Here’s me at breakfast, after a shockingly small amount of sleep no doubt due to drinking 1.2 L of Mt Dew just before bed. As I’m doing now. Anyway I woke tired, or would have ‘woke’ had I slept. Do I look tired in this pic?

We got to the con a bit before opening. Our tickets let us skip the long lines and also allow us to use a VIP area on a level above the main showroom. Here’s what the con looked like before they let people in today:

And here’s a bit later on:

Needless to say, if you don’t like crowds this isn’t the place for you!

Today we spent about 7.5 hours at the show. We would have stayed longer had we not been turned away from the only panel today that we wanted to attend. Apparently lining up for half an hour wasn’t even close to early enough since the room filled. Tomorrow we have at least three panels we’re interested in; I suppose we’ll have to line up well in advance!

So what did we see today?

How about some more Cosplay:

Some artists working large pieces on the show floor:

All sorts of crazy things to buy, such as this Yoda Christmas light:

More vintage collectibles:

And even more bizarre retro toys:

Martian Chronicles figures?!?!?

Oh yeah and I found a cute cat girl:

Once again we bought many items today, both old and new. However KLS won’t let me look at comics (much) yet (“That’s for Sunday!”) so I haven’t bought any yet. Don’t worry though, I will 😉

Tomorrow is the big one. If all goes well we’ll be at the con from 10 until 10:30. That’s just crazy. But it promises to be a crazy day…