Blatant Geekery

I know we've told you about Wizard World before, but here goes again. They're my favorite this week. Hey, it's my birthday...I can do what I want! So, together we've done 3 total Wizard World conventions (and we plan to attend many more) but I was really wishing to be there with them this weekend. #1 when I found out they'd be in New Orleans on the weekend of my birthday...#2 they announce MATT SMITH was going to be there too!!! Come on now, that would be the coolest birthday ever!! Normally, I'd watch Facebook, twitter and YouTube to see what's been going on since I'm not there, but this time I think I'll wait till it's over. I just can't torture myself. :( I get that some people have their opinions about these type of conventions...that they just bring in people that wanna meet celebrities. Maybe that is true, but here's my take on it. My family has always been very nerdy with tv, books and movies...but not into comics an...

Graphics Girl and I went to Mid Ohio Comic Con on the 20th-22nd.  Though it's one of the smaller Wizard World conventions, there was plenty to see and do. And our PSA....Folks, if Wizard World comes to a town near you...BUY YOURSELF A TICKET AND GO! FRIDAY, MEETING NEW PEOPLE On Friday we checked out a lot of the vendors and went to some panels.  We caught the Cosplay panel that day and ended up getting to know Eric "The Smoke" Moran, Michael Knightmage Wilson and Damian Beurer.  They are all great cosplayers and all great guys in general. Michael Knightmage Wilson Eric "The Smoke" Moran That evening, we didn't really have a place to stay, so after the convention was over, we found a quite corner and sat on the phone with Travelocity for an hour. YAY!  The first two times I booked a room online, it went ahead and took my money, but when I finally got to the confirmation part of booking, the site told me that the room had been sold.  That was...