We got Blog Lazy. Having good times though.

So it's saturday now. Yesterday was our big day at Comic Con and needless to say it was awesome and I really hope we get to come back next year. Hopefully for more days too, the one day really just made things too busy to try and get done what you wanted to get done, especially where you're lost around the convention center for most of the time. The first thing we did, and more or less I mean me and Val since we barely saw ed all day for some reason, was go see Batman: The Brave and the Bold Panel at 10AM with Deidrich Bader from the Drew Carey Show. They showed a new episode which was pretty hilarious and pretty silly as it is a childrens show. And then the panel talked for a bit and took questions. The real highlight was Bader (THe Deids!) talking about how during voicing one episode he began crying in the studio. He said, without giving too much away, that in the episode Batman gets some closure and he put his head down and started crying and was said "This means a lot to Bruce." Seriously, this was a great start to our Comic Con endeavor. After that we walked around, found Ed for a few, then lost him again. We found Hall H so we could see the Disney panel with Pixar and Miyazaki among other great animators only to find that the line for this hall was about as populated as the Coachella festival or Ozzfest or something. So we turned around and met Ed at the same hall as Batman to see Robert Rodriguez BE AWESOME.

He was there promoting his new family film Shortz which no one really showed up to see that movie, but just be in the room with a Legend like Rodriguez was pretty awesome. I tried to get a picture of him, or with him, but it didn't work out. However, out of nowhere Danny Trejo came out and hugged him and said "Hey man, I gotta go." and i got a sort of picture of him. Then Ed was sticking around that room for the DC booth that would be going on next, and me and Val got in line for Dollhouse about an hour early because that was the only way to get in. On the way to the extensive line that started outside and ran the length of the building and then inside and ran back down the length of the building, we found Danny Trejo in walking in front of us. Which was hilarious and we followed him all the way to the line we were getting in. Danny is hilarious because the two people he was with (Wife and Son? Daughter and her boyfriend?) were incredibly well dressed, and Danny was wearing a giant white shirt and denim shorts and high as hell white socks. Either way, Awesome.
I also think that we were close to the last people who did make it in. Ed, however, did not make it in. Which was sad. But he got tied up in buying his awesome exclusive action figure. And me and Val got to be confused by the never before seen Dollhouse season finale that is being released on the DVD and BluRay. The problem is I don't think me or Val had seen the 12th episode and therefore the 13th episode was a real mindfuck. Then people started asking questions about Dollhouse and 90% of them were silly as hell questions. They were either too involved with the Tech or too involved with asking inane 'what if' questions. One person asked Eliza Dushku, if she were on Firefly what position would she play? She said to ask Joss and Joss said 'Missionary'. Someone else asked if the device used in Dollhouse could be used with people in vegetative states and prolong their life, or something and it was extremely in depth. Joss just raised his eyebrow, "You're Hired!" Then they brought on the geek tech guy Topher on the show and the beautiful Asian girl from the show, and i think i mostly just stared up at the screen at her. And then was confused when Topher spoke with a silly accent.

This ended at about 6. So we went back down to the booths and Val wanted art supplies and soon enough it was announced that there was only 30 minutes before the booths closed. They closed at 7, we spent a half hour looking for Ed where he said he would be, then headed toward art supplies with 30 minutes left, and at this point i was like VAL, I'LL BE OVER THERE. It got intense looking for good purchases, my favorite booth, which i finished up at some 5 minutes before the thing ended, was Oni Press who publishes the Scott Pilgrim books, and i spent like 60 bucks there on awesomeness including a Scott Pilgrim T-shirt.

After not finding ed at the booths we told him we would meet him at Rifftrax Live in room 6DE and we did meet up with him at that line. However the line wrapped around from the etrance of the room to the Exit of that part of the building...and kept wrapping. We said fuck that. and headed down the Green Shuttle Bus which would take us to the Courtyard Marriott where we are staying. Please remember at this point, we're exhausted and Val's hip is aparently in some pain. We rode this bus all the way to the end of its route, only to find out that it wasn't the same Courtyard Marriott we were staying at. So we wondered the strange land of San Diego for a little while and then just caught a shuttle bus back. On this bus, Val started crying. It was sad...and awkward...for me. Yup.

