So hey there!  Just got back from the Memorial Day Weekend extravaganza.  Actually, this whole weekend thing started for me the weekend before Memorial weekend.  I realized that before I were to go to Kublacon, I needed to paint my army and get it all nice and pretty to make a good impression for all of the nerds present there.  Suffice to say, I slept very little and by the end, my hands were stained black from all of the primer and paint I had gotten on them over the week.  The actual convention itself was a blast.  Never before have I seen such a large concentration of the social "elite" in one place before.  And when I say elite, I mean guys that wear all black, don't wash their hair, have chains attached to their wallets, live in their basement, and call it "The Painkeep".  In any case, I felt a lot better about my own physical appearance when I actually got there.  Also, I learned to hate people that refer to themselves as "LARPers".  For those of you that don't know what I'm talking about, a LARPer is a Live-Action Role Player.  They're the creepy people you see playing D&D dressed up as their characters and speaking elvish to those unfortunate enough to come into contact with them.  The convention was full of them and it took every ounce of willpower I had not to run up to one and just tackle them to the ground.

The actual gaming itself was awesome.  I've never in my life played so much 40k in a weekend.  I learned a lot about the game too and what my army's particular strengths and weaknesses were.

The highlight of my weekend came when I was playing my last round of 40k.  Who do I see walk in the door, but the man himself, Andy Chambers.  One of the founding forefathers of Warhammer 40k and perhaps one of the bigger names in the tabletop miniatures business.  He was making his rounds checking out the armies there and scoping out the scene.  The coolest thing about it was that virtually nobody realized who he was or that he was even there.  I went up to him and asked him to sign my Chaos Space Marine Codex.  Geeky, I know, but the man is a sort of nerd hero to me.

All in all, it was a great convention and I can't wait until next year when I go back and kick some LARPer ass.  For real this time.

Peas.