If it's not okay, it's not the end.

Just came back from my first C25K run from the program chaobell talked about on her LJ; it was pretty okay! I didn't actually die this time, but let's see if I can do it again on Wednesday. o_o;;;

In other news, San Diego Comic-Con is in, like, two weeks you guys, WHAT THE HELL. But, this is the post for you to tell me if you want David Tennant's autograph anything from there, and how much you're willing to spend on it! I know kitsunewings would like one of those autographs, but I'm not sure how much they're going to be. (Usually autograph money from SDCC goes to good causes instead of into the celebrity's pockets, which is nice! But it depends.) Just check the panels/schedule/booths/whatever, and comment here, and I'll see what I can snag for you! :D

THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN I CANNOT WAIT

I made an Election Day mix! The write up is crap, I'll warn you now; a lot of these songs are more instinctive calls, because I made them in ten minutes right before I ran out the door to get into my car to drive the hour home to go vote. I'll post the track listings here, but I don't have webspace on which to upload them, so if anyone wants a zip or a song, just comment and I can e-mail it to you no problem. :D

Center of the Sun: An Election 2008 Soundtrack

( when i close my eyes i am at the center of the sun )

WOW SO THIS WAS SUPER LATE, ALMOST A WEEK AFTER ELECTION DAY. This write-up took me foreverrrr. Still, it was fun! I'm still so excited, it's been wonderful. 

There is a mighty sound in this country today. 

When I came out of the poll, walked back to my car and prepared for the second hour to an hour and a half-long drive that day back to school, I settled into the seat and rain started to fall and I turned the stereo on to the second disc of this.  As the last ten seconds of Man Bites God wound down, Could've Moved Mountains came on, and I turned it up so I could hear the soft intro and forgot it set so very loud as I turned onto the blue route to come home.  In the far left lane doing eighty to get back in time to be of any use volunteering around campus I listened as the dark rumble of the bass shook the tiny confines of the car under me, made it tremble up my ankles, low in my belly and deep in my spine as it welled up high and thick in my throat.  It swelled and ebbed as the soaring swoop of the high violins curled around the base of my skull and pressed in behind my eyes until all I could do was arch with it and laugh and find that I was weeping as the soft rolling crack-boom of the thunder of the storm into which I was driving echoed the music, sinking into my bones. 

I felt the exact same thing tonight as I stood in Thomas Great Hall as Barack Hussein Obama was declared the President-Elect and a hundred hundred voices in this place all rose up as one and screamed with ecstasy and triumph and the knowledge of the power of will.  I vibrated with it, I raised my hands and breathed it in and I laughed, crying, unstoppable and sharp with joy as feet stomped and shook the floor under me, as throats sang and shook the air. 

I felt it again in the wonderful, thunder-slide, Baptist-preacher cadences of our new President's voice as he gave his acceptance speech at midnight, the wetness in his eyes and the clear, steadying tone of his voice standing out against a sea of damp cheeks and grave, hopeful faces in Chicago, and a huddled group of damp cheeks and grave, hopeful faces in a tiny living room in Rhoads dorm on Bryn Mawr College's campus. 

I will never forget what happened here today, on this campus, at my home, in this country.  I will never be able to hear that song again without getting choked up.  I cannot recall the last time I was this happy. 

Yes, by God, you'd better believe we can. 

nails until the results are in!

I just voted for the first time! :D The whole process took about ten minutes, and was weirdly anticlimactic. That said, I feel very good. Now to chew my

GO VOTE, GODDAMMIT. GO.

WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE READING THIS? GO VOTE! NOW! IF YOU ARE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CAPABLE OF VOTING, DO IT!

DID YOU VOTE? CAN YOU READ? HAVE YOU GOT THUMBS?

SHOW ME YOUR FUCKING THUMBS!

THUMBS!

Marvel: Secret Invasion panel time! Here with Joe Quesada, Greg Pak, Christos Gage, Chris Yost, Daniel Way, Nick Lowe, Jason , Brian Reed, Fred Van Lente, Joe Pokaski, Ivan Brandon, Peter David, Jim McCann, C.J. Sobalski.

