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Ten - Whut :O
And the obligatory Dragon*Con post! I'm sorry I haven't been around, but I got back from D*C and immediately died (i.e., got sick) so I've been kind of out of it for the past few days. Yesterday I slept most of the day, and had a lot of really weird DS9- and Enterprise-related dreams. That didn't feature Trip nearly enough, I say. XD;

ANYWAY. D*C was, of course, a lot of fun~ We did so much it'd be impossible to recount it all, and I'm sure no one wants to hear it anyway. But we got to meet lots of cool people and hang out with a bunch of friends and trek around in fun costumes and it was good~ We did a couple of panels: Torchwood, DS9, Firefly, Robert Picardo, and Ethan Phillips; we also finally got to go to the Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, which was rather fantastic. XD Plus there was the parade, the Shindig, and the Yule Ball~

Oh, but I do have one funny story! So we were sitting in the DS9 panel and someone asked the actors if they'd ever read the books, and wanted to suggest one for them to read. She said something to the effect of "I recommend Fallen Heroes, that was the best DS9 book by far." Of course, Valerie and I both immediately say "Oh, yeah! That one was the best!" and Dan just turns to us and says "Oh my God, you guys are so lame." XD But it really was a good book!

There really were a lot of funny stories, though~ Including Alan Tudyk's scripts he was always trying to pitch to Joss, a couple of very amusing stage kisses, and a number of stories recounting forgotten lines (apparently every time Chakotay takes a "sip" of coffee his lines are in the bottom of the cup, or they were on the armrest of his chair XD) and tales of trying to make Tim Russ crack up while reciting lines).

And so with no further ado, I give you about half a million pictures~ You have been warned - image-heavy!




The pre-reg line was long, and we got bored. :D;


Pippi Longstocking!


Valerie coming in for the kill:




Worf is not a merry man:


I met Avery Brooks!


Star Trek cosplay~



Dance, Dr. Crusher, dance!


Star Trek + Firefly =


We will assimilate you!


Lining up for the parade with the Browncoats:




There were even Dr. Horrible cosplayers! They were all over~



At the Torchwood panel:


Sarah:


Lucy:



At the DS9 panel:


These were just sitting around; I thought of XP:


Harry Potter stuff!









ZOMG SABRIEL! This girl WINS so hard~


Jen, I got this for you~ ;D


And the Voyager panels:



And definitely not least, Robert Picardo's Borg Ride song~ XD

Comments

[info]meandering wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 01:53 am (UTC)
Yay!

Everyone's costumes were made of win. All three of you do very, very spiff work. I'm definitely going to have to bug you for help for next year.
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:15 am (UTC)
Thanks~

Heh, well once I've recovered from the sewing overload, I'll be ready to start up again!
[info]meandering wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:48 am (UTC)
Woo! I'll tell you about my ideas when next we meet.

By the by, want to try to watch B5 at some point?
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:53 am (UTC)
XD Sounds good~

Um... maybe? Maybe... next week? I don't have NGN for a couple of weeks this month so it's possible~
[info]meandering wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 04:05 am (UTC)
NGN?

I'm busy through the weekend, so next week works too. I'll ping you later.
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 04:15 am (UTC)
NextGenNights~

Okay, sounds good! :D
[info]meandering wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 04:55 am (UTC)
Ah. When is NGN usually and would I be welcome?
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 04:59 am (UTC)
It's usually Wednesday nights, though we won't be having it for a while since Scott is out of town. I can definitely check when he gets back, I don't think there'd be a problem~
[info]meandering wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 06:52 pm (UTC)
Spiff. What's Scott off doing? Did some con-girl kidnap him due to his spiff Mal coat? ;-)

I'll e-mail you about B5 on Wednesday next week. My free time next week depends on the homework I do this weekend.
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 06:56 pm (UTC)
Heh, not so much, I don't think Tiff would appreciate that. ;D He's observing for the next three or four weeks, poor guy. XD;

