I realized that I haven't shared the drawing that I did for AT4.



Clicky for bigger version.

It is a companion piece to the drawing I did for AT3.

I have uploaded my pictures from the Q&A sessions, auction and closing ceremony.

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As usual, please do not use the pictures for icons, banners, etc, or upload them anywhere without my permission. Thanks!

I have finished uploading my pics from the Q&A sessions - just Ryan Robbins and then Claudia Black And Ben Browder.

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Please don't use them or repost them without my permission - you know the drill :)

Enjoy!

There was much fun to be had this past weekend at the Farscape and Stargate conventions in L.A.

I only caught 4 Q&A sessions and only had my camera for 3 of them and really only took pictures at 2. I am in the process of going through them now.

Ryan Robbins was by far the highlight of the convention. I had a photo op with him and gave him the nubbin I made. It was a hit with him as well as with his daughter (who is a cutie pie!)

Lots of drinking and partying, though I was in bed by 2am every night. And I really only drank on Saturday - only one drink on Thursday and one on Friday.

Met some awesome peeps and got to see friends from previous years.

Good times.

Now it's time to pack for London and AT4! In just 2 days I will be heading to the airport!

So I've been running in the park since having to suspend my gym membership. It's been pretty good, though I still need to get better at dressing for the weather. Friday I didn't dress warm enough (could have used some mittens) and then today I dressed too warm! (should have worn short sleeves).

Anyway, here are the details on my runs:

Mon Oct 26th:
2.2 miles in 27:03.9
12:18 mile pace
Weather: 87 F Sunny

Wed Oct 28th:
2.38 miles in 25:01
10:30 mile pace.
Weather: about 70 F Windy

Fri Oct 30th:
2.04 miles in 21:05.2
10:20 mile pace
Weather: About 65 F Sunny

Mon Nov 2nd:
2.04 miles in 21:26.8
10:40 mile pace
Weather: 76 F Sunny

So this weekend is the Farscape/Stargate convention at the LAX Marriott. Fun times. One of Chris's former co-workers will be sharing a room with us - this is her very first convention ever. It should be fun having our very own little con virgin. Weeee!

Hair appointment on Thursday before the con.

I fly out to London a week from Wednesday.

My hunt for a dress for the AT4 cocktail party was indeed successful, though I walked out of the store with neither of the dresses I had been debating over.

I tried the red one on, but it was the wrong shade of red - too orange - and it was a bit long (which could have easily been solved by a quick hem).

While I was waiting for the girl to get the purple one in my size, I tried on another dress that we saw on the rack.

It was perfect! The right length, perfect color, great fit. And it was $40 less than the other one. Score!

Turns out the purple version wasn't exactly the right color either - a bit lighter than I was expecting.

So, purchased the perfect one. I think I will keep the color and style of it a secret until the party.

I just need to get a shiny bit for my hair and I am all set.

Oh, and I am sitting in seat B16. I knew I would be in either row A or B. Row A or closer to the center aisle would have been nicer, but I am cool.

I need to head to the mall for lipstick (M.A.C. color Russian Red) and to the fabric store for some black fabric for a 1/2 circle skirt I am going to make to wear to the Abnormal Ball. Not sure if it will be plain black cotton, or something with a bit of a sheen to it. I want something that will be nice enough to maybe wear to interviews or something - a nice versatile black skirt.

I've been breathing in Nubbin fur and charcoal dust for days now *sigh*

Things are slowing getting crossed off my 'To Do Before AT4 List', but new things are also being added *sigh*

I bought a new pair of jeans to bring because they were only $15 at Target on the clearance rack, but they need to be hemmed a couple inches.

I've started on the nubbin faces. This is the least favorite phase of the construction process so I have been avoiding it.

I have hit a roadblock in the construction of my portfolio, so that is on hold.

Still no job and not even a glimmer of a possibility of one.

I just feel incredibly lost right now. I have no idea what to do or which direction to go and I hate it. So adrift.

I want to be selfish and do what I want instead of what I should do, but I have absolutely no clue what it even is that I want or how I would go about getting it. I have this vague idea and a few possibilities about what I would maybe eventually like to do, but there is no path that I can see that will get me there. It's all just fantasies, what if's and unobtainable dreams.

I am really scared about the state I am going to be in after AT4. I was a wreck after Vancouver and I had a job to distract me then. I don't know if I can handle the emotional high of an international trip and a convention with awesome friends and then the inevitable crash afterward.

