Neil and Geekatude

On Saturday Erik and I went to the Neil Gaimen signing. We got there half an hour early so we could hear him talk. I knew it would get crowded in the bookstore. By the time it started there were people trying to fit in the doorway.

This was the third signing I had been to and the best. Gaimen certainly knows how to appeal to the fans and even dedicated his latest book, "Anansi Boys" to the fans. When Erik and I went up to talk to him Erik started to discuss his last book "American Gods" and Gaimen actually showed interest in the conversation.

After that Stephanie and I went and saw "Serenity" the movie following Joss Whedon's short lived scifi TV show, "Firefly." I absolutely loved the show and the movie was great.

On Sunday, I went and saw Mirrormask, a movie created by Neil Gaimen and Dave Mckean that was a modern retelling of Alice in Wonderland. I thought it was good with an ok story but was visually spectacular and could have enjoyed it without any story.

The only non-geek thing I did this weekend was on Friday Stephanie's grandparents come down to go on a cruise that was leaving from San Diego so we had dinner with them.