Collectormania 9
Got back about 2 hours ago. Had a great time.
Weird thing was this morning, I kept waking up and then trying to get out of bed before my alarm went off, it happened like 2-3 times, so weird. Was a bit hard to get up when the alarm finally went off though, hehe.
Took a while before I got to leave the house after breakfast this morning as I wasn't feeling to good. Luckily it passed and I was out the door.
Finally got up there at about 12:00 and met up with
isil80. She'd been kind enough to grab me a que ticket for Alan Tudyk. We decided to walk around and have a look at what was in the stalls at what they had to offer. I ended up buying the 'Serenity' collectors cards and an X-men key chain. Very happy about that. Bought some other stuff, but that's birthday presents, so I can't disclose that here.
There was a lot of cool stuff, and seriously, if I was rich I'd totally go crazy shopping there. No that I really need any of that stuff, but... yeah, I'll shut up, hehe.
We met up with
laraneia and her hubby after a while. I managed to snap some pics of Alan Tudyk, Ron Glass, Jenny Agutter, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, and some of 'the french chick', Mira Furlan.
Finally
isil80's number was up to go get Corey Haim's autograph, so we followed her over, and basically watched her get it. Afterwards it was my turn to go meet Alan. Now, here's the thing, I haven't been nervous before any of these meetings since Billy Boyd, and now standing in this que suddenly I'm nervous again! By the time it's my turn I've managed to calm myself, but get a little confused when it looks like both Alan and his convention-asistant both want to shake my hand. I grab Alan's hand of course and say 'hi', am met by a big smile, he signs my picture and notices another one of the convention people standing ready with my camera and asks if I want a picture too, and I manage to say 'yes, please'. I know it was polite, but I felt silly saying it. I'm such a dweeb. I get my picture, thank him, say 'have a nice day', which seemed to suprise him, and then I left. Was very nice, and he truly seemed like a very nice guy.
We kept walking and looking at the stalls,
Laraneia's husband decider to go get Marc Singer's autograph. I honestly have no idea who that is, apparantly he was in something called 'Beastmaster' and 'V'.
I left just as they started packing up, think it was about 17:30. Had been a good day, so I said goodbye to my friends, and hopped on the train back to London, where I got stuck sitting with 7-9 guys who very talking about football (soccer) and drinking beer.
Have taken it easy since I got back, relaxed and watched TV. Picspam from the event to follow. :)
Weird thing was this morning, I kept waking up and then trying to get out of bed before my alarm went off, it happened like 2-3 times, so weird. Was a bit hard to get up when the alarm finally went off though, hehe.
Took a while before I got to leave the house after breakfast this morning as I wasn't feeling to good. Luckily it passed and I was out the door.
Finally got up there at about 12:00 and met up with
isil80. She'd been kind enough to grab me a que ticket for Alan Tudyk. We decided to walk around and have a look at what was in the stalls at what they had to offer. I ended up buying the 'Serenity' collectors cards and an X-men key chain. Very happy about that. Bought some other stuff, but that's birthday presents, so I can't disclose that here.
There was a lot of cool stuff, and seriously, if I was rich I'd totally go crazy shopping there. No that I really need any of that stuff, but... yeah, I'll shut up, hehe.
We met up with
laraneia and her hubby after a while. I managed to snap some pics of Alan Tudyk, Ron Glass, Jenny Agutter, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, and some of 'the french chick', Mira Furlan.
Finally
isil80's number was up to go get Corey Haim's autograph, so we followed her over, and basically watched her get it. Afterwards it was my turn to go meet Alan. Now, here's the thing, I haven't been nervous before any of these meetings since Billy Boyd, and now standing in this que suddenly I'm nervous again! By the time it's my turn I've managed to calm myself, but get a little confused when it looks like both Alan and his convention-asistant both want to shake my hand. I grab Alan's hand of course and say 'hi', am met by a big smile, he signs my picture and notices another one of the convention people standing ready with my camera and asks if I want a picture too, and I manage to say 'yes, please'. I know it was polite, but I felt silly saying it. I'm such a dweeb. I get my picture, thank him, say 'have a nice day', which seemed to suprise him, and then I left. Was very nice, and he truly seemed like a very nice guy.
We kept walking and looking at the stalls,
Laraneia's husband decider to go get Marc Singer's autograph. I honestly have no idea who that is, apparantly he was in something called 'Beastmaster' and 'V'.
I left just as they started packing up, think it was about 17:30. Had been a good day, so I said goodbye to my friends, and hopped on the train back to London, where I got stuck sitting with 7-9 guys who very talking about football (soccer) and drinking beer.
Have taken it easy since I got back, relaxed and watched TV. Picspam from the event to follow. :)