Rose City Comicon
Marisa and I work after sleeping about 6 hours...and after coffee and breakfast we were in the bathroom applying red dye to my head! This was part of our preparation to be the demon (me) and the angel (Marisa) from the book and television mini-series Good Omens.
Then, we took bus 75 and the Max to the Oregon Convention Center for the 2nd day of the Rose City Comicon (Comics Convention). Tri-Met was very relaxing in both directions: low ridership and good weather (not raining and not super hot). When we got picked up on 75 we were the guy driver's first customers! He sang a lullaby to us through the P.A.!
The signs pointed around the back of the Center and brought us almost 360 degrees from where we started! This on a mostly sunny day. We can only be thankful it was not warmer and that we had not been there earlier. The signs were set up this way to account for the huge throng of participants there for the start of the 2nd day...at 10 a.m. We were there at noon.
This statement of why we we wasted steps was validated by a guy who helped provide security for the event. I asked him why we had to walk around the building. After he answered he took our picture.
This was the first of maybe five pictures that people wanted to take of us while we were doing the cos-play thing.
We were too late to see the Princess Bride panel with Wallace Shawn and Cary Elwes. Instead we used the time for Marisa and I to recover from the heat by drinking liquids. Marisa's face was flush and drained for a while. She ended up drinking 64 ounces of Dr. Pepper or Pepsi while we there but didn't need to use the facilities--she was that dehydrated. I drank maybe 8 ounces of cold water and was okay the rest of the day--but also didn't need to use the restrooms.
Most of time was spent like rats in a maze of exhibitors in the main hall. There was not a lot for us, not being game players or comic book readers. We looked at buttons, magnets...but saw little of interest. Marisa could find more interesting stuff online and nothing, really, for the topics she cares about. There was not a lot of Star Trek stuff and nothing from Star Trek Discovery.
There was a Beverly Crusher cos-play at the cafe where I got our drinks and I also viewed a Deanna Troi.
There were several pairs of folks like us. I think we were good, although if I was dressed exactly like the mini-series we might have been better. My clothes were still wool, which breathes but still too hot for this weather.
Some things we did like along the way:
* music boxes with genre tunes (but nothing I wanted).
* knit animal scarves (pricey, but interesting)
* knit cat nip balls (we bought one for our five juvie cats...which they really enjoyed)
* Intel Nuc computers (not much bigger than a fist, but as powerful as my tower PC)
* Clothes from a Seattle company which might work with my utilikilt
* bags from Philippeans-based company which look very well made (military grade).
We went to an hour-long presentation on bats (with a humorous comparison to Batman) which was quite enlightening. Did you know their skin regenerates and that they can close off their ears? Amazing animals and not to be feared and certainly to be allowed to thrive. They are pollenators and keep insects in check.
The lines to see the Dr. Who presenters was another massive cattle call...and we were both tired. My shoes were killing my foot (size 10, not 10 1/2) and our legs were giving up.
It was so good to be home.
We ordered pizza and watched The Three Musketeers with Mads Mickellsohn playing the christopher Lee part in the remake. The movie practically stole dialog and a plot point from The Wrath of Khan, a theft which was partly not needed. The action sequences were gratuitous Matrix derivatives. Mads' part was not as meaty as it could have been. In fact, most of the characters were pretty thin, but this is what happens which you stuff more than the Dumas' plot into a two hour show. The Richard Lester version wisely split the action, dialog and characterization into two movies.
Then, we took bus 75 and the Max to the Oregon Convention Center for the 2nd day of the Rose City Comicon (Comics Convention). Tri-Met was very relaxing in both directions: low ridership and good weather (not raining and not super hot). When we got picked up on 75 we were the guy driver's first customers! He sang a lullaby to us through the P.A.!
The signs pointed around the back of the Center and brought us almost 360 degrees from where we started! This on a mostly sunny day. We can only be thankful it was not warmer and that we had not been there earlier. The signs were set up this way to account for the huge throng of participants there for the start of the 2nd day...at 10 a.m. We were there at noon.
This statement of why we we wasted steps was validated by a guy who helped provide security for the event. I asked him why we had to walk around the building. After he answered he took our picture.
This was the first of maybe five pictures that people wanted to take of us while we were doing the cos-play thing.
We were too late to see the Princess Bride panel with Wallace Shawn and Cary Elwes. Instead we used the time for Marisa and I to recover from the heat by drinking liquids. Marisa's face was flush and drained for a while. She ended up drinking 64 ounces of Dr. Pepper or Pepsi while we there but didn't need to use the facilities--she was that dehydrated. I drank maybe 8 ounces of cold water and was okay the rest of the day--but also didn't need to use the restrooms.
Most of time was spent like rats in a maze of exhibitors in the main hall. There was not a lot for us, not being game players or comic book readers. We looked at buttons, magnets...but saw little of interest. Marisa could find more interesting stuff online and nothing, really, for the topics she cares about. There was not a lot of Star Trek stuff and nothing from Star Trek Discovery.
There was a Beverly Crusher cos-play at the cafe where I got our drinks and I also viewed a Deanna Troi.
There were several pairs of folks like us. I think we were good, although if I was dressed exactly like the mini-series we might have been better. My clothes were still wool, which breathes but still too hot for this weather.
Some things we did like along the way:
* music boxes with genre tunes (but nothing I wanted).
* knit animal scarves (pricey, but interesting)
* knit cat nip balls (we bought one for our five juvie cats...which they really enjoyed)
* Intel Nuc computers (not much bigger than a fist, but as powerful as my tower PC)
* Clothes from a Seattle company which might work with my utilikilt
* bags from Philippeans-based company which look very well made (military grade).
We went to an hour-long presentation on bats (with a humorous comparison to Batman) which was quite enlightening. Did you know their skin regenerates and that they can close off their ears? Amazing animals and not to be feared and certainly to be allowed to thrive. They are pollenators and keep insects in check.
The lines to see the Dr. Who presenters was another massive cattle call...and we were both tired. My shoes were killing my foot (size 10, not 10 1/2) and our legs were giving up.
It was so good to be home.
We ordered pizza and watched The Three Musketeers with Mads Mickellsohn playing the christopher Lee part in the remake. The movie practically stole dialog and a plot point from The Wrath of Khan, a theft which was partly not needed. The action sequences were gratuitous Matrix derivatives. Mads' part was not as meaty as it could have been. In fact, most of the characters were pretty thin, but this is what happens which you stuff more than the Dumas' plot into a two hour show. The Richard Lester version wisely split the action, dialog and characterization into two movies.