Baltimore: Shoreleave 29

For a while now I have been going to a Star Trek Convention known as Shoreleave. This convention is a fan run convention that is in its 29th year now at Baltimore. This year they had a couple of people that you might know.

Lets start out with one you will most likely know.


Nichelle Nichols
ST:TOS's
Lt. Uhura

She was very nice. I seen her a couple of years ago. She typically talks a bit of her experience on the show, a little bit of her life previous to the show then she goes into how she got the job. Finally she almost always ends talking about her impact on black women and society. She considers one of her greatest feats to be getting diversity into the space astronaut program. She had a lot of things to say and was very enjoyable.


Gary Jones
Stargate SG-1's
Chief Mst Sgt. Walter Harriman

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Dean Haglund
X-Files and The Lone Gunmen's
Richard Langly

Were on at the same time when it was supposed to be just Gary Jones. These guys were very funny, what they did was a "Who's Line is it Anyway" Improv with the crowd. They geared it towards star gate as it was supposed to be more towards Stargate fans because of Gary Jones. He was kind of funny because he was talking about how all he does is email people and set the stargate symbols... Reminds me a lot like what Uhura does.. you know just talking to the computer!


Aaron Douglas
Battlestar Galactica's
Chief Galen Tyrol

This guy was pretty cool. I should have talked to him while he was at the pool but I didn't I assumed he wanted to relax because he had his book. During his talk he was saying how he loves to talk to fans and about the show and doesn't mind people bothering him. Heh for now he does anyway! He talked a lot about his little boy and how he spoils him when he comes over. He also wanted a beer! As he said so many times throughout his talk about it would be really cool if a fan had a beer for him! He also told us some more somber things like how "good" actors actually experience feelings while they are filming. He mentioned the rape scene when the Marines were raping Number Six on Battlestar Galactica which ends up only being a 30 second scene but they filmed the whole event and all the retakes and different angles took 12 hours. So he was saying how comes to these type of conventions to get away from the acting helps so that he doesn't drive a car off a cliff.

Lastly the only other person I saw was:

Claudia Christian
Babylon Five's
Cmdr. Susan Ivanova

I didn't actually go to her talk or anything. She was *cough* supposed to be a judge at the Masquerade on Saturday night. However, she was really really drunk. I don't think people caught on at first. She came out and talked a bit of thanks for being here and I dunno general babble on how she already started judging the crowd. It was kind of funny and could have been something that was just planned. I started to suspect that she was a little drunk towards the end of the speech when she went backstage instead of down to the judges table. Then came the kids judging contest. When she started ogling a couple of the kids from her seat I knew she was toasted. Then came this mother and a baby and she stopped at the judges table. She started holding the kid and I was like OMG Take the baby from the drunk women. Anyway eventually they get through the showing of the kids and to the awards. She gets on stage and starts to try and talk for each of the kids to the crowd and everything! It was horrible. Then between the kids and the adult competition she babbles some more and eventually they get her off stage. Never to be seen again that night.

Wow this turned out a bit longer then I thought it was going to turn out. I think I will post some more about shoreleave tomorrow. Remind me if I forget!