I arrived at Sean's five minutes late which I was a little annoyed with because I like to be on time, and he said 7:30. I needn't have worried, as the actual time of our leaving was closer to 7:55. He blamed the fact that Mizzy made him breakfast. I thought he should perhaps not make excuses, but merely acknowledge the situation and apologize. But what do I know of human behavior?  Mizzy could have come, but declined, as she is now an official American Citizen now. (she's so proud, I can tell) So she got a day to herself, though I'm not sure that made her more happy or surly. ? But I've already admitted to not knowing about human behavior. And of course, someone had to be with the dog, but I'm sure that could have been done if she had wanted to go. Guess it just isn't her cup of tea. *shrug*

 

So we were on our way. Now, we were traveling with Whitney, who we rely on as the human road map to get us there and back. At this job, he excels. It is obvious to me why Sean and I are friends. We have known each other for years, we like the same kind of games, I'm the only one he gets actual feedback from for his game stuff. It is also obvious to me why he and Whitney are friends- they are both a bit Transformers crazy.

 

Now don't get me wrong, there are (i hope?) a few topics I could speak about to another person without them making a little circle with their finger near the head region and motioning for someone to come rescue them, but these guys are Pro Transformer Nerds. The whole way down it was "repaint this" and "size class" that and throwing names of transformers around like they actually paid attention to them or something. Huh. Now, I like transformers. I happen to have a whole shelf full them, two shelves, if you want to be specific. I read the comics, heck, I even played the game. But these two, I really must bow to their mastery of all things Transformer. In fact, I salute them.  

 

Naturally, on the way down there, we had to stop at every wall mart at Toys R Us to look for transformers to buy. They both found one right away they had been looking for so they were pretty excited. But this made us later then we wanted to be (well, they wanted) but we arrived.

 

First time I've ever gone to Canada and gotten less money back then what I gave them. Crazy.  

 

So, the con itself. One dealers room, one booth in the front manned by the official company, several side rooms with different panels. Observations:

 

Size: if this is the Largest Transformers Convention In Canada then... I would hate to see the second largest, I'll tell you that.

 

Male vs Female: As one might expect there were probably more guys there then girls, but there were a fair number of girls there nonetheless. However, I had the sense that most of the girls were there along with their guy friends, rather then the other way around. I didn't see to, if any, solitary girls there that seemed to be on their own.

 

Trend Reversal: Cosplay. All the people in the costume contest (all 6 or so of them) were girls. Interesting. I later saw two others in costume, one I'm pretty sure was a guy who could transform into a cardboard box, (more on that later) and one Jazz, who was probably male but they were covered in cardboard, so... Cardboard box guy was interesting, he even had the jaw wired up so it would move. He had two wing like protrusions on his back that folded over when he crouched down, turning him into a box. No word on the iconic sound effect as he did so.

 

Otherwise, transformers wise, there was a bit of the older stuff floating around, even a mint in the box Fortress Maximus for $1700, that I'm sure he went home with because no one in their right mind is carrying around $2000 cash at a transformers convention! There was also G-I-Joe, star wars, a little anime, and other miscellaneous stuff to be found. (t-shirts)

 

I only bought one thing, which was not for myself and shall be disclosed at the appointed time. So HA!

 

We saw the "new upcoming" models and we left about 4:00. Sean got a very expensive ($250- knocked down to $240) japanese toy, two anime figures in crushed up boxes and didn't find something he wanted for the head to repaint something into something else.  

 

On the way home we again stopped at 5-6 places. We were going to do game, but we were home much later then we expected to be, and Sean was tired (and driving is hard work) so he invited me to stay and watch Hit Man instead. Then I went home. 

 

And that was that. He asked if I was really okay with going because I "didn't do much". What would I have done otherwise, fix crappy computers? Ha! Maybe we just have different goals in going, that's all. I get to see the crazy prices people want, some cool new stuff, hot dressed up ladies doing cosplay, and spend the day with friends. *shakes head*. Okay with going. I even saw the youngest cosplayer ever, a tiny baby with a hat and wings on their back. SO CUTE! Minus the purchase, food, tolls and gas money cost me $50. Seems fair to me. We did cross back over someplace I didn't know, and we didn't stop, so I still have canadian money to change, which I hope Chase can do, because they're the only bank I have an account at!

 

Oh yeah, don't know if the girls in costume came together or decided to hang out together, but I did see them all in a group later, whatever that meant.  

 

He gave me three movies to watch, so I had a movie day! "10 things I hate about you", "The invention of lying" and "The Game". All of which were good, so thanks.