Eeeeek.

I've noticed a  pattern: I'll write a random blog post but then someone else will occur and that other one will fall by the wayside. Which has happened yet again. So instead of that post, here's one on things that scare me, in honor of Halloween.

Please note: I'm a chicken. Results may vary for other viewers.

Scariest TV episode

"Doctor Who," "Blink." Y'all know I'm a Doctor Who fan. If you haven't watched before, give "Blink" a shot. It's a nice intro to the series (no previous knowledge of the show necessary, as the main characters are barely in it) -- and it's grade-A creepy. Trust me, you will never look at statues the same again. You will shriek. It's on Amazon Instant and Netflix streaming.

Scariest movies

"Dead Again." It's not even that this movie is all that scary; plus Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson pre-divorce is awesome. But it scared the crap out of me so much so as a teen (or tween?) that I can't think about scissors -- the murder weapon of choice here -- before going to bed or I can't sleep.

"Paranormal Activity." I'd say before this movie, I was probably more freaked out by Blair Witch Project, but that was likely more due to the shakycam that nauseated me to no end.  Paranormal Activity, though, ranks at the top now.  My sister likes to stand over me in the dark when I'm trying to sleep at her place. Shuddup. It's not funny.

Also, I watched "Woman in Black" last night. As scariness goes, it wasn't terribly so. But it had enough creepy old-timey photos and sinister-looking Victorian toys (ceramic dolls, wind-up monkeys that moved on their own) to make me watch something funny afterward.

Phobias

View from a spire at the
Sagrada Familia in Barca.

Stairs and heights. I hate stairs -- especially spiral stairs; it's that narrow part of the stair, damn it. I always think I'm going to tumble down and fall dramatically, like on TV or the movies. Maybe that's why I also hate heights. Put those two together and it's anxiety time. Just ask same sister who stands over me in the dark. We were at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and were at the top of the spires, which freaked me out. And then we had to climb down *very* narrow spiral stairs all the way to the ground. That's the closest I've come to a panic attack, ever. I mean, strangers were asking if I was okay.

Scariest experience 

Stop me if you've heard this story before because I tell it a lot: So my friend Amanda and I were on our way to London years ago when we had to spend a sleepless night at Boston's Logan Airport. So we get on the early morning flight to London and I fall asleep as soon as I buckle in (as I'm wont to do). Then suddenly Amanda is shaking me because the PA system has started saying something along the lines of: "Please prepare for an emergency landing in water." Panic ensues. And then the crew gets on and says the announcement went off by mistake and we're not crashing to our deaths as we thought. I try not to think about that every time I fly. It doesn't work.

In conclusion: Happy Halloween!

But you don't have to take my word for it....

Butterfly in the sky.... God, didn't you love "Reading Rainbow"? It was one of my very favorite shows growing up. The episode about New York City at night? Awesome! The one where LeVar takes us to the set of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"? Unforgettable! I always wanted to be one of those lucky kids who got to spend a few seconds talking about a book they loved.

Now the last few weeks have been sometimes stressful, sometimes fun but super busy, so haven't had much to talk about. So when that happens I'm just gonna do a BYDHTTMWFI (see blog post title) about the things I'm into lately. Bottom line: They're all cool.

Books

The Raven Boys. I'm a huge fan of supernatural TV shows, but for some reason supernatural/fantasy books are a really hard sell (Harry Potter excluded): weird names, silly-sounding places, dumb powers. But Maggie Stiefvater's "The Raven Boys" -- about a group of boys searching for a lost Welsh king in Virginia, of all places -- is great. Love the characters (Adam, a book version of Matt Saracen = swoon), intrigued by the Welsh mythology, liked the prose. Now I have to wait for the next book. Argh.

When the Game Was Ours. I generally knew Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are basketball icons but never knew much else about them. This book tracks not only their careers but also their rivalry -- and how it made each of them a better player. Loved this book. Loved.

Movies

Pitch Perfect. Go see this movie. It's like a cappella meets Bring It On. The story is run-of-the-mill: Anna Kendrick (my love for her knows no bounds) is an alterna-girl who joins a ragtag a cappella group seeking glory. But it's exactly what I wanted: cute and fun and musical. Though, warning, it's gross in parts. Now I wish I could sing. It is a-ca-awesome.

