September 4, 2014, I went to
Comic Con in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was in my R2d2 dress with purple
tights.
I was planning to go to
Comic Con at 2:00 PM, since that is when it started. However I read
that there was a costume parade at 12:00 PM. I decided to try and go
to the parade as well. I began getting ready in the bathroom,
bringing all my cross dressing supplies there. I shaved my face and
part of my chest, then took a shower.
I put on blue tights, a
white bra and my R2D2 dress. I also put on makeup, and my wig. When I
was almost done I realized that I had run my blue tights. I was not
happy! I took them off, and changed into my purple tights. I put on
my tennis shoes, because they were repaving the road by my mom's
house and I didn't want to get my flats dirty, if the road was
sticky. I grabbed some water bottles and protein bars for my
hypoglycemia, as well as my heels, my purse, wallet and cell phone.
I walked out of the
bathroom in full fem, worried at my mom's reaction. She just kept
saying oh my, and wondered what the neighbors would think, then
laughed.
I walked to my car, since
the road was closed. I used the app Waze to get to parking. I found
out that the lot I was going to use was charging more due to the
event. I had forgotten my cell phone charging cable, which was a bad
mistake.
I paid for my parking, and
walked a few blocks to the event. One woman ask me if the large white
building was for Comic Con, I told her I believed it was. She said
she figured I was going, due to the way I was dressed. I told her
that I wasn't dressed that way for the fun of it, then corrected
myself and said, maybe a little.
I found the building, but
was at the wrong door. I walked to the correct door and walked in,
the lines! Oh my word the lines! I found out you couldn't have
outside water, and later food as well. So, I had to throw my water
away! I had to find the registration line, which took a bit, because
I wasn't sure what line was what, and then had to register. I found
out I put on my wristband wrong. They helped me get another one and
even helped me get it on correctly. Again I had to find the correct
line for general admission, again with help I found it. Then the wait
began.
While I was in line, two
people with press badges took my photo. The one was a woman and posed
with me. She was kind of funny. At Comic Con, if you're a man posing
with a woman, you are supposed to put your arm by the top of her
shoulders and leave a little gap between her and you, so you don't
make her feel uncomfortable. This is what she did to me, perhaps to
make sure I wasn't uncomfortable.
I had gotten to the event
at early, and decided to stay in line, since I would most likely miss
the parade anyway. As I stood in line, the line kept getting longer.
People would throw out t shirts or water bottles to the crowd. It
seemed like a very long wait and my feet were sore from standing. I
was glad I had worn my flats and decided that the high heels I had
brought would be a no go.
Finally we got in, I
started on one side of the building and worked my way across. I got
turned around a few times, but tried to keep to a pattern so I could
see most everything. There was a lot of art, t shirts, figures, even
a few dresses and corsets. Most everything was over priced for me,
but then I'm pretty broke.
I took some photos at the
event. It's hard to remember the order I took them, so I'll just
include them all.
Yes, me and Snow White. It
was a free picture as long as you used #cancerisaroyalpain whenever
you share it, so I am.
Pretty sure she's Black
Widow from The Avengers.
One of my online friends is
really into My Little Pony, so I saw this and took a picture,
thinking of her.
One version of the
Batmobile, if you paid a dollar, you could take a picture. So, I paid
my dollar.
Another version of
Batmobile, with the same rule, so another dollar.
My oldest son loves Legos,
so part of the Lego's club exhibit.
A cool looking hatchet, I
saw.
A nice dress on I found.
Thor and Wonder Woman out of
Legos
A statue of Gandalf.
Velma Dinkley from Scooby
Doo.
I have another picture of
me with a computer rendered background, but am waiting to get the
copy.
Two people at the show said
that I was a pregnant R2D2, since I'm overweight and was in a dress.
It was a bit insulting, but life goes on. A few men ask to take
photos of me with them, and one booth took a picture of me in front
of the booth. A few women complemented me on my dress, and I
complemented the dresses of a few women as well. Two women ask me who
I was dressed as, I explained R2D2. One woman ask me if I dressed
often. I told her when I could, she seemed very nice and complemented
me as well. One guy dressed as a member of the Umbrella Corporation,
gave me a fist bump and later said he liked my dress. One guy said
that I was the best looking women at the event. I wasn't sure how to
take that, so just said thank you. One booth put some color in my
wig, which was kind of fun.
I meet Tracy Hickman and
Margaret Weis and talked to them a bit and thanked them for The
Chronicles and The Legends series of books that they wrote.
I ate overpriced pizza and
drank overpriced orange juice, after that sat down for a while near a
stage where people where fighting with foam shields and swords. My
feet and I was tired, and it was nice to sit. I got to see people
asking Ron Perlman questions, and found out he was in a tv show I
used to watch when I was younger called Beauty
and the Beast, which I didn't know.
Then I walked to the
Megaplex, and stood inline for Star Trek Continues. It was an awesome
job! I said hi to Grant Imahara, one of the stars of the film, and
said I liked his robots in Mythbusters. I talked very briefly with
Vic Mignogna, who plays Captain Kirk and said if possible I'd like to
try and write a script for an episode. I also ask him about voice
acting and he told me to come back on September 5, 2014, when he
would be doing a panel on that. I don't have the money to go back,
but life goes on. I did contact his Facebook page for Star Trek
Continues. I doubt I'll get a response, but you never know if you
don't try.
I walked back to my car, my
cell phone battery was dying and I was very nervous about getting
lost in downtown Salt Lake. Downtown isn't the safest place at night.
I finally found my car, turned my phone on, since I'd been turning it
off frequently trying to save battery life. It gave me directions to
where I knew how to get home and then died.
I got home probably about
1:00 AM and discovered my mom had called the police, due to being
worried about me. I felt bad about that, I hadn't meant to worry her.
I couldn't sleep due to the excitement of the day, and the phone rang
at about 1:20 AM. It was the police, asking for my mom. I told them
she was asleep. They ask who I was, I said that I was her son, and
tried to apologize. The officer ask me how Comic Con was, I said
there was a lot of people! Then I went to bed and tried to sleep. I
also posted my pictures on Facebook, Google+ and even one on Twiter
of Comic Con.
At about 6:20 AM my mom
woke me up reminding me to move my car, since they were going to
repave where it was next. I moved my car, and ate breakfast. I
eventually went back to bed. That was my day at Comic Con. It would
have been nice to buy some items from the event, but it was still
fun!