Field Trip

After being in California for a month -and hoping to blog my trip, but decided it was not worth telling - my flat mate Bill dragged me to the Hollywood Collector Show for a day outside the area I now live. Now, Bill is way into getting autographs of his favorite Sci Fi actors (and his favorite female porn stars). I on the other hand, don't really get into it. I mean, I like meeting stars, but getting them to sign something is weird for me.

It was a nice warm Sunday as we drove to Burbank. As we pulled into the Hyatt Hotel, I saw Sherman Hemsley (Mr. George Jefferson) being followed by fans and a film crew from TV Land who are doing something there.

Anyway, paid my $15.00 and walked into geek land. Long time ago when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth, I loved going to sci fi conventions. Especially Dr. Who ones. But somewhere along the line, I stopped going. I realized that while I enjoyed meeting the stars, I was embarassed by these geeks who drooled over these people. I just liked talking to them, about their shows or what ever.

Eventually, my friend Marc would say that I have a healthy obsession with Trek and what not. I'm not the guy who needs to dress up and get his picture taken for the local news, even though it would be cool to tell the world that there are "normal" Star Trek fans out in the big wide world.

Back to the Hollywood Collector Show. I got to meet actor Barry Jenner, who played Admiral Ross on the last two seasons of DS9. That Trek show remains my favorite, and it was a delight to talk to him, while Bill got his autograph.

We talked about why I thought -and he echoed some of it - this show was so much better than VOY and ENT. DS9 is the most character driven of all the shows. Which I love and almost any actor does too.

I also met a few other people, which I'll bring you all later