Anime Fest at Greenbriar Library!
Dusting off the old LJ to give a quick report of the fun today at the library.
Got started late and dropped some "Sanity for Today" bumper stickers off with friends (Thumbs up if you get the reference!) and then headed over to the library. Didn't take me long to find people and I hung out, chatted with Ed and the AMA peeps and a few cosplayer friends.
Ok, now we get to the fun part of the story: Ever meet one of those guys that just HAS to come up with a cooler story than you? the story where he's the shining knight and the official destroyer of pedestals? This is a story about that guy!
So I dead down to the room where they are about to have the costume contest. I'm just busy chatting away with a couple of the people there when this dude (I'll call him Redshirt McBrodouche) decides to join in the convo. The topic of conversation rotated around to "Convention experiences with Celebs". Me and Adam were talking about some good times we've had with various celebs when this guy decides to chime in:
"You know who's a dick? Peter Mayhew!" I'm like, "Ok, You know I heard just the opposite, that he's a really nice guy."
"Nahh man, I was at a convention and I happened to be outside near him when I heard him call the attendees annoying fanboys. I turned to him and said, 'Look, Chewbacca, you owe these fans your life and its because of them that you haven't had to work a day since star wars came out, so get back in there, put your Chewbacca hands back on and thank each and every one of them for giving you a career!"
In response to this, I just shake my head and continue on talking to Adam and a couple of the other assembled throng. I talk about a good experience I had with William Katt when Suddenly, Mr. McBrodouche chimes in again:
"I once pulled a gun on Jet Li because he was being a dick to a friend of mine!" He then relates this story where Jet apparently tried to intimidate a friend of his and he whipped out his 9 (or whatever gun he had) and put Jet in his place. It was at this point that I just turned and walked away, shaking my head. Pretty much everyone around me was amazed at the sheer balls this guy had to even make up a story like that. Anyway, he was called away by some friends of his, and we got settled down and watched the costume contest. Pretty cool group, nice and relaxed. Costumes were judged, a winning AMV was watched, and prizes were given out to the winners.
After the contest, we headed over to Heather and Josh's house where we watched youtube videos, went out for Mexican, and played Modern Warfare for a bit.
And now, I sleep, and tomorrow, I go and be a monster in a movie!
Got started late and dropped some "Sanity for Today" bumper stickers off with friends (Thumbs up if you get the reference!) and then headed over to the library. Didn't take me long to find people and I hung out, chatted with Ed and the AMA peeps and a few cosplayer friends.
Ok, now we get to the fun part of the story: Ever meet one of those guys that just HAS to come up with a cooler story than you? the story where he's the shining knight and the official destroyer of pedestals? This is a story about that guy!
So I dead down to the room where they are about to have the costume contest. I'm just busy chatting away with a couple of the people there when this dude (I'll call him Redshirt McBrodouche) decides to join in the convo. The topic of conversation rotated around to "Convention experiences with Celebs". Me and Adam were talking about some good times we've had with various celebs when this guy decides to chime in:
"You know who's a dick? Peter Mayhew!" I'm like, "Ok, You know I heard just the opposite, that he's a really nice guy."
"Nahh man, I was at a convention and I happened to be outside near him when I heard him call the attendees annoying fanboys. I turned to him and said, 'Look, Chewbacca, you owe these fans your life and its because of them that you haven't had to work a day since star wars came out, so get back in there, put your Chewbacca hands back on and thank each and every one of them for giving you a career!"
In response to this, I just shake my head and continue on talking to Adam and a couple of the other assembled throng. I talk about a good experience I had with William Katt when Suddenly, Mr. McBrodouche chimes in again:
"I once pulled a gun on Jet Li because he was being a dick to a friend of mine!" He then relates this story where Jet apparently tried to intimidate a friend of his and he whipped out his 9 (or whatever gun he had) and put Jet in his place. It was at this point that I just turned and walked away, shaking my head. Pretty much everyone around me was amazed at the sheer balls this guy had to even make up a story like that. Anyway, he was called away by some friends of his, and we got settled down and watched the costume contest. Pretty cool group, nice and relaxed. Costumes were judged, a winning AMV was watched, and prizes were given out to the winners.
After the contest, we headed over to Heather and Josh's house where we watched youtube videos, went out for Mexican, and played Modern Warfare for a bit.
And now, I sleep, and tomorrow, I go and be a monster in a movie!