Polaris 22

[magicom]

I spent the weekend at Polaris 22, a sci-fi/fantasy convention in Toronto. It was AWESOME. That's all I can say through the two-and-a-half days of squee.
Anyway, lots of people have written detailed reports of the goings-on there all over the Internet, so I'll get straight to the pictures:

Novelist Jim Butcher - author of the Dresden Files books,

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[coffeegirl18]

Ooo cool! You basically posted photos of the ones I didn't get to see. I missed Jim Butcher since I missed Gareth's first photo thing : (

Oh and your pics are so much better than mine...my hands shook because I was laughing so hard at Gareth. Andy/Pterodactyl (Myfanwy) for the win! He's really truly funny and really hot ;D

I took a couple at Jason Dohring's Q&A...he decided to strip off his leather jacket and flashed a little skin by accident! I sadly have no photo of that since I was gawking at him.

Could you maybe make the Gareth pics so I can see the larger size?

I also met Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld series) and Tanya Huff (Blood Ties was made into a tv show on Lifetime/Space)

I was as hyper about CosPlay when I saw a group of S.T.A.R.S. from Resident Evil!

[magicom]

Ooooh, I saw the S.T.A.R.S. too. I found a lot of the costumes quite exciting, but Starbuck was my favourite. I'm such an original BSG fangirl. Who knew the future looked so much like the 70's? I got a couple pics at Jason's Q&A as well. Only one turned out very well. If you PM me your email address, I'll send you the Gareth pics and, if you want, the Jason pic. I'm a big Torchwood nut (obvious if you've briefly glanced over my LJ), so Gareth really was the main event for me, but I was pleasantly surprised how many awesome guests they had. My sister came with me and she loves Jim Butcher's novels and we went to all his stuff - we felt like we spent half the weekend with him! And Gareth was so charming and funny, I just wanted to see even MORE Ianto in Torchwood after meeting him, and I didn't think that was possible. Rainbow, as a last minute addition, was an AWESOME surprise. My sister and I both love him on Atlantis. As I said above, DS9 is my favourite Trek. I have the Jadzia Dax action figure. All the costume people were amazing.

[coffeegirl18]

Did you see the characters from Hell Boy too? I was really really early so I had extra time to get ready for everything. :D That was my first time at any Con! So much fun though. Oh and Jason and Gareth smelling amazing *gropes them*. Trufax!

I'm PMing you in a minute.

Oh and I heard I Am What I Am playing at Chapters while in Toronto the other day.

[magicom]

Cool, I only ever hear I Am What I Am in my car... on CD :D I didn't get your PM, if you sent it. I did manage to turn one of the boys at work into a total JB fanboy. He has a genuine mancrush. Now I have someone to squee with :)