It's cheaper to rent by the week

[pbray]

Best moment of the con so far-- entering the room where jpsorrow's noon panel was running late and informing the audience that while I apologized for the necessity, I needed to take Joshua with me since he was committed elsewhere at 1 o'clock.

As suricattus and I left the room with Joshua in tow, I told him "Come on, hurry up. I'm renting you by the hour and I want my money's worth." Hopefully that will start the right kind of rumors.

The engagement, btw, was a 1:15 showing of Indiana Jones at the theaters just down the road. Joshua and I were seeing it for the second time, while it was the first for Laura Anne. The movie held up to a second viewing, so a good time was had by all, and then it was time to pin our con badges back on* and go back to work.

*Except for Josh, who'd worn his badge throughout the movie.

Comments

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

Geek alert!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well we mocked him for a bit. Later when we went out for dinner we saw one of the con attendees, who was in costume as a NASA astronaut (full orange suit + helmet), so by comparison, Josh barely ranks on the geek scale.

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

I've always wished I had the temerity to go out to dinner dressed like the right stuff. Wish I was there!

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least Josh wasn't wearing a fedora and carrying a bull-whip. Though I suppose the latter would have been confiscated and the Dept of Homeland Stupidity called.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

There were lots of fedora wearing fans around, but no whips. At least not in public....

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Not in public, heavens, no!


In the early days of Cinema, after the "no smoking" and "no talking" messages, there would be a third, "Ladies, please remove your hats." With that many fedoras (fedorae?) around, you would need, "Gentlemen, please remove your hats."

[libwitch.livejournal.com]

*boggles* I know it shouldn't surprise me - but you actually pulled him out his panel to GO WATCH A MOVIE?

You two amaze me!

[lagilman]

*has innocence*

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Technically his panel had already run 5 minutes over, so we were doing a public service by encouraging Josh (and his fellow panelists) to vacate so the next group could come in.

Plus, Indiana Jones.

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahaha! XD

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Well, I have now seen it and he probably thanked her.
Great fun. One was worried, having seen what Mr. Lucas did to Star Wars when given his head. However, Mr. Spielberg was apparently a mitigating influence, as hoped for.