psubrat | Meme Comment #3

From

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

acristleo,

bandcandy_peach,

bubonicplague (I think it was there that I met her for the first time, though things are a bit hazy! *g*),

dettiot,

elizard100,

eviljade,

rockgoddes (though I didn't know it at the time),

rusty_halo (a bit hazy on this one as well),

scarlett2u,

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

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.