Day two went much, much smoother than our first day. We arrived early enough to find good parking and were able to check out the exhibition hall again at a less busy time. We had a hard time deciding whether we should go to the Heroes panel or the Iron Man 2 panel, and after consulting our friends via text, decided upon Iron Man 2. Assuming everyone else would also want to see this panel, we went and got in line 3 hours early – this time with good shoes, drinks, and reading material. Our planning seemed wasted, though, as there was no line and were let into Hall H immediately. There was a panel already going on when we found our seats near the back, but when the panel was finished we were able to find seats closer to the middle, although that was about as far as we could get.

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This year was my first year attending Comic Con, and while I had a fantastically fun time, the experience itself was also a bit overwhelming and stressful. I had the opportunity to go with one of my childhood friends, Amber, who invited me to stay with her and her husband in north San Diego. Luckily for me, Amber knew to purchase tickets early (we bought them in April). Even so, we were still too late to secure 4-day passes, but we did manage to get a pass for Friday and Saturday. After having this experience, I was actually glad we didn’t get 4-day passes, as I don’t know if I could have handled more than 2 days.

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It’s been awhile since I’ve made any posts around here. I’m just going to blame that on me being busy. Yeah.

Actually, it’s true. I have been quite busy the past month or so. After a weekend in Vegas (in which I made a mini pilgrimage to L.A.) I flew back to Colorado for two days and then flew to San Diego to visit my friend Amber and attend Comic-Con. More on that later.

Aside from all the travel, the real reason I have been so busy is because… I have accepted a front-end web developer position at Zappos and will be moving to Las Vegas at the end of August. I’ve had an amazing run at Burns Marketing for the past three years and feel incredibly grateful for all the things I’ve learned and all the wonderful people I’ve become friends with. Even so, I’m very much looking forward to working at Zappos – learning new things, meeting new people, and experiencing a new place.

So that’s it. The past few weeks have been spent getting things in order for the big move, spending time with friends, and trying to squeeze some “me time” in there (which has recently been spent watching Heroes – yes, I’m just now getting into that show). I promise, Comic-con posts are coming soon!

Note: Don’t forget that Ignite Fort Collins #2 tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9:25am!

Those who know me know that I have a fascination with the number pi, and most were surprised to know that I did not own the infamous pi shirt over at ThinkGeek. Since I will be attending ComicCon next week with my friend Amber, we decided that we needed to be somewhat nerdy so we went ahead and each ordered a shirt to wear. However, while I was at ThinkGeek, I also found a few other shirts that I was *this* close to purchasing, but thought better of it after I saw my order total. Maybe next time…

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Steve and I attended Ignite Boulder 5 last week, and in my opinion, it was much improved over number 4. This time, I arrived early enough to enjoy some of the beer (even though we had to pay this time), and while trying to find some seats, I spotted a whole section of seats available at the front. Being a recent student, I automatically assumed that no one was sitting there because no one ever wants to sit in the front (in school, at least, although I never had a problem with it). So I dragged Steve to the front and we promptly sat down to enjoy our beer. It soon became apparent, though, that the section was reserved for volunteers and speakers (even though there were no signs that I could see). We were both really uncomfortable throughout the first half of presentations, and as soon as break rolled around, we hightailed it out of there to go sit on the balcony. Oops?

Overall, the presentations were great. The first couple had me really laughing, although they weren’t really informative in the practical sense. It’s unfortunate that the few that truly were informative were not received as widely as those that were more silly and humorous. The last one, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept that a Googolplex is a Really Big Number” by David Walton was my favorite, and I felt it combined information and humor in a really great way.

After the presentations came the live music. The first band, “The Autumn Film” had a really nice sound, but I didn’t feel their sound was appropriate for an “after party.” It was just much too slow, and as someone on the Twitter feed commented, it would have been much better as pre-party or intermission music. Steve and I left before the second band came on, as we still had to make the drive back to Denver/Fort Collins. Overall, I really enjoyed #5, although #6 would have to have some really amazing-sounding presentations for another trip to Boulder to be worth it.