It seems like only a year ago that my sons and I made our annual trip to the San Diego Comic-Con, but it’s that time again. For those of you unfamiliar with my history with the Con, you can click here for some background. Those of you who have read that and are coming back for more probably suffer from the same short-term memory loss that prompts me to keep booking the trip every year.
This year, my sons Ben and Sam (click here for an introduction) were able to accompany me for the whole Wednesday-through-Sunday trip. (Last year, they couldn’t join me till Friday and Saturday). I was surprised. The prospect of spending four days with me, much of it in a hotel room, must be daunting. They probably think of the trip as a character-builder, like climbing Mt. Everest or caring for the criminally insane.
A couple of differences from the previous journal:
- I've used the correct spelling of "Comic-Con" this year, even though the constant stretch of my pinkie to the hyphen key is excruciating.
- Last year I included quite a few pictures. Except for a few diagrams that look like they came from an NFL locker room chalkboard, there are no pictures this year. I'm not fond of shining a spotlight on my legendary absent-mindedness, but I couldn't come up with a credible excuse, so I'll just fess up: I took pictures the whole time we were there, but when I got home on Sunday, the camera was nowhere to be found. I've since replaced my little Nikon Coolpix with a Canon camera that hangs around my neck and is heavy enough to send me to the bottom of any body of water, but it looks like the Comic-Con 2008 pictures are gone forever. Still, if anybody out there finds a camera with a bunch of pictures that I'm not in, send it my way.
In the meantime, here's the links to the journal. I've tried to break it up into manageable page lengths so you don't sprain your scrolling finger, but if you'd rather read or print the whole thing at once, the last link is to a complete printable version... click it at your own risk.
All material copyright 2009 Chuck Thornton