Yes. Maya doth mightily ROCK.

She really does. She's also incredibly nice and pretty damned cute.

Heh. I first read that as "cromulating moment."

I want a cromulating moment.

Was anyone at the con where Marsters tried that "you first" gambit with the fan who asked him to strip?

That was at Dragoncon during one of James' Q&A. I unfortunately, saw the whole thing.

Don't tell me she did.

Okay, we won't tell you. But what are the odds that people would remember it years later if she'd quietly said "Nevermind then," and sat back down?

When the people who run real fan conventions have the vision to book media guests in the short early period before Creation type cons get their hooks into them you find out how limited the Creation experience can be.

For example, would you rather have spent a weekend drinking at the hotel bar with Frakes and Dorn, or in lines at a Creation Con waiting for their autographs a year later?

Earlier this year I talked with someone who runs an upcoming con. He'd been offered as a possible Guest of Honor a certain writer-director whose name should be obvious in this forum without me typing it. He was asking everyone he knew whether anyone would attend a convention to see said guest...

Needless to say, this particular con got someone else, someone you'd have to Google.

I have not been to any of Allyson's parties, alas, so I have no basis for comparison. But one thing I like about Dragon*Con is that it's big enough to get lost in if you want to just wander, but also well-organized so that it's not chaos. I was probably going to go anyway to see the Serenity people, but it's the meeting up with old friends and the chance of making new ones that convinced me to lay down the cash.

I'm also jaded about autographs and etc. I'm not waiting in line more than a minute and a half for anything (except money).

I want a cromulating moment.

Perv.

I'm not waiting in line more than a minute and a half for anything (except money).

Oh, if only the DMV and other bureaucratic services would allow me to say the same.

One of the things I liked best about the job Allyson and Maya did with the Annual Review was that the bands had their own performance area somewhat away from the auction and other social mixing areas. So nice to be able to visit with people without having to shout over guitars.

Hee hee. I just lent out my Firefly set to my friend Colleen who had only ever seen the Fox broadcast of the pilot. I had forwarded her the link to the trailer last week and it piqued her interest. I just got this message from my housemate. She passed the set on to Colleen at their yoga class yesterday.

hey, Colleen watched 6 episodes of firefly last night! YAY! she's so on board. the mothership. serenity.

Trying to concentrate for the remainder of the day here at work is proving to be extremely difficult. I just want it to be 5pm so I can run home, change and then head to city for dinner and the screening.