[Conventions] Geekinomicon Pt. 2 – Human Interest Side
There is a part 2 to Geekinomicon. This is the more “human interest†side (aka the Greg Grunberg story) – and a few other celebrity mentions. There were a lot of fun/exciting things that happened in OKC – not the least of which falls under “exciting†= “interesting†(Chinese version) when we were ALL awakened on Saturday morning at 7 am (which is when most of us needed to be up anyway) by a 5.6M (maybe upgraded to 5.8M) earthquake. Rock and roll took on a WHOLE new meaning.
So, many saw the cookie adventures. I plied most of them with cookies. It’s an ice breaker beside, “LOVE your work!†Like with Katrina Law – gave her a cookie AND talked to her about Hallmark movies (where she doesn’t die AND gets the guy – but still want her to kick butt… hmmm plot bunny? Maybe…) Eric Roberts (a fine gentleman) took a BUNCH of them, and his wife, Eliza? BOTH of them are AWESOME. Daphne Ashbrook and I had a great conversation at the bar about calling folks “darling†or “sweetie†because we have NO IDEA what your name is. Glenn Morshower is is always a treat. And Jimmy and I ended up talking to Felix Silla in the lobby of the hotel Friday night for about an hour.
But this year’s celebrity awesome story is Greg Grunberg (which I keep trying to call him Greg GUNDERSON – don’t know why). First, he loved the butterscotch triple chocolate chip cookies – which means he’s a man of great taste. We chatted about him crossing all the great franchises and the graphic novel he has through Scholastic. That was it – on Saturday.
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On Sunday, we ran into him on the hotel elevator – along with a family. We were all cool, small talk and cookie mention (no big deal about an actor in the elevator!). Jimmy took our keys to the desk while I directed him into the hotel store/coffee bar. We kinda followed him in because it was the best way to the convention center to find out he was looking for a phone charger brick since his died. I gave him one of mine – the good one. The one that also charges iPods. Because, once a guest relations person, ALWAYS a guest relations person.
Went through to chat with folks after my panel on Sunday, bought Greg’s book because the dream world scenarios are something I like. He signed the book. All good. Went back later in the day with cookies – to find out Greg’s assistant gave my charger to some other female who said it was hers. Apparently associated with some other celebrity who was already gone. OOPS. Greg, being awesome, asked immediately for my address so he could send me a new one. Then he did the cute selfie pic with me (I SUCK at selfies). I gave him the address, he made a note. Even if the charger brick doesn’t show back up in my mailbox, I DON’T CARE…the STORY is enough. 😎 The fact he was all “I’m sending you a new one! I promise. I’m making a note!†was adorable and pretty much guarantees that I will support anything he does professionally from now on.
SO… see… on the human interest side, Geekinomicon was awesome. Besides all the people I love that were involved with the show. Can’t wait for Marvelous Nerd Year’s Eve! It’s going to be a huge blast.