WonderCon 2011

WonderCon was a fun laid back day for us. We decided that we weren’t interested in hauling our Bioshock costumes up to the city and I stopped working on my fix-its a couple weeks ago. I just had no motivation to finish it. ^^; So we went the comfy route and dug out our Battlestar off-duty uniforms.

As soon as we got in, Cheryll bee-lined for the Iron Throne so we could take photos with it. I have to say: it looks much much cooler in photos than in person. It does look cool in photos though!

We wandered around the dealer’s hall some and then went and sat through a bunch of movie panels.

Cowboys & Aliens: Ok with a title like that, you pretty much have to go see it. Plus it has Harrison Ford! The previews they showed us looked really good and it actually looks like a semi-scary movie. It’s not supposed to be campy despite the title.

Three Musketeers: Paul Anderson is directing… yah… I have to say that I have never seen so many explosions in a musketeer movie before. I’m not quite sure what to think. It looks like it’ll be a fun movie if not necessarily accurate, and maybe worth seeing on the big screen cause of all the action. I’ll go see it if I find myself with a lot of spare time (not likely), otherwise it’s probably a rental for me.

Hannah: Looks interesting. Definitely will rent. I don’t think I’d want to spend the money to see it in the theater though.

Priest: OHMIGOD. I’m so going on opening night! LOL. Karl Urban has nothing to do with it… really. I’m going to see Maggie Q…. and the amazing production design. =D

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Steampunk Con 2011

A bunch of us went to the Steampunk Exhibition yesterday. We spent a lot of time wandering around looking at the booths and exhibitions, and we sat in on a panel where Gail Carriger was speaking. Gail Carriger is the author of a really awesome steampunk victorian series that we love. It has werewolves, vampires, and awesome humor on top of steampunk. What’s not to love? If you’re into that kind of thing, check out Soulless which is the first book.

I’m always a little afraid to sit in on panels of authors I like because just because they can write, doesn’t mean they can speak. One of the very first authors I heard in person was Neal Stephenson and I was so disappointed. I’m sorry, but the guy is an awful speaker. I like his books though! (For the most part…)

I had a great time listening to Gail Carriger though! I’m so glad we dragged ourselves up to go see her because she was in the first round of panels that morning, and I had trouble getting myself and Marcus out of bed and out the door. =D The other author on her panel, Cheryl Priest, was also great to listen to and I really want to check out her books now. From what I gather, her books are steampunk in civil war times. Time to hit the library!

After the panel, we went up and fangirl-ed a bit on Ms. Carriger and got a photo with her. (It’s on Judy’s camera though so I gotta go poke Judy for it.) We had lunch, wandered around, and then checked out the Lego Convention which was also in the hotel. So awesome! The 2 cons decided to offer badges to each other’s conventions for $10 so we got to check out the legos and they got to come check out the crazy costumers. =D

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A bit heartbroken over dance

The dance studio just announced the performance date for this year and it falls on the same day as my brother’s wedding. Obviously, I wouldn’t miss my brother’s wedding for anything, but I’m pretty heartbroken about not being able to perform this year. I’m especially upset about the trio I was doing with lorelai and D. It was a lot of fun and now we won’t get to perform it. /sigh

This also means I am no longer taking any dance class because all the classes I was in are doing choreography right now. I am trying to think about what to do instead. There is a Saturday morning class I can switch to but it’s at 7:30am. /groan I’ll give it a try but I am so not a morning person. I was thinking of maybe finding a Zumba class too. I’ve been wanting to check that out for a while now.

I guess it also means I can actually make my WoW Rated Battleground team games on Tuesdays for a change. While that is actually appealing, somehow replacing dance with sitting around in front of a computer doesn’t seem like a good trade-off. =D

In happier news, I got Lightroom from a friend at Adobe and it is amazing. I haven’t even begin to scratch the surface of what it can do and I am a happy happy kitty. Between LR and my fixed computer (finally!) with functioning card reader built in, I’m hoping the turnaround on photos will now be something less than 3+ months. ^^;

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West Coast Swing

I’m going to take a page from sarcasm_hime and start posting dance videos I love. Marcus and I take West Coast Swing lessons (we’re total noobs) and I’ve been surfing youtube watching the professionals.

This West Coast Swing improv is just so cute, I have to share.

Swing competitions do this thing called the Jack & Jill where they randomly pick a guy and a girl and throw a random song at them, and they have to get up there and compete. It’s bananas what they can do on the fly. If I am ever a tenth as good as they are, I would be in heaven.

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