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Today I attended Dragon*Con for the second day. I really did not have much in mind to do other than peruse around and eventually find a fez (cause you know – fezes are cool). Though I did not find a fez, I did buy a few other Doctor Who related items such as the 11th Doctor’s sonic screwdriver, the Doctor Who magazine, and the Doctor Who season guide. Nifty.

Few more photos from today are here. Featured in them are the great 10th Doctor with his companion Rose Tyler and the 11th’s companion Amy Pond and a weeping angel. The lady who is the weeping angel (surprise – its not a statue!) really worked hard on her costume. I did not take a picture of the back of her costume, but near the bottom it said “Bad Wolf”. Very nice reference to the earlier days of Eccleston.

Oh yeah – today I also met Saul Rubinek a.k.a. Artie Nielsen from Warehouse 13 and got his signature. We even fist bumped. Nice guy. I’d have to say that was the highlight of the day.

In the end, no fez, but I shall have to keep searching for a fez related department store… Remember this is fez or bust!

Dragon*Con & Football

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Yesterday I went to my first day at Dragon*Con.

In the morning I attended the parade down Peachtree Street which featured all the people who decided to dress like their characters of choice. Let me just say that it seemed like it just went on, and on, and on. You would see classic heros like Batman and Wonder Women at one point then these forest creatures the next. It was interesting to see the number of characters I had no clue about, which was not that all surprising as I was never really too big into the fantasy or scifi culture.

One thing you could always do if you were bored is just sit in other of the large hotel atriums and watch people walk by. For you to watch the people walk by dressed up as some character from some comic book, television show, or movie was fascinating. To think there was a story behind why they were dressing up like that. For most the reason probably was because they loved that character. You cannot dress up in spandex, wear it all day, and take photographs with people just because you like a character. Must love being a character to be the character for a weekend.

Throughout the day I roamed the various halls and expo’s that were set up in the various hotels the Con was held at. There were numerous items being sold either by mass production or small time prop makers. I saw about every science fiction t-shirt every made times two. I saw $1,500 swords that aren’t sharp. I saw exact replicas of the tenth and eleventh Doctor’s sonic screwdrivers from Doctor Who along with a Farnsworth from Warehouse 13. There was everything.

I uploaded photos of my day at Dragon*Con to my Flickr account. You can see them here. Most are of the parade as that is one of the big things I saw yesterday.

Along with attending Dragon*Con yesterday, I also attended the Georgia Tech vs South Carolina State football game. This was practically my third football game that I’ve attended and only the first game of a large magnitude of importance and quantity of people. Sat with a friend I met only a few days ago at the RoboJacket’s meeting. Good, easy game where we ended up winning 41-10.

One thing I have to mention from yesterday is my loss at getting a fez. To explain shortly why I would want a fez, I am a die-hard Doctor Who fan and in the season finale of season five, the Doctor stumbles upon a fez and absolutely loves wearing it. There are a few videos on YouTube from the episode and from the behind the scenes, mainly this and that. In short, I HAD to have a fez. If I was going to get anything out of this (besides meeting a Doctor Who lookalike), it was to be a fez. Yesterday morning as I began my exploration through the Con, I happened upon a fez at one of the small booth shops. I looked at it, even put it on, but I didn’t buy it. Why? Because I wasn’t sure if it was the same as the Doctor’s and I would want it to be the same. I came back later and the fez was no more. I had been bought.

So today’s goal is to buy a fez. That is all. Plus maybe a few posters and shirts, but the fez is priority people. It is fez or bust!

Dragon*Con

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Yesterday I bought a Dragon*Con badge/pass/ticket thing. Not exactly sure on the terminology. I’ve never been to a convention unless you can count Oshkosh AirVenture.

So, yep, there it is. I will be attending Dragon*Con this weekend. Not exactly sure what I’m going to do there as I have never been to one, but there seems to be quite a bit of Doctor Who, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Steampunk and a few other things to interest me. Oh! Adam Savage will be there so I’ll definitely have to check that out. He’s hilarious and a great guy.

As I got at one of the large hotels to get my badge/pass/ticket there were volunteers yelling out “Pre-Paid” and “On-Site” and motioning which way you had to go depending on whether you ordered your badge/pass/ticket online or was like me and had to get it on-site. The line for the pre-payers was quite long which is ironic as it was supposed to be short as only the die-hards would register online. Guess the organizers thought wrong. The line for the on-site registration was about five people long inside a giant open room where they had lines that mazed around like the lines at Six Flags. Seriously took about five minutes to get from the beginning of the line to the people waiting in line.

Anywho, I might drop by today just to check out what is going on and how to not get lost at the five or so hotels that “the con” is made up of. I’ve got the “pocket program” (which is as large as a paperback book) all highlighted with the stuff I wish to see. I’ll be posting a picture or two on here of interesting things I find.

Oh yes – one more thing. I am attending the Georgia Tech and South Carolina State game tomorrow, thus making it the first large football game and second football game ever that I’ve ever attended.