Wow. Well first off i would just like to say how stoked i am that i am in bed and ready to get to sleep after i post this entry. This will be the first night since the trip began that i have been in bed before 3am. And lord knows most of us need it. Bill is having a hell of a time shaking this head cold. I am doing ok, fairly average cold for me. Feel like crap in the morning and like crap in the later evening, but during the day i am good to go. And honestly that is all that matters. So today started off with me and Adam getting up and ready to catch the trolley with Matt, Paul and Ben (Bill and Morgan slept in, Graham and Alex are the official “Exhibitors” so they can get in early to set stuff up) We quickly learned that while the trolley might be a little less than catching a cab, it is less convenient and takes longer. So i don’t see us doing that again tomorrow.

So we got in around 10:30 and Graham and Alex were all set up. Me and Adam jetted to get some grub then i made my way back to the booth and hung out there for a little bit. Most of my day was spent in Hall H waiting for the Kevin Smith Q&A panel. There was no way in hell that i was going to miss that, and if i had to sit in that room all day and just look at a blank wall i would still have done it. I did however get to see some awesome panels

Newline had a panel with the director of the new movie called “Shoot em up” and Clive Owen. Holy hell does that movie ever look awesome! See it the second it comes out.

After that WB had a 300 DVD Q&A Panel with the director, Frank Miller (AWESOME) and a couple of the other people who worked on the movie. It was ok, some of the questions were rather dull and a panel is only as good as the questions that are being asked (unless of course its a Kevin Smith Panel) And then after 300 they had a panel for the 25th anniversary of Blade Runner. Which was an amazing panel. Ridley Scott among some of the actors. It was a good time.

After that was the Star Wars at 30 panel. The really awesome part of that panel was when seth mcfarland came out and showed a couple clips from the upcoming Family Guy season premier. Which, if you have not heard is a hour long recreation of the first Star Wars movie (ep. 4) From the two clips he showed it looks beyond awesome.

Then what i have been waiting for for a loooooong time. Kevin Smith. Speak ill of his movies all you want but no one can look me in the face and tell me that he is not one of the best public speakers of our time. He is just constantly funny. And while the panel was a little short, it was defiantly worth the wait. Not to mention that we got to see the “Reaper” Pilot that he directed for the CW. Its AWESOME! Check it out in September when it hits TV. A fantastic mix of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ghost Busters.

And if that wasn’t enough, today was the screening of “Talk like a Pirate” If i had to guess i would say there were 250 in the screening (maybe more) and it was very well received. Got asked some intelligent questions afterwards and handed out cards to everyone there. We received a certificate for being featured in the festival which doesn’t speak to highly of our chances of winning anything but the exposure was great and it was all we could for.

Sorry about the lack of pictures, I just have not had the time. I promise to get some up tomorrow!

Night!

Hey guys.

So i will post a much more in depth post about our 2nd day at the con later tonight or tomorrow morning. Just wanted to say that, now that i have finally seen Kevin Smith live in a Q&A i can die happy. However now i just want to see him again.

More to come later.

Hey Everyone!

Well as you know we safely (not to mention finally) made it to San Diego late Wednesday night. Unfortunatly we got in to late and we missed preview night at the Con, but i don’t think anyone cared to much. We were all just happy to finally be in San Diego. When we got to the hotel and checked in, most of us headed down to the bar/rest to grab some food and some beers to celebrate our glorious trip down the US. When we finally got to bed at 3am Me, Bill and Morgan gave Ben the demanding lead in the point race. I will let you know what gave him the large lead at a latter date.

FIRST DAY AT THE SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION :

WOW. Their is very little else to say about the convention. I was blown away by he sheer size of the convention center. Let alone what was beyond the exterior.

