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Gallifrey One's Network 23: Day Two
I didn't see much of Con Buddy on Saturday. I think it had to do with our different approaches to getting photos and autographs. He'd done a lot of that on Friday, and had a stronger interest in the...
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Gallifrey One's Network 23: Day Three
I'm so tired I can't see straight. Despite that fact, I can't seem to stop grinning like a fool as I think back on my weekend. I do believe I've got myself a new annual tradition. Minus, of course,...
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Gallifrey One's Network 23: Lessons Learned
This having been my first year to attend Gallifrey One (or, for that matter any con of any kind), it was a learning experience as much as a chance to rub shoulders with some whovian Names. Since there...
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Gally 2012 Recap
I have been seeing all sorts of great recaps of the Gallifrey One 2012 experience all over t3h intarwebs, and wish I'd been coherent enough to be half as clever as some of these thoughtful folks. For...
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I Wish I Was Back at Gallifrey
Ever since I heard Paul McGann sing a verse of "I Wish I Was Back in Liverpool" at the interview panel at Gally (I believe this was Friday afternoon), I haven't been able to get it out of my head. In...
View ArticleIt's Gally Time!
Today I'm off to Los Angeles for my second Gallifrey One convention. I remember last year seeing all the activity on the relevant Twitter hashtag (which is now #Gally1), with people invariably...
View Article24 Hours of Gallifrey One: Day One
This year is already a bit different than last. It's less about the guests and more about the friends. On the official Day One (that's Friday), programming doesn't actually start until noon, unless...
View Article24 Hours of Gallifrey One: Day Two
It was all about the cosplay on Saturday. There was a group of us that had been planning for months to do a group cosplay (that is, we'd all dress up in related costumes) we'd dubbed "the TARDISpod."...
View Article24 Hours of Gallifrey One: Day Three
The wifi at Gally gets painfully slow - to the point where you can't get any sort of real connection for long stretches of time, especially if you want to be going to panels instead of hanging in the...
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Gally 2013 Recap
It's a week later, and if my Twitter feed is any indication, I am very much not alone in my feelings of ennui at no longer being at Gally. There's even a hashtag (#PostGallyBlues). I've seen a few...
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Confession #50: I'm a Cosplay "Cheater"
Cosplay, the art and craft of dressing as a character from some fandom, has been gaining popularity here in the US in the last several years. In fact, last year cable channel Syfy even launched a...
View ArticleYou Have Been Warned
If any of you readers (regular or otherwise) either have no interest in news of the annual Gallifrey One convention or for some other reason don't want to read about all the awesomeness that is about...
View ArticleGallifrey One - 25 Glorious Years: Day One
It feels very strange to be writing my first post this morning, after so much has already happened. Although only a single day of the official con has passed, Gallifrey One has been happening...
View ArticleGallifrey One - 25 Glorious Years: Day Two
My Saturday was all about the cosplay. Almost since last year's Gally, the same group of friends who brought you the TARDISpod has been planning our next group cosplay: the Tin Litter. We each had our...
View ArticleGallifrey One - 25 Glorious Years: Day Three
I joked with a friend that today's blog post would be short and sweet: "Sunday I spent all day in Program A. The end." While that's an accurate summary, though, it's neither interesting to read nor...
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Confession #51: I'm Swayed by Actors' Charms
It would not have occurred to me, years ago, to think that my view of a character might change depending on what I learned of the personality of the actor or actress depicting said character. As a...
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Gally 2014 Recap
This year I don't have any links to panels to share, and for the most part, I didn't take photos until I sat in Program A all day on Sunday. I hope you'll all forgive me, then, if for my wrap-up I do...
View ArticleIncoming!
Today's the day I give my annual forewarning to my readers that the onslaught of Gallifrey One posts is about to begin. This year marks my fourth time attending the con, and more of the usual...
View ArticleThe 26 Seasons of Gallifrey One: Day One
Gally started full speed this year. LobbyCon was already in progress Wednesday night, and by Thursday it was insane. People had Fourth-Doctor-sized ribbon chains well before the con even began. As for...
View ArticleThe 26 Seasons of Gallifrey One: Day Two
My Saturday was panel-rich. I jumped in right at the beginning of programming with "The Gallifrey Genderbend," a panel discussing the pros and cons of a future incarnation of the Doctor being (or at...
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