Comic-Con Costume 1 (Photo credit: heath_bar)
Blue Bell Ice Cream Truck (Photo credit: NixBC)
http://rafrenzy.com/2012/06/06/who-wants-to-go-to-comic-con-2012/
Frenz (and just so you know, the lady in the interesting outfit is NOT Frenz. At least, I don’t think it is . . .) reminds me of a big ol’ bowl of Blue Bell Ice Cream right now–Moo-llenium Crunch. With Hershey’s Choccie Syrup and whipped cream. I couldn’t find a photo of it, but here’s their wonderful Homemade Vanilla. As a Texas girl, I know Frenz is very familiar with Blue Bell.
Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla–the closest thing to real homemade vanilla ice cream that you can buy in a store. Expensive, yes. But sometimes only the best will do.
(Photo courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel)
Why do I compare my fellow blogger to a sinfully delicious treat? They both tempt me. Seriously.
She goes and posts this link about reporters needed at Comic-Con at her blog (see link above):
Comic-Con (Photo credit: Scott Beale)
Do I have writing/reporting experience? Yup. A decade of it.
Do I have experience covering panel discussions? Let’s see. City council, board of education, county commission, among others. Yup.
Have I interviewed famous people before? Yup.
Do I have my own laptop and recording device? Yup.
Is my favorite actor in the whole wide world slated to be at Comic-Con? Yup.
Do I have the money for a plane ticket all the way across the country and the cost of a hotel room? *sigh* Nope.
Oh, well, a girl can dream. But dang, I hate to miss seeing people in outfits like the one above. Not to mention Mr. A and the rest.
We’re going to get you there yet!
Cookies and cream. Blue Bell popularized it!
Blue Bell really is my favorite of all ice creams. Banana Pudding–it’s like someone froze Mama’s homemade ‘nana puddin.’ Oh, I am qualified and I think sheer adrenaline would carry me through, but–I don’t know, I don’t know.
Oh Angie, I’m willing to contribute to your travel costs! I’m serious!
Thank you, you are very sweet.
I’m game.
Thanks, Frenz.
I’m sure Melanie could put you up! But…she’s still 45 mins drive north of San Diego and has only a 3 bedroom house plus a husband and a 6 year-old son and an almost 4 year-old daughter? Bailey (6) would give up his queen-sized bed and sleep on the floor in his parents’ room as he did when I visited
Oh, heck, they’re moving across to the other side of Camp Pendleton in July so everything would be a huge mess and Melanie is a stresser!
No worries, Kathryn, it was a nice thought.
Guess what I did a few minutes ago? I Skyped Melanie’s house and forgot I had to add on 7 hours instead of 5 hours to my time!!!!! Poor Jeff sounded quite sleepy but was ever the southern gentleman and laughed when I said I’d forgotten about daylight saving!
and I bet he’ll be up before 6am as usual!
Please, if anyone sees a spare brain floating around out there, send it home to me
I’m in. I can’t help a lot, but I’ll put in what I can. I’ve also got about 10,000 frequent-flyer miles on United, if that would help.
Thank you, sweetie.
But first Angie has to apply for the job! I know she doesn’t feel so hot, but this might improve her mood. Crazy as it sounds, I think it might be possible. No pressure though, Angie.
I hope you do apply, Angie. You may want to ask if they want the reporter to focus on comics-related panels or if you are free to cover whatever panels you can get in to. I wish I could offer you a place to crash but my apartment barely has room enough for me and my cat. I can contribute some $$ tho.
Thanks, sweetheart. Yeah, I have been thinking of questions I might want to ask. They want to know what days I’d be available. Obviously I am most interested in The Hobbit.
The Hobbit panel most likely won’t be Sunday, if that is at all helpful.
I hope this can happen somehow!
I wonder how early they will release the actual schedules. Something else to ask, I suppose.
The programming schedule is generally released 2-3 weeks before the convention. There can be additions and cancellations right up until the convention starts, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a change of day (time, yes, but not putting panel on a completely different day than originally scheduled). It’ll be in Hall H, that much we know.
You probably already saw this but just in case you didn’t, there is still hotel space available for the con rate: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_hotel_list.php Ideally you would get a hotel on the shuttle route so you have a regular way of getting to the convention center. And I could take you grocery shopping when you get in so you don’t have to eat out for every meal.
yes, something on the shuttle route would be ideal. Apparently they feed you while you are at the convention, what I don’t know, but if it’s free, hey. And there is pay, not a lot, I’m sure, but considering my current situation, anything would be welcome. That’s so sweet of you to offer to take me grocery shopping.
Oh that is better than I expected (where your compensation would be the ‘honor of attending’ lol), so that’s on the plus side. Hmm if they plan on feeding you at the convention I hope you like pretzels, nachos, pizza and hot dogs.
Alas for my waistline, I can eat just about anything.
Although I do have to take Prilosec everyday or it can really come back to haunt me.
You do learn to adapt to survive the connnnnnn. lol Oh, not sure if you know but you might find someone looking to share a room on the SDCC live journal community:
http://sd-comic-con.livejournal.com/
I’ve been through strange situations in my life so I think I can adapt
Thanks for the tip about live journal.
Count me in too. If you get the job, we will get you there. That is a promise. But don’t feel too pressured and I would not want you to get your hopes high because I am sure it is competetive.
Angie, I have an idea for next year— You as the intrepid reporter and me on the free teacher pass! We’d have a year to get back in shape, save and coordinate hotel, travel, etc! Well, we can dream can’t we!
Oh well, with my luck he’d have another commitment and wouldn’t be there! 
Do what feels right for you Angie, and don’t feel pressured by our excitement. We can always dream, even if real life and pragmatism ultimately win out!
Oh dear, does this make me sound like a party pooper?!! I don’t mean to be… I would love it too if you could get to Comic-Con!
Whatever you think is best is what you need to do. However, I can’t help routing for you at the thought of this amazing possibility!
That would be exciting if you got the job. Who knows what other connections you could make. But again, your choice.
You know that this is the way another great lady writer got started… This could be your “Golden Ticket”. The worst that can happen is they don’t choose you.
OK…now I’m curious (make that…I’m just a bloody stickybeak!!)…which great lady writer do you mean?
I was thinking of Georges Sand, although there have been others who started as journalists. Mme Sand took on a man’s name and dressed as a man to get work after her divorce, and she had to go in drag to get into concert and drama venues unescorted. Seventy-six novels, plays, and memoirs later… Fortunately our Lady Writer will be able to wear her own clothes.
You know, we can also just hang out OUTSIDE and scream out RA’s name every time someone comes in or out. You know, like really crazy nutty fangurls? LOL
Or you could do like the Twilight fangirls did one year and hang out where the limos come out and swarm them.
Oh, dear lord! LOL! I can see that now. Angie’s tailbone hurting, my bad knee, and …..[fill in the blanks] Scratch that. The adrenaline alone would make us all super women.
I did actually dream once that I interviewed him in the back of a limo after some event.
Are you definitely going, Frenz????? Yippee
No, I’m trying to get all these others to go — as my emissaries before I grace Richard Armitage with my presence next year. By the way, I have some property for sale in Florida.
I Skyped Melanie and told her she was lucky she’s moving house next month or I would have been landing unexpectedly on her doorstep on my way down to San Diego!! She was getting rather sleepy by that time and I don’t think she understood the significance of my wanting to go to Comic Con
LOL
We might need to visit the ER later, but we’d surely have some sublime moments before we fell apart.
Suppose we could get a group rate?