PAX-E, Day 1

We were speculating at home how many people would be attending the convention. Turns out 30,000 or so. .... Oh. It was a tough afternoon since the first major thing that happened was not getting into the keynote to hear Wil Wheaton. That was very vexing, but I managed to let that go. purple_terror , R-, and I ended up hanging out with badlittlemonkey for most of the afternoon. I think none of us are hardcore enough in the game thing to truly appreciate this sort of environment especially since it came with an extra helping of crushing crowds. The super-cool thing they had on hand: big beanbags all over the place so people could just crash out for a while. 
 
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And then there's this. That's pretty sweet. Some of the bad luck on keynote was reversed, in that we were able to stand in a short (to me) line to get a quick hi with WW and an autograph.

So, this one definitely is better if you click to embiggen. I did the cartoony bits. I have to get a few more to feel like I have a complete representation.

Dinner= totally worth it. We dragged samuraizergling  off to Douzo. They were favoring dance club music and there was saki for some of us. :)

It's entirely possible I'll be thwarted in going to hear the music tomorrow. We'll see. I'm certainly scaling back my expectations since I'd not even considered that I'd not get into the keynote until they were turning us away.