DreamCon - Meeting Jewel and Matt

POSTED BY: HiroStone
UPDATED: Friday, June 18, 2004 00:19
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HIROSTONE

Monday, June 14, 2004 3:08 PM

Hello all,

It’s been a while since I posted on here, but I have a valid excuse. I was part of the committee for the inaugural DreamCon convention that was held in Jacksonville, FL over the weekend (June 11-13). It was a great time and we had some really excellent guest actors/actresses, authors and artists such as our guest of honor Ron Perlman, Erin Gray, Gary Graham, Jerry “the King” Lawler, George Lowe (the voice of Space Ghost and incidentally, the funniest guy I’ve ever met in my life!), Mercedes McNab, Elizabeth Anne Allen, Brian Thompson (all three from Buffy!), Peter David (great author! great guy! fantastic guy!), Larry Niven, Arne Starr, Debi Derryberry (the voice of Jimmy Neutron), and many, many more. For our first time out, we all had a stressful, but fantastic time.

The reason I’m posting today, after all the madness and insanity, is that I got the chance to spend a lot of time with Miss Kaywinnit Lee Frye herself, another one of our special guests, better known as Kaylee, Jewel Staite, as well as her husband, the most awesome guy to do karaoke with, Matt Anderson. I met the both of them as we were both coming out of the VIP room and waiting for an elevator. I happened to mention that I had the DVD set in my bag hoping I would get to meet her sometime on the weekend. She was very nice and I didn’t even have to ask her as she offered to sign it for me (luckily I had my trusty Sharpie with me, of course). Matt then asked me down with them to the lounge for a drink so I tagged along.

While we were there, all of us talked about a lot of things: sci-fi in general and how loyal sci-fi fans are, the Lord of the Rings movies, about Jewel and Matt were surprised by the amount of support Firefly got when it was cancelled and when fans tried to bring it back and then convince the studio to green light the movie, about Jewel’s career, all forms of Star Trek, about how I got involved in the convention and what I was actually in charge of, some mutual interests such as writing, music and reading (Dan Brown’s books were a hot topic with The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons already read, but I recommended to them the other two books as they were excellent novels as well), they were also interested in my own writings and wanted to hear my processes of how I write; we discussed a wide variety of things including Joss, of course, his fanbase and the genius that is him! And of course we talked about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wait for it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Serenity!

Of course, she couldn’t say much about the plot or any secrets of the movie itself (confidentiality contract and you know how Joss Whedon likes to keep things under wraps) and I actually didn’t want to actually hear the inside stuff anyway as I’d like to be surprised when the movie comes out, but I just asked her one thing about Blue Sun. And she just smiled that really cute ‘Kaylee’ smile and said, "it’s something better . . .” and I was intrigued but satisfied with her answer.

Incidentally, Matt, Jewel’s husband, is a fantastic guy! Very charismatic and funny, and really brings out the best the people around him. Talkative and personable, he was great to watch as we were doing karaoke in one of the con rooms on Saturday night. And as he was dancing and gyrating, giving the audience a great show, Jewel was laughing and shying away, pretending not to know who he was. I actually saw her give that ‘I am so over you’ look that Kaylee gives Simon all the time. But I can't say enough good things about Matt; he really made me feel comfortable hanging around him and Jewel, and everyone else (including Elizabeth and Mercedes)all weekend.

As we talked more, we got into talking about the cast. They had some great stories and little anecdotes involving Nathan and Alan and their antics (I actually put on my Mal-type Firefly costume and they took my picture. And there is a secret prank between them and Nathan about giving each other ‘the finger’ so I was happy to accommodate them about it when they to

SHINY

Monday, June 14, 2004 3:22 PM

GREAT story, Hiro! Have you posted this over at the OB? If not, mind if I link them over here?

...sun-burned cleavage, hmmm...

"I left my heart in Serenity Valley"

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, June 14, 2004 3:22 PM

Sounds like you had a great time Hiro. Hope you were able to get some pics to share. I always figured Jewel as the sweet, easy to talk to sort. Her hubby sounds like a great guy.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

JAHZARA

Monday, June 14, 2004 3:56 PM

Make the thread as long as you like. Awesome that you met her.

Awesome!

HIROSTONE

Monday, June 14, 2004 4:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
GREAT story, Hiro! Have you posted this over at the OB? If not, mind if I link them over here?

...sun-burned cleavage, hmmm...

"I left my heart in Serenity Valley"

Not at all! Go ahead and link it over there. This Must Be Shared With Others!!!!

