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	Shadow 1988-1999 MYYYY Kitty. I was Shadow's person as much as he was my cat. I know it is hard to believe, but his name has nothing to do with Shadowcat. I found out about her after the fact, actually. What is true, however, is that I took the name Shadowkitty from what I used to call Shadow...just one of his many many nicknames that my family called him. Shadowitz and Shadoski were two others. In the Spring of 99, suddenly, he started acting a bit strange, and started putting on massive weight...to the point that he would stumble when he tried to walk. It turned out that he was suffering from a liver disease, which, was a very common occurance for a cat of his age. He was unlike any other cat I had ever had. He was a bright SOB to say the least. s
	Jen at eleven What a cutie I was, wasn't I? L That was a homemade costume where I just found pieces of costume here and there, and had a seamstress make me a sash. I won second place in a costume contest for it, and "Best Superhero Costume" for that category. Gotta say, it is my FAVORITE costume of all time. Since then, I was able to find a little purple stuffed dragon that would have been perfect as Lockheed. oh well. L
	Jen's first time at the San Diego Comic Con Me all dressed up in my specially made Air-brushed Excalibur sweatshirt...it had sure seen better days. See the little pins I'm wearing? That was the starting part of my Excalibur pin collection. At later cons, I picked up a Shadowcat pin (Yes, there is one out there), a Captain Britan pin, another Lockheed pin, a Nightcrawler pin (that I once lost at a restaurant, was without it for three nights, and in fact got it back), and a pin of the name "Excalibur" with the nifty cross swords for the "x." I still wear the sweatshirt to comic cons (if it's not really really hot).
	Jen's first time at the San Diego Comic Con...again Here you can see that I'm picking up on my back-issues of Excalibur...check out the issue that the guy is holding behind me. It's one of the early ones with Phoenix...bet he paid a pretty penny for that one. But you know, conventions are the best places to find deals. You can usually find interesting things there that you can't find anywhere else, like for instance a Dark Phoenix model, and special editions of comics in ashcan form (like that really great preview of GenX where Jubes is writing a letter to Logan. I got a copy of -that- at the con). Other things...posters, t-shirts, pins (Lots and lots of those everywhere), lithos, original sketches (the Comic Con has an auction every year), just about anything related to comics, and sometimes not. They have movie memorabilia there, as well as Manga and Anime...oh and MOVIES. Great great movies. s Movies that you can't find anywhere else because they are not supposed to be available (like the infamous Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie. I saw -that- at the con).




	I'm sure you've heard about it, but have never actually had the chance to see it? Well, THIS is the San Diego Comic Con...the outside of it anyways. It is much more impressive when you're actually there, but still. The actual Convention Center is what is on the right side of the pic. It's a very long building, so if you did not get your admission in advance, you might get to walk the length of it, and go around all these twisty places. It's fun though, believe me...and worth it. You MUST at one time in your life go to a convention...even if you, to quote from one of my pen pals: "experience what it is like to be a sardine." I went to the Comic Con for five consecutive years, and each time, I had more fun than I had the year before. I've met John Byrne (who got grouchy that he was signing issues of X-Men, I might add), one of the Kubert Brothers, Bobbie Chase, and of Highlander writing fame, Gillian Horvath and Donna Lettow. Gillian was very very nice. You see, I'm a MAJOR fan of HL (I'm as obsessed with it as I am with Pete and Kitty...can ya believe it?) so I bugged her quite a bit with all the questions I could think of. Soon, it started to be a game, and both her and Donna said something about how other people needed a chance to talk. L I also met Majel Barrett-Rodenberry, who reminded me A LOT of a school teacher. She was very nice and very sweet, and no one was going over to talk to her for some really odd reason. I have been able to see the following people at the con: Someone from Robinson Crusoe on Mars (who was a really nice guy my father said), J. Michael Straserinski (sp? I know that isn't right...sorry. L), Adam West, Julie Newmar, (both who were charging money for their autographs), Stan Lee (from a far sighs deeply), Clive Barker (who was with Scott Bakula, but I missed him), Jerry Doyle (who poked his head in for J. Michael's Q&A), um...and that's all I can remember off hand.

