So Many Activities, So Little Time (and Money)

My weekly blogs for the last couple of weeks have been about the events, activities or movies I have attended or seen over those weeks; and this week’s blog isn’t much different. Living in Los Angeles affords the residents many special opportunities to participate in a wide variety of events like conventions, free movie screenings and Paley Center panels (just to name a few) as long as you are aware of the many events that take place in this huge metropolis, that is.

Fortunately, since moving here from the East Coast over 9 years ago, I’ve learned about many of the television related events that are held throughout the city of Los Angeles (and elsewhere) and have been even more fortunate to meet so many wonderfully diverse and fun people along the way.

Thanks to the short-lived CBS series Moonlight, which debuted on the network back in September of 2007, I meet a multitude of terrific ladies all of whom fell in love with the show much like I did. Despite the demise of the show, the Moonlight fans from the Los Angeles area – or to be more specific – those fans who live in Southern California – have remained friends and we continue to hold get togethers nearly every month.

One such get together was this past weekend, as a number of us attended the Paley Center for Media’s “Vampire Weekend,” which featured free screenings of past Paley events such as the True Blood Paley Fest event and the Moonlight Panel. Since all of us attending Saturday’s screenings were in attendance at the Paley’s salute to the show back in April of 2008 – and because of the headiness of the night – we wanted to relive all the wonderful moments and see the panel with fresh eyes.

It was interesting, to say the least, to see the playback of that night, but also a bit disappointing since the playback wasn’t quite as good as we had hoped; not because the panel was bad or anything like that; but more so because the quality of the recording wasn’t as good as it could have been. Regardless of the quality, it was a fun outing for all of us and it was nice to relive the night and remember what could have been.

Next up on the calendar of activities is the Third Annual Firefly/Serenity Convention, run by Creation Entertainment, that will be held this coming weekend (November 21 and 22) at the Marriott Hotel near the Los Angeles Airport.

The special guest stars for this weekend include the following:

Nathan Fillion – now the star of the ABC series Castle
Morena Baccarin – now the star of the ABC series V
Adam Baldwin – now the star of the NBC series Chuck
Alan Tudyk – a guest star in the ABC series V
Mark Sheppard – versatile actor who has appeared on Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse, Warehouse 13, Bionic Woman, Burn Notice and much more
Yan and Rafael Feldman – who appeared in the Serenity movie as twins Mingo and Fanty

This will be another fun activity for my friends, including some from the Southern California Moonlight fans (otherwise known as the SoCal Freshies) to get together and have fun; and see these great stars in action. You can rest assured that Nathan and Alan will be at their funniest over the weekend, Morena will look amazingly beautiful, Yan and Rafael will regale us with stories from the set of Serenity and Adam will be at his dead-pan finest.

If you live in the area or will be visiting sunny California that weekend; and most important of all, if you are a Browncoat or a fan of any of these fine actors, try to hit up the LAX Marriott Hotel and join in the fun. You can learn more about the Third Annual Firefly/Serenity Convention at the following website: http://creationent.com/cal/serenity.htm.

Oh, and by the way, you can get your picture taken with any of these actors or get their autograph (as long as you don’t mind spending a little bit of green in order to get them). After all the holidays aren’t that far off and what fan wouldn’t love to have an autographed photo of these great folks.

I hope to see some of you there. You’ll know me by the screams of delight in the dealer room as I fawn over pictures of Moonlight, Legend of the Seeker, Chuck, Pushing Daisies and many, many more… What can I say; I’m a sucker for 8 x 10 photographs and am an avid collector of postcards and buttons. Now if I could just work that into my budget somehow….off to do some math to make it all work…

So many activities, so little time (or rather money)…