Friday morning came upon us like an eager lover, quick and entirely too forceful. Still tired from my day of travels, I managed to put on a fairly nerdy outfit (Star Wars dress by Black Milk) and stuff down my tiredness with sheer excitement for the day. After we broke our fast on some local fare, we took the longest L ride ever (like over an hour you guys...I went through Harlem for Christ's sake), and found ourselves at the doors of Comic Con. As we all waited in line, I scoured the aisles looking at the cosplays; there were Batmen and Doctors a plenty, there were Stormtroopers galore, you want Deadpools?-I found 20, but I wanted more (I know not in the vein of the song, but I had to end somewhere). It was so excited to see what was in store, then we were ushered into the convention hall and I literally think the nerd in me grew three sizes. Artists everywhere, original artworks of my favourite superheros and cartoon characters, there were t-shirts, memorabilia, comics (duh), pretty much everything that encompasses the nerd lifestyle. Truly amazing....so we spent the majority of the day there just hanging out and walking around and seeing everything. I didn't really think that it could be as tiring as it was just looking at everything, but I think that it was mostly exhausting from all the excitement. I am so happy we decided to spend most of our in Artists' Alley-which features some VERY talented people showing off their art. I did find a fantastic artist, whose work I just fell in love with, and ended up buying an original of his. I was not planning on spending that much, but I found the piece in the morning and could not stop thinking about it, seriously I think I started a love affair with this picture. Anyway, we left comic con that day and pretty much just crashed as soon as we got back from being so tired.
Saturday was the day I had been really waiting for in Comic Con. It was the day I was dressing up as Silk Spectre. I was finally able to cosplay for the first time and I was very nervous about it. But I put on my outfit, walked the five blocks to the L station (at least Sheila had dressed up with me as Harley, so I wasn't looking like a fool by myself) and we sat on the train again to continue our venture to the land of nerds. Once we walked in, it was amazing! People started asking Sheila and I for pictures...like no shit, I probably had over 50 people ask to take my picture on Saturday. It is kinda an amazing boost to your confidence and also really great to know that people enjoy what you put hard work into. So pretty much Saturday was just spent walking around, taking pictures, and making sure that we got everything in that we wanted to-which was basically just walking around taking pictures and shopping at booths. On the way back from the con, I made some Asian fans-which thoroughly entertained me, and they were absolutely great. It really made me excited for more cosplaying opportunities and I can't wait till next year when I can cosplay for the whole time and not just one day.
So that was my great weekend...seriously you guys, Comic Con is so amazing and is such a great experience that I am very glad I was able to enjoy. I have to say that the one thing no one tells you about Comic Con, is that it does really smell like a sweaty BO producing boy...I don't know why it smelled like that (I mean besides the fact there were thousands of nerds packed into one building-honestly that was probably it), but for anyone who reads this that is thinking of going to a con, please please shower beforehand. Everyone will thank you for it and you will thank yourself knowing that smell isn't coming from you...
And here are some pictures for your enjoyment!
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