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.
Overall Friday thoughts: Friday was my favorite day for the Walk of Fame. With smaller crowds, there were less “restrictions” throughout the hall. The autographs were expensive, but pretty much worth it. I skipped several stars because of money concerns and the knowledge that they had a “No Pictures” policy (Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, etc) If only we could have taken pictures on the spot (instead of scheduling a photo shoot), they would have each made $20-$30 more from lots of people. Food was a serious problem for me on Friday. Ben and Jesse scooted off to the mall for dinner, but I was still waiting to make our plans. I had cookies, I think. Prices for food were ridiculous and we began to devise a plan to counter the costs. Aside from my autographs and food, I didn’t even spend any money on Friday. I was surprised that I wasn’t overly disgusted with the crowds. I think the median age of con-goers is probably in the 30s, so maybe I just felt comfortable around my fellow geeks.
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.