Get up and get ready for Meditation Workshop with Virginia Hey. Search frantically for the hidden room in the Marriott where workshop is to be held. Find room and secure spot near the far wall. Run over the one hour time limit on the mediation setup, because, hey, it’s Virginia Hey and that’s how she does it :smile:. Complete meditation portion with somewhat new outlook on life. Meet Farscape fans and enjoy chatting about it and SG-1. Return to Walk of Fame to receive certificate of completion of workshop, as Virginia forgot to bring them to class. Hee! Hit the Art Show with Ben and pick up fabulous Pirate mug (pic to come). Mull over workshop choices and decide (last minute) to attend an intimate SG-1 panel. Ride down escalator alone with Kavan Smith (Major Lorne, SGA). *squee* Take nearly 100 pics and tons of video of Cliff and Kavan. Decide to skip final large Stargate panel because NONE of them have stayed on topic and all have pretty much been “fan question based” in nature; besides, still giddy from last panel :thud: . Jesse’s four hour Serenity game is a hit! Watch the Masquerade Ball on Dragon*Con TV with Ben. *Huh* over results. Take trip to bar to see celebs. See Kiran Shah (google if you don’t know). Remember Saturday’s bar lineup of Potsie and Ralph Mouth. Ugh. Decide to go to bed.
Overall Sunday thoughts: It’s hard for me to write Sunday’s thoughts. Being anti-hippie, anti-spiritual, anti-touchy feely, anti-new age, etc. it was a stretch for me to go to the meditation workshop. Even while there, I never relaxed into my “special place” like many others (primarily because the man behind me fell asleep right away and began snoring–loudly). Once it became clear that it wasn’t going to happen for me, I focused on listening to Virginia’s guidance from the “here and now”.  I was shocked and thrilled to learn after the workshop that I was not the only one who broke down and cried a mixture of release and happiness at one particular step. The Farscape fans I met afterward had, too, they admitted. I’ve taken something positive from that workshop and I hope to continue it. I have not raged or needed Excedrin since I came back, and considering I work with challenging situations, that’s pretty damned miraculous.
Oh, and since posting my pictures, I was able to find a really good shot of Ben in someone else’s DC shots and I’ve added it to the DC pics here on my site. Check it out!
Start out day by dressing Ben. Vultan costume rocks, but is torture to prepare. Looks amazing in the end! Put on Carter costume (basic compared to MANY costumes) and head down to the Walk of Fame (yes, again) because you can never see enough stars! Swoon over Cliff (yes, again). See Torri and Rachel. Wonder if 11 year old girls are impersonating them, as they are very tiny. Decide to save $40 since no pictures of or with them allowed. Hmmph. Loop around WoF some more. See what appears to be a tranny wearing a red strip of cloth covering gigantic boobs and crotch area. Learn it’s Lita. Snicker at Todd. Shudder inside. Go on promotional tour with Ben. Observe con-goers loving Ben’s costume. Watch Ben pose for pictures. Love it! After long while, break up and go to the hall for the next Stargate panel. In effort to reserve good seat for inevitably crowded SG panel, sit through AdultSwim panel. Feel confused. Finally, it’s time for SG panel with SG-1 AND SGA cast! Get thrown out. Wha?!? Forced to clear room. Feel cheated for sitting through previous panel for no reason. Sneak back in and get in second row anyway! Ha! Take much video and love listening to Torri beat herself up. Truly enjoy panel! Buy ticket to Virginia Hey’s Meditation Workshop and realize the need to purchase a longsleeved shirt. Go to exhibitor’s booth and buy Grima action figure for Fandom Room and really cool SG-1 longsleeved tee. Generally mill around and snoop out overyone.
Come down from high at the SG-1 panel, go with Ben to “An Hour With Virginia Hey”. Take cute video interview with Ben. Spend one hilarious hour listening to Virginia. Take video, but laugh too much to do a good job. She really is the master of circling the airport :wink2:. Split from Ben and go to panel titled “SG Fan Videos”. Make it (painfully) through 4 or 5 vids before feeling the overwhelming urge to run. Wonder why Steph’s vids weren’t used. Suffer severe disappointment. Snoop around for nothing specific and hang with Ben and Jesse.
After breakfast, beg Ben and Jesse to go downstairs to the Walk of Fame. Walk into an exhibitor’s area (merchants). Turn the corner and see Cliff Simon! Go to Cliff’s table and lose the ability to function. Turn 12 years old and need help with getting money out of pocket for autograph. Make fool of self. Seriously. Get picture taken with Cliff. He asks if he’s met me before. I am convinced he dreams of me, too. Torri and Rachel aren’t there yet. Move to the table of Don S. Davis (General Hammond). Get autograph from super nice (and possibly drunk) Hammond. Walk past George Takei’s table for time-being. Turn the corner and see Nicholas Brenden attempting to wake up. Hover back a bit to give Xander time to get with it. See that it’s not going to happen. Approach anti-social Nicholas for autograph. Get a little depressed over Nicholas’ unfriendly manner. Skip over Firefly cast. Arrive at Virginia Hey’s table. Zhaan is kooky! Wait to get to Virginia. Zhaan is very kooky! Still wait. KOOKY! Get to Virginia. Wonder why Virginia acts as if we’ve known each other forever. After chatting for a loooooong time, get autograph and move on. Skip over Rip Taylor because, um, huh? Arrive at Peter Mayhew’s table. Chewbacca never speaks, just signs (unpersonalized) picture. Hmmph. Doubleback to David Prowse’s table. Darth Vader is super nice! Signs picture with awesome conversation, too. Turn another corner to see Iron Shiek, Captain Lou, and Virgil. Virgil is sad that I don’t want his autograph. Too bad. Next table is Tony Todd. Whoo! Take pics, but do not approach. Walk past Mickey Rooney and George Romero (been there, done that). See that Anthony Daniels is very popular. Everyone must love Threepio! Decide to leave Walk of Fame.