The Terrible Catsafterme

The title is mostly meant for comedic effect. I never really got lost and I was only alone for about three hours. But the key point is that I had become comfortable enough with Manhattan and the subway system to strike out on my own and hit a few sites on the morning of Thursday, May 30, 2013, our last full day in New York City. Bob had opted out of hitting the streets for more of my brisk walking, so after I spent a rather slow and leisurely morning in the hotel room, I headed out a little before 11am for a few hours on my own. Read the rest of this entry »

I attended a Horrorhound convention in September of 2012 and was able to meet a pretty hefty portion of the cast of the horror classic Aliens. I thought that for the most part I was done with meeting people from this film. There was really no realistic hope of meeting the film’s star Sigourney Weaver, although I did hear that she made at least one convention appearance…and was charging something incredible like $500 for an photo op. But when I found out that she was appearing in one of the Broadway shows that my friend Bob and I may or may not have been seeing in New York, I took a chance and brought along my Aliens photo that I had already had signed by Carrie Henn, who had played Newt. Read the rest of this entry »

I was quite excited about the chance to meet Kristine Sutherland, who played the role of Joyce Summers – aka Buffy’s mom – in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She starred in 58 episodes of the series through the first five seasons (until her character is killed off), and then returning in the last two seasons in guest roles involving manifestations and flashbacks. The episode The Body, in which Joyce dies in a purely natural way, was one of the most powerful of the series.

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