Dragon*Con Is For Geek Lovers!

“We’re off to see the Dragon, the wonderful dragon of con!” That is what I began chanting on Thursday, as we packed our bags and set out for Dragon*Con in Atlanta. It was my second D*C. The first was last year, where I totally did not understand why my husband Chris was so excited. I just thought, he was being a geek. When we did get there, I just thought it was interesting. We walked around and listened in on a couple of panels from people, who I didn’t really know. I had fun, but it was not life changing for me or anything.

When Chris started talking about D*C again this year, I had a different mindset. I was ready and committed to get my geek on. After all, what better place for a Geek Girl in Training than at the D*C.

My eyes were wide open this year. Three highlights this year were:

1-Participating in the Guinness World Records for the Most Superheroes gathered in one place. Stay tuned for a video about the attempt! Here’s me in my Wonder Woman costume with my friends and film cohorts, Micah Moore and Brian Lee.

2-Interviewing Ashley Eckstein, actress and voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. She is also the co-founder of Her Universe

, a company that creates “geeky” merchandise for female sci-fi fans. Here is me with Ashley in my newly purchased Star Wars shirt! Stay tuned for the interview from that meeting where Ashley talks about Her Universe and what it’s like to be the voice of Ahsoka!

3-Last, but certainly not least, hanging with my Metal War Gear Solid buddies and taking pictures with fans. The cast of Beat Down Boogie’s Modern Warfare 2 meets Metal Gear Solid

parody hit D*C with a bang! Stay tuned for a separate post about this parody. In the meantime, check out me out as Naomi (from Metal Gear), with Snake, Ghost, and the rest of the gang here!

Left to right: Brian Lee, Jarod Kearney, Alena Koch

, Matthew Sumner, Christopher G. Moore. Photo taken by Micah Moore, © Courtesy of Beat Down Boogie .