HAVE YOU EVER HEARD...WHERE TO FIND A GEEK ON LABOR DAY?

Having an unyielding passion for all things a part of geeky culture, my Labor Day weekend was spent proving my devotion by going to Dragon*Con, the largest gaming and pop culture con in the universe. My friends Madelyn, Amanda, and I arrived at Dragon*Con on Sunday and immidiatly paid for our badges into forums and the dealers room. This was essential, because part of the excitement of the con was that I'd seen a tribble booth on the website and I wanted that damn tribble!

On our way to the Marriot, which housed my potential tribble, we took some photos with cool people at the con! This is Amanda in her Tamari costume with a giant fan that she made. A mass of Naruto fans crowded around and snapped photos...

In this picture, you can see me and a fellow trekker! Go Star Trek: TOS!

I don't have any pics of the dealers room, but trust me when I say it was down right amazing. Comics, corsets, cleavage, oh my! That's how I would describe it. Madelyn bought a piece of pottery, I found my glorious tribble which squeals and vibrates when you hit it (LOL), and Amanda bought some steampunk goggles.

I supose that was the new theme this year, steampunk. It's this odd combination of sci-fi and victorian england, but visually it looks spectacular. Maybe the newest example would be the new Sherlock Holmes, but on Andromeda 5 instead of in London.

Next we wanted to catch a forum. The soonest was, guess what, The Guild! Remember the song Do You Want to Date My Avatar? That's them. We waited in line for a small period of time before heading into the hall and taking our seats, pottery, goggles, and tribble in hand.

First we were shown the past couple episodes of season four, but then we saw the never before seen episode eight! I felt so special. Then the next thirty minutes the crowd Q&A'd with the director and actors who play Zaboo and Vork. It was cool to see how different they were from their characters...

All in all, it was a great Con experience and I look forward to returning next year (to start a tribble collection! LOL :b)

I was looking for coverage of the con and found some videos on CNN. They don't paint the geek subculture in a very good light, darn biased reporters, I thought you were all on Fox and Friends!

And heres an interview with The Guild Panel!