Alan’s Blog: Scarefest

This year’s Scarefest came on the back on Dragon*Con and quite honestly I wasn’t sure I would survive both. Brittney and I rolled out of Nashville around six o’clock Central time knowing that we’d lose an hour due to Lexington, KY being in the Eastern time zone. We really didn’t know if we were going to shoot that evening or not so neither of us were dressed for the show. This would come into play later on that evening. As we approached Lexington the phone calls began. Stephen and Suzie were already downtown and we had to come straight to the convention to start filming. I can sum up the next thirty-six hours thusly:

•  You can’t get to Lexington, KY from anywhere
• It is damned near impossible to shave in a hotel bathroom that has motion sensor faucets
• “Holiday” wine means you are paying for the label alone
• Danielle Harris is more beautiful in person than on film
• Washed up actresses are real bitches
• Kane Hodder will talk about football with you in the bathroom
• The Ghost Adventure guys proved that you can’t judge a book by its cover
• Internet map systems will take you as far out of the way as possible in the name of “fastest route”
• Sleep is not a word found in the vocabulary of any convention

Still, I had a great time and plan on going back again, which brings me to my second point. I have had a blast this season covering all the different shows and have met a lot of cool people. As this season winds down I can’t help but look back at the long process that landed me in this incredibly lucky situation that allows me to travel and cover the things that I love. It really was a long process and one that all of us involved could each write a book about. But in the end it has been an awesome ride. I love this stuff and have gotten to meet several people whom I admire. I mean what other job allows you to see a guy dressed as a killer clown in a Santa suit dance to Prince? Or get to interact with the icons from horror and sci-fi that you wanted to grow up to be? Or see your co-host get dissed by a ten year old?

I truly cannot wait until we start shooting the second season of Con Trek. I know there is a particular fandom I know next to nothing about that has a traveling convention we are going to be covering. This will be an interesting episode because Brittney and I will be flipping roles as she is a huge fan and I’ll be the lost puppy in the woods, so to say. We do have one more episode coming after Scarefest so stay tuned and I look forward to meeting you guys when we hit the road for season two. In the mean time, if you would like to keep up with me go over to my website www.alansmith13.com to read my blog and checkout the links to all my social network pages. So, in the words of a very famous man, ’nuff said.

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