Shore Leave
Jul. 10th, 2011 12:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sam_gamgeeI ended up going to Shore Leave for the day today. It was really last minute, since I wasn't sure if I was going to have to work today or not (didn't think I would, but with moving locations and slated to open the new one August 1st, you never know) and then I thought Shore Leave was going to be next weekend. But I'm glad I went. I got to see ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nakedwesley and a bunch of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tribalforces people.
Actor-wise, I was really there to see Cliff Simon (even though I've seen him before) and Chris Judge. (Though, seeing John de Lancie was fun too.) I've heard some of the stuff Cliff's told about his background before, but it was still fun to hear, since each time's a bit different. And he's got a few things he's working on, included writing and producing a movie called The Black Butterfly.
But, I will admit, "Warehouse 13"'s Eddie McClintock was a lot of fun. And he tells this funny story about how he's always confused for either Craig Sheffer or David Boreanaz and he's met Craig and Craig even commented how Eddie looks like him. And when Eddie brought up David Boreanaz, Craig agreed to that too. And then Eddie worked on "Bones" and one of the first things David said to him was, "You know who you look like? Craig Sheffer." And Eddie's adorably nerdy too. (Such as wearing an (black) Incredible Hulk t-shirt, dark olive pants, and bright green socks.) So I may have to start watching "Warehouse 13" now.
Chris Judge was a lot of fun. He told some fun SG-1 stories. And he easily cracks himself up. He's a huge "The Big Bang Theory" fan (even wore a Sheldon shirt today) and would love to do a cameo on the show. He's even got it all plotted out, too. He wants to be the guy Penny's seeing, and when she takes him back to meet the guys, she doesn't understand why they're tripping over themselves "because it's Teal'c". And then it cuts to Sheldon in a bubble bath and the camera pulls out and Chris is in the tub with him and says, "Sheldon, that's not my symbiote." He's also got something huge coming up that he can't talk about, but it's supposed to be announced soon.
I did get a joint photo-op with both Chris and Cliff and I'm actually happy with how it came out. (Obviously, they look great, I mean me. :-P) I did get a couple autographs, but that ended up being a bit of craziness because they started the official autograph line at 5pma , and, since they call by badge numbers, by about 6:45 they were only at 1-500. And since I was 13??, I decided to run over to Wegman's and bring some food back for while I was waiting. So, I'm going about 20-25 minutes and I come back to "Last call for autographs!" I was able to slip in the back of the line and down my food like I was eating during an alien attack, and get myself set with autograph stuff. It threw me off a bit, so I don't think I was quite as coherent as I would've liked, but I know I didn't make a fool of myself. And getting to talk about comic book stuff with Eddie was cute.
Hung out a bit while I waited for some people to come back to the hotel from dinner and then hung out with them a bit before coming home.
Fun (for me) cosplayers: a 4(ish) Jedi, Evil (red coat) Doctor Horrible, Tenth Doctor, Jack Carter (Eureka), and Jorgen von Strangle ("Fairly Odd Parents") (and especially since the guy playing him was about my height, maybe a bit smaller, slight build, and looked kind of like Guy Pearce).
nakedwesley and a bunch of tribalforces people.Actor-wise, I was really there to see Cliff Simon (even though I've seen him before) and Chris Judge. (Though, seeing John de Lancie was fun too.) I've heard some of the stuff Cliff's told about his background before, but it was still fun to hear, since each time's a bit different. And he's got a few things he's working on, included writing and producing a movie called The Black Butterfly.
But, I will admit, "Warehouse 13"'s Eddie McClintock was a lot of fun. And he tells this funny story about how he's always confused for either Craig Sheffer or David Boreanaz and he's met Craig and Craig even commented how Eddie looks like him. And when Eddie brought up David Boreanaz, Craig agreed to that too. And then Eddie worked on "Bones" and one of the first things David said to him was, "You know who you look like? Craig Sheffer." And Eddie's adorably nerdy too. (Such as wearing an (black) Incredible Hulk t-shirt, dark olive pants, and bright green socks.) So I may have to start watching "Warehouse 13" now.
Chris Judge was a lot of fun. He told some fun SG-1 stories. And he easily cracks himself up. He's a huge "The Big Bang Theory" fan (even wore a Sheldon shirt today) and would love to do a cameo on the show. He's even got it all plotted out, too. He wants to be the guy Penny's seeing, and when she takes him back to meet the guys, she doesn't understand why they're tripping over themselves "because it's Teal'c". And then it cuts to Sheldon in a bubble bath and the camera pulls out and Chris is in the tub with him and says, "Sheldon, that's not my symbiote." He's also got something huge coming up that he can't talk about, but it's supposed to be announced soon.
I did get a joint photo-op with both Chris and Cliff and I'm actually happy with how it came out. (Obviously, they look great, I mean me. :-P) I did get a couple autographs, but that ended up being a bit of craziness because they started the official autograph line at 5pma , and, since they call by badge numbers, by about 6:45 they were only at 1-500. And since I was 13??, I decided to run over to Wegman's and bring some food back for while I was waiting. So, I'm going about 20-25 minutes and I come back to "Last call for autographs!" I was able to slip in the back of the line and down my food like I was eating during an alien attack, and get myself set with autograph stuff. It threw me off a bit, so I don't think I was quite as coherent as I would've liked, but I know I didn't make a fool of myself. And getting to talk about comic book stuff with Eddie was cute.
Hung out a bit while I waited for some people to come back to the hotel from dinner and then hung out with them a bit before coming home.
Fun (for me) cosplayers: a 4(ish) Jedi, Evil (red coat) Doctor Horrible, Tenth Doctor, Jack Carter (Eureka), and Jorgen von Strangle ("Fairly Odd Parents") (and especially since the guy playing him was about my height, maybe a bit smaller, slight build, and looked kind of like Guy Pearce).
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Date: 2011-07-10 09:21 am (UTC)Sounds like you had a great time! Somehow impromptu con visits are always the best, I don't know exactly why. Maybe it's cuz you don't have time to build up expectations and so you're just kind of wowed and stoked about whatever coolness happens.
Yay for the photo-op!! :)
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Date: 2011-07-10 09:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-12 05:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-12 05:10 am (UTC)While it was weird not having the build-up of excitement, I did have a great time. And I'll admit - I wasn't planning on getting pimped into a new show/fandom, but Eddie McClintock was just so dang adorable and fun that now I feel like I have to check out "Warehouse 13". :-)