A bunch of the Buffy cast was there and I got to meet and take a photo with James Marsters (yum!).

I hate you. -_-

I mean.. I don't -hate you- hate you, but.. I hate you.


How geeky is this: my bf and I know that if we were to ever get hitched (9 years together this spring, so we may start getting serious, but it's really too soon to say, we don't wanna rush anything), our honeymoon would be GenCon.

We run games at Con of the North in Mpls, and occasionally go to CONvergence. But eventually I'd love to take my niece to Sakuracon in Seattle. She loves anime, and I took her to Animinneapolis last summer.. and.. was completely lost. My anime is limited to Ranma 1/2 and Excel Saga, and while our costumes for the masquerade were awesome (she was Chihiro and I was Kaonashi from Spirited Away), she was fangirling out about whatever them kids are into these days. *wheeze*

If Blizzcon didn't sell out within 10m of the ticket sales going live, we'd be tempted as well. But dayum.

Yep, in Dallas!! We live in Shreveport which is just 2 or 3 hours east.

That Trek panel sounds like a dream come true!!! The Trek cast member I'd want to meet the most is Nimoy. I love him so much!! I don't know what I'd do if I actually met him, other than make a fool of myself, haha. The TNG cast is amazing, too, of course!! Do you know if Wil Wheaton will be there? I think he's more into the tabletop gaming scene nowadays but I'm sure he still does Trek stuff too.

My husband and I do Dragon Con each year and we may take the kids to Momo Con in Atlanta. We will see. Dragon Con is my one time a year to let my Geek Flag Fly!!

One of my good friends goes to Dragon Con every year with a big group of online friends and they always have a blast. I may have to join them this year, or maybe try get tickets for Blizzcon. I've never been to a big convention and I think it would be a riot.

The biggest one that i NEED to go to before i die is the San Diego Comic-Con! I just havent been able to score tickets! SAD! ((

But, last month my husband and I went to SacAnime 2014 - Anime convention in Sacramento, CA. The main reason why we went was because the creator of Power Rangers was there giving a presentation. It included never before scenes of the show, where some of the cast is now, original try-out videos of the original cast, etc. it was awesome! The actual Anime con wasnt as good as i was hoping for (probably because the convention was in sacramento. so boring here).

This year Jason David Frank (the gree/white ranger) will be in Sacramento next month for Wizard Con. My husband and I follow him on instagram and he's SOOOOO awesome. he actually takes the time to comment back to fans, checks out their pages; likes their photos and comments on them. He's sent me a few comments back. But, my husband (i love him!) screwed up though. He assumed I wasnt going to the VIP Jason is doing. But when he went to buy my VIP ticket... sold out. Needless to say, i was very disappointed. But, i still will get a photo-op with the Green Ranger.
I really hope to see Stan Lee and Bruce Campbell! I cant wait to buy a bunch of stuff!!! hahah

I go to Anime weekend Atlanta when ever i can. that is where i met my now soon to be husband.

Oh, and Boston CominCon in August! :happy: :happy:

My first convention was last year's Animinneapolis in Minnesota. This year I'm taking hubby to his first con and we're checking out Anime Detour. I can't wait. I'll get to meet Greg Ayres again (hubby just LOVES him)...
Last year I took my Haruhi Suzumiya and Yuki Nakamura cosplays and I'll take them again this year. I had thought I'd have another for this year's con but I'm thinking I'll just leave it as is and hope there's some cute Lolita clothing there to purchase for one of the days as well. Since I'm getting closer to my goal weight (at may make it there by April) I will love awarding myself with some clothing at the con.

As for staying on track, the hotel has a fitness room but I doubt I'll be using it since events start at like 8am and the raves go til like 2 am so I won't be doing much else besides panels and walking and dancing. As far as food, I'm just going to track but not beat myself up if I go over. It's a weekend, not forever.

I went to NY Comic Con this year and it was just... overwhelming. YIKES. Too many people!!! Although the cosplay was fantastic, and I had an in-depth conversation with Billy West.

I actually have a table at a few upcoming conventions; I make comics and I'm going to be trying to sell my comic to the unsuspecting public. Let's see how well that goes with my social anxiety!!! HAHAAH!!

But I'd love to go to SDCC. Seriously, they have the best rosters of special guests ever to assemble.

My first con was the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle almost... 5 years ago? It was much smaller then but still a good intro and a total blast. That same summer me and my bestie went to San Diego, which was insane but so much fun!

Every year since I've been going with my geek girls to the Emerald City Comic Con, and I've been getting better at managing my health goals. The first three years at my highest weight and lowest fitness level were fairly well torture on my back and feet. It was a total shock last year to realize that I was able to walk all day everywhere with only a couple short breaks. Being able to focus on geekery vs. your throbbing swollen feet = WIN in my book.

Walking all day for 3 days is my exercise, and managing meals and snacks is pretty easy considering we all try to save money where we can (so we can buy all the things!). Usually we'll stop at a grocery store before we go to our hotel and load up on portable healthy snacks (ie. veggies that we can cut into sticks, eggs that we can hardboil in a kettle, instant oatmeal packets, make our own homemade trail mix etc).

For most breakfasts/lunches & snacks we use what we bought (with the odd exception) and then we go out to dinner at our fave restaurants. It's been easier to make non-scale-breaking choices when we go out to eat now that I've got more knowledge and experience under my belt, but because everyone does the same thing it's not something I have to think about much and I can just focus on geeking out with mah gals instead

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We'll be staying in the hotel the con is at, so I'm not sure how much we're gonna want to leave. I know the area pretty well, but unfortunately there's not a lot of good options around there, haha. I was thinking sandwich fixings, maybe some fruit, crackers, granola bars, that sort of stuff. I need to check if we have a fridge in our room or if we'll have to rely fully on our cooler.

Eating is definitely hard to do right at cons! I'm lucky that I'm in the KC area for the two I'm attending next month, so I'll driving to them from my house each day (that equals breakfast and dinners at home, so only lunch will have to be done around the con itself). When I went to San Diego Comicon in 2012 though.. man... I ate terribly.. I'm pretty sure I gained a real 2 pounds while there, but I also didn't count my calories or take accountability back then.

I went to NY Comic Con this year and it was just... overwhelming. YIKES. Too many people!!! Although the cosplay was fantastic, and I had an in-depth conversation with Billy West.

I actually have a table at a few upcoming conventions; I make comics and I'm going to be trying to sell my comic to the unsuspecting public. Let's see how well that goes with my social anxiety!!! HAHAAH!!

But I'd love to go to SDCC. Seriously, they have the best rosters of special guests ever to assemble.

I love NYCC! They also have NY Anime Fest at the same con. I remember going when they were both separate cons. My geeky boyfriend is also overwhelmed by the crowds, but it helps to have a plan, and take things in short bursts.

My first con EVER was Dragoncon in 08, I think. Kind of a mistake to go to that epic of a con first time out - all other cons pale in comparison. That being said, I adore going to cons, large or small.

New York Comic Con/Anime Fest
AnimeNext
WickedFaire
RenFaire (not really a con, but still)

I'm in the NYC-metro area, and there a bunch of Who, Fantasy etc cons I've not made it to yet!