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For the past three years, Mr. Oshimbo and I have ventured to Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA.  Our only regret is we never knew it existed until three years ago.  However, this convention has been going on for 22 years now, every Labor Day weekend, and is the Southeast's largest Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Gaming, Anime, Comics, Pop-Culture convention.  It is very "fan" driven versus events like San Diego Comic-Con that are mostly industry driven (or have become industry driven as it's grown to monumental sizes over the years).

Well, from the moment we went three years ago, our eyes were opened and our hearts were found.  It was like finding 30K people who are just as dedicated and nerdy/geeky as you.  They all converge and are there for the same thing...FUN. 

The way Dragon*Con works is events are broken into "Tracks" of programming.  These include such things as: Whedonverse (all things Joss Whedon), YA Lit (Young Adult Literature), BritTrack (British SciFi TV), Anime (Anime/Manga), FILK (SciFi Folk Singing), Robotics, Costuming, Dark Fantasy, etc, etc, etc.  Here is the link to the fan tracks available with more information on each. The schedule is broken up into now five downtown Atlanta hotels (Expanded from four last year) with pretty much 24-Hrs worth of daily entertainment.  The schedule doesn't come out until about 4-days before the Con starts and then the mad scheduling begins.  I'd say it took Mr. Oshimbo and I about 4-hrs to go through everything to pick our 1st, 2nd, and sometimes 3rd choice activities per time slot. 

Come along and read how our Dragon*Con Adventure went this year...

I have been an iPhone user since Feb 2008.  I had an original model and I unlocked/jailbroke it to remain on T-Mobile.  Because of this relationship, I missed out on a lot of the upgrades because I'd have to wait for the new jailbreak, which sometimes did not include some of the native iPhone features.  So, I missed 3G and 3GS upgrades and was jealous of my friends who could do more with their phones; however, I enjoyed being on T-Mobile for the price, even if it was bit slow (Edge network only).

Then in 2010, with all the hype about the new iPhone 4, I really wanted to upgrade.  My husband ended his T-Mobile relationship early by jumping to Sprint so he could have the first 4G compatible HTC EVO phone (he's an Android nut for its open-source, endless hacking opportunities design).  This meant I would finally make the leap to AT&T, much to my own reluctance.  Yet, many people told me they did not encounter the #ATTFail so many spoke of.  I wanted the new phone...so network or not, I was moving.

I got my new iPhone 4 on 24-Jun-2010, the day they were released (purchased at Best Buy presale...much less hassle than the Apple or AT&T stores).  Since then, it's like I have had a brand new phone in almost all ways: 5MP camera with zoom/flash/front-side camera, 720i HD video recording, iOS4, 3G speeds, etc.

And here is where my new obsession was born.  I love, and I mean LOVE, taking photos on my iPhone 4, then manipulating them with a slew of purchased apps from the App Store.  I seem to rarely want to take photos with my actual compact camera (Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 with 9MP, HD recording, and 12x optical zoom).  It's so much more convenient to just take photos on the phone, and then "play with them" until I like them.

See the apps after the break --->