I Aim To Misbehave...

In the vast universe of fandom, I place myself somewhere quite a bit north of the average viewer and waaaay south of the crazed shippers. What I mean to say is that I am not afraid to be a little dorky about my television. To that end, I was more than a little excited to go to the Sci-Fi Expo that was held in Irving, TX, this past weekend. Four members of the cast of Firefly/Serenity and Eliza Dushku? Yes, please. And before you ask, no, Nathan Fillion was not there. That was fine with me, though, because Sean Maher was (Simon was my favorite character). And so was Jewel Staite (a/k/a Kaylee). And I took a pretty decent picture with the two of them (see below). So, yes, good times.

Also in attendance from Firefly/Serenity were Adam Baldwin (who seems supremely nice) and Ron Glass (who was the reason my dad finally agreed to watch the show for the first time). I had previously met Adam Baldwin, so I didn't get his autograph this time, but I met a girl while waiting in line to get into the panel who had just met him for the first time and was overwhelmed because he gave her an autograph when she told him she had run out of money (hello, run-on sentence). This sparked a conversation, and I spent the next hour getting to know her and some of the other people in line. I didn't really mind the wait because my brother was in line for the Eliza Dushku photo-op so I had no one to hang out with. Plus, it paid off when they let us into the room where the panel was and I got front-row seats. I have seriously never gotten such good seats for anything (and I had some awesome ones at the Duncan Sheik concert I went to a few years back).

The Firefly/Serenity panel was a lot of fun. Favorite moments? Well, when asked what his favorite memory of Firefly or Serenity was, Ron Glass said, "The moment before my final breath." Cue laughter. Then Adam Baldwin piped in, "That's funny. I was talking to Joss, and he said the same thing." From then on, Shepherd Book's death was the butt of many jokes. Other moments? The whole American Express Platinum card exchange. Jewel Staite saying that she and Sean wanted Simon and Kaylee to have a baby. The hilarity over a mispronunciation of Alan Tudyk's name. Really the whole thing was great fun. I am sure that by now there are various YouTube videos up. If you are a Browncoat, it would be more than worth it to check them out. If you just have a passing interest in the actors or show, it would still be more than worth it to check them out.

The Powers That Be did not empty the room between panels, so I got to keep my awesome seat for Eliza Dushku's panel. It wasn't just pure fun because there were several awkward and inappropriate questions asked of her. She handled them all like a trooper, though. Mad props to her. (As if I needed another reason to like her.) I personally like this picture and am not sure why. The guy beside her had read something about her wanting to play D&D so he had brought his...uh...I'll go with...character sheets (I have no idea if that is what they are called). She seemed to enjoy it. Her boyfriend Rick Fox came over and took a picture of her hamming it up with him.

All in all, it was a great weekend.