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Florida SuperCon The Convention So Far
Jul. 5th, 2014 09:48 amWe got up very early Thursday to catch a 9 AM flight to Miami. We got to the airport with very little trouble, which was nice. We got on the plane on time, which was nice. Our seats were a little fubared due to the plane we were on was the third plane to be put on this route. The first one didn’t make it to the airport due to storms. The second apparently wasn’t large enough to accommodate all the passengers who had been stranded in New York due to weather.
We then sat as they dealt with a problem in the wheel-well 15 became 30 minutes and so on. Then the announcement that we had to debark and take all our stuff with us which usually means we are moving to another plane. However this time getting all the people off apparently let them get to whatever was wrong and fix it. So two hours later, we started our flight. One of the few positives was that we got to catch up with Scott Adsit and his lovely girlfriend.
Other than the two hour delay, the flight was pretty much textbook. We caught a cab to the hotel and then went off to the convention center. It was a little further than we thought it was and a lot hotter than we had factored in but we made it vowing to use the shuttles from now on.
We are at table 1428 on the floor and had quite a few people coming to get autographs or buy books and scripts on Thursday.
We got back to the hotel while there was a mad karaoke party going on. I was wondering if I would get to sleep but that wasn’t too much of a problem.
Friday was the 4th of July so we had brought along our dvd of 1776 that we watched at the table that morning. David tradition upheld.
Now we come to one of my most favorite moments of the convention.
(For the VI this is a picture of me on the left and Caroll Spinney on the right. I have my Rumplestilskin puppet on my right hand (far left) which has gold skin and a red cloak. His hair is over his eye. I am wearing a black shirt with an image of a Minion (from Despicable Me) dressed as Wolverine over that I have a black bowling shirt with a red collar and lapels). Mr. Spinney is wear a black shirt with a checked black and white shirt over it. He had white hair and beard. He is holding in his hand a photo of him, Big Bird and Oscar.)
I got to talk to Mr. Spinney again and we had a lovely conversation about my puppets, his puppetry work and various other topics. He complimented me on the faces of my puppets. He said I did very well at bringing the face to life. He gave me some pointers for the interior of the head that I hadn’t thought of before. I also had a lovely talk with his wife Debra about puppets and the film “I am Big Bird.”
The rest of the day was talking to fans and friends. Caroline kind of hit the wall about 3 so we left at 4 after Peter got done with his panel and came back to the room to just veg for a bit.
This morning I woke up about the same time as Caroline (6:15) and we were quiet until Peter woke up about 8.
Peter is off to the convention this morning. I promised Caroline swimming before convention. So after I finish writing this, we are going to get ready to do just that.
I figure we will get to the convention around lunchtime and spend the rest of the day there.
It had been fun and educational. I am having a hard time remembering that it is Saturday and not Sunday because we have already been at the convention for two days.
I am grateful for puppeteers who help other puppeteers.
We then sat as they dealt with a problem in the wheel-well 15 became 30 minutes and so on. Then the announcement that we had to debark and take all our stuff with us which usually means we are moving to another plane. However this time getting all the people off apparently let them get to whatever was wrong and fix it. So two hours later, we started our flight. One of the few positives was that we got to catch up with Scott Adsit and his lovely girlfriend.
Other than the two hour delay, the flight was pretty much textbook. We caught a cab to the hotel and then went off to the convention center. It was a little further than we thought it was and a lot hotter than we had factored in but we made it vowing to use the shuttles from now on.
We are at table 1428 on the floor and had quite a few people coming to get autographs or buy books and scripts on Thursday.
We got back to the hotel while there was a mad karaoke party going on. I was wondering if I would get to sleep but that wasn’t too much of a problem.
Friday was the 4th of July so we had brought along our dvd of 1776 that we watched at the table that morning. David tradition upheld.
Now we come to one of my most favorite moments of the convention.
(For the VI this is a picture of me on the left and Caroll Spinney on the right. I have my Rumplestilskin puppet on my right hand (far left) which has gold skin and a red cloak. His hair is over his eye. I am wearing a black shirt with an image of a Minion (from Despicable Me) dressed as Wolverine over that I have a black bowling shirt with a red collar and lapels). Mr. Spinney is wear a black shirt with a checked black and white shirt over it. He had white hair and beard. He is holding in his hand a photo of him, Big Bird and Oscar.)
I got to talk to Mr. Spinney again and we had a lovely conversation about my puppets, his puppetry work and various other topics. He complimented me on the faces of my puppets. He said I did very well at bringing the face to life. He gave me some pointers for the interior of the head that I hadn’t thought of before. I also had a lovely talk with his wife Debra about puppets and the film “I am Big Bird.”
The rest of the day was talking to fans and friends. Caroline kind of hit the wall about 3 so we left at 4 after Peter got done with his panel and came back to the room to just veg for a bit.
This morning I woke up about the same time as Caroline (6:15) and we were quiet until Peter woke up about 8.
Peter is off to the convention this morning. I promised Caroline swimming before convention. So after I finish writing this, we are going to get ready to do just that.
I figure we will get to the convention around lunchtime and spend the rest of the day there.
It had been fun and educational. I am having a hard time remembering that it is Saturday and not Sunday because we have already been at the convention for two days.
I am grateful for puppeteers who help other puppeteers.
