An Epic Day of Nerd Culture

Today was a truly colossal day of enjoying nerd culture.  I joined Paul Ballew and Teague in a three-phase excursion to get as much nerding as possible done in one day.  We began the day with a noon matinee of Thor, which was much better than I expected.  The effects were great, the storyline enthralling, and it had Natalie Portman in it (much like every other movie this summer).  Phase Two required us to travel to Boulder for Free Comic Book Day, an annual event that I had never attended before.  Teague is friends with the owner of this particular comic shop, so I was happy to get to support his friend’s business a bit.  When we arrived, there was a Batmobile parked in the lot and an Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters pulling out of the parking lot.  This was going to be fun.

The shop itself was buzzing with activity.  Each person got to pick three free comic books from a selection on the counter.  I grabbed a Superman, a Green Lantern, and an Inspector Gadget (mostly for nostalgia).  One of the workers announced that everyone could pick three more free comics from their old stack of previous Free Comic Book Day offerings, so I did that as well.  This time, I just randomly picked.  I noticed a sign “Books and Posters, limit 1 each”, so I grabbed a Robert Aspirin collection for Tasha (again, free).  After that, I turned my attention to some long-deferred purchases and elected to get Alan Moore’s “Lost Girls” graphic novel.  I have heard excellent things about it, and I liked Watchmen so I decided to give it a try.  Lastly, I grabbed a Violet Lantern t-shirt just like Sheldon’s from Big Bang Theory.  When I went to check out, I was told that everything in the store was 10% off today.  Score.

The last phase of the day was back to my house for D&D.  The session went slowly and was spent more in socializing than playing the game, but it was much needed since our group hadn’t been together for several months due to Eve’s arrival.  What a great day, but boy am I beat!