Dragon*con 2010

So here's the annual generic post about the Dragon*con parade. We put on our nerdiest shirts and schlepped the kids downtown to stand with thousands of other people to watch cosplay in action. It was awesome, as usual, but call me shocked that there were no Na'vi people for me to heckle. The entire parade seemed smaller this year; perhaps the economy is hitting people in the 'convention funds?' Anyway, here's an abbreviated greatest hits of what we saw this year:

To the MARTA train! It's experiencing delays! Why are we not surprised!


This is documentation of Harper's first experience with chain mail. Yes. The kind of hairy guy next to us was wearing chain mail. Ya get that sometimes.


Fans for Christ! Because there's no better time to proclaim your religion than when you are dressed up like Harry Potter.


Frankie was in full-on turd mode and spent about half of the parade like this; luckily he realized it was fun and started acting like a four-year-old at a superhero parade should act. (And there's our new friend again with the chain mail.)


Kevin Sorbo!


I wish I knew a clever quote from BACK TO THE FUTURE to insert here, but I got nothin'.


This was my favorite, and most appropriate, storm trooper sighting.


Heading back to the train, no better time for some self-portraiture!