Angel Booster Bash July 29 to July 31, 2005 Los Angeles

OK. I'll just jump right in, since I have been terrible about posting blogs.

Well actually I got to the Westin Century Plaza Hotel in LA Thursday July 28, 2005. There was pre-registration that evening (pacific time). I met Jean and Liz from the slayercruise 2005 (they were with me at table 191 on the Zuiderdam) in passing and we said we would meet each other later on. While it may have been early evening in LA, it was passed my bed time and so I went to my outrageously price room and slept until the next morning, when the con would start for real.

next: Friday Booster Bash High Jinx and the cocktail party encounter.

Don't miss it!

OK I'm back, stop nagging me already!!!

Yes I know it's been almost two months since my last posting and that another convention has come and gone since then, but I never said I was very resposible.

OK, due to personal circumstance that I guess were completely in my control, I won't say much more today than that soon I will talk about the Angel Booster Bash in LA. Well maybe not all of it; I haven't decided yet.

Stay tuned; more will follow tomorrow, no matter how lame it will be = )

Here I am with Robia La Morte aboard the Zuiderdam for the Slayercruise 2005 

Back in the Hellmouth on the High Seas, Saturday June 18, 2005, 12:23 am

Another Live Interview (short as it is) from: Amber Benson (as she is just about to leave the internet room)

TBBM: Hello Amber
Amber: Hello, Buffy Basement Museum (said in her sweet tiny voice)

Now doesn't that just say it all

The ship wasn't ready for debarkation on into Nassau, the Bahamas, until around noon, Friday June 17. Carole, Trish and I went on an excursion called See and Sea. This involved being in a "semi-submarine" ("we all live in a semi-submarine, semi-submarine, semi-sumarine" - which turns out to have significant and possibly ironic meaning to TBBM, which I may explain sometime after the trip) =) .... We had a view of about six feet under the surface we watched the fish swim by, saw the corals, two spotted mantas AND A STARFISH ON THE SANDY OCEAN BOTTOM.

At 6:oo pm was the farewell cocktail party: Camden Toy, James Leary, Jonathan Woodward and Andy Hallett gave amazing performances for this.

I had some pix to pick up in the ship phot0 gallery, along with a dvd they made of the cruise and a special dvd of the slayercruise. This is in addition to the dvd that vulkon will put out.

I had already packed, so I said goodnight to Carole and Trish and spent until now in the casino. I was playing three card poker and was just breaking even when Robia sat down by me and played a few hands. I began to more than break even. I told her I enjoyed her sitting next to me and also enjoyed the fact that since she sat down at the table i was up $20 and by the time she left I was up about $80. Before I got here at the internet room I was up $405! (anyone from the IRS, I'm just kidding). Robia is not only beautiful, but is lucky to be around with (yeah I know it ends in a preposition, but guess what? now it doesn't).

Well tomorrow, er, I mean today, they kick us off the ship, so I'll be signing off now until I get back home and decompress. TBBM live at the Slayercruise 2005 is now signing off.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.!

Later That Evening...

It's now about 10:50 pm Hellmouth on the High Seas.

Today Clare Kramer, Andy Hallet and Amber Benson gave their presentations 1 hour each (more or less). Then Debbie the cruise agent gave a brief talk and from about 4:15 pm to about 6:00 (more or less) was an opportunity to have your group pic with the stars auto-g'd along with anything else. I had everybody personalize the pic as well as the cover of the Slayercruise memory book. I also had the ladies auto-g the pix I took with them on the cruise and printed up on my little Kodak printer. In addition, Amber and her sister Danielle autographed a t-shirt that D had designed for A's lastest movie (the one that we were not allowed to sea on the ship per ship officials. And of course I had Clare Kramer auto-g the cover of her on the cruise mag she brought along for the fans.

There wasn't anything else. I took anap until dinner, then came here to update my blog and now it's time for the Costume Contest: judges Clare, Jonathan and Camden.

Tomorrow: Nassau.

Back into the Hellmouth on the High Seas, June 16, 2005

First of all to all commenters (past and present): when I get back home, I'll post answers to your questions. Although I'm paying extra for the internet service onboard, it's the time factor of so much to do that's catching up to me.

Also I go into more details when I get home, too. Now I'd rather be hanging out with the celebs, fans and especially Carole and Trish.

Okay, where were we? Oh yes. I just finished coming in second in the Slayercruise Gong Show.

There were no more activities until after dinner, when there was KaraokeContest with Andy Hallett. I was going to work something involving my act during the Gong Show, but due events I'll go into later, that fell thru.

Also falling thru was the rescheduled pj party since it was now 1:15 am and Slayercruise only had this amphitheater until 1:30.

