So, I'm sure most of you have heard about what happened to FedConUSA this weekend, and you are probably sick of it.  But, if you are interested in hearing my personal account here it is under the cut.

Hi everyone, I've made it back in one piece, and I think I just slept for 12 hours. :)  I am also really sore.  Thanks tiggerificsga for making me do all those con dances. :)

I had a great time at the con despite there being some ups and downs. The guest were wonderful and I loved all the people I met, so I'm able to put most of my issues with my hotel, the airplane, and the con aside.  Although, I will say this.  Wolf, please put your photo tickets on sale online.  I'm still bitter about the David/David pictures being sold "right after David Hewlett's appearance on stage".  What that meant was I left his talk 10 minutes before it was over went outside and found a line that wrapped around two corners of the building.  The lotto tickets for the David/David pictures ended long before it got to me.  In order to get a ticket I would have had to miss all of his talk and that is the only reason I came to London all the way from Texas.  I paid a lot of mony for this trip to have Wolf treat the fans like that.  The only saving factor in the whole thing was when I was in line to pay for my David picture I was voicing my opinion on the whole thing and another fan in the line took pity on me and gave me her David/David lotto ticket.  If you by chance happen to read this blog, thank you again so much.

Instead of giving a blow by blow account I'll just give my impressions of the guests.

Dan Payne, Ryan Robbins, and Aaron Douglas
Yes, I'm putting them in a group together.  These men are crazy insane!  They have energy coming out of their ears.  They had the whole con just rolling on the floor whenever they came on stage.  I had seen Dan and Aaron last year so I knew what to expect from them this year.  I had never seen Ryan so I was surprised to see how good looking he really is. ;)  They were a lot of fun, but they were the best when they were all together playing off of each other.  The only thing that kept me from completely loving them were the political jokes.  I didn't appreciate them very much.

Erin Chambers
I have to admit I wasn't really excited about seeing her, but I was really charmed by her.  I grew up doing musicals and she revealed that she is a musical theatre actress.  We had a nice little chat about theatre when I was getting her autograph.  I enjoyed talking to her.

Chuck Campbell
I could have included him with the three above, but I wanted to give him his own heading.  Like Aaron Douglas he was a surprise guest, unlike Aaron he really was a surprise.  He is just as crazy as the others and I loved him for it.  When I got his autograph I told him how jealous everyone was going to be that he was there, he didn't believe me. :)  He was a con virgin, but I really don't think this is going to be his last con.

David Nykl
About a week ago David announced that he was coming to the con.  I was so excited to see him and I wasn't dissapointed.  He is also very hyper on stage.  He was very fun to watch and when he and David were doing the pictures you could see that they are good friends.

Kate Hewlett
What can I say?  She's pretty, she's nice, and she has many years of insight with David.  I get the feeling that she thinks she is just there because she's David's sister.  She may be right, but she has a winning personality all on her own.

David and Kate Hewlett
I'm giving them a separate heading along with a combined heading.  Watching these two together makes me think of Christmas with my Dad's family.  They are very fond of each other, but there is that eternal snark with each other.  I love that about family.

David Hewlett
This poor man had a great appearance while he was suffering from food poisoning and you couldn't even really tell that he was sick.  I read a report that said you could tell he was a "star" but I might have to disagree with that person.  Yes, he was a lot more subdued than the others, but he was just as warm and approachable.  I was trying to pinpoint what it was about him that I was seeing and it finally hit me that he was like the older brother.  Like everyone else he had a great sense of humor, but he was a bit more mature than the others.  I found it just as easy to talk to him as it was to talk to any of the others.  By the way, he still drives his Toyota Echo.  I felt I had to establish that as I too drive a Toyota Echo. :)

I had one of the last tickets for autographs so I waited for almost 5 hours to get the autographs.  I was really impressed that the stars seemed just as friendly and open and willing to talk at 9:30 as they probably were when they started signing at 4:30.

I have this patron at the library who I've totally conected over shared tv shows and such.  When I went to the Stargate convention in Vancouver I made sure I got her an autograph of one of her favorites, Beu Bridges.

Well, anyway on Tuesday she came in and the first thing she said to me was that it was my fault!!  She then told me that in the fall she is going to go to an NCIS convention.  She told me I inspired her! :)