Wherein I Visit Nerd Heaven
Things I learned at Wizard World Comic Con today:
1. Sexy Leia costumes are on the way out (I only saw three).
2. Visible panty lines are rampant in the nerd/geek community.
3. Dr. Who is not nearly as popular in the merch section as it is with the numerous attendees who dressed as The Doctor (as well as the TARDIS – three girls, three takes on the TARDIS).
4. Patrick Stewart could easily fit in my glove box.
5. There is a Light Saber group in the Chicagoland area ( www.saberwars.com ).
6. Felicia Day is awesome. (see fig. 1)
7. Felicia Day wants me (see fig. 2).
That’s right! All I wanted to do was say hi and get my picture taken with her…then she manhandled me! Not that I’m complaining!
Here’s the story: I’m in line waiting to meet her. Said line snakes its way in back of the booth where she is sitting. The lovely Miss Day needs to make use of the facilities which are just on the other side of me. When she pulls the curtain back to run to the little girl’s room I say “Hello Felicia!” To which she replies, “Hello, Hurt Arm Guy!” and smiles at me. I can only assume she wants to take things slowly at this point and probably hasn’t yet seen the ring on my finger.
Fast forward twenty minutes and it’s finally my turn in line. I had my camera to cousin and make my way behind the table next to her. Before I can even say hi she looks at me, down to my shirt then looks me straight in the eye and says, “I need to rip your shirt open!” Obviously I thought she was joking and smiled, quipping how my wife is very understanding and trusting…then my cousin indicates he got the picture and I turn to Felicia. She says nothing, choosing instead to grab me by my lapels and do the damage seen in figure 2.
Moral of the story:
Felicia Day is frackin’ awesome!!!!
