locker_monster | CCEE 2015: Friday or the day Neil Patrick Harris came to town

Second day of the comic expo, which means today was parade day. I will freely admit that this year's parade wasn't as cool as last year. Or maybe that's just how it felt to me. The Doctor Who cosplay group was a little smaller, we were at the very back of the parade line, and a stupid police car got between us and Garrett Wang who was riding in the car ahead. Oh well, every year can't be a winner. Next year, one of the Whovians is promising to bring a homemade, life sized TARDIS to the parade, so we'll see how that goes.

The weather was wonderful, though. Sunny and warm, with no rain at all. Saw some good costumes, too. There was an adorable little girl dressed up as Doctor Octopus and her dad was dressed as Spider-Man. Actually, there was a lot of cute kids in costumes. I see parents start the induction at a very young age. :-) There was also a pretty awesome Baymax in his battle armour and all of the day care kids in the area lost their mind when they saw him.

My Seven cosplayer couldn't make it, but I did run into another Seven:

Some of the Doctor Who cosplayers:

So today was Neil Patrick Harris' only appearance at the expo and it was kind of crazy. He had a cap of 600 autographs so everyone was scrambling to get in line. I managed to get in, thank goodness, and now my Dr. Horrible DVD has the signatures of all the three main actors:

And here's a random, blurry photo of NPH:

He was dressed quite dapper in a tie and waistcoat. Oh, and he appeared 10 minutes ahead of schedule, but I guess he thought he was late, so the first thing he did was apologize. Aw...

I then got Jason Momoa's autograph for my Stargate Atlantis bag. I didn't say much to him, but he has a very precise signature. He goes through it very slowly as opposed to a fast scribble.

I have just enough room for Ming-Na's autograph tomorrow. Hopefully I can say something intelligent to her.

I did catch up with my Seven cosplayer and we snapped a quick photo together.

Later in the day, a guy actually flagged me down and asked for a photo, so that was nice.

But man, I'm super pooped and tomorrow is going to be a long day. Need to grab autographs from Ming-Na, Stephen Amell, Hayley Atwell, and Arthur Darvill. Time to grab some Zs.