Shore Leave Con Report
Jungle Kitty
Started a new story on the plane. Arrived safely and had dinner with a
group of K/Sers. Then a bunch of us spent the rest of the evening
giggling and guffawing over some very funny music vids.
Off to bed now, so I can spend the morning bitching about the dealer's
room not opening until 2:00.
* Personal Log, Jungle Kitty, Shore Leave, Day 1 *
I guess the best today was the dealer's room. Must remember to thank
Laurel for turning me onto the fun of collecting useless stuff (Star
Trek crapabilia). The highlight of my haul so far:
<drumroll> <or long Shatnerian pause, if you prefer>
The Star Fleet Marriage Manual. Note to all personnel: It's illegal to
marry a Klingon but not a Romulan.
I kept my head, though. I didn't buy the Star Trek Band-Aids or the Star
Trek Silly Putty. I also resisted buying the coaster of Spock with giant
pointed ears with laundry hanging on them, but it did make me laugh
pretty hard.
Heard Gary Lockwood speak. Not much of a speaker. Although his last
story about almost getting killed by a giant wave surfing in Brazil
sounded so much like a dumb Academy stunt that I really loved it. <g> If
he's still around tomorrow, I'll have him AUTOGRAPH my FOTO-NOVEL of
*WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE*!!!!!! (If you've ever seen one of those
foto-novels, you'll understand my excessive use of all-caps and
asterisks.)
So far, I've seen the following from the NG crowd: Ned, Mary Ellen,
Judith, Laura JV, Kaki. Don't know who else will show up.
Judith got online and sent an email to Robin, who then called us. She's
going to call again tomorrow night during the party.
*Personal Log, Jungle Kitty, Shore Leave, Day 2 *
Major adventures today! Writing this, then going to take a nap, so I can
stay up waaaay late at the party.
OK, in chronological order.
I got a poker lesson from Gary Lockwood. I am *so* *jazzed* that I got
input from GL for a story! Also got him to autograph my FOTO-NOVEL--the
picture of "I'LL SQUASH YOU LIKE INSECTS!" He also autographed the Gary
Mitchell card from the ST card game--Friend of Kirk(tm). It was
suggested to me that I should give him a copy of Golden Boy to read. But
he informed me several times that he's a cowboy and very macho, and I
think he'd beat me up. Real-life revenge fic. <shudder>
Also got 3 incredible photos--a still from the blooper reel where Kirk
and Rand are going at it and 2 from Alex T. Great. Stunning!
Snapped up a book called "Biographies" put out at the time of ST II.
It's got bios of the characters. Haven't read them all, but the Kirk one
is really something. They have him being born on the moon (?!?) and, in
addition to his brother Sam, he had a sister named *Michelle Suzanne.*
<wink to Gayle Potts> It also has an interview with his mother, and love
poetry by Rand. I'm sure the others are equally, er, fascinating. I did
see that the Spock bio has some love poetry by Chapel.
Finally...June 1984 issue of Enterprise Incidents, Special Ed on WS. It
has incredible pictures, lots that I'd never seen before, including a
picture of him at about age 16 that I want to be buried with. Also a
bunch of pictures of WS, LN, & DF at a barbecue. They're all in their ST
costumes, so it's really funny. Couple of pictures of K & S laughing and
shirtless (Patterns of Force) and
<I think you better sit down>
WS in that delicious short-sleeved T-shirt from Bread & Circuses...
<Are you ready?>
WITH HIS HAND DOWN HIS PANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, I am one happy kitty.
* Personal Log, Jungle Kitty, Shore Leave, Day 3 *
After my nap yesterday, I ran back to the dealer's room and tried to get
more "Enterprise Incidents." Got a couple, plus a similar magazine
called "Enterprise."
So on to the Story Party. It was different than the Friscon party. Fewer
people and less raucous. And no magic cookies. :-(
In fact, this whole con felt different than Friscon. I think it helped
that at Friscon, we had planned out activities for most of the
time--field trip to Good Vibrations and Fondue Fred's, Req for Meth, 2
parties, etc. This time I didn't meet a lot of the NG folk until the
party, and there was more of people coming in and out. Of course,
there's more to do at Shore Leave. More panels (although not as
interesting as last year, IMO) and a much larger dealer's room.
So here's the scoop on the party. There were a couple of lurkers who
de-lurked to be there, which I think is TERRIFIC. Debbie had made up a
bunch of TSU buttons for all of us. I grabbed one of the ones with 2
hard-boiled eggs on it. <g>
The story readings were, of course, the highlight. Let's see, what did
we have? K/S from GW, "Time is the Fire" from Wildcat, "Dr. Birch Goes
On Vacation" from Scarlet, "Meditation of Blood" from Laura JV, K/B from
me, S/Mc from jonk, K/S from Judith (who incidentally does a fabulous 7
of 9), K/U from sydvick, and J/7 from Robin. (I hope I didn't skip
anything.) I hope the works in progress will be finished and posted
*very soon,* because they were all top-notch. I really do wish all of
you could come to one of these parties. Hearing the stories read aloud,
and esp. by the writers, is so wonderful.
Today (Sunday) was quiet. Just hanging around in the lobby with people.
All in all, a fun weekend. It's really nice to be able to put faces with
names. Hope to see all of you at Friscon. It's on Halloween this year!
Suzanna K. Long
Thanks so much for sharing your Con experiences. They truly are the next
best thing to being there. What I wouldn't give to see the pix of Kirk with
his hand down his pants! I loved the continuing saga of your meetings with
Gary Lockwood. Story ideas and Poker lessons, eh? Wow! <bg> I can't help
but smile when I think what will happen when he finally reads "Golden Boy".
Hey, maybe that's why he kept telling you what a macho guy he is! ha.
Suzie