So I have been eyeing this dress for a while now, but I am torn between 2 color choices:

Red
Purple

So I figured I'd get some more opinions. I will be heading to the shop to try them on (and possibly other dresses) in a couple weeks.

Poll #1469596 Which color dress?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16

Which color dress should I get for the AT4 cocktail party?

Did!

Today I got to stroll (and ride!) around the WB lot.

We met Zach Levi (a.k.a. Chuck) at his trailer and had a nice chat. He is sooooooo tall! Had on a ton of makeup too.

We were going to watch some filming, but there was a closed set since Yvonne was in her undies and they were behind schedule so we couldn't stick around for them to move to the Buy More.

But we did get to browse the Buy More set! It's so surreal. Just like a tiny green Best Buy. There are so many details, from the price tags on the shelves to the products. There was even a laptop behind the Nerd Herd desk that had a sticky on it that said 'Ready for pick-up'.

I sat behind the Nerd Herd desk. I couldn't resist.

Other random tidbit - Zach has a golf cart that had the nerd herd logo on it. It was plugged in outside his trailer. He also had a bicycle with his name on it (I think it said Nerd Herd too).

Hopefully we'll be able to go back when there isn't a closed set and watch some filming. It was wicked fun though!

Anyway, pics can be seen here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=159249&id=627686039&l=07b5ae98f0

On crocheting. Heh. So punny. You get it? Crochet hook... hooked.

Ahem.

Unemployment is making me batty.

I search the job sites, but there is not much in IT and really nothing that I am well qualified for. Most places want a Linux/Windows admin and I don't do Windows. Or they want a programmer/admin and I don't program.

*sigh*

Maybe this is a sign that I really should be moving on.

Of course the creative side of things is not looking much better.

I have no clue what to put on my resume that would make me look remotely qualified for either a job in the industry or anything outside of IT.

I am still working on my portfolio, but things are going slowly. I have about 5 different things that I should be working on.

I need to make a couple of nubbins for AT4. I would like to do a drawing to get signed again this year. I would like to have my portfolio done by then. And a few other things that I would like to bring to AT4.

Less than 40 days.

Gah.

My fingers hurt from all the crafting lately.

And I don't have a pretty dress for the cocktail party. I am not sure I should spend money on one right now, but I really want a pretty dress!

Someone I know that works in the industry has said that she would ask around about people needing help. She also said that I could shadow her while she works on a pilot coming up. The show she works on just got picked up for a 4th season as well. Hopefully she can at least introduce me to people that I need to know.

And something totally cool might go down on Wednesday, but I don't want to mention details and possibly jinx it (it has nothing to do with a job).

I plan on going back to the gym tomorrow. I haven't been since I was laid off. That should be fun *sigh*

I was going to start this with 'Not really too much new to report..." but then I realized that I actually had quite a bit to report.

Most of you already know this, but I was chosen to be a part of the 'Sanctuary Fans Call to Arms' thing that Syfy posted about. I just got a call today saying that it has been put on hold for legal reasons, but they are trying to rework the idea. I should hear more about it next week and if it does go forward, they still want me to participate.

I had dance class last night. That was painful. My feet just hurt. And not the usual hurt. And today my knees are stiff *sigh* I am going to blame the lack of warm up I get now. The teams class is before solo class and I don't do team, but the rest of the class does, so they are already warmed up when I get there. So I have to warm up myself, in the corner. Not very effective.

Doesn't matter since I can't afford classes after this month anyway (those are already paid for).

I've been spending my time working on m portfolio. I have 4 fabric pages done. They take a while to hand sew all the edges.

I haven't even looked at job postings or anything at all. I think I am too scared. I don't want to go back to IT, but I will probably have to. I still have to update my resume. I'd like to have one for industry or creative jobs too, but I have no professional experience to put on it. I don't want to apply for creative jobs before I have my portfolio put together. I don't even think I have enough stuff to fill the pages once I make them.

My Sanctuary DVDs were delivered to my former office today, so I am going to go pick them up tomorrow and drop off the paper work to get my severance. It's just the standard 'Don't sue us for wrongful termination and don't talk smack about us and we will give you money.'

Hopefully.

Today my job was eliminated at work (along with 4 others).

This does suck, but I am going to try and make the most of it.

I am not exactly sure what my next step will be.

Haven't posted in a while.

Working.

Going to the gym.

No dancing since we are on 'summer break' right now. Though classes start up again next week.

Bought a Heart Rate Monitor and am surprised at my 'Fitness Level' it put me at (just one point away from being at the top level, 'Elite'). And am also surprised at how many calories it says I burn at the gym. I was seriously underestimating.

