Dan hung out in the Exhibition Hall until I was done, then we treked to a club called Belo to see what was going on with Geek and Sundry, a youtube channel run by Felicia Day that features Dan's favorite show, TableTop, hosted by Wil Wheaton. We got there in time to see Felicia wrapping up a meet and greet session, and Dan signed up for a free computer processor while I waited for the next panel to start. The next panel ended up being Felicia Day doing a question and answer session. She was sweet and inspiring. I teared up listening to her talk about a world where all kinds of nerds can feel safe expressing themselves and their love of gaming, comics, sports, anything without the fear of judgement. I was also on my period. After she was done, Dan and I played a number of previewed video games that were set up in the lounge. Super cool.
After some food, we decided to head back to the convention for a panel that featured artists and writers from Womanthology, a Kickstarted funded all female comic anthology. Dan waited in line for a Time Travel panel, and was unable to get in, so headed down to the Exhibition Hall for more browsing and plotting. I joined him, and after seeing the Ninja Turtles and a lot of other cool, weird things, we headed back to the hotel to nap and get ready for the Stan Lee party that was being hosted by my friend, Regina, and her company, Comikaze Expo. The party was weird. We were kinda tired and not really in the party mood, but we definitely enjoyed the Devo cover band and the cosplay dancing that went down on the dance floor. About an hour in, we decided to head back to the hotel to try to get some rest for day 3. I really wanted to attempt to make it in for the Firefly 10th reunion panel, but the line had already started and it was midnight by the time we got back to our room. Nixing that plan, we decided instead to shop and check out the Geek and Sundry tabletop gaming that was scheduled at Belo.
Friday morning saw Dan and I buying gifts and tabletop games in the Exhibition Hall before heading to Belo, where Dan immediately placed himself in a game of Ticket to Ride. The prize for winning the game was the game that was used on the TableTop show, signed by Wil and Anne Wheaton, Colin Ferguson, and Amy Dallen. While Dan was immersed in train domination, a girl started chatting with me about my PMS t-shirt. While we were chatting, COLIN FERGUSON came into the room. Swoon. Two girls invited my new friend and I to join them in playing a game of Dominion. I suck at all forms of table top games, but I tried! Halfway through the game, two of the ladies decided to go and try to get a photo with Ferguson, and I naysayed, thinking to myself that I was above all that. They got their photos, I didn't. Despondent, we wrapped our game and Dan and I prepared to leave.
As I returned from the bathroom, I saw Ferguson hanging at the bar, chatting with a bunch of people. He was joking about his next project, which was renovating his kitchen. Dan demanded that I get my photo with Colin, as he had his own picture taken with the guy and he said he seemed cool. After listening to Ferguson complain that Comic-Con had advertised his presence for a signing that he was not contracted to be at, I asked. Ferguson (who is the nicest man on the planet) said yes, and we posed. Joking with him, I ended up making a horrendous face in the photo. I further embarrassed myself by screaming "Viva La Revolucion!" as I left, as he was talking about overthrowing Comic-Con by signing autographs for free outside the Convention Center.
Doh.
We headed back to the room early as Saturday was going to be an early day again, due to a number of panels that Dan and I wanted to attend. More boring details tomorrow.
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