I'm not at Comic Con

[roxybisquaint]

And neither are you or you'd be wandering around the Gaslamp district in search of food, drink and general merriment, not reading my LJ. I can't really complain, though. I got to experience it last time and might go again next year. Of course, if I'd known last year that we'd be doing all this savethescc stuff this year, I think I would've planned my trips a bit differently!

The point of this post wasn't to whine about missing out on Sarah Connor Chronicles fandom fun at Comic Con, though. I wanted to update you guys on everything since I've been kind of slacking with savethescc posts lately. We raised all that money and I don't think I ever posted about how it all worked out. Maybe I did, but I'm too lazy to dig through my posts right now to check.

All totalled, TSCC fans raised $5012. With that money, we got the 3-day mobile billboard run, 850 16"x20" tote bags with double-sided printing, 1000 1.75" buttons and 3000 stickers (1000 of each of the three designs). It's amazing how expensive everything really was once shipping and hotel receiving fees got factored in (the Hyatt really soaks you to accept packages). It got a little tense there for a while, wondering if we'd actually be able to afford everything, but we worked it out.

If you're actually heading off to Comic Con one day this week (or maybe you're there and really really bored and found yourself reading this), the billboard should be all over the place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from about 12 noon to 8pm. Also, Aelysian and some fellow fans are there and they'll be handing out the totes, buttons and stickers to con goers. The best way to keep up with what's happening, is to follow Aelysian on twitter. And if you're planning to be there and can help out, be sure to DM her.

Oh, here's something fun: She discovered a Save Sarah sticker on what looks like the back of a Comic Con location marker sign. If so, it could be one I placed last year (I put them on the backs of several of those signs). Or maybe there are just more fans stickering this year. Either way, it's pretty cool :)

Comments

[roxybisquaint.livejournal.com]

OMG I saw your tweet about giving stickers to Joss!!! I was so excited and that's so cool that he's supportive of the cause. I didn't even know you were going to Comic Con this year, but I figured it out when you started tweeting from California ;)

We did get hit by the crazy storm, but no tornados actually touched down around here and we didn't even lose power. I was actually kind of bummed about no tornados because I really want to see one (I don't actually want it headed towards me or my house, though). I can't believe there are still tens of thousands of people without power closer to DC. That's crazy.

So you had fun at Comic Con? As if I need to ask :P

[raychelnina.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, after hearing about all the fun you had last year, I knew I had to go. It was expensive as hell, but totally worth it. Most fun I've had all summer! Kind of disappointed I didn't get to experience an earthquake, though. I slept through that one we had here a few weeks ago.

I know what you mean--for all of my nightmares about tornadoes, I'd love to see a real one touch down, just one. Just a small one, though. I'm happy watching the big ones on television, lol.