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Photo-op with Armin Shimerman.  Posting the crappy snapshot I grabbed with my old as hell phone because the scanner I was using makes everything REALLY dark.  @guljerry blinked, so he’s been cropped out of the photo.  But Mr. Shimerman was so kind.  Unfortunately for me, that kindness resulted in me smiling with my teeth, which I prefer not to do!  LOL

Since our photo got messed up, I asked Creation if we could do a reshoot, but the said Mr. Shimerman was too busy.  However, I ran into (read: politely interrupted him having coffee with friends) him, who said he would have been happy to reshoot had he been asked.  He graciously agreed to let me grab a snap of him with Jerry. 

Noticed a similar problem on the signage last year.  Get your shit together, Creation!  XD

One of the best things about the conventions is hanging out with like-minded people, and here are some of the best!  Two Garaks and a Damar - @guljerry, @galinaredreznikov, @doctorparmak (thanks for the cookies)!

Ira Steven Behr had an early morning panel, so decided to buy coffee for those of us who showed up instead.  I opted to have hot tea, since I don’t like coffee.

Hey, you want to be intimidated?  Have your photo taken with a former super model!  What the hell was I thinking?  Thank God I brought 6 inch wedges. 

Supposedly this is a raktajino.  If that is the case, I think there would have been a lot more stumbling around on Deep Space Nine. 

Me, unprepared as always, for a selfie (of sorts) with Ethan Phillips and @guljerry.  The lighting in the vendor's room does not lend itself to good photo taking, but whatever.  It's Ethan Phillips!  And he was charming and gracious and kind - not to mention funny!

I hated my photo with Jeffrey Combs (Mr. Re-Animator himself!) from last year so much that I redid it this year.  Curse of the flat hair continues, but still an improvement over last year.  Also, this man is a total dollbaby. 

Took this plaque I made to Jeffrey Combs for an autograph.  He looks at it and says, "Oh, it's so pretty! What is it?"  "It's Dominionese, Jeff.   It says 'fuck you and every clone of you.'" He about fell out of his chair laughing. 

Notice how Marc Alaimo is literally leaning away from me and into @guljerry? The power of Jerry’s cuteness.

A good find, purchased from the man himself - Max Grodenchik! 

So, the conversation at the autograph table went like this -

Casey (feeling the shirt):  Oh! Nice shirt!  Where did you get it? Me:  I designed it and my friend made it. Casey:  Excellent.  So, is that my first name? Me:  Oh no, honey.  No. Casey:  So, is it another character?  Like, two characters? Me:  No, Casey.  Yadik is Cardassian for Daddy. Casey (grinning and muttering):  Daddy Damar, Daddy Damar... [starts to sign the shirt at the bottom] Me:  No, Casey, Sign it here.  [points to heart] Casey: [meticulously signs name in heart and draws a little heart, then looks at me with a smile]  Who loves you?  Daddy loves you.

My dudes, I am SO not making that up. 

It took me three years to talk myself into getting a photo with Casey and my hair is flat.  They should really put a mirror up so you can check these things before the shoot.  He looks amazing though. You can’t really tell from this photo, but his shirt was unbuttoned and one could get a really prime view of that gorgeous rug of silver chest hair.

Those are all the photos I have, but there were so many awesome moments at the con, I’m sure I can’t even remember them all right now!  Here are a few:

· Robert Picardo remembering me from two years ago, saying it was nice to see me again, and saying I had pretty hair (I queened out on him SO hard two years ago - it was BAD)

· Finally getting an audio copy of Robert Picardo’s EMH book – from the man himself

· Ethan Phillips stealing my joke and being charming

· Ethan Phillips also being sweet and kind when I became unexpectedly emotional about what Voyager meant to me as a teenager in an abusive household and giving me a hug

· Singing Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian with Steve Rankin and Vaughan Armstrong in the vendor’s room

· Talking animals and politics with JG Hertzler

· Talking about OCD with Max Grodenchik

· Thanking Terry Ferrell for publically saying Jadzia was pan and her thanking me for bringing it up and discussing how the symbiot transcends gender

· Terry Ferrell hugging me

· Chase Masterson hugging me – repeatedly - and telling me I look amazing

· Chase Masterson touching my hands and saying how much she enjoyed seeing my face in the audience every night

· Chase Masterson singing Peel Me A Grape just for me and coming off the stage and running her fingers through my hair and down my neck and shoulder

· John de Lancie doing  a double take at me

· Smiling and waving to Robert Picardo and Chase Masterson in the hallways

· Almost crashing into Casey Biggs in the vendor’s room

· Stealing front row seats for the Rat Pack

· Ethan Phillips making me laugh so hard during the Rat Pack that my abdominal muscles ached

· Jeffrey Combs telling me I looked great (I’m 3/3 with that man; he said I looked ‘lovely’ the two previous years)

· Jeffrey Combs’ insane manic energy during the Rat Pack

· Hugging Casey Biggs

· All the amazing singers at the gala, especially Tim Russ singing Moondance

· People liking my cool Cardassian bag

· Marina Sirtis being her usual awesome self during the TNG panel, and putting that Kirk woman in her place (if you’ve been to the con, you know who I’m talking about)

· Seeing my buddy Mike again and doing an interview about Trek

· Armin Shimmerman and James Darren both asking what my For Cardassia shirt said (to be clear, it’s NOT in Cardassian; it’s in English - so the fact that they BOTH asked what it said just makes me laugh)

· Aron Eisenberg giving me a copy of one of his photographs