Hello everyone!
I’m back in the good ‘ol MIA, but so so sad to say that my Comic-Con adventure is over. The 4 days flew by in a whirlwind of madness. I have never slept or eaten so little in my life. And I have never been happier. It was truly the best birthday I have ever had.
I was considering just making one epic Comic-Con recap post, but it would be too content heavy. So I decided to spread out the posts by day. Today? Thursday.
Guess who?
Unfortunately, our connecting flight to San Diego from Atlanta this morning was delayed due to not one, but three last minute gate changes. Because of this, we will probably be arriving in San Diego a little later than expected, but as a token of their apology, AirTran gave us free in-flight wifi!! This is truly the best thing ever (especially during a 4 hour flight!).
So I am coming to you straight from the sky – how crazy is that? I don’t have to tell you guys how excited I am to be traveling with all of my closest friends (miss you Elsie!), but I have to say I am also frightened of what awaits us. I have already been getting a massive amount of tweets showing the pandemonium that is currently taking place outside of the convention center due to Twilight and Holy Jeebus! Despite not attending the New Moon panel, I should have still made the executive decision to pack full-body armor. Craziness.
Really funny? There are a bunch of fellow CC’ers on the plane with us. We have some dudes behind us that have not stopped stressing out to each other about panels. I just want to whip around and slap them because they are, in turn, stressing me out. Don’t rain on my parade, fuckers!
Anyways, I suppose I will stop rambling now. Being on planes makes me anxious and claustrophobic so any form of distraction is highly welcomed (i.e. a long, incohesive, rambly blog post). It seems like I will only have wifi in the hotel lobby so it’s not looking good for me in terms of blogging daily while in San Diego, but again, follow my Twitter! I’ll be updating (aka: spamming) as much as I possibly can.
Namaste!
The day has finally arrived! Tomorrow morning I’ll be en route to San Diego to attend Comic-Con 2009! I couldn’t be more excited and I really will try my best to blog if possible (don’t know if I have wifi at the hotel or if I’ll have the time!). One thing you can count on is my Twitter. I’ll be live tweeting as much of the event as possible so you’ll want to be keeping an eye on it throughout the rest of the week.
Edit: As of this morning, I have been asked to help contribute to DarkUFO‘s live coverage of Comic-Con! I will be live tweeting from their twitter account throughout the 4 days, so you can check ComicConLive for my reports as well. I will still be posting from my personal account though so make sure you have both added! Thanks for the opportunity, Mr. ODI!
For all those friends I have made out there in Twitter/Blog-land, I’d love to meet up with you! If we seem to be in similar locations or going to the same panels, please reply to me or send me a message on Twitter! Don’t be shy! 
For those interested, I plan on attending the following panels:
Summit Entertainment’s New Moon Panel
2:15-3:15pm
This one depends on what time we are able to get to the Convention Center as our plane lands at 11am and I’m sure it’ll take us awhile to pick up our rental car, check in to the hotel and make our way over to the center. I’ve heard crazy Twi-hards have been sleeping on the premises since yesterday – so I’m not sure if I’ll make it in and also not so sure if I will want to endure the torture that is screaming, hysterical tweens.
Showtime: Dexter Panel
5pm-6pm
I will most definitely be here! Love Dexter and can’t wait to see what they have in store for us! Hoping for a Season 4 sneak peek!
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog
8pm-10pm
It took me entirely too long to watch this, despite countless friends’ recommendations, but I am so glad I finally did! I’m a huge fan of the NPH and this only made my love swell! If you like musicals and Joss Whedon, please check it out! You can find it on Hulu. I thought NPH would be there himself, but seems like it was just wishful thinking. Although (from experience), you never know who may show up where at Comic-Con!
So I think it’s pretty safe to put it out to the blogosphere now: the hubs & I are actively house hunting! We are excited, being first time home buyers, but I have to admit it’s been frustrating as well. Just recently, we fell in love with what seemed like “the perfect house” – you know those. The ones you can already imagine yourself in, your kids running around, sharing special life moments, etc. That was the one. And unfortunately it had a contract already pending. Just seems like that is always the case with the places we love – someone has gotten to them first!
But we now have our eyes on a definite fixer-upper. I’m having “my people” swing by with me next week to check out how serious the renovations would be and if it would be worth it. Although some people would shudder at the thought, I think both the hubs and I would do great building up a home from scratch. It just has so much potential. I really hope it works out. But, I guess if it doesn’t – there will always be another home begging to be the next Casa Sanchez.
Look forward to more fun house posts as we get deeper & deeper into the hunt & hopefully closer to closing on our very first home!
