WonderCon 2010

I've just got back from the Nerdfest that is WonderCon 2010!  I've never been to a convention before, not even a Star Trek one.  I know.  I just lost some NerdCred.   Here's some of what was there:

<--- Yep, thats the famous 501st Legion Storm Troopers, keeping an eye on the civilian going-ons.  And making trouble for lurking Jedis.  A couple of Darth Vaders strolled about too.

 There were also lots of these -->

of various makes and models.

<----  Not to mention lots of these too.

But the coolest part was, I met Brent Spiner.  He signed a picture for me. See what it says? (It's signed to me - Data)

It was nerd fandom in it's purest form.  Signed autographs.

<--- Oh, and I also caught John Delancey (aka Q!!).



Actually, it was way keen.  I wanted to just hang around and visit with them all day, I'm sure that's just what they wanted too, having another grown man hang out and admire them, telling them what a big fan he is, that he's seen all their stuff, and hopes he gets to see them in more things... well, maybe not.  You could actually get your picture taken with them too, but they were done photographing for the day so I didn't have the opportunity for that.







It was a pretty good day.  We also saw tons of cool booths, including stuff from these guys (visit their sites!):

I heart guts stuff:

http://iheartguts.com/

And this guys site: 




http://www.ericjoyner.com/default.aspx





Yeah.  Oh, and Sarah and I got to listen to Peter S. Beagle talk about writing, and books, and life and stuff.  I thought it was a lot of fun.  Now, I'm totally pooped from all the walking and gawking and consumerating.  Gonna take a nap!