So we got off the bus and just took a trolly back as we probably should have in the first place however when we were waiting for the bus the trolly crowd looked like the Hall H crowd i talked about before. So we said fuck that and got ourselves lost instead. But we made it home, and i read some comics and then passed the fuck out.

Oh did i mention i got a free poster and bought the miniseries of a comic called "HELEN KILLER!" Well i did, and i'm proud of myself. Today we gotta pack up again and head to Vegas and hit up some "Elegant Night Life Filled With Beautiful Women With Horrendous Daddy Issues"

Til then,
-Ryan "HELLEN KILLER" Parker.

Today we finally make it.

Today we're finally going to make it to San Diego, California. And Yes, That's awesome.
Yesterday we went down to maricopa where my sister lives and hung out there and traded Val for homemade food.

RIP Valerie Terenzi.

Then my brother in law drugged the cake he made us and we were all mega exhausted on the way back to Anthem where Kelly lives. Except Val who was ridiculously energetic. And then a few wrong left turns later we actually did make it to the gas station where Val, for the first time in her life, pumped gas. And we were so close to getting Diesel.

-Ryan

It's 930 in PST and i'm bored.

It's like 930, i've been up since like 730 and the kids are still sleepin in the next room. and god am i bored. I've been talking to my friend Ted for hours and even called My sister and mother a few minutes ago just to make sure it was okay that i come at some random time today and to pass the time until then. White Men Can't Jump is on Starz and the dog is pretty much the only person around to actually talk to, and she really just wants my food/drink/cigarettes/soul. It's getting hotter out by the minute and should top out about 105, which should be hotter than balls. (Yes that is how a weatherman would say it). More Thunderstorms tonight, but probably no craters. And Craters are more fun than thunderstorms.

This morning is boring. I think i got used to waking up and everyone being like "Move your lazy ass! We gotta go!!!" which is like 90percent val and ed's just sorta laid back and groggy because it's early as balls.

Maybe i'll have some lucky charms...

-Ryan

So i woke up at about 730am Mountain Time in Albuquerque NM, which meant it was 930 back home. I sat up and grabbed my dear laptop who slept next to me (and yes, i put it in sleep mode). I opened her up and nothing happened. So i hit the power button, like maybe it shut itself off for some reason... and while it did shut itself off, it also Bricked. AKA Deadsies. AKA I miss my Laptop already. Apparently that series of HP laptops was crap (this is according to some tech help site that i posted for help on this morning) and i was lucky to get the almost two years i got from it. However, I wish i could have got four or five years from it. The power button turns on some lights and one of my hard drives squeaks a bit, but i don't think its the master drive, and oddly my CD tray will still pop out. My best case scenario is that the two harddrives are still usable. I was also told to try and plug it into another monitor just to see what happens, and i'm pretty sure it won't do anything, but worth a shot i guess. I'll probably wind up tearing the bitch apart in pieces and try to see if there isn't a visible hardware issue.

Anyway, Val was mostly cranky and unreasonable today, and more than anything bitched about the stuff in the backseat. ANd when i was in the backseat i mostly just bitched that she ALWAYS HAD HER WINDOW ALL THE WAY DOWN, which mostly made my life hell because i would literally have to use both hands to hold different things down around the car. Like the blanket, and the monitor of my laptop (RIP) that would flap in the heavy highway winds.

The lightning last night was awesome, even though val said it wasn't impressive, but she just can't find the awesomeness in manly things like Lightning. Lightning is one of the coolest and manliest things in Nature. Also on that list are Volcanoes, Tornadoes, and Meteorites. Speaking of Meteorites we visited some huge crater Val was telling you about. Everyone was pretty hardcore and serious about the awesomeness around them, however the three of us were total assholes and laughed the whole way through. It was pretty awesome, but i'm pretty sure i was the only one who REALLY wanted to see a big ass hole in the ground. And i was impressed. Then i got back in the car and kept on keepin on and made our way to the outlets which were at the very least hilarious, i almost bought douchebag shorts just to fit in when we get to San Diego (and apparently everywhere else in the world.)

I didn't have much entertainment in the car since my laptop died in our sleep last night so i took a crap ton of pictures and most of them are probably unfocused since i took them from a moving car. I should get them on facebook in the next hour or so, either that or i'll get them up in the morning since we're a full day ahead of schedule and can actually sleep in tomorrow.

