Carter can recite the Blue Lantern oath by heart.

Carter has read everything Geoff Johns has published over the last couple of years. 

Carter loves the Blue Lanterns.  He loves that they stand for Hope.

Carter stood up in front of ~400 people at the Emerald City Comic Con Green Lantern Panel, dressed as a Blue Lantern and asked Geoff Johns an intricate, well thought out plot question.  Geoff answered the question like he was talking to a adult, he didn’t speak down to the 12 year old kid in tights and a mask. 

After the panel Carter walked up to Johns and told him how much he loves all of Geoff’s books.  Geoff thanked him and told Carter his question was great. 

I piped in and let Geoff know that I have been a Marvel fan since childhood and Carter’s love of DC is causing some friction.  Geoff smiled, pulled a big Metal Green Lantern ring off his finger, looked down at Carter and said “Welcome to the Corp!”  Geoff Johns gave Carter his own Green Lantern ring!

Have you ever met someone you really looked up to and found out he is super cool?  Carter has.

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If Lee Greenwood were dead he would be rolling in his grave.

I really like the composition of this shot.  I think this is one of those photos that tells a story. 

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait from Charlotte Gainsbourg on Vimeo.

Watching Carter smile on a swing reminds me how big he is getting.  He is going to be 12 next month and I don’t know how long scenes like this will last.  Carter is growing up and I am torn between enjoying watching him grow and missing the little boy.    Mostly I miss the little boy.

Claire.  Getting Big.  Walking Away. 

There was also a Dirty Sanchez, McGruber, and Dick in a Box… 

The garage turned into Vickie Peterson’s West Side Dance Party complete with Disco Ball and everything… 

Dead Soldiers: 15 bottles of red, several cases of beer, a Gallon of Vodka, a Gallon of Rum…  I think we are going to be finding empties for a week… 

None of us were dressed up for the even, which put us very far into the minority at the event.  Add to that Kevin and I were walking around shooting photos with our DSLR’s and we were feeling a little out of place.

As this was the first Steamcon I have to cut the organizers a little (lot) of slack.  They did a good job of getting a decent number of guests (Tim Powers, Paul Guinan, and Abney Park), having a lot of panels, and just getting a convention off the ground.  That said, the venue, the Seattle Airport Marriott was probably not the ideal location.  A little cramped, the panels were all standing room only, but I supposed that is probably a good thing for the panelists.  It would certainly suck to stand in front of a room of 4 people.  

The biggest initial roadblock for us was just registering, they closed down the online preregistration several days ago so we had to buy our tickets this morning.   Knowing how messed registration can be (PAX, Emerald City, SakuraCon have all sucked in the past) we arrived 45 minutes early.  We were about 40 people back and it still took 2 hours to get a badge.  I’m sure they will figure this out next year.  The line behind us was massive so feel bad for the people who showed up after us.  And the single day passes sold out later this morning. 

On the plus side, some of the outfits were really amazing.  The people really put a lot work into their Mad Scientist Victorian Garb.  We saw a lot of Leather, Copper, Feathers, Bowlers and Girdles.  Had I put a little work into making an outfit I wouldn’t have felt so odd about taking photos of people.  Kevin and I were a little timid about taking photos.  Live and learn. 

Next year I promise to wear a pith helmet if they promise to speed up the registration process.   Nice work SteamCon.