{"id":3177,"date":"2011-08-17T23:37:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T06:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=3177"},"modified":"2017-12-08T07:47:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T15:47:52","slug":"my-san-diego-comic-con-adventure-panels-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/ht\/?p=3177","title":{"rendered":"My San Diego Comic Con Adventure: Panels and Beyond!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/comic-con.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13\" title=\"Click to visit Comic-Con at their official web site!\" alt=\"Click to visit Comic-Con at their official web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ComicCon-Logo-Blue.gif\" width=\"173\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This year was my third year at Comic Con, and it was by far the most fun I have ever had! The previous two years had finally prepared me to take full advantage of all that Comic Con has to offer. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\">Rachelle<\/a> and I managed to pack in panels, celebrity meet and greets, and many offsite events. It was a marathon four and a half days, but I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way! I will try to convey some of the awesomeness that went down, but it really is an experience that cannot be adequately described.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Wednesday (Preview Night):<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3191 alignright\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-hotel room view\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-hotel room view\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-hotel-room-view.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It all started on preview night (Wednesday) when Rachelle and I checked into our hotel (only 3 blocks<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> fro<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">m the convention center!) <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">and went to pick up our badges and Comic Con bags. We only live 15 miles from the convention center, but we learned last year that a hotel is essential if you plan on doing anything outside of normal convention hours, or if you want to enjoy all that downtown San Diego has to offer. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">On our way to the convention center we ran into a friend who invited us to the unofficial <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Syfy<\/a> party for all those who didn\u2019t make the list for the official Syfy\/E! party on Saturday night (Score!). We were already off to an awesome start!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The line went quickly and within 10 minutes I was ready to go with a pretty cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_bang_theory\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a> bag. The second we stepped onto the exhibit hall floor, it felt as though we had never left. It\u2019s amazing how that happens. You wait for months and months for something, but as soon as you\u2019re there it feels as if last year was yesterday. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3285\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Comic con banner\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Comic con banner\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Comic-con-banner.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We made a bee-line for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchtheguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Guild<\/a> booth as we wanted to say hi to the cast and some of our fellow guildies and drop off a few gifts. We gave <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/feliciaday\" target=\"_blank\">Felicia<\/a> some pretty adorable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Freudian-Slippers-Medium-Womens-6-5-8-5\/dp\/B002ZF5J40\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1315972878&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Freudian slippers<\/a> that she seemed to enjoy. They were all charming as always and enjoyed the cookies we had brought them. If you watch The Guild and ever have the chance to meet the cast, make sure you do it! They are all incredibly nice people and love chatting with fans.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We walked around a bit more and stumbled across some pretty awesome booths. The first was <a href=\"http:\/\/unclemilton.com\/star_wars_science\/\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars Science<\/a>, which sells educational Star Wars toys (how awesome is that!!). We loved them so much we set up an interview for the next day. \u00a0The second was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profilesinhistory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Profiles in History<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Profiles in History and Hollywood Treasure at Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/hollywoodtreasure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood Treasure<\/a>) booth (where you could take a picture with one of the Deloreans actually used in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088763\/\" target=\"_blank\">Back to the Future<\/a>!) for more about the Delorean at SDCC go <a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=2340\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. We then headed back to the hotel to get ready for the <a href=\"http:\/\/hammerimprov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hammer Improv<\/a> show.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Hammer Don\u2019t Hurt \u2018Em is an impov troupe that frequently performs in the LA area and at conventions around the country (members include The Guild cast members Felicia Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/sandeepparikh\" target=\"_blank\">Sandeep Parikh<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/jeffylew\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Lewis<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3204\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Hammer Improv\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Hammer Improv\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Hammer-Improv.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> If you ever get the chance to go see one of their shows, go and you will not be disappointed! Rachelle and I attend all of the shows we can, and we were super excited that for once they would be coming to us. The show was amazing, and afterwards we were able to show the cast the super awesome photobook (shown below with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/brookeseguin\" target=\"_blank\">Brooke Seguin<\/a>) we had made with Rachelle\u2019s pictures from the previous shows.