When I met Someone who Defined My Childhood (At Comic-Con)

At Comic-Con, the A-list personalities had their own wall, but a lot of smaller personalities had booths, like authors of fantasy series, or respected artists, or actors that couldn’t quite make the Big Wall. I was walking around, when I turned the corner to see, no joke, my favorite author of all time, Michael A. Stackpole. This was a guy I started reading in 5^th grade (my first “real” books) and kept reading through college (and now). He wrote Star Wars books, so I read his stuff and all the other ones other people wrote. Then I saw he wrote Battletech books, so I read his stuff and all the others. He turned to fantasy, so I followed him and read all his stuff and then all the other good guys like Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin. Also, he's awesome.

So I was 30 Minutes Late for my Thesis Defense

There was never a more appropriate time for this face.

I suppose it didn't help that I went to bed at 4am last night. I suppose it didn't help that yesterday was really stressful, or that I waited probably too long to finish my presentation slideshow (but still got it done). It probably didn't help that I scheduled my presentation at 9am, and it definitely didn't help that I trusted a phone that likes to shut off for no reason.