Friday, May 11, 2007

Fall of the Empire?

Recently, I went to my first SciFi Convention. "StarFest" The geek in me has wanted to go to a "Con" for some time. I was lucky enough to have a client who wanted to go, so like the celebrities, I was paid to attend. Not nearly as much though, I'm sure. And no one was waiting in line to meet me, maybe next time.

My client and I didn't stand in line to meet any of the stars, that cost extra. Though, we did ride the elevator with Kate Vernon of Battlestar fame. She was nice to hold the door for us. We missed seeing Leonard Nimoy the day before; he's one of the heavies so I'm sure his schedule was quite full.

Most everyone there was as I anticipated, costumed characters roaming around with purpose. Star Fleet officers (seems cadets and enlisted men weren't allowed), Psi Corp agents, Hogwarts students (only Griffindor house), Jedi, Storm Troopers and one Clone Warrior (perhaps Darth Vader was at another "Con"), S.G. Team members, Colonial Warriors, Pirates (There was this one piratess, wow... I'd have let her pillage me!), There were Zombies, and what I thought was "Josie & the Pussycats" turned out to be "Cat Girls" from the Anime room (I hope they were house trained), We saw Roman Soldiers and numerous people dressed like that comic book shop guy from The Simpsons (but those guys looked at me funny when I commented on their "costumes" hmmm...).

The one thing that I found odd, and somewhat disturbing was the complete absence of Klingons! In the five hours we were there, we didn't see one. Surely they were invited, as I recall they're now allies with the Federation. Even if they weren't invited, I'd imagine they'd show up just for spite. Perhaps they consider themselves to be one of the heavys like Lenord, and only had time to attend Saturday. Maybe they were suffering the bloodwine hangover from partying the night before; after all, Saturday was the high point of the convention. Well, where ever they were, I was dissapointed not to see them. A SciFi Con without Klingons is like a circus without acrobats. Big... mean... scary... heavily armed acrobats.

8 comments:

Aunt Vina said...

Daryl, I have read your latest addition to your Blog, and I still think you should write a book. You really have a way with words. They say if you want to write a book, you should start with a book about your family. At one time, Denise was going to write a book about Denny. She interviewed several family members, asking questions about Denny. She just never had the time to go any further. She has always wanted to own a book store. She loves books and reading.
Hailey, my granddaughter, also loves books and she could live at Barnes and Noble.

Aaron said...

I don't mean to be an alarmist, but last year at Halloween a teacher I worked with dressed up like a Klingon and went to an area of Bangkok known as Khao Sarn Road.(Lotsa Hippies = More foreigners, cheap rooms, bars and vegetarian food) They found him at 3 am unconscious with a severe head wound.

The nature of his injury left him unable to say what happened that night, so the motivation remains unknown. But now I wonder if these two seemingly seperate events could be connected...

Anita said...

As I've told you before, I'm quite shocked that you found StarCon devoid of Klingons. Granted, it's been years since I've been to one, but my fondest memories are of hanging out in the Horror Room run by Klingons, watching werewolf movies and winning the contest to see who could bite the heads off the most Peeps bunnies in three minutes. (Granted, only visitors were allowed to play, not Klingons. Still, I'm proud of my accomplishment.)

Maybe there's some horrible plague that affects Klingons only. Or maybe all the folks who liked to dress up as Klingons have changed their fashion lines and joined Gryffindor House.

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