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The first annual D*C costume parade, Aaron Allston (Claw Marks author), the famous ChrisReid signing autographs, and plastic robots were the highlights of this fun day. Lots of fun, lots of pictures..
Comments:
Byydo: Nice pants, MC Musclemass.
Weasel: GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD! A LAMP!
Monee: Why the hell is there a lamp in the bathroom?
LOAF: That's just the lamp that follows Weasel around.
ChrisReid: Hmm.. is it just me, or is Weasel pulling the light bulb toward his hands with telekinesis?
Weasel: The bathroom light went out. Being the genius I am, I found a solution.
ChrisReid: And then the lights worked again.
Death: That's because the fates were mocking him, Chris. Much like we do
every day. Oops, I shouldn't have said that...
Weasel: Yeah, the stupid lights started working about 30 seconds after I moved the lamp in there.
Comments:
Byydo: Hehehe, you can't tell me the big glowing sign above monnee's head wasn't intentional. Tye needs to kick somebody's ass around here.
TyeDyeBoy: Byydo is under the mistaken impression that I care. Besides, Monee could take Crid any day.
Monee: HAHA!
LOAF: Monee could take any of us any day.
ChrisReid: Take me where?
Joe: LOAF again maintains his "I'm not with these guys" posture.
Comments:
LOAF: I'm probably doing the UT longhorns sign thing... but it looks like I'm just holding up my pinky. I think that's how you collect men.
ChrisReid: And then it suddenly got cloudy.
Joe: Wrong parade, LOAF!....then again......
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LOAF: Having not applied for a parade permit, the Muskateers were quickly hit by the minivan.
ChrisReid: Followed by bagpipe lady.
Joe: HADES: "That's what they think Brits look like?!"
Death: It'd be an improvement on the image of Brits that most Americans have:
that of Austin Powers.
Hades: At this point the parade can only get better. I hoped.
Comments:
Byydo: I thought the Klingons killed their infirm...
ChrisReid: Do not insult the honor of K'Timmeh!
Joe: I always wanted one of those cool wheelchairs.
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TyeDyeBoy: They had two damned Vaders in that parade, one at the front, and one at the back. I guess they wanted us to think that he got finished early and got back in line.
Hades: I was at least hoping for a clone army this year.
Comments:
Weasel: That's a lot of Stormtroopers...
TyeDyeBoy: We kept yelling for the Stormtroopers to go beat down the Klingons, but I guess we had a bad transmitter.
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Joe: Jedis battle the Death Star!
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Byydo: I dunno about the four musketeers there, but that actually looks a lot like Queen Elizabeth I...
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Byydo: Why don't Star Trek fans get more respect? GEE, I DON'T KNOW!
Weasel: That woman in the purple is in nearly every single picture of the parade.
ChrisReid: If I turned 180 degrees around she would have still been in the picture.
TyeDyeBoy: At first I thought she was actually dressed up like the Willy Wonka blueberry girl.
Monee: That woman reminds me of "Violet" from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." Giant Blueberry incident and all.
LOAF: The idea that they sent the little girl off to be juiced kept me good and scared for about four years. That and the kid getting sucked into the chocolate tube.
Comments:
Byydo: Nice try. Thrawn's not that blue, buddy. Mara Jade ain't looking so bad, though.
LOAF: Ptth, yeah, I mean, it specifically says how blue Thrawn is on Page 127 of Heir to the Empire. OVER-BLUED-LOSERS!
ChrisReid: They had some way less attractive Mara Jades in the Star Wars Costume Contest. I think those pictures came out too dark though.
Death: Given some of the contenders I saw in my wanderings around the con
spaces, I don't see the negative side of that, Chris.
Comments:
ChrisReid: No Comment.
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Byydo: Go ahead, walk right out there with your camera, it's not like you're going to fuck up the parade or anything.
ChrisReid: I like how that storm trooper behind her is trying to shoot her.
Joe: Where's that Minivan when you need it?
Death: If he's trying to shoot her, his aim is off.
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Weasel: This is when we all rushed the stage and assaulted Aaron Allston.
ChrisReid: Correction: This is one of the times when we all rushed the stage and assaulted Aaron Allston.
Joe: He was very cool about our intrusions...nice guy!
Death: Aaron: "If I sign these damn manuals will you stop bugging me?!"
Hades: Regular Claw Marks, SWC Claw Marks, Japanese Claw Marks.. he signed them all.
Comments:
Byydo: Yay, Bob Ross's autograph!
Weasel: Poor Aaron Allston probably never wants to see another Claw Marks ever again.
TyeDyeBoy: We did the same thing to him last year, just not in such large numbers. Poor guy's heart probably won't be able to take it next year.
LOAF: I'm already buying more WC1s for next year.
ChrisReid: Me too.
Hades: We got kicked out of the room we were in. Again. But the signing continued outside.
Comments:
TyeDyeBoy: Joe's showing him the Privateer outline. Aaron was quite impressed with it. "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
Joe: Hades secretly wishing that Joe would just SHUT THE F*** UP!
Hades: I think Aaron was hoping that the outline had been lost forever.
Comments:
Byydo: Who wins? You win. CLEAN THE CAT HAIRS OFF YOUR SCANNER.
Weasel: OH, MY GOD! ARE YOU CHRISREID?
ChrisReid: Yes I am.
Joe: For those who don't know--Hades, Paula, and I printed up about 6 of these pictures, and secretly asked total strangers to ask for ChrisReid's autograph--ALL WEEKEND LONG! He had no idea what was going on!--RIOT!
