Gallifrey!

[kippurbird]

I went to the Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles over the weekend which turned out to be utterly great! I didn't go to many panels, but that was okay, I still enjoyed myself watching all the people and oogling stuff. I bought myself a baby adipose plush and a Journal of Impossible Things. This last one turned out to be really cool, because it had blank pages in the back. So I decided Hey! This is a great thing to get autographs in! Doctor Who people in a Doctor Who prop. And I got some nice ones. Including a few non-whovians like Marv Wolfman and David Gerrold (the guy who wrote "Trouble With Tribbles").

On a whim I decided to volunteer. This turned out to be a great thing! They put me on Door Dragon duty. That's where you sit around at the Dealers' Room door and badge check. I bounced Callum Blue (from Dead Like Me and Secret Diaries of a Call Girl). I had no idea who he was. He was walking into the Dealers' room to sign autographs and he didn't have his badge on.

Grabbing him, I said "Badge?" He didn't have one and didn't know where it was. I told him he needed a badge. He gave me a confused and slightly irritated look but then his handler said that I was just doing my job and they'd find his badge. And he actually went and looked for it! After he found it made sure to show it to me every time he went in. When I got off duty I went to his table to chat a little. Told him I was off and didn't have to worry about me making sure he had his badge. He was nice and we joked some. Then he signed a poster for me and my journal for free! (other people had to pay twenty dollars a sig!) So that was real fun.

The next day while on door duty again I did the same to Gareth David-Lloyd. His handler wasn't as nice about it, she snapped at me "He's a guest!" I didn't recognize him as I was looking for his badge and not at his face as well as he wasn't on the TV show. Face-blindness there. He just looked at me confused as if how could I not recognize who he was.

Later I got a signature from Colin Baker (Six). He thought the journal was a fantastic idea and spent some time looking through it, surprised to see himself in it. When I was told to pay, (twenty dollars) I looked at the guy taking the money and went "What if I just ran off?" he looked at me funny. After explaining that I meant without paying, Baker grabbed the journal and said, "Sure, go on!" We joked about if they'd run after me or not and then Baker said that he didn't think I would do it because I had honest eyes. I had honest eyes but the rest of me on the other hand...

One of the writers, when I was in the autograph line for the writers -damn it can't remember his name- actually apologized to me for being rude to me earlier for when he barged through the dealers' room door.

On the whole, I think I need to volunteer more, you meet more interesting people that way!

Oh and I met up with friends which was also a great highlight. >.>

Comments

[dove-cg.livejournal.com]

That sounds awesome! I'd be horrible at guarding the door though. I mean, I'd have the same problem. Well, sort of. I can't remember people's names most of the time and I only remember a face if I see it a lot but that only helps depending on how distinctive it is. But I'd be really embarrassed and upset about bouncing the "guests" because I'd assume some special treatment or crap would mean they don't need their badge... or well, I'd back down, especially if they or their handler got mad. I have very little spine. XD

I'm glad the convention worked out so well. I've been to a few general sci-fi/fantasy and RP cons that weren't anywhere near as awesome. Then again, it might be our approaches too. You enjoy mingling and I don't. So I still might not get the same enjoyment out of certain factors, I guess.

[dove-cg.livejournal.com]

Oh, forgot to add! A friend of mine has been telling me about the mini (almost two-feet tall) Daleks and Cybermen toys who actually wander around your home, demand to know who you are, and "attack" things. And I think they're programmed to respond to the word Doctor of course. Did you see any of those there? They sound like a lot of fun to watch. XD

[smurasaki.livejournal.com]

What fun! It sounds like it was a blast. :D

And that reminds me that it's been far too long since I went to a con.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

They just said check for badges! I checked for badges. I thought it was awesome bouncing guests.

I'm not so much with the mingling with many people as with one or two at one time. And people watching!

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't. But there was an actual Dalek who went around. It danced and did Karaoke

[authoressarktos.livejournal.com]

Man, I envy you! I have to go to a convention sometime, it sounds like so much fun. Yay for meeting famous people! XD

[shmeiliarockie.livejournal.com]

I am so jealous you met Colin Baker! Six is totally "my" Doctor.

[kjtaylor.livejournal.com]

I've been to a few writers' conventions. Once I was on a panel with Garth Nix!

They're great fun, aren't they? You meet the oddest and the nicest people.

Geez, though, twenty bucks US for an autograph? I always do it for free. Gosh, maybe I should start charging people too.


...nah.

[dove-cg.livejournal.com]

o_o

Still amusing to watch... if even more frightening. XD

[dove-cg.livejournal.com]

Hee hee. True, I'm sure it was fun. I still would have less backbone, I think. Oh well.

And mingling with just a few people is definitely better. Easier to do too. People watching varies for me. I have to be in the mood for it. :)

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Garth Nix is awesome. Also it was only the TV Stars that were charging money. It was free otherwise for other people.

Also, awesome on the agent thing! *finger crossing*