28Mar
Well, Thats the end of ICON. Got see see some cool stuff today. Spat (of www.spatcave.com ) has given me some new ideas, including where I can get the main component to the costume I’ve been working on for the past few years. Hopefully his suggestion will work out for me…
It seems that things get a little worse every year. I don’t know if I have just seen a little of everything and nothing is new and fresh, I don’t know if it’s dur to a lack of trek-stuff and an overabundance of Anime stuff (which I’m not all that into)…It just seems that things weren’t done as well this year. Then again, I say that every year. I was dissapointed at the lack of their “Cyberbar” this year. Basically, it was a lame attempt at a “futuristic-styled” bar with a live DJ, concerts, events, but while the hype made of it made it seem lame once you got there, it’s absence shows that it really is a key part of the con. It’s a place to just hang out, and most important of all, get cheap food…. The food at the con can be expensive as hell! They offered snacks and sodas for $0.50 where the machines outside wanted $1.25 for a soda, and the food tent wanted $2 for the same.
Saw a few other panels. Ran into more friends.. Had a good time despite any of the shortcomings. Can’t wait unrtil the next ICON 
28Mar
Day two is over. A lot more panels by “The Hackers” and I was intrigued to see the people usually associated in the “Hacker” and IT panels were also on some of the other science panels.
Also ran into a few old friends of mine, one of who was actually on a panel much to my surprise.
Then there was the panel about “Play Video Games for a Living” which Dave should have been a part of. There was only one guy leading this lecture and he was basically preaching to a bunch of kids who worshipped him for his job. He was quite arogent and had very little knowledge of the gaming industry on Long Island (as he was from San Francisco)… At least Dave worked as a tester here on LI!!!!!
Lots of great costumes, Lots of Medieval stuff, Some Trekkie types, and some people who just should NOT have been wearing what they were wearing.
Tomorrow morning is an early start to catch the Geocaching panel. Hopefully I’ll get to meet some of the Geocachers I’ve come to recognise from the geocaching.com web site.
27Mar
Day one is over… It was a good day. We wandered the dealers room for a bit, I picked up a con T-Shirt which I do every year…Thats kind of my souvenier of the convention. We met up with a bunch of our friends and saw some films and discussion panels. Finally saw Jason vs. Freddy… Not a bad day…
Tomorrow should be cool! I’ll be dressing up in my medieval garb. Should be a lot of fun. I’m going to try to get a ton of pictures too.
Well, It’s 3 AM and I have to be up again at 8, so ttfn!
26Mar
It’s the beginning of ICON weekend. An annual weekend of non-stop geekery and fun 
I’ll try to post but if not, you can hear from me on Monday!
26Mar
You know it’s just my luck! I wasn’t thinking this morning when I got to work and parked underneath the lights. You know, the one where ALL the birds in nassau county like to come and perch on! So I had a nice covering of bird shit all over the hood and windshield of my car…. Yes, the car that was completely detailed just 3 days before…ARGH! lol Tried just hosing it off but that left small circle marks all over the hood. I wound up having to bust out the car-wash kit and actually clean the hood!
Looks good now though
24Mar
Finally got my car back! YAY! Looks good. The door rubbed against the fender after the work was done, so it had to be adjusted. I’ll bring the car in during the week and get that touched up but otherwise, it looks good as new!!!
21Mar
Damnit! I didn’t have a date yesterday!!!! Anyone wanna make it up to me
Every 14th of February you get the chance to display your fondness for your wife or girlfriend by showering her with gifts, flowers, dinner, shows and any other baubles that women find romantic.
Secret…guys feel left out. That’s right…left out. There’s no special holiday for the ladies to show their appreciation for the men in their life. Men as a whole are either too proud or just too embarrassed to admit it. Which is why a new holiday has been created.
March 20th is now officially “Steak & Blowjob Day.
21Mar
grrrrr… The TV is back to it’s poor state…
21Mar
Here’s a good one… I got a letter from the Police Department today. It would appear that my car has been impounded.
That sucks… doesn’t it….
Especially amusing since I dropped my car off at the Body Shop last week and spoke to my mechanic regarding the car after the date the letter was mailed
I feel bad for the guy who thinks his car was stolen because they sent the impound notice to me instead.
21Mar
Went to the Vanderbilt Planetarium tonight. Saw the Pink Floyd, The Wall, laser light show.. It was really impressive. I wondered what it would be like and was awed by the complexity of some of the graphics generated by the lasers. It’s incredible to think that we have the technology to move a beam of light around a path repeatedly and so quickly that the eye translates it as a solid image.
Too cool!
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