Superman had come to town to see who he could rock.
He blew away every crew he faced until he reached the block.
His speakers were three stories high with woofers made of steel.
And when brought our set outside, he said "I boom for real."

He said, "I'm faster than a speedin' bullet when I'm on the set.
I don't need no fans to cool my ass, I just use my super breath.
I could fly three times around the world without missin' a beat.
I socialize with X-ray eyes, and ladies think it's sweet."

And then he turned his power on and the ground began to move.
And all the buildings for miles around were swayin' to the groove.
And just when he had fooled the crowd and swore he won the fight.
We rocked his butt with a 12 inch cut called "Disco Kryptonite."

Well, Superman looked up at me, he said, "You rock so naturally"
I said, "Now that you've learned to deal, let me tell you why I'm so for real
I'm Prez O.B. from outer space, I came to rock the human race.
I do it right 'cause I can't do it wrong,
That's why the whole world is singin' this song..."

batnandu: what is WRONG with you?
batnandu: you and those fucking lego videogames
batnandu: it's weird, i tell ya
batnandu: just weird
batnandu: uh oh
batnandu: maybe this is like the start of my long journey into irrelevance
batnandu: you know how adults never understand the stuff that's cool with kids?
batnandu: shit
batnandu: ok, dude, we needs to play some lego games soon
batnandu: i gotta re-up my
batnandu: something
batnandu: or something

thepeopleseason: you see the video of Eddie Griffin killing the Enzo?
batnandu: no
thepeopleseason: http://dethroner.com/2007/03/27/clips-eddie-griffin-totals-a-ferrari-enzo/
batnandu: yeah
batnandu: i saw the link to the video
batnandu: i just didn't see the video
batnandu: sheesh. just because i don't get your stupid lego games doesn't mean i'm a total luddite geezer.

batnandu: btw, for the record, any story--movie, book, tv show, song--that's 100% historically accurate isn't a story, it's history
batnandu: which is why i like batman

Here it is! Bangang Pagro-Esh. The left eye of Nog. The jewel worshipped by the wizards of Mu and the black priests of Atlantis, finally passed down to Gung the Magnificent who was chosen by the gods to conquer the world with it! And now, it's my- Ew!

It's not a jewel! It's a dirty old piece of crap!

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anw

33. Cyclops, Scott Summers
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
The irritatingly dependable solid core of the X-Men, Scott Summers is basically Dr Jack from Lost - serious, manly, handsome and authoritative, but with all the personality of a Microsoft paperclip. "I see that you're fighting a Sentinel. Would you like to hurl Wolverine at its head while Iceman impedes its progress?" I can only assume the mutant boy scout placed at number 33 in this list by sheer force of nostalgic inertia.

13. Beta Ray Bill
Created by Walt Simonson.
Only the worthy can lift Thor's hammer. As it turns out, that's quite a short list of people - but also a rather eclectic list, not confined to Earth or Asgard. When Thor found himself battling a genetically engineered horse-faced golden space monster, he was separated from his hammer - only for the monster, the champion of his oppressed race, to pick it up. That monster was Beta Ray Bill, the greatest of Marvel's cosmic heroes. Thor is not in this list of fifty great Marvel characters. Thor isn't a horse-faced golden space monster with a funky 70s name. Thor is not worthy.

chinook_wind

1. digital I am very much a child of technology--I'm a gadget freak, computer programmer, internet addict.
2. drumbone Quite possibly the coolest musical instrument ever.
3. do Or do not; there is no try. All that I have done since getting to Atlanta.
4. dude If batnandu got this as a tattoo, I promised that I'd get "sweet."
5. dark A possible translation of my last name, and what my complexion was like the time my fortune-telling uncle told my father that I should not grow a moustache or beard.
6. dare This is the title of my favorite song from an 80s cartoon movie.
7. desire I am nothing if not a creature of desire.
8. devil Any mention of the word "devil" reminds me either of Grendel or the toast Dream makes with Hob Gadling in Sandman:

   "To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due."

