Gonzai Gallery

Without me, at the moment, I'm not into masquerade and I didn't know anyone at the game room, so I cam home to try and catch up a bit on things. I've spent more money than I should have (surprise, it's a con) but not a lot comparatively speaking. Got my vinyl 'Talk Show' signed and had a nice chat with Jane Wiedlin, spoke briefly with Thomas Dekker and hopefully will talk with him some more tomorrow. Lots of panels, been running my yap plenty all day. Talked with a bunch of authors last night, including terri_osborne and tiggerallyn, visited briefly with jslinder although I've seen much more of his better half Pam than I've seen of him, and today I saw and chatted with  aprilvalentine on my way out.

Two days down, one to go.

It only took 2+ years from release and 2.5 months on the DVR before I finally saw it. (Knew Mom would hate it, so waited for a chance to watch when she wasn't home.) And somehow I never was spoiled for the big surprise, although from the gitgo I had a strong suspicion what the surprise might be and I was right. Cool idea, I must say. Anyway, the critics were right - Marcus was a much more interesting character than John. What I haven't figured out yet is why a guy who was as bad as Marcus once was, is suddenly a guy who will do the right thing. And of course they blew up too much stuff. It's a blockbuster film, after all. But I did enjoy it and it had some unusual depth for a big action film.

Okay, finally getting around to this.

Sunday morning I was in early to the art show, which is only open for pickup (both artists and buyers) and until noon. Plenty of people, both artists and not, really took their time coming to get their stuff, and a couple of artists were bound and determined to just grab it and run. The staff, of course, would prefer they turned in the paperwork showing what didn't sell and sign a confirmation that what was left was returned to them. More interesting, however, were the six pieces of art that were sold, but no one ever came back for them. Three were Sarah Clemens pieces; including the two that the family who practically yanked the things out of my hands Friday night had bought! They paid for the pieces Friday, and never came back for them. Another person did the same thing, paying for a piece and never coming back. The other three pieces? All mine. Three different buyers bid on three different pieces of mine, and none of them paid for them or came back for them. Dammit. My sales this year were half of last year's to start with, and those 3 pieces knocked another 25% off what I made this year. Double dammit. Arseholes. They won't be allowed to bid on art next year but that doesn't help me now.

Anyhoo, once the show actually closed, I did another pass at the dealer's room and picked up a small stuffed ferret. Very cute. Put him in my backpack with just the head peeking out of a pocket. Very adorable, if I dare say so myself. With many recommendations, I decided to get a Christopher Heyerdahl autograph after all. He was very amiable indeed and we discussed Dr Who for a bit. I told him there was a Supernatural panel later, he said he might drop in. Then I went to the Terminator panel, where we had to suffer through what I thought may have been the dumbest person ever to come to a panel. (Panel moderator Lorenzo said later the dummy wasn't the dumbest...but was definitely a top three finalist.) Apparently, nothing this guy saw in the show or the movie registered, but he considered himself an expert on the show. Oy. Then jslinder and I went up to the game room to play Dominion and taught a newbie the game. The game ran into the Supernatural timeslot, so I started playing to end the game instead of win. You got it - I won anyway. I was late to the panel, but in plenty of time to catch Heyerdahl's appearance at the panel. He did the Alistair voice for us :) Much fun. Then it was back to the game room and multiple games of Dominion with a variety of folk, including one guy who was just waiting in the hallway for his wife. We got him playing and he nearly won his first game. I blew out at 7pm, needing dinner and wanting to watch CoE.

And that was Shore Leave weekend.

Saw neadods 's post about someone who didn't like female characters, so several people started listing their own. Might as well chime in on that, right? Although I should be going to bed, so I may forget some characters, go short on the comments or completely forget a fandom. Or define fandom really loosely. No particular order, btw.

Buffy. Any woman/girl on Buffy, really, at least among the major characters. They were all interesting, strong, changed as their experiences changed, and never stopped being themselves.

Zoe Washbourne, Firefly: The consummate soldier. And she loves nerds.

Laura Roslin, BSG. Some people rise to their level of incompetence, some people rise to the occasion. Holy hannah, but Roslin rose to the occasion. What would have happened to the survivors without her? Guaranteed, there wouldn't be any.

CJ Cregg, West Wing. I named my dog CJ. Does that give you a clue? 'cause if it doesn't, she'll ram that motherboard up your...never mind.

Doctor Who. Pretty much all the regulars in the current version. Donna is awesome, Martha left on her own terms, etc.

Lily Rush, Cold Case. By all rights, she should be a wreck. Instead, she's a first rate cop.

Mary Shannon, In Plain Sight. She is a wreck. But she's still the best at her job and men live in fear of her :)

Abby Sciuto, NCIS. A true free spirit, but also a warm-hearted genius and the best at what she does.

Ziva David, NCIS. Kicks ass, rarely bothers to take a name.

Fiona, Burn Notice. See Ziva, add explosives.

Sarah Conner, T:SCC. See Ziva & Fiona, add protecting her young.

Patty Hewes, Damages. Could write a book on her...

Angela Montenegro, Bones. Never met a punch she couldn't roll with. Wins title of 'most easy-going without being a doormat'.

Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles, Pushing Daisies. Taking the whole 'dead' thing very well. Taking charge of it, in fact.

Now I must sleep...

tv.com and Michael Ausiello are reporting that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has officially joined the terminated. www.tv.com/story/13921.html 

Blast it. The back half of season 2, in particular, was some of the best television I've ever seen and I honestly thought it might be the best thing on tv the last couple months. Not to mention that thoroughly ambiguous, time-travel migraine-inducing final scene that apparently we'll be debating forever, instead of just until the fall. So long Sarah: you rocked.

I love love LOVE this show. More every week. ( Spoilery stuff )