WARNING! HUGE PHOTO POST AHEAD!!!!!

This was Sean's final Firefly convention and it went out with a fucking great filthy bang. Alan Tudyk cancelled unfortunately, but the replacement and surprise guests that attended made the weekend fantastic.

I didn't stay for the closing ceremony and I went to bed on Saturday night unnaturally early, missing Jamie turning up, but I got photoshoots with Jamie, Ron and Adam and all the autographs I wanted. AWESOME.





( Jamie Bamber, Adam Baldwin, Michelle Forbes and Ron Glass )




( Nicki Clyne, Kandyse McClure, Leah Cairns and Richard Brooks )


( Mark Sheppard, Morgan Sheppard and some group shots )

Auditions start on Sunday for The Wizard of Oz. Welcome to my world of playing 'If I Only Had a Brain' and 'Over the Rainbow' for 4 hours solid while kids belt and screech their way through it. JOY.

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, in January 2009 I'll be working at the Hoi An Orphanage in Hanoi, Vietnam.

This link tells you a little bit more about where I'll be and what kind of children I'll be working with and caring for.

My travels are now all booked up and this is the route as it stands:

London
Hong Kong (for New Year's Eve 2008)
Hanoi - work placement begins
Singapore
Sydney
Melbourne
Auckland
Christchurch
Wellington
Cook Islands
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
San Francisco
San Diego
Washington DC
New York
Home ♥

*gulp*

I'm still working on the answers to the Top 5s - any more ideas? Throw them my way XD

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Things were a little closer to home for Eclipse, this time it was all happening in Northampton. Despite Greg Grunberg and Zachary Quinto cancelling, the lineup was pretty good and luckily all the guests had tales to tell during the guest talks. I hope this bodes well for Lockdown, the Lost event in 3 weeks time, which currently has a less-than-stellar lineup.

My photos weren't great this time but the conditions weren't fantastic either. Plus I'm STILL learning what the hell this camera can do!








( Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh), David Anders (Adam/Kensei), Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah Sanders), Santiago Cabrera (Isaac Mendez), Cristine Rose (Angela Petrelli), Jessalyn Gilsig (Meredith) )

You all know I suck at con reports, so if you've got any questions then fire away. I've got better photos of David Anders over here from Alias Rendezvous 3 in the summer of 2006. Now that was a good weekend.

OK, time to dig out Alias S4 and BSG Razor...

The first signing event of the year, and thank fuck it was a local one, with minimal travel woes and expense! abby_i, meivocis and I got to Coventry reasonably early yesterday morning, avoided any mad rushes and horrendous queues, and had quite a pleasant day.




( Dean Andrews (Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes), Leonard Roberts (DL Hawkins in Heroes), Bruce Campbell (movie legend) )




( Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner (Star Trek: TNG), George Takei (Kaito Nakamura in Heroes), and yet another Dean Andrews (Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes) )

It seems ages since I've posted event photos.

Next Event:
Eclipse - A Heroes Convention
Sendhil Ramamurthy (Dr. Mohinder Suresh), Santiago Cabrera (Isaac Mendez), David Anders (Kensei), Cristine Rose (Angela Petrelli), Noah Gray-Cabey, (Micah Sanders) and Jessalyn Gilsig (Meredith Gordon).

There are a handful of filmmakers who I have followed religiously since I was a teenager - Scorsese, Burton, Spielberg, Tarantino - and Lynch.

A few days ago I went to a talk/Q&A with Lynch, met the man himself, got him to sign a copy of his book, and therefore achieved an ambition I've had for about 15 years.




( David Lynch - Catching the Big Fish )

Oh, and the following night, I went to see my favourite play by an American writer, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross at the Apollo theatre in the West End. Jonathan Pryce, who appeared in the film, played Shelly Levine, Aiden Gillen was Ricky Roma, and the whole thing was terrific.

( You ever take a dump made you feel like you'd just slept for twelve hours? )

All in all, a fantastic week.

For the first time in three years I've been able to attend a Friday at Collectormania, and it was a pleasant change to be able to wander around the centre with a bit more of a personal bubble than usual. The line-up for me was pretty unimpressive but, as is often the case, when I got to C12 there were some guests that tempted me to meet them.




( from Heroes - James Kyson Lee (Ando Masahashi), Matthew John Armstrong (Ted Sprague), Erick Avari (Chandra Suresh) and George Takei (Kaito Nakamura) )




( from Stargate - Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) and Chris Judge (Teal'c); from Carnivale - Adrienne Barbeau and from Firefly - Jewel Staite (Kaylee Frye) )

Next event: Collectormania G-Mex with Jason Momoa, David Nykl, Malcolm McDowell and Lance Henriksen.

I can't believe Breakout was my last Starfury convention - and as I missed out on G3 (WHY OH WHY) in August, going back to the Thistle seemed like coming home :)

I'd had an epidural-sized injection in my back on the Friday morning so although there was no alcohol to be consumed, there was a guaranteed-pain free event, and it looked like Jonathan M Woodward would be the saving grace of the event since Adam Baldwin and Sean Maher cancelled.

