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Happy 4th Birthday Joey!! Blog by DADDY

It's Joey's Birthday weekend (he is turning 4). So I thought the boys (and Mommy (who stayed at home) would enjoy a day at the ABQ Sci-Fi convention and to top it off it was free for them and me to attend (Mil ID). Parking was a surprising $10 bucks (normally free on weekends). So after two+ hours of looking at toys Daddy and sibling once played with; we made our way to the signing booths. We hit a Star Trek original (“Chekov” or Walter Koenig) right as he came back from his break with no line. Trying to explain who he was to the boys was challenging; so I finally said this is the show Uncle Tim and Aunt Augusta like (not Star Wars). “Oh, I get it” Alan Said. We did get a signed autograph but skipped the picture (you can tell three boys asking Star Wars questions was starting to bother him.) So we got in line for Darth Maul (Ray Park)! Alan’s Birthday is later this month, I asked him if he wanted a signed autograph, of course being the fan he is, he made it simple. So I had them get out of line and we bought a Battle picture from Episode 1 fighting in the desert. I did not know he was also Snake Eyes (from GI Joe). Well the line took 45 plus minutes to get to the stage, and then when we got there the volunteer who was taken the money had to go to work (real job). Secondly a couple of VIPs had their collection signed (15 min wait), so the new person said we could have a “Free” autograph (since already paid for Alan’s with the last volunteer) good deal for Eddie (huge snake eyes fan). Well Joey starting flirting with the girl dressed in full Jedi costume and she let him turn on and off her $250+ fully fictional dual sword … so when it came our turn he could not care less about the meeting actor. The boy asked him about his “green Screen” and how much it hurt to be chopped in half … as he was signing Eddie’s when writing “go Joe” and Eddie said “I’m Eddie my brother is Joe” (with some attitude, very upset). Well Snake Eyes said, I have a brother too so I will have to get him his own and Joey got a free signed autograph too. He gave us a nice picture with all the boys. Then we were heading out the girls from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” table was next and just returned from there break with no line and not all the way in their seats. Well the reach over to say hi and Joey plants a Kiss right on “Glory” lips and says “it’s my birthday I turned 4”. Fortunately she just laughed and he gave her a big squeeze hug; he just shook “Cordelia’s” hand. Well the quickly forming line behind us, made comments about Joey’s advancement and how do they get that treatment. Of course no pictures because this happened too fast and the boys thought it was “cool” they were Vampires compared to the “Moon guys”. I bought them a couple classic star wars/gi joe toys for being good and called it a day.

Here are some pictures from the day:




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