Something that has taken me years to understand and fully appreciate is that I am a nerd!
I think I was always secretly one, but then I married Garett and this whole new side of crazy came out.
I now play PC games like League of Legends and Borderlands 2 with Garett.
I follow League's World tournament like other people follow football.
We also love Nintendo and their family oriented fun.
We watch normal shows, but also anime which can be pretty cool.
I am part of 2 Facebook groups: Gaming Mommies and Legit Lady Gamers and that is the best thing about Facebook anymore.
Garett and I have played D&D with friends and I had an incredibly awesome Dragon disciple bard.(yeah you had never even imagined that combo before had you?)
I read fantasy and I read 26 of the 28 Shannara books by Terry Brooks this summer in the course of 5 months. (I can't believe I did that either!)
So yes I am a big hearted geek nerd and I love it!
This all culminated to bring about us going to Salt Lake Comic Con this year!
To be fair Mark Hamill and William Shatner were speaking and how on earth could I live with myself if I didn't go to that????
(If you don't know who they are, just letting you know, you are breaking my heart.)
Over 10,000 people showed up to hear Mark Hamill speak and let me tell you it was worth it!
He was hilarious, fun and humble oddly enough. You would think playing one of the most famous roles in film, that it would get to his head, but no he's an older guy who just happens to be famous.
He even brought his dog on stage and talked to a crowded room like we were all just sitting in his home talking over lunch. He is truly a remarkable man (no pun intended).
Shatner on the other hand is a straight up comedian who does not take himself seriously at all.
He's had his career and seems content to just laugh off the rest of his life.
Now onto the good stuff....the actual Comic Con!
It was amazing. It's like Disneyland for nerdy adults!
People dress up and it's really cool! The more people get into it the cooler it is! We got a few pictures of people, but most of them are on here.
We took UTA down to Comic Con and it was fun to see all the cosplayers on the train.
Also a shout out to Taryn for recommending the multiday pass, because you cannot see it all in one go.
There were hundreds of booths with an artists section, and then tons of vendors for authors and people selling cool stuff like this shirt:
We took the picture and posted it on instagram and then showed it to the vendor to get a free Midna poster (not pictured on here).
Gosh we just wanted to buy everything!
The few treasures we did find though:
A shardblade necklace from the Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson
(This series will be going on for at least another 14+ years so if you want a finished series I recommend waiting another decade or 2.)
If you can name all 3 of these shows/movies (below) then you are a true anime nerd.
For everyone else from left to right:
Princess Mononoke by Miyazaki (an environmentally friendly movie, not as cutesy as his other movies)
Beyond the Boundary (a cool short show about girl with a blood sword hunting creatures, mostly humorous)
Erased (NOT HUMOROUS, about a guy that goes back in time to when he is 11 to try to stop a serial killer, still ongoing)
P.S. These were my favorite artists! This guy does the mock ups and then his girlfriend does the digital renderings and they were all beautiful. It was difficult to narrow it down to 3.
We also got these (below) for Joshua's room and I am in love!
This guy prints his pictures on the same paper he does his originals so they keep all their colorful glory!
They are watercolors of Miyazaki movies and some of my favorites.
Left to right:
Kiki's Delivery Service
My Neighbor Totoro
Howl's Moving Castle
Not pictured:
2 post-apocalyptic books by this cool new author J Kowallis called the Enertia Trials.
We walked around to lots of author's tables and most of them told us what they thought we wanted to hear, but she told us what she loved about the books and really just sold them to us through her telling.
We later found out she was the author and happily bought the books. They are a distopia but with actual adults (around 30's I think) because she was tired of teenage angst and I appreciated that.
I haven't had a chance to read them yet, but I can't wait. Garett has liked them a lot and that's a big deal so I look forward to letting you know how it goes.
I put lots of links throughout this post so if you want to learn more about anything you can find it through the links or google it.
We had a blast and would recommend Comic Con to anyone whether you be a closet nerd or a scream and shout it kind of nerd.
Love y'all!
Megan
