which I didn't mind but still
did not care about. I read comics during some of Matt Groening's
diatribe about the 19th Season. I still find The Simpsons funny, but I
can't say my life is incomplete not having seen an episode in 5 years.
The room was packed though so there are some who can't say that. The
kids asking questions that the panel couldn't answer was entertaining
though. Then there was the most painful Q&A of all of Comic Con,
Dean Koontz. I am not taking anything away from this man's authorship.
Not saying that he doesn't have writing chops. But this man is the
driest, most boring, pedantic motherfucker going. His antidotes might
have been funny on paper but his personality in person just conveys
nothing of his alleged brilliance. It was his first time at Comic Con
and I have to hope he doesn't come back.
Here you may be asking why I was near torturing myself and that becomes apparent when I tell you about the next panel. I love me some Joss. Enough to sit in Ballroom 20 for 3 hours just to see him. Well there was the BSG incentive too... but I wanted to see Joss and Tahmoh and I wasn't dissappointed. Well I take that back because Eliza Dushku still showed up, so maybe I could have been a little disappointed even with Joss and Tahmoh still there. But I wasn't. And if I were honest she had good in person personality even if she can't act at all. Anyway... about the panel. It was so good seeing Tahmoh Penikett. I am such a huge Helo fan and to see him in this type of venue is just so awesome. The only way it could have gotten better would have been had I met him. And he and Eliza seemed to really have gotten along. Joss said that he was a huge fan of his too and that he was excited to have him on Dollhouse. Tahmoh went on to explain the phone call he got with his agent telling him Joss wanted to talk to him and it was pretty funny. He thought Joss wanted to tell him he did something on BSG wrong. Joss claims that he's got the concepts and Tahmoh has the forearms. A great moment of this panel was some fan asking Joss about 'how does his process differ across different medias' and then he tacked on to Tahmoh 'does Eliza's spine glow'. And Eliza is just clueless and everyone is laughing. Tahmoh says that he doesn't know. Joss tacks on 'yet'. And Eliza is getting more confused by the moment. Joss claims that he forgot his question. He starts answering and stops and gives the analogy of 'coming on after the Stones with a banjo. Hey guys like me now?' Meanwhile Tahmoh leans over and is whispering in Eliza's ear explaining and you just watch her expression change and she ends up with this complete 'oh' face. It was hilarious. I'm still not overly excited about Dollhouse but I will watch it because Joss promised me that he wrote scenes for Tahmoh where he's shirtless. I have two videos of this but I will have to upload them elsewhere and post them here tomorrow or Monday.
Directly after Dollhouse was the Battlestar Galactica panel and I was very excited for it. It's a bit bittersweet knowing that there will never be another one. This was probably one of the final cast appearances that they will ever make. Some somber stuff. I also got video of this panel and again, will have to post it later. The panel consisted of David Eick, Ronald D. Moore, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Katee Sackhoff, Michael Trucco, Jamie Bamber and Tahmoh Penikett. The moderator was Kevin Smith, who swore like a sailor but is a big fan. I was excited for seeing Tahmoh again and Jamie and Katee. Tricia didn't look that hott to me but Katee was really pretty with unbelievable cleavage. As for spoilers. They did let slip that the end is a real end and James equated it to Apocalypse Now. He and Tricia said that Six and Gaius fight together in the end. There were some funny parts. Katee saying Tahmoh was accused of looking like a girl in one of the earlier shooting scenes. He denies it but she kept making the moue that she claims he made. Jamie was pretty quiet. He didn't talk half as much as I wish he had. Michael Trucco, who is known on set as Trucco was talking about being a cylon and how he was surprised because he didn't even think the producers knew his name. Although he also claims they could have thought his name was Steve. They claim it was a dart throw that determined it was him. One of the funnier comments was when Kevin Smith called Starbuck a role model. I think this is what I have video of so I won't spoil it but she babbled for a while about it. The final cylon is someone we met already and a guy I went to dinner with tonight, his name is Jeff, has a theory that it will be Billy. It's one of the best theories I've heard.
The other night, Wednesday to be exact, I watched The Fringe pilot and I really liked it so I wanted to see the panel. It was a slew of writers/creators including JJ Abrams, Josh Jackson, John Noble and Anna Torv. I forget why I hate promo panels and this panel reminded me. It's because no one cares about the actors it's all about the creators and in this case a ton of Star Trek questions ensued. I was a bit disappointed. I wanted to hear more of where the actors wanted to go with this show. I wanted to know how they planned to tackle the challenge of portraying these characters who are all at odds with one another but have to act as a unit. But no. I had to listen to the worlds worst moderator fire ridiculous questions at them. Boooo.
From there we made our way to the Sails Pavilion to get our Guild DVD signed by the cast. That was quick and painless. Felicia Day did remember us. That was nice. The whole cast was pretty harmless. So then we went to the Exhibit Hall and we got me... wait I forget to mention that some really nice, stranger gave me a Twilight poster today. She rocked. Then I went down to the booth and got two more. I also got more of the small ones. I am a glutton. Then we bought me a dress. This evening D and I went out with Alex and Jennica for dinner. I think the zoo is the plan for tomorrow. It's now really close to being tomorrow.
An interview with G4TV.
Ah... exhaustion in the morning. I just don't wake up that easy and waking up at 6AM is even harder. But I did it and I paid a high price. I couldn't keep my head up, nodding off every few moments until nearly 11AM. I fell asleep on my feet while awaiting the Twilight Autograph Raffle... and I didn't win a spot. D, who got me a choice seat in Hall H, then had to sit elsewhere, let me crash in his lap at one point and Alex who works for Access Hollywood, filmed me sleeping on the sidewalk. It was a terrible morning. I really just cannot function if I don't sleep until I wake up naturally. Augh.
