Sam and Dean!!!!!
Later, We found Cas! (And another Dean)
Last night we came across a Samandriel. (Alfie)
But one of my favorites was today when I saw a Dean in his coach outfit from After School Special when he is posing as the gym coach. Those shorts! Unfortunately, it was too crowded to take a photo. Hopefully, I will come across her again later today
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de23 and I are working on our Sam and Dean costumes! I have never worn a costume in all of the years I have been attending cons so it will be my first time! At some point I will be walking around wearing only one shoe. Hee!!! (And I even found the exact shoes, only the women's version, that Sam wore in Bad Day at Black Rock. Poor Sam. I did watch that one again last night and laughed just as much as I always do. I don't think that episode is ever going to not make me laugh.)_leigh_leigh de23 and her husband K, Brandon, and I had visited The London Eye. Afterwards, Leigh and I were in the gift shop. I was thirsty and I opened the drink cooler and saw this:
_leigh_leigh and I would LOVE to share a diet coke with Sam and Dean! Who wouldn't?!?
scarym1, de23, and me with John Barrowman who was, hands down, the winner for the most entertaining, funny, and thoughtful of the guest panels for the weekend. (Along with Kai Owen) He had the perfect mix. He managed the crazy, OTT fun without letting it get completely out of hand. I was impressed, to tell the truth.
archaeologist_d ,and all her beautiful travel photos (and I'm not just talking about the wonderful boyz pics from filming), I was a total copycat and bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35. It's so light!!! I suspect it weighs about half what my old Canon S3 IS weighs. And certainly less than an SLR would have. That means a lot when you are shlepping all over downtown Atlanta! I am hoping it will be the best compromise of portability and function. archaeologist_d totally saved the Merlin panel from those steenkin' Brit Trak folks who really should just change their track name to the "Doctor Who trak" and be done with it. Don't get me wrong. I love Doctor Who but it isn't the only Brit show I like and these staffers seem to completely shut Merlin out, judging from their website and groups and whatnot. (Even though the show has only increased in popularity.) scarym1 and de23 at the Stargate multiverse track party. I wanted to be serious but I was about to start laughing and it came out more an amused smirk in the first photo. Yep, I am highly amused to be pointing my P90 at you. (I guess it is a P90) Little did you know that I had an amusingly long moment where I had to figure out how to hold the thing. My next question, "Yeah, which end do the bullets go in, again?" (Virtual hugs to the person who can recognize that quote!)
Well, I have reached that overwhelming time of year again. Can I just go back to last week? It happens every semester when I get my first glimpse of that infernal calendar and then become totally distraught regarding the amount of WORK ahead of me. I need to visit with my preceptor and hammer out a schedule which shouldn't be too difficult as I will simply just need to be there whenever I am not at work. It isn't the clinical hours that really bother me, even if my schedule is horrific. No, it's the academic work that goes along with it. Actually, it's the amount of academic work in light of my horrific schedule that is the real issue.
People keep telling me, "It's the last semester" in that buck up and suck it up tone and, yes, I realize this and I should be ecstatic except that I am just too tired to get excited. Seriously, I have worked less this summer than in my entire working life (except that summer I took off after I graduated nursing school where I did not work AT ALL) and I still feel beat. Exercise gives me a couple of energetic hours or I will have an occasional day where I actually feel like the vital, functioning member of society I am supposed to be (and not just doing my usual job of faking it) but they feel few and far between.
Who knows? There are about a gazillion causes of fatigue, including my already defunct thyroid gland, and I am not going to have the time (or the money) to do an indepth exploration with my PCP. Perhaps after I crawl over the finish line at the end of this semester? Sleep is always an issue. Stupid, restless, aching legs!
Ah well, anyway. Dragon*con! I don't have time for you but that never stops me. I'll just regret you next week after it is over and I am in a panic. I'm sad that David Hewlett had to cancel, though. Still, I can't wait to get my geek on with my friends!
I am only now packing and going through that what to wear, what to wear frenzy. Comfort is an issue as you are running for miles and miles between the different hotels in the Atlanta heat but wearing comfy, slobby clothing isn't a real option until that day comes when I really just don't care anymore. Sometimes (and weirdly) I find T-shirts hot, especially when the collar comes right up to your neck. Now, how are all my fannish T-shirts made? See previous sentence.
de23 , after trying rather unsuccessfully to get into Making Money, I decided to just give it up for now and read Mort (The spreadsheet you sent me was very handy, even if I am still pretty confused.) I LOVED Mort!! I felt these characters were pretty engaging from the very start and, I have to say, DEATH was a hoot! I found myself really empathizing with his Mid Eternity crisis, if there can be such a thing where eternity is concerned. There were plenty of LOL moments, the most recent being this bit:
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scarym1, soniag , de23, and dm_lunsford. Fortunately, registration went off without a hitch and 
soniagran into our friend Belib (far right) at a Firefly panel. We met her originally at Gatecon. As you can see, K (second from right) had finally arrived Friday night.
And of course, what post would be complete without a complete fangirl moment. K and I decided to take our photoop together. I cannot even remember our initial greetings, though I wasn't the least bit nervous as I usually am. Perhaps I drew a blank when we were cheek to cheek and I could feel his sexy stubble. Amnesia does set in when such fannish inner squeeing occurs. However I do remember a bit of banter. The first camera shot was dark and K had blinked. I asked if they could do it again and told MS that I was doing this on purpose, of course. He laughed and they snapped the shot at that point which you can probably tell by looking at the photo. I really think I have a somewhat mischievous look about me. When it was K's turn to take the photo she insisted that we switch places ( though I can't imagine why to which MS replied )"Niiiiiice". I suppose her photo will be available if she is ever online again or she sends it to me. I have to say that this was my favorite photo of all time because it was so relaxed and informal and I didn't wait in line the greater part of a millenium. I also decided to forego autographs this trip (with the exception of a Ghost Hunters autograph (which was free) for my son who LOVES that show.)
(I actually donated blood in the Heinlein con blood drive right before this photo was taken! )
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