July 21st-I woke up at 3:30am because I was too excited to get away from responsbility for a 1/2 week. The flights across country were silky smooth. A brontosaurus skeleton greeted me as I got the plane in Chicago. I got into San Diego 1/2 hour early. My hotel room was ready when I arrived. I met up with Carrie from NY. My hotel was literally 3 blocks east of SDCC.Everyday I had to walk 2 blocks west and around the corner in front of the Hard Rock Hotel and cross W Harbor Dr. We were led on a wild goose chase to get our badges but we did end up getting them. Since the exhibit hall didn't open until 6pm, Carrie & I hit the Fox Sports Grill where we relaxed for a long while. The Hilton Bayfront is uber modern. Once the exhibit floor opened, I hit all the booths in 2 hours-The WB, Archaia, Top Cow & Marvel. At that point, jetlag was catching up with me and I headed back to the hotel to grab some eats, soak my weary feet and relax.

July 22 The only panel that I wanted to see was the TV composer panel with Wendy/Lisa from Heroes and Nathan Barr from True Blood.I also met@taurenlegend aka Chandler Poling. He's super cool.I walked the floor and took pictures. I met Brea Grant from Heroes. We had our 1st DSC meetup at Analog which was8 blocks from my hotel. I had some pub eats. I sent out a text to dividepictures since I had no wifi. I learned later that night that it was answered but we had already left to head our separate ways for the night. Next time, I'll have a smart phone. As we werre headed our separate ways, we saw Penn of Penn & Teller. He's super tall. We passed by the Machete taco trucks on the way to Analog. We also saw body painted girls inviting us to stop by a bar called Decos.


July 23 was my adrenaline day. Isa and I had a huge breakfast at the Marriott Marina pool. I wish I knew about this place in 2008. I would've gotten breakfast then. 4 signings and 3 panels . I hit 2 of the 3 panels and 1 out of the 4 signings.I dropped theCaprica signing since I didn't think I could get into ballroom 20. Met Dennis Calero and Todd Stashwick. We talked Heroes for a bit. I saw the Event panel. It looks interesting eventhough it's taking the place of my beloved Heroes. I didn't hit the Tim Kring signing since it was too difficult to get a ticket. The True Blood signing was capped at 100 people. I wanted to do that. I couldn't find the Wowio boat to meet Oliver Grigsby and Jason Badower. I really wanted to meet them. I did hit the Milo signing. He remembered me. He called me 'Tams'. Only close friends are allowed to call me that. I also got a hug. It felt awesome.I got my blu ray signed along with the Berserker hard cover. I also got a picture with him & he smiled ever so slightly. Taffy got the best pictures with him though hands down. We got to talk to Dino. He apologized for not hanging out with us after dinner in 08. I told him I was cool with it because things happen that are out of our hands. They challenged us to a light saber fight in 2008. That would have been cool. Cie La Vie.I also was unable to get into the True Blood panel. After the signing, we decided to hit Nobu that night. We had a late dinner at Broken Yolk and walked down to Nobu. We walked in and 'friends' walked in behind us and asked "Why so quiet?" Our response was we had just walked into the bar. They left but not before MV touched my back right between my shoulder blades. Wethen headed to the Syfy Cafe. Leanne from London that the TB cast was in the back room at Nobu. I went back and ordered a strong screwdriver and saw Anna Paquin from a distance. I had dessert and we hung out until midnight. Jet lag gone.

July 24 was the day of the Top Cow panel and the a suprise 2nd MV signing. Also that day was the Thor/Captain America/Avengers panel. I met RJ who worked with Wendi on Heroes. I waited two hours for the Thor signing only to find out that Hall H was at capacity. I should have slept outside for that panel but I only did that for HEROES. I skipped out on the line and went back to my hotel to relax before dinner. Quynh, Taffy and I ended up the Palm Restaurant where we ran into Stan Lee. That was totally awesome. Afterwards we were going to hit 5th Avenue but we went across the street to Hotel Solamar to watch the arrivals for the EW/Syfy party. We saw Joss Whedon, Chris Evans, Mischa Collins,Jensen Ackles, the cast of Glee & True Blood, Seth McFarlane, Zachary Levy,Adam Baldwin, Bryan Fuller, Seth Green and Nathan Fillion.

July 25th was a day to relax. We slept in and had breakfast at the Mission. We walked past the beautiful park like gates for Petco Park. I wish I had taken pictures. The food was awesome. I had pancakes and home fries. We then went back to the hotel. I fell back asleep while my roommate went shopping. When she came back, we barhopped J6, 207 & McCormick & Schmick's. I had some amazing sole there. I wish I had hit the Altitude Sky Bar, the Marriott Marina pool & KC BBQ. All in all, it was a fun weekend but too short. Next time, I need to catch a train up to LA to do some sightseeing and hit the Waffle, Malibu, Venice Beach, and the Foundry.