Today was a pretty good day :-D

[locker_monster]

- GUYS THE COMIC BOOK EXPO ANNOUNCED PETER CAPALDI AS A GUEST!!! I was totally not expecting this. I thought he'd be busy finishing up the Christmas special or something. You should have seen me at work. I was practically vibrating I was so excited.

I think this is his first Canadian con. I always thought that Toronto Fan Expo would get him as a guest first, but clearly the Expo people are magic. Now I actually have to plan my weekend. Before this I didn't have much of a schedule. And cosplay plans! I don't have the funds or the time to come up with a Twelfth Doctor cosplay, as much as I'd like to, but I can always use one of my other ones. But which one? Fourth Doctor? Eleventh Doctor? Ace?

I'm so stoked that I get to see Capaldi before he bows out as the Doctor. I can attempt to tell him how much I've enjoyed his run as the Doctor, though I'm very certain that I'll just end up rambling and saying something ridiculous.

- I also got news that my temp job is extended to the end of June. No more month to month speculation. It's not a permanent job, but it's a little more security than I had last week. Considering the comic book expo keeps announcing awesome guests, I'm going to need the extra funds. ;-)

- So I had ordered some stuff from ThinkGeek for upcoming birthdays and much to my surprise, the package that showed up last week didn't contain anything I had ordered. Suddenly I was stuck with this box of stuff and who knows where my stuff was. Thankfully, ThinkGeek has a helpful return form for cases like this and they've shipped out my order again. But here's the really great thing. I was dismayed at the thought of shipping the wrong items back on my own dime so I phoned their help line today. After explaining my situation (that I'm in Canada, that this isn't a refund), the lady informed me that I could keep the wrong items at no cost to me. I was actually quite floored that they would let the items go, but I guess it's just easier in the long run. I don't have to pay to ship it back, they don't have to pay to generate a shipping label for me, and they end up with a happy customer. So as often as I grumble about shipping to Canada, ThinkGeek does do right by their customers.

As for the items I received in error, I'm going to give them away. It doesn't feel right to sell the items on eBay or wherever.

Comments

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

Yay for you seeing Peter! There's some good guests coming in for Wholanta and Dragoncon!

Congratters on the job. :)

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

The Expo has pulled off some pretty awesome guest surprises in the past, so I had no doubt they would have gotten Capaldi as a guest eventually, but I never would have expected it to happen while he was still the incumbent Doctor. Like, he should be promoting season ten in the UK, not visiting our prairie city.

One of these days, I would like to visit DragonCon. I hear fun things about it.

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

DC is beyond crowded.

If you want a nice mostly DW and Brtish media con, Wholanta aka Timegate is a great little con.

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

You always have nice things to say about Timegate/Wholanta. I will get out to these smaller cons at some point. Big cons are nice and all, but I hate being smushed in by the huge crowds.

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm a little biased, since I'm the costume track director. *blush*

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest, if you're not doing someone from Capaldi's own run, going with something from the original series, since he's a fan he'd probably appreciate someone else who likes the old school stuff.

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

I was actually thinking of going with some Classic Who cosplay because I'm sure there will be tons of Twelves and Claras and what not. But do I go with Four or Ace? The scarf could be a good conversation starter, but Ace is definitely less cumbersome.

Oh, and I just saw that Capaldi will be at Ottawa's comic con in May. I feel like he's doing a good-bye tour or something. Or maybe the show is finally showing Canada some love since it's our 150th birthday. So who knows. Maybe he'll show up at Fan Expo.