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My time in Burbank started on the Wednesday, because I wanted to
have time to search out a grocery store so I could get through the stay, what with food sensitivities, yada yada. Our
dear, dear, Paul B. very kindly offered to take a few of us for a run. Never mind how burned out and busy he would have
been! Paul, you have my unending thanks!!!
It was nice to see so many others had arrived early, too.
I can't believe it's 4 years already since the relaxicon in Calgary...it feels like yesterday that I last saw Bob Wood!
It's always great to see you! And ANTHONY D!! My gawd, it's been 11 years since I last saw you at "Tampa 1"! How
can that be? I'm so happy we are in constant contact online.
Wed. was probably the last decent night's sleep I had. :)
When it comes to these conventions, sleep is overrated.
"The Wall"
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My Wall partner-in-crime, Roy Bjellquist.
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Besides re-connecting with old friends, it was wonderful to meet
some of you have been attending our monthly chats which started as a lead-up to the con, but will now be ongoing (info later).
Our regular "new" chat faces included Paul B, Paul S, Warren, Roy, Dave_M and we had many others who were able to make
it to a few chats as well. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH how wonderful
it was to meet you in person!
Some days were so busy that I just couldn't do it all and had to bail out of a few things.
There are a few panels I'm sorry I missed...but I'm hopeful I'll see them next time! :)
Likewise some people I just
didn't get to spend enought time with!! :/ Where did the time go? I think the next con needs to be a few days
longer!! :)
In spite of this not being in focus, I just
HAD to
include it: it was img1999 on my camera!
I apologize for the quality of the photos...many
were lost due to bad exposures. I miss my old
Canon SLR...time to upgrade to a serious
digital camera.
The Dealers' Room
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| Christopher Penfold, Anton Phillips, Prentis Hancock |
Judy Geeson's Panel
Martin Landau's Panel
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After hearing that Martin Landau had cancelled, it
was a great surprise to have him join us after all!
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There are alot of photos I wish I'd got, including of the Malice folks. I really, really enjoyed their episode which was shown at the
convention! They have graciously allowed me to include their own photo here.
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| Mark Hyde, Brittany Martz, Philip J. Cook |
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Barbara Bain's Panel
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The First Lady of the Moonbase!!
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Old Friends
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| Jeffrey and Patrick |
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Back row: Mike, Ken, David
Front row: Bob, Roy, Kevin, David, Andy
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Mike Jones and I joined our first seance (don't
ask) at Breakaway in '99. We've waited a long time do it again. ;)
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Photo shamelssly stolen from Ken Scott. :) I
wish I'd taken more photos in general, but I got only one of the dance, and it wasn't so good! I hope someone
will be posting more soon.
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| Rosie kicks off the closing ceremony |
And then the final moments were upon us. A good con is always
a deeply emotional thing. Several times throughout I would shut my eyes and think, "this is part of my ongoing Alphan
story" and get really choked up. Closing ceremonies was one of those moments.
Alot of you know by now (I hope!) how much you mean to me. These cons are truly bigger
than the show - as we know well, it's about the friendships forged. There are so many new people I finally got to meet
face-to-face after knowing your names from the Yahoo groups and/or from Facebook and everyone was, without fail, a sweetheart!
Why aren't you all living in Vancouver?? lol
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The Mysterious Unknown Force (MUF) was messing with me all
weekend. Weirdest event was this "1999" icon suddenly
appearing on my cell phone! What's THAT all about?? lol Bob Lyons tells me it's a contact icon. What, I've been given a direct line?
(For the record, that photo is the Black Sun I painted on my nightsky ceiling). :)
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