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Toaster posted this over on Facebook. (I think she got it from Stephanie?) Like everyone else, I love the expressions on the VA Tech fans as the parade of crazy goes by. I will not miss the parade next year! It gets better and better!

I could write and write and write about the MST people. *sigh* So much love. :)
I got to do two of the MST3K events at the con.

We made it to the Cinematic Titanic showing of Blood of the Vampire. OH MY GOSH. It was beyond funny. The movie was horrible (Philippine production set in 19th century Mexico and then dubbed into English and using what ( Read more... )

No way I can do this justice. It was ridiculously fun. I made it over to participate in the Guinness World Record attempt for most people dancing Thriller. I am so glad I learned the steps ahead of time. I don't know how the people who only got two practice sessions made it through! Dragoncon ThrillerAnyway, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! It was a ( Read more... )

This panel was not what I expected it to be. I was hoping it would be stuff we could do from our backyard without telescopes or much brain power. Our gang sometimes meets for meteor showers; we just hang out at the beach chatting, drinking cocoa, and flying kites while watching for shooting stars. There is a great beach about 30 or 40 minutes away ( Read more... )

We went to a Terry Gilliam panel where he showed clips from and discussed his upcoming movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The movie looks like it will be truly fantastic - visually stunning with a glorious story. (See video clip at the very bottom.) Anyway, at the panel he talked a lot about what went into making the movie - I taped most ( Read more... )

There is an awesome band called ArcAttack that plays music using two giant tesla coils. They let me lick one of the coils while I was in my red shirt for one of my many deaths. When I asked, I promised not to really lick it, but he said go ahead if I wanted to - it was coated with something protective so I wouldn't damage it and as Monkeys pointed ( Read more... )

Every year I vow to write up about Dragoncon, but the convention is just sooooooo big and soooooo much happens that I never know where to begin. So I thought I'd start with something easy like posting a few dead red shirt pictures ( Read more... )