Confessions of a Comic Con Virgin

This past Friday I had the immense joy of attending the first of many Comic Cons in NY. Escorted by the much talented and esteemed colorists of DC Comics: Patricia Mulvihill, Tanya and Richard Horie. In this photo, Trish is on the left, then me, Tanya, and another DC freelancer (eep! can't remember his name).

:insert screaming here: OMG I HAD SO MUCH FUN! 

There were statues, t-shirts, books, figurines, stickers, puppets (don't ask) and all manner of goodness from BSG, B5, Star Trek, Buffy, Watchmen (which I can't wait to see), and so on. 

Thanks to Richard, I scored the new Thor in hard back (I devoured it on a flight back from Austin just the other day--all the other passengers stared), along with a signed copy of Neil Gaiman's Sandman stories, volume 1 (Preludes & Nocturnes). To cap the evening off, they took me into their inner sanctum to the DC Comics party where this photo was shot. All in all, I can't remember another day that I've been filled with such glee. I can't wait for the next one!

My fantasy road race team

I'm so unbelievably A.D.D. I can get distracted in the blink of an eye. Today one of my (many) distractions -- while I should've been writing a big honkin' column that's due Friday -- was to form a fantasy road race team. 

My team, "Lesa's Hotties" are pictured above. I'm a little miffed that Lorenzo appears above Rossi in the grid though but I couldn't figure out how to modify that without starting over. Frak.

If this sounds like a distraction you *yourself* might be interested in, trot on over to Your Bike Life for more details on forming your own team (you can even race against mine). Basically you pick two riders each from MotoGP, World Superbike, and British Super Bike. You can pay for the riders with a 10 million pound budget. You score points according to how well your riders do in their respective races. It's even possible to win a a real bike! Let the fun -- and distractions! -- begin :)