Just trying to keep the 'get healthy' motivation going without going too crazy about it and stressing out. It's really difficult to get rid of processed foods, but I think I am doing a decent job of minimizing them and it's at a point where I know I can maintain it without going crazy.

Still no difference in the scale or measurements (and the waist has actually gone up a half inch *sigh*), but I am trying to be patient. They say it can take a few weeks for your body to adjust and understand what you want and such.

One slight issue is that I am going home to visit the family this weekend. *sigh* I know that the day at the State Fair is just going to be a wash, but I would like to try and not do too much damage over the weekend. Hopefully the walking at the Fair will counteract it a bit. And maybe I'll swim a bit at the lake and/or go for a run on Monday.

Speaking of swimming. I bought a swim suit! It's so cute. Similar to my last one.

Clicky here to see the suit on a model that looks much better in it than I do.

So hopefully it won't rain in MN and I'll be able to actually use my new swimsuit.

The smoke here sucks. Gah. The big fire is about 10 miles East of me. Most of it is blowing away from us, but the air quality it still horrible. Ick. When we were driving home on Saturday night, up the 5, we could see the fires. Some were just red glows on the horizon above the mountains, but a couple of places we could see the flames. Way erie.

I am wiped from my gym time today.

We saw District 9 on Saturday. That movie is so awesome. It is pure scifi. Plenty of action, but it makes you stop and think. I wanted to take the little alien home with me. Too cute.

So I am totally motivated right now to drop these last couple of pants sizes/inches. I've been tracking what I eat and kicking it up on the exercise front. I realized that I have been 'phoning' in my workouts lately and not putting in 100% effort.

Last Friday I did an ass kicking HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) session on the elliptical. The 'intervals' that I was doing before were a bit half-assed. Not this time! I did a repeat of it on Monday and then on Tuesday I tried a HIIT circuit which consisted of:

30 seconds of Burpees (squat, jump legs back, jump legs up into squat, stand up)
30 seconds of jumping jacks
30 second of Mountain Climbers (in push up position, switch legs back and forth like you are climbing)
30 seconds of Burpees
30 seconds of jumping jacks
30 second of Mountain Climbers
30 seconds of rest
x5

Well, I only made it through 3 1/2 of the 5 circuits. Gah. Then I did a fun ab circuit too.

Needless to say, I have been really sore for 2 days now.

I still did HIIT on the elliptical yesterday though. I was going to try the circuit again today, but I think I will stick to the elliptical and let myself heal up a bit more. Hopefully I'll eventually be able to first, complete a full 5 circuits and then do it twice a week.

I haven't been this sore from work outs in a long time and I love it! It feels like I am doing something right again!

I've also upped the resistance that I do in the mornings to hopefully build more muscle. I plan on alternating upper body resistance and yoga (which I did this morning and feel a bit less sore because of it) in the morning.

I also bought a heart rate monitor which is cool. I did the 'aerobic fitness test' yesterday, which consisted of laying in bed with the heart monitor on. It determined that my fitness level is 55, which is 'Very Good' and only 1 point away from the highest level 'Elite'!

As part of my new motivation, I am trying to shift focus from 'weight loss' to 'fat loss' and not be a slave to the number on the scale. I got some body fat calipers to test my body fat. I needed the Boy's help with the test and the results were 27-28% (with 22% being 'ideal'). I am not sure how accurate the test was though. I am going to test again in a couple weeks.

Tomorrow is the Boy's birthday, so we will be going to Disneyland. Yay!

We are also flying to MN in 2 weeks for Labor Day weekend. I haven't been back in the summer time in a while. I don't own a swim suit that fits me, so I will have to go shopping.

Running.

Monday:
8:46 mile

Just kicked it up a tiny bit.

I actually have dance class tonight and a competition on Saturday. Eep! I am going to try and go into it just to have fun. I practiced a couple times this week and then again on Monday. I might do one more practice on Thursday or Friday, but I don't want to overdo it, so I might not.

So I've started tracking my food again and I am appalled at the amount of sodium I eat! 1.5 times as much as I should! Holy crap. There is so much sodium in foods I wouldn't expect it in. *sigh* I have no clue how to cut down on it. I've already decided to cut out the V8 (or switch to low sodium), but unfortunately I just bought a 6 pack. I might try and return it. I think raw carrots will be consumed instead.