The Art of the Steal. Fascinating documentary about the Barnes art collection that was outside Philly (kicking myself I never saw it when I lived there) and now is in a new home in the Philadelphia Museum of Art -- despite the fact that the original owner explicitly said his collection should never leave its home or be part of the museum. Ever. Interesting because of its look at art and who owns it and how it's acquired-- the politics behind it. I must say, I'm conflicted about going to see the collection at some point. On one hand, it's amazing art. On the other, well, just watch the movie....

TV

Bomb Girls. A Canadian show on the Reelz channel about women working in a Canadian munitions factory while the boys fight in World War II? Sold. Duh. The clothes! The hair! The drama! It's like "Homefront" (an old fave) without Jeff (Kyle Chandler) and Ginger, a.k.a. The Best Couple Ever.

Downton Abbey. This third season? Trumps the second season by far. Squeee!

Hope you check these out. But you don't have to take my word for it....

A comic-con grows in Baltimore

If you're amazed there's not a T-shirt
in my haul from the Baltimore con,
I am too. (Credit: Me)

Yesterday I went to the Baltimore Comic-Con -- a first for me, which is weird since I live just an hour away and it's relatively easy to get to, even without a car. You'd think I would've gone years ago as a primer, building up to the mega-huge one in San Diego and the biggish one in New York. But true to my nature, if I really like something, I'm not one to dip my toe in, so I jumped into the deep end first and am only just now going to the smaller shows.

Now in Baltimore I did see Stan Lee, heretofore known as my nerd grandpa, when he passed us on the floor, with a lone guard as his escort. But there was no crowd chasing him. And besides him, there were no A-list celebrities. No must-see TV/movie panels or exclusive clips or previews or screenings. There were no corporate publicity stunts or huge booths, such as Marvel's, with all the different Iron Man suits or Odin's throne. There was no flashy swag.

But I could stand on the convention floor, stretch my arms out wide and not hit anyone. I didn't have to get there at dawn to fall in line to just get in the building. No opening multiple browsers on my computer  -- months before the actual con -- and waiting breathlessly and praying to the Comic-Con gods to get passes. I bought my ticket for the Baltimore con on Thursday night for $20. My friend just walked up to the window when we got there and bought hers.

Heck, we didn't even have actual badges, although I saw a Stan Lee VIP passholder who had a badge (for $200, you should get a badge). No, we got a blue paper wristband -- not even branded! *clutches pearls* -- which I promptly tore. Can you imagine what would happen in San Diego if people just had easily breakable wristbands? Chaos would reign. Thousands would wangle their way inside with a bracelet they found lying in the street. (It's a good thing we didn't have a badge anyway, because I didn't bring a supercool lanyard to go with it.)

Sometimes in San Diego you walk by the comics vendors and there aren't that many people there, which makes me feel guilty. At this one it was sometimes hard (relatively speaking) to get through people to browse through boxes of comics. Yay! I always tend to go to the trade paperbacks instead of individual issues, so I bagged "The Walking Dead" vols 1 and 2. Discount copies of "Locke & Key" -- a series I enjoy lots -- eluded me again.

Closer look at my treasures. The pins, from left: K-9;
a deer head that says "Expecto patronum";
a gas mask says "Are you my Mummy?"
(Credit: Me)

I also got a bracelet made from a comic book page, (at a museum before the con, I got a pendant with comics in it: one side says "Zoink!"; the other, "Voo-vroom!"), fun decals and buttons. And NO T-shirts. That in itself is a major milestone for me. Now there were many, many shirts I wanted, but I restrained myself. A "Eureka"-themed one called out to me like a siren, but alas, it was made for tiny people.

Anyway, the vibe was just as cool and accepting as at San Diego -- without all the hassles of lines or jostling for space or the exorbitant travel costs. People weren't shy about asking to stop a Dalek cosplayer to take a photo or where you got your cool shirt or just how many times an artist watched "Doctor Who" (the Ten years) to make that awesome pixel art poster showing every character who appeared in those seasons -- in chronological episode order. Basically, you're just free to be a geek without judgment, which is the best thing about any convention.

Washington is getting its own con in April. You can bet I'll be going.

What I will and won't read

A small part of my Jane Austen retellings/sequels collection. (Credit: Me)

I've talked a lot about my penchant for YA books over adult books. But I just realized that there are certain tropes or aspects of a plot that I'm particularly drawn to -- those things that all I have to do is read the synopsis and I'm all: SOLD.

Some of these I look for in TV shows and movies, too, though I'm more able to suspend my disbelief for TV/movies than for books. I'm not a big fantasy book person, for example, but I'm willing to go along with, say, "Merlin."