As you know, I'm not good with the reports, but here's my illustrated guide to Sinfinity and a few things I learnt along the way.




( Morena Baccarin (Inara), Richard Brooks (Jubal Early), Ellen Muth (Dead Like Me), Neil Roberts (MC) )



( Communion with Jonathan M Woodward, Neil Roberts and Nectar Rose )

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Next Events
Glengarry Glen Ross in London's West End
Collectormania 12 with Greg Grunberg, James Kyson Lee, Michael J Anderson, Jewel Staite
SG-12 with Beau Bridges
Collectormania G-Mex with Lance Henriksen, Jason Momoa, David Nykl and James Marsters
Eclipse: A Heroes convention with Zachary Quinto
Lockdown: A Lost Convention with Henry Ian Cusick

and of course NEW YORK, NEW YORK BAYBEEEE!!

The first time I went to Paris was a very miserable weekend back in 1995, and I really didn't have fond memories at all. I remembered the lusciousness of Notre Dame but I was ill and freezing and generally wanted to be back at home.

A few weeks ago, after I finished working on Oliver!, I flew back to Paris for four days with a happier outlook, better weather and the revelation that my camera is actually quite good. Here's what I saw.



( Paris )

I'll go back and see more of the city one day and I could live there quite happily. Next stops - New York and Venice!

Lazy day ahead, I went on a kind-of date last night and I need time to sort my head out. More on that another time.

While I was working in Dunstable over the summer I got a very breathless and excited phonecall from meivocis telling me that Quentin Tarantino would be attending a special screening of Death Proof in London - I couldn't believe it. QT is waaaay up there for me - probably just a notch or two below Marty.

Yesterday we set out for Brixton to the rather fantastic Ritzy Cinema where we watched the film, with Quentin, star Zoe Bell and Edgar Wright sitting only a few feet away, then they opened the floor up for questions to the director himself.



( Grind House: Death Proof - a Screening and Q&A with Quentin Tarantino )

By the time our coach got back into Birmingham and I'd wound down a little, I managed 2 hours of sleep before my alarm woke me up for work this morning. Luckily I had a huge grin all day, some amazing memories and I'm so pleased with the photos. They're not my best, but they may be my favourite batch :D

Four of my favourite Heroes in London, on the days that I'm actually in the city? Taking advice from people on the Showmasters forum and the NBC site, figured it would be good to head to the London Eye for the promotional photoshoot of the cast, to see if I could get any good shots and perhaps meet the Petrelli brothers, Claire and her father...





( Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Milo Ventimiglia and Jack Coleman )

Hayden was very sweet and had LOTS of foundation on. Jack was extremely handsome and friendly. Adrian was just sex on a stick, and Milo looked moody and grumpy for most of the time. Although it didn't help that some fan insisted on poking their folder into his skull in the hope that he might sign it.

I met them all again on Sunday and the experience was horrible. Post about LFACC to come later, for now I'm just going to enjoy the London Eye experience as it was good to meet my favourite Heroes.

A real life post will come soon to explain where I've been and what I've been doing - hope everyone is well and catch up with you all soon.

Last year I saw Kane play live at Starfury's Not Fade Away event. I didn't think I'd get to see them live again, especially as I missed Decalogy this weekend. But meivocis, dontburnhot and her bro went to Birmingham's Barfly with me tonight to see their acoustic set.

I just got back about an hour ago, I'm very tired, very happy, and as per usual I'll leave the details to others. What you will find here, however, is a little collection of photos of Christian and Steve that I'll treasure. We met the guys after the gig and I'm now going to collapse in my bed to watch Friday Night Lights a very happy girl.




( Pretty as a picture - Kane at Birmingham Barfly - 4th June 2007 )

The rest of the photos are over at my Flickr account. Please feel free to link to them but don't post them without permission please.

I got to hear 'More Than I Deserve' again XD He did LA Song too :) (even if we did have to remind him of the words). Video coming next :)

SPOILERS FOR SEASONS FIVE & SIX OF '24' ARE LURKING WITHIN!!!

This post is dedicated to the wonderful jackaholic :D

Expo had three guests that I was interested in - the guys from '24'. Paul McGillion was also there (who seemed to be intoxicated most of the time) and Mark Sheppard, but Jude, Louis and James were my men of the weekend.




( James Morrison (Bill Buchanan), Jude Ciccolella (Mike Novick), Louis Lombardi (Edgar Stiles), Mark Sheppard (Ivan Erwich) )




( The guest talks and group shots )

I have a week off work, I'm moving house in three weeks time, I have Heroes/24/VM/BSG to catch up on and I'm quite possibly re-watching S5 of 24. No more events for a while but I'll be around :) I've been a lame LJ friend lately and to those of you who need hugs, consider yourselves HUGGED. Peace out.

