today was my second experience at a comic book convention.
my first trip was a few months ago and was inspired by my good buddy dan.
dan is an avid manga/anime' fan boy and has told me countless stories of these conventions and how cool they are.
as he said "there are girls there, man. hot girls. girls that are into the same stuff that we are. [comic book conventions] are heaven, man."
i didnt believe him.
i always thought that comic book conventions are for the insanely obsessed and for the socially akward.
but its not every day that you get to fulfill the dreams of your friends and then rub their face in it.
so i went.
and i was sadly dissapointed.
it was on that day that i discovered that most stereotypes exist because they are largely true.
there were no girls.
there were definetly no hot girls
and they guy that played C-3PO was a jerk.
when i told dan about my dismal comic-con experience, he told me that my problem was that i went on the last day.
"everyone goes on saturday" he told me with an air that would suggest that absolutely everyone in the world knows that bit of information exept for me.
so that is why i went today.
saturday.
as i pulled up to the convention center i began to think that this was just more of the same from the last time.
there were literally middle aged, overweight men being dropped off by the mothers.
somebody was playing weezer
WEEZER!
but once i was inside i became fully aware of the genius of daniel rhoades.
comic book conventions kick butt!
due to time restraints i wont give you all the details, but here are some highlights from my day.
1.girls. hot girls. hot girls that are into the same things as i.
2.hearing people talk as if they were in their own comic book.
("i smell defeat"-a collector who couldnt find issue one of "sandman")
3. cosplay. (for the uninformed, "cosplay" is the term for when someone dresses up like their favorite character. see reason number one for why this was cool)
4. seeing the guy who played chewbacca unsuccesfully try to pick up middle aged women on his smoke break.
5. L33T SP34K. this doesnt apply neccesarily, but i wanted to have a list of five, as well as say something in leet.
so kids, the moral of the story is; what geeks enjoy in excess is usually cool in moderation.
and dont stand too close to chebacca. he's a spitter.
3:09 p.m. - 2003-11-22
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