More pix from CIV

Opening Ceremonies line outside of LACC...approximately 6000 fans in this particular line, so they say!


















Rick and I in line at the Opening Ceremonies Friday...


















Graffiti on a construction site wall...nice!


















Tusken Raiders (aka: Sandpeople), including the rarely seen
female Raider...


















Me with another cute R2 unit...oh how I love them!


















Stormies guarding an R2 USPS box...good going guys! :)

Pix from first 2 days of Celebration IV

The Day has finally arrived! Even got the ol' laptop working.

Here I am at ABIA with Yoda after a couple of Matt's El Rancho breakfast tacos.

I'm SO sleepy...ran into other SW Celebration travellers at the airport and had a nice chat...don't know how they'd get the idea I'm a SW fan!






Met a guy named Wyatt on the shuttle bus to the hotel, we let him use our room to change into his stormtrooper armour (he couldn't check in until 3pm).




















Yay! I'm finally here! This is the first floor of convention center...this place is HUGE and filled with nothing but Star Wars goodness...mmmm....smell the aroma! Hehe..



















Here I am with the R2D2 Mailbox...and my CIV goodie bag. Also a picture at the Lego display...R2D2 and C3Po built of Legos...wonder if these guys will fit in my suitcase!?
Will post more later today, the connection here is very slow, and it takes forever to upload these!










































May the Force be with you!

I can hardly wait...!

Well, just a few days until Star Wars Celebration IV in Los Angeles begins!

Hmmm...do I have everything in order? Costume...lightsaber... check!
Reservations for flight, hotel, shuttle service...check!
Badges for the convention...check!

A nicely working laptop to keep track of added events on the schedule, monitor my (over-) spending, play music, etc? Able to carry it throughout the convention to update my new blog? NO!

I've been having problems with the ol' laptop, a Dell C600 (don't laugh) and can't seem to get the battery to charge, it's like it's totally dead even though it shows it's charging...so, I upgraded to Windows XP from Windows 98 (haha!) and bought a new power cord, to no avail, battery just won't charge!

NOOOOOOO!

Probably will buy a new battery tomorrow, but that's 60.00 less I'll have to spend next week, eek! I REALLY need that 60.00 limited edition SW Wookiee Ceramic Hair Straightener!