2011 - If it wasn't on Facebook it didn't happen

In 2011 ...

1. Johnson County Sheriffs were enjoyed at Cville Coffee
2. Bachelorettes were WOOOOO'd
3. Slushageddon was survived
4. Fled from the Smoke Monster
5. Missions were accomplished at SDCC
6. Mazes were ... actually, I was done with the maze after 10 minutes and bush whacked my way to freedom.  With the Stage-Harveys at the Dole Pineapple Plantation.
7. Teeth were pulled.  Apparently I am a girl with a tiny mouth and ginormous teeth.
8. Sanctioned drinking during work hours
9. Animals were fended off with Creed songs
10. Nephews were born
11. Skee was balled.  We were the Knights who said SKEE!
12.  Terrenced with Ames in Fred
13. 40th birthday parties were survived
14. Dear friends visited
15. Hurricanes were hunkered
16. Cookies were exchanged

#SDCC Super Swag Give-away

UPDATE! Congratulations commenters!  You've just won yourself some fine, fine swag.  Andrew, please email me your mailing address and the Psych tee will be yours.

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I've finally unpacked from this year's San Diego Comic Con, and the fruits of my grubbing for free stuff are now yours to enjoy!  It's rather remarkable the fugue state one enters when there's swag to be had.   I've happily waded into scrums with no regard for how much it would suck to be crushed to death for a cheap t-shirt.  And fortunately this year's grab didn't require getting into a scrap with a security guard *cough* WB booth *cough*

Behold the following fabulous selections (click on the photos to embiggen):

A:  STARZ Spartacus tote, USA's Psych t-shirt (L), and a set of 4 TV Guide Comic Con special issues (Chuck, Fringe, The Big Bang Theory, and The Vampire Diaries covers)

B: Spartacus tote, 4 TV Guides, and USA Covert Affairs t-shirt (L)

C: Chuck and TBBT TV Guides and Chuck Nerd Herd t-shirt (L)

D: HBO Game of Thrones string bag, mini map of Westeros, House Lannister t-shirt (L), and mass market paperback.

I couldn't bring myself to rep Casterly Rock.  TEAM STARK!

E: Wonder Woman iPhone case (3G or GS), Young Justice card deck and pins, and Batman Year One shades.

F: Set of 4 TV Guides and 5 FOX Animation Domination pins (Homer, Stewie, Brian, Rollo, and Roger)

G: TVD TV Guide cover, Boone Damon trading card, and "blood bag" soft side water bottle

H: TBBT TV Guide and 4 Looney Tunes pins and cartoon block

I: TVD TV Guide, Breaking Dawn magnet, character trading cards, 2 Jacob pins, and 2 light up key chains










Now for the fine print:  Hit me up in the comments here or on twitter @Tubular_Whitney with the swag pac(s) you're interested in.  You can enter for multiple pacs but only one will be given per person.  One entry per person please - no spamming the comments.  Names will be drawn at random** on Sunday August 28 and announced here.  Offer open to everyone, no purchase necessary, void where prohibited, and valid in 49 states ... sorry Tennessee*.

* Nah, just messin'.  You're cool Tennessee.

** ETA 8/27 - Except for A, B, and C.  Those will go to the folks who jumped on the bandwagon first.

2010 - A Year in Pictures

Totally geektastic gift ideas for the fanboy and nerdgirl in your life - 2010: Part of the Second

To be the man, you've got to beat the man ... in a mask.

Lucha Libre masks via Cool Material

Do you need to affix take out menus and childrens' art to your fridge?  Well, there's a magnet for that.

I make this suggestion with fair warning - buy it ONLY if your giftee was eventually able to purchase Comic Con 2011 tickets.

Otherwise I take no responsibility for the thrashing you're likely to incur.  

Error 500 Internal Server Error tshirt

Does your loved one want to be among the first to welcome our sentient robot overlords?  Consider sending them to Singularity University.

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Naturally, if you go to the trouble of selecting the perfect geektastic gift, you should at least wrap it in perfectly geektastic paper.

You could give me an empty box on Christmas, I wouldn't care.  Not if it was wrapped in Dune paper.

Bless the Maker and all His works; Bless the coming and going of Him.

Sci Fi inspired wrapping paper by merrypranxter via io9.

Comic-Con 2010 - Random snaps

At some point, everything starts to look sci-fi.  Do you think architects in San Diego intentionally design things to be geek bait?

Luke has three daddies.

Behold!  Bobblehead Claire with furbaby.  Clearly, this is awesome.

And I will love him and squeeze him and call him Mal.

Jayne ... the Ken-like doll they call Jayne ...

"Browncoat sold separately"

Comic-Con 2010 - #Supernatural panel

Have you ever wondered how Tatooine must feel, what with the two suns and all? Yeah, I imagine its something like this.

Don't really know how the planet feels about the cow though ...

My recap and full report from the Supernatural panel is up and live over at Tubular.  It's just like being there, only without the shortness of breath, fluttery stomach, and slight dizziness.

Did I mention that Misha waved to me?

The Smallville panel preceded Show,  and was actually really enjoyable, made even more so when a surprise guest came out on stage and took a place at the table.  Ladies and gentleman ...

John effing Schneider.

I have mad love for Bo Duke, and he was a delightful and funny addition to an already energized room.  The absolute highlight though was when he propped his drivers license up in front of him as an impromtu name tent.  The camera zoomed in on it, and he made a comment about "that's my super hero hair cut."

Executive producer Brian Peterson replied, "that's your address."  John quickly returned his license to his wallet, and said, "well, I guess I'll see you all for dinner."

Why yes, I am a national treasure, thank you for asking.

Comic-Con 2010 - Friday report

It's a trip I've wanted to make for years, and now I'm here. Wow. To say that I was overwhelmed yesterday was an understatement. This place is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. And the convention center looks like a frakking battlestar that broke atmo and crashed next to the bay.

I knew it was going to be a good day when I was picked up for the ride to the airport in cab #42. When I had a conversation about Dune with my San Diego shuttle driver, I knew I was home.

Photos and moments, after the jump ...

You can also follow my adventures in real time on the twitters @waxwendy, and at Tubular where I'm reporting on the tv panels.  Check out my recap of the Spartacus panel and more!