Aug. 4th, 2009
SDCC: The Rundown! Part One
Aug. 4th, 2009 04:51 pmSo. Here is the begining of my recap of the SDCC trip.
We fly down on Tuesday and again, I feel justified in the choice of Virgin America as my airline of choice for this trip. If only SFO's Terminal A weren't entirely frustrating my trips on this airline would be brilliant. (Interestingly, they have a 'read' function on the plane that has not yet been activate. I ponder this.)
We got to the hotel, checked in, marvelled at the softness of the beds and then went out for dinner. We went to the In-N-Out and enjoyed it entirely. (YUM YUM YUM.) On the walk there and back we scoffed at the parking attendant who told us it was a drive and not a walk when we'd asked for directions. Seriously people, half a mile of flat roads is nothing to walk. Please. We got to see lizards and birds and ducklings too, which was nice.
Wednesday - Preview Night. We have a lovely brunch of waffles and make our way to the convention center. We get in line to get our badges, which is something I've never done before. Usually there is no line for that and then there is a million year long line for Preview Night. This line ended up moving pretty fast but was very prone to the staff having no clue. They started giving out programming books and then were shocked when swarmed. They said we'd be let in at a certain point only to be let in MUCH before that. Ah well. Such things happen. We get in, get badges, get in line again. There is much reading that happens in line. Then we go down to Preview Night, which is the same zoo it always is. I had a few things I wanted to get a hold of but I don't like spending too much time there as it is a feeding frenzy. Not really to my taste.
The SiP Omnibus was caught in customs. Some of the CBLDF stuff - also caught in customs. In fact, this was something I heard a lot through the weekend.
Wednesday wrapped up with dinner with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
flusterbunny and a good time was had by all.
We fly down on Tuesday and again, I feel justified in the choice of Virgin America as my airline of choice for this trip. If only SFO's Terminal A weren't entirely frustrating my trips on this airline would be brilliant. (Interestingly, they have a 'read' function on the plane that has not yet been activate. I ponder this.)
We got to the hotel, checked in, marvelled at the softness of the beds and then went out for dinner. We went to the In-N-Out and enjoyed it entirely. (YUM YUM YUM.) On the walk there and back we scoffed at the parking attendant who told us it was a drive and not a walk when we'd asked for directions. Seriously people, half a mile of flat roads is nothing to walk. Please. We got to see lizards and birds and ducklings too, which was nice.
Wednesday - Preview Night. We have a lovely brunch of waffles and make our way to the convention center. We get in line to get our badges, which is something I've never done before. Usually there is no line for that and then there is a million year long line for Preview Night. This line ended up moving pretty fast but was very prone to the staff having no clue. They started giving out programming books and then were shocked when swarmed. They said we'd be let in at a certain point only to be let in MUCH before that. Ah well. Such things happen. We get in, get badges, get in line again. There is much reading that happens in line. Then we go down to Preview Night, which is the same zoo it always is. I had a few things I wanted to get a hold of but I don't like spending too much time there as it is a feeding frenzy. Not really to my taste.
The SiP Omnibus was caught in customs. Some of the CBLDF stuff - also caught in customs. In fact, this was something I heard a lot through the weekend.
Wednesday wrapped up with dinner with
flusterbunny and a good time was had by all.Dear Lord, that was some of the most intense TV I've been exposed to ever. Had someone proposed that to me in almost any other fashion, I'd have been all, ".... wait... Do you want these characters to be sane or usable after all of this?"
Desperate Housewives is trying to lure away John Barrowman, though with how BBC original programming is being slashed all over the place it is hard to tell if that promise of a 4th season really means much.
Now I have to try to sleep.
And all I really want to do is run around yelling until I feel better.
Likely spoilers in the comments.
Desperate Housewives is trying to lure away John Barrowman, though with how BBC original programming is being slashed all over the place it is hard to tell if that promise of a 4th season really means much.
Now I have to try to sleep.
And all I really want to do is run around yelling until I feel better.
Likely spoilers in the comments.