Dragon*Con 2007 - Part 3 (The Rest of Friday)   
12:49am 20/09/2007
 
mood: accomplished
When last we left our hapless would-be drunkards, they were on their very first day of their vacation, leaving the Buffy panel to go get more drinks...

Except that we stop first to get a picture of The Greatest American Hero, who tells us that this year he's wearing a wig, because last year he actually got his hair bleached and ringlet curled, and then he couldn't work for a month when he got back home. Apparently, people kept kicking him off the construction sites--for real. And then we stop at the Walk of Fame, because according to my schedule, Corin Nemec is going to be there at 2:30pm. So we duck in there, and it's actually not too crazy. Dom snaps another close-up of Elizabeth Rohm, and a pic of Gigi Edgely (Chiana from Farscape) (and OMFG, have >I< got a story about her later on to tell you!). As we wait in line, we see a gigantic Klingon and a life sized Rygel (also from Farscape) and his maker, and a staggering Jack Sparrow. Dom almost gets knocked out by Robin, and asks a set of parents permission to take a picture of a young Rogue, who YES, actually DOES have her hair dyed like that for real. Her parents are so cool. About this time, i finall get a clue that Duh! Corin's in a Stargate Panel right now, though in my defense, they listed him under Walk of Fame with times that he WON'T be there, which is just stupid.

Now we're heading back to the room to get drinks. We stop to get a picture of an excellent Lord Vader, Black Manta,and there's also a chick with an umbrella I don't recognize, but her costume is cute. Dom gets his all important picture Drizz't Do'Urden, and I tease him mercilessly, because he's all excited and when I showed him MY picture with Drizz't from last year, he turned up his nose at it. He's so in love with Drizz't since reading the books. One more picture of The King and we finally manage to make our way upstairs.

We get more drinks, and on our way down the elevator, we get held for someone. Why, it's C-3P0. And he looks JUST like he did in the movies. The costume is awesome, but apparently comes at a hefty price, because not only can he only walk with mincing steps like a victim of vicious footbinding, but apparently he can't see, either, and needs to have someone walk in front of him as a guide and tell/show him where to step. Just outside the hotel, I stop Beau and say, "Oh, look! There's a Gambit!" all excited because I haven't seen any X-Men yet--and just then, Gambit turns around and like something out of a horror movie--well, he IS something out of a horror movie. He's zombie Gambit, and there's Cyclops, Mystique, Storm, beast and Wasp with him, all zombified as well. Their make-up is incredible, and Bebe tells us later it was professionally done by someone over at the horror movie booths, I believe it. There's also a badass looking Robocop hanging out out here.

FINALLY, on our way to the next panel, some guy stops me and Dom and says "I don't know who you are, but you look great, can I get a picture?" We pose, then I give him a flyer and explain our web comic book. He immediately asks who we're hosted with, we tell him and he cautions us that we're going to get something like 10,000 hits after the weekend, because he's an editor at Shoutwire, so we should be ready. I'm not sure how serious he is, but we thank him, and head down to the cross walk, where we see Claire Bennet of Save the Cheerleader, Save the World fame.

We get awesome seats for the Ron Glass & Mark Sheppard Firefly panel. Alas, alack, Ron Glass has not yet arrived, so it turns out to be the Badger panel. And dammit, I can't really freaking HEAR him very well, which is SO frustrating. He takes several minutes of rambling to answer each question and often ends up in a very different place than where he started. But he's funny and animated, seems like a REALLY decent guy, so the audience is charmed. I think it's probably very hard to do a panel alone and keep it entertaining. I write down the little snatches of stuff that I do catch that sound interesting. He rambles a LOT, so it's hard to keep in context. Follow me if you dare!

MS: Regarding Badger: Joss Whedon wrote the role for himself, and I was like F**K!

MS: One night, I'm at the grocery store, and there's this woman, this older woman, standing there frozen,. just staring at me with this huge eyes. Like a deer in the headlights, not blinking, with her two kids. And she asks (affects a low, conspiratorial voice) "Are you and actor." And I say, "Yes." (as woman, mimes backing up a step and making a face) "You creepy, creepy man."

MS: "I love fandom, especially the kind of feedback it provides. You don't get that kind of feedback anywhere else.

( More fun with Mark Sheppard on Firefly and BSG under the cut )

And that's all I've got for that panel. We walk out and go back to get more drinks. And wow, it is WAY more crowded here on Friday than it was last year. While I get dressed even skimpier Dom and Beau and Bebe are all out in the room talking, and wow, it's not even 7pm yet and I can already tell Beau's getting trashed. AWESOME. Dom takes the skywalk across the hotel to the mall to buy us the most delicious pizza I think I've ever eaten.

We all head out back to the smoking area outside at the Hyatt--the Axis, as I like to call it. We run into a couple guys who are really friendly and one is especially chatty. Tells us all about how he and his wife are swingers and he just got his nipples pierced, which is weird, okay, since we just met him, but then we start talking about kids and stuff and its pretty cool. We see a lot of different costumes. There's a Tank Girl One set of very cute girls comes up and asks me to pose with them, and a cute anime bunny chick. After a while, me and Dom get tired of running back and forth across the street, so we decide to mix up the rest of the vodka INSIDE the biggest bottle ever created and bring it back with us. And here we all are, drunk as hell. I'm sure you're all so shocked! ;)

We head back to the room about 2am. More fun to come!		  
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SPN Fic: Family Tradition   
10:19am 20/09/2007
  TITLE: Family Tradition
RATING: PG-13
PAIRING: None (shades of Sam/Dean)
WORD COUNT: 533
SUMMARY: A father and his two boys and the open road. That's the way it's always been.
NOTES: Short and ouch-y sweet. Dedicated to [info]yourlibrarian, who sparked this whole idea. And to my shower, where this story assaulted me and wouldn't let go till I wrote it.

Family Tradition

The Impala kicks up desert dust, summer sun catching in the driver’s side mirror. He rests his hand on it, tilts it outward down the side of the car, to where he can see its long smooth, black side, sailing down the highway.

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