Where no one has gone before...

[shadow_hive]

So today was a busy day. Was up unreasonably early and couldn't sleep again so came down at 6ish. I got Kerrang before I got on the coach and it annoys me that the Bullet poster is just Matt. Actually it annoys me more that it's Matt from an Axewound shoot so it should be listed as an Axewound poster if anything, but he's licking an ax so it's hot. The trip down there was ok, but traffic made the coach arrive late.

However, I did manage to see Sisbean, yay! It was nice to finally see, poke and pester her, ever if it was only a short time.

I got to the venue at about 2:30 and fucking hell. The line for ticket collection was about half the length of the main concourse. It was insane! I was stuck in there for over an hour, but at least getting the ticket was ok.

I wasn't completely sure what to expect with the event itself. But if I'm being honest? I was a little underwhelmed. The exhibition thing could've done with being about twice the size. It did have some cool stuff though and I got lots of pics from it.

The first thing I did was get Q's autograph. He was the one I'd set myself to get definitely and I managed to get it no problem.

Next I went to get Janeway's, but she was doing a photo shoot so I had a wander around the place. I got the only event thing that I got, the collectors Trek magazine (which is pretty cool). I also saw tribbles which I wanted but £50 each is fucking crazy. It did the purring and shaking too which made me squee but still, so much.

After a few circuits Janeway was back but her number hadn't changed. So after a few goes round I went to ask the ticket girl... only for two people in front to ask. They were let straight in, so I was too. While waiting in line I looked over... and couldn't help but notice Picard's shiny head (and mentally quoting B4's remark on it). And so I got auto number 2!

I had enough for another auto, so did another circuit to ponder. I eventually settled on getting Kira's, and I'm glad I did. She was so nice and we had a little talk too. Sadly the picture taken didn't save (same happened with the one earlier of sisbean) which sucks.

I hung around for the producers talk (the only talk I got to see sadly) which was pretty good and then headed home.

The trip back was uneventful.

Pics later.

It's my birthday now an I'm gonna spend it sleeping off today's travel madness.

Edit to add: 1: Yay! New Bullet song being played monday!
2: Jay's been on twitter 6 minutes and he's already giving me unreasonable images

Comments

[luzestrellera.livejournal.com]

hey! I know i've been a bit... lost XD, but anyway : HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!, hope your day and this whole year will be the best you ever had :):):)

[shadow-hive.livejournal.com]

yeah *snugs* Aww thanks¬

[lc-ffaf.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! :D

[shadow-hive.livejournal.com]

Thankies:D

[antontobias86.livejournal.com]

We got there at... 1pmish. And lined up in a horrifically-marked queue for about an hour, only to find out that it wasn't for the actual event, and was for the talk thing. Nowhere did it say this, and not once, did a steward ask people or say it was for whatever.

I completely agree it could have been twice the size. As bf kept saying, it was more of a mass signing than a convention. We were expecting a lot more stalls, but anything that was being sold was SO overpriced. A mug for £25? On your bike. We never even saw any tribbles around.

I hate that I was so disappointed with it, because I had such high hopes and was so excited for it :(

[shadow-hive.livejournal.com]

ugh:( Before joining the line I'd noticed an event person so asked them to be sure it was the right line, so I avoided such a mess. But I mean there weren't many steward people there and I think they only said what the line was once.

Yeah, I agree there. So crazy! The only thing I got from a stall was the Trek magazine cause it had a special cover.

Same here:( It seems the only fun stuff was just more money on top which was crazy. On Friday there was an opening ceremony thing with a talk with the 5 captains and gueess who hosted it? Barrowman! *shakes fist* Tickets were like £95 though or something crazy

[antontobias86.livejournal.com]

It really was so poorly organised.

Yeah I got that too. I got a tour guide as well though, just for the memory.

Ugh. I heard about that. That price is disgusting. Really is.

[shadow-hive.livejournal.com]

Yeah!

Yay! :) What's it like?

Yeah:( It's madness

[antontobias86.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad we're not the only ones that think so :)

I only flicked though, but it has a map of the site, and list of guests, and just little bits of info about the event, really.

[shadow-hive.livejournal.com]

me too :)

Aww sounds standardish