{"id":1919,"date":"2009-09-21T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2009-09-19T17:16:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T21:16:54","slug":"musings-of-a-dragoncon-addicts-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/21\/musings-of-a-dragoncon-addicts-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings of a DragonCon Addict’s Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presenting another very special blog entry by my wife, The Irrepressible Gena<\/a>!\u00a0 Just a little background for you, my wife is not a geek.\u00a0 She\u2019s a wonderful (and gorgeous) normal person.\u00a0 So I thought her perspective would be interesting to share here.\u00a0 Without further ado, The Irrepressible Gena\u2019s thoughts on DragonCon<\/em>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Labor Day Weekend \u2026 The weekend my husband looks forward to all year, to sleep in a hotel room with at least five other guys, eat junk food all weekend, and see science fiction celebrities, comic book artists and scantily clad women dressed as superheroes. I\u2019ve seen the pictures\u2026 some of them should not be wearing those outfits. My mom, myself, plus our two children get a condo in Destin for the weekend and spend time at the beach, the pool and visiting my other relatives who are staying in a condo nearby. We have fun. It is my time bonding with my children and my mom. You see, I love the beach and Shag\u00a0hates the beach (Editor Note: Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Believe me, there is no way my wife will call me Shag)<\/em>. Shag loves superheroes and science fiction, and my science fiction is Twilight<\/em>, True Blood<\/em> and Eureka<\/em>. I don\u2019t “get” his stuff, and he doesn\u2019t “get” my stuff. They do say opposites attract.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I know Shag has good time and he enjoys seeing his pals. He gets excited seeing Dirk Benedict, Lou Ferrigno (for the fourteenth time) and watching the parade (I have seen the parade before and it was pretty cool). I was excited this year that Eric Roberts was there (I am sure Shag is laughing at this) and some Twilight<\/em> folks were there, too. The beach is my solitude. I look across the ocean and I am exactly where I want to be. Here is the catch, I don\u2019t like being in the water. You see, there are things in the ocean – big things – that eat you and bite you. So my toes go in, and I hang out in my chair.<\/p>\n

I like looking at Shag\u2019s pictures afterward of all of the costumes. Some are pretty cool, and some I don\u2019t quite understand. Why does some one dress up like Steve off Blue\u2019s Clues<\/em> at DragonCon? I\u2019ve come to understand some of my husband\u2019s science fiction addictions like Doctor Who<\/em>. I watched some of the episodes with Christopher Eccleston and was quite upset when David Tennant came along. Then you get used to him and they switch him again! My kids like superheroes. Our daughter likes to wear her Supergirl costume and both kids like going to the comic book store.<\/p>\n

I do realize that Shag could instead be an avid hunter or golfer instead of my geek. Then I would never see him and I would have dead animals hanging on my wall. For those of you who do not know me, I am an animal lover and a long time vegetarian. So, I think I will take geekdom, DragonCon and ONCE UPON A GEEK any day.<\/p>\n

I do love him very much. He is the person I waited for all of my life. So, let him have his weekend with the guys in the tiny hotel room all snoring. Let him have his Incredible Hulk<\/em>. I have him the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3>