The LJ Comment Stats Wizard has once again told me that there are a few people that never really settled here at honeyfitz - so I've done a friends cut. Consider this an amnesty - feel free to take me off your friends list if you like. I realise not everyone around here wants to look at my pics all the time, and since I keep the personal stuff elsewhere I understand.

WARNING!!!! HUGE PHOTO POST AHEAD!!!!

I think you all know the drill by now. Accompanied by the gang I spent the weekend at the Radisson Edwardian hotel in Heathrow for Sean's latest con. This is the best lineup I've seen at an con for a while, and after last week's fiasco it was great to get back to a well-organised, interesting and relaxed event.

For now, it's just going to be photos and bullet points - the photoshoot pics and details will be in my next post. If you have any questions let me know.





( Robert Knepper and Stacy Keach (aka T-Bag and Pope from Prison Break )




( Jason Dohring and Michael Muhney (aka Logan Echolls and Sheriff Lamb from Veronica Mars )



( MC Mark Sheppard and the guest talks )

As always, please feel free to link back to this post or let me know if you would like to see the hi-res photographs. PLEASE do not take these photographs without permission. Thankyou and good night XD

In the words of abby_i, Milton Keynes sucks donkey balls. Or rather, spending 10 hours in the shopping centre sucks donkey balls, waiting six hours for photos to be printed and for queues to die down. I'd been running on a few hours sleep since Linkin Park on Thursday so today was a bit of an effort. Fuelling my day were caffeine shots, a nice hug from James Marsters, a suspicious sexual tension between Mark Lutz and George Hertzberg.




( James Marsters (Buffy, Angel), Terry Jones (Monty Python), Brandon Routh (Superman), George Hertzberg and Mark Lutz (Adam from Buffy and Groo from Angel) )




( Tony Head (Buffy), Ray Park (Star Wars), Chris Rankin (Harry Potter), Zach Galligan (Gremlins) )

HUGE shoutouts this time to spike66 and dontburnhot who endured my overexcited tales of the Linkin Park gig. It was fab to see you and KEEP WATCHING 24!!! DAMMIT!!! See you both very soon I hope.

And I got tickets for Kane's acoustic gig on June 4th. WHOOP!

It's become an Easter routine for Mum and I - take ourselves off somewhere for a few days, clear our heads, stuff our faces and take in some new sights. Salzburg has always been of interest to me because of the Mozart connection, and the schnitzel and strudel came a-calling.





( Salzburg )

You can see more photos from this holiday over at my Flickr account.

PEN is an organisation concerned with writers around the world who have been incarcerated, tortured, and in some cases executed because of their writings and beliefs. A new book has been published, Another Sky: Voices of Conscience from Around the World which is a collection of writings from authors which graphically describe a life changed by interrogation, imprisonment and their determination to survive and speak out.

On April 2nd 2007 the National Theatre, London hosted a launch event for the new book, accompanied by readings and signings by several British actors and writers who in some cases knew the prisoners personally. What started as an excuse to meet Michael Palin became a very interesting evening.



( Michael Palin, Jung Chang and the other readers )



( Colours of London - Covent Garden )

Next events:

Collectormania 11: Terry Jones, Brandon Routh, James Marsters, Tony Head, Charisma Carpenter
Asylum: Jensen Ackles

A rare non-fandom event photo post!




( Slimbridge )

Next events:

King Lear with the Royal Shakespeare Company with Sir Ian McKellen
Memorabilia with Michael Madsen and Jake LaMotta

WARNING!!!! HUGE PHOTO POST AHEAD!!!!

Our valedictory event at the Thistle hotel.* Sure, it's a vile place, it's tatty, uninhabitable and serves nasty warm beer, but it's been home to most of the conventions I've been to over the last couple of years. So it was time to say goodbye in style... *sniff*

The usual line up - meivocis, abby_i, commonro and sassygirl. It was also great to meet up with such fine folks as elli, ellieptical and a ton more :)

The line-up this time? David Hewlett, Kate Hewlett, David Nykl, Ryan Robbins, Dan Payne, Erin Chambers and Ivy Isenberg - with special guest Aaron Douglas. Bring it on!




Full credit goes to Wolf Events for the photoshoot pics.




( David Hewlett, David Nykl, Kate Hewlett and Erin Chambers (aka Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, Jeanie Miller and Sora) )




( Dan Payne, Chuck Campbell, Ryan Robbins and Aaron Douglas (Wraith Warrior, Technician dude, Ladon Radim and Chief from Battlestar Galactica )



( Guest talks, charity auction, closing ceremony and a few more )

Sooo much love in the room for these people. Best con since NFA last July. Last one til May. New obsession with Zelenka/McKay and Ronon/Shep. And as for watching 'Sunday' on the way to Heathrow - OH DEAR.

*Oh, and it turns out that it wasn't quite valedictory after all, I booked for Galactica 3 in August :)