DragonCon

Well there it is, DragonCon.  Don’t know what that is?  Well check it out, www.dragoncon.org .  I just got back from DragonCon in Atlanta, Georgia and it was fantastic.  I will have to get some photos from some of my friends as even though I brought my camera, I took only 3 photos. LOL So much to do and so very little time.  As usual, the costumes were amazing.  They are by far the best I have ever seen at any convention.  They really take their time in development  and detail!  Awesome. 

Of course I was working as usual.  Wrangling the actors and helping them make some money.  But how fun is that.  PLUS, I was in the autograph area sitting next to a couple of hot commodities.  LOL  You know, overall, some of these actors are quite hot!! LOL And although some of those hot guys can be jerks, for the most part, they are friendly and quite nice. And of course, next year, whether I am working or not, I will be going, made my hotel reservation already and the hotel is almost already sold out!  Hopefully they will release some rooms again later. 

The weather this year was also very tolerable.  In the past, the humidity passes the temperature and it is miserable.  This year, temps were low and humidity almost non-existant!  Well for Atlanta over Labor Day weekend anyway. 

Everything was smooth sailing, from my flights to everything at the convention……..then of course, I came home……LOL   Seems there was a thunderstorm and a power outage (no biggie), however it blew something big in the elevator and the elevator is out of service……indefinitely.  Not bad really, except when you have to shift 2 large suitcases UP the three flights of stairs.  Ugh.  Thank goodness it was only three flights.  I sure hope the elevator comes back on soon.

Almost the end of summer

As I get older, time passes faster….a LOT faster.  Why is that?  Are we just so incredibly busy with our lives and working that we just don’t take the time to enjoy the seasons (when we actually get them up here) ??  It is tough to realize that all the things you planned on doing this summer are only half done and you are no closer with a plan on actually completing them.   Not that they are so important, it is just easier to do them in the sun than the rain. LOL

Living in Washington

OK this was forwarded to me today and I have to say, IT IS ALL TRUE!!!  I live here and have done all those things.

• THIS IS WHAT JEFF FOXWORTHY HAS TO SAY ABOUT ‘LIVING IN   Washington !
  
  If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you live in  Washington  

  If you’ve worn shorts, sandals and a parka at the same time, you live in Washington    

  If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number, you live in Washington  

  If you measure distance in hours, you live in Washington .  

  If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in Washington .

  If you have switched from ‘heat’ to ‘A/C’ and back again in the same day, you live in Washington

  If you install security lights on your house and garage but leave both doors unlocked, you live in Washington

  If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Central, Southern or Eastern Washington .

  If you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a 2 layers of clothes or under a raincoat, you live in Washington  

  If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow and ice, you live in   Washington .  

  If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in  Washington  

  If you feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash, you live in Washington  

  If you know more than 10 ways to order coffee, you live in Washington

  If you know more people who own boats than air conditioners, you live in Washington

  If you stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the “Walk” signal, you live in Washington

  If you consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain, you live in Washington.

  If you can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle’s Best and Dutch Bros, you live in Washington.

  If you know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon, you live in Washington .

  If you know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup , Abiqua, Issaquah , Oregon , Umpqua, Yakima and Willamette, you live in Washington .

  If you consider swimming an indoor sport, you live in Washington

  If you can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food, you live in Washington .

  If you never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho, you live in Washington

  If you have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain, you live in Washington

  If you think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists, you live in Washington

  If you buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time, you live in Washington  

  If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your  Washington friends, you live or have lived in Washington

Serves him right…….

Downloading music illegally and spreading it around needs to be stopped.  Serves this guy right.  He should have paid .99 cents for each song downloaded then he wouldn’t be made an example.

Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins

Ok, now this is going to be good.   Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins   .  I have all the DVD’s and watch them fairly often.  I loved that series.  I used to race home from school to watch it.  It was on right after General Hospital in the afternoon, and we would get so scared! LOL LOL  And then along came Quentin and who didn’t have a crush on Quentin Collins.  I really enjoy Tim Burton and Johnny Depp pairings.  They are just  some really unusual and fun projects.  I also look  forward to Alice in Wonderland.  Helena Bohnam Carter…….she is FABULOUS!!!!  I love everything I have seen her in, she is brilliant.

Another HOT one.

Hot again today in Seattle.  No matter how I am watering my plants, they are dying. 100 degrees today and it is only noon, but the humidity isn’t too bad.  I don’t feel I am in Hotlanta anyway.  Overnight low last night was 80 degrees.  The LOW!!  Holy crap.  I’m not really complaining though, this will last about a week and then cool off, but we won’t see any rain till September some time.  Need to enjoy it while we can cause once the rain starts again, it won’t stop till about May-ish.

San Diego Comic Con

Ok preview night is now history.  You know it almost isn’t fun to go to preview night any more.  It used to be nice to go through and shop quietly and now it is just as mad as shopping on a Saturday!  Very crazy. It is all the big studios who start giving out their freebies on preview night.  I mean come on, how many bags that are as large as you are, do you need? And what in the hell would you use them for?  The bags are so large you have to be 6′ feet tall to even be able to use them, and once you put anything in them they weigh a ton.  Such a stupid freebie.  I like the free books…….

