I met Joe Hill! and um, well, that's it....life is boring for me!! LOL
I met Joe Hill! and um, well, that's it....life is boring for me!! LOL
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.
Ok. This post is looooong overdue (sorry Sarah!).
But anways, this past September, I went to DragonCon in Atlanta. It's a big sci-fi/fantasy/costuming convention that's held annually. I had so much fun. Three huge hotels hosted the convention and there were events taking place from 8 in the morning until 3am. Basically, the convention is a big place for geeks to get together and have a big old party.
I saw all sorts of amazing costumes, many of which people made from scratch. I got to see an independent horror film called The Signal (it's a lot like King's Cell) before it's even been released to theatres, went to a question and answer session with Kari, Torrey and Grant from Mythbusters, went to a question and answer session with James and Oliver Phelps and Matthew Lewis from Harry Potter, meet David Prowse (the actor who played Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Spike from Buffy and all sorts of other awesome stuff.
Probably the highlight of the convention, however, happened while I was waiting for an elevator. I was alone in the hallway when a man and woman walked up beside me. I glanced over the woman was Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher from Star Trek: Next Generation)!! Her assistant was with her. She saw me looking at her, so she introduced herself and asked how I was enjoying the convention. Just then, two other men walked up, Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker) and Brent Spiner (Data)! Brent Spiner saw that I was holding my autographed Harry Potter picture and asked me if I had read the final book yet. I said yes and he asked my opinion on it. We spent the next few minutes discussing the book. He was super friendly and down to Earth. Just about this time, the elevator door finally opened (the waits for the elevators were insane) and I started to get on with them when Gates McFadden's assistant put his arm in front of me and said I could wait for the next one. Jonathan Frakes stopped him and said "Man, let her on". I reached my floor before theirs and when I got off, they all said "Nice to meet you" and told me to have fun the rest of the weekend. It was so so so cool.
Another highlight was meeting James and Oliver Phelps (the Weasley twins) and Matthew Lewis (Neville) from the Harry Potter movies. They were incredibly friendly as well. Plus in real life, Matthew Lewis was super super hot. He explained in the question and answer session that he wears a fat suit and fake teeth in the movies as well as makeup to make his skin look worse.
Anyways, here are a ton of pictures from the long weekend.
Darrin and a Klingon (he later stood outside on a busy downtown Atlanta street with a sign that said "I will kill you for food"
These were awesome:
Spartans...rawwwr. But check out the dude on the far left.
Harry Potter
Me and Gimli
Vash the Stampede
Cobra Commander
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
Zombie Captain America
King Arthur
this was awesome
I swear she looked just like the actress
LOL
Darrin's Boba Fett
Pic from the parade
Pirates of the caribbean
Marc Singer (the Beastmaster)
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
This picture is for Jorge...it's K-Sorb
Lou Gossett Jr.
Bud Bundy
Matthew Lewis
James Phelps
Oliver Phelps
Peter Mayhew
Darrin in his Batman
Some bimbos hanging off my boyfriend
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
Queen Amadala
Darrin fighting an alien
Gates McFadden
Jonathan Frakes
Darrin meeting Brent Spiner
The Dream King and I
The Mythbusters build team
I've got some more pictures of art I bought while there. I'll post them in a bit.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
And here are the art prints I either bought or had comissioned:
Harley Quinn:
Death watercolor:
Tommy Castillo Batman
Poison Ivy
I love this one
but I love this even more
An Omega Red Darrin had comissioned
Darrin's Data autograph
My weasley twins autograph
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
You should give me that Death watercolor.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
ERIN!!!! Thank you for posting that and thanks for the heads up pm. you rock, girl!
Lalalalaaaa, lalalalaaa
Lalalalaaaa, lalalalaaa
sugarpop <3
Erin that was totally cool!! I loved that Riker let you in their elevator
Ignore Chris...you should give the Death watercolour to me
K-Sorb!!!
Heh...I like the guy who dressed up as one of the space balls
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
that one is terrific. great pics, Erin!
thanks for sharing those.
OMG! I would have loved to meet these three
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
it bothers me that if she was there first, they just ASSUMED that it was their elevator and weren't going to let her on.Originally Posted by Darkthoughts
Erin that was totally cool!! I loved that Riker let you in their elevator
Ignore Chris...you should give the Death watercolour to me
Yea I know. As soon as I got off I thought of that, but I was too star-struck by Brent Spiner to realize it until later.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
You should have done the biggest fucking fart you could when the doors closed, and then turned incredulously to the assistant and said "Thats fucking disgusting. What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think." - Duma Key
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Wait, are those crocs I see up there? That explains SO much.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
What? Crocs are comfortable.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
These pictures are awful but, here goes!
This is me & Brian O'Halloran. Met him, Bryan Johnson and Walt Flanagan at the Wizard Convention in Philly one year. Bryan & Walt were running the View Askew booth and Brian was signing action figures. Me & my friend were just kinda standing there staring at Bryan hahaha, and he calls us over and offers us tickets to the Kevin Smith Q&A. They were free anyway but at least we didn't have to stand in line, that rocked! And that is why Steve Dave is now my favorite chracter. No pictures with him though, I was too shy to ask
And here's my husband with Maddox at a signing for The Alphabet of Manliness. Maddox is awesome. My husband's okay too
Oh! And my husband wrote a book, so he counts too, right?
Awesome Eluria! What kind of book did your husband write?
Oh, and based on looks, I think my boyfriend and your husband would get along.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
Very cool
Idiocracy
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
I wear them.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
Maybe he's wearing off on you. You should get out now.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
crocs are comfortable.
jeff thinks they're ugly and hates that drake and i wear them, but he can fuck off.
oh, and maerlyn called me to make fun of her husband for buying them for the family, and was dismayed to learn that i wear mine every day.
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