Tuesday, July 29, 2003

San Diego: Part Three AWESOME HOTEL. Everything is going really well. I went to the convention with a camera crew behind me, and a grin in place. (I couldn’t help it. Besides, I’m a cheerful person.) As our odd procession walked inside the convention center my jaw dropped: a place filled from top to bottom with geeks, geeks, and more geeks, and a few nerds scattered here and there. I was just a little bit overwhelmed because I have never been to a convention that big before. There were people dressed as "Lord of the Rings" characters, anime characters, traditional comic book characters, some sluttish people and a helluva lotta guys in glasses and furry costumes, which can be very scary and disturbing to look at. I was very eager to find that all the WETA*guys would be there as well as some hobbits and Andy Serkis (Gollum). I was officially and instantly the luckiest 15 year old there. I couldn’t wait for the New Line/Fine Line dinner. I did about 3 hours of home school early the next morning. Rather long, but Joyce said that if I didn’t do it, then I would not be allowed to go to the dinner later that evening. [*LOTR special effects company founded by Richard Taylor www.wetafx.co.nz] 9:44:06 AM