Back from San Diego.
Bad parts of the trip?
- I ate the cost of renting a hotel room in a bad area of town. We just could not stay there. The room had the kind of smell that I imagine a scene of a sex crime would have. The sheets were stained and the mattresses were just beds of springs. Literally. Three separate taxi drivers told us not to stay at the hotel on our first night in SD. We hightailed it to the chi-chi surroundings of the Hilton.
- I didn't get a chance to surf at all.
Good parts of the trip? Plenty:
- I got my comic geek freak on at the San Diego Comic Con. I met and spoke with Grant Morrison, one of my all-time favorite writers. We even became urinal buddies!
- I tried the DC Universe Online Pre-Alpha build. Great and Terrible Darkseid, was it good! I'm getting a woody thinking about it right now. I also talked with one of the AI and Physics engineers on the game.
- My friend Kelly gave me my birthday gift. It's a print of a comic strip she did with me as the main character. I love her. I'll scan it at some point.
- Kelly and I are going to work together on a home-brewed Nintendo DS game. Yay!
- Met Seth Green at a free screening of his upcoming movie. It sucked, but he was cool.
- I shook Joss Whedon's hand. Well, we really only finger-grabbed each other.
- Rin and I waxed philosophically over lunch about all things Canadian and liberal. She is a reminder to me of why I will always be proud to be Canadian. If you ever get the chance to meet her, you best be ready to sing the theme to 'The Littlest Hobo'. She rocks the school.
- I met Juliana briefly at the Image booth. She's a darling. She got close enough to Tori Amos to figure out Ms. Amos doesn't smell. Always a good thing.
- Squeak and I almost got within ball-kicking distance of Joe Quesada. She is the best, by the way. I hope we hang out again soon.
- I ran into my friend Kat at the Vancouver airport and we had a shameless hug fest.
So now I'm home, and instead of packing up the remnants of my life to pave the way to move to Boston, I'm writing this blog. Can you believe I'm going to be on the other side of the continent by the end of the week? That is some loopy shit.
Bad parts of the trip?
- I ate the cost of renting a hotel room in a bad area of town. We just could not stay there. The room had the kind of smell that I imagine a scene of a sex crime would have. The sheets were stained and the mattresses were just beds of springs. Literally. Three separate taxi drivers told us not to stay at the hotel on our first night in SD. We hightailed it to the chi-chi surroundings of the Hilton.
- I didn't get a chance to surf at all.
Good parts of the trip? Plenty:
- I got my comic geek freak on at the San Diego Comic Con. I met and spoke with Grant Morrison, one of my all-time favorite writers. We even became urinal buddies!
- I tried the DC Universe Online Pre-Alpha build. Great and Terrible Darkseid, was it good! I'm getting a woody thinking about it right now. I also talked with one of the AI and Physics engineers on the game.
- My friend Kelly gave me my birthday gift. It's a print of a comic strip she did with me as the main character. I love her. I'll scan it at some point.
- Kelly and I are going to work together on a home-brewed Nintendo DS game. Yay!
- Met Seth Green at a free screening of his upcoming movie. It sucked, but he was cool.
- I shook Joss Whedon's hand. Well, we really only finger-grabbed each other.
- Rin and I waxed philosophically over lunch about all things Canadian and liberal. She is a reminder to me of why I will always be proud to be Canadian. If you ever get the chance to meet her, you best be ready to sing the theme to 'The Littlest Hobo'. She rocks the school.
- I met Juliana briefly at the Image booth. She's a darling. She got close enough to Tori Amos to figure out Ms. Amos doesn't smell. Always a good thing.
- Squeak and I almost got within ball-kicking distance of Joe Quesada. She is the best, by the way. I hope we hang out again soon.
- I ran into my friend Kat at the Vancouver airport and we had a shameless hug fest.
So now I'm home, and instead of packing up the remnants of my life to pave the way to move to Boston, I'm writing this blog. Can you believe I'm going to be on the other side of the continent by the end of the week? That is some loopy shit.
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We're getting both versions tonight...I can play in your honor.