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	Shadow 1988-1999 MYYYY Kitty. I was Shadow's person as much as he was my cat. I know it is hard to believe, but his name has nothing to do with Shadowcat. I found out about her after the fact, actually. What is true, however, is that I took the name Shadowkitty from what I used to call Shadow...just one of his many many nicknames that my family called him. Shadowitz and Shadoski were two others. In the Spring of 99, suddenly, he started acting a bit strange, and started putting on massive weight...to the point that he would stumble when he tried to walk. It turned out that he was suffering from a liver disease, which, was a very common occurance for a cat of his age. He was unlike any other cat I had ever had. He was a bright SOB to say the least. s
	Jen at eleven What a cutie I was, wasn't I? L That was a homemade costume where I just found pieces of costume here and there, and had a seamstress make me a sash. I won second place in a costume contest for it, and "Best Superhero Costume" for that category. Gotta say, it is my FAVORITE costume of all time. Since then, I was able to find a little purple stuffed dragon that would have been perfect as Lockheed. oh well. L
	Jen's first time at the San Diego Comic Con Me all dressed up in my specially made Air-brushed Excalibur sweatshirt...it had sure seen better days. See the little pins I'm wearing? That was the starting part of my Excalibur pin collection. At later cons, I picked up a Shadowcat pin (Yes, there is one out there), a Captain Britan pin, another Lockheed pin, a Nightcrawler pin (that I once lost at a restaurant, was without it for three nights, and in fact got it back), and a pin of the name "Excalibur" with the nifty cross swords for the "x." I still wear the sweatshirt to comic cons (if it's not really really hot).
	Jen's first time at the San Diego Comic Con...again Here you can see that I'm picking up on my back-issues of Excalibur...check out the issue that the guy is holding behind me. It's one of the early ones with Phoenix...bet he paid a pretty penny for that one. But you know, conventions are the best places to find deals. You can usually find interesting things there that you can't find anywhere else, like for instance a Dark Phoenix model, and special editions of comics in ashcan form (like that really great preview of GenX where Jubes is writing a letter to Logan. I got a copy of -that- at the con). Other things...posters, t-shirts, pins (Lots and lots of those everywhere), lithos, original sketches (the Comic Con has an auction every year), just about anything related to comics, and sometimes not. They have movie memorabilia there, as well as Manga and Anime...oh and MOVIES. Great great movies. s Movies that you can't find anywhere else because they are not supposed to be available (like the infamous Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie. I saw -that- at the con).




	I'm sure you've heard about it, but have never actually had the chance to see it? Well, THIS is the San Diego Comic Con...the outside of it anyways. It is much more impressive when you're actually there, but still. The actual Convention Center is what is on the right side of the pic. It's a very long building, so if you did not get your admission in advance, you might get to walk the length of it, and go around all these twisty places. It's fun though, believe me...and worth it. You MUST at one time in your life go to a convention...even if you, to quote from one of my pen pals: "experience what it is like to be a sardine." I went to the Comic Con for five consecutive years, and each time, I had more fun than I had the year before. I've met John Byrne (who got grouchy that he was signing issues of X-Men, I might add), one of the Kubert Brothers, Bobbie Chase, and of Highlander writing fame, Gillian Horvath and Donna Lettow. Gillian was very very nice. You see, I'm a MAJOR fan of HL (I'm as obsessed with it as I am with Pete and Kitty...can ya believe it?) so I bugged her quite a bit with all the questions I could think of. Soon, it started to be a game, and both her and Donna said something about how other people needed a chance to talk. L I also met Majel Barrett-Rodenberry, who reminded me A LOT of a school teacher. She was very nice and very sweet, and no one was going over to talk to her for some really odd reason. I have been able to see the following people at the con: Someone from Robinson Crusoe on Mars (who was a really nice guy my father said), J. Michael Straserinski (sp? I know that isn't right...sorry. L), Adam West, Julie Newmar, (both who were charging money for their autographs), Stan Lee (from a far sighs deeply), Clive Barker (who was with Scott Bakula, but I missed him), Jerry Doyle (who poked his head in for J. Michael's Q&A), um...and that's all I can remember off hand.