When we got there we made it in the Con with little hiccups. The lines were kinda lame, but thank god we are professionals in the eyes of the con, or we would have been waiting a hell of a lot longer. Me and Adam were the last 2 of us to make it through the line, and my jaw just droped the second we walked into the exhibitors hall. Unless you go to this thing there are very little words to describe the place. “Died and gone to geek heaven” or a “kid in a enourmous candy shop” come to mind. The pictures i took can’t do this place justice. There is so much to see and more important so much cool stuff to buy. I am worried that Matt is going to be calling his parents in the next few days begging and pleading to wire him money to buy that one last Optimus Prime collectible. The place is an internet celeb watering hole. Yesterday i had a good chat with Maddox, Penny Arcade guys, The Dayfree Press boys and a bunch of others. Most of us were all over the place. Morgan and Jessica were dressed up as Han and Slave Leah, and could not walk 20 steps before they were asked for a picture. So Morgan the smart little boy he is, handed out a card to everyone that wanted a picture taken. Most of the rest of us were either manning our booth (Artist Alley – HH11) or just wandering around the show floor. I think i walked a circle around that place 4 times, and without fail i would always see something new that i had missed before. Just as a side note: Yesterday and Sunday are the “slower” days of the Con and walking from one end of the hall to the other end can take upwards of 30 minutes. And that is without really stopping to check stuff out.

We made it through the day with fairly decent traffic through our booth. We aren’t HUGE so the majority of people there don’t really know us. But you had better believe that when someone came with reach we gave them a business card. We did however sell 2 sets of the LRR season DVDs, which was pretty neat. And according to Graham, Will Wheaton popped by our booth, pretty neato!

So today is another day back at the Con. Going to be a little bit busier today which is cool. And panel wise there is a couple things going on. Kevin Smith being the big one for most of us. And today is the start of the film fest, and we are featured at 1:50pm with our smash hit “Talk like a Pirate”

There is so much more crap i could write about but it would take me a while. If anyone has any questions about the con or how things are going for us just post them in the comment section.

Another quick thing. If you have ever thought about visiting San Diego for whatever reason, I would highly suggest it. I haven’t seen much but of what i have its a gorgeous city.

I will do my best to get some pictures up here in the next day or so. People were talking about going out tonight but there has been a minor cold going around with us (thanks Morgan) that i caught and have yet been able to shake it. So i expect to be back at the hotel as soon as the Kevin Smith Q&A is over. Which should mean another blog update tonight. Followed by a really good sleep.

Here are pictures from yesterday. Not a whole lot happened. Way to much driving when it came down to it. As for the points things are looking good for benny. He got 6 more last night with just Me, Bill and Morgan putting in, and he may get retro points when the other guys see what he did for them. Morgan, as you know had to talk in that dumb accent all day yesterday. He actually made it 12 hours with screwing up only 7 times i think. So while he didn’t make it, providing he still takes the syrup shoots like a good boy he still gets the points.

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POINTS

Matt – N/A
Adam – 3
Graham – 4
Paul – N/A
Alex – 1
Ben – 13 (possibly pending more)
Bill – 1
James – 4
Morgan – 1 (Pending 7)

9:48am
So, today is another big day of driving for us. As you all know we stopped over in Williams, CA last night and had a pretty good night all in all. We all were up showered and ready to go just after 9:00 this morning. We have about 8½ hour drive until San Diego, so we are pushing hard to get there today. Morgan has been challenged by Bill to only speak in a really dumb ass Canadian accent for the whole day. If at any point he fucks up and speaks in his normal dumb ass Canadian accent then he has to take a shot of syrup. Which as this point we don’t actually have. So when we do he has to catch up for any mistakes he makes. And I assure you we will do our best to make him mess up.

2:42pm
I wish I could tell you where in the hell we are. I however really have no idea. I can tell you that we are somewhere in California! I think about 2½ hours away from LA. We are hoping to be in San Diego for before 8pm so we can pick up our tickets for the con. If not, no big deal but it would be nice. The Canadian accent challenge that was placed upon Morgan is going well. I think we are up to 3 or 4 shots of syrup right now. He passed out a couple minutes ago but I think when he wakes up we can pretty much chalk up another shot against him. Other than that today has been pretty uneventful. And I can see us all crashing pretty hard tonight so I don’t foresee another fantastic story like last night, which is probably a good thing. I can’t see the police in San Diego being quite as nice as the guy in Williams. One thing is for sure though; it just keeps getting hotter and hotter as we go. Of course we all knew it was going to happen but we could still hope a nice cold front was going to push in, but alas no such luck. Mind you I am pretty well off compared to Matt and Ben. It is fairly safe to say it’s a good 10-15 Degrees hotter up in the cab area then in the back part of the bus.

11:48pm
WE MADE IT!

We are currently in our hotel in San Diego, after a little confusion with checking in. We are heading down to the bar right now. I will get the pictures and point total and some of the music we listened to today either later tonight, or tomorrow morning. And it will be nice and early, we have a 8:00am wake up call.