I-CON Report

POSTED BY: rhuttner
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 00:54
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ARONACUS

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:35 AM

I was at Icon I also have video of the event. I'm still pieceing it to gether and compressing it its over 10gbs of information. I'll gladly upload it Please contact me at Jkpcwiz@optonline.net I'm going to be busy editing and compressing it.

Now as far as Jewel S. goes, I have to tell you guys I went to the interview of Peter mayhew (chewbacca) he was 30 minutes late and after working 30 minutes he walked out. When a 7 year old asked for a picture he shouted to her mother to her up.
In contrast Jewel was far diffrent her forum was supposed to be an hour and her and her husband hung out for over 1 hour and 45 minutes. The guy with the mic actually had to break it up. She still hung around talking to people and taking photos. Her husband was a great guy too my GF said when she got our photo that he was joking around and making everyone on the line laugh including Jewel. I gotta tell you if you get a chance to meet her at a signing go for it. I've done 4 years of Cons and i can tell you she was the nicest celeb I've met. People like that go places.

YOSAFFBRIG

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:20 AM

And here's my "totally high on I-Con" report also posted on the 'Versal Board and the OB...

I-Con was great. Jewel Staite is a complete sweatheart.

Jewel was a real trooper Friday night. She and her husband, Matt, ran into traffic (in New York, what are the odds) and arrived at the con just in time to be ushered to her first panel with Peter David. Even worn out from the trip, she was in a good mood and although Peter ran the show, she tried to throw herself into it. There was a lot of reminiscing about her time spent on Nickolodeon's Space Cases where she worked with Peter David.

Saturday she had a Q&A which had a good turnout and was very entertaining. She is not a lecturer like some of the others guests at cons but pretty much just likes to answer questions. She did tell some funny anticdotes about the cast, especially she and Nathan's rivalry of "saluting" each other. No holds barred for all those costumers out there, although she thought the dress in "Shindig" was pretty, she HATED wearing it after only ten minutes. In the scene where the crew waits for the outcome of Mal's swordfight, she was supposed to have it on the whole time but she begged out of it by saying, "couldn't Badger just have a nice moment and let her go and change?"

After her Q&A, she signed autographs and let people take pictures with her. Matt took the pictures.

Saturday evening the area Browncoats threw a Shindig and Jewel came. Con goers did not know what to expect especially since it was listed as a Fan Forum in the program. There was lots of food, music and fun conversation with Jewel and many fans. I spoke with Jewel and asked if she would meet up with the New England and NY area Browncoats later that evening for drinks. She said she was one of the judges for the masquerade but that it was a dance with a cash bar so why don't we meet up there. It started at ten.

Later that night, we did all meet up. I bought her a drink, she bought me a drink...in fact, there was much drinking, much dancing (Matt is a great dancer, we danced liked crazy-and Jewel and I danced to the B-52's), fantastic conversation (I had a good deal of great one on one time with Jewel) and an all around wonderful time. We closed the dance floor bar at 2am and Jewel, Matt, Keith DeCandido, myself and a handful of other Browncoats went to the hotel bar to continue the party. We closed the hotel bar at 4am and stumbled back to our rooms bleary but happy.

Sunday afternoon Jewel stopped by the fan table to say hi before she had another signing and Q&A. The Q&A opening question was, "So how are you feeling?" I think she fared better than I. She went on to talk a little bit about the movie (no spoilers), action figures, and how she enjoyed hanging out at the con with people. Most of the questions were reminiscent, as one Browncoat remarked, of Inside the Actors Studio. She has two tattoos; One on her hip of moon and stars that her father bought for her on her fifteenth birthday, the other of a unicorn on her lower back that her mom bought for her on her eighteenth birthday...it was established by Jewel herself that she indeed has "cool" parents. At the end of the Q&A we hugged and said our goodbyes.

Jewel and Matt are lovely people, a great team and a whole hell of a lot of fun! I truly hope I get to hang out with them again someday.

-Debra (YoSaffBrig/Kessa)

"No power in the 'verse can stop me"

PIFFLE101

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:46 AM

Ha, "She bought me a drink, I bought her a drink" lol

More! Please. I love reports!

LITTLEKAYLEE

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:09 AM

man..I wanna go to a Firefly con..with Jewel!

ta for all the lovely memories!

*aka Scooby_Gal from Browncoats*

"Yes sir..Captain Tightpants"

"Well my sisters a ship. we had a complicated childhood."

PO1S

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Aronacus:
I have to tell you guys I went to the interview of Peter mayhew (chewbacca) he was 30 minutes late and after working 30 minutes he walked out. When a 7 year old asked for a picture he shouted to her mother to her up.

Oooooh...THAT explains it. I was in the ladies' room and this very, VERY, VERY angry woman was talking about what an ass Mayhew was. Sounds like she wasn't wrong.

Anyway, if you contributed a vid, I wound up discussing it on a different thread than the reports thread (sorry):

http://forums.prospero.com/foxfirefly/messages?msg=21764.44

--po1s

SHINEY

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:43 AM

Hee hee, hey people! Aronacus told me he'd finally joined. I know basically I've been a lurker since I joined but ICON kinda gave me the kick in the pants I needed.

Well I and Aronacus (the other half of my orange) attended all three days. I am sure if ya saw me at any Firefly events you probably looked at me funny. I was all in white, wearing purple batwings on my back, and sporting my Mighty Mighty Moogle Pom Pom of Doom headband with furry ears. If you play Final Fantasy than you know I was a Moogle.

I had a great time. I couldn't believe that the Firefly fans had a table this year. I unfortunately missed the first Q and A session because I was on line waiting for an autograph. But I went to the Fan Forum later on and had me some Virgin Mudder's Milk! Oh and if the lady I spilled some of it on is on this forum. I am so so sorry! BTW, where's the recipe for that Virgin Mudder's Milk ?

Aronacus is almost done putting together the video of the second Q and A session. Aronacus was so nervous at asking a question he mistakenly asked if they translated the Japanese on the show. =hugs Aronacus= He's a bigger fan than I am. Jewel Staite rocks!

"Oh My God It's Grotesque! Oh And There's Something In A Jar."

PO1S

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:54 AM

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Originally posted by Shiney:
BTW, where's the recipe for that Virgin Mudder's Milk ?

OK, I think calling it a recipe is a strech, considering that the ingredients were mostly what I happened to find in the random supermarket I stopped by on my way to the con Saturday morning. But what I threw into that pitcher was: 1/2 gallon of chocolate soy milk, 1/4 gallon of Very Vanilla soy milk (which is apparently different from regular vanilla soy milk), and a bottle of Kaluha mudslide mix. Stir and hope for the best....

--po1s

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