#SDCC: A lesson in off the grid-ing
Hello friends,
Another year of Comic Con has come and gone. Did you enjoy yourselves?? I know I did ... here's the rundown ...
So, not a lot of people know this ... but I am DEATHLY disturbed by crowds. I don't go to amusement parks on busy days, I avoid the mall between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I won't go to a general admission concert - it's not fear based per say - it just fucks with my inner ninja who is always COMPLETELY aware of my surroundings and can ALWAYS find an exit.
There are too many variables in crowds and too many people not paying attention to what is going on. Fortunately, having spent half my life as a super little peanut (I didn't grow to be 5'7 until I was 18 and randomly shot up 5") I've dealt with it by moving quickly around people.
As an adult however, I just straight avoid them as MUCH as possible. It's just not my scene, man. Go do your thing if that's what you're about, but being around that much energy and that many people not paying attention not only frustrates me - but it drains me tremendously.
Comic Con is basically the largest of all nerd herds so GOING to comic con in and of itself is a big deal for me. Of course I get SUPER excited to meet more of you, but I absolutely absolutely absolutely have to keep moving as much as possible and keep headphones in my ears at almost all times.
I physically cannot go to the floor of Comic Con. I do it when I ABSOLUTELY have to - but as a result, all 3 years of my comic con experiences have been more "off the grid."
So, this year, I decided to just chill out at Wired Cafe (located inside the Omni) where I had been the last two years. You have to get on a list to gain access to the cafe (yes, it is one of "those") but at least when you get in they have free food and free drinks so you can basically get all your networking done while not having to spend a dime.
It's been great the last two years, but unfortunately this year they had a new PR crowd running it. I'm not going to "name names" but the people at the door were SUPER douchey. I get it ... I get it ... it's their job to be assholes since I'm sure people try to sneak their way in - but how much more Hollywood can comic con get?? Isn't the purpose of nerd/geek culture to be all inclusive since we were the ones left out of shit growing up? Is this some kind of revenge?? It's now the "cool nerds" only??
Who the hell are the "cool nerds" and isn't that sentence in and of itself a COMPLETE oxy moron?
After everything shook out, however, I got in no problem and even though I was there by myself I not only quickly made new friends, but had no less than 3 guys come up to me with the exact same line ...
"I totally wouldn't mind being a story of yours."
One guy even took me in the hallway and totally tried making out with me.
I'm obviously COMPLETELY elated and ENORMOUSLY humbled that the site has become quite popular, but by publishing my sex life online doesn't mean I'm going to bone you in the hallway of a conference.
I have WAY less sex than people realize. People think I publish only a percentage of stories, but what they don't understand is that doing that would make me a HORRIBLE artist; I instead publish ALL of my stories.
After the mouth molestation, I then tweeted out that I was looking for the next open bar.
To my surprise, instead of finding an open bar one actually offered to host us!!
I had about 4 friends with me at the time, but then because the place was so rad and because we were tweeting about it we quickly gathered a crowd that met up multiple nights of the con.
How fucking amazing is twitter btw, that all you have to do is tweet something out and someone ... somewhere will connect the dots for you!! SO FREAKING EFFICIENT!!!
All in all I have to say that I wasn't mad at Comic Con this year. Again, it was SUPER awesome meeting you guys - but I have to say the best parties that I went to were the ones the TNTML community created for ourselves. You don't need to get all access into the "biggest and best" events of the night - you need to gather your social media buds, find a chill spot, and let loose, man. THAT is what life and Comic Con are truly all about. Screw the rest.
#thatisall
OH! OH! My fav piece of swag though from the con was just a promo piece for a movie ... but LOOK AT THIS THING!! It actually WORKS!!!
Special thanks to Melodie for letting us crash at her place, and the Propagandist bar for their wonderful wonderful hospitality and TRULY amazing drinks. Many thanks friends!! xoxoxo
