Over Scheduled...Again

Every year....every damn year....major over schedule.

There aren't really that many actors this year. Some of my problem stems from actors from older shows I missed before coming around again. And because of the level of draw they all seem to be having individual panels all at the same time. Thppppppppp of course part of the over schedule is to list every panel someone is in so if you miss one you can try and catch another. The really funny ( ironic ) part is that even though we will both have 5 things scheduled for a particular slot we may still go see something completely off script, just 'cause.

Across twitter the big draws seem to be Falling Skies and Lost Girl. Funny that Falling Skies has never been in attendance at Dragon Con before and this was the summer I just started watching it. I feel like they are here just for me.

Here's some of the major draws I decided to list out. Most are on my Guests of Dragon Con twitter list.

• Patrick Stewart Star Trek "John Luc Picard"
• Walter Koenig Star Trek "Checkov"
• Gates McFadden Star Trek "Doctor Beverly"
• Karl Urban Star Trek Reboot "Bones", Almost Human "Detective John Kennex"
• Colin Cunningham Jpod "Young Steven" Falling Skies "John Pope"
• Scarlett Byrne Falling Skies
• Drew Roy Falling Skies "Hal Mason"
• Lani John Tupu Farscape "Crais"
• Gigi Edgley Farscape "Chiana"
• Ron Glass Firefly "Preacher"
• Adam Baldwin Firefly "Jane" Chuck "Casey"
• Grant Bowler Defiance "Joshua Nolan"
• Tony Curran Defiance "Datak Tarr"
• Mpho Koaho Defiance "Tommy"
• Jesse Rath Defiance "Alak Tarron"
• Julie Benz Angel "Darla" Defiance "Mayor Amanda Rosewater"
• Amy Acker Angel "Fred"
• J. August Richards Angel "Gunn"
• Katie Cassidy Arrow
• Katrina Law Arrow ""Nyssa Al Ghul"
• Caity Lotz Arrow "Sara Lance/Black Canary"
• Paul Blackthorne Arrow "Detective Quentin Lance" Dresden Files "Harry Dresden"
• Dresden Files - Jim Butcher (Author of the Novels)

Two of my fav nostalgia stars:

• Princess Bride - Cary Elwes
• Buckaroo Banzai/Robo Cop - Peter Weller

There's actually more Star Trek people, the main cast from Warehouse 13, Stargate, BattleStar Galactica, Lord of the Rings/Hobbit.....I guess maybe it was a good turnout.

So here's the deal. I'm thinking Goals are to hit one Falling Skies panel, one Defiance Panel and one Farscape panel. Nice to hit would be Patrick Stewart, Firefly and Angel. The problem with those is their respective tracks are in hotels a block off the main three. So those tend to come down to how full they are and how tired I am.

*sigh* Dragon Con chaos is fast approaching....

Where is Dawn Now? Year 4

Well, I'm running down the road 

tryin' to loosen my load 

I've got seven women on 

my mind, 

Four that wanna own me, 

Two that wanna stone me, 

One says she's a friend of mine 

Take It easy, take it easy 

Sorry....that's my traveling music. You think you download enough music for a road trip and then two years into boring space and you realize you're now sick of everything you brought. Thank god for stray radio signals (except Rush Limbaugh, I could do without those).

Here I am into year four....boooring.  Still another 8 months from my destination. Ground control keeps messing with my stuff man. I guess they're bored too. So I screwed with them.....I sent back the following bogus telemetry data last month:

• an open circuit in one of the pressurized cells of the nickel-hydrogen battery, a portion of the reaction control system that was so cold that its hydrazine propellant was in danger of freezing,
•  temperatures elsewhere on the spacecraft so low that the delicate cameras were at risk of being damaged, and a sun sensor with degraded vision.
• the waveguide transfer switch #5, used to direct the radio signal from the transmitter inside the spacecraft to one of its antennas for beaming to Earth, was stuck and so would not move when software instructed it to.
• computer memory was compromised by space radiation
• one of the two star trackers, devices that recognize patterns of stars just as you might recognize constellations to determine your orientation at night without a compass or other aids, was no longer functional.
• an antenna at the Deep Space Network that needed to be taken out of service for emergency repairs 

Muuuuaaaaaaahhhhhhhh...I'm so evil, bored, whatever.

Dawn Mission Status

Welcome 2014

Dragon Con August 31st - September 1st

Since it appears that everyone says they want to know what's going on at Dragon Con but no one ever bothers to read the site I have decided to take it off line unless someone expressly asks to be added. I'm unclear what that says about me...am I not funny or interesting enough or do I just need new friends. I vote to blame it on friends and family since I know I'm hilarious.

It's two weeks to Dragon Con so I guess greetings and salutations are in order. I'm trying to get excited but I just can't seem to get into the mood. Even the social media sites are waaaay more quiet than usual. Twitter is just peeping and even the Google+ Dragon Con group isn't posting much. My guests have also bailed on me this year so my house is silent too (well except for the cats but they don't get Dragon Con).

The guest list this year is a bit lack luster as well. Each year I say I'm not doing any celebrity panels and each year when the list comes out I fill up my schedule. This year not so much. I think part of it is that there really isn't much science fiction out anymore and all the stars from shows past are busy doing other things. I'm going to look at this as an opportunity to see some of the other tracks.

Not that we didn't know Dragon Con was getting bigger each year but last year even small out of the way tracks were filling up. I think the tickets sales have doubled from 5 years ago.  This year I'm going to try and strategize a way not to go insane( more insane? ).

Here's hoping this years Dragon Con turns out to be the best one ever....

Mistress Dawn
  The ever lovely, eloquent and charming Lady of the House
Master Johnathan
  Man of miscellaneous knowledge and Lord of the House

All Hail the Dragon Con Cast of 2014