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So. I registered as press for Comic-Con this year, because it's actually important this year to do so (not that I wouldn't've anyway, but that's neither here nor there). There's some sort of serious delay getting press confirmations out, so I email them and they confirm that Classic-Horror has three registered as press, which is good, because we do, in fact, have three.

Then the exhibitors and panel people start emailing. Except they don't email me. They email midnightfae and airawyn. For a while, I think that they've just singled out the freelancer (airawyn) and the alphabetically superior editor (midnightfae). Except I'm still nervous, so I email them and ask about me specifically. They assure me that I am registered.

They email out the confirmations. Unlike normal registration, you *cannot* get into Con as press without your barcoded confirmation. Guess what? Everybody gets one but me. I even checked the email logs. Nothing arrived for me, not even to the wrong email address.

So I'm thinking that somehow they have the wrong email address for me. I've shot them an email about this, but there's a handy note on the confirmations that says that so close to the Con, they can no longer make alterations to our info or make any corrections. P.S. quantum_gazebo, we thought we'd take the time to delay the press confirmations to the very last minute to screw you over specifically. Take it, monkey boy.

*headdesk* I'll see what the press folks have to say in response to my email, but I'm a little panicked right now.

Depressing: No new Who today.

Very Much Not Depressing: My Comic-Con vacation time starts in two weeks.

Downright Cheer-making: I get to see my friends soon! In San Diego! Which is a city!

Hilarious: I forget where this was linked, but HBO's clips for Flight of the Conchords are hilarious.

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There ain't no party like my Nana's tea party.

Anyway. How are you?

Sent the good folks at Comic-Con my press info today, so I can get on all the cool lists. Hopefully a schedule for the con is forthcoming. I have an actual staff this year (okay, my roommate) and I'm hoping to use that to my advantage and widen the berth of our coverage.

As always, I'm taking volunteers for covering panels at the Con. Eternal gratitude can be yours!

According to nemo_gravis, somebody wearing a green t-shirt and fitting my general physical description showed up in the background of G4's Con coverage.

Because, you know, I haven't randomly popped up on the Lost Season 1 or Serenity featurettes. I really need more coverage as That Tall Comic-Con Guy.

Had a really bad knock today, not-Con-related, but otherwise, things are going fantastic. Hung out with midnightfae and _jealousy_ all day, with cameos by the rest of the gang. Tomorrow I am scheduled to hang with side_of_zen and brightone for the Snakes on a Plane panel, and the whole gang for the Smart Pop panel.

I am skipping most/all of the Skiffy panels, as I don't really watch Skiffy unless it's a British import featuring a blue police box -- and there's no panels about Who this year.

Stuff I've purchased so far:
Serenity poster
Tenth Doctor & Rose poster
The Prisoner poster
Finding Farscape (Smart Pop books)
A Sonic Screwdriver (the next-to-last one at the Con)
A "Math is Delicious!" Questionable Content shirt
Two raffle tickets for the California Browncoats drawing.

Planned purchases:
One Macfarlane book (title TBD)
Something cool from Sideshow (no idea what)

Working on getting notes compiled from Con now.

midnightfae and I are enjoying a little pre-Con breakfast at Willow House (well, coffee, but she's having a bagel) before hitting the road for San Diego. I have overpacked, as is my wont when I don't have to worry about airline luggage limitations. I have every conceivable kind of connector, because hey, might need it.

Anyway. Looking forward to the fun and the temperate climes.

Don't you wish you were going to Comic-Con, too?

This year, Writercon, a fan convention devoted to fanfiction writers, and Comic-Con, the single largest geek convention on planet Earth (with an attendance that exceeds the population of my hometown which has about 100k people), are taking place on the same weekend in late July. Poor planning, I say. I'm trying to gauge my flist's preference on this one (and non-flist is welcome too! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell your frenemies!).

[Poll #647747]

I am home. I am tired.

But I shook Joss's hand today and told him that I loved his work. That made me happy.

Monday:
8-5PM - Work *thpbt*
7-10PM - Improv practice
Spare time - Classic-Horror stuff

Tuesday:
8-5PM - Work *thpbt*
5-8PM - The Return of Writer's Group (yay!)
8-11PM - Classic-Horror stuff, packing

Wednesday:
8-12PM - Work *thpbt*
12PM-3PM - Packing. Classic-Horror stuff.
3PM - leave for Airport
4:30PM - Takeoff!
5:39PM - Land in San Diego
6:18PM - Meet up with hjcallipygian
6:30PM (est.) - Meet up with other Con people, go to Zimbabwe Central

Thursday:
CO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-ON!

Friday:
CO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-ON!

Saturday:
CO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-ON!

Sunday:
CO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-ON!
5:15PM - Depart for airport
6:43PM - Leave SD (sad)

ETA: Edited to be less Ranger Rick-y.

Bought a new tape recorder and memory card for the digital camera. Now I'm super-duper set for Comic-Con, the reporting and being a responsible member of the press side of things anyway. The getting crazy and possibly naked part takes care of itself. I hope.

I'm half-convinced that I should start writing the Prisoner/Doctor Who crossover fic that I started in goalieanna's journal. Mostly because the thought amuses me. However, putting an escape device in a place that is, supposedly, completely inescapable makes things difficult.

If you haven't had a chance yet, check out Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka while BBC Cult is still open (it shuts down on July 15th, due to some people being whiny about where their license fee is going). It's a web animation produced before the BBC announced the new series. It features a completely different Ninth Doctor (voiced by Richard E. Grant) with a different sort of story.

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