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Thursday
Okay, I managed to wake up at about 7:30 and rolled out of bed before 8. Not bad for me. But the drive from Cincinnati to Atlanta was probably one of the worst experiences of my life. Not because anything bad happened. I mean, it took me like an extra half hour to get out of Cincinnati because of the morning traffic, but that was no big deal. However, that drive was so BORING! And it didn’t help that I left so early. I was so tired. I stopped probably 5 more times than I wanted to. And don’t get me started on the city of Atlanta (more on that later.) And I think I circled the Marriott like 7 times before deciding to valet park ($28 / day NOT HAPPENING AGAIN!) Finally got in thanks to some help from Sarah and Jenny. The few hours of rest after I got in while we waited for Cati felt amazing, and it certainly helped since we had to wait in line for hours to get our badges :( The Ticketmaster line was awful (though some of the people were funny.) They had like 2 computers and both were down. And then some kind of fire code violation or something, I dont know, I just know I was so bored. Finally got my badge though and did manage to beat everyone else so, hey, more waiting! Went back to the rooms afterward and had some pizza while we waited for Bria and Ying Yi. YAY PIZZA! And YAY Bria and Ying Yi!
*Sidenote, as I'm writing this, I found out Patrick Schwayze died... wow :(
Friday
Woke up in the morning (just know it was the morning, don't ask me what time) and watched some D*CTV (SHATMOY! and wonderful, wonderful videos... Oh, Shatner of the Mount.) Then came some waiting around while everybody was getting their costumes on. GOD SO BORING! I dont remember much but the walking around admiring costumes. And seeing the vast amounts of people that wanted pictures of Emma Frost. Kyle how did you get so popular?! I think the KT Sith girls were on Friday also. Y'all looked awesome!! There was also some food court action (WORST FOOD COURT EVAR!) Also, a trip to the liquor store! I got my precious tequila, which turned out to be the worst decision of the weekend.
Saturday
Saturday morning, got into my Chase costume fairly early, then waited, first while Linh changed into Nico, and then while Sarah changed into Karolina. Finally, it was close to 2pm, and that meant the Marvel vs. DC photoshoot. I think this is one of the things I was looking forward to most. I love Star Wars, but I've been more into comics, and Marvel in particular, for as long as I can remember. And it didnt let me down. Some of those costumes were AMAZING! We met up with Jenny, Cati, and Bria (or Gert, Molly, and Xavin, technically) and got quite a few people wanting our pictures, and a surprising number of people that actually knew who we were. After that, Team Food (myself, Cati, and Linh) made our way to the food court (Chick-Fil-A again!) and then back to our room to eat and watch House. I think at one point Linh and I made our way to the dealer room (man, I think my days are running together.) Afterwards, more getting changed and drinking. And more drinking. And quite a bit of drinking some nasty tequila. Oh, that shit was awful. But, it worked. We then headed off to the BSG party, which was fun, but we got there way to late. I'll give props to Steph, Linh's boyfriend, for buying some drinks. Those certainly made it more fun. As did the Chewbacca that was break dancing. Then we just did some more walking around the Marriott lobby and finally went to bed.
Sunday
I woke up Sunday morning with one of the worst hangovers I've ever had. Really, my head hurt so bad. I was planning on going to see the Reds play the Braves with Evil Sarah and Eric, but I couldnt do that. Instead, I just laid in bed for a few hours (and missed Hawkeye and Stature of the Young Avengers) and then went down to get some pizza. I met up with Bria and Linh in the elevator, and they didnt even see me :( but we got back to the room and then checked out one of the exhibit rooms (and Cati got Anthony Daniels to take a pic with Kettch.) After we figured out dinner plans, Bria and I went to prowl the Walk of Fame. This was probably the most fun I had all weekend. I met Charisma Carpenter from Buffy and Angel, which made my weekend. Then we just proceeded to walk around and talk to famous people. It was as awesome as it sounds. We talked to Ron Glass (who was kinda short with us) and Christine Rose (who was such a nice and classy lady.) I cant remember if we talked to anyone else after that. But then we went back to meet up with everyone for dinner at a really good mexican restaurant.
After that came..... the Adult Themes in Star Wars panel. Wow. So, we talked about GLBT in Star Wars (props to the fans in the room pushing for it)... we talked about spice habits... we talked about incest... and we talked about wampa jizzum. Yes, wampa jizzum. How else was the wampa going to get Luke to hang from the roof of the cave? We then went back to the rooms and then down to the lobby and met up with one of the panelists and had another impromptu panel. The night ended with a chair party (which lasted much longer than it should've.)
Monday
Monday morning consisted of getting everything packed and waiting 20 minutes for the elevator with Kim and a wheelchair. And another super long drive home that started with me getting lost in downtown Atlanta (Atlanta, why dont you spend some money to fix up your streets and put some highway signs up? Just a thought...) And there was an accident on 75 which had me stuck for like an hour and a half. And I was tired...again. Made it home at about 9:30 and just melted into the couch.
I wouldnt change any of it :D
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