Seventeen days ago I was standing outside the Birmingham Hippodrome, asking John Barrowman if he was going to be back at Comic Con this summer. He didn't know, but said he was having his OWN convention and to keep watching his website for the details...Today, as promised, TORCHSONG was announced on his site and ...
I GOT the Whole Shibang TICKETS!!!!! At my age it would be unseemly to shout a fangirl *SQUEE*...so I'll just do a wild Happy Dance and pinch myself for the rest of the
day month. Much more dignified. :-DDDD
Gareth and Kai at Gallifrey next month, then John again in June...and hopefully again in July, at Comic Con. WOO HOO! No matter what other shite this year brings...FANTABULOUS Times ahead!
Never mind, I found it. I'd heard about this before, actually. There's not much info on the con website about what exactly will be happening, but the cabaret thing would be great, I'm sure.
Edited at 2009-01-08 05:13 pm (UTC)
Really looking forward to the cabaret and the cocktail party...not to mention the panels. Gotta believe Gareth will be there. Don't think he's missed a convention yet, and John certainly knows what the fans want. ;-)
I love that pic of John in your icon. I used that header for quite awhile.
I felt sort of ridiculous last summer at Comic Con, but then I met so many other women of my age there, including one that I'm going to TorchSong with, who is six years older than me! So I decided to take John's mom's advice..."You're a long time dead" and just get over the impropriety of it all and go for it. I have no illusions...just more fun. Luckily, my husband of thirty three years thinks I'm a bit nutty, but he's fine with it.
Hell...right before I talked to John, he was signing for a woman who looked to be in her eighties, he knew she followed him everywhere and was quite sweet and gracious to her.
Yes, I'm soooo hoping that since this is John's own convention there will be NO limitations on the smut...HUB Style! ;-)
Well, I'm glad to hear of other non-young fannish types. My best online Torchwood pal is relatively close to my age, so we commiserate about this sometimes. In all the Hub and other con photos I've seen, everyone looks so young, it makes me nervous to go to one. (not to mention proximity to objects of fannish obsession, which might make me keel over). That's great that you're going to Torchsong with someone - what fun. My partner also thinks it's somewhat nutty, but tolerates. She's used to obsessive types, haha.
Trust me. NOT everyone is so young. LOTS of Boomers at Comic Con. I managed to stay away from most of the fannish objects, but did do a smidge of shopping in the BBCAmerica store...AND there was comic book style print of Jack juxtaposed with The Face of Boe that was just too beautiful to pass up, so I had John sign it for me. My daughter, on the other hand, made out like a bandit with SteamPunk gear. So yeah, now that I think of it, it can be very dangerous to your wallet! :-D
Skins - I'm still working on last few episodes which I have taped. Not sure 2nd season was as good as 1st. I think they got a little too sensationalistic, with some horrible problem for each character every week. But still good. I love Tony. The actor who played Chris is also in Merlin, which I just started to watch last night.
Our favorite character is Sid, but we just scream "WHY?" at the TV every time he goes back to Cassie. Just curious...looking at your icons I noticed you don't have any QueerasFolk (US) Brian/Justin or Melanie/Lindsay. Did you ever watch that show, or did you just not like it?
Get past the baby thing and the Brian/Justin relationship/non-relationship is the core of the series...and it is HOT!!! HUB kiss GUH Hot for five seasons...at least, in my humble opinion. :-D