I managed to miss the one, very short, interview I wanted to see, coming in at the end. (In time for Madame Eyepatch to have zero sympathy for the rest of the cast struggling with their eyepatches) Spent most of the time hanging with Jean and Karen of Staggering Stories. The Brits are struggling a bit because denominations aren't written on our ( Read more... )

Technically, Gally doesn't begin until noon today, CA time, but last night's lobby on was already stressfully full. Chicago's spread out lobby system spreads out the crowd; Gally herds it all together.

First panel, Big Finish - possibly the only panel I'm hitting today. Trying to hook up with Stggering Stories!

For a bunch of people who had to leave in a hurry, Big Finish put on a pretty good show at the closing ceremony. Jason Haigh-Ellery was trying to give a dignified goodbye speech, but everyone else stood in a line behind him, waving their arms like a dance maneuver. When he turned around to see what the audience was laughing at, they all went ( Read more... )

Only three panels today, and not much to share about the knitting circle or the con feedback panels. (Me: Get the Master back!) Apparently I missed a kickass panel yesterday when Matthew Waterhouse showed up for "The Perils of Male Companions ( Read more... )

I have somehow managed to lose one of my knitting needles. I wouldn't have thought it possible to lose a 16-inch circular, no matter how small the gage ( Read more... )

Before I talk about the con, some random links of interest:

sadbhyl on twitter: "Sat, 02:36: RT @cabin_pressure: Made me laugh: The first rule of Thesaurus Club is, you don't talk about, mention, speak of, discuss or chat about Thesaurus Club..."

Benedict Cumberbatch describes his holiday in the Seychelles Swimsuit pictures, y'all ( Read more... )

Gally Housecleaning Post aka, a note on costumes ( Read more... )

Tiki Dalek! I wasn't making it up.

There was also a gold dalek and a bronze dalek AND a WWII tea dalek, and Jean of Staggering Stories got a shot of all 4 of them lined on up Sunday.

Sunday I pretty much hung out with either Fake Keith or Jean of Staggering Stories, with a few minutes with spatasmagoria & hubby. The Ravellers of Rassilon had a crafting ( Read more... )

Could not post there, but unproofread notes of Fr & Sat ( under here )

Gareth David Lloyd & Kai Owen are a very profane, very funny pair. GDL is tired of bring Ianto back stuff ("He's fucking dead!") but is also making jokes about being out of work. The money shot - which I did not get but which is doubtless all over the internet by now - was him auditioning as Rhys' & Gwen's baby, by curling into Kai's lap, thumb in ( Read more... )