Hey guys, what is going on?
My name is Lily Monroe and it is Sunday the 26th and I came back from Virginia today,
technically Richmond, technically, um, Galaxycon 2023.
Yeah, so lots of feelings, lots of emotions, lots of excitement came with me and I absolutely
enjoyed it.
So I booked my tickets for the Galaxycon about January.
Yeah, as soon as I've heard that David Tennant is going to be there, I'm like, oh fuck, I
waited 11 years, 11 years to meet the guy.
So I'm like book ticket, book an autograph and John Cleese, if you guys, um, yeah, John
Cleese from Monty Python, fish named Wanda, faulty towers.
He was there too.
And I'm like, oh fuck, I might as well get autograph and picture with him.
And I do not regret it one bit because, yo, I did not know that he was like 83 years old.
I don't know why, but in my head I thought, oh, maybe he's like 50, 60.
Nope.
So I'm like, you know what, I might as well get a photo.
I don't know when's the next time I'm going to see him.
Um, I know you never know.
You never know.
Um, I mean, the guy wasn't feeling too well and like, I know he had like a red eye because
he flew from London.
So it's like, yeah.
Yep, yep, yep.
Uh, but yeah, they were both super sweet and, um, yeah.
So I guess it should start from the beginning.
You're like, some of you are like, what the fuck is Galaxycon?
So Galaxycon is like Comic Con, comic book convention, like a lot of actors come to these
events, a lot of voice actors, cosplayers, celebrities, all kinds.
So if you just Google Comic Con near me, a lot of Comic Cons will pop up.
Some of them are New York, San Diego Comic Con every year.
Um, well, almost every year except for the COVID years.
Um, yeah.
Um, fun event.
A lot of cosplayers go there.
My nerds, my type of people.
I love going to these because everybody's super fucking nice.
Everybody says, excuse me if they're passing through you.
Everybody asked you permission to take a picture.
Um, yeah, like there's no fights whatsoever.
Like I don't know, either regular football or hockey game.
Yeah.
But, um, yeah.
And let's see.
So the first day, when did I get to Richmond?
So I got there, um, 23rd and it was like afternoon and I had a client.
I see, I've seen this gentleman before and he's so amazing.
And like, he always pre books.
He's like, Hey, this is me.
I'm like, you don't have to send me your screening.
Like I know you.
Uh, but yeah, it was kind of funny because I told him he could come earlier because the
housekeepers, um, I mean the room was ready for me or so I thought.
And I'm like, I came there and there were housekeepers cleaning it.
So I had to wait like five minutes.
I'm like, okay.
Like I had to apologize to him.
I'm like, I'm so sorry.
But yeah, it was fun.
And yeah, I had a few more people and one of, one of those people gave me a fucking
video game.
It was his first time and, uh, hope I exceeded his expectations because he was kind of nervous
and it was super sweet.
Um, and the other gentleman, um, he brought wine and he was like, you smell nice.
Like everybody smelled nice, which I love.
Like you know, everybody was professional on this trip because everybody pre booked,
which helps out a lot.
Uh, pre booking is basically you, uh, book an appointment with me.
Like you send your screen information, you paid the deposit.
I bookie book your time and that's it.
And then when I'll get there, I'll, you know, we both know like I send the address of the
hotel, uh, right after they send the screening, right after I get the deposit and they know
where to go.
And, um, yeah.
So yeah, that's why pre bookings are important because, uh, yeah.
And uh, I'll have another podcast where I have to explain why pre booking out of state
trip, like flying distance.
Like I don't know, DC, New York, Texas, um, it's going to be super important.
So stay tuned.
I'm back to galaxy con.
Uh, second day, second day.
I am sorry, sorry, sorry.
Ah, first day, first day I went to galaxy con.
Um, first thing I did was, uh, get there before the opening.
Lots of people.
Friday was not crazy as I thought it would be.
Well, wait until I'll talk about Saturday because that was a shit show.
But, uh, back to, back to Friday galaxy con day one was great.
I went there.
The first thing I did was just, I just wanted to walk past David Tennant because I wanted
to see him 11 years.
Uh, and I just wanted to see his face.
Like I wanted to see him as a human being.
I know it sounds weird, but like I've seen him, I've seen all of his movies and TV shows.
So it's like, I just wanted to, I don't know.
I don't know.
It's so weird because it's like he's been my kind of, you know, he was the first person
I actually had like a real crush on, wrote fan fiction, wrote stories, um, you know,
aspire to be who I am and be alive because