Holy Buck, Fatman!

 To wrap it all up:

  I became a panelist.

Ran into the Monach’s henchmen

Ran into Evil Homer

And got a hug from Seth Green.

Oh, and I scored some serious Swag, too. Ask me about Matt Groening….

Yesterday was THE BOMB.

We started out with discussing Ed, Edd and Eddy with the shows creator and voice actors. Danny Antonucci is one cool motherfucker. He hung out with the people who attended the panel afterwards, sigining autographs and talking to adults and kids about his wayyyy cool Cartoon.

After that, I headed off to see Sergio Aragones, illustrator for Mad, Creator of Groo. Having been a Mad magazine fan since 1982 and a Groo comic collector, this was nearly *MY* Stan Lee. The Panel was WONDERFUL and I had the utmost pleasure of talking at length to Mr. Aragones afterwards about japanese anime, specifically Hayao Miyazaki. It was a surprise to talk abut our favorite scene in “My Neighbor Totoro” and find out we both enjoyed the same scene. It also made certain things that groo did (like the fact that he carries two samurai swords) make sense.

I was in heaven!

Then we attended a great panel with Max Brooks and George A. Romero. Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!  George Romero is also the bomb. What makes him so damn cool is that he doesn’t give a shit abut the Hollywood Bullshit and does what he wants. He mainly looks for independent investors and creates movies for the love of the movie and the social commentary he puts into his work. (watch land of the dead and hear the words, “We don’t negotiate with terrorists” Draw your own conclusions on what his latest commentaries are) George will be sigining autographs all day today and I will DEFINITLY get him to sign something.

Today , I will be attending the Boondocks panel with Aaron McGruder. Since Aaron Mcgruder and I grew up in the same city, knowing A LOT of the same people, this one will be fun. Tonight is Kevin Smith’s discussion, along with a bunch of other cool ass shit.

This trip has been worth every thing.

*nerds out some more*

First of all, I could actually live in San Diego. It’s urban, bohemien and very very cool. Probably super expensive to live, but…eh.

Seondly, there is nothing like nerd love. While we were standing in line for “preview night” after getting our badges, we happened to notice a couple to the right of us making out pretty heavily. The guy kept egging the girl on as if he hadn’t ever been kissed until he met her. (this is probably true, though.) It struck us as mildly hilarious.

This place is HUGE and there is A LOT to see. Not as many costumes as I had anticipated, but, like I said, it was just preview night. We have four more days. The preview of the exhibit hall was amazing. We saw a NEW lego Star Wars for the Wii–which made me giddy with excitement of using the Wiimotes to swing light sabers around. Short Round scored a pre release of the new Teen Fantasy Novel “Betwixt”, and there are so many comics to chose from I nearly peed myself.

and that was just preview night.

Stay Tuned : Today will encompass Sergio Argones, Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) and other notables.

*goes to nerd out*

Earlier in the week I thought I was a goner. I thought I was going to have to sit this Otakon out. You see, On Tuesday, I came down with some nasty cold. I was dying on Wednesday and was seriously thinking I was NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. After nyQuill, DayQuill and some sleep, I was about 75% on Friday. I decided that I couldn’t bear to miss my favorite convention of the year.

This year was a bit different. This year, I sort of fell into chairing a panel and was invited to do it again next year. Since I am now discussing anime on a panel at a convention, I believe that I am a dork in an offical capacity. Unless, uh…I’ve already been an “offical” dork.

We leave Monday Morning for the next convention in San Deigo. Watch this blog for live updates from Comic Con International, starting July 25, 2007.

*geeks out*

They released the full scheduling program over the weekend. It makes things easier so that we can actually plan out our days, decide what is not that kid friendly and plan well needed breaks throughout the day so we don’t Con ourselves to death.

On another note, after perusing the past guest lists, it seems America’s favorite blonde airhead is a repeat con goer (nerd love?). No, you’re right. I do not get it either and sincerely hope that she is NOT there this year. Hopefully, she will be too exhausted from her horrid days spent incarcerated.

Of Course, Stan lee will be there!

…but not in the same way that one might think.

I never usually blog about short round, the offspring of the holy Fatman. That would make this a dreaded mommyblog and we all know how much I LOATHE those sickening creations. No one really gives a shit about the daily habits of my child. Anyway, an amusing anecdote hardly makes this thing into a mommyblog so I promise not to turn this into an everyday affair.

Short Round had a dance last night. Since she is in 7th grade, the dance was a big deal. I had signed up to chaperone for this grand affair and ended up being a bit late because of spending a large majority of the day at the friggen mall. I showed up dressed like I had walked out of the Hot Topic (this, yes, is normal for me) because I had no time to change and look just a little respectable. I had my Ralphie from the Simpsons tee shirt on that said “Pick me” with his finger up his nose. I walked in, took off my coat, surveyed the room and noticed the nasty stares from the rest of the Moms sitting around the room. Oops.

