This place was already bustling with activity before I even got my ticket and entered! And imagine, Fridays are supposed to be the slower, easy days here, from what I remember. I can only imagine what tomorrow has in store...

Speaking of which, though, I managed to talk to quite a few fun celebs today, such as Virginia Hey, Sean Schemmel, Charles Martinet, and even George Lowe; all of which were very sociable and an absolute joy to hang out with! I even got to meet Robert Picardo and Brent Spiner, too! Sadly, I missed John De Lancie at the time, since he was out doing a Q&A panel at the time.

I also got to meet my con friends again, David Yost and Geoffrey Gwin (the latter of whom has drawn for me a few times), and it was nice to catch up again, as it has been several years since I last saw them. Dave is in better spirits these days, which I'm really glad to see.

There were also a few cool vendors on the merch floor today, one of which was selling hand-crafted weapons and telling potential clients various tales about their historical usage as well as funny things he's done using them, such as puncturing a pompous rich man's car tires after he asked him politely to move his vehicle elsewhere so his family could park at his place. The uh...actual story was more entertaining than my short summary, I assure you.

Anyways, evdn though the con closed earlier than scheduled tonight (8 instead of 10), I get to finish out the night strong with a LIVE Voltaire performance out here in this gorgeous outdoor weather while eating delicious chili cheese fries!

I'm so glad I could save up enough for this, as I had to miss tge last two years at Pensacon. Well worth this, so far. More to report later!