Well that was fun – Day 3

For Day 1, click here. For Day 2, click here.

When we woke up Sunday, I hurt. Back in college, I’d wrenched my left knee real good in what my doctor later termed a “sports accident”. (Reality: I was on the dance floor and someone spilled just enough of their drink that a piece of ice landed under my feet. Boom, my butt met the floor. The knee went one way, the rest of the leg went another. Ow. Helloooo crutches!) All this frantic racing about was straining my knee and it was not happy with me. A couple of Advil later, and into the car we went.

First panel was at 10am for WoW addons, hosted by ckknight. When we got there, Krista, one of the WoW friends we’d had supper with on Thursday night, was there and waving us over. Apparently, ckknight had been chatting for a while when we came in and she was feeling outnumbered with all the Hordies there. ::grin:: It was a good panel, and while I didn’t particularly learn anything new and exciting, it did give me a couple of ideas to mull around for UI changes.

After that, it was off to the next TAPS panel, but once we saw the line, my stomach said “Yeah right, go eat something instead of waiting in that thing.” So after lunch, we meandered over to the Hellboy panel for Mike to watch. Interesting to hear the creator’s take on the movies and where he’s taking the series, even if it’s not something that I normally read.

By the time the panel was done, we figured that Jay and Grant were probably back at their tables in the Walk of Fame, and sure enough they were. Once again, really nice and gracious and happy to sign the books for me. After that, it was once more around the dealer’s room to see if there was anything else we needed to get. More purchases made, it was time to head off to get into the Unauthorized Look at the Hobbit panel. TheOneRing.net had a great panel on the latest news on the Hobbit movies and debunking various rumors. Weta is gearing up even though it’s not yet been green-lit, but the status is just a matter of time. Estimated arrival dates for the two films: December 2011 and December 2012. Yey Hobbit movies!

After the Hobbit movies panel, we wandered down to the Myth and History of Pirates. the one thing I’d noticed this year as opposed to previous years is how much steampunk there was. The pirates had been growing in numbers over the years, so it wasn’t that startling, but the steampunkers… Wow. Those were some wonderful costumes! it was almost a tie between goggles and cat ears as the “in” accessory for everyone this year. (I went with the cat ears mwhahah! /meow) But the pirates were linked with the Alternate History track, which is where all the steampunkers were. The pirate track was fun and informative, and then it was off to the FUNamation panel.

I wasn’t sure what I expected going in, but seeing multiple episodes of one of the series they’re releasing this year in the states wasn’t it. The series was Kaze no Stigma. It was… okay. Honestly, I wasn’t impressed. It was action, no wait, comedy, no wait, fan service, no wait romance, no wait GAH PICK ONE ALREADY! Art was okay, dubbing was eh, and the only part that really stuck in my head? The male lead looking at the sky after Something Bad Happened and saying “[dramatic voice]Spirits of the Wind! [regular irritated male voice] WHAT THE HELL?!” That made me giggle. Most of the rest of it, not so much. Once we realized they were going on to the second episode, we left the room since none of us had any urge to watch any more.

After supper, we went down to where the Pirate Party was setting up and started to wait, excited about the evening. Except we didn’t have that great a time at the party. Leading up to the party, we had a blast. Sitting in the corner, waiting for the room to open up, Mike, Jared and I were all more than a bit punch drunk. Our internal censors had given up around the time we woke up that morning. Inner voice? What inner voice? It was total stream-of-consciousness babbling and funny as hell. We were there to hear The Lost Boys, one of my fav Renn Faire bands. Instead, by the time the music started, I was just tired and had a headache. Then it hit me the singing wasn’t the Lost Boys, it was a female a cappella group. They prolly would have been fine in a room where there wasn’t a crapton of people yakking away, complete with echoing and speakers that weren’t powerful enough to get their words across distinctly but instead turned them to mush. On the other hand, the speakers were powerful enough to take all the high pitches and slam them straight into my brain like knives. After 30 minutes of that, I said I was done and screw seeing the Lost Boys. I was starting to get physically ill and just wanted to go home and sleep. That was fine with both the guys, so home we went.

Tomorrow – Day 4 and con wrapup