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A Celebrity I’d Like to Meet
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A Celebrity I’d Like to Meet

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This week’s Weekly Wednesday Blogging Challenge question is A Celebrity I’d Like to Meet and OMG y’all, even though I’ve been going to conventions for like 25 years, there are so fucking many. I think my first con was

The first ones that spring to mind are Claudia Black, Lexa Doig, Jason Momoa, Torri Higginson & Teryl Rothery.
You might notice a theme there grins I’ve met a lot of the principal cast members of SG-1 and SG:A but I’ve not been lucky enough to meet those yet.

And, y’know, I’ll never say no to meeting Richard Dean Anderson (This pic with RDA is one of my favourite con pics ever, along with the one where he’s nuzzling my kitty ears), Michael Shanks or Amanda Tapping again.
For reasons LOL

I would also love to meet… well pretty much anyone from Star Trek – especially TNG, DSC and SNW

Of course, I’m still not sure how I feel about conventions post-2020. They were already very stressful and very painful experiences, and they’ve gotten so expensive these days. And the idea of THAT MANY people in a relatively enclosed space is still a fucking terrifying thought – con crud was a thing in the before times, I don’t know how I feel about it now.

But oh I did I love them, and have so many amazing memories from going to them, y’know?

Creative Halloween Costumes
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Creative Halloween Costumes

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This week’s Weekly Wednesday Blogging Challenge question is The Most Creative Halloween Costume I’ve Worn and the short answer is ‘not applicable’

I’m sure I must have at some point, but there’s genuinely nothing that sticks in my mind about having ever actually donned a Halloween costume.

OK no – there was that Halloween Steve Carlson gig in London many years back now where I had one a fucking incredible corset and devil horns, and Natalie did my makeup and stuff. But it wasn’t exactly a ‘creative costume’.

(I did almost fall out of the corset at least once, and more than one friend buried their face in my boobs while I was wearing it. It was a fucking amazing corset LMAO)

I do recall Kane fucking loved it when I wore it at a con the following week. Natalie and I had a photo op with him, we both wore the corsets and he was all “I’m surrounded by boobs”.
I wonder where that photo is ponders

And I do nearly always have my kitty ears on at gigs and cons but again, not exactly creative, or a costume. Or Halloween specific.

I don’t… dressing up/wearing costumes feels uncomfortable for me. Don’t get me wrong – I love seeing other people’s amazing costumes, and one of my favourite things at conventions is seeing fantastic cosplay outfits. But it’s not a me thing to do.

I don’t like… I don’t like being seen, I don’t like standing out and being noticed. And the idea of wearing something that is designed for me to be noticed in is… not a nice one.

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Book Blogger Hop: Book Signings

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This week’s Book Blogger Hop question is Have you ever attended a book signing? If so, who was the author?

And no, no I have not. Despite the number of science-fiction conventions events I go to, and actors I meet, get autographs from and photos with, I’ve never been to a book signing event. I have a couple of books where a friend has been and got a book signed for me and that’s pretty awesome. Always a good memory when I open up the book, especially as that friend passed away a couple of years ago.

I would like to go to a signing event. Right now, between COVID and agoraphobia, that’s not going to be happening any time soon and I’m not a huge fan of doing things on my own – although now, I’m pretty sure my betrothed would come along with me.

So, hopefully, one day, the answer will be yes