Comic Con Update - Day 3 Chaos

Finally an update on day 3 of Comic Con.  Saturday is consider to the busiest day of the con, as people are out of work and school.  Tickets have been sold out for the day and I am expecting record crowds.  I had planned for the worst but hopefully I will be able to survive and get to see what I want.  On the schedule is panel hopping, which includes Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, Marvel Studios, Sarah Connor Chronicles and Smallville.  Unfortunately there is so much to see that I have to pass on The Simpsons, DIsney/Pixar, and Columbia/Screen Gems.  As previously mention, my cousin and his buddy had come down to join me for their first Comic Con.  I had warned them that this will be a true wild experience, especially for noobs. . 

We started the morning by getting some breakfast and decided to make the journey to the convention by walking.  Well, actually my cousin wanted to walk, I wanted to take the shuttle.  I don't mind the walk but I was trying to conserve my energy, the distance was about 1 1/2 miles but I was going to be walking and waiting around all day.  Plus I had already done it before on Thursday.  However, my cousin is the type not to take no for an answer.  So walking it is!  We finally approach the convention center and there was a massive crowd waiting.  Yeah, not a good sign.  We quickly entered and head towards the convention floor.  First thing my cousin does is shoot away on his camera.  He was like a little kid, taking shots of everything and everyone.  Pretty funny, considering he is a few years older than me.  We walked around the floor and pick up some free swag and exclusives.  Once that was completed, my next stop was to the Inkworks booth.  I had intel that Jennifer Love Hewitt was going to be signing at noon.  I informed my cousin that I was going to get an autograph and that he is welcome to join me or venture on his own.  He opted for walking around as he did not have the patience to wait.  I waited in line for about an 1/2 hour, then the lovely Ms. Hewitt appeared.  She was surrounded by six security guards and her entourage.  Not sure who they all were, but I guess that how she rolls. :lol:  About another 1/2 hour,  I was the proud owner of Ms. Hewitt's autograph.  I was quite pleased.  She was lovely but all I could say was hello.. (See previous blog, in regards to me and celebs) Also, I did not smell her, as LB had asked.  I took some pics of her, those will be available for preview later.  Next up was the Heroes panel, I had informed my cousin to go ahead and stand in line about 1/2 hr early, as I was sure there was going to be a huge crowd.  That was an understatement...

My cousin called and informed me that line for Heroes had wrapped around the building and was out the patio door!   I thought he was bullshitting me, but unfortunately he wasn't.   As previously stated, he doesn't like to wait, so I thought he was making it up.  He decided to leave and was going back to the hotel to drop off some stuff.   I decided to venture up and see the crowd for myself.  He was not lying.  By the time I had made it up to the room, they had already capped the line as capacity was filled for the Heroes panel.  The line itself was the way my cousin had describe, however people in lined were waiting for the Battlestar's panel, which was right after Heroes  So after taking an educated guess of how people were in line, there was no way I was going to make it into the panel.  While checking out the line, I notice that an import model had walked past me.  If you are wondering what an import mode is, they are the models that are usually at the car shows.  She looked a little befuddled as she was looking for her friends in the line.  It definitely interesting to see all these different people at the convention.  Tired of carrying my stuff, I decided to head back to the hote also.

After returning form the hotel, my cousin was hungry and wanted to go eat.  I had other plans, I wanted to catch the Supernatural panel.  So he was going to eat w/ his buddy and we would meet up later.  I had some time, so I head over to the WB booth, to see what was required for their signings.  Stars from Supernatual, Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Smallville were going to be signing throughout the day at the booth.  Apparently they were only allowing 75 people per signing and tickets were going to be distributed one hour before the schedule time.  By the time I had made it to the booth, they had already given out the tickets to the Sarah Connor Chronicles signing.  Both Lean Headey (Queen from 300) and Summer Glau (River from Serentiy and Firefly) were going to be there. :(  The next signing was for Supernatural, which is one of my favorite shows.  They were going to be giving out tickets within the hour,  so I decided to what I do best, loiter.   I stood around and decided to people watch.  It's interesting to just stand around and watch people.  Although most people were a blur, I remember telling myself, am I this geeky?  I am and I accept it.  I mean this year alone, I have gone to the Star Wars Celebration IV convention, Comic Con, Wizard World LA and next week Wizard World Chicago.  I'm not as hardcore as other by dressing up and stuff but these are my people. :lol:

Well it's getting late and there is so much to discuss.  So I will leave it here and will update another day. Plus there is so much someone could read before losing interest. So until then...