tales of an ordinary girl

I'm back from Atlanta! I'm so happy to be home. I did enjoy the con, but it was a lot busier than I expected it to be. But I have pictures and stories, though I imagine I'll just share the pictures.

So here we go...

There were a lot of really good costumes at the con. People would stand around in the hotel lobbies and wait for their pictures to be taken. Seemed odd to me, but whatever floats your boat.


I think this is one of the soldiers from Aliens. There was an entire troupe of them. They had their own booth in the Marriott.


There weren't very many medieval costumes and perhaps this was more classical than medieval.


Comic characters abounded. Here's a pretty decent batman and his brood.


Another batman with another sidekick.. er, villian.


I saw at least two Willie Wonkas. Both costumes were very good.


Confederates, oh my!


Knights were the most popular of the smallish medieval theme.


To Camelot!


Storm Troopers by far were one of the more popular costumes. There was an entire Sith contingent as well that I didn't get any pictures of. These could also be attemptes at Space Marines too, I guess. I'm a little unsure what the paint is for.


More Star Wars...


Was this guy from Star Wars? I don't remember for sure.


More Storm Troopers...


This outfit was fantastic and she was really sweet about letting me take her picture.


More comic characters.

Now we come to the hmm... how do I phrase this? The odd ones.


There were a ton of furries and furry want-to-bes at the con.


I'm not sure what this costume is supposed to be.

And then there's the mediocre; those costumes that are almost good except for something just isn't right.


Holy weight gain, Batman!


Umm.. I think I'm going wash my eyes.

And then there's just the people that are downright too brave.


It's not even the costume.. it's just the way that she's sitting that struck me as too much.


This one I didn't even realize I took (she was off to the side on a picture). The school girl outfit was popular (Harry Potter or otherwise), but she's a bit tall to be a school girl.

And because Cthulu trumps all:


I somehow managed to pick up con crud. By that I mean I have a head cold that's absolutely disgusting. No, I tried to avoid contact with anyone I didn't know, but there were just so many people and I didn't get much sleep many of the nights.

Off to hack and wheeze some more and hopefully pop some nyquil and sleep long after I get home tonight.