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Brief notes about a convention
MegaCon [1].
If I thought 11:00 am was ungodly, then there's no description I can give of
getting up at 7:00 am (I think the last time I had to do that was … um … over
twenty years ago?) in order to get to the convention. After a quick breakfast
at McDonald's [2] (where I saw no less than five (5) superheros eating
breakfast—this particular McDonald's was within walking distance to the
Orlando Convention Center [3], so it's not surprising that I saw no less than
five (5) superheros at that particular establishment), Joe, Kurt, Gregory,
Keith, Bunny, and I headed over to the convention center. There in the
parking lot, we met up with Jeff [4] and Tom, who drove up that day from
South Florida to help celebrate Joe's birthday.
We then hiked about a mile through the south portion of the convention center
to the north hall (yes, the Orlando Convention Center is at least two huge
buildings), only to wait in line for about an hour to get tickets to go
inside.
But once inside … oh my …
The costumes.
The displays.
The artists.
Over six hours, maybe even seven, and I doubt we saw it all (although I did
meet Don Rosa [5] and got a few autographed Uncle Scrooge [6] prints, but I
missed seeing the Mach 5 [7]—sigh).
Dinner afterwards (after some fun attempting to navigate through the Orlando
traffic), then back to the hotel for some swimming and hanging out.
[1]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelafonsophotography/4435446579/
[2]
http://www.mcdonalds.com/
[3]
http://www.occc.net/
[4]
http://spinthecat.blogspot.com/
[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Rosa
[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_McDuck
[7]
http://images.google.com/images?q=Mach%205
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