I love that Lizzie knows the guy. :)

Many of us helped and still do (due to the vandalizing ninnies).

The world just keeps getting smaller :) .

I am more firmly in the con world than ever, and, while it's different now, it's still occasionally the same thing that made me feel I'd found my "tribe" as it was, oh, 30 years ago.

:)

The best thing about the H-wing is how Shawn brings it to charitable events and the kids go nuts. I'm sure a car like that is easily mocked on the 405 or wherever, but in an environment celebrating the fantastic and magical...well, that's where such a thing has value. It's the reason I'll pop on a costume now and again. I'm an unabashed geek, and I've had stuff yelled at me, and thrown at me, my whole life over it. But I'll never forget standing at the Discovery Science Center in L.A. a year or two ago, wearing an x-wing pilot costume and having the two following experiences:

Girl, 11-ish: Can girls really fly space-ships?
Me: Yes, of course!!
Girl: *beams*

Boy, 12-ish (trying to be a smart-as$): Where's your ship, then?
Me: On the roof
Boy: *looks up quickly*

Mind you, I don't actually need any justification to continue being my geeky self, but experiences like that are pretty darn cool. That's all. I'd wear my flag anyway, just so y'all know.

EDIT: The title of this thread is hilarious. And I have actually NOT thought about Star Wars in months...I'm not very active in the fandom, in case anyone out there was worried. I'm really far more into linguistics, meteorology, and drumming, but those topics don't come up much here. :)