Part II: Houston Slayercon 2005 - Thursday and Friday
The mission of the Oakland Slayercon last year was to get pix of me with lots of the Buffy/Angel actresses and to get a lot of other pictures autographed. Mission: accomplished. I'll go into the Oakland convention some time in the future.
The Houston Slayercon mission was to get a mess of action figures autographed for display in the Buffy Basement Museum. Mission: accomplished. This will unfold in other postings.
OK, where were we? Oh yes, it's Thursday and I'm in Houston. I got there a day early, because I wanted to be all rested for the fun, frolicking and festivities. I found out later (the next day) that Camden Toy was hosting a movie/cartoon and silly stuff thinger that Thursday night, but that was okee doke. The season 2 premire of Tru Calling with 2 'sodes was on Thursday night.
The convention didn't really start until Friday night: registration, cocktail party, karaoke and James Leary's one man comedy show. While in line for registration, I met Wendy from England, who is a mayor for one of the thirty some burroughs of London. Apparently the burrough councils select a mayor, who is the burrough administrator: presides over council meeting, represents the burrough in official events, like meeting the Queen, etc. Wendy was the council's secretary, so, since thay knew who she was, made her mayor. Later I met Wendy again at the cocktail party; we sat at a table with Stephan and his wife and family. Ol' Steph had never been to a Buffy convention before and when I told him I drove here, he said he did , too. From Austin. That's like going from Cleveland (Ohio) to Columbus (Ohio). OK. He just wanted to see Andy Hallett. I think he was expecting AH to be green. Andy and Jonathan Woodward (Knox) did some songs together and so the cocktail party went off quite well.
Later on at 10:00 pm was the Caritas Lounge Karaoke. I was too sober to sign up for that. Just as well. There were some pretty good singers. I didn't stay for the end, as it was well past my bedtime, so I called it a night. Obviously, I missed James Leary's Midnight Madness, but I'm sure he'll present it again at a future Slayercon.
Well, that's it for now. If my math hasn't failed me, the next posting will be Part III.
The Houston Slayercon mission was to get a mess of action figures autographed for display in the Buffy Basement Museum. Mission: accomplished. This will unfold in other postings.
OK, where were we? Oh yes, it's Thursday and I'm in Houston. I got there a day early, because I wanted to be all rested for the fun, frolicking and festivities. I found out later (the next day) that Camden Toy was hosting a movie/cartoon and silly stuff thinger that Thursday night, but that was okee doke. The season 2 premire of Tru Calling with 2 'sodes was on Thursday night.
The convention didn't really start until Friday night: registration, cocktail party, karaoke and James Leary's one man comedy show. While in line for registration, I met Wendy from England, who is a mayor for one of the thirty some burroughs of London. Apparently the burrough councils select a mayor, who is the burrough administrator: presides over council meeting, represents the burrough in official events, like meeting the Queen, etc. Wendy was the council's secretary, so, since thay knew who she was, made her mayor. Later I met Wendy again at the cocktail party; we sat at a table with Stephan and his wife and family. Ol' Steph had never been to a Buffy convention before and when I told him I drove here, he said he did , too. From Austin. That's like going from Cleveland (Ohio) to Columbus (Ohio). OK. He just wanted to see Andy Hallett. I think he was expecting AH to be green. Andy and Jonathan Woodward (Knox) did some songs together and so the cocktail party went off quite well.
Later on at 10:00 pm was the Caritas Lounge Karaoke. I was too sober to sign up for that. Just as well. There were some pretty good singers. I didn't stay for the end, as it was well past my bedtime, so I called it a night. Obviously, I missed James Leary's Midnight Madness, but I'm sure he'll present it again at a future Slayercon.
Well, that's it for now. If my math hasn't failed me, the next posting will be Part III.
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