So as you will have gathered from my social media silence followed by a flurry of FB pics, I spent Mardi Gras weekend at the LAX Marriott with over 3100 other fans of my absolute favorite TV show since age 5, Doctor Who. God, it feels good to say that. It is like coming out of the closet all over again. This was my 4th convention, albeit my 2nd consecutive one & boy was it great! I (somehow) managed to focus my mind enough to work during the day Thursday & got on my 7:30PM flight to LAX, arriving at 9:55 local time. 3 Bloody Marys on the plane later, we arrive and I grab my bag from baggage claim & grab the 1st shuttle heading vaguely in the direction of the Marriott. I got out of the Renaissance Shuttle and walked 2 blocks to the Marriott & BOOM. There were 4 or 5 of my Gally Pals outside smoking (all the best people!) including but not limited to Simon, Justin, Josh (my amazing roommate), Lee, my sistah Roy!! It really felt like coming home, catching up with everyone before I even put my luggage down. Of course, it didn't end there, in fact the whole weekend was like that.
Upon entering the Lobby, I joined the most fun yet unofficial part of it all, LobbyCon. To the unitiated, this might just seem like a bunch of dorks standing around a hotel lobby, drinking and talking crazy but...oh never mind, that's what it is, OK? But damn if it doesn't make the price of admission seem paltry indeed!
Along the course of the weekend, I made it to some panels (Doctor Who in the 60s was the BEST), missed others, got some autographs, gave Louise Jameson (Leela from the classic series) a scarf I knitted, laughed myself silly during Mysterious Theatre 337, marvelled at Louise's great work in "Pulling Faces," her one-woman show about her decision not to have plastic surgery...and I have to admit, I did more drinking in 5 days/4 nights than I have since...well, last Gallifrey. I hit it the hardest Thursday night (or maybe it is better to say it hit me hardest Friday morning), and I sort of blacked out. Not in a scary way though, it's not like I woke up Friday in a strange room, leaking, with a bunch of strangers standing around me...how different this blog would be!
My only true regret is not getting my picture taken with the TARDIS console prop from the TV Movie. However, as you can see from my FB pics, I never stopped smiling!! Daleks in the hallways, little kids dressed as characters from before I was even born, all manner of gender/race-bending cosplay...it is a lot like Mardi Gras, minus morons, or maybe more like a rave plus 20 IQ points per person across the board!
I unveiled my version of Tom Baker's 1st scarf on Saturday & was pleasantly surprised that everyone seemed to LOVE it. My whole idea was not simply to duplicate the original, but rather to make it my own thru creative use of textures and colors. Topics of conversations ranged from Markie Post's mullet (yes I know it has nothing to do with Doctor Who) to Formicida the Ant Lady from Wonder Woman (our hotel room got upgraded bc our original room had ANTS MUTHAFUCKA ANTS) to how fanwanky "The Doctor's Wife" is (yea, well at least we got to collectively cum hard once, instead of edging over months for not as much release as we deserve) and much more besides. A big personal highlight for me was when Eric Roberts yelled a compliment across the room about my scarf, but the best part was the camraderie, running into an old friend, or a new one, & being delighted to discover what ELSE you have in common besides the incredible institution that is Doctor Who.
Next year will be the show's 50th anniversary and as you can probably guess, I'm already pre-registered!! Clearly, it's not too early to start ordering hats/scarves to help me fund the next trip!!
Thanks so much to all the con staff & attendees for making this the best weekend of the whole damn year! Can't wait til next time!!
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