July 25, 2007

  • - Pre-San Diego Comic-Con -

    Here we go, my first of six blog reports on my trip to the Comic-Con International. I'll be leaving for San Diego in about 6 hours from now, and for some odd reason I'm just not "feeling it." I think it's because I've attended the event so many years already, it just feels like yet another trip for me. Although I can't say I'm not excited, but I'm not exactly overly enthusiastic right now about it. This is also the first year that I'm absolutely not prepared for the trip. I still don't have my clothes and items packed, and I'm still cramming a bunch of things that I need to do before I leave.

    I think part of the problem is that there's a slight chance I may not even be able to enter the convention center, due to the fact that I never got my attendee registration confirmation! I thought they were just running late in sending it out, but today's the day I leave and still there was nothing in the mail. I even registered on site last year (it's the cheapest then), which is good I suppose, because I at least still have my credit card receipt from last year to prove that I paid for membership.

    This year I'm staying at a new hotel I've never stayed at before, the "Comfort Inn Gaslamp" in downtown San Diego. The prices for the hotels this year have gone up yet again, sincethe past years. As long as comic-con keeps bringing in even more people every year (almost sold out this year), the hotel rooms are a hot commodity. Every year I get a hotel, I always get a room with a second bed, just in case a friend wants to go with me. Every year, a friend either bails out on me over there, or never goes at all. So this year I got a room with only one bed (plus one rollaway), and sure enough, I got several people who wouldn't mind rooming with me.

    Now, I'm going to go finish up a few chores, pack up my stuff for the trip, and get a little bit of sleep (I should have called in my graveyard shift this past night). There hasn't really been a year at Comic-Con that's completely let me down, and while I'm feeling more pessimistic right now about my trip there, I'm sure by Sunday night I'll be praising yet another fun memorable time.