(Non)Shared Experiences (Apolitical Staples)

(Non)Shared Experiences

So I went to my third Science Fiction Convention on the weekend, well it is part SciFi, part Horror, part Anime, part Comics now known as FanExpo. This thing has become a highlight on the calender for my wife and I and the best part this year was seeing Carrie Fisher. The super-duper-mega-ultra package got you a picture with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy but to my wife and I, born in 1972, nothing compares with seeing Princess Leia. Since we will likely never see Harrison Ford at one of these things the only thing more cool for me would be Mark Hamill.
It is a really cool atmosphere for the geek - a room full of science fiction/fantasy stars, costumes and fans who are just as geeky as you are - it is nice to be with your peeps! It is the ultimate in shared experience. For me I am 3 for 3 on the non-shared. When I went to my first convention we met up with friends at the parking lot and passed J.P. Riccardi walking to the Convention Centre - I turned to my friends, look that's, that's, damn you don't know who that is. The next year my wife and I walked to Harvey's in Union Station and saw, and said hi to, Gary Roberts, and the others in the room didn't know him either. Then yesterday my wife and I are in line waiting to get James "No more Mr. Nice Gaius" Callis' autograph and I say look it's, Beer and Popcorn! None other than Scott Reid was there. And other than my wife no one knew who I was talking about. Ah, non-shared experience.

Posted on September 4, 2006 | Permalink

Comments (2)

TrustOnlyMulder:

I hear ya on the sci fi. I can’t believe my kids have such little interest in star wars. I was born in 68 and remember lining up for 8 hours to see Empire Strikes Back when it opened in down town Toronto.

Sounds like you had a good weekend.

Posted by TrustOnlyMulder | September 5, 2006 5:41 AM

Posted on September 5, 2006 05:41

James Bow:

There’s almost no crossover between science-fiction fandom and railfandom, either. It all goes to show that we are clustered in our little communities, unaware of the masses of people around us. We should let that be a lesson to us if we ever presume to speak for the Canadian blogosphere. The true Canadian blogosphere overwhelmes those Canadian blogs which are devoted to politics. It can be humbling when you come up against that.

Posted by James Bow | September 5, 2006 11:36 AM

Posted on September 5, 2006 11:36

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