Phase 1: 10-10:45 - Meeting Claudia Black
I stood in line for almost an entire hour to get an autograph from the beautiful Claudia Black, and hopefully to get a word in, but let me say, it was well worth the wait! She's just as beautiful in person, if not more, as she is on-screen. For those who were wondering, her hair was done just like Vala's and she was wearing a gorgeous red sleeveless dress.
It was a long line-up, as expected, though I was somewhere near the middle because I got there early. When I rounded the corner to where she was sitting, everyone in front of me was blocking her. However, I did manage to get a few shots of her when they'd move. A few people in front of me were dressed up in full-on Stargate SG-1 costumes, a whole family of them. The mother was Sam, the father Jack and the son, Daniel. She said the baby's costume was amazing and started talking baby talk to him. I couldn't hear much but she definitely joked about kidnapping him.
The people in front of me I heard a lot more from. She ran out of ink in her pen and starting jokingly complaining about it. She asked them to tell her a joke, so the girl said, "How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?" Immediately she knew the answer and replied, "Fish. I'm a hard-core surrealist, so I already knew that one." They joked some more until her pen finally worked and she thanked them for waiting.
Then, the moment I was waiting for. My turn! I was practically dying my nerves were so bad, but I don't think I showed it. She smiled and said, "Hi, how are you?" I replied, "Good, thanks, and you?" She smiled and said she was good as well. She asked me if silver was okay to sign in and I said yes (of course). I hesitated, but I wanted to say something so I said that I am a member of Claudia Black Online and I know the webmaster and that I wanted to thank her on behalf of Roberto, myself and all the other members. She smiled and said it was her pleasure and she enjoyed doing it.