I've also upped my calories a bit and added in peanuts for a snack (with raisins because I don't like them plain) to try and make my calories from carbs vs calories from fat and protein ratio and bit better (I had been at about 60% carbs, but I now down to under 50%). Gah. Reading this health forum is driving me batty. I am getting discouraged because these people talk about eating only 30-40% carbs. I just don't know if I could ever do that! We'll see if my little changes will make any difference.

My awesome color pencils arrived today! I am itching to use them, but who knows when I will have the time. Maybe this weekend. The boy is leaving for 4 days, so I will be bored and lonely :(

Running:

Friday:
8:54 mile

Not too shabby! It was tough, but I really think it was mostly mental. I kept a steady 6.8 mph pace. I think Monday I might try 7.0 for the first half and then 6.8.

After the 1 mile warm up I did dance practice for 30 minutes. Gah. I am tired!

I did the stationary bike on Thursday instead of the elliptical and holy crap do my gluteals (aka my butt) hurt! I did the 'Around the World' program with varying hills and such. It was a good change of pace.

I've also started tracking my calories again, which is what I was doing at the beginning of the year when I lost 10 pounds. At the very least it makes me rethink those mini snickers that sit on the receptionists desk. I haven't had one since I started the calorie counting again (they are 50 calories!). I think I also need to be careful about not eating enough calories. This may have been my problem in the past. If you don't eat enough calories for your activity level, your body goes into 'starvation mode' and your metabolism slows to a crawl and you start burning muscle.

We are going to go see the GI Joe movie tomorrow. I hear it's a good action flick. Yay!

I ordered a new set of Prismacolor colored pencils. I was going to just pick them up at the discount art store, but they were way cheaper online (from the same store!) They store only had up to a 48 set on the shelf and those were $52. I got the 72 set for $50 plus tax and shipping - it came out to just over $62 for the set and a colorless blender. I can't wait to get them and try them out!

I think that's about all I have to report. 10 minutes to quittin time, but no one is here, so I think I will head out.

Tuesday:
5 minutes at 5.6 mph
15 minutes at 6.2 mph
10 minutes at 6.0 mph
45 seconds at 6.5 mph
Total Distance: 3.1 miles
Average mile: 9:55

It's time to mix things up a bit. As much as I love my 30 minute runs, I don't think I am reaping the maximum benefits right now. My body is used to my routine, so I need to shake it up. I am thinking of just trying a full out one mile run and see how well I do. Ideally I would like to do an 8 minute mile, but I can live if I start with a 9 minute one and work my way down. A 9 minute would be 6.7 mph average while an 8 minute would be 7.5 mph average. Though I am a bit scared to try faster than 6.5 mph.

I don't know if I am just going to throw this in once a week in place of my 30 minute runs, or if I will just do it once a week. I am also thinking of switching from the elliptical to the bike too.

Another size down (if not 1 1/2 - I think I am between sizes now) by AT4 would be nice. 14 weeks.

I didn't have dance class last week and I don't have it again this week, so I plan on using my gym time tomorrow to practice. I am thinking of throwing practice time back in on a regular basis as well. Maybe this can fill some time on the days I do the one mile run, since that will only take about 10 minutes.

I just don't know if my problem is that I am working out too much, or not enough, or not 'smart' enough. Or maybe it's my eating that's causing the problems. *sigh* It's frustrating. I wish I could just talk to a personal trainer, but I doubt I could do that without paying for sessions (which are ridiculously expensive).

Running.

Wednesday and Friday:
5 minutes at 5.6 mph
10 minutes at 6.2 mph
15 minutes at 6.0 mph
Total Distance: 3.0 miles
Average mile: 10:00

I was happy that I was able to keep that pace even though I hadn't run for a week (and also indulged in many sweets during Comic Con).

There is a dance competition in 2 weeks. I have until tomorrow to pay for it (if I want to avoid the $20 late fee). Gah. I am so indecisive. I went to watch a competition last month and was disappointed that I wasn't competing (mostly because there was one girl that I know I would have beat so wouldn't have gotten last place like I usually do).

It's the weekend the boy is going to be out of town, so I would probably go anyway. I am sure that if I don't compete, I'll kick myself for it. This tells me that I should just go for it. The problem is that I am not confident in my steps and I might have one class before it (if that). It's $50, so enough money to be hesitant. I should probably try on my dress too. It was getting a bit big back in March.

Blah.

