I'm turning into a little kid. Excited about going to a convention that's mainly Doctor Who & Stargate, which is called TimeGate. As everyone knows, Doctor Who is my favorite show in the universe & Stargate series are apart of my top 5 shows. I think my favorites rank as 1)Doctor Who 2)Torchwood 3)Firefly 4)Angel 5)Stargate. The only thing that would make this convention more suited to me would be to add some Joss Whedon & I'd be in my own personal geek heaven.
The guests at TimeGate make me absolutely giddy, especially Paul Kasey. He is the one who dressed up as the monsters in Doctor Who & Torchwood & in another British show I enjoy Being Human. To make things even more fun for myself, I will be dressed as Miss Hartigan from The Next Doctor. My mom & I have been working hard to make the dress as close as possible to all the screen shots that we have. I have dressed up in various costumes over the years from Ariel-The Little Mermaid, to Poison Ivy, to Bellatrix Lestrange. I believe this will be my favorite costume of all time & though all of my costumes get worn at least 2-3 times. I believe this one will get even more wear out of it because it will be too awesome to just pack away after a few times of being worn.
One thing that just puts the icing on the cake for myself is that, with this dress, I will have a little picture in a calendar. The photo shoot is going to be during TimeGate, making me a tad bit nervous. I really love groups that celebrate nerd girls & how we are awesome & show off that we can be sexy. I met someone from Girls of the Con at ConNooga & absolutely adored the group. I was thrilled to be asked to have my picture taken for the calendar. I spend so much energy trying to convince people that being a nerd or geeks is not a bad thing & groups like Girls of the Con or Geekchickgirls help the world see us in a different light.
I am a gamer, LARPer, a Whovian, a costumer, a comic book collector, a devout follower of the Whedonverse. I don't look the part, but then I don't look the part for any of the stereotypes that I supposedly fit in. I don't look like a mechanic but I went to school to work on cars & have received certifications. I love working on cars, it's just not a feasible line of work for me at this time. It has become more of a hobby than a job now. I believe we can be sexy & still be thrilled that our new comics are in, or yell at our team mates while playing our favorite MMORPG after taking off our corset & skirts.
I adore my friends from Tennessee Who Authority, I am proud to think that I helped get the group going. They're such great people that I was privileged to meet at ConNooga 2009. We decided then to form a group to gather once a month just to watch & discuss anything & everything of the Doctor Who universe. I always look forward to our monthly meetings & have formed some wonderful friendships. At ConNooga 2010 we decided to share our group with more people & we have exploded in numbers. We had to find a larger facility to hold our meetings & I couldn't be happier with the group. It's fun to be able to be myself & know that everyone in the room is going to "get" all of my odd sayings & quotes. Getting to spend a weekend with them at TimeGate is going to make it even more fun. Conventions are a blast, but they're even more fun when you have friends with you. I know it's a time to form more friendships with commonality of our certain nerdisms but I am one who is more comfortable when I have at least one or two people with me in which the friendships are already formed. Besides it's always easier to get costumes on when you have a friend to help.
http://www.timegatecon.org/index.htm
http://www.girlsofthecon.com/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116710498349357#!/group.php?gid=116710498349357&ref=ts