Anyway:

Book turn-ons

Victorian England + swoony couple
 = gold. (Credit: Barnes & Noble)

• Victorian England.
• Edwardian England.
• Regency England.
• Okay, just England.
• Dystopia. Except post-natural-disaster societies, because those just scare me. (Read: "Ashfall." Or don't because it might freak you out and/or depress you.)
• Retellings of "Pride & Prejudice," "Sense & Sensibility" or "Persuasion."
• Jane Austen stories but from an alternate perspective -- like P&P from Darcy's POV or "Persuasion" from Wentworth's. Swoon. 
• Sequels to Jane Austen books. (Do you sense a theme here?)
• Mysteries in which the heroine and hero butt heads but ultimately join forces to solve the case (and fall in love because obvs they're meant TO BE). See Deanna Raybourn's Julia Grey mysteries. Brisbane is my non-Austen book boyfriend.
• A teenager with a tragic past that she/he somehow overcomes.
• Road trips.
• Ghosts or demons. This one applies mostly to YA fiction.  Not a supernatural romance fan.
• Motley group of disparate personalities who band together.
• Continuing series that involve different characters in each book. See the "Pink Carnation" romance series by Lauren Willig. Addicted.
• I'm a sucker for nonfiction books on: basketball, World War II, Jane Austen.

Book turn-offs

• Angels. Ugh. Demons, I'm apparently okay with, but angels and seraphims, etc., are a whole other ballgame.
• Fairies/fae. I like the show "Lost Girl," which involves fae, but I cannot read books about these magical folk.
• Depressing stories. This from the girl who loves "The Fault in Our Stars." But rarely do I want to read sad books.
• Chick lit books that involve middle-aged -- divorced or "spinster" -- women who usually work in PR or some kind of communications job. Too close to home? Who knows. 
• General fantasy books. I'll admit: I hated "Wrinkle in Time" and "The Hobbit" in school. Still do.
• Alternating perspectives. Not my fave literary device. Rarely do I enjoy it. The most recent is probably is the awesome "The Scorpio Races" and "Winter Town." 
• Supernatural twists on classics. "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" was novelty fun. I'm not that interested in reading others.
• Horror. I'm not huge about reading scary books. Who wants to be scared before going to bed? 

So there you go. If you find a book that incorporates every one of my turn-ons, let me know! Although maybe I should branch out and read different things....

Hey, guess what! I love the U.K.

A little weird, right? For a Filipino chick to love the UK as much as I do. To paraphrase badly from Jane Austen, I can't tell you exactly when or where I fell in love with England -- I was in the middle before I knew I had even begun. But there it is. And I'm so so sad I didn't think about going for the Olympics. I'd've seen any obscure sport just to be there. My bad. 


But how much do I love thee? Let me count the ways....

TV/Movies

When I travel to foreign countries, I like to watch their TV shows. In Spain, we watched an "American Idol"-type show and, oddly, German soaps. In the Philippines, I watched Filipino game shows, and Hindi and Korean soaps. It's like a anthropological study of a culture's viewing habits. 

In many ways, I prefer British television over American. Fewer episodes mean more streamlined story arcs and less filler episodes. Their shows are edgier and well acted. My sister got me an all-region DVD player so I can buy and watch British DVDs. Besides obvious faves of "Doctor Who" and "Downton Abbey," I do love these shows (with links to some fun clips):

"Spooks" > "24"  (Credit: BBC)

• "Spooks" (American name: "MI-5"). A spy show that just ended this year after 10 seasons. So good! Great stories and actors. As intense as "24." Season 2 through 6, with Rupert Penry Jones,  above center, are particularly good. Matthew Macfadyen, in season 1 and one or two eps of Season 2, was awesome too. My boyfriend Richard Armitage was in Season 7-9. But as much as I love him, Spooks was fading fast by that point. It's on Netflix, so check it out.
• "Miranda." A new and yet old-school sitcom. Y'all, I'm not a sitcom person. I don't like "Modern Family" or "Community." Yes, I KNOW. Nor am I a fan of physical comedy. But Miranda Hart -- who plays a socially inept single woman who constantly gets into awkward situations (hello, overidentify much?) -- is so freakin' funny. Sadly this hasn't aired on American TV -- but it should (BBC America, I'm looking at you)!
• "Gavin & Stacey." Another great comedy, this one focuses on a couple (she's Welsh; he's from Essex) on a whirlwind romance that brings their two crazy families together. Smart and funny and heartfelt. Gold. 
• If you have not seen "Attack the Block," please do so now. About teenagers in a council housing block who end up battling aliens, this movie has heart and an edge. And if I adopt some of the language or syntax of a TV show or movie, then I really like it. Believe. <-- Movie reference!

