Angel

Came back from Dragon*Con, and have taken a day or so to settle back in. Trips are always disruptive to my schedule and it takes me a little time to get back into the groove.

It was, in many respects, a typical Dragon*Con. I saw some folks, such as George Takei, hardly at all, and others I was running into no matter where I turned (I encountered Walter Koenig practically everywhere, including the men’s restroom.) The Walk of Fame where the stars autographed was the place to go if you wanted to sweat off pounds. I was in Artists Alley, next to Greg Horn, and did a very brisk business, moving pretty much all the books I’d brought to sell. So that was nice.

Interestingly, it took me two hours to get from New York to Atlanta, and another two hours to get from Atlanta Airport to my hotel room. To make matters more exciting, I was scheduled for a Trek panel at 2:30 PM Friday when my plane didn’t even land until 2:35.

For reasons surpassing any claim to sanity, I agreed to co-host "Iron Artist" again. I was teamed with James Leary ("Clem" from "Buffy") who proved to be a talented improv guy, which is what you need when you’re trying to keep an audience entertained for close to an hour while you’re literally watching paint dry.

I only got to see one panel the entire weekend: A Buffy cast panel. Danny Strong ("Jonathan") is an extremely funny guy. At one point James Marsters was asked if he was anything like "Spike," and Marsters replied, "Yeah. Spike is the part of me that you get if you f*ck with me." And then Strong piped up, "Same with me! When you f*ck with me, you get Jonathan!" This of course got a huge laugh, and Strong continued, "That’s right! You get a short, cranky Jew...oh. Wait. That’s actually me. Never mind."

Greeted fans, greeted friends, spent time working on possible future projects with Bill Mumy. Kath hung out with old friends from Atlanta, Ariel sold her artwork, and everyone adored Caroline, newly into waving bye-bye and prompting one retailer to comment, "My God, that’s the cutest baby in the world."