I finally decided to take action and get some fringe bangs – I know I had asked all of you for your opinion earlier on this post, but my ultimate inspiration came from one of my newest blogger obsessions: Naomi, from Rockstar Diaries. Is it silly to wish to be her when I grow up? Anyways, all girl crushes aside, I made the executive decision to try out the Aveda Institute in Ft. Lauderdale since I had heard so many raves about it & was impressed with the pricing. Granted, students are the ones working on your hair, but I have to say I was impressed. My student looked like she wanted to possibly end her life, but she did well. I am super happy with my new fringe and freshly layered hair. So I totally recommend them and will probably be dropping by often as their other services are ridiculously inexpensive: manicure for $10, highlights for $48? Yes please! Too bad it’s a little ways away from me, but definitely worth the hike!
This weekend went by entirely too fast, but I have to say that I didn’t mind this time around. Why? I only have a 3-day work week because I will be leaving to San Diego on (very) early Thursday morning to attend Comic-Con!!!! I can’t believe the week has finally arrived! I remember buying our tickets back in November and thinking it was a million light years away – now, it’s right around the corner! This definitely deserves a Melificent-worthy SQUEEEEEE!
Have a great week, everyone!
So I decided to say Screw It! to Lovable Friday today to let you know how awesome Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince was. I was planning on a full review, but lately I have felt a little less than inspired and honestly very burnt out. All I can say is my vacation to San Diego can’t come soon enough!
Although not entirely true to the book (what movie is, really?), it did a great job capturing the feel and the basics. Plus the visuals were absolutely amazing! I wasn’t able to re-read the book in time for the movie, but I think it was one of the best so far. Unfortunately, the madness at the theater made me think twice about ever attending another midnight movie again and definitely solidified my plans to watch New Moon at Cinebistro (they showed the trailer & all the little girls shrieked like they had just been stabbed).
So with that, I wish you all a great weekend & hope you are not too disappointed with my lackluster post today. Good news? I’ll be cutting my hair this morning and hitting up Yard House for happy hour! Thank goodness for a little R&R to recharge the batteries!
I know you are all still waiting on a review of Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, but work has been driving me mad! I promise it’ll be part of Lovable Friday tomorrow morning!
I really look up to fashionista bloggers such as Jessica from What I Wore and even my own personal friends, like Ang, who manage to put together such great outfits on the daily and take such inspiring photos for the rest of us to try to emulate. Now Miami doesn’t have the best vintage shopping (if you know of any, please fill me in!) so I have to make due with what I find in “regular stores,” but I try my best to put together fun outfits full of personality as often as possible. And lucky for all of you, I decided to share some of my most recent get-ups.
Shirt – Old Navy
Skirt – Express (found at T.J. Maxx)
Jeans – Ross
Scarf – Claire’s
V-neck tee – Gap
Giraffe kid’s umbrella – stolen! (from a co-worker)
One of my birthday Comic-Con outfits!
Dress – GoJane.com
Shoes – Forever 21
Birthmark – well…birth
Shirt – Forever 21
Ripped shorts – Forever 21
Necklace – gifted
Hat – husband’s hand-me-down from Target
So what do you guys think? Should this be another weekly theme? Maybe an outfit of the week? Let me know!
My birthday came early today when I received not one, but two Fed/Ex packages at work! One was my new lens for my Canon 40D and the other was my new pink Speck case for the Macbook! So exciting. How perfect is that? Now my Macbook is Melificent approved and I can honestly say that I am ready for San Diego. Just one more week, people!
Mr. Dom. Our love affair began a long time ago. Long before his role as has-been rockstar, Charlie, on LOST. It began when he had hairy feet and spent most of his time chillin’ in the Shire having second breakfasts. Although Elijah Wood has always been my favorite, I couldn’t overlook Dom’s manic and hilarious personality. He just seems like he’d be a really cool kid and someone I’d love to hang out with. Plus, he’s absolutely adorable even though he doesn’t exactly “measure up” to my standards (he’s an itty bitty 5’7″).
I also have to thank him for introducing me to now what is probably my favorite show of all time: LOST. When we attended Comic-Con in 2004, I made sure to be at the (first ever) LOST panel because he was going to be there. He is the reason both the hubs and I got sucked in from that day forward. And not a day goes by that I don’t miss his character to pieces (I can’t watch that episode – my heart breaks every single time!). There have been some hints that he might be returning to LOST (check out the infamous ABC promo) or even possibly on a new ABC show, Flash Forward. So let’s cross our fingers that we will be seeing more of Mr. Monaghan in the coming months, but for now, enjoy these pictures!
No, I haven’t developed a lisp, Wists are a great way to compile your very own interactive online wishlist! Every since I discovered Wists last year, I have been using & distributing them for my birthdays. Everyone is always so confused as to what to get someone for their big day, but Wists makes it oh-so-easy. I may have gone a little buck wild while scouring Etsy, but at least I gave people options, right? Hehe.
So if you feel like gifting me this year, I won’t hold you back!
Check out my Melificent picks down below:
If the widget doesn’t work for you, you can check out my list here.