Music

Rizzle Kicks = good start
to the day. (Credit: Amazon)

Lately I've been really into Brit hop.  Tinie Tempah might be my current favorite rapper, and I want him to make it big here; check out "Till I'm Gone," with Wiz Khalifa. The Rizzle Kicks have been likened to the Gorillaz but I like them even more; my fave is "Down With the Trumpets." And Dizzee Rascal is another rapper I love. You might have heard a little of each of these already: Tinie and Rizzle Kicks were sampled in the Opening Ceremonies medley, and Dizzee performed "Bonkers," with what might be one of my favorite rap-lyrics-turned-life-philosophy ever: "Some people think I'm bonkers, but I just think I'm free..."

Books

Anything set in Britain, I'm bound to read, no pun intended. Jacqueline Winspear has a great mystery series (Maisie Dobbs) set in the years between the great wars. And I'm a sucker for any Jane Austen sequel or retelling ("The Other Mr. Darcy" actually changed my view of Caroline Bingley). 

Food

My kingdom for a place in Washington that serves a good full English breakfast. Eggs, tomatoes, potatoes, sausage. YUM. I'd give two kingdoms for Wagamama to open that long-promised DC location. When you go to London, check out the chain pan-Asian place. So freakin' good, especially the chicken katsu curry -- what I always order when I go. And I'd give three kingdoms for a Hummingbird Bakery to open up here, too. Their "American" cupcakes make me shun all other cupcakes (seriously, I won't eat another cupcake for weeks after I go to Hummingbird, because I know they just won't match up.)

This weekend, my sisters and I are basically doing a New York is the New London kind of birthday weekend. We'll be going to the London Candy Co., which sells imported British food (what up, McVittie's biscuits -- I'm comin' for ya!) and then seeing James Corden in "One Man, Two Guvnors" on Broadway. He co-wrote and co-stars in "Gavin & Stacey," and, oh, also won a Tony for OMTG. Can't wait to see it again.

And in conclusion: Cupcakes.

Hummingbird cupcakes. Drool now. (Credit: me)

Comic-Con 2012: Mission accomplished, baby!

So, Comic-Con 2012 is over and done with, and all that's left is catching up on the panels/interviews I missed there and reading recaps of the ones I did see. I will say this: That previous post about my Plan A? Totally checked 'em all off my list, and then some. I couldn't ask for a better (last?) Con. I won't go through it day by day because that's boring, so here's a long list of superlatives:

A teary-eyed "Firefly" reunion: Nathan Fillion, Joss Whedon,
Summer Glau, Sean Maher. (Credit: Me)

Best panel: The "Firefly" 10th anniversary panel was worth getting in line at 5 a.m. In fact we should've gotten there earlier, because Joss Whedon came out to see fans and we missed it and I don't want to talk about it. I'm fine. I'm FINE. Anyway, the panel itself was fantastic: teary, funny, sweet. After all these years, the cast members still have chemistry. The SDCC folks seriously must've underestimated interest in this panel the line was unbelievably long -- and deservedly so. 


Most revelatory panel: Psych at Nerd HQ. (Click the link to watch the full panel.) I didn't realize it last year, but in an intimate setting this year, it seemed like Dule Hill was the funny one and James Roday was the straight man, when it's the other way around on the show. 


Most feel-good panel: Nathan Fillion at Nerd HQ. (Click the link to watch the full panel.) He brought up Adam Baldwin to join him, and the two were obviously enjoying themselves. Also seeing them kiss Zachary Levi for $1,000 donation to Operation Smile was pretty funny too. (Side note: Had my sister not been there, I might've coughed up the money to kiss Zac, too. Cooler heads prevailed.)

RUN!!! (Credit: Me)

Scariest moment: I hate heights, so at Petco Park during the Walking Dead Escape obstacle course, the rope net we had to climb down while watching for zombies below was not fun. Not. Fun. At. All. ...


