{"id":1048,"date":"2013-07-20T12:02:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2013-07-26T20:01:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T01:01:52","slug":"day-three-of-the-conare-you-exhausted-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/07\/day-three-of-the-conare-you-exhausted-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY THREE OF THE CON\u2026ARE YOU EXHAUSTED YET?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Professional WHAT? I am tempted to write in \u201cditch digger\u201d or \u201czombie stalker\u201d on my name tag. I wouldn\u2019t be the first. So as soon as the kid wakes up we get to head back down for another day of becoming so exhausted we sleep in until 10am the next morning. It\u2019s a vicious cycle, but someone\u2019s got to do it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/326\/2013\/07\/995122_10151628567217949_461393744_n.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1049\" title=\"995122_10151628567217949_461393744_n\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/326\/2013\/07\/995122_10151628567217949_461393744_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So today is the BIG day, in terms of people being at the Con who don\u2019t have to go after work\u2026it\u2019s crazy busy and jam packed with more panels, events and special stuff that you will have to wait in line for hours for, unless you can bribe somebody to let you cut in (have cold hard cash\u2026) Just kidding, you don\u2019t want to do that, but look today for panels on The Future of Xbox Gaming, Fanfiction Fan Panel, Comic Book Art Fundamentals, DC Comics Batman Year Zero, Disney Comic Creation Workshop, Graphic Novels from Idea to Finish, Creating an Animated Series, and so much more. Show panels and events will feature ONCE UPON A TIME, AMERICAN DAD, FAMILY GUY, TRUE BLOOD, ARROW, BEING HUMAN, WAREHOUSE 13 and some special previews from Warner Bros, Lionsgate, Legendary Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Science Channel\u2026Once again, you will have to pick and choose because a lot of stuff happens at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Tonights BIG event is the HBO Presents COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL MASQUERADE BALL AND PARTY. Oh man, the freaks and geeks will be out in FULL FORCE tonight\u2026this is the PARTY EVENT of the entire weekend. Do you have your costume ready?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be spending time today at two adjoining hotels where they have entire sections devoted to gaming. Oh yeah, I\u2019m the mom of a 12-year-old boy, come on. He\u2019d rather game than check out the booth babes! The nearby Manchester Grand Hyatt will have the XBOX LOUNGE up and running today and tomorrow, where kids and adults can go crazy gaming hands on and seeing previews of killer upcoming titles like Halo, Ryse, Fable and World of Tanks\u2026<\/p>\n<p>At the Marriott Marquis Hotel next to Hall A, you can find the NINTENDO GAMING LOUNGE where you can make yourself silly over the huge space devoted to all things Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p>I hope they have lots of bathrooms and Starbucks\u2026and a place for moms to sit and rest their fannies\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Until later, gators. The Con Be On!!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marie<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Professional WHAT? I am tempted to write in \u201cditch digger\u201d or \u201czombie stalker\u201d on my name tag. I wouldn\u2019t be the first. So as soon as the kid wakes up we get to head back down for another day of becoming so exhausted we sleep in until 10am the next morning. 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