The longest line all weekend was for Juliette Lewis. This marathon was on Saturday. In fact, it was the only autograph I got on Saturday. Between ‘line chaos’ for other actors in the morning and the ache in my back and knees afterward, I was only able to get this accomplished. Yes, I’m getting old.
I got to the convention early. Only a 45-minute wait to enter the building. I had to stand in a short line to get a ’virtual’ ticket for Juliette. This meant they would call people by numbers. I just needed to wait until my number fell in the range called. Easy peasy. While waiting, I could stand in other lines and get more autographs.
Saturdays are usually very busy at conventions. Frightmare is
no expectation. The lines for the other people I was interested capped and they
were handing out virtual tickets. The only good thing was a virtual ticket didn’t
cost any money. However, the process wasn’t fail-proof and those lines didn’t
really move as planned.
I finally got in Juliette’s line. I had to take the escalators
to the 3rd floor. It was only a three hour wait to get into the room
where she was signing. She was entertaining. Chatting with people and laughing.
She kept telling an older lady that paid for a ‘selfie’ to get her daughter to IG
(Instagram) the photo and tag her. She knew mom had no clue. She said it about
10 times. Pretty funny.
When I finally handed over my photo, I told her I enjoyed Yellowjackets.
I mentioned, I thought it was a cross of the TV show, Lost and the book, Lord of
the Flies. She agreed. I left with a smile on my face. Sore back and knees all forgotten.
Then like magic, I left the room and the pain all came
back. I sat for a while and waited for
the paint to dry. Then wandered back to
the other main convention floor. The actors that I still wanted had long lines
and I figured I would rather come back on Sunday than spend more time standing on
concrete.
AH
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