Superhero moment: ... However, the rest of the obstacle course was pretty awesome. I can say that now that I'm not wheezing my way through it. Seriously hard, folks. Seriously. But I did surprise myself by vaulting -- vaulting! -- over a zombie's hands to escape contamination. Watching the video it's not all that superheroic, but it was in my head.

Rockin' the Fringe swag.
 (Credit: Joy)

Coolest swag: At the final "Fringe" panel (the show ends this season), they gave out pretty sweet gray fedoras like the ones the show's creepy Observers wear. Neato!


Coolest souvenir bought: Tie. A super cute limited-edition Comic-Con Domo T-shirt. Also an equally super cute limited-edition canvas Nerd messenger bag at Nerd HQ. 


Biggest regret: See first item about missing Joss Whedon. I'm FINE.

My boyfriend Richard Armitage. (Credit: Me)

My Beatles moment: Seeing Richard Armitage on stage for the Hobbit panel. Not only is he handsome (DUH), but I'm so happy he'll be getting more press in America in the coming months. Comic-Con is just the start, y'all. Get on board.


Cutest guy (besides Richard Armitage): Zachary Levi (see last item below). Runner-up: Henry Cavill is quite a looker, and I'm psyched to see "Man of Steel." 


Coolest panel: No one could top the rock-star entrance by Robert Downey Jr., who IS Tony Stark at this point. And the Marvel presentation in general -- in which they announced film titles and dates for "Thor: The Dark World," "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" -- made me geek out completely.

Me and Colin Ferguson. (Credit: I honestly
can't remember if it was Joy or
Erika, I was so excited.)

Best random celeb moment: Seeing Colin Ferguson chillin' out, checking his phone outside Rock Bottom Brewery. So I calmly introduced myself and told him how much I love "Eureka" and will miss it. And then he graciously offered to take a photo with me. And I squeed quietly to myself inside. I did not chase him like the fangirls who ran after Misha Collins from "Supernatural" (FF to 3:03 to see the silliness).


Best food: If you're in San Diego, please partake of the breakfast items at Richard Walker's Pancake House. Also their coffee. Which is THE BEST EVER. I'm serious. THE BEST EVER.


Worst food: I am so over granola bars right now.


Best moderator: It's so funny, I follow so many entertainment journalists/personalities on Twitter that seeing them mod a panel is as exciting as seeing the cast. The best mod by far was Chris Hardwick (aka the Nerdist guy of podcast/geek fame). Funny, charming, knowledgeable about the subject matter, he's really engaging. Now if he could drop his sidekicks on his podcast, I'd love him even more.

Ladies and gentlemen, the King of the Con for the second year
in a row -- at least for me: Zachary Levi. (Credit: Me)

King of the Con: Drumrolllllllllllll. Zachary Levi! And his Nerd HQ. My raison d'etre for going to Comic-Con was Richard Armitage, and I did and it was amazing. But the biggest highlight was sitting in the front row for three Nerd HQ panels and having Zachary Levi right there in front too (and high-fiving me!!! And Scott Porter showing up! And Aisha Tyler!). I know actors are good at acting nice, but I want to believe that Zac is as genuinely down-to-earth and sweet as he seems. And I can't not love a guy who says he loves my color-coded Comic-Con schedule! 

Said color-coded schedule and "Tangled"
DVD -- both signed! Squee! (Credit: Me)

Okay, that's it for Comic-Con 2012. Now I've got to back into the swing of real life. On the bright side: Hopefully less geeky posts in the future. 

The Comic-Con game plan

Okay, like I said a few weeks ago, and if you couldn't tell from incessant tweets and Facebook updates, the San Diego Comic-Con is coming up this week. One more day of work, and then I'm free to be geek it up for a week.

This year, as per usual with Comic-Con, we had some some tough decisions to make: There are too many great panels at the same time -- an embarrassment of geeky riches. So every year, my MO is to create a multi-day spreadsheet with Plans A through D, each in their own color-coded column, so we'll have plenty of alternatives in case we don't get into a panel we want. But if all goes well (knock on wood; pray to Comic-Con gods), here's Plan A:

Wednesday

The madness before the capital-M Madness ...

First day at dawn last year. There are people
in line under those tents. (Credit: Me)

• Pick up badges.
• Hit the floor for preview night, when the convention floor opens early for preview-night badge-holders. I'm apprehensive -- supposedly it's a zoo, but you can get good swag. And I'm shameless about swag.... I swung by the Hunger Games booth last year twice within minutes to grab two coveted Mockingjay pins last year.
• Possibly seeing pilots for a few new shows coming out if we get bored of the floor.

