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I had a lovely time yesterday at the Dark Shadows Festival, but between it and Readercon, I am now officially Conned Out. There are various things I want to do today (write, do laundry, go to Trader Joe's, etc.), but at the moment I'm flopped out on my futon watching Gilmore Girls on Soapnet and contemplating getting some ice cream (Ben & Jerry's Milk'n'Cookies) out of the freezer. The heatwave isn't helping with my energy level, though the weather's supposed to cool off this week.

It was great seeing my friend Lamar (Lara Parker) at the Dark Shadows con, though she was pretty busy with the never-ending autograph line. A highlight of the con was Jonathan Frid's appearance, in which he commented on various Barnabas clips from his run on the show. There were also great appearances by set designer Sy Tomashoff (who also designed the sets for Ryan's Hope) and composer Robert Cobert. Later there was a cast reunion, including Frid, Lara Parker, John Karlen, Jerry Lacy, Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby, Roger Davis, Chris Pennock, James Storm, Marie Wallace and Kathleen Cody. There was also a tribute to Grayson Hall and a presentation by Big Finish about their Dark Shadows audio adventures--during which someone in the audience suggested a Dark Shadows/Doctor Who crossover adventure, to enthusiastic applause!

And it never gets old when David Selby (Quentin) says, "Everyone wanted Barnabas to bite them...including me."