Random thoughts

So I'm back from the Second Vampire Ball.  I had a good time despite the disappointment at the late cancellation of Eliza - many tickets were sold on the strength of her appearance which is always risky but at least I had already bought mine before she was announced. It would have been nice to see her though. Ah well. Apparently she has agreed to appear at Invasion 2 in May next year. It's a mix of shows - The Guild, Battlestar, Caprica, Stargate and Firefly.  Whilst I watch all but Stargate I'm not sure I want to go yet.  Morena Baccarin and Felicia Day will be there - but the other guests don't really get me excited.  I think I will mull over buying a ticket until December.

Anyhow new venue Renaissance Hotel was pretty nice - no sticky carpets,  indifferent service or poor food so that was a plus. The DJ at the parties has changed and is much better although you do get a small selection of Convention dance songs (whiskyinmind they played House Rules and Whisky In Mind by Kane )   To give Sean Harry his due he got J August Richards at four days notice and Keith (Holtz) Szarabjaka as replacements.  Julie Benz, Nick Brendon, Mark Metcalfe, Clare Kramer, Georges Jeanty, Allan Hyde (True Blood) & Mariana Klaveno  completed the line up. I've some nice photos which I'll post along with a report /artwork later once I've got everything unpacked.

I did miss my con buddies whiskyinmind and acrazywench  so much. It's not the same without you guys.

It's taken a bit longer than I expected. Lots of photos to sort out.  Here's some teasers

 




There's more shiny HQ photos on my site here.  If you'd rather not look through them all,  James Marsters here and here , Nicholas Brendon and here, Mercedes   & here, James Leary   & here, Mark Lutz   and here - with group shots here & here. 

And if you want to know what went on read the report,  it's hidden under a cut( clicky )

So a while back I had a tinker with some photoshop manips.  Nothing ' dangly'  or NSFW because I'm not that proficient ;) -  this was initially due to a contest prompt at still_grrr  and then I was reminded  recently when lovely rua1412  updated her layout with some fine art.    So I went and dug out some paintings by Artists of which I am particularly fond and here we are!   The whedonverse meets the art world.

A little taster  'Echo' (or Faith if you prefer) as Isabella and the Pot of Basil (Holman-Hunt)  I was very fortunate to attend the massive Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition (twice) at the Tate back in '84 and saw this amongst others and can say that it certainly left an impression.  Click the thumb to see full size.



More under the cut ( this way.... )

Fandom: BtVS
Characters: Xander Harris
Song: Great Escape by We Are Scientists
Length: 3.20sec | Size: 12.3mB, 36mB , Stream
Type of file:WMV
Copyright: Property of Joss Whedon, WB, 20th Century Fox etc
Description: Xander Harris lives on the hellmouth, gets into tight spots and makes some great escapes.
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