David Boring Anus
For those of you who know him, he was the dude who played Angel in the "Buffy" television series and, um, "Angel". A few years back he did a signing at Forbidden Planet in London which was very heavily attended. By screaming girlies. And myself.

The only reason I went was because my sister is a big fan of his (lord knows why) and she had some Angel memorabilia she wanted signed. As she was doing a Saturday job at the time, she couldn't go but guess who didn't work Saturdays?!

So there I am, standing in line like a 6 foot plus lamp post, sporting more hair on my entire body than the entire conga line of pre-pubescent screaming girlies would have on their collective snatch. Thankfully, instead of looking like some weirdo paedo, I seemed to share an unspoken kinship with the parents of these screeching harridans, no doubt dragged against their will to stand for hours outside a geek's paradise (I used to love going down Forbidden Planet back then).

After what seemed like hours (which actually turned out to be 3 hours) I was let into the shop and up to the counter where the charisma donor was seated. Admittedly, despite not being an avid follower of his, I still felt quite nervous and excited. After all, this was a guy I'd seen on my telly and there he was, large as life. Awesome! So it finally gets to my turn, I'm all smiles and say "Hello!" to him whilst placing the merch in front of him to get it signed. He looks up, grumps a very curt "Hi", scribbles and...that's it. Around 3 hours waiting just to get a mono-syllabic response, a glazed expression and off on my merry way?! I felt cheated.

Then again, I did get the damn thing signed for my sister, who loved it. Standing over 3 hours in line for a bloke whose pockets I wouldn't piss in if his bollocks were on fire just to get something signed for someone else?? Guess that makes me my sister's biggest fan.
(RVD420 has his world coming down on, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 17:13, 4 replies)

Awwww!
She's a lucky girl!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 17:15, closed)

You get
a click just for the phrase 'collective snatch'. I don't know why, but it amuses me, and I'm wondering what one might look like.

Not in a pervy way, you understand.
(rockdoctor, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 18:50, closed)

actually
I was an extra on that crime show he does now when it was filming in the UK, in between takes he was really quite friendly, chatting with various extras and being quite animated and cheery. I think perhaps he's not at his best when he's an autograph factory.
(LickOutTheJamsMotherfuckers!, Sat 18 Apr 2009, 18:11, closed)

fair enough
but there was the time when there was a convention in Brighton a few years back (it was so notorious it made it onto Watchdog) and he was a bit of a miserable sod then as well. He was also indirectly responsible for upsetting my sister, so he's not exactly my favourite person.

I have met Elisa Dushku (my future ex-wife) at a convention before and she was nice. Then again, I'm quite likely to say that! :o)
(RVD420 has his world coming down on, Sun 19 Apr 2009, 8:01, closed)