   It's a wonder I didn't fill this meme up with the names of the Endless...
9. dragon Despite everything that's been going on with it this year, I still love DragonCon, and hopefully will be able to go next year.
10. drury I don't know...it's a funny word--funny-looking, funny-sounding--maybe not as much as "turd" but funny still.

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mightygodking

First off, let me preface everything I say by first explaining that V for Vendetta is one of my favorite works of fiction ever. I first read it when I was fifteen or sixteen and it blew my mind, much like many others have had their mind blown by, for example, Catcher In The Rye. I, however, read V before I read Catcher, which is why I have never much cared for Holden Caulfield, who is a whiny bitch who does not stab anybody even once.

batnandu: i say things like "I'm a genius!" all the time, but i need to start prefacing it with "Wait!"
tmhsiao: LOL
tmhsiao: Who knows what the future holds for me?
batnandu: um
batnandu: the shadow?

• Pack
• Make Everwood DVDs for Mom and Dad.
• Find issues of Fables and Y: The Last Man for Jerry
• Watch as much TiVo as possible to clear space, as I've been spending too much time playing Soul Calibur III and Guitar Hero to catch up on television.
• Dishes/Laundry

• The Jerk DVD from Netflix
• Dumb and Dumber DVD from Netflix
• Ai Yori Aoshi Vol 1. DVD from Netflix
• The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, and Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett Audiobooks
• Negima and Love Hina by Ken Akamatsu Manga
• Cupid DVDs that I bought on ebay
• Kingdom Hearts on the PS2
• Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando on the PS2
• Hoyle Casino Omaha and Triple Crown poker tournaments on the PC
• The LJ friends list

• Coupling Series 3 (with a $5 off Best Buy coupon)
• Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  Koshun Takami's Battle Royale Vol 7
  Ken Akamatsu's A.I. Love You Vol 3
  Clamp's Cardcaptor Sakura Boxed Set (Vols 4, 5, and 6)
  Make It In Minutes (all under a "Buy 4 books get the 5th free" sale and another $5 Waldenbooks coupon)
• Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (with a 25% off Borders coupon).

1. Time does not always heal all wounds.
2. Installing a new ATX Power Supply is easy.
3. Even if you have a 99.9 percent chance of winning, that ugly 0.1 percent will rear its ugly head. Sometimes that happens twice in a single weekend.
4. If you haven't been rock climbing in a while, don't expect to be spry and graceful on the rocks.
5. Clip your toenails before you go to the rock gym.
6. Helping someone move after you went rock climbing the day before will rob you utterly of any and all energy for the rest of the weekend.
7. Great Expectations is still a wonderfully lush movie.
8. Despite being over her, I find it difficult to look directly at the Woman formerly known as the Woman of My Dreams. Knowing this, however, makes hanging out with her not difficult at all.
9. Very few people on open_on_sunday, in the context of a crossover challenge, know who Abe Sapien is without the specific mention of Hellboy. Surprisingly, fewer people know who Melaka Fray and Aku are (from Joss Whedon's Fray and Samurai Jack, respectively).
   
   More people in the community, however, know who Hob Gadling is.

A supersonic jet. Totally invisible.

He wants one.
--From Matt Wagner's Trinity

• Bring lots of money
  I probably spent over $300 buying crap. As previously mentioned, I got the all of Invader Zim on a bootleg DVD, as well as: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Maison Ikkoku: Box Set #1, Escaflowne DVD #7, Deliria--an RPG edited by chinook_wind, a RedOctane Ignition Pad, a USB-to-Playstation2 controller converter, a five-dollar copy of NHL Hitz 2002, Ghost of the Robot's CD, two signed photos of James Marsters, and an autographed poster for Chance, Amber Benson's independent movie--the poster including a forthcoming DVD of the film. Luckily, I had the willpower to resist getting another $100+ leather (or metal) mask from Mansour Designs.
  
• Confidence is Hot
  Being that this is a science fiction/fantasy/comic book con, you'll expect that a large number of attendees are, well, let's just say, not the ideal Hollywood body-type. I do have to respect the number of attendees who squeezed themselves into tight-fitting costumes, and paraded around the Con largely half-naked. Aside from a bevy of "booth babe" types, there was one older woman, dressed as the Scarlet Witch, slightly overweight, but still looking quite good in her handmade costume.
  
