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Creation Stargate Convention
August 2005
Boston, MA
 
Wow, a Stargate convention right in my own backyard. This time, I decided to take my oldest son. It was his "turn" since I took my youngest to the last SG con. A very small con, and riddled with last minute schedule changes. But we still had fun. The only one that was able to make it to the celebrity breakfast was Peter Williams (Apophis), and he did a great job circulating among the tables, keeping all the fans happy. He approached our table as if he was shooting my son with Apophis' hand device. His Jamaican accent seemed to get heavier, especially as he spoke of how his family emigrated to Canada.
 
There was some downtime after the breakfast, and Peter just hung around outside with the fans. It happened to be my friend Renee's birthday, and she had just started watching Stargate after she found out Ben would be in it. I called Renee from my cell phone and asked Peter if he wouldn't mind saying happy birthday to her. He was happy to oblige! It was really funny, and she was so thankful, exclaiming that not everyone gets a call from an alien on their birthday.
 
I had arranged to meet up with a friend there whose mom, son and sister were fans of the show. Having been to several cons already, I had pretty much gotten over being star-struck. But it's always cool to see people experience it for the first time.
 
The convention was having a costume contest, and my son had decided he wanted to participate. Being the procrastinator I am, I literally waited until the last minute: I put together the costume on the way to the con. I stopped at Walmart to buy a black tshirt and camo pants. Then off to Payless for a pair of black military-style boots. Last stop the Dollar Store, to buy a toy gun. I had brought some Stargate patches I had bought on eBay and some double sided tape; we stuck those on the sleeves of the tshirt. So my shy 9 year old gets up on stage with all these adults, as "mini-Jack". He wins second place! It was very close for first, and a bunch of people came up to him afterwards to let him know they wanted him to win first place. He won a $50 gift certificate to spend in the dealer's room, choosing a SG tshirt and some cast photos.
 
 
Christopher Judge had missed his flight the night before (could it have had anything to do with being at Comic Con?). So when he finally got there it was rush, rush, rush. I don't think there was ever a faster photo op.
 
During the panel, he told yet another potty-related prank that he played on the "new guy", Ben Browder.  Now my oldest son, who was with me at this con, could sit down and trade pranks with this guy. So the story went like this: someone had brought some moist, home made chocolate cookies to the set. Chris says he took a couple and molded them into what looked like, well to put it bluntly, a turd. He then sneaked into Ben's trailer and put it in his toilet. I look over at my son, and he's on the floor laughing so hard he can barely breathe (my son pulled a similar prank on me when he was 7). Chris said to this day, Ben would not believe that it was just cookies.
 
 
THE COSTUME CONTEST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peter Williams was a delight up on stage. In the next banquet room there was a very loud, enthusiastic evangelist giving some kind of service. Peter gets up on stage and says, in his Apophis voice, "looks like I'm competing with another god". Hilarious.