( Cut! )
Off again! Going to try to get into another Marvel panel.

Fables panel! Moderated by Bill Willingham, with Vertigo group editor Shelly Bond, along with Eisner-winner Todd Klein, Steve Leialoha, novelist Chris Robertson, Matt Sturges from Jack of Fables and House of Mystery, James Jean, and Mark Buckingham.

Matt is signing exclusively with DC Comics.

Coming out next year, Mark is having a huge book done on him with Fables stuff in it by a UK publisher.

Chris is going to be writing a mini-series spinoff of Fables, called Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love. It'll be Secret Service meets Sex and the City. It'll answer the question of what happened to Cinderella's fairy godmother.

There's a Fables novel coming out by Bill Willingham illustrated by Steve Leialoha about Peter Piper and his older brother Max Piper, who grows up to be the Pied Piper.

Early next year, a Fables/Jack of Fables crossover is coming out called The Literals; it runs parallel to Jack and Fables and has a three-issue miniseries that ties them both together.


Question time!

Many of the best issues of Fables revolve around missions, where do those ideas come from?
Bill: I don't have any background, but my mom, during the second World War, was a member of the Manhattan project, so I think some of that was passed along.

I heard a rumor that Fables is ending...?
Bill: Everyone hears this rumor because of the types of series that Vertigo does, but no, no Fables isn't ending. After 75 it sort of begins again, but it's not ending. There is no end in sight for Fables.

Is there going to be some American tall tale stuff coming in?
Bill: I loved the one Jack tall tales Civil War story. There have been some that've been forgotten about that we're bringing back; Little Lindsey Lariat, Captain Scurvy, a camel named Omar, the list goes on and on, so they're in upcoming issues in Jack of Fables.

Which character from Fables is you?
Bill: Old King Cole?
James: Little Boy Blue, we both play trumpet.
Bart: I've always had an affinity with Fly.
Matt: Gary, pretty much.
Chris: Flying drunk monkey?
Steve: Flying drunk monkey!
Todd: Pinnochio

Bill, you started out as a penciler, will you pencil an issue of Fables?
Bill: Well, if I started now... Do we have an artist locked in for Fables #1,000 yet?

Did the three blind mice ever get some?
Matt: With other mice, or each other? *laughs* I guess, sure, in Smalltown.

Is there any chance that urban legends or horror pieces will ever be included?
Bill: Possibly? An issue's coming up that might answer your question.

Fables seems to cover a lot of broad areas as far as characters and fandoms go, was that an original plan for it to apply to so many people's interests?
Bill: Well, usually when we start stories where the audience doesn't really factor into it so much; you don't think who you'd like to see in your audience besides the big answer, which is all of them.

Is a Fables movie on the table at all?
Bill: There's always something underway along those routes, it's one of the reason DC tried to do Fables to begin with, so there's movement, but it's not really going anywhere.

Fables merchandise?
Bill: Not really, unfortunately, or not that we know about. It sounds great, but it's not in our works.

Are any of the evil stepsisters or hags or anyone coming back?
Matt: None on tap right now, but that doesn't mean we can't get some.

What's your favorite letter and why?
Todd: S, because every time I use it, it comes out different, and I can use it differently all the time.

Last year the character to watch was Babe; who's the character to watch this year?
Bill: Oh, it's always going to be Babe.

The more well-known Fables are more resilient in Fabletown; does that rule apply in the Homelands?
Bill: Yes.

Will James ever do another interior story?
Bill: He has a standing offer to do a story whenever he wants, so...
Jean: Well, maybe one day I'll have done enough covers that you can mix and match...?

I GOT AVATAR SIGNING TICKETS. I GOT AVATAR SIGNING TICKETS. OMG. So, let's see if I make it into the line. :D

But! Now, I'm here at Watching the Watchmen with Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Entertainment Weekly writer Jeff Jenson, Chip Kidd (Mythology, Jurassic Park, Batman Collected), who helped design the book and Mike Essl.

( Cut! )

They showed us lots of pages from the book, and it looks totally fantastic. Wish me luck at the Avatar signing!

AVATAR. AVATAR. AVATAR, OH GOD. OH GOD. OH GOD, I CAN'T EVEN--

I JUST--

Okay, give me a second.

