ComicCom at Cal State Fullerton
@DeborahDiane (40843)
Laguna Woods, California
April 30, 2017 6:24pm CST
This weekend, I went with my granddaughter to visit another college ... California State University at Fullerton. It is a lovely campus, with palm trees and flowering gardens.
This weekend it was especially fun because they were holding their own version of ComicCom on the campus.
Everywhere we walked, there were people dressed up as comic book characters. The picture above shows a few of the students walking across campus in their costumes.
Our granddaughter like the educational programs at Cal-State Fullerton, but I suspect she also thought it could be a fun place to go to school.
I had never gone to a ComicCon before. Have you?
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@JudyEv - Yes, some of the costumes were pretty amazing. The potential students on the tour wanted to linger at the ComicCom convention area, too. I think it was a big selling point for the school.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@jaboUK - ComicCon just means a comic book convention and, usually, they take place at convention halls, not colleges. The fact that they happened to be doing one while we were visiting a college was a plus for the college. Our granddaughter was thrilled, and so were the other students who were visiting.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
1 May 17
I've been to a couple of ComicCons here in Manila. Fun times! There is always something for everyone.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
1 May 17
@DeborahDiane I've attended events like these to take photos and check out the merchandise for sale. I've never gone in costume myself. It is a lot of fun and the work that people put into their costumes is just impressive.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@allen0187 - The costumes in the photo above were very simple. Some of the people looked like statues, they were so completely transformed. It was pretty amazing.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@allen0187 - They look like a lot of fun. My granddaughter seemed to enjoy seeing the people walking around the college in their costumes.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
1 May 17
I have not ever been to one but my son has been to a few.
Here in the West and NE also.
He liked it well but he is a big comic fan.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@TiarasOceanView - I was just happy that our granddaughter thought the college looked like a lot of fun!
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
1 May 17
@DeborahDiane haha oh yeah thats good Deborah
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@jstory07 - She wants to be a math teacher. The University of California in Irvine, which we visited a week ago, has a great program for it, but they only accept about 8% of the students who apply, so she needs a backup plan, even though she is a good student. The college we visited this weekend, Cal State Fullerton, also has a good program for math teachers, and she shouldn't have any trouble getting into that one. It's her "safety" school. We will probably look at one or two others in the county, too.
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@jstory07 - She wants to be a math teacher. The University of California in Irvine, which we visited a week ago, has a great program for it, but they only accept about 8% of the students who apply, so she needs a backup plan, even though she is a good student. The college we visited this weekend, Cal State Fullerton, also has a good program for math teachers, and she shouldn't have any trouble getting into that one. It's her "safety" school. We will probably look at one or two others in the county, too.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 May 17
I went to one in Portland with my daughter. It was crowded and amazing to see all those characters.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 May 17
@DeborahDiane Truly, those costumes are fantastic.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 17
@JamesHxstatic - It made me wonder how much it cost for some of those kids to put together the most incredible costumes.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@JamesHxstatic - They go to a lot of work to create those costumes, don't they? Some of them looked like statues or movie props! LOL
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
1 May 17
I know about the main ComicCon (San Diego, I think?) but how fun to go to the any comic book convention! We don't go to them often, but I have friends who go to them and I see their photos on Facebook with many of the characters they meet there.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 17
@much2say - Yes, the main ComicCon is in San Diego every year. I bet our granddaughter would enjoy going to it.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 17
@LadyDuck - The students seemed to be enjoying it.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 17
@DianneN - Yes, that was the impression we had ... that our granddaughter would have fun if she ends up at that college.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 17
@DianneN - She is a good student, so I certainly hope she has fun in college, too!
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
2 May 17
@DeborahDiane There is nothing wrong with having fun at college. Our older son partied away for four years at Cornell and still managed to graduate with top honors and awards. I'm sure your granddaughter will, too!
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 17
@just4him - It was an interesting weekend. I'm glad my granddaughter has some good college choices in our area.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 May 17
@DeborahDiane That is a good thing.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
3 May 17
I've never been to ComicCon but I have been to a Star Trek convention and I loved it! I didn't dress up but there were some people who looked amazing! I was there to meet some members of the original cast and was thrilled to meet George Takei
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
3 May 17
@CRK109 - I was actually at a Star Trek convention once, by accident. My husband and I were visiting one of our daughters and there was a Star Trek convention going on at our hotel. Two of the conventioneers even got married in the hotel atrium, wearing their Star Trek invitation. It was fun to see all the costumes.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 May 17
@CRK109 - Those types of special events do seem like fun. One of our daughters enjoys going to Renaissance Faires, too.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
4 May 17
@DeborahDiane If they weren't so crowded all the time, I would love to go more often. They really are a lot of fun!
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 17
Cal State Fullerton looked like a very nice college. There is a good chance that it is the college which my granddaughter will attend.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 May 17
@msiduri - We saw the arboretum when we visited, but we didn't stroll through it. I have heard good things about it. Our granddaughter wants to be a math teacher. She will probably live at home with our daughter, who lives in Irvine. Our daughter is a special education teacher, so she cannot afford to pay for her daughter to stay in a dorm. Our granddaughter is looking at colleges within driving distance.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
15 May 17
@DeborahDiane Good for her. Wish her well. Of course, it looked very different in the hoary days when I attended it. It still has the arboretum, though, next to the student dorms (which did not exist when I went there). It's a nice place to stroll or study. Admission is by donation.
What does you granddaughter plan to study?
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 17
@HazySue - They do sound like fun, don't they? I'm afraid I would not recognize most of the comic book characters, however!
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
4 May 17
@DeborahDiane neither would I. I am a bit out of touch.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 May 17
Not a big one like San Diego. A small one in New Orleans and monthly one in LA.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 17
@JohnRoberts - I had no idea there was a monthly ComicCon in Los Angeles.
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