Well I am home from Dragon*Con and I promptly fell asleep on the couch last night and didn’t even take my computer out of my bag. I have over 1700 pictures to start going through, so I will get them posted in batches, and I am considering signing up for a pro flickr account so that I can put them up there as well. As for now, it is time to get some food in my system, start a load of laundry, and sleep for another few hours.
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It is official. My brain is fried. I am sitting here at work just watching the clock slowly move, mocking me until I am able to go home. I have 22 items that are not packed, most of which are either sitting next to a bag to go in, or sitting in the dryer. My schedule is loosely planned for what I want to go to at the con, and I only had one panel i won’t be able to make it to that I had planned.
By this time tomorrow, I should be in Atlanta, probably doing the last minute grocery shopping, and then having some time to chill before getting ready to head out to meet some of the fleet for trivia as a precursor to the con. We are set to check in early on Thursday morning, and we should be able to go get in line early for badge pickup in order to get that out of the way. We can then get the job started of enjoying a nice drink or 3 and seeing friends that have not been seen in a year. It is time to experience the con.
I got my patch in from G-bob, and now the Lostume is complete.
Current Mood: 
relieved
relievedWell the time is getting closer to my vacation for the year known at Dragon*Con. While finding other costume parts, I found my green BDUs that I had planned on modding for last years d*c, and decided that I should go ahead and do that for this year. As of right now, i have one shoulder patch on correctly, and one that needs to be seam ripped out and redone. I then need to do the buckles and all of that, but it shouldn’t take long. I was worried about the strapping being too dark, but then found an old belt type thing from something in my costume stuff that happens to be 1″ olive straps that are perfect.
My Lostume is mostly done, but I am still waiting for a patch to arrive. I ordered one from Patchgeeks.com on August 4th, and it has yet to arrive. Jen is sending me an extra one she had, so I should have a patch of some variety. I will be wearing the Lostume with everyone starting on Friday morning of con, so it would be a big time crunch trying to get to the dealers room first thing.
In other news, I will be shooting officially for GeeksofDoom.com taking pictures for the articles that TechGonzo writes. I am not sure of what panels this will entail, but there is time to get all of that figured out. I know that I will be shooting the Rebel Legion photo, the Slave Leia photo shoot, and the Harley/Ivy shoot. I am going to try to make it to as many of the big photo shoots as possible as it will be a good chance to use the wide angle lens I am renting for the week.
I still need to do my booze shopping as well as actually packing my stuff. My goal is to be packed completely by Monday so that it will be out of the way. It is always easy to pack for d*c, as it is costumes and then some regular clothes to wear on the way home. We are leaving early Wednesday morning, will get to ATL, do the grocery store shopping that is needed, and will then be heading to geek trivia with the fleet that night before heading to the hotel early Thursday morning. The goal is to get checked in early and have some time to chill before getting in line for our badges when the doors open that afternoon. I really can’t wait. Can we just fast forward the next week?
Current Mood: excited
excitedToday turned out to be a pretty good day thanks to Scott Bourne who if you are not aware is a professional photographer who is responsible for Photofocus.com and is also a guest at times on the Macbreak weekly podcast. Scott often does photography related giveaways to people who follow him on Twitter. Today was my lucky day. I received a $100 dollar gift certificate for Lens Coat who make protective neoprene sleeves and cases for photography equipment. This is perfect timing, as I was able to use this to place an order of a cover for my new Canon 70-200 2.8L IS lens.
I also placed a lens on reserve today for me to use at Dragon*Con. Hofmann asked me to help with the Rebel Legion picture, and I have wanted to try out a nice wide angle lens, so I reserved a Tokina 11-16 2.8 from Lensrentals.com. They are located in Memphis, so thanks to Chase, I won’t have to pay any shipping as he is going to pick it up for me when he gets the lens that he is renting for the con.
On Saturday I am finally going to make it to a Nashville Roller Derby bout. I have wanted to go to one since the event in Indiana, and but I have not been able to make it work with my schedule. I hope that I can get some decent pictures to give to a couple of my friends who are referees.
Current Mood: cheerful
cheerful
