That would be fun I think.

It's in Seattle. I gave a passing thought to going because Perkins and Plei and SA and Dana, and it's in Seattle.

See, if it was JUST Perkins and SA and Plei and Dana, OKAY! But it will be all those OTHER people, who I'm sure are perfectly lovely people, and fannish and mostly so in a way similar to the way I am. But, no. Too many, too many strangers.

That's why Plai and I are going to be anti-social together!

Or, better yet, you can't find those people, which means you're them, and everyone's looking at you.

Yeah, when I had people from Best Brains acting skittish and asking me if what I was giving them was a bomb, I knew I'd crossed the rubicon and was one of those people.

I'd love to visit Colin at a con. I wouldn't do any connish things except look and listen over people's shoulders, speak when spoken to, and schreech with his GF, Back in the day when I hung with local comedians I always wanted to be "that girl" the one who didn't look like talents or like she was sleeping with them, so why was she there? Maybe for travelling comedians to sleep with?

Nah. Just that once. Lady of mystery.

And most of my friends stopped schmoozing the festival, so I had no official reason to go to them, but the staff knew my name and face and let me into things so I did it solo until I spotted somone -- a John Rogers or a Dave Chappele that I knew outside the crazy or a friend doing an interview. Then you have a home base from which you can walk up to a complete stranger and start a conversation based "That's a bold choice for a shirt. Didn't they have it in a natural fiber?" Partly those people.

I just had to come in and rec this vid because it really is clever as heck:

Changing Channels

I could never bring myself to go to a con. The value I see in it is the fan girl/boy bonding and frankly SPN fandom scares me a little, in both enthusiasm and intensity.

I'm way too introverted for that type of thing.

The actors paid to stand there for a photo, sign something, and blather feels really uncomfortable to me (and yet I do frequently watch the videos or read reports.)

On the other hand, the actors tied to this show are lovely. Not just the Js, but countless others who are friendly and enthusiastic with fans. It's one thing to show up because you're paid, it's another thing entirely to do so with joy.

For instance, there's no reason Smallville (I don't actually watch it, so I'm talking out of my ass here) shouldn't also be having cons except I assume the actors have no interest.

That vid is brilliant. I have a major beef with it--it's way too short.

I can't decide if my favorite is the Laverne and Shirley or Castiel to the Full House tune.

That's one I would DL, if I knew where.

Castiel with the clip for Nip/Tuck was hilarious! ITA with ita, way too short.

Yes, too short. LOVED it. Thanks ehab.

I think as an actor that would be the hardest thing for me to do would be having all the con people there to see me. It would make me very uncomfortable. I really do admire the people that are able to do it and be gracious at the same time. I would be kinda freaked out and it would be hard to hide that.