Another day at the Con!

I spent the rest of Friday bopping around the various Con hotels (there are three of them) and managed to get a seat at the presentation on technological advancements from Georgia Tech. The room ended up being packed, standing room only, and the guy doing the presentation seemed more than a little dismayed by the number of people... asking "What are you all here for!?!" (half-jokingly). They've been coming up with some really cool stuff there, though.

sandy_s and I kept completely failing to meet up, despite the advantage of cellphones... we were going to try to get together for the Buffy Horror Picture Show (aka Buffy Musical Sing Along), but the crowds in the Hyatt were unbelievable, even compared to previous years. snarkel was keeping me company while I tried to figure out where Sandy was, and we eventually ended up outside, where the fire marshall wasn't allowing anyone back in (I still need to find out how long Snarkel had to wait before they'd let her get back in to her hotel room). The line for the Musical was also insane, and the 10:00pm showing filled up fast... I'd ridden into the con with rosiewook and jedihealer who had been wanting to stay for the Musical as well, but not if it meant getting home after midnight (and I had to agree), so after a huge amount of confusion we eventually met back at the car (I'd ended up at the completely opposite end of the hotel, and with the crowds, it was not easy to get back around) and got back to the house around 10:30... but then Jedihealer and I sort of blew the whole "get to sleep early" thing by staying up and gabbing until almost 1:00.

This morning I was hoping to get to the Hyatt before the parade, but no luck... I ended up getting stuck across the street from the hotel, which wasn't too bad, because I had a great view of the parade route. Coolest. Thing. Ever. A fannish parade through the streets of downtown Atlanta!

I'm back in the food court, and once again I bumped into Snarkel... considering the sheer number of people here, the odds of meeting up with someone you know even ONCE are pretty high, but we seem to be making a habit of it! I'm probably going to miss the Mythbusters panel, unless I can slip in a bit late, and I'm definitely going to try for the Buffyverse Q&A again, but other than that, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Hopefully, Sandy and I will be able to track each other down at some point... especially since I'd really like someone to go to the concert with tonight!

More later, if I get the chance!

The Second Buffyverse Q&A (VERY short comments)

A few question repeats, although the actors did a decent job of expanding the answers.

( Not really a spoiler for Torchwood, but behind a cut, just in case people want to know NOTHING about JM's character. )

He nearly let a few more tidbits drop and apparently kept getting reined in by someone off stage. Probably Steve, his manager.

They were asked about their most embarrassing acting moment... and Juliet Landau brought up a time when they were filming the AtS episode "Reunion" and Julie Benz started doing a bunch of Dru's lines, all together, complete with body motions, all around the set... and then the crew started getting into it and they were all dancing around and saying "Spank me 'til Tuesday" and so forth.

Speaking of embarrassment, there were at least three questions that probably shouldn't have been asked (and one that was VERY inappropriate, especially for the venue). I really wish people would learn to use their public filters for these things.

Um... once again, I should have taken notes. I'm sure the stories will come trickling back to me, but trying to sit down and just write it out isn't easy (especially not in a very crowded food court). There also was a lot of repeats of things we've heard before from other interviews and Q&As. JM and JL are just so wonderful together... and JM is looking really good these days (I like the natural hair color and the fact that he's fleshed out a little bit). I'll post more later if I remember anything really cool

After the Q&A was over, I turned my phone back on to discover that I had almost no signal, so I wasn't sure I'd be able to meet up with sandy_s, after all... and then I stood up and glanced at the people in the row right in front me... and there she was! Wild! And while we were chatting about meeting up again for the concert tonight, I noticed that redeem147 was standing just to the side of us! Very small world!

And then I ran into snarkel in the food court, AGAIN. Weird!