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3205\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Rachelle &amp; Anne with Brooke Seguin\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Rachelle &amp; Anne with Brooke Seguin\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Rachelle-Anne-with-Brooke-Seguin.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Thursday (Day 1):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Thursday was the official first day of Comic Con. We strolled downstairs at about 7:30 to get in line for pre-registration for 2012 (or so we thought). The line was ridiculous, so we decided we would try again a different day. We moseyed on over to the convention center and got in line to go see the <a href=\"http:\/\/dragonage.bioware.com\/da2\/feliciaday\" target=\"_blank\">Dragonage: Redemption<\/a> panel. It was in a smaller room, and so the line wasn\u2019t bad at all and we got pretty good seats. We ran into several people we knew and all sat in a big group for the panel. We also ran into a Comic Con virgin in line right next to us, so we killed time in line by educating him in the ways of Comic Con.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">One of the large changes that enhanced my Comic Con experience this year was all of the connections I\u2019ve made in the geek community over the past year. It was so much fun to be a part of a group and made everything more exciting. Also, with hundreds and thousands of people in the convention center, it\u2019s very easy to get lost in the crowd. Making friends with people there makes the experience much more intimate and much less overwhelming. If you don\u2019t know anyone at the con, talk to the people around you in line. Most of the time you\u2019ll find they are very friendly, and chances are you\u2019ll have something in common (you are usually waiting in line for the same thing after all).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Before the Dragonage:Redemption panel, there was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">theonering.net<\/a> panel, which was actually very informative. I hadn\u2019t been following anything about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0903624\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Hobbit<\/a>, so everything they presented was completely new to me. They told us all about the characters, the actors playing them, and showed us awesome pictures of the characters in costume. One of the fun things about Comic Con is that you sometimes sit through panels you wouldn\u2019t normally go see in order to make sure you\u2019re in the room for the panel you desire to see. This can be either good or bad, but this time it was good.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The Dragonage: Redemption panel was next, and we were all really excited! Some of the people we were sitting with had even worked on the webseries and they couldn\u2019t wait to see the trailer. The panel lived up to, and exceeded, all of my expectations. Felicia was adorable and hilarious as always. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3206\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Dragonage Panel\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Dragonage Panel\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Dragonage-Panel.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">They had some technical issues and the trailer they showed us was in black and white (but still amazing!). It was fixed by the end of the panel, so we were lucky enough to see both versions! If you haven\u2019t heard of Dragonage: Redemption, you should really go check it out. It was filmed on a small webseries budget, but the trailer proved that it has the quality of T.V. or a feature film! Felicia was lucky enough to be able to assemble an amazingly talented group of people who were willing to work for a fraction of what they usually make. The panel was very lively, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/actordougjones\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Jones<\/a> has got to be one of the sweetest people alive (if you ever see him, give him a hug, it\u2019s what he lives for).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">After the Dragonage panel, we had the rest of the day free to walk around the floor. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3210\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Anne &amp; Mario bros\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Anne &amp; Mario bros\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Anne-Mario-bros.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We investigated a number of booths and looked at all of the toys, etc. that were on display. We went back over to the Star Wars Science booth and Rachelle did an<a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=2459\" target=\"_blank\"> interview<\/a>. Then we stopped by the <a href=\"http:\/\/froggysphotos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Froggy\u2019s photos<\/a> booth and took pictures with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0107183\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolas Brendon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000585\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Picardo<\/a> (both were very nice). If you\u2019ve ever done photos through Froggy\u2019s, you know they rush you in and out within a matter of seconds. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This year, we finally were smart enough to go talk to people in the autograph line where you are not rushed before going in for the picture. It\u2019s fun to pick up your picture and then show it to the celebrity, and it makes the experience all the more personal. The rest of the afternoon we walked around and then went up to the autograph area to snag some pictures. We got pictures with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/clarekramer\" target=\"_blank\">Claire Kramer<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118276\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buffy<\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0368745\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Hatch<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0407362\/\" target=\"_blank\">BSG<\/a>), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001292\/\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Gray<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to learn more aboput Buck Rogers in the 25th Century!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078579\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3207\" title=\"Anne Rachelle &amp; Robert Picardo\" alt=\"Anne Rachelle &amp; Robert Picardo\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Anne-Rachelle-Robert-Picardo.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3208\" title=\"Anne Rachelle &amp; Richard Hatch\" alt=\"Anne Rachelle &amp; Richard Hatch\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Anne-Rachelle-Richard-Hatch.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The con floor is RIDICULOUSLY CROWDED and it is very difficult to move around.