Yesterday we toured the bullfighting ring and went to its museum.
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Mary threw a great party! The programming was awesome, there was plenty to do, and I think I heard only one fan complaining the whole time. Special thanks to Cyndi and Nancy, who kept me in the loop and got me free stuff!

Costumes. I decided that I wasn’t going to take pictures of costumes, but caved pretty quickly. Why do people want to be pregnant ( Read more... )

Sunday: I’m losing steam here. Con exhaustion hits even when writing about it. Forging on …

In the morning I went to the Clone Wars panel (and special preview) in the theater where C-line worked. We had a bunch of Meet & Greets in the Fan Lounge. When my shift ended, I met Rich and Caroline in her theater, and caught the last episode of Pink Five. ( Read more... )

Friday: The first real day of the celebration. Badge frustration started - some of us had “Crew” badges, which were not respected like the much-coveted “All Access” badges. It was great that security was so tight, but frustrating too.

This was the day my stuff was stolen. We put a skirt around a table in the Fan Lounge, and were leaving our personal ( Read more... )

Wednesday: I walked with Rich to the center (again leaving Caroline behind to write her paper), arriving around 9 a.m. I was immediately accosted by Paula, who directed me to the huge room where the movie marathon was happening. Cyndi was there already, as she and I were assigned to hand out “I saw it” buttons to the movie watchers.

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Celebration IV was a blast. Many of the issues with CIII were fixed and there were only a handful of new problems. I hope fans had as good a time as I did. (Anyone get a read on fan reaction?)

Since I returned on Tuesday night, I had to work a 12-hour day on Wednesday and a 9-hour day Thursday. I still managed to unpack and get my pictures onto my ( Read more... )

You know that your fandom has come to an end when the local car wash, which used to be called STAR WASH in a lettering style that definitely evoked STAR WARS, is now called Laser Wash.

Yes, I am alive. Here’s a rundown of a fun and fabulous weekend. And Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

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Last night I had the honor and the privilege of watching the dress rehearsal of the Star Wars Musical at MIT ( Read more... )

That's Abby. I had lunch with her Monday, and she never ceases to amaze me ( Read more... )