Have I mentioned that Jason and I are unabashed nerds? A time or two perhaps? We couldn’t miss FanX in Salt Lake City this fall even though it landed on a weekend I had school obligations, and we had plans to attend the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival and Utah State Fair. You are never too busy to play dress up with 110,000 buddies… I mean it; check your schedule.
Although we weren’t at FanX as much as we typically are, we still encountered a few stars via panels, pictures, and autographs. We attended the David Tennant, Rainn Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, and Karl Urban panels. David Tennant was humble and grounded, Jeff was energetic and eccentric, and Karl is always my darling.
Getting pictures with celebrities at cons can eat up all your time quickly. So, we opted to only get a photo with David Tennant this FanX. Although we didn’t do an official photo op with Brent Spiner, we interacted with him long enough for Jason to embarrass me. Brent’s comment when Jason revealed, yet again, that Data was my teenage crush? “So, you’re into unattainable men?” That man has a witty retort to everything. No wonder Data was my adolescent dream.
Stars aren’t the most exciting people you’ll meet at FanX; your friends are much more enthralling. We had dinner with Jason’s sister, our niece, and an old buddy during the convention. The geeky conversations flowed like the waters of Bruinen.
Although our weekend was already prodigiously nerdy, we decided to attend the Evermore pre-opening party on Saturday evening because we were too excited about checking out this interactive adventure park. This Victorian-themed shindig warranted another costume change; you can’t go out with your engageantes showing.
FanX was just what we expected it to be again: a hive of costumery, humanity… and villainy? Salt Lake Comic Con may be no more, but a convention by any other name… smells just as much like stale air, crunchy B.O., and candied nuts.