Well its the last blog of August so thought i would talk about this years fan expo. Last Saturday i attended the con with Rob and Ryan. I've been to every fan expo since 2001 and this was my fifth with Rob. It was Ryan;s first. I was looking forward to introducing Ryan to the festivities. The only thing is you never know what you are going to get. Its a crap shoot. Two years ago we had one of our worst experiences but last year when we went it was pretty awesome. The verdict this year? Unfortunately it wasn't so great. It was jam packed and not a lot of room to move. Did i mention i'm not a fan of crowds? Also the fan expo staff for lack of a better word sucked. Not helpful at all and so unorganized. There was an autograph sesion for the cast of the new Green Arrow show. It didn't cost anything so i decided i wanted to go. We got in a very small line and a few minutes later were told we couldn't get in unless we had a special ticket. So i asked how we could obtain one? Seems we had to be at a special screening of the arrow pilot a few hours earlier to get one. Hmmm. The ad on the website said nothing about a special ticket. So pissed. It was just chaos in there.
It wasn't all bad. There were some good highlights,
1) Ryan was like a kid in a candy store and it was fun seeing his reaction to things
2) a lady name Lisa a.k.a. nerdbiskit was there. She makes various nerdy crafts and we have interviewed her before on the show. I went to her booth to buy some things for Kathy. I mentioned who i was and she gace me the stuff for Kath at no extra charge. So nice. Oh and she's really pretty. Kath told me that before i met her and hey it was true.
3) There was a doctor pepper booth there that was handing out free samples. At the end of the day i got a big bottle of pop for free. I guess they were trying to unload their stock. Win for me!
4)There were a lot of cool costumes there this year and the people were really nice when Ryan and i took pictures of them.
5) I found the first 2 hard to find issues of Adventure Time for Diana. Here's how much i love her. I spent ten dollars an issue for them. I figured it was the last day her friend Courtney was going to be in Canada and i wanted to get her something to cheer her up. It did
All in all i had a good--not a great experience and i will really have to think twice about going next year. Still stings that we can't get a press pass from the. Hey the Buffalo Con is willing to work with us. We are even mentioned by name on their site. Suck it fan expo
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