But then the day started to pick up and get fun and I was a little less comatose for it. Hall H was impossible to get into with a line that snaked around the little yard next to the convention center and then behind it. Belle, Susan and I had the honors of making it last a long time because Belle and I cut, while Sus was a good girl and went to the back of the line. When we spotted her we joined her and increased our time in the line.
The first panel of the day was for the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly. I wasn't too impressed. The clips show Keanu doing his normal unemotional and uninspired acting which just leaves me cold. Jennifer Connelly didn't really get much face time in the clips nor in the panel so I have nothing much to say about her. The movie comes out the same date as Twilight and I have high hopes that Twilight will kill it.
After that was the Max Payne panel and I am so awaiting this movie. I usually love Mark Wahlberg movies and I feel no shame in admitting that. The movie is based on the
The next panel was for the movie Push starring Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle and Djimon Hounsou.
I wasn't really into the Nicholas Cage movie, Knowing. It looks interesting but I'm not a Cage fan. The premise is something I would want to read about though. It's too bad its a movie.
Vox isn't letting me add any more pictures to this post so I will start a new one with the rest of the day and the Twilight photos.
AH Wednesday, the first day of Comic Con. D and I left LA about 9:30 and headed down to SD even though we knew we wouldn’t get in until 6PM… But I wanted to scope out some Veronica Mars locations. So we are going through San Juan Capistrano when D sees the sign for the mission and of course I want to stop. I’ve never seen the SNC mission. It was absolutely stunning. I loved it. I would like to go back sometime with a picnic basket and sit out in the garden. I bought magnets from the gift shop. I took a million pictures of which I will only post more than a few.
We got to the convention center at 4:30 and got our badges and waited in a horrific line for four forevers before we got into the Exhibit Hall. I had to go right to the Summit Booth and I got my pictures taken with their cut-outs. I spun there wheel and won a Push t-shirt. Big disappointment. D got me Twilight trading cards. He also won a air freshner… Big disappointment. We met up with Alex and walked the floor. I bought my sister a couple of Gwen Stefani dolls. Then we went to see the Fringe screening. I really liked it. Not so hot on the female lead but Josh Jackson was so good in it. I also like the crazy scientist. I am going to look to download the pilot somewhere
Tomorrow is an early morning. I want to be in line for Hall H early and I definitely want to be in the Sails Pavilion for the drawing for Twilight autographs. Crossing all crossable parts to win a place in the line for meeting Rob.
The next book I plan to read will be He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Beherendt and Liz Tuccillo. I just got it from BookMooch today. And I'm reading Innuendo by Crystal Green at the same time. Maybe tomorrow I can read through them both. I have a doctors appointment which will cut into my reading time but I don't have much else on my plate for the day. With Comic Con coming up next week, I need to read as much as possible while I can. Because I won't get any quality reading done while I am there. That isn't what you go there for.
My day was good although it ended on a note of disappointment. I got to talk with Nicky on Gtalk for almost three hours today. I don't get to spend as much time online with him as we once spent. I miss him so much that the times I do get to talk with him are always a high point. If only Vancouver were closer to LA. This evening was a bit of a downer. I got all dressed up and went to Westwood for the Step Brothers Premiere and then didn't get in. They did give us all passes for a free AMC movie viewing but I had really wanted to see the movie tonight. I did get passes for next Tuesday's screening of Pineapple Express. Hopefully we will have better luck with that. It was funny because I was just telling Nicky that I was looking forward to the new Seth Rogen release.
As for Twilight, today was a big day... The new trailer premiered on Entertainment Tonight
And LOA this week finished up the Sword of Darkness. I guess it's really kind of mamby-pamby and mushy but I liked it. It was very different from what I envisioned from the book. The Adoni were supposed to be these flesh-tasty warrior lovers and in the comic the come across as knights. Weird kinda. Also I kind of had the impression that Morgen was Barbie on PCP. I did still like seeing it. The artist wasn't my favorite, everyone is sinewy and too built. Like weightlifters, even Seren. She doesn't really come across in those frames as Kerrigan's little mouse. I will float the next book if it goes to comic life though. Knight of Darkness should be the next story. I should go over to her calendar and see if she has a time frame for it yet.
David told me that they aren't having Laura Harris play Daisy Adair and that is a bit disappointing. But Callum Blue is going to be playing Mason and I think he might be one of my most favorite parts. Mandy Patinkin isn't playing Rube though, they are introducing a new character, Cameron Kane to be played by the guy who played Desmond on Lost. The trailer which I will hook you up with, looks pretty funny. I love the part with Mason when he meets Cameron and says he met his sister, Candy. Ahhh. I have missed watching this show and I own it so there is no real excuse.
Pride is this weekend and Sunday is the parade and I would really like to go and see it finally. It means waking up early which I proved I could do last week. I want to take tons of pictures. We will have to see if it happens.
Today was much with me playing on the internet. I signed up for an account at Wicked Lovely, a fan site for Melissa Marr. I also spent some time playing on Facebook. You know I really don't get the hype over MySpace and Facebook. I guess if I were more of a people person it would appeal, but I'm not really interested in strangers and I like my friends when they are low maintanence. Facebook seems like a lot of work to me. MySpace seems like prostitution. I don't know if there is something better but I am not sure that I am really the right kind of person for such sites. Doesn't anyone email each other anymore?