Now I already know that I am universally disliked by the PTA moms of this catholic school. (yep…yep…) Why not just fuel the damn fire, right? No, not fuel…just be myself. I couldn’t care less what they thought of me. My child is well adjusted smart kid who is raised in a good home. My appearance and interests don’t really matter if I’m doing all the right things. So what El hubbo and I support wholeheartedly her deep interest in anime, video games and reading sci fi/fantasy. Errr…well..we actively encourage it.

When the DJ started playing some AC/DC and some old Aerosmith, I busted with the air guitar and started dancing with the girls. I knew the words, I danced and sang and just had fun. Later on, as I stood talking with the other cool mom, the boy that all girls hold torches for walked up to me and said, “Your tee shirt says Pick me, so I’d like to pick you for this dance!”

So, I danced with him. We had a nice conversation about music and what kind I listened too.
Well, the boys never let Short Round into their world, even though she has similar interests. They didn’t believe that she had every game console in the house. They didn’t believe that her parents took her to anime conventions and Weezer concerts. They simply thought she was embellishing to make friends.

I scored a lot of cool points with the kids last night.I probably made a lot of the frumpy moms feel even more detached from their children’s world.  Most of all, I validated all the stories Short Round would tell. I suspect they will all be coming over to play xbox 360 soon.

Most of all, I had a damn good time.

I’ve mentioned it before, but my uber geek husband as well as my little geek in training are embarking on what I have termed “Geek week”. This involves our family attending two Comic book/Anime conventions on different coasts. I’ve been meticulous about wanting to save a reCOCulous amount of money to dump at these cons while limiting the expenses I’ll spend on accomodations . Here is my secret:
1. I secured the hotel. The swanky one. Thanks, Marriott  miles.

2. I think I might have enough flight miles to fly our entire family for free

3. a frugailty plan that will allow us to save almost $1500 monthly. No, I’m not dieting on ramen noodles and rice cakes with peanut butter. Since we have no debt, living frugal is easy.  if you want to know my secret…well…It’s called living below our means.

I’ve decided to put a counter down below. We’re excited about this vacation. I am, because it will be the first time that I will ever see California. Anyhow, I hope that this is as cool as we’re hypin’ it up to be.

Despite the out of control crime rate in My awesome City of Baltimore, the new mayor has decided that the first order of business in the City is….Trash. Hmmm..Is she trying to apply the “Broken Window Theory” to our city? I think it’s going to take a bit more then cleaning up the litter to clean up the trash in the city.

The Zero Boss has proof that Wal-Mart knows NOTHING about Anime: It’s selling HENTAI and YAOI!!!!  Wal-Mart selling the stuff makes me snicker, though. They can’t sell a cosmo with too much clevage, but then can sell cartoon porn. haha.  Any hardcore anime fan knows that tenticle boy love sex is a huge fucking joke. Yaoi fans, flame away.
Joan of Snark writes about how celebs are jumping the Hiliary Boat for the Obama Life jacket. Oprah, whose legions of housewife minions would die for her if she asked might make an appearance. Joan writes,

Let’s face it, if Queen Oprah throws her considerable weight (and no, that’s not a fat joke) behind Obama, I would say that Hillary (and everyone else) can just go home. I have some serious opinions (not necessarily favorable) about Dame Oprah, but I won’t get into that now. It’s her minions (not millions) that will sew up this election for Obama.

And she couldn’t be more correct.   Oprah encouraged millions of Housewives to read more then just trashy romance novels. If she mentions Obama in a positive way once, we can bet our asses we’ll be addressing him as “Mr.President” in ‘08.

Evil bender highlights a few HOLY CRAPS! First, this asshole who has a lovely collection of Blogs for choice. Presumably for all the other anti-choice minions to comment spam on. However, not every blog has an entry on choice. AND–the photoshopped dead “fetus” photos are a hoot.

The funniest part of that is my choice blog  is NOT included. I wonder why? because I CHOOSE to actually HAVE the child? I *STILL* had a choice dumbass and i’m STILL advocating CHOICE! It’s funny, too…a Commenter pointed out that advocating smoking (as he does in his header) kinda kills kids, too….
And this one—Total HOLY CRAP!  You have to see it for yourself.

Have a Good weekend, folks. It’s beer O’ Clock. I fully intend on cracking one on the train, too. Fuck Fox News and its “investigations”

No.

No NO NO NONO. NO.

NO.

Ghost in the Shell Live action?

No.

NO NON ONONO. NO!