I'll get to see my new nephew tomorrow (Nicholas Parker Matterson) and when i see him, much like when you call shotgun at the sight of the car, i will call Godfather. My mother, who is also at my sisters house, says that he's awesome, but i'm sure he'll only get awesomer in time.

Well, Til Tomorrow
-Ryan


RIP HP Laptop Dv9000 series (September 2007 - July 2009)

OH MY GOD!

RED.BULL.VENDING.MACHINE. OH MY GOD WHY NOT!? Made it to Phoenix while back. Pretty friggen sweet compared to Grand Ma's house, and yes even the Executive Suite of Albuquerque. Headin' to Ryan's sister's house tomorrow which apparently is child-saturated. Also tomorrow is Comic Book day. Great week as Blackest Night continues and Nova and the guardians rock War of Kings. Naps for most of you, but awesome for me.

So much naps...

Ed "YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!" Hanscom

PS: Green Lantern Guy Gardner was apparently a real person and an astronaut

mssion through mars

Hey gang, thanks to my brilliance, and insistence, we had a little mission today. Where, you ask (or might have asked if this were an actual conversation), did this mission take you young travelers? Oh, you know, just to the most awesomest place you could ever imagine! a freakin' METEOR CRATER! that's right, envy us. really it wasn't all that but it was pretty hilarious, or at least we thought so. Everyone else seemed to be like all about this thing, and there was a museum, and some plaques, and a rock store. but the crater was really the only worthwhile part. No meter to be seen though, as it got vaporized, as the man who spent the last 28 years of his life looking for the alien boulder sould have realized. but didn't. and drove himself and his fat wife to an early grave. Congratulations mister Baringer, i hope your proud of all your work which led to a new branch of science - meteorology. no that's not right. astrology. mediocrity. something. anyway, we're back on the main road. Thus far, we have escaped the hills and their ever watching eyes. Update you when we get to Phoenix.

Val, the alienologist-er

so tired. so cranky. karma for leaving ryan in the back with the windows down.

It's very hot out today. i don't mind. but what i do mind is television. So, our executive sweet in Albuquerque last night was pretty sweet. no flat screen tv though, which made me chuckle. So tired last night because yesterday was my first napless day. I passed out and so did everybody else, but some asshole left the tv on really loud all friggin night which ruined any hope of a restful sleep until i managed to drag myself out of bed at about 4 in the morning (mind you, i woke up at quarter past 5 AM yesterday, plus the no naps) to shut off the tv and almost cried when ed woke up to ell me that the blinky blue-white light wouldnt go out until i turned the tv back on, found a ps3 controller, and shut it off from there. couldn't manage but i think ed got up and did it for me because i was pretty pathetic. Thanks ed. and now i'm cramped in the back seat with the TELEVISION that the boys thought was an excellent idea to bring with us. Point is, boys are stupid. Val is cranky. But Arizona is really pretty.
We stopped just over the border for a quick pee (for ed and ryan and their shmeeny bladders) and lo and behold, t'was a warning posted to keep a sharp lookout for poisonous snakes and insects. Nice. Ed and Ryan got all paranoid about it. I was more excited than worried ut hey, to each whiny little baby his own. just kidding. Anyway, it's off to Phoenix for this merry wee band of three. I hope its great. We'll be stopping by a mall so i can hopefully find a really sweet bathing suit for california. Should be fun. Pls I'm pretty sure there's a really huge mall there. Then we'll be staying two(?) nights with ed's cousin in her home in a country club (Thank You!) and thence to Sunny Diego. Oh, and i just remembered that last night was also puke-fest for me also. whoop whoop. it wasn't so bad except for an inordinate amount of splash-back (NARTSY), which led to my decision to never ever ever eat DQ again, and also never to let ed decide where we stop for food (sorry dear, i just can't trust your judgment). Anyway, on to Phoenix!!!

Love, peace, ad entirely too muc chicken grease,
Valskidoo

PS - much to the disappointment to my male counterparts (and a little bit to my own) the storm we ran into on our way to the hotel last night was hardly impressive. Yup, that's about it.