This morning, everyone was ignoring this line, which I had
no problems with. I had already gone through the WB line and I skipped the Fox
line. I was focused on the show, The Man in the High Castle. It was another series produced by Amazon and only
seen on their site. I had read the book
as a kid. It was good. It was an
alternate history book and written long before alternate history books became a
genre.
After waiting about 45 minutes, a group of people that were
in front of me and behind me found out they were in the wrong line. After the panicked
mass exodus, I was about 10 people from the front and the line behind me was
only 30 people long. This is unheard of
at SDCC. The ATM line is longer than
that.
While I was sympathetic to their misery, it increased my
odds of getting a winning ticket so I quietly and selfish rejoiced. I knew if I
needed to go through the line several times to pull a winning ticket, I didn’t
need to worry about the tickets being done.
A lot of times at SDCC ‘stick to it-ness’ pays off. If you can get more than
one chance, you can succeed. No guarantees.
Remember how successful I was with Dr
Who.
The line was so small; the raffle people didn’t even make
you draw. They stood at the front of the line and asked what you wanted. Even better.
As the short line was about to move, the
people in front of me asked what I getting and I told them. They told me the wanted some boring panel. Yawn.
A panel? To each their own. They thought
the same about my decision.
Then one of the guys Googled my choice. Obviously, he didn’t
know of Philip K Dick. He never heard of the book. What got him interested was the
show was on Amazon. Amazon was the
selling point of him. Really, what is America coming to?
Again, since the line was so short, the raffle people were
allowing people to pick two items. The guy
in front of me with his friends all picked Man in a High Castle and their boring
panel. I was irritated. The young ‘20
somethings’ were riding my coat tails. If I’m this easily irked, I obviously need
more sleep and Pepsi.
When I picked, I asked if I could pull for my other friends,
who were in another line. I was told no. That irritated me as they were letting people
pick 2 things and I couldn’t get an extra.
While there was all said in my mind, I restated my request thinking the
guy misunderstood. And the answer was
the same. Ugh.
I picked my ticket and got my wristband. I texted my friends
and they hurried over. This wasn’t high
on their list but why turn down an easy pickup?