 As we headed out tonight, there was a line forming already at Hall H for all those wanting to see the “Twilight” panel in the morning.  Nuts.  There are tents everywhere!  There is NOTHING out there that would entice me enough to spend the night in line just to be first into a panel.  I mean……where do you go to the bathroom??  Everything is closed…….

Wow, Comic con was something else.  Extremely busy, you really spent most of your time doing the hurry up and wait thing.  Getting in line at 6:00 am on Saturday because I wanted to see the True Blood panel in room 20 at 5:00 pm.  It’s nuts!!  Fortunately, I wanted to see all the panels before True Blood in that room so it was a great day for me overall. A great seat, a great view and a lot of fun.  I think the Chuck panel had the best opening to a panel I have ever seen.  LOL LOL  The Jeffsters came out and sang “Fat Bottom Girls”  (COMPLETELY appropriate for Comic Con which made us laugh even harder), then the cast came out dancing around and dancing on the table.  Very funny entry into a panel. 

The subsequent panels were good too.  I do love Family Guy and that Seth MacFarlane is hot!!! LOL LOL  They are doing a new show called the Cleveland Show.  Hate to say it, but it doesn’t look very good.  I don’t think I will be watching that one.  I am looking forward to more Simpsons and Futurama and I hope they can work out the cast issues with Futurama.  It would be a shame if it were a different cast. 

True Blood of course was fantastic.  Saw some really interesting clips of what is coming up in Season 2.  And as usual, Sookie is in trouble, again and again.  I do think that Stephen Moyer is a hottie though!They are just the most wonderful down to earth people and the more you see them, the more you realize the casting was excellent.  Charlaine Harris, man what a hoot!  I would love to spend time with her and have a chat.  What a great writer.  Someone asked her what her inspiration was to write the books.  Her answer, “honey, I have a contract to write three more books, it I waited for inspiration, they would never get done.  If you are a writer you sit your butt right down, flex your fingers and you write. ”   I love her.

Oh, and lest I forget, Mr. David Tennant!! Oh my GOD he is wonderful and he has the most brilliant smile.  It was a great panel and a sad one as we saw previews of the last episode that David will be appearing in as the Doctor.  Russell T Davis, lordy he is a riot.  Very funny man….oh and Dr Who made it into the Guiness Book of records as the longest running sci-fi program……EVER……. It was really quite neat.  This lovely gentlemen from Guiness Book of records presenting several awards over the weekend.  Farscape received one for the most special effects used in a sci-fi series. The Simpsons received one for the longest running animated series and Dr Who received theirs.  Now those are the only ones I saw, but I have a feeling he was there most of the weekend visiting others as well.  And when these were presented, everyone was honestly surprised. Well dumbfounded really.  I think most of them expected someone to jump out and yell, “you have been punked”  but didn’t happen so they must be real!!

Receiving Guiness Award

Russell T Davis accepting the Guiness World Record for longest running sci-fi show.

David Tennant. Isn’t he a cutie?

Torchwood – part 5

Well, Mr. Davies has a LOT to answer for let me tell you.  Personally, I loved it, and the ending left it wide open.  Either the series can end there, or come back later.  I think it will come back, many years in the future with a new crew.  But I would still like to know what would happen with Rhys and Gwen.  They were so cute and of course made you cry.  That whole episode made me cry right from the beginning.  Jack made a supreme sacrifice and unfortunately has a very long time to dwell on it.  Maybe we will see Jack in a Dr Who episode…….. hehehehe…….

Well the timing of the Torchwood panel at the San Diego Comic Con is going to be something.  First off it will be jam packed and secondly, it follows the end of the showing of this series in the US. 

Off to go have a cup of tea………of a glass of vodka, not sure what will work right now. LOL

Torchwood – Part 4

OK, I am completely traumatized now.  There had better be a plan for this because I can’t believe they did what they did.  I won’t even say because it makes me cry!!! (Of course I will say tomorrow after watching the last part) This mini is exceptionally good and I am glad I am able to see it before the US completely cuts and butchers it due to sensoring.  There are some things that have to be there (that you know will disappear) and complete the story.  Russell Davies, I really hate you and at the same time love you!! I sure hope this isn’t going to be the end of the series, this show is something special.  They will be at Comic Con this year, I am wondering what they are going to say.  The Torchwood panel will be after it has been shown in the US so they are either going to praise RTD or lynch him………

Torchwood, part 3

Man, I am glad I am seeing this now, when it gets to the US on the 20th, so much is going to be cut out of the hour!! This is brilliant.  The writing is brilliant!!  And of course just as you get into it, the time is up and I have to wait!!!! Agony!!  Some funny highlights, Ianto as a waiter and walking off with a credit card.  Clem saying,”he’s queer. Well he is, I can smell it.”  LOL LOL  You get so involved in the plot and suddenly there is a perfect bit of humour.  Brilliant writing and I wants parts 4 and 5 NOW!!!!