Fan Expo itinerary

[jhameia]

I'm going to Fan Expo Canada! To the Anime and Scifi cons, specifically. I'll probably be bussing back and forth, since there's a 45-min express bus out to Toronto and a stop at Main & Longwood on the way back, which is technically a 40-min walk from my place, but if my luck plays out the way I plan it, I should be able to catch one of the last buses home to my place, saving me time.

Here're my plans so far:

Friday:
08.00pm Autograph Session with Ogata Megumi
09.00pm Steampunk Meet'n'Greet

Saturday:
11.30am Autograph Session with Ogata Megumi*
12.00pm Tron: Legacy presentation in 3D
01.00pm Q&A - Riese: The Series (steampunk thing) OR Ogata Megumi**
03:30pm Steampunk 101
04.00pm Photo-op: Julie Newmar
05.00pm Spotlight on YOSHITAKA AMANO *heartflutters*
06.00pm Autograph Session with YOSHITAKA AMANO *heartflutters*
06.00pm Photo-op: Burt Ward + Adam West + Batmobile***
08.00pm Masquerade****

Sunday:
01.00pm Spotlight on William Shatner
04.00pm Star Trek: Phase II: New Voyages
04.30pm Photo-op: Julie Newmar *****
05.00pm Photo-op: William Shatner

* Assuming I don't get the requisite for geminianeyes and caitlin_chan ETA and beautydreaming the day before. I might go hang out with people instead of the first autograph session, so playing this by ear.
** Riese is a steampunk series, so I'll most likely go for that.
*** You can bet your ass I am going to RUN from one end of the convention center to the other if I have to so I can have both Amano-san's autograph AND a picture with the fucking Batmobile.
**** This will be the diciest. I'm going because Psyche Corporation is playing and I really want to see Gen again, but as far as I know, she's playing during the closing, and my bus leaves at 12.30am, and I have no clue when the Masquerade is supposed to wrap up. Fuck my Cinderella luck. If I don't get to see her play, I at least hope to meet up with her at one of the steampunk events.
***** This is assuming I don't get a picture with her the day before. I'm kinda D: that she only gets half an hour on each photo-op session. If the Steampunk 101 panel gets too boring I'll cut out to the Newmar photo-op instead, but that's unlikely.

You can tell I'm mostly going for Yoshitaka Amano, and the Toronto Steampunk Society and Steampunk Canada are second priority, although I really am looking forward to meeting the local steampunks.

I met a very helpful bus person who told me that two-way tickets are good for anytime and never expire, so I'll get three tomorrow. However, I might be able to find a place to stay in Scarborough, but my hosts there are going through a family crisis so I don't want to intrude. And I'd have to bus / sub back and forth anyway, so I don't really see how it makes much of a difference.

I also stopped by a sewing machine store today! I asked for a recommendation got a $200 machine, which is good for new sewers. The problem now being, of course, that I don't have enough table space. Which means another trip to Staples. I'm due for one soon anyway, because I still need a new shelf. But, squee! Sewing projects!