Sounds good~ We'll figure something out hopefully between our two schedules!
[info]meandering wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 07:10 pm (UTC)
Well, I think observing is pretty spiff. Does he get to go to a cool place?
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 07:13 pm (UTC)
Heh, well it is until you spend more time away from home than at home, and nothing works. XD; That's real astronomy~ For the record, if you want to ever go observing, you might not want to get into what my advisor and I do, since we usually use Hubble or other space telescopes. XD; Do what Scott does and look for planets~ I think he's just going to Kitt Peak, so it depends on how cool you think that is? :D;
[info]meandering wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 07:59 pm (UTC)
Heh. My impression of the difference in getting data from ground-based vs. space-based telescopes is that you (mostly) have to go the the ground-based ones, but with the space-based ones they send you the data.

I don't know what I'll end up doing in graduate school yet, but space telescopes are sexy and immune to clouds. ;-)
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 6th, 2008 04:21 pm (UTC)
Yep, pretty much, though you still have to propose all the same. :D;

XD Also true, though they do seem to be an endangered species, alas~
[info]meandering wrote:
Sep. 6th, 2008 08:39 pm (UTC)
Well, they're about to launch the servicing mission to Hubble. The James Web Space Telescope goes up in 2013. (Curses! Not early enough for me to do work with it.) Fermi (formerly GLAST) was just launched.

In fact, just check this out. I think we're doing pretty good, given the difficulty in getting things into space.
[info]katielovespink wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 01:53 am (UTC)
OMG, Allison, you is so cute! *PINCHPINCHPINCH* I especially love your Lucy. *__* I'm hella sad I didn't get to see it in person... actually, I'm just sad I didn't get to see you much in general. ;_; Next year, this will be rectified, and while I'm at it, I think I'll get into Torchwood, too. ;D

OH! That reminds me! Do you have that shot of me and Diana in our classic Who? As a joke, I want it to be the first D*C costume I add to my coslab, hahahaha! I think your picture was the best one we got.
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:12 am (UTC)
XD Thanks~ It's definitely too bad we didn't get to see each other more - we'll have to try next time! I did see pictures of your BSG costume though, and I have to say it looked AMAZING~ If you have pictures of Aurora I totally want to see them! (And YES, get into Torchwood, as Diana would say, it's such delicious crack~ ;D)

Yes! I do, it's up here. If you want a larger size, just let me know! You guys looked so cute! :D
[info]tylerdurdenmiko wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:33 am (UTC)
First off I like you as Lucy.
Second - Your Quittich cosplay is a win and I think its amazing - Skuld looks good too.
Third Worf frightens me and may haunt people's dreams.
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:45 am (UTC)
Thank you~
:D And thank you again! It looked cool but it was SO WARM. o.o; And Skuld totally looked awesome~! :D
XD That's Worf for you~
[info]aiwritingfic wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 03:32 am (UTC)
XD WIN.
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 03:42 am (UTC)
:D I love Dragon*Con~
[info]perfectassassin wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 12:40 pm (UTC)
Eee! Sabriel! :D

Also, can I have your goggles, please? XD So much win. ♥
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:51 pm (UTC)
:D I know! OMG I was so excited someone cosplayed her! She had all the bells and everything!

XD I love those Quidditch goggles! They're official, they sell them in lots of places! I can look into procuring a pair for you. ;D
[info]bucket_shot wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 04:22 pm (UTC)
--whoa, Sabriel. 8D;

omfg, the BEANIE COSPLAY WAS SO AMAZING. xD xD (and the fabric for your lucy! :O so pretty ♥)
[info]ad_exia wrote:
Sep. 5th, 2008 05:17 pm (UTC)
Yessu! :D I fangirled her so hard mostly in my head, alas XD;.

XD XD INDEED~ (:D I looove that stuff I found for the top - it was on clearance! But I still have a little left~ Ahaha, actually half the fabric for that costume was on clearance/discontinued.)