DRAGON CON RECAP

Technically Dragon Con is still underway but as in years past we packed up all the things, got a trolley, got the car out of the lot and headed back home today in anticipation of rejoining the real world tomorrow. Once returning to Golden’s we unpacked the car, said hello to Mighty, changed into comfortable clothes then slept for the next 4 or 5 hours. I personally slept through most of the Blair Witch the sequel, waking up in time for the ending only to find out Golden’s DVR cut off the end of it, and Keanu, which is some movie about a kidnapped cat. Golden slept through them all as well as Lego Batman. I guess eventually we’ll get up and get food but for now I’m letting Golden sleep off the Con and thinking about taking another mini nap before food as well.

Sunday was a blast. We got up late, said good bye to M, and had some lunch at Johnny Rocket’s before heading down to the madness that was the Con. We finally caught that damn elusive Shuttle Bus, the Purple Line that is … the Green Line can kiss my ass, and made our way to the gaming rooms at the America’s Mart.

At that point Golden decided to paint and take a zombie, and she did a damn good job. (see below). While she did that I watched the Alton Brown panel on Dragon Con TV since the line was 2 hours long 3 hours before it started. I mean damn! Also he's bringing back Good Eats and not just as a web series !!! :D The Dragon Con TV streaming was amazing and I'll definitely be getting it again even if I don't come to the Con.

From there we made our way over to the Arcade, I’m not sure if this is the first year that they have had it but it’s the first time we have participated and it was great, will definitely make our way back to it next year. They had all these vintage games and pinball, and new games not released yet and some games that were in another language so we all just guessed and pushed buttons until it did things. It was awesome. 

  

Afterwards we made our way over to the Hilton for the Wynonna Earp meet up. Which was a ton of fun. I mean really no other fandom in the world is as passionate and awesome as the Earpers. While it wasn’t an “official” Dragon Con event the people who set this thing up did a great job. There was drinking, chatting and fun had by all. Emily Andras, writer, and actors Tim Rozon and Michael Eklund joined the meet up for a drink and chat and they made sure to talk with everyone. They love this fandom as much as the fandom loves them. It was cool to see and be a part of. Also Golden ran into several of her Twitter peeps at the event including M H which was a lot of fun too.

   

After that we just walked around and out got our last taste of the awesomeness that is Dragon Con. Saw some cosplay, another really epic dance party and had to catch Uber to get back to the hotel when that damn shuttle bus wouldn’t show up. Really this was one of my favorite Dragon Cons. We actually ended up doing some of the fun stuff available for the Con and didn’t just pay a lot of money to people watch. Don’t get me wrong people watching is fun and all but after a while you think oh look another Captain America and it kind of gets old. Once I recover from this trip we’ll start planning next year’s trip and I look forward to it every year cause if nothing else I get 5 days to hang out with my favorite person on this planet and that after all is the best part of all. Well that and this year it didn’t end with me giving blood and face planting so... WIN!

    

I’ll drive home in the morning getting mentally ready to re-enter the real world on Thursday and while I’m ready to get home I’m sad to leave Golden behind. I miss her like crazy when we are apart and wish science would get off their asses and make me a freaking portal to make hanging out with her more often a possibility. 

Peace –

Marcy

DRAGON CON DAY 1

Ok so I know we were down there yesterday but that’s not the official start date, I mean yeah it’s flowing into Thursday and eventually gonna flow into Wednesday but for now, based on the Dragon Con website, it’s Friday through Monday so that’s what we are going to go with. Keeping in mind my badge says 31st – Sep. 4th so what do I know. The point is today is the first full day for me, and frankly on this blog that’s all that matters.

Some of my favorite CosPlay from Thursday night and today  include:

     

We got back to the hotel last night sometime around 1ish …. Maybe 1:30ish …. Fell asleep around 2:30ish maybe I don’t know time does not seem to matter anymore and frankly neither does the day of the week if that text to my nephew wishing his high school football team a good game on a Thursday…when they don’t play until Friday. I guess I was thinking I was off therefore it was Friday. Whatever it’s the Con...... dates, times, and outside things don’t matter.

Last night we were there for the countdown, saw all the pretty and saw all the naked once Dragon Con Afterdark, which is what I call the timeframe between say 9:30 – until. I don’t think it’s an official name but it totes should be. There have been a lot of kids already here and I was a little surprised how many where there when we rolled out around 1ish, I mean don’t these kids have school today? Also don’t they as Golden says, “Deserve a chance at life” without seeing things they are frankly not ready for.

We were up and running at 7:00, well I was so I could shower, Golden turned up around 7:30 while I played on my PC and watched the news. That gave us about 4 hours of sleep. We grabbed some breakfast then headed down to the Nathan Fillion panel. Found the end of the line, down the street and around the building and followed the line until some guy came by and was all “the room is full thank you for your time.” We then walked down to the room anyway just to see, not that we didn’t “trust” random guy telling us to get out of line but yeah. We found a plug, frankly the greatest thing ever … next to a chair of course….and when the panel started I cranked up DragonConTV and we were able to watch the panel anyway. Then they had a malfunction at the mothership and we lost it but yeah. He was as charming and awesome and I thought he would be. The day was not a total loss….we then made our way to the Walk of Fame and got in line to meet Mr. Fillion and he was fantastic. He signed Golden’s Malcolm  Reynolds action figure, and a picture for me. He loved Golden’s glasses and told me I was nice…then we were shoved off to the side for the next person but in that second we were the only two in the room. It was awesome.

   

Then we went to hang with the cast of Wynonna Earp in the Walk of Fame, which was a lot of fun. We met several of the cast and they were all so sweet and excited that people were there they talked with us and really connected. I admit it was fun to see them excited about being here as excited as we were about them being here. I’ll admit I’m a new Earper. Golden brought me to the Earper table but I haven’t quite caught up with the latest season.

After today however, I’m more determined than ever to catch up. I'm glad we waited around for their panel. The cast alone was fun but the writer made me happiest of all. Emily Andras had such great answers to the questions asked by the fans but more so it was clear that she not only cares about these characters but also the cast that shared the stage with her. It was really fun to watch them interact with the fans and it reminded me what Dragon Con is really all about.

Then we caught the buss to head back to the hotel for resting until Marible gets here it’s been a long day guys. This Con goer is tired and my feets are very angry but nothing compared to how my legs and butt feel. Stupid body being stupid and broke down.

Things I learned today ….

1.       Plans change just roll with it

2.       Take the chair, you might think you will come back to the hotel during the day but likely you won’t

3.       Shuttle busses now only stop at specific locations

4.       No matter how much money I brought it was not nearly enough apparently

5.       People are both awesome or annoying and sometimes both

How is everyone else’s con going ? We are posting most of our pictures on our various social media accounts, twitter, facebook, Instagram, snap chat etc., so check em out.

Golden

Marcy