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So I'm not a Browncoat? Then you're a Purple Belly, and a coward too!
Monday, September 26, 2005

Saturday I went to the Serenity Fan Fest at Universal Studios Hollywood. The event went generally well, until the brains at the park decided to cut short the line for signings. (The celebs present were Summer, Adam, the twins, "Fanti" and "Mingo", Chris Buchanan and Loni Peristere, of VFX). Somehow the Browncoats managed to alert Adam of the situation with the dissed Browncoats, and he agreed to stick around to hang with them for a bit.

I got my signing done, and then went outside to have a pint at the Irish pub across from the Globe theater. Now, for some reason, Adam Baldwin remembers me. He's asked my name about 10 times, but he forgets, yet he apologizes for it, and makes a point of saying hi to me and talking to me. He's also convinced that I got him beer back in March (which I didn't do, but if the man says "cat", I meow - or have you not noticed his size? I ain't about to argue with him 'bout anything!)

Anyhoo, I'm at the pub and I see him coming and sitting down outside. The entrance to the pub had two planters, one on each side of the door. I come out, and I say,

"So, Adam, can I make good on that beer you say I got you?"

He turns around. "Hey, Tracy! Sure, stick around, and we'll do it when I'm done with this one." (For those interested parties, he drinks lager.)

20 minutes go by, we're in deep conversation with Adam (there were about 15-20 Browncoats there). I am standing close to him, but not crowding him, next to the planter to his right. I am holding my Serenity poster vertically with my left hand, and my own beer in the other hand. Therefore, I have no hands available for anything. (You'll see why I make a point of mentioning this later.)

Like I said, 20 minutes go by, and this woman comes over to tell Adam the Browncoats that didn't get the signing are about to revolt. He becomes Jayne - he leans back in his chair, takes a swig of beer and goes, "Ah, let 'em! People rioting on account of me... now that's a sweet life!"

The woman stays behind me. She taps my shoulder once to take his picture, I comply, and resume my previous stance. She taps my shoulder again for a second picture, and I comply again, resuming my position. Now let's be clear here - the man is in DOWN TIME! He's having a gorram beer, chatting and not being a monkey in exhibition. And if you already took two pictures of the man sitting in a chair, not moving, do you need a third one? And to bother someone who's been there longer than you, AND who's waiting to go get the promised beer, on his command? Well, apparently she did. Basically she wanted me to move out of the way to go on taking pictures. I said no. And resumed my position. She then pointed to a video camera in the crowd. I looked and saw it was a guy I'd previously talked to while queueing for the signing, who'd clearly said he "didn't really care for autographs or anything involving the BDHs" and that he was "there for someone else". Clearly, if the guy wanted to shoot closer, I would have complied. He didn't move. In fact, he moved further away.

After about an hour, Adam decides it's time to go. So he's saying good-bye, and we shake hands to the tune of the following exchange:

Me: "So you're gonna be at the Flanvention in December, right?"

Adam: "Yeah - you'll be there?"

Me: "Of course."

Adam: "It's a date. See you then!"

Adam leaves, and a bunch of us descended on the Hard Rock Cafe (initially there were 20 of us, by the end we were 40. The waitress said, "You guys keep reproducing like Gremlins!" By the end of the night, we'd converted her... )

Like I'd mentioned earlier, I had no extra hands available. Imagine my surprise when I found a post yesterday in the Southern California Browncoats Yahoo! group calling me "horrible", someone who "was hitting everybody with the movie poster and refused to move", and who was "touching Adam every 10 seconds," "the kind of fan who would have been evicted from the premiere party" (never mind that there were people who treated said party like a gorram convention, asking for autographs and pictures with the BDHs, which were, by the by, prohibited) and, to crown it all, she says I'm "surely not a Browncoat".

I understand there's jealousy, but this attack is ridiculous. I have more class than that, so I emailed the woman privately, off group, with the explanation contained above. Not only did she not answer the email - she continued to attack me on the group.

The attack makes her a Purple belly for sure. And the continued attack despite an explanation being given in a private email makes her a coward.

So much for Browncoat respect...

COMMENTS

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:29 PM

CPTJACKMURRAY


hey i got a few hacker friends get her IP and i could probobly get some retaliation for ya hehe given us bad name.. plus like all these other folk said adams just another human being a very popular cool hman being who has great parts including Jayne AND Animal Mother ( full metal jacket) i wish i could meeet him he seems pretty nice. but he must go through hell when convetion time comes round.

Monday, September 26, 2005 3:20 PM

TRACY


Let me make something clear - I know that they're real, normal human beings who just happen to have a cool job. I don't live and die for them. We were just having a casual conversation (which included such things as "Why do you guys like "Firefly"? What made you come watch it and stay and fall in love with the characters and the story?" and "Do you think if the pilot had been shown first, we'd have had a better chance?", or details on the old Vera as opposed to the new one). Again, I was waiting for him to say, "So where's the beer you promised me?" That was it. Nothing more, nothing less...

Monday, September 26, 2005 2:07 PM

ICARUS


Hullo!

Me here, since I'ma gonna hafta explain a few things. First off, we're all browncoats! Dissent amongst the masses is a bad thing, and this was, of course, started by the Krazy Kalifornian. I am sorry that they were so mean to you, but I think that we might remember not to let our fanship take over our livesthat we start worshiping the ground that the actors and crew walk on! Poor Mr. Baldwin must indeed be feeling sad about what happened, if he ever gets word. I wouldn't like it it people were hurt because some fanatic was trying to get at me. I applaud your restraint not to retaliate, and I have to say, that person doesn't represent what a browncoat is. They need to learn some slef restraint. I hope you are ok and they did not hurt you too much, so if you ever nee any help dealing with mean people (Wonder if it could be called yellow journalism what they did?), just ask and I'll lend my support!

Hope you all enjoy Serenity this Friday and following showings if you can go!

Monday, September 26, 2005 2:00 PM

R1Z


And you're surprised you met an Asshat?

The planet's crawling with them. Someone who's willing to post a lie about you is also not interested in explanations or truth. Don't let it ruin your day, Adam still knows your name (and what happened.)

Yet another reason to move out where the crowd is thin . . .

Monday, September 26, 2005 1:45 PM

PIFFLE101


*Gaspith* What a mean browncoat..Can we chip in and give good to your name??


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