Thursday

Rogue agents don't have time for smiles. (Credit: Amazon)

Our least-busy day so far, but some good stuff lined up. 

• First stop of the day: Nerd HQ. Yay! For a "Psych" panel. If you have seen that USA show, you should. Funny mystery show about a guy who pretends to be psychic detective but really he's just hyper-observant.
• A mix of "would be nice to see if possible" panels: Disney, Twilight (hell, why not? It's the first one and the room might not be that full; it wasn't last year), Jackie Chan, etc.
• "Nikita." I saw Maggie Q and Shane West at a panel at the New York Comic-Con in October, but I didn't watch the show then. Now I do, so it'd be fun to see them again (like we're friends or something)...
• The Walking Dead Escape zombie obstacle course. See first post....

Friday

Here's when things get real:

Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite and Alan Tudyk.
The "Firefly" cast (except Staite and maybe one or two others)
will reunite this year, too! (Credit: me)

Thus begins the marathon sitting sessions -- if we get into the rooms at all. For reals, we're getting there at the crack of dawn. The main goal Friday is Firefly anniversary panel and Nathan Fillion Nerd HQ panel. But we have to sit through several sessions as they don't clear the rooms between panels. So:

• "Community" - I'm one of maybe three people who don't watch this show.
• "Legend of Korra" - This will probably be another show where I see the panel first and then watch it later. I'm watching its predecessor "Avatar: The Last Airbender" now and I like it.
• "Firefly" -- One of my favorite shows ever. Space meets the Old West. With crime!
• "Bones" -- This will just be a Joss Whedon day. First "Firefly," then David Boreanaz....
• Nathan Fillion at Nerd HQ: Now we're making a Gigantor-size sacrifice giving up a Joss Whedon panel to see Nathan, but it'll be worth it, I think. 
• Nerdist live podcast with John Barrowman from "Torchwood." The podcast is really fun, especially when they have celebrity guests. "Torchwood," a spin-off of "Doctor Who" was great (Starz run not included), and Barrowman is wildly unpredictable, so who knows what could happen.... 

Saturday 

Also known as Richard! Armitage! Day  

Richard Armitage: The dwarf on the left is the guy on
 the right. Yeah. I know. Crazy.  (Credit: WETA, "Strike Back")

Presentations on:

• "Django Unchained" --  Quentin Tarantino's new movie. Meh. (Sorry, not a huge fan.)
• "End of Watch," "Silent Hill" -- I know nothing about these movies except they star Jake Gyllenhaal and Kit Harington (my "Game of Thrones" boyfriend), respectively, and they will be there, so I get my "Game of Thrones" fix after all since we're missing the panel.
• "Pacific Rim" -- Guillermo del Toro's movie. Del Toro is a candid, personable panelist, so this'll be cool.
• "Man of Steel" -- new Superman reboot. I hope Henry Cavill is there. Swoon!
• "The Hobbit" -- The aforementioned  Richard! Armitage! I hated this book in sixth grade and I couldn't finish it a few months ago when I picked it up again. But the things you do for love....
• "Iron Man 3" -- Hopefully Robert Downey Jr. shows up, even though they're still filming in Wilmington, N.C.

Sunday

Another big TV day.

Joshua Jackson, left, and John Noble
at last year's "Fringe" panel. (Credit: Me)

• "Fringe" -- the final season, so this'll be a fun panel.
• "Supernatural"
• "Sons of Anarchy"
• "Doctor Who"
• Zachary Levi panel and signing at Nerd HQ. HUZZAH! I get to see my nerd boyfriend. One of the things I love about him is: He organized Nerd HQ last year for charity with his company, The Nerd Machine (this apparel line; though they do other things). I thought, "Oh, he's busy; he'll just lend his name to it and never be there." Wrong. He introduced the stars -- and then stuck around for their panel. He was always there. Good for him! Hoping he'll do the same this year. And I get to get something signed too! I'm thinking my "Tangled" DVD, because then he'll see it and obviously think: "Oh, this girl brought something other than 'Chuck' to sign and she's cute and clearly she's my soulmate." Kidding. Not really.

So that's it. Those are hopefully the shows/films I'll be tweeting/Facebooking about all this week. So apologies in advance for the squee tweets (squeets?) and Facebook updates! And if you see any photos from Comic-Con online, just look for me. I'll be the one in the geeky T-shirt. Hee!