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3209\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-con floor\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-con floor\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-con-floor.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a>After navigating the con floor for hours, we were exhausted and decided to head back to the hotel. We picked up some dinner and relaxed a little bit. Rachelle decided to stay in and go through some of the hundreds of pictures she had already taken, and I wandered off to join some friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/w00tstock.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">W00tstock<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"border-bottom: medium dotted; text-decoration: none;\">W00tstock<\/span> ca<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3212 alignleft\" title=\"doctor and amy cartoon (640x480)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/doctor-and-amy-cartoon-640x480.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">n be described as a nerd\/geek variety show and is the brainchild of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/wilw\" target=\"_blank\">Wil Wheaton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/paulandstorm\" target=\"_blank\">Paul and Storm<\/a> (nerd comedy music duo), and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/donttrythis\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Savage<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/tv\/mythbusters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mythbusters<\/a>). There is also always a large variety<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> of special guests, and with people around for Comic Con, there were even more than usual. The show was amazing!!!! There were a combination of skits, musical numbers, readings from books (Wil Wheaton tells the best stories), commentaries on life, and much more (over 4 hours worth!). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Some notable<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> special guests were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Molly23\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Lewis<\/a> (ukulele player and singer extraordinaire), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/phirm\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Phirman<\/a> (comedy musician, go listen to his music now if you haven\u2019t already), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/nerdist\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Hardwick<\/a> (of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nerdist <\/a>podcast, which is amazing!), Jeff Lewis (doing stand-up as Vork, hysterical!), <a href=\"http:\/\/hardnphirm.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hard and Phirm<\/a> (Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman playing nerd comedy music together), <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Felicia Day on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/FeliciaDay\" target=\"_blank\">Felicia Day<\/a> (The Guild and Eureka), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/bergopolis\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Berg<\/a> (writer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/eureka\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eureka<\/a>), and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/grantimahara\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Imahara<\/a> (Mythbusters). There are a lot of hilarious videos out there, so I suggest searching for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=w00tstock+SDCC+2011&amp;aq=o\" target=\"_blank\">W00tstock SDCC<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">After the show, some of the performers stayed to sign autographs and take pictures. I was really looking forward to this because I wanted the chance to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/wilw\" target=\"_blank\">Wil Wheaton<\/a> again and I had a present for him. For those who don\u2019t follow him on twitter, you should. He is probably one of the coolest people ever. The theater held about 1300 people, so we were in for a long wait. They decided to go through the autograph line first before doing pictures, so I went through to chat with everyone. Much to my delight, Amy and Grant also stayed for the signing (you should be following both of them on twitter as well)! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I went through the line and chatted with everyone. Finally, I got up to Wil. I said hi, and started to introduce myself, but he stopped me and then told me a couple things about myself (OMG, Wil f-ing Wheaton remembered me!!!!). That may have been the highlight of the entire con. I gave him his present (glass bottles from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheatonsci.com\/b2cwhn\/b2c\/display\/%28layout=5.1-6_1_56_57_5_8&amp;xcm=B2C_NA_LAB&amp;carea=DDC1456B4B10EEF1AB7A001EC9FCDFBA%29\/.do?rf=y\" target=\"_blank\">Wheaton Scientific<\/a>) and he totally flipped out, it was amazing. By this point it was after midnight, so my friends and I decided we couldn\u2019t wait another hour for the pictures, but it was still a magical night.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Friday (Day 2):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I got up at 6am on Friday (groan) so I could hop in the line for ballroom 20 as early as possible. It was technically only the second day of the con and already I was exhausted. Thankfully I was prepared for this and had many Rockstars on hand. I got in line to be let into the convention center a little after 7am and there were already probably over 1000 people in line (thankfully not all for ballroom 20). They eventually let us into the convention center and it was a mad dash to get in line. I didn\u2019t do too badly, but if I wanted an awesome seat I should have gotten in line at about 6am. The lines this year were definitely much worse than I\u2019d seen them before. If you want to go to a panel in one of the ballrooms, you better be ready to get there early and sit in your seat all day. I met up with fellow <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders news Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wormholeriders\" target=\"_blank\">WormholeRiders News Agency<\/a> team members <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MeaganSue\" target=\"_blank\">Meagan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\">Rachelle<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/scififangirl616\" target=\"_blank\">Rigel<\/a>. We managed to snag us some awesome seats (yay!)