Bring on the guppy people

Oh yes, it has been over half a year since I posted. As many people do, I had the blogger's dilemma - do I post about sincere work-related topics with a professional tone and helpful bent? Or do I post short blurbs with random ruminations on life, the universe, and everything? I tried the former and to be honest, I'm much too random to keep that going. So here's to starting an attempt at approach #2. Hey, maybe professional help will be involved in some way after all...

This weekend marks my first foray into an event that the anthropologist in me is drooling over. I'm going to Fangoria, a conference for horror fans. Although I'm a bit disappointed that my first con is NOT going to include storm troopers and Darth Vader (I'm assuming), I do think I'll make up for it with the people who will be wearing guppy makeup like Alice Krige here - oh wait, she's a full fledged member of the Borg... and with the people who don't have to wear makeup to look really creepy, like our man Tom Savini here who's kind of like a young Svengali... or this guy Robert Z'dar who looks like both the ax and the chopping block at the same time. On top of that, there will be many of the ingenues that get killed for messing around with the camp counselor, sporting names like Misty Mundae. And the spooky, hairy girl from the Ring. Hurray!

Of course all of this gushing is a thin mask for the real reason I'm going - my new obsession with Firefly/Serenity, Joss Whedon's cancelled TV show-cum-movie. (Shout out to Matt and Michelle for getting me hooked). The man who plays the main character will be there to promote his new movie, and if I'm lucky I'll get close enough to him to embarrass myself thoroughly in his direction. If I'm VERY lucky I'll also get a chance to embarrass myself in front of George Romero, director of Night of the Living Dead. And if YOU'RE lucky, I'll have photos of all of the above. Keep your fingers crossed!

Between this and the fact that Jon Stewart is hosting the Oscars, my head may explode from dorky happiness this weekend. So I'll try to post one more time before that happens. Given my current rate of posting, you're better off ducking than waiting.