We had a big weekend, full of fun stuff. Will came down to hang with us all day on Saturday, starting with Nate's football game. One of the coaches didn't show, so I got to go in and coach the defense, which was a blast and my defense held the other team to two touchdowns.


From there, we went to the pumpkin patch and picked pumpkins. The same rules applied this year as they did last year - you can pick the biggest pumpkin in the word - you just need to carry it out. We hit the corn maze as well, while Nate and I amused ourselves nailing each other with kernels of corn. We walked out of there with three pumpkins and $45 less money than I came in with. Ouch.

The day moved on and Will and I went to the local Comic Book Convention. Just to clarify, neither Will or I collect Comics, trading cards or figurines. This was all about people watching. I made it my goal to go up to every person I could find in a costume and get my picture taken with them. There were a bunch of "famous" people, including the girl from back to the future, Fred "The Hammer" Williamson (Starsky and Hutch) and Levar Burton (Star Trek). There were also a bunch of washed up Playboy playmates and a bunch of nasty porn stars signing autographs.

I'm all for having a cool costume, but these guys all took it too far and thought they really were their characters, to the point that grown men would dual with each other because of grudges from what their characters had done to each other in the movies. During the big costume contest finale, BobaFet's piece-de-resistance was pushing a button and having air shoot out the back of his costume, as if it were real. People applauded. Will made the brilliant observation on how closely the worlds of comic books and porn are tied together. How true. Lots of weird booths of weird stuff that creeped me out. I had the opportunity to buy an aquaman costume for $800. What a deal.


When I accidently referred to the guy on the right as a Jedi, he got really pissed off. The guy had contacts in his eyes to make them look like Darth Maul's creep orange eyes. Wow.

This was a dude. Freaked me out.


A stormtrooper's life is never easy. This one needed a nap, just not in full costume.

Will and I then went to see the movie Waiting which was hilarious and has completely changed how I'll treat waiters and waitresses for the rest of my life. Aftewards, we went over to Brad's and watched the Tivo'd MSU v Ohio State game. Brad had already seen the game, so he amused himself giving out hints as to what would happen.