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Yesterday was so much fun that my cheeks still hurt from grinning. Just getting to hang out with coiledsoul (Jenn) and glendaglamazon (Glenda) would have been brilliant and super fun, but add onto that getting to see the US premiere of Doctor Who with a huge crowd of geeks like me at Wondercon, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAND getting to go see Clash of the Titans with other people instead of on my own (which is how I figured I was going to be seeing it), and a fantastic day becomes pretty much perfection.

One thing I love about what fandom has brought into my life is the variety of ages and locations and life experiences of my friends. It's enriching and exciting and educational (and lots of other e-words like excellent, too). But it's also fun sometimes to get together with people who grew up with the same toys and shows on TV and horrifying 80s fashions and set of cultural references. So there was that :D

And Wondercon itself was fascinating and great for people watching, and not nearly as crowded as I was worried about (with the exception of the Capcom booth, so we walked away from that), and there were girls in corsets. Which is never a bad thing. Some fantastic cosplay, including a boy of about 8 dressed as Link who was delightful, and some steampunk girls who were ridiculously gorgeous. I kept poking Jenn to give more Wincon cards to girls in corsets, but she was awesome and handed them out to girls and women of all clothing choices (except full twilight paraphernalia *g*), shapes, stripes and walks of life.

We queued up for the first screening of Dr. Who, but were told after not too long that there was no way we'd get in, so we went away and had some food and came back for the second screening. There was a little scary moment where we thought they were cutting the line off, but they were just checking space, so it was all good.


EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved it. So much. And was not really expecting to, because IMO they did a really bad job with ads showing Matt Smith. He looked awful in all the press I saw. I thoroughly enjoyed him, however, and omg Amy (new companion) is SO FREAKING GORGEOUS. Like. *breathes* yeah. ANYWAY. I thought the plot was engaging and exciting and well done, I (so far) liked the character dynamics, and I am now totally re-invigorated about show excitement. Plus, getting to watch in a room full of fans was great. There was really good energy, and places where people clapped and whooped, and it was super fun.

While we were leaving the parking garage after parking I had casually mentioned that I was really excited about Clash of the Titans but hadn't had a chance to see it. Jenn mentioned that she was really wanting to see it too. And we managed to convince Glenda that it was a good idea. So while we were waiting for Who to start, out came the iPhone, and we booked tickets to the 9:30 (NOT 3D) show at the theater around the corner from the convention center. That left us just enough time to shoot over to Chevy's for a beer before the movie.

OH. MY. GOD. THE. MOVIE. I. FREAKING LOVED IT. That's not a spoiler. It was always gonna be a given. But I did. I really really did.

It was everything I had been hoping for. RIDICULOUS. INSANE. INEXPLICABLE. FLYING HORSES. SWORDS. WOMEN IN BOOB-ENHANCING TOGAS. LOLARIOUS GODS. LIAM AND RALPH CHEWING SCENERY. SAM IN A SKIRT. ZEUS IS TEAM EDWARD OR MAYBE AN EXTRA IN TRON. I COULD GO ON BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE.

Yes, the script is a hot mess. Yes, 98% of my peals of delighted laughter were AT the movie and not with it. Yes, the accents were all over the place. Yes, blah blah whatever. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. Jenn and I were grabbing each other and I kept hooting and clapping and squealing and dying of delight. and hi, Nicholas Hoult, HI. YOU ARE VERY PRETTY AND I SLASH YOU WITH OTHER BOYS.

IN CONCLUSION: HELL TO THE YES.

Then we went to Mel's Diner (*waves to my Azkatraz dinner-mates*) and had food and serious business fangirl discussions. Then we came back to my parent's house and talked more until finally I couldn't keep my eyes open and I fell into bed at 2:45.

Then this morning we laughed at ourselves because we waited until they were standing by the door bags in hand before we started talking about this week's SPN.

Fangirl funtimes are the best. MOAR PLZ.