Texas Fear Fest (Day 1)

Arrived in Dallas about 10:45 AM. Late as usual. Gabriel was already there. The place was nice. Hard to tell if it was bigger, smaller, or the same size as Frightmare Weekend.

Everything was a bit chaotic. I had to check in at the front; there were two lines: one marked "VIP" and the other "General Admission". I stood in the GA line. About halfway through, they SWITCHED the signs! They were also supposed to have a "virtual" line for people that bought VIP badges or tickets to meet Robert Englund. We were to be assigned a number then go get in line when our number group was called in order to avoid waiting in line all day. Well, all that went out the window. The PA system didn't work and so they just did away with the numbers and told people to get in line.

It was a mess really. When I finally got a chance to get in line, we'd get different directions every five minutes: No numbers. Numbers. Only yellow tickets. First yellow, then red. Just wait in line. No more pictures. Yes there are. The line is being cut off at 5 PM. No it's not. Robert Englund is not going to be here Sunday. Yes he is. Maybe. We don't know.

And on and on it went. I stood in the same spot for an hour. Other people were told to get out of line. Didn't call their number yet. But there's no numbers. After being told "Yes You're Going To Meet Him" to "No, Wait, You're Not" half a dozen times, I decided to try again in the morning. If he doesn't come back, I'll just get a refund. But I really hope he does. I'd love to meet him.

Other than that, it was a good day. Ran into Barak Epstein. He sold me my camera a couple of years ago. He's latest film "Blood On The Highway" is premiering at AFI Dallas. Looks like a fun flick.

We were recognized by a few folks that were at Frightmare Weekend. Felt nice.

Gabriel received some promo items from one of the sponsors. Make400K sent us some puzzles that we set out on the table. One was labeled as the "World's Most Difficult Puzzle Game" or something like that. It was a small box that came with "logs" that only fit in it in two specific ways. You mess up one piece and they don't fit. It was actually pretty hard. Gabe told people if they could figure it out, they'd get a free DVD. Only two people got it. And here they are on the wall of fame:


Both spent an average of 30 minutes trying to figure it out. They earned their prizes.

Gabe also got in some new buttons that were a hit.

I wish I had the video camera going at the end of the day. Diamond Dallas Page was horsing around with the guys at the booth next to us and there was a lot of great and funny stuff going on.

Speaking of which... Gabe and I had a lot of "We're not cool" moments today. I think we just get too uptight around the horror icons. I mean the guys next to us had all sorts of people coming to their booth and signing their movie banner and taking pictures... We need to figure out what we're doing wrong here.

Lastly, Blogger was down most of the morning, but I did want to point out that I started a Twitter account. So now if you'll notice at the top right, above the blog archive, I'll be able to post short updates through out the day. I'll try and keep it relevant and newsworthy. Just seeing if you guys respond favorably to it or not. Let me know.

That's it for tonight. Losing an hour of sleep as it is. I'm sure I'll have much more to post tomorrow.