Callie's First Road Trip Day 6 & 7

Day 2 of Comic Con

Most of today was spent waiting in line. We got in line for the Ballroom today not knowing just how long it would take. All in all, we were waiting in line for about 3 1/2 hours!

Just a smidgen of the line we were in...

Amazingly, Callie was a trooper in line! She slept for part of it, maybe 40 minutes. But she was just a doll! We made lots of friends:) Especially since she was in her oh so adorable D is for Dahlek onesie which of course inspired all kinds of discussions about who was your favorite doctor? David Tennant or Matt Smith. The correct answer, if you're curious, is the former. The schedule in ballroom was: Big Bang Theory, Bones, Joss Whedon Experience, Girls Who Kick Ass and True Blood. We completely missed BBT and Bones since we were in line and honestly, the way the line was moving I was going to be surprised if we made it for True Blood, which was what I really wanted to see.

We did see a completely motorized R2D2 zooming by while we were waiting...

Inside at last! And very sleepy after feeding:)

We made it inside just as Joss Whedon was coming on, so it was good timing!

He put on a great panel, as always. When it was time for Q & A this person came up and asked "It seems like you work with the same actors time after time. Do you have a favorite actor?" Joss of course played political and said "I can't possibly answer that!" To which the questioner said "I won't tell anyone!" Everyone laughed. Joss then said "Its Nathan Fillion." Everyone cheered, because, well, how could you not like Nathan Fillion...Then Joss, more insistently said, "No! Its Nathan Fillion!: As in the person who had asked the question was Nathan Fillion! The camera turned on him and he slowly took off his disguise which was basically an outfit that looked like the same outfit Samuel L. Jackson always wears, white backwards Kangol hat and he had on a fake handlebar mustache.



Excuse the shakiness, this is the first time we tried out our new flip vid:) Bill started filming just after we all realized it was Nathan.

It was awesome! then Joss says "That's right! Its Ant Man." Referring to the fact the previous day he had announced that he was directing The Avengers. Although, apparently Nathan won't be in the Avengers. Bummer. So ya, awesome panel! After the panel Bill took Callie so I could stay for the next two panels.
The next panel was called Girls Who Kick Ass. It was an interesting panel! The three that I was most interested in were Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet from Lost), Anna Torv (Olivia from Fringe) and Jena Malone.

They touched on some interesting topics, the sexualization of female superheroes and the fun they have with their roles, what inspires them, etc. Several of them mentioned Ellen Ripley as an inspirational female role.
And then it was time for True Blood! It was a fabulous panel! Plus we got free stuff! We all got drawstring bags with some fun true blood items inside. I was really hoping for the VILF shirt, but ended up with Sam tshirt instead, but thats ok, since Sam is my favorite:)

My True Blood bounty: shirt, one of books by Charlaine Harris, a journal and some postcards in a drawstring bag

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Anyway my favorite moments were in the beginning when they brought out a cardboard cutout of Saarsgard since he couldn't be there. Anna Paquin also got to do her Bill impression again. Fabulous! "Sookie..." And when someone asked what it was like to work with animals (wolves in particular) Vampire Pam says " Saarsgard isn't that bad!"


Day 7
Today we opted out of Comic Con. It was just so crazy to be waiting over 3 hours on a friday. Plus there really wasn't too much I was dying to see. I would have liked to have seen the Green Hornet, Harry Potter panel in Hall H, but that's ok. In the end it was a very good decision because apparently there was a fight inside Hall H, which has NEVER happened at comic con before.
So instead we relaxed. We hung out at the condo for a while and then went to check out Lucha Libre Taco Shop in Mission Hills.

We had tried the other night but the line was too crazy and Callie was pretty much done for the day.

Read the bottom of the sign very carefully:)


Cause you never know...

This place is awesome!! Really great burritos and a cool gimick. Mexican Wrestling everywhere!
I had to buy a tshirt:)

Callie learning to dance with Auntie Fi:)

Afterwards we headed to Balboa Park. We lived so close to the park when we lived in San Diego but really didn't go enough. It was a beautiful day!

We saw 8 brides getting photos done. That has to be a record! We stopped for some shaved ice before we left.

Callie slept most of the time in the park, so no real cute pictures there. Of course when we discovered this little cafe with wine and a bar and I sat down to enjoy a glass of Mark West pinot, she wakes up. Damn that girl is amazing. Everytime I get ready to eat or enjoy a drink she wakes up. I fed her and then got to drink my wine.

We finished our walk through the park and headed to Sushi Deli, our favorite sushi spot in san diego. They make the most amazing sushi and it is ridiculously cheap. Plus they have their "crazy special" which is a large sapporo and sake for $2. Danger Wil Robinson Danger. It was taking a bit too long and Callie was melting down so we got it to go and ate it back at the condo. And of course you guessed it, she was fine until Mama sat down to eat. So after a short break I got to eat my sushi. Since she had slept so much during the day she wasn't so into the idea of going to sleep so we stayed up and played Wii with Mario and Fiona while Bill and I traded off with her. She just loved watching all of us jump around like idiots with the wii remotes! Then she finally fell asleep on me and down she went.