...

*deep breaths* Okay. So, ( they started with telling us what they're going to be doing soon... )

I go to sleep happy tonight. I love this show, and this fandom, and these people, and I feel very good.

DCU: Crisis Managment panel!


OFF TO AVATAR. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Back! I couldn't blog at Watchmen; they yelled at me when I brought my computer out because they're frightened of recording the footage they showed, but suffice to say it was TOTALLY FUCKING AWESOME AND I AM SO EXCITED OMG OMG OMG. :D So, now I'm here at the Vertigo panel! It’s got Karen Berger, the executive editor/senior VP of Vertigo, Shelley Bond, group editor, Will Dennis, senior editor, as well as Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets, Joker), Mark Buckingham (Fables), David Lapham (Young Liars), Grant Morrison (Seaguy), Matt Sturges (House of Mystery), Matt Wagner (Madame Xanadu), Bill Willingham (Fables, House of Mystery), G. Willow Wilson (Air), Brian Wood (DMZ, Northlanders) and a few others.


Off to Final Crisis! This should be very, very interesting.

GUH. WAS SO TIRED YESTERDAY.

I went to the Doctor Who/Torchwood panel, but they made me put my laptop away, so I couldn't blog from it. D: I can't possibly express the awesomeness of it anyway; John Barrowman kissed Gareth David-Lloyd and Naoko Mori, and completely stole the show, he and Naoko sang Miss Saigon and he talked about accidentally sticking his hands down Gareth's pants during the naked hide and seek scene. They were all hilarious, Steven Moffatt was hilarious, and I got stuff signed by everyone but Julie Gardner, even though I had to stand in line for three freaking hours. But John Barrowman hit on me, so it was worth it. I think I nearly fainted. I'm still in the process of working through some sort of numb sexual shock.

Crystal is here! (She says hi.) We had a good time last night, and we're going to watch Torchwood and Sozin's Comet tonight, and we're sitting in the Marvel panel now, and people are coming on stage so I should probably pay attention.

The Marvel: Your Universe has Joe Quesada, the editor-in-chief in publishing at Marvel, Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, Dan Buckley, the president of publishing at Marvel, and Craig Kyle, the senior VP in creative development at Marvel Animation.


Off to... stuff!  God, I don't even know anymore.

In the LGBT in Comics panel now, with Patricia Jeres from Prismcomics.org, Mark, writer of Manhunter, Perry Moore, author of Hero and exec. producer of The Chronicles of Narnia, Gail Simone, writer of Wonder Woman, Judd Winick, writer of Pedro and Me and is currently writing Green Lantern, Green Arrow and Titans, and Bob Schreck, editor at DC Vertigo.

Aaaand, that's the end of the panel! ON TO TORCHWOOD AND WHO.

Had a good time today!  The pilot of Fringe was acceptably interesting, though I'd have to see another episode to be convinced that I'd be able to watch it on a regular basis.  It was a run-of-the-mill FBI drama with a smattering of supernatural stuff thrown in; I'd have to see where they went with it. 

Got a bunch of free swag at the dealer's room, including an awesome poster tube and some cool Twilight movie stuff CEDRIC DIGGORY IS EDWARD WTF before we were thrown out by the cops, which I'm sure will happen at least once again before the con's over.  Man, when they say the room's closed, the room is fucking closed, and no lie. *amused* 

So, here is my schedule for tomorrow!  CANNOT WAIT GARETH DAVID-LLOYD YAY YAY YAY



And then we get kicked out by the cops again!  Fun times. 

Also, Crystal is coming to hang out and go to the Con and RHPS with me on Thursday and Friday!  This is going to be AWESOME. 

But for now, I am le tired.  I will go sleep, and prepare for my first day of cosplay tomorrow.  Since I am laaaame and only have the one, I just hope people will get bored of asking me for pictures. XD

I AM IN THE CONVENTION. WATCHING FRINGE PILOT NOW. YAY. YAY.

HOLY SHIT THIS LINE IS ENORMOUS. We will maybe get into the Con TOMORROW AFTERNOON. wth More when we get our passes.