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Luckily for Rachelle and I, we were interested in all of the panels in the ballroom that day. We saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starz.com\/originals\/torchwood\/Pages\/title.aspx?src=starz_mktg&amp;med=referral&amp;cmp=torchwood&amp;cid327\" target=\"_blank\">Torchwood<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amctv.com\/shows\/the-walking-dead\" target=\"_blank\">The Walking Dead,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_bang_theory\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/eureka\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eureka<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/warehouse13\/\" target=\"_blank\">Warehouse 13<\/a> before we left. \u00a0Torchwood was probably my favorite panel of the entire con. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0057882\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Barrowman<\/a> is hilarious! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3211\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-torchwood panel\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-torchwood panel\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-torchwood-panel.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">You can see our recap of Torchwood <a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=2239\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, Eureka <a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=2067\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and Warehouse 13<a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=2147\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3271\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Big Bang Theory\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Big Bang Theory\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Big-Bang-Theory.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">All of the panels were very good. One highlight though was finally being able to say hi in person to Eureka writer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/paulayoo\" target=\"_blank\">Paula Yoo<\/a> (but sadly not her cat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/oreothecatyoo\" target=\"_blank\">Oreo<\/a>). Between <a style=\"border-bottom: medium dotted; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surfcanyon.com\/search?f=sl&amp;q=The%20Big%20Bang%20Theory&amp;partner=wtiffusb\" target=\"scSearchLink\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a> and Eureka there was a bit of a break because the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0460627\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bones<\/a> panel had to be canceled. We took that opportunity to have a bathroom break.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3221\" title=\"Anne and Pat Tallman (480x640)\" alt=\"Anne and Pat Tallman (480x640)\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Anne-and-Pat-Tallman-480x640.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a>On our way to the bathroom I saw <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/patriciatallman\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Tallman<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0105946\/\" target=\"_blank\">Babylon 5<\/a>) doing a signing. I had forgotten she was doing a signing right then. I just remembered looking at the schedule and realizing I wouldn\u2019t be able to make it to any of her signings. Here was my chance though! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I ran back into the ballroom to grab my wallet and camera and quickly made my way out. I only had about 15 minutes until I had to be back in the ballroom or they would give away my seat. I managed to make it and got to squeeze in a little chat, get a picture, and bought her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/b5pat\" target=\"_blank\">Babylon 5 scrapbook<\/a>! I\u2019m so happy it worked out!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">After the Warehouse 13 panel, Rachelle rushed out to the press room, and I headed out into the exhibit hall to walk around. I stopped by The Guild booth, which had become like our home base, and chatted with some of the people I knew there before heading back to the hotel. Rachelle came back shortly after all aflutter from the press room (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EddieMcClintock\" target=\"_blank\">Eddie McClintock<\/a> hugged her a bunch!!!).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Our awesome plans for the evening were pretty subdued as we wanted to be able to enjoy ourselves on Saturday. We headed over to the guildie townhouse <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> for<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> the live podcast and BBQ for <a href=\"http:\/\/knightsoftheguild.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Knights of the<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/knightsoftheguild.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Guild<\/a> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">(the official podcast for The Guild) . We finally got to see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Geekyfanboy\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny<\/a> (one of the hosts) in his full hobbit outfit, and it was crazy! He had the ginormous fake feet, ears, the pants, vest, cape, hair and everything.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3238\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Kenny Mittleider\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Kenny Mittleider\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Kenny-Mittleider.jpg\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It was great to catch up with some of our friends and make some new ones. We played Rockband, talked, and Kenny did a podcast that was ustreamed live (and even ambushed me for a fan interview, eep!). We hung out for a few hours before deciding to call it a night, as we were pretty tired already.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3239\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Guild podcast\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Guild podcast\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Guild-podcast.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Saturday (Day 3):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I awoke on Saturday at 6AM again and went to get in line for the Indigo Ballroom. As I was waiting in line, I saw one of the other extras who worked on The Guild (once again making the con actually seem kind of small). Rachelle joined me a bit later and we waited to be let into the ballroom. She snapped some pictures of people in costume and found some rocks swarming with tiny crabs (the line was outside the Hilton by the water). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3266\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-crabs\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-crabs\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-crabs.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Thankfully the line was not as crazy as for Ballroom 20 and we got pretty decent seats. We sat through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.g4tv.com\/attackoftheshow\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Attack of the Show!