The other issue I am facing is my portfolio. I really want to put one together, but I am not sure if I should be more concerned about producing more things to put in it, or if I should just start putting it together. The plans I have for it are fairly elaborate. I don't even know how many things I should put in it. I know it shouldn't be too big, but it also should represent all aspects of your art well. Besides some drawings, I plan on including my dance dress (possibly both, but I am not too sure about including the first one). I could also include the nubbins, but that's a little sketchy since it's a derivative work that's based on a copyright critter. But they aren't exact replicas, just my interpretation of them.

And should I include stuff from my college days? Or should I just stick with recent stuff.

I think I need more variety. I have 3 portraits (self, female (the one of AT) and baby) a drawing of a dog (which I need to get a good scan of from the owner of the drawing) and my dance dresses. I hope to do a landscape drawing and include that as well. All the drawings are charcoal. I really should do other mediums, but I am not comfortable in other mediums. I should just bite the bullet and try color, but my colored pencils are in disarray and I am missing most of the set. They are way too expensive to just go out and buy a new set (about $100 for the decent sized one). I do have one piece of fan art that I did back in the day that is in ink. It was a different style for me that I haven't really explored since.

I am really just flying by the seat of my pants with this thing. I know that a creative presentation of your stuff can work in your favor, but I also don't want to go too overboard and possibly make it distracting. I am going to try and make my own book. I learned a simple technique back in High School that I think I can modify and pull off. I would mount the drawings on some nice paper and include a card with a hand written title and description (medium, etc). For the dresses I would include the preliminary drawings for the embroidery designs (the ones I can find), the computer colorized mock-ups and then a picture of the final product - maybe even some fabric samples.

The goal right now for having it done is AT4, so just over 100 days.

Wow I am all rambly.

Here's the last of my Comic Con ramblings.

Sunday we 'slept in'. By 'sleeping in' I mean waking up at 7am instead of 5am. At least there were no alarms and that was just when I naturally woke up.

We took our time getting ready and got downtown at about 9am or so. Our first stop was breakfast at Cafe Diem. (Are you sensing a theme for the weekend?) I had the 'Get-in-the-Gate French Toast with Berries' and Chris had the 'Kawoosh' which was a giant pile of eggs (3 I believe), bacon, hashbrowns (which had peppers in them, so he didn't eat them, but I had a few bites - they were good) and a biscuit. We had the same waitress that we did for lunch on Wednesday. She was very enthusiastic on Wednesday and looking forward to the weekend. It was funny seeing her near the end of it. She was beat! She said she had worked 14 hours on Saturday.

After breakfast we went to the gift shop in the hotel lobby where they had some Syfy stuff. They didn't have any of the cool shirts the wait staff where wearing, but they did have a 'Cafe Diem' apron, which was on our list of things to get. Score!

Random wandering of the dealer floor followed. We picked up some cool stuffs. I got the Mouse Guard books and had one signed by the creator. The medieval mice with swords are cool!

We also picked up an F-302 model for 'cheap', which is a relative term. It was about $40 off the price on their site.

We wept over the Serenity model in all it's shiny glory. Holy crap it's gorgeous!

We were about to call it a day, sitting out in the hallway, when I decided to check my twitter. Holy crap! Nathan Fillion tweeted that he was at the SoCal Browncoats booth signing for 'Waterkeeper Alliance' donations. We were at that end of the hall, so we headed back in. By the time we got there (I got the tweet about 20 minutes after he sent it), the line was already pretty long, but we figured 'what the hell'. So we bought another pretzel with nuclear cheese to tide us over and stood in line.

We were about half way to the front when a guy announced that Nathan had to leave soon, so those at the back of the line might not get an autograph. About 5 minutes later, he got up from be hind the table and started heading up the line, signing as he went. Before each signature he asked if they had donated to the charity (there was a girl with a jar going up the line before him). It was pretty cool. I was able to snap a couple pictures and we each got a scribble. The boy said how much we were enjoying Castle.

Yay!

We ended up a the Rock Bottom Brewery for a late lunch. We were sure if we were going to be meeting with friends for dinner later, so we decided to just split a burger.

We did meet up with friends, but it was for dessert and not dinner. I had a quick sandwich at the condo so I wouldn't be putting chocolate into an empty stomach.

The dessert place was called 'Extraordinary Desserts'. Holy crap. It was good. I had the Au Chocolate torte and Chris had the special, which was a chocolate strudel (warmed up) with vanilla ice cream. One friend had the Triple Chocolate torte and the other also had the strudel, but with fresh whip cream instead of ice cream.

My torte was a thin layer of chocolate cake topped with a thick layer of dark chocolate moose, covered in dark chocolate ganache. It was rich, but not nearly as rich as I was expecting. It was perfect. I ate about half of it and saved the other half for a treat the next day. Nom.

