Seventy-two hours of AWESOMENESS.
Day One:
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Imagine my joy. |
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Getting a book and dust-jacket signed by Christopher Paolini. Can you say "nice guy"? :) |
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I got to bar tend at Friday night's Ygor/Igor beer-tasting party. Cheers! |
Day Two:
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The author table, and the author :P. |
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GORGEOUS corset. Those are TARDISes, btw. I love the latches down the front, too. |
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Na-na na-na na-na na-na.... |
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Steampunk love runs in the family :). |
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Author bud, David Berger. |
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My every-year Necro companion. We were waiting outside here because the hotel was evacuated when a sprinkler went off. The story seems to be that either someone hung a dress on the sprinkler, or a curling iron was left on. Either way--it was the wedding party at the hotel, not the freak-fest that did it! Mwahahahahahahaa..... |
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Before they became enemies, the Doctor and his Cyberman were friends... ;) |
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What I did *not* get a picture of was the awesome silver balloon that these two had that said "Leaded Zeppelin." |
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Me and the astronomy geekess in her awesome Dalek dress. |
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Bow ties and fezzes are cool. |
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The pic doesn't do these two justice. They really looked the parts. |
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One--the Elvira...wow. Two--Elvira is pretty tall herself, so... Anyway, they both looked awesome. |
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Me and my Necro-companion, and author bud Bill Hatfield. |
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Maleficent. Again, the pic doesn't do justice. She looked even more fabulous. |
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Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry... |
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I admit--I stole this off Facebook, but it's so much better than the one I took. This costume was just...wow. (And yes, that's Christopher Paolini again!) |
Day Three:
(No pics during the con itself--just a few panels and then selling books.)
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After the con, hanging out by the hotel bar and listing to Bill Hatfield play and sing. A lot of talent under that hair. |
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After the con, at dinner at Mr. Dunderbak's. Shhhh.... What happens at the con stays at the con. |
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