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The con was great. Some of the organisation could have gone smoother, but things seemed to be working from my end of the pointy stick!

The actors were charming and really friendly, delightful to hang with, and lovely to the fans. The Q&A was good, I loved the cocktail party and the breakfast (platinum tix) and think I'm going to be a platinum tix person so long as I have the money to do so.

( Gate to the Sanctuary Convention: the guest Q&As )

Okay, for my part, I gave Amanda the present I'd been charged to give her, talked the topics I wanted to talk about, bought way too much stuff at the auction, but had a really good time.

And, um, I...think I might be able to call myself a Sanctuary fan now. One of the things I spent too much on was a framed S1 Sanctuary promo poster. Too. Much.

*coughs* Whether any fanfic comes of it is another matter entirely.

Right. So. dinner with the Stargate guests for Armageddon.

( food was delish, guests were delightful, night was faboo, I'd do it again! )

There was a second conversation with Torri, but that's going to have to wait for later. I've got to go help out at a booth for a bit.

For me, the most enjoyable part of any convention is watching the costuming. And not just the costuming but the clothing: what people wear (or don't wear), the styles and colours chosen.

The guests this year are Michael Shanks, Ben Browder, Torri Higginson, Lexa Doig, Claudia Christian...and a bunch of other people. Including about 3 Dr. Who guests.

As a result, there's a lot of generic stargate folk wandering about, a lot of Gate-related t-shirts, heaps of trenchcoats and ties, and I just saw a gas-masked couple walk by. (DW: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, I imagine.)

And then there's the usual conclave of catgirls, superheroes, anime characters, t-shirt wearing geeks, and goths.

...an EMT has just walked past with a stretcher and gear. That's worrying. It's all fun and games until...um...the EMTs are called in. I hope it's nothing serious!

Although perhaps not as much as the guy who walked by in flowing white and gold a little while ago.

I haven't seen the female stormie this year, though...

Saw Jewel Staite today. She was lovely, although the American accent threw me - for some reason the actors never seem to have accents on television, and then you meet them and they do! She inadvertantly let loose a leetle spoiler for Season Five while signing the picture I gave her, which her minder promptly shushed! I missed out on her talk session, though - by the time I went to get in, the room was full. I'm going again tomorrow - she has an "Atlantis-centric" talk session tomorrow, so I'll make sure I get in early for a seat.

Saw Jared Padalecki and was thinking of getting something signed by him (a gift for a FJ) but decided against - he'd finished signing for the day by the time I got around to it. And, after all the fuss and flutter and the photos and the signing, he was still smiling. I was impressed. And he is rather good-looking, although none of the guys around would admit it. I had two friends claim they were better looking than he! *laughs* I think I'd like to go to his session tomorrow afternoon, but I don't think I'd arrive in time, and it would probably be madly busy.

Kandyse McClure from BSG and Nichelle Nichols are two guests who were there today, but which I didn't see - by the time the crowds cleared enough for me to actually see the signing tables, they were gone.

Otherwise, I tried out and contemplated purchasing a Wacom tablet (ebay is going to be my friend on that front, I think, since I only want it for pfaffing around once in a while), bought two Buffy "Season 8" trade paperbacks, and the Marvel "1602" comic, which I finished reading earlier tonight. I love crackerrific AUs. Marvel has a predisposition towards them. And this one was written by Neil Gaiman, too! How could I possibly resist?