...yes... sun-burned cleavage... hehehehe... just how it sounds..... hehehe.... Jewel got sun-burned herself... but that's a whole other post altogether!!!!

-keep flyin'

-hiro

Kaylee
No power in the 'verse can stop me!

NICOLACLARKE

Monday, June 14, 2004 5:20 PM

C'mon, Hiro, you can't tell half a story and then leave us hanging!!

/ pure intentions, juxtaposed /

FIREFLEW

Monday, June 14, 2004 6:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by NicolaClarke:
C'mon, Hiro, you can't tell half a story and then leave us hanging!!

/ pure intentions, juxtaposed /

Exactly! Come on

And if you don't....

Capiche?

Jayne: "Know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I beat you with till you understand who's in command."

HIROSTONE

Monday, June 14, 2004 11:12 PM

Okay, I couldn't reply with another long post because I was at work and stuff got a little hectic. But I'm home now so.... any questions fire away.

I also hung out with Elizabeth Anne Allen who played Amy the Rat Witch on Buffy and Mercedes McNab, Harmony from Buffy and Angel. Elizabeth, Mercedes, Matt, Jewel, this fantasy artist Paul, and I all hung out in the lounge of the hotel after we did karaoke. THAT was an experience!

But any specific questions, I'll be happy to answer if I can. Just ask!

-keep flyin'

-Hiro

The Hiro of Fandom the man they call.... ME!!!

DARKHOOD

Monday, June 14, 2004 11:16 PM

Did McNab say anything about what the cast are like on set? Also you have to give us every bit of info you can from your talk with Jewle. I never get bored of reading good things about our favourite cast.

________________________________________________________________________

Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em.

Zoe: Shoot 'em?

Mal: Politely.

HIROSTONE

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 12:35 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DarkHood:
Did McNab say anything about what the cast are like on set? Also you have to give us every bit of info you can from your talk with Jewle. I never get bored of reading good things about our favourite cast.

________________________________________________________________________

Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em.

Zoe: Shoot 'em?

Mal: Politely.

I'm sorry. I only had a chance to briefly chat with Mercedes on Saturday night and that was with a group and the conversation drifted from one subject to another, but it didn't touch on the cast of Angel or Buffy. Mostly we all talked about music and getting to know personal stuff about each other. Plus, Matt and Elizabeth were goofing around with the lounge's baby grand piano, so we were laughing and sang a couple of songs badly before they told us to stop! All of us were going to an indie rock bar, but then Jewel and Matt weren't up for it, and Mercedes and Elizabeth didn't want to ride in a car without a driver (which was understandable since they were visitors and we were practically strangers). I didn't want to go either, so we all went back up to the VIP suite.

As for Jewel, well, she spent most of her time in the VIP suite talking to the other special guests when she wasn't doing signings, Q&A's or on discussion panels. She and Matt usually came up to hang out right after the events at the con. On Saturday, after she graciously did me a favor being a judge in my costume contest, they went up to the VIP room and hung out and talked to the guests there. They did go and see the Art Auction room to check out the drawings and paintings there for sale. I know they also went to see Artist's Alley in the dealer's room.

Also, she spent alot of time talking with Peter David, the author, who slso worked with her on Space Cases years ago, and also his wife. Also, with an artist from Orlando, Paul. She and Matt were sooooo lovey-dovey too at times. It was adorable ;o) Except when Matt was being very silly doing karaoke on Saturday, and that's when Jewel was either laughing her head off or pretending she didn't know him. LOL. But practically throughout the whole weekend, they were inseperable.

I didn't see many of the panels, but the one thing I heard from some people was that during this one panel that had Jewel, Erin Gray, Elizabeth, Mercedes and a couple of other women, some feminist zealot were critizing all of them, Jewel especially, for their sexual overtones in sci-fi shows that they were on. I'm surprised that Matt, who I assumed was there, didn't shoot up from his seat and went

at this woman. I mean, these panels are for healthy discussion, yeah, but also to be fun and light-hearted.

Um, when I talked to Jewel alone we talked about my experiences in college theatre, writing and various books and such. I really recommended Dan Brown's books, but Deception Point more highly than Digital Fortress. She was intrigued that the lead characters were women in both books and I said that Deceptoin Point was excellent and that she should definitely check it out.

I'll talk more about some cool stuff I found out about the Firefly cast and some stuff about Serenity. But I have some errands to do.

-keep flying'

-Hiro

-Are you familiar with the works of Shan Yu?

-Isn't that required reading for FOX and WB TV executives?

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