I had a bit of the triple chocolate torte, which was yummy too. That had white, dark and milk chocolate moose and some cake and stuff.

That was the latest we stayed out all weekend. How sad are we? *sigh* And I am still exhausted!

We slept in again on Monday and had brunch at Hash House A Go Go (GIANT Pancake!) before heading out of town. We made it home at about 2:30 in the afternoon.

All in all, it was a fun weekend, just a bit of a let down after the last 2 Comic Cons. I wasn't expecting anything spectacular again, but... I don't know... meh.

Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to sort through and post pictures this weekend.

Big surprise, another wicked early morning. I'm supposed to be on vacation, for reals?

This time we didn't dick around with parking and just headed straight to the Petco Park lot.

The Sanctuary panel wasn't in the convention center, but next door in the 'Bayside Hilton'. We headed straight there and found the line along the boardwalk. Unfortunately two panels after Sanctuary was the 'Heroes' panel and there were Heroes fans that had been camping out since 10pm the previous night *sigh*

Our friend Thu was already there near the back of the shortish line, so we joined her. They had us outside for maybe an hour or so and then they moved us inside as more people showed up (to make room). The boy had to run to the dealers floor, so he left before they moved us and had a bit of trouble with one of the security peeps when trying to get back to us. The chick thought he was cutting in line, but he tried to explain that he had been in line with us since 7am. The chick in charge let him through.

Grabbed some Starbucks because I was starving. The scone was yummy, but they messed up my drink order and I didn't notice until I was already back in line (I didn't drink it until then). They apparently didn't hear the key word 'Chai' when I said 'Iced Chai Latte' and instead gave me a plain iced latte. I was desperate and drank most of it anyway, though it didn't taste very good. That turned out to be a big mistake as my system did not appreciate the caffeine and I had a *really* not fun crash after the panel.

Anyway, while at Starbucks, I ran into the mother of the 'other Amanda Smith' Yay! So we had to have our traditional 'Amanda Smith' picture together. She's 13 now! I think she was like 9 or 10 when I met her. We finally exchanged email addresses.

They let us into the room and we ended up about 5th row on the center aisle. Not too bad. The lighting in that room was fabulous! I was able to bump my ISO down to 200! (I usually have it up to 800 for cons).

The first panel was for a new Marvel game and Armin Shimmerman was there because he does some voices on it. And Stan Lee was also there, so that was cool! The game actually looks fun. It was 'Marvel Ultimate Universe 2' I think. You get to be a super hero and you battle other super heroes in a civil war. It's a story line that's been going on the the comics.

Unfortunately we missed the awesomeness that was the Chuck panel because it was on the other side of the Convention Center, but I am hoping to catch the recording online.

So the Sanctuary panel.

It was awesome.

Martin Wood came out first and did a pratfall as he came up on stage. Damian was next and of course had to do a little stumble (though he didn't actually fall - I think it was either because he doesn't know how to do a proper pratfall or he's a wuss - possibly both). Robin came up next and fell. Monkey see, monkey do, I guess :) It was funny. Amanda was wearing a skirt, so she just 'tripped' like Damian did.

A few highlights - they were talking about filming the helicopter episode and how they (Amanda, Robin and Martin) were in the water for like 4 or 5 days. By the 3rd day the water was really icky. And Damian said 'shrinkage' and it was funny.

They also talked about Amanda driving Damian's car in the car chase in the first episode. They had hired a stunt driver, but ended up not using her because Amanda was having so much fun. Robin was scared for his life and Damian was told to buy new tires when they were done.

Not new news, but still fun to hear - Amanda is a spaz and gets hurt a lot.

Martin, much to Damian's despair, gave away a bit too much about the Tokyo Sanctuary.

When they filmed in Tokyo, they had some extra time, so Damian quickly wrote another scene and they filmed in 'guerilla style' on the street, without a permit.

The entire panel was damn entertaining and the clips they showed were incredible. Hopefully they were able to convince a few of the Heroes fans to tune in.

Lunch at Cafe Diem was next. This is where the caffeine crash happened. Not fun. Felt better after getting another 'Zoe Cater Turkey Club' and some SyFryies in me. We also sprung for an 'Arite's Brownie' for dessert.

Met up with our friends Brandi and Travis at this time and walked the dealer floor for a bit. Grabbed a slice of pizza for dinner and then headed back to the condo to crash.

No panels or anything scheduled for the next day, so we could sleep in.