• Overconfidence is not
  Really, as much as I admire the people in the costumes, the grossly overweight woman in the skin-tight lycra bodysuit with the plunging lacy neckline was really quite a turn-off. I don't really begrudge her her body-pride--hell, I donn't really have the balls to go near-naked/skin-tight in public--but I have a feeling that most of the Con-goers looked at her more as freak than fearless. It wasn't even a costume per se--it was just the outfit she probably reserves for evenings when she's feeling randy/kinky with her lover. I do not doubt she has a lover. Which brings me to...
  
• Costumers are more impressive than goths
  In the hierarchy of dressed-up con-goers, the people who make their own wings/armor/cloaks/latex forehead ridges (I saw a Reed Richards who created his own stretched-out arms) are generally more impressive than the people who buy their own medeival costumes/swords/corsets/underoos (Like the Supergirl who just had on a Super-S babydoll tee and Superman briefs) who are generally more impressive than the people who just buy latex ears or porcelain fangs. All of the above are more impressive than the goths who just show up dressed how they're dressed every Saturday for their visit to the local BDSM show.
  
• James Marsters has a lot of fangirls
  Quite possibly the biggest celebrity draw of the Con, James Marsters has a lot of screaming fangirls. Every panel that he attended was pretty much full (on Friday, the Con staff rudely expanded the room in the midst of his speaking), and his appearance pretty much caused every other Buffy track panel to get extra attendance. In the Saturday panel that I missed, one girl in particular asked him to take his shirt off, and to make a point, he asked her to take hers off. She did, apparently not getting the point...
  
• There will never be a Harry Potter track at DragonCon
  Because of behavior like above...
  
• It's good to know people
  Tricia, the Buffy track director, got me past the lines to see the Buffy Musical performance on Friday night because I'd been attending the Buffy track since year one. She also had me help out with crowd control on the Monday celebrity panel, so I got a prime seat.
  
• Wear comfortable shoes
  I did so much walking at DragonCon, I think I might have lost about five pounds. And, like Lt. Dan said, keep your socks clean and dry, or you'll get blisters.
  
• If you go to try to see some people that you've read online, it helps to be a little extroverted
  I met harmonyfb, and a few others, but being somewhat reserved and introverted, I spent most of my time in the periphery of the Con, wandering about to buy crap.
  
• ( More details about the well-known Angel casting spoiler )
  
• Danny Strong is quite short; so is Iyari Limon
  But he's really funny. I met up with a couple of fellow fans and we wandered about the Walk of Fame. We spoke with Danny about his upcoming projects, and he mentioned Four Guys Eating or something to that effect. He said he plays the "asshole" and indicated that that role is more in line with his personality. He then signed something for one of my compatriots, and when learning that the autograph was for the guy's (perceived freeloading) ex-girlfriend, asked him for his phone number so that he could hound him to kick her to the curb.
  
• Tom Hodges, the guy who played the bully in Lucas, directed James Leary (a.k.a "Clem, the foreskin demon") in Stunt Cocks. He plays poker with Lou Diamond Phillips, too.
  
• According to Marsters, James Leary in costume gets all the chicks, "because of the ears."
  
• ETA: If you're going to buy something, try for later in the Con
  I could have purchased a couple of the DVDs on Monday afternoon for a greater discount, and perhaps saved $20.00 on the Ghost of the Robot CD according to harmonyfb and her friends' reactions to the show...
  

True or False: Aside from human beings, all other animals on the planet are exclusively heterosexual.

• Watch the Homicide DVDs that I got from Netflix.
  
• Watch the BMW Films DVD that I got in the mail.
  
• Look at The Art of Hellboy.
  
• Read Matt Wagner's Trinity (Supes, Bats and Wonder Woman).
  
• Install a new video card in the computer and add the sound card from the other computer into there.
  
• Read Amarillo Slim's biography.
  
• Watch the Shawshank Redemption on TNT.
  
• Watch the fourth installment of the World Series of Poker on TiVo.
  

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