I am John and these are my thoughts: 2014

Haven't done one of these in awhile, but though that I would for this years Emerald City ComiCon. ECCC was this past weekend, and I have to say, it might have been one of the funnest con's I've been to. Also, one of the least expensive as far as merch goes.

I'll start off with they day before the Con. I arrived in Seattle the Thursday before and decided to explore a little. I like going to Seattle, but never really go out much when I'm there, so I decided I would use this day to see a few of the sights. I stayed in the general area of the convention center and walked down to Pikes Place Market. Wanted to check out the gum wall and take a selfie, but forgot to grab some gum before I left. Oh well, there is always next time. I went out that night and had a few drinks and just enjoyed the night.

Friday morning I got up and headed over to stand in line. Why? I don't know. Just to be there when the show floor opened up I guess. I walked around the main floor and said "hi" to a few people I knew there, like the Your Mom Comics guys, and also ran into Vicky from the BJ Shea Morning Experience. After that, I went down to the Lego area, which is always neat to see. This year they had a fully functional Lego R2-D2. I have to say, that may have been one of the most impressive things I saw. All of the Lego displays were amazing though. After that I went and took a picture with the TARDIS. The rest of the day was pretty much just walking around and looking at stuff.

Some random Legos including Star Wars and Star Trek.

Lego R2-D2

Lego Rivendell

I went out again Friday night with some friends and ended up at a bar with some of the people from BOOM! That was pretty cool, and it was a fun night. Didn't get to bed until almost 3 though. Day 2 I got a somewhat late start to the day. I got to the convention around 11 or so I think. Headed over with a friends daughter and stood with here in the ECCC merch line. We then walked around and looked at some of the costumes and I took her down and showed her the TARDIS and Legos. Day 2 was the only day I bought any merch, and it was a book from local author/vlogger Kiri Callaghan. Check her out on Youtube. She has her own personal YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/KiriCallaghan/videos and you can also check out her Kiriosity videos on the Geek & Sundry Vlogs page as well: https://www.youtube.com/user/geekandsundryvlogs/videos I later checked out the Comedians of ComiCon show. It was pretty funny and was nice to sit and have a good laugh. Day 2 ended with me laying in my bed worn out from the day and all the walking I had done.

Alys by Kiri Callaghan. The only thing I bought this weekend.

Day 3 was a fun day. It was the first day that I ever cosplayed. I had intended to do it Saturday, but decided not to. I am so glad that I decided to do it on Sunday though. It was a blast. Before even leaving the hotel I had someone take a picture and a few people compliment me. I dressed up as one of my favorite cartoons from when I was a kid, Quailman. I was so nervous dressing up, but all the positivity I got really makes me want to continue to cosplay. After I got to the convention, I headed directly to the TARDIS to get my picture taken with it. Then walked around some more and photobombed a few people. Later I went down and got a picture with Kiri Callaghan, who was dressed as Nymphadora Tonks from Harry Potter. I went to her panel later that day, which was suppose to be Rad Libs, but ended up being something different. Her and another author took suggestions on two short stories that will be written and hopefully published in the future. After that, I met up with my friend, Steve, and we headed home.