Can you believe it? The bag I bought to replace the one with the ripped strap has a ripped strap:
Fortunately, there is another load-bearing strap, but still: sheesh!
The Hilton we’re staying at is quite nice, and they’ve really made an attempt to ensure that us science fiction nerds feel at home. Like this: in the lobby there’s a sort of hall of fame of celebrities who’ve stayed at the hotel, and the very first one is fan favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Which really made me appreciate how perfect a place California is to host Worldcom -- the state’s governor is the Termination, for pete’s sake. How cool is that?
The convention center itself is characterized by the usual fascist-airport architecture you find in these kinds of structures:
But outside kinda looks like it wants to be Starfleet Academy or the General Assembly building of United Planets or something:
Especially at night:
Inside, the convention itself couldn’t be cooler or geekier. The exhibit halls include an exhibit of old toys:
SFnal things made out of Lego, like a Death Star:
And a Stargate, inexplicably still left in its box:
There’s a costume display, some of it original prop stuff:
(There’s a lot of Trek-related stuff going on here, since this year is the 40th anniversary of Trek fandom and we’re in its birthplace (SoCal, that is).
Some of it fan-made, like this extraordinary attire for a family of Tusken Raiders (from Star Wars, duh):
And there’s tons more, but I’ve got to run off to my Friday panels. I’ll post more as soon as I can.
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