Surviving the Timpocalypse

Yes, it's been a million & one YEARS since I've been on this blog, but I really wanted to detail some of the events of Saturday (3/10), when I attended Monster Mania. As most of the folks that have ever read stuff on my blogs (be it here or my previous LiveJournal) know, I've been going to MM-Con, on & off, since 2009. Well, the Saturday show of this year's March convention offered an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience: the opportunity to meet TIM CURRY!! Much as I loathe to say it, given his health situation of recent years, & the track record of celebrities, especially in the last couple years, I decided to grab that opportunity & hold on with both hands, despite the cost (because what's a little cash outlay if you get the chance to meet Tim Freaking Curry!!), & the fact that he was only doing professional photo ops (something that's come more into play, at least in my observations, since the Boondock Saints appeared in MD in 2010).

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Anyway, that's the scoop on my experience at Monster Mania 39. Gonna wrap this up unceremoniously, & just say that I passed out kind of early that night, & did nothing but rest on Sunday. Part adventure, part disaster, but certainly a day to remember!