Tomorrow’s a Mystery

I had the pleasure of attending WBRU’s presentation of Ben Folds with Missy Higgins opening at the Bank of America Skate Center. It was a great night! Rain had been forecasted, but luckily all we got was chilly weather.

I’d never heard Missy Higgins and was completely blown away by her vocals. What an amazing voice! And of course, Ben Folds was pretty awesome. It’s the kind of music I can appreciate so much more when it’s live.

The icing on the cake, however, was getting to photograph the event for the radio station. It totally rocks to be an intern at WBRU! I even got a nifty media pass for Ben Folds. It’s the first time I get to officially photograph a national act… that was really cool!

Ben Folds

Missy Higgins

I took lots of photos, but that’s all for now… I need to get some much-needed sleep. :o)

Oh, and hey! I snagged a much-needed free t-shirt! Yay!

Times sure do fly and I can’t believe it’s already February ‘08! I’ve been neglecting the site, or well this blog anyway, though I’ve been trying to update the Photo Gallery when I can. Last year was good to me with the traveling and all the events I got to attend.

This year is looking pretty good, too. Probably the bestest news so far is the Buffy Reunion being held by the Paley Center, as part of their annual Paley Fest!!! I’ve always wanted to go to one of these events… they always manage to have some cool shows take part in the fest. When I heard about the Reunion, there was no doubt in my mind I would try to attend. Angela and I now have tickets and I can’t wait! It’ll be awesome to see nearly the entire cast and Joss Whedon! Every Buffy fan’s dream event, I tells ya.

I do feel bad that a lot of people weren’t able to get tickets, and some who did are now scalping them on eBay for a lot more than face-value. That’s just not right. Here’s hoping that at least the event will be recorded and then distributed via DVD. That would be very neat and make a nice memento.

Aside Buffy, I’m also attending the Chuck and Pushing Daisies panels. Should be fun. Kinda sucky we can’t take photos during the events, but I’m sure they’ll be entertaining. The Chuck panel at Comic Con was hilarious, so for sure this one will be great, too!

Continuing on the fandom front, after the Paley Fest is Grand Slam again! They have a pretty neat line-up, too! I’ve really enjoyed all the events put on by Creation and I’m really happy I’ll be able to help out this year. I love volunteering for conventions, especially when the people running the events do a good job of putting them together. Good convention/event organizers are few and far between.

A few months after Grand Slam will be Comic Con, the con to end all cons. Good times in beautiful San Diego. This time I’ll make it a point not to lose my purse or anything else that might be vital, aside the pint or two of A pos that I’ll gladly donate.

Aside those set events, I’ll be attending the San Diego Indie Music Festival which should be great! It’s been a long while since I’ve been to a music event like this, so I’m really looking forward to it. I love discovering new music!

So that’s the tentative events/fandom schedule for the first part of the year. Fun times. :o)

Alright, so here are my brief-ish reports of all the JM-related events I attended in the UK (which just happens to be all *g*). Since it’s been a while, the details are fuzzy, but if you’re curious, do read on… :o)

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The following images were originally posted on my LJ after my first day at my very first Buffy convention. Needless to say, I was very excited!

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