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Eric, Andy and I set off for Metropolis Friday Morning for our five
hour road trip. Our first obstacle was to pack the car with all our
books and toys. I got scrunched in Andy's SUV with six large tubes,
five boxes of books and comics, and our clothes for the weekend. |
| Since it was Andy's car, we took our life in his hands by letting
him drive. Andy is well known for getting lost a lot, talking on the
cell phone just before getting to proper exits and turning around
to talk to me about what a swell guy he is and his latest conquest.
Needless to say, we almost ended up in St Louis on this trip . |
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I laughed quite a lot on this trip while listening to Andy and Eric
bickered like a married couple on their first honeymoon. I like road
trips! |
| We made it to the hotel in one piece. Eric tested the bed to make
sure that is was up to code. That night, his chain saw snoring kept
me up all night. Strangely, it didn't affect me the next morning.
However, he did go and get nasal strips to help prevent our discomfort
the next evening. He's a pal! |
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The boys were generous enough to let me lie on the beds for short
periods of time. Both nights I slept on the floor. It was reminiscent
of my old marching band days. Did I mention that I like road trips? |
| A list of our luxuries of this trip were having access to a swimming
pool, hot tub, and Hi-Fi wireless internet. Andy took advantage of
the internet to look up girls through his "True" login.
Unfortunately, he did not score with any. |
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The next day, the boys set up Andy's table with his Star Wars Toys.
It was overflowing with figures. However, his inventory was severely
depleted by the end of the day. Dinner was on him that evening. |
| Generally, when Eric comes on these trips with us, he ends up being
bored and cranky. But since he got a good nights rest, his spirits
were high. He's a lot more enjoyable that way. |
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It also helps when we give him guns to play with. He helped guard
our tables from our many screaming fans, psychotic clowns, and children.
He really enjoyed his job. |
| Andy got a chance to meet the Zelda Twins. There was a costume contest
at this convention and the twins received second place (I think).
Andy believed they should have received first for being so cute. He's
such a softy when it comes to kids. |
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There was a huge Star Wars theme that attracted many well crafted
and authentic costumes. Here are the few that crossed our tables. |
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On top ringing in the bucks via sales and the costume contest,
our main highlight of Saturday was the girl that dressed as a slave
girl from Star Wars. Just when we were taking pictures, my camera
began to run out of space for images. I was frantically rushing
to delete previous throw away pictures so that I could get pictures
of the guys with this rather attractive contestant. She was very
patient and I finally forced the camera to squeeze one or two more
shots. Pictured are left to right: Boba Fett, The Slave Girl, Eric,
Batgirl, Andy Hall, and Andy Bowers |
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By the end of the day things were winding down and I decided it
was time for me to be a fan and meet Sarah Douglas of Superman II
fame. I bought a DVD version of the movie from the table accross
from us and took up to the stage to have her sign for my parents.
Andy Hall followed as well. The boys and I signed a copy of Superlative
Tales that I took with us to give to her. I introduced myself and
offered the book to her as appreciation for her work. She gladly
accepted and proceeded to sign my newly purchased Superman DVD.
Andy conversed with her briefly and before we left, I asked to shake
her hand. She non chalantly mentioned that I could do more than
that but then was reminded that she already had an escort for the
evening. Andy proceded to turn to her escort and loudly voiced,
"Dude, you killing us!"Yes, you read correctly! It is
the belief of Andy that a movie star had tried to hit on me! Regardless
if this was true or not, Mrs. Douglas was a very enchanting person.
The rest of the evening for me was filled with tauntings of the
incident and quotes of, "Knell before Zod" as we relaxed
in the hot tub that evening.
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