Yesterday, June 15 was in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Because the ship was re-entering U.S. territory, everybody on the ship had to get up 7:00am the emigration inspection, Although it was quick (show 'em your passport) it still sucked since everybody was up so late the night before.

by the time this was done, there was not much to do so after breakfast (our deck was called for the INS inspection just as we = me Carole and Trish had gotten our breakfast on the Lido deck and had to have someone watch it for us until we got back) so we when to the area to gather for the Kon Tiki party raft cruise, just for the Slayercruise people. more later.

Carole and Trish now wanted to get serious so after Kon Tiki it was to to SHOP!!! I really didn't mind. I just followed them around watching the people, getting a feel for the culture (it's U.S. only because we bought it last century). I be jammin', mon.

Only other sched SC event was James Leary's presentation at 6:00 pm (the ship had just set sail. It was very entertaining.

After dinner SC was to have been able to watch Amber Benson's latest movie, but a venue to show it was not available. I guess we get to see it Friday. During dinner, Carole, who was seated at a different table said she was going to check out the ship's disco, since Amber's movie was cancelled. She's very allergic to smoke and since the only was into the disco was thru the casino which had enough smoke to even throw me off, she said she would just check it out and was probabably going to call it a night since it was such a long day. I said good night and finished my meal and talking with my table partners and was just walking arounf for a bit. Some people saw me and said Jerry! Carole is looking for you in the North Star Lounge! Apparently it was no smoking night in the casino and Carole was able to tolerate it. So I hurreid over there and sat with a group of friends/table partners of Carole. Carole and I booogie ooogie oogied until around midnight when Carole excused her self because it was such a long day. That may be but think it was because smoking was going on in the disco and she was just doing her best. Folks, ain't she just the little trooper.

Well it's starting to be time for SC Improve Theater, so I'm gone. =)

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands June 15, 2005

Yesterday the ship was at Tortola Island. Carole had signed up for an excursion that was part sailing and part snorkel diving. there was no wind so sailing was out. she just snorkeled and got sun burn (some not a lot). myself i slept in a bit and went with Trish to the port of call Roadtown of the British Virgin Islands. I'm not saying the town was small ("How small was it?), but saw everything in about 1 1/2 hours and that included Trish looking through every shop. I'm not sure, but it seems that some people drive on the left side and some on the right and then there are those who swich back and forth. They have issues with the concept of sidewalks: there's a sidewalk and then it disappears a few blocks and reappears (????) Trish and I were trying to get fro the end of one side to the beginning of another. when I say there is no sidewalk, I don't mean there is just a dirt path. Sidewalk ends and you're out in the street THERE'S NO SIDEWALK. and to top it off, while we were in this sidewalk twilight zone, a local driver passes by (on the left side of the road, where we are) and says, "Get off the road, mon" I wanted to get off the road,but THERE WAS NO FREAKIN' SIDEWALK! Not soon after Trish and I went back to the ship, had lunch on the Lido Deck and chilled out for a few hours waiting for the Slayer Gong Show to start.

On the spur of the moment, I enterd (judges James Leary, Clare Kramer and Andy Hallett) and i came in SECOND PLACE!!!!!

but more about that later. =)

Tortola Island, BVI

Ok

This is gonna be a very quick outline since I'm typing in the ship's internet room and looking out at Tortola Island. I'll fill in stuf when I get back home.

Monday 9:30am panel discussion w Paul and Diz; 11:00am group phot session will all the stars (we found out then that they would autograph stuff thurs at 5:00pm; 2-5 presentations by Iyari, Robia, Camden and songs (ditties) by Jonathan.

7:00pm I went to the Captains' cocktail pary with Carole and we had our picture took with the Captain. We were into'd to the senior officers and then we went to the evening's dinner. More about how I had help to put together a "formal" outfit for the Captain's thinger and the formal dinner.

There was suppose to be a pj party at 10:30, but Fernando and Diz searched the ship for the audio/video equipment and could not find it. They have a suspicion that it might have been left at the dock. Vulkon is going to rent a/v eqipmnt from the ship and the pj party will be after today's (Tues) Karaoke Contest.

Clare Kramer is the host of the pj party and was really upset that she had to show up to a cancelled party, so she invited everyon to have their pic taken with her, which was very gracious of her. Carole and I each had someone take pix with our cameras with Clare James Leary who showed up and Amber Bensen. So I now have photos of me with Clare and with Amber and we are all wearing jammies!!!!!

Since the pj prty was off for the night, Carole and I went to our separate staterooms (there's no funny stuff going on) and change into something more appropriate the ship's SockHop. As noted in earlier posting I am not a dancer but Carole was very kind to teach me a few dance steps so I we could do something that almost resembeled dancing.

Then it was time to go rest up for another day...

More later or tomorrow.

Bye for now I have a day of fun ahead of me