<\/a> panel before we got to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sanctuary<\/a> (it was entertaining and there was a nerd rave at the end complete with glowsticks). The Sanctuary panel was hilarious and you can find a recap of that panel <a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=2183\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">After the Sanctuary panel we had to rush over to the Sanctuary press room! On our way there we ran into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/syfy\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Engler<\/a> (vice president of Syfy Digital and runner of the @Syfy twitter), talked some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1619880\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharktopus<\/a> with him and snapped a picture. He was incredibly nice and it\u2019s obvious he\u2019s a fanboy at heart.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3260\" title=\"Anne Rachelle &amp; Craig Engler\" alt=\"Anne Rachelle &amp; Craig Engler\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Anne-Rachelle-Craig-Engler.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This was my first press room and, I have to say, it was a bit overwhelming. I give serious props to the people who have to give all these interviews. There were press everywhere and the actors were guided around from place to place without any time in between, constantly being photographed. Rachelle had the opportunity to interview <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/amandatapping\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Tapping<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/robindunne\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Dunne<\/a> together (Robin attempted to drop his pants but was stopped by Amanda).<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3261\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Robin Dunne pants\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Robin Dunne pants\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Robin-Dunne-pants.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3263\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Rachelle with Amanda Tapping &amp; Robin Dunne\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Rachelle with Amanda Tapping &amp; Robin Dunne\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Rachelle-with-Amanda-Tapping-Robin-Dunne.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We still had several panels to see in the Indigo Ballroom, so we headed back there after the press room. As more and more people we knew got into the ballroom, we started saving any seats people vacated for friends and we ended up occupying pretty sizable section. We saw the panels for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/community\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legendary.com\/comics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Legendary Comics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0923736\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joss Whedon<\/a>, and The Guild. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Community was pretty funny, but I\u2019ve never watched the show, so I didn\u2019t really know what was going on. I\u2019m not really interested in comics, so I didn\u2019t really pay much attention to the Legendary Comics panel. Joss Whedon was amazing as always. He did the panel as a Q&amp;A the entire time. Some highlights: He would definitely be interested in bringing Buffy to Broadway, and Dr. Horrible 2 is well underway, with some of the songs already written.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3265\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Joss Whedon\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Joss Whedon\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Joss-Whedon.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">What I had been looking forward to the entire day was <a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about The Guild at their official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.watchtheguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Guild<\/a> panel. Rachelle and I absolutely love the show and worked as extras on season 5, so we\u2019ve been impatiently waiting to start seeing some of the footage. The panel was hilarious, and they screened a season 4 recap and the first episode of season 5. You can read more about it in our<a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=2525\" target=\"_blank\"> report on the panel<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3290\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Guild Panel\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Guild Panel\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Guild-Panel.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">After the panel, I stayed and chatted with some people I knew and ran into Paul and Storm and Doug Jones and managed to hand over some Star Wars cookies. Once again, Doug Jones has to be the sweetest human ever! When Felicia was asked who the nicest actor she had worked with is, she immediately named Doug. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3267\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Doug Jones\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Doug Jones\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Doug-Jones.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Next, we headed over to the exhibit hall to go meet up with a few other friends that were at the con that day. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3270\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Rachelle &amp; Anne\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Rachelle &amp; Anne\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Rachelle-Anne.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I stopped off at the <a href=\"http:\/\/soulgeek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">soulgeek.com<\/a> booth to see if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/phillamarr\" target=\"_blank\">Phil LaMarr<\/a> was there. He is an incredibly nice guy and happy to chat with fans.\u00a0 I met up with couple other people after I chatted with Phil and we headed out to go find dinner. We ended up a couple blocks from the convention center and finally relaxed for a few minutes. The restaurant had free Wi-Fi (yay!!!), which was exciting after I couldn\u2019t get the Wi-Fi in the convention center to work. I was checking my email and noticed I had gotten a tweet from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RockJocksMovie\" target=\"_blank\">Rock Jocks<\/a> (an independent film that Felicia Day is in). They were having a twitter contest to win tickets to a party they were hosting, and I was one of the winners!!! We knew Saturday was going to be a long day, and now we had two parties to go to that night! We rushed back to the hotel to get ready.