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psubrat ([personal profile] psubrat) wrote2008-03-13 08:32 pm
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Meme Comment #3

From [livejournal.com profile] kaelsu2:

How about what was your first scifi related event that you ever attended?

My first event was a Vulkon Buffy the Vampire Slayer event in Cleveland, OH. That was April 2003 and the first of many, many, many conventions.

The lineup: Robert Atkins Downe, Iyari Limon, James Leary, Andy Hallett and James Marsters.

I had no idea what to expect and I was feeling a little weird about going -- mostly because I never considered myself one of "those" people. You know what I mean, the kind who go to SciFi cons and dress up in costumes to live out their fantasies...think Galaxy Quest. Of course I bought into the stereotype because I didn't know any better, ya know?

Anyway, I had a blast! I got to meet so many people from the two boards that I posted to -- We Band of Buggered and BAPS. In fact, I finally got to meet [livejournal.com profile] acristleo, [livejournal.com profile] bandcandy_peach, [livejournal.com profile] bubonicplague (I think it was there that I met her for the first time, though things are a bit hazy! *g*), [livejournal.com profile] dettiot, [livejournal.com profile] elizard100, [livejournal.com profile] eviljade, [livejournal.com profile] rockgoddes (though I didn't know it at the time), [livejournal.com profile] rusty_halo (a bit hazy on this one as well), [livejournal.com profile] scarlett2u, [livejournal.com profile] taradi. I met so many people that weekend, that I'm pretty sure that I've left a whole slew of people off the list. Plus, as I said, the weekend was sort of hazy because we drank some type of purple death in a cup in [livejournal.com profile] elizard100's room. Yes, "Purple Death in a Cup" is what Leary dubbed it, and he would know because he looked like death warmed over the next day. Whoops.

Oh, and I posted a con report...it can be found here. Reading that now, I was so young and innocent and just so excited about it all. Geez. Now I feel old and jaded. Maybe because I've been to so many since that it's old hat. Yeah, that it. :)

So you can all thank this particular event for kicking off my con addiction. If it hadn't been for Cleveland, I wouldn't know about 80% of you.

[identity profile] laurashalo.livejournal.com 2008-03-14 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I was there too but didn't know many people except the fan forum gals. seems Chicago and Cleveland blend together in my memory.I'll have to post some pigs to refresh my memory.

[identity profile] psubrat.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I was at Chicago too!! And Vulkon Tampa. My list of cons for 2005 is huge and I can blame it all on Cleveland for kicking it off. It was such an addiction.