This past weekend was Shore Leave! A fun, fan run sci-fi con
in Baltimore County. The guest list had John Barrowman, Jamie Murray, Jesse
Rath, Tony Curran, Daniel Davis, David Nykl, and Rekha Sharma.
John Barrowman was AMAZING!!! I hope to do a
more detailed post later but he was hilarious, sassy, sexy, and heartfelt. The
relationship between Jaime, Jesse, and Tony was clear and made them so much
fun. When they were presented with their Shore Leave bunnies, Jesse looked at
Jaime and said “I wanted Kirk. Trade?” and they swapped bunnies on stage. It
was very funny. John said the bunny would be in good company with Easter kitty
who shows up in a lot of his photos. The Defiance trio said they may make a
background appearance in Defiance if they get a 4th season.
I think that’s my favorite thing about a lot of the guests
at Shore Leave: most of them really appreciate their fans. They know without
us, they don’t get to live the dream.
I think my most memorable moment was when I was walking past
Rekha’s autograph area and saw her. She’s very slim and about eye level with my
throat. The first words out of my mouth were “You’re so tiny.” I genuinely
think she’s smaller than she was on Battlestar but she made a comment about the
camera adding 10 pounds. I said that seeing them on screen, they also appear
bigger than life.
The average American woman is 5’4 and many Indian woman are
smaller than that. Celebrities are still people at the end of the day and
subject to the same rules as the rest of us. Actresses are more likely to be
slim because the business says so but they also follow the same height rules.
The average American man is 5’9, my height. Seeing our heroes on screen in
these worlds we escape to, playing characters we can only dream about being, we
forget that they’re just people with a cooler job. Ms. Sharma was very nice
As far as spending goes, I spent more than I should have, as
always but not on what I usually do. My normal big splurge has been clothes and
jewelry. This weekend I couldn’t seem to say no to books. More on that later.
It was Boyfriend’s first Shore Leave. He had a lot of fun
and enjoyed staying long enough to hear David Nykl. He sounds very interesting
and I would love to watch Stargate if they ever put it on streaming.
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