Lake Charles, LA
I have been wanting to meet Peter Davison, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor from Doctor Who ever since I was a kid watching him on television over thirty years ago. Davison, while not my first Doctor, is MY Doctor. He’s the one that I identified with the most and who is my favorite Doctor of all time (and space).
He was announced as a guest for the 2013 Comicpalooza event in Houston, TX last year, but had to cancel. I was bummed out, but sort of glad that he couldn’t make it because I couldn’t make it either. Then I found out that he would be there for 2014, and I got extremely excited because, as the gods allowed, I would also be able to make it Houston for Comicpalooza.
Then I found out that events were coming up the very same weekend I hoped to attend Comicpalooza this year and now I’ll miss #5 yet again. There’s still an extremely slim chance that I might get to go, but I’m not getting my hopes up. Sooner or later I hope to meet Mr. Davison. He’s the reason I’m such a huge Who fan to this day. If any of you have ever met him, please leave a comment and let me know what he’s like.
Now, I did say that there’s some good news too, so here it is: I have lost forty-seven pounds of fat since starting my Insanity/Wellness Coaching/Dieting program way back in January. I started out at a whopping 244 lbs and have whittled my frame down to a more manageable 197 lbs. As I continue to lose weight I have decided to do something a little bit crazy. I’m hoping to find a few cosplayers and friends from conventions that I’ve taken photos with in the past and retake new pictures with as many of them as I can. I want to create a folder on my Facebook page that has all of these photos in it and I’ll probably call it something like Before And After My Fat Fandomness. A few of the cosplayers and most of the friends will be easy to get photos with, but it will be a challenge to get some of them again, as I haven’t seen a few in quite a long time.
Other good news includes the fact that I’m going to take my daughter to go see The Amazing Spider-Man 2 this weekend. I’ve already seen the film with my son, but my daughter wants to see it now as well. That will most likely take place on Sunday afternoon.
Another bit of news is that a convention that I was formerly involved with, Bayoucon, is coming up next month. It’s a small convention in Lake Charles, LA that will feature an actor from Stargate SG-1 named Cliff Simon (I don’t know much about SG-1, so forgive my ignorance of the gentleman and/or his character) as well as a couple of other actors and behind-the-scenes people. I’m going as a member of two fan groups, the USS Lafitte and The Doctor Whooligans, and have submitted a panel for the convention as well. I haven’t heard back from the convention yet, so I don’t know if I’ll be able to present my panel or not. I am really only going to see a few of my friends who are still involved with the convention and to see the wonderful ladies of Orion’s Envy, a bellydancing troupe from the Lafayette, LA area. Not only are they talented dancers, they are really friendly people that I always look forward to seeing at conventions.
I’ll give a full report of the convention next month, and I’ll be sure to include photos of the event as well. Thanks for reading!
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