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Wow, it’s been a while since i updated. Luckily, I have stuff to talk about now. 
This is my Comic Con 2009 review space. So far it has been a great time and its only Thursday! Of course, this being comic con, there are always going to be issues. They key is to know that, accept it and move on.
I parked at Seaport Village on Wednesday night. Driving in from Point Loma on Pacific Highway was not easy and the turn onto Harbor drive seemed impossible. Then I thought, “I wonder if Seaport has parking?” and sure enough it did. I got my ticket validated so parking cost me a total of 2 dollars and I got a snapple out of it! MMMMM snapple. .
The walk on the embarcadero was quite nice as I made my way to the convention center. It was cool to see some actual tourists who were here on vacation…if they only knew what was coming. It took me about 10 minutes to walk from Seaport to the front of the convention center.
I have never had a problem with getting my badge on preview night. Sure, there is a line, but the line never really stops. This year they had us walk ALL the way to the end of Hall H and the loop back around to get in for the badges…I want to say to hall E. I was in line with a very nice couple who went to their first con in 1977 (Seeing the Star Wars preview….which is, quite frankly, awesome). Something which shocked the hell out of me was that people were actually CAMPING to get into Hall H.
People Camping Outside Hall H
Finally getting upstairs, I was checked in by a lovely Irish girl (who was fairly cute too) and then got to the floor. Even on Preview night, the floow is crowded and there are lines.
And that was pretty much it for Wednesday
Thursday Morning was an early morning. I picked up my friend, Des, at 8:00 and drove downtown. Getting there at 8:30 put us downtown about an hour early. Luckily, there was a breakfast place right at the foot of 5th ave. SyFy turned the entire cafe at the Hard Rock Hotel into Cafe Diem from Eurika. We spent an hour there and had a good, albeit pricy ($16.00 for my omlette) breakfast. They did a good job and since they don’t have a booth at Con, this works to get the SyFy word out there. (Ok, personally I think it’s a better idea than a booth because you have a captive audience when people are eating)
Cafe Diem at Hard Rock Hotel
We walked to the convention center, and, through a stroke of luck, we ended up on the floor ahead of the line. Say what you will about Elite Security, they don’t talk to each other. I have a feeling that they weren’t supposed to open the doors were were were as early as they did, but hey, I’ll take it. And then I saw a site I never thought I’d see…..an almost empty Comic Con Floor.
Empty Con Floor
Which, of course, didn’t last long.
We wondered over to the Browncoat booth, which didn’t have much different than last year. I might go pick up a shirt before con is over.
I purchased the Dollhouse Season 1 DVD’s last week so I needed to go pick them up. The line at the FOX booth wasn’t actually too bad. I got about half way through when I heard FOX employees calling out, “Pre-Orders?” amd I walked right up. I think they realized that they needed a pre-order line next time the did this.
And then Des and I wandered the floor. There weren’t really panels we HAD to see so we shopped. I found a shirt for the wife at FuzzyBallsApparal.com booth (#4936). They were great. I suggest going there and buying something.
The rest of the day was spent walking and people watching. We met up with more friends for lunch at Seaport Village, walked the floor and did not get into Dr. Horrible.
However I did realize that the con suite at the Marriott ALWAYS smells. I have no idea why.
Tomorrow is Friday. Dollhouse Panel, and (I think) Watchmen Directors Cut. There are also some Comic Arts COnference panels I want to check out (yay panels to keep my feet from falling off.) More tomorrow!
But first, pictures
Yes I know it’s for Breast Cancer, but it looks like candy
Batman and Batgirl
Defy Gravity, Dorothy
Fighting Demonstration