Flop, flop. Fizz, fizz (Arriving at Comic Con)

[lillian13]

What a long day.

I got up at 5:30 to make my 9am flight. (The fabulous and amazing dremiel  gave me a ride to the airport!)

Got to San Diego about 10 am local and took a taxi to my host's place and then on to Balboa Park where I wandered through the Natural History Museum and the Photography Museum. I would have gone through the AIr & Space Museum but I really wanted to get my badge, so I took the bus/train to the Convention Center.

The big (as in cover the sides of the hotels big) billboards this year are for Batman (a video game? a movie?), Cowboys & Aliens, and Immortals (from the people who brought you 300! Yeargh.). All the interior banners at the convention center seem to be for Game of Thrones, True Blood, and all the Showtime things.

After trekking to the far end of the Convention Center, I picked up my badge very quickly (and got the Fringe souvenir bag!), then proceeded to have to walk ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER END OF THE CONVENTION CENTER to get to the Disabled Services booth. The irony did not escape me. Fortunately, the shuttle bus that I need stops right in front of that entrance, so I was spared making yet a third trip across the Center.

The shuttle took me to a hotel about 3/4 mile from where I'm staying, and I was able to take the bus for a large chunk of that. I went to Trader Joe's to stock up on snacks, grabbed dinner, and then took the bus to a Walgreens where I was able to buy a replacement cane, having cleverly left mine at home.

I'm finally at my host's house, where she is bustling around finding me sheets and towels. I brought her 2 bottles of Stubbs BBQ sauce (local to Austin) as a thank-you and they were much appreciated.

Tomorrow I'm donating blood, hitting the dealer's hall, and then on to WootStock!

Oh yeah, the Evil Knee hates me. A lot.