Hades: It's great how the people behind are trying to figure out if Chris is someone famous.
ChrisReid: And Yes I am.
Comments:
LOAF: Did anyone *keep* their ChrisReid glossies?
ChrisReid: Yeah, everyone did. I would have if I were them.
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Weasel: The elevators at our hotel took forever and were usually full, so we often took the stairs.
Monee: Notice the Mechs and caffeinated beverage.
Hades: And the "give the photos a rest" scowl on Tye's face.
Comments:
Byydo: I was gonna say something about Fat Albert's clubhouse here, but I'd probably get murdered.
Weasel: Chris has issues with consciousness.
TyeDyeBoy: Given his freakish nap cycling, I bet there are many doctors that would love to put him through some kind of sleep study.
Monee: Chris has now gone into screen saver mode again.
ChrisReid: I can't believe I slept through a guy searching the floor with a pocket flashlight.
Joe: LOAF's late night stints at the all-you-can-eat cabbage bar can be devastating!
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ChrisReid: It's Quark! What's with that silly rod in that guy's pocket?
Joe: Paula and I stood behind him in line for food--he was very cool...unusually laid-back.
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ChrisReid: Traci Lords sure owns a lot of pens.
Joe: Porn-queen-turned-movie-flop-turned-porn-queen.
Death: I suspect that not all of those pens are for the specific purpose of
signing things...
Comments:
Byydo: I liked him better when he was green.
Weasel: I could take him...
ChrisReid: Take him where?
Joe: When our buddy Kieth heard about us getting an opportunity to meet him, he got VERY excited...Lou Ferrigno was his childhood hero! We got an autograph for him.
Comments:
Byydo: I dunno if it's forced perspective or what, but Joe looks about 4 feet tall there.
TyeDyeBoy: I could take him... His little wife, too.
Weasel: ChrisReid: Take them where?
Joe: I just HAD to get a picture...I'm a big Time Bandits fan! :)
Comments:
Byydo: Robert Picardo needs a good solid dose of punch-out, courtesy of Smokin' Joe.
Joe: HEY! Watch yer hand, there...HOLO-PERV!
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Byydo: This picture looks familiar...
Joe: LOAF fails the screentest for the part of 'Wendy-Lou-Who'.
Hades: The photo from the year before with LOAF and "Lara Croft" was greater if only because Joe almost got in a fight trying to take the picture.
Comments:
ChrisReid: Sasquatch attack!
Joe: Paula enjoys the 'Hot-Monkey-Love'.
Death: Paula: "Umm, Joe...? You're going to do something about this hornball
trying to grope me, aren't you?"
Comments:
ChrisReid: This picture looks familiar...
Joe: Marvel Super Special...LOAF and GRINCH....Chrismas in Hawaii!
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Weasel: Joe and Paula were kind enough to give us all patches.
Joe: Where are the smiles?? Chris can keep his...the rest of you can give 'em back--you unappreciative BASTARDS!
Death: Hey, that was a smile, for me.
Comments:
Weasel: Do we have any pictures without robots in them?
ChrisReid: Nope, you're in every shot.
Joe: I can understand why Hades isn't smiling....we worked late, putting all those together...but JEEZ! SMILE, DAMMIT!
Hades: I am smiling. :(
Comments:
Weasel: Chris looks happy. I look stoned.
Joe: Weasel is no stranger to the bong!
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Weasel: Take a look at LOAF's cool Enterprise hat.
Joe: Why does Chris have 3 knees?
Hades: By the end of the Con we had even more robots. The cheap robot shop sold out of them too.
Comments:
Weasel: Poor peasants.
TyeDyeBoy: We gotta find a way to play this online.
ChrisReid: Umm..
Joe: "Me give up."
Death: "Umm, dude? Don't look now, but..."
Comments:
Monee: I still maintain that "George" looks like one of my college profs.
Joe: My hair looks more like a bad wig every day.
Hades: I wonder if looking that grumpy is part of "George's" act.
Comments:
Byydo: "Get your stinking..." I bet somebody said this already :(
TyeDyeBoy: Yes, heard it many a time. Many.
LOAF: Aren't you a little short for a storm trooper?
Joe: I wanna know how many monkies handled my wife that weekend!
Comments:
Byydo: Wait... angel wings? What's she supposed to be, anyway?
Weasel: You have no idea how difficult it was not to laugh while this was going on.
LOAF: Oh, I dunno, Byydo, maybe... AN ANGEL?
ChrisReid: I never noticed the wings.
Joe: The "McDonald's Angel of Death" asks ChrisReid for an autograph!
Comments:
Byydo: Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Weasel: Chris gets all the women.
TyeDyeBoy: She wasn't supposed to be anything, I think she was just showing up early for the goth parties.
Joe: Copper hair, black wings, too many accessories, bad acne....yeah, fits the profile...
Comments:
Byydo: Yow! I didn't realize that was Joe's face behind his wife's over there. I thought i was looking at some kind of Hieronymus Bosch painting.
Joe: PHHT!---RIGHT! As if I would be caught DEAD in plaid!
Comments:
Byydo: Man, Joe has a lot of ass to kick.
Joe: There they go! Waving their positronic gliders at my wife....AGAIN!
Hades: That's scary how you remember the name of those plastic sticks.
ChrisReid: You're just jealous you never owned a proton pack.
On to Day 3 & 4
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