It's 2:21am tues or will it be considered weds, anyway I was thinking what is it about SDCC that gets us all riled up?  Is it the chance to get that book we have been hunting for (Deadpool siege variant), is it the chance to get a sketch or ask a question, or a sneak peek at whats coming up in the movies or comics or to meet and greet people?  I say all of the above, I never really had true friends and by that I mean we hit the gym we hang we talk about life and problems and we all share our love of comics, my friends and I do all of that except for the comics.  Why is it that when you are a kid collecting its cool but as an adult it's weird?  This my friends is why SDCC and other cons big and small are important to me and I hope you too, my cousin asked me to explain it to him one day while he stood there in his saggin pants talking slang (GOD I HATE THAT OUR YOUTH LIKES THAT STYLE) and I told him "SDCC and comic conventions to me are like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was to the kids".  He stood there for a sec looked at me and said "Yo now that I can feel and understand it's serious like that cuz" I replied yes and he smiled gave me dap and a hug.  We for the most part are outsiders because of our love for comics but how many places can you go into a jam packed room hold up you first and say "In brightest day and blackest night" and have the whole room start to recite with you well my friends at the cons you can.  I still recall last year hanging with the comicvine staff and meeting people from the site and other boards and forums and I  left feeling like I made new friends and new relationships.  This is why I love the cons for this is the one place where we can truly let our hair down and geekout to the nth level!!!