Monday, January 16, 2006

post- Xena con
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!! I actually got to see Lucy Lawless (Xena) and Hudson Leik (Callisto), 'twas so cool. Unfortunately, I didn't get to meet them in person or get their autographs. 1) because Lucy wasn't taking pics or signing anything and 2) because I didn't have enough money to pay for Hudson's picture or autograph. It was all so cool though!

The convention itself was kinda small. There weren't a lot of tables, ie. not a lot of people selling merchandise. Not to mention there weren't a lot of people at the convention in general.

I think only three people dressed up, almost everyone else wore some sort of Xena shirt, myself included. Maybe it's a good thing I didn't get a costume done in time? *shrug* I'm still getting a costume made though. I want a Xena costume.

But this time, we're ordering the pattern on-line, from this guy that gets it down exactly. It's so cool! I'm a little envious of the costumes and the people that buy them, actually, because the costumes are so accurate. Maybe I should just buy one from him instead? The only problem is that the costumes are rather expensive. It's about $899 for just the dress, not to mention the breast plates, the arm guards, the knee guards, the back plate, and the shoulder guards. Am I fogetting anthing...? Probably, but I don't think so.

I bought myself this huge cardboard cut out of Xena for about $25, which is actually pretty good, seeing as how these cut-outs are pretty rare, and therefore very expensive. The only reason why I got it so cheap was because the woman didn't know how much it was worth and had little post it notes all over the cut-out that said "make me an offer", so i did. I thought $20 was not enough, other wise, I would have gone for that.

During the auction, Squall actually bid on something. Here's the catch, with my money...So we were standing in the back of the room, watching everyone bid on something, occasionally bidding ourselves on an item, something I really wanted. Then the auctioneer brought out a Hercules product. Now you see, most of the items were started with the bid of $50, so what did Squall yell out the instant the item was up for bids? "FIFTY!!" It made me so mad. I don't mind if he bids with my money, I would prefer if he asks first. But he promised to repay me and buy much in the way of Xena goodness. Later, during Hudson Leik's time on stage, he decided that he didn't want the item so he wouldn't have to get me the Xena goodness and we didn't go pick up the Hercules stuff. It was funny though, the people that were sitting in front of us told us that Squall better buy me something good for bidding with my money. ^_^;

We left about an hour early because there really wasn't anything else to do and I was partaking in the Xena trivia contest, though Squall kept telling me I should, saying that I knew everything about Xena. I know a lot about Xena, but I don't think I know everything. Not yet. I will one day though.
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