Jay and I had to be up and out by a quarter after seven this morning to
make the
early bird ticket into Memorabila (that means we got in at 9am instead
of 11am like
everyone else) and it’s a good thing we did because we actually had to
get tickets for
Eliza Dushku.
Jay, Dale (his friend that drove for us since our car is
dead), and I got
tickets 368, 369 and 370 to meet her and it was only twenty-five past
nine. I felt bad for
all the poor people who came in at eleven and found out that they
couldn’t meet her because
they stopped giving out tickets. We met a few poor sods who had tickets
up in the 700’s and
were told that the only chance they stood was to come back the next day.
Yikes.
It was past
three before our numbers were called. Talk about a long day! Poor Jay
was ready to drop
after about the first two hours. (He DID stay up until twenty past
four…) Waiting around
in the crush of people to meet Eliza didn’t help him much. We had to
keep taking thirty
minute breaks just to escape outside and get a breather.
I did end up
buying a couple of
cool things even though money was very tight for us this time around. I
got a Jack
Skellington wallet (I’d been eyeing it since the first time we went to
Memorabilia so I finally just gave in.) and a Living Dead Doll. Jay and
I have been talking about starting to collect the Living Dead Dolls for
a long time and when I saw this one (“Isaac”) dressed as a scarecrow, I
just had to have it. It was one of the cheaper ones there (they were
everywhere at the convention) so I didn’t feel too bad about it.
I did
miss a couple of things I would’ve liked to have gotten-including a
Monkeemobile still in it’s box-but you can’t win them all. Jay had the
same problem with the movies he wanted to buy. His favourite DVD dealer
wasn’t there so he had to spend a little more than he wanted to on
horror movies. We had a great time (we usually do) but the best part was
coming home again and collapsing in bed.
Check out my impression of the
guests:
Brian Blessed
It took forever to reach Brian Blessed and as soon as we made it to the
front of
the line, I could see why. The man LOVES to talk. I suspect that if you
ran into him at the
pub, he’d keep you entertained for hours with his stories. While we were
there, he and Jay
had an engaging chat about Welsh rugby. (Sadly, I actually understood
part of it…Must be
I’m starting to assimilate. Lol.) Let me tell you, that guy’s voice
BOOMS. He’s a very
dramatic speaker and good fun.
Eliza Dushku
Eliza was the whole reason we went to Memorabilia this time around but
she was
probably the most disappointing person we met. It’s not that she was
rude or anything, it
was just that, because of the vast number of people there to see her and
the time
restraints, we were unable to have our pictures taken with her. She did
take the time to
personalize her autographs but she didn’t say more than “Hello. How are
you?” to any of us.
(It was probably the jet lag… She had some serious bags under her eyes
even though she
looked pretty glam.) Jay thought she looked pretty awful and didn’t even
flirt with her
like I expected him to. We did get to meet Eliza Dushku though and
that’s more than most
people can say so I won’t complain.
Brian Thompson
I think Brian Thompson had a big of jet lag today. Even so, he was very
nice. He
talked about my name for a minute (I get that a lot) and Jay mentioned
how he just started
watching The Kindred. We both had our photo taken with him at once… He
just sort of walked
up and grabbed both of us. That’s a big guy! Lol. Personally, I thought
it was really nice
that he took the time to get up and come around the table. It could just
be me but that guy
has a scary face. He’s not unattractive or anything, he’s just got this
“I was born to play
the monster” face. The only thing I was disappointed with was that he
didn’t have any
photos from The Kindred. Jay and I both got the same photo in the end
which made us wonder
why we don’t have some autographs made out to the both of us…
Patricia Quinn
Patricia was winking at Jay before we even went up to her table. When we
met her I
thought, ‘Wow, she’s as wild as her hair!’ I think she’s one of the
nicest and most
talkative stars we’ve met. Of course, Jay’s met her before and told me
exactly that. She
didn’t hesitate for a second to jump up and put her arm around me for a
photo. Jay had
trouble with the camera (he forgets that it closes by itself after a few
seconds) and while
we were waiting I turned to find myself nose to nose with Patricia! That
was strange. And,
of course we had to talk about my name! Lol.
Ken Foree
Jay and I met Ken Foree the last time we went to Memorabila but Jay
wanted to met
him again and I’m not sorry we did. He was a great sport the last time
we met him and this
time was no exception. Actually, I think I like him more each time we
met. He and Jay
talked about his role in the new Dawn of the Dead movie and they both
agreed that it was
far too short. He mentioned that he’s doing House of 1,000 Corpses 2
next (he says he plays
“a swindler”)…at which point I begged him not to. Lol. He promised
that it’ll be better
than the first one (and agreed that it would HAVE to be) and that he’d
make it extra funny
for me. Lol. He even told us to keep in touch when we left.
David Emge
To be honest, I didn’t really know who David Emge “flyboy” was when we
went up to
meet him. Actually, I’m not sure I do now. I know that he’s one of the
important zombies in
Dawn of the Dead but they all sort of blend together into one terrible
nightmare figure for
me. Anyway, I thought David was reserved but nice. Which makes sense
since he said he’s
given up acting for a paralegal job. From an evil flesh eating creature
of the night to a
lawyer…Makes sense. Lol. Jay took great delight in telling him about
my zombie fears.
Especially of my zombie COW fears… (I shudder to think of it.)
Craig Parker
I only went to meet Craig Parker to get SOMEONE *cough*Katie*cough* an
autograph.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m going to get the LotR autographs…I just want
to work on a few
other series’ first. Before I even went up and introduced myself, I was
shocked at how
different he looked from Haldir. I mean, I didn’t expect him to have
pointy ears or
anything I just didn’t expect him to look well, normal. Lol. He was
really cheerful when I
told him that I was getting his autograph for a friend and I hoped I’d
get some cookies out
of it. He asked where I was from (I also get that a lot. Must be the
accent.) I was greatly
amused by the way he said, “So what are you doing HERE?” and then
thought about how rude it
sounded. So, of course I explained that Jay and I are getting married
soon and Craig wished
us luck. Twice actually. I even had my picture taken with him “So I can
say ‘na na na na'”
to Katie. Lol.
