Still in LA, but most of my free time has been consumed with office work, which is additional to my LA work. So not much happening here!

As I said before, me and Fatima went to the comic con together. To tell the truth, I've been so busy lately I haven't had tons of time to catch up with comics. But Fatima's been pretty good about it, so she's kept me up to date with what's going on. She's just as big of a fan as I am, which is why I love going with her to the con.

So what we usually do when we're at the con is plan our day, try to get to the booths when artists are doing sketches so we can add on to me 'Can you draw Psylocke for me?'sketchbook. We also try to catch some of the panels and hang around the dealer area looking for comics we're missing, posters, toys, etc. When we're not doing those things, we're just walking around. Checking out the sites. Taking pictures.

We do a lot of walking around. I'll be in front, Fatima will be behind. Since I'm the big sister, and I paid for the ticket, Fatima has to carry the bag of comics and posters. Being the big sister has its perks. So I'll turn around, and ask her what she wants to do. Sometimes I'll turn to my left, and she's not there, and I'll turn to my right, and she is. She's a sneaky lil bugger back there behind me. And when I say, 'What do you want to do?' She'll always answer with 'I don't know...whatever.' So we end up just walking around again, until I think of something exciting to do.

So during this con, I was tired of playing the leader, and of stopping abruptly and having Fata bump into me. I told her that she gets to be leader. She got to decide our route. She said she was fine with me leading, and she didn't want to be in front. I told her that I didn't want to lead anymore. She was the leader. So we stood in the middle of the con arguing about this. So finally I said, 'Five minutes. That's all I ask. You be the leader.'

So she agreed. And we started walking around. Fata walks fast, I realized. I was getting out of breath. We didn't stop anywhere. Just walked. Like the wind. We cruised around the con maybe 3 times in those 5 minutes. I finaly said, "Ok, fine, I'll be the leader now." She turned around, looked at me sadly, and said "Good. It's really lonely up here!"

Duh, how do you think I feel? But that's ok, I'm fine with being a leader, just as long as she knows what it's like up there. Sure, it may be lonely, but I know that she'll always be behind me. Even if I can't see her.

Posted by Yano at August 12, 2003 10:20 AM

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