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The first party was the Syfy alternative party (SlamCon) for all of the people not on the Syfy party list (including the Syfy writers) hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/dblackanese\" target=\"_blank\">Deric Hughes<\/a> (writer for Warehouse 13) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/breagrant\" target=\"_blank\">Brea Grant<\/a> (actress and comic book writer). It was conveniently located upstairs from a bar in our hotel. We found Deric and then met up with a couple people we had met at the con. There were a wide variety of people there and we socialized for a while and watched the <a href=\"http:\/\/seaworldparks.com\/seaworld-sandiego?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;utm_term=seaworld%20san%20diego&amp;utm_campaign=sea-brandresidenttp_seaworldsandiego\" target=\"_blank\">SeaWorld<\/a> fireworks. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Something I got really excited about was the presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/geekyjessica\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Mills<\/a>, the star and creator of a webseries about geek dating that I love (<a href=\"http:\/\/awkwardembraces.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Awkward Embraces<\/a>). I\u2019ve tweeted with her a couple times, so I decided I would just walk up to her and say hi. I\u2019m pretty shy around people I don\u2019t know and Jessica has admitted she has social anxiety so I figured I should have nothing to fear (a little alcohol helped as well). I was really glad I went over there and we chatted a few minutes and bonded while discussing a mutual terror over meeting new people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Time was passing very quickly and we suddenly realized we needed to head over to the Rock Jocks party or we\u2019d be late! We hopped in a cab and made it there just around midnight. As soon as we got in, we ran into a lot of people we knew. Many of the people who worked on Rock Jocks also worked on The Guild, so it was a very familiar crowd, including most of the cast of The Guild. We had a lot of fun at the party and met some awesome people. They were screening the trailer at the party, but I was so busy having fun that I never saw it! At some point the party devolved into a dance party and we had ridiculous amounts of fun until they kicked everyone out at 4AM.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3268\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Rockjocks pary\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Rockjocks pary\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Rockjocks-pary.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sunday (Day 4):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">After our late night, we were lucky we didn\u2019t have to get in line early for any panels. We still had to get up a bit early though, in order to check out of our hotel. Neither of us was feeling the best, and I could feel the pure exhaustion setting in that not even a Rockstar could erase. We were super excited though, because this was the morning we were going to interview Sandeep Parikh (Zaboo) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/amyokuda\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Okuda<\/a> (Tinkerballa) from The Guild! I hoped the adrenaline would be enough to get me through the interview before I collapsed! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We checked out of the hotel and headed over to the convention center. We got there a bit early and chatted at the booth before starting the interview. We decided not to do a video interview because we were all feeling a bit ragged and the background noise on the floor was ridiculous. Sandeep and Amy were awesome as always, and you can check out the interview <a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=2662\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Special shout-out to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/briankameoka\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Kameoka<\/a> for working with us to set this interview up!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DrRachelleSmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3269\" title=\"My SDCC adventure-Brian Kameoka\" alt=\"My SDCC adventure-Brian Kameoka\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-SDCC-adventure-Brian-Kameoka.jpg\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Jonathan Mankuta of Profiles in History!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.profilesinhistory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-27763\" alt=\"Jonathan Mankuta of Profiles in History!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jonathan-Mankuta.jpg\" width=\"401\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>After the interview we practically collapsed, but we had more work to do. Next, we headed to go purchase some T-shirts and stopped by the <a style=\"border-bottom: medium dotted; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Click to visit and learn more about Profiles in History at their official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.profilesinhistory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Profiles in History<\/a> booth.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1407259\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Jon Mankuta<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/hollywoodtreasure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood Treasure<\/a> cast member and Rachelle\u2019s friend) was there and we all decided to grab lunch. We headed out of the convention center and joined a couple other people at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickslastresort.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dick\u2019s Last Resort<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It was my first time there, so it took me a little while to realize their gimmick. It took the waitress throwing drinks at someone before I realized that the staff was being incredibly rude on purpose (Dicks). Lunch was fun, but we were ridiculously tired, so we headed back to pick our stuff up at the hotel and headed home, where I immediately collapsed onto my bed, exhausted and exhilarated. Can\u2019t wait for next year!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-422\" title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WormholeRiders-New-Logo-150-Blue.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We hope you have enjoyed this article. 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The previous two years had finally prepared me to take full advantage of all that Comic Con has to offer. Rachelle and I managed to pack in panels, celebrity meet and greets, and many&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/ht\/?p=3177\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;My San Diego Comic Con Adventure: Panels and Beyond!&rdquo;<\/span> 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