NEFX Day 2

Well- I survived day 2- I didn't go in until later in the day, so I didn't get soaked, so that's a good thing.

The first real panel of the day was with Ianto- who was looking less refined in his normal streetwear-

It wasn't a packed room, so everyone got to ask questions who wanted to, which was quite a switch from DragonCon where you had to be really dedicated to wedge yourself into that line and get in w/in the allotted 45 minutes.. I ended up asking 2 questions, which I think were thoughtful and interesting, as opposed to "So, what's it like to kiss John Barrowman/Capt. Jack."

Robin and I went to a few more panels, watched the most heinously performed costume contest- the MC had no clue. Best described as bumbling. There were a few good costumes at least, but we had to bail before they were done to go to dinner with the celebs (part of our fancier ticketing package). Dinner was standard hotel fare. There were a few stars we knew- Gareth, James Hong (the ubiquitous asian guy in movies for the past 50 years) - and a handfull of others. We ended up sitting by a nice couple, so that was good.

Everyone loved the coat I wore (click to embiggen)


I'm wearing the hat again today, and the choker, although I have a new pin - I'll try to document it later. And now it's time to go again- Part of the fancy ticket package includes breakfast with the hungover celebs.

NEFX Day 3

Well! It's over. I had a great time, really.
I got in today 'round quarter to 10 so I could have my breakfast with the guests. Decent enough food. I ended up sitting with a fun group of women, one still sort of drunk from the night before, and one whose part-time profession seems to be Professional Fan. She goes to a zillion cons, helps out with the running of stuff, and ends up doing a lot of the handler/hangout with celebs. She was a bit blase about it and probably on purpose given the wow factor of it. But a fun chica to hear stories from for a bit. Again, nobody famous sat at our table, and honestly, I was OK with that. Corin Nemec came by- he'd sat with some of the girls the night before at dinner, so he had to razz them a bit. Nice guy, propensity for coffee and skinny jeans. Again, Gareth David-Lloyd sat one table over.
Corin at breakfast

One of the things about this con that I particularly like was how relaxed everything seemed. People came and went from panels a bit more easily than say, DragonCon where they have door wardens and you have to wonder if you'll even get in to see the main event. Well, I sat in the second row for the Main Events almost entirely. Again, that whole if you have a question, speak up, otherwise it ends up with some awkward silences.

So- my questions- First Gareth panel, I asked where his favorite location was to shoot for shows- somewhere awesome in Wales- and where would he like to shoot- West Palm Beach, but minus the stingrays. I also asked him about radio dramas, which he's done some of, but that didn't work out so well, as I was curious what he listened to as a kid, not what he's done. S'ok.
-Gareth and Corin
However, this afternoon's questions were a lot better. First- we were talking earlier in the afteroon about what one plausible way you could bring Ianto into a Torchwood plot for season 4

( zomg, Torchwood season 3 spoiler! )

, would be to do a flashback anthology where Jack goes and saves the world in the past with other teams. He loved that idea. He spent a lot of time for the rest of the hour referring to Torchwood, 1820. Teehee!
Second was: what would his superpower be if he could have any- flying. A classic.

For Corin's question, I asked him to tell a joke- not the most awesome ever, but at least he eventually thought of one.

For both dudes, they spoke well, were funny, and gracious. Corin's sister showed up in the last few minutes, actually. She's in the business too in some capacity (checks IMDB: assists directors), and wooow, does she set of the 'dar. Looks so much like her younger brother, it's great. She looked less inclined to ham it up, so I refrained from snapping her pic. Also she's avoided Google pic, so no love. Just imagine Corin as a chick and you've got the notion, but add tattoos.

An amusing side-note was that right before Corin's panel, I'd gone out for some lunch and happened to be crossing the street towards the hotel at the same time, and we ended up chatting a bit- talked of lattes (he favors pupkin spice- finds egg nog to be too odd)- and complimented my spats. I was thoroughly amused and kept chill til after I went back in and he finished his smoke. Then squeed, like ya do.

One of my favorite bits of the day was walking around the dealers room. I have plans to do steam punk cameos- I just need to get some bezels to start out. I also might get some molds/casts of ones already done since they have such a particular look, and apparently that's what the artist did who had her wears there. This I found out from the awesome chica working at MaddHatter. I actually talked to both of the booth babes quite a bit all 3 days- it's where I got the hat/goggle set. I could have chilled with them for hours. The girl at Rusted Beauty was also quite lovely. Pity her site's not up right now.

Anyway- good day. Glad it's over, though. I'm toasty. Generally, I prefer Arisia for the socalizing, though. I do love to have the opportunity to dress up, though-

Today featured: falls, Cthulhu pin for my stand-in cameo, genuine pocket watch, borrowed from q_e, and of course- spats.
Well, that's enough blather. I don't go on that often like that, so ... there you go. Tomorrow, I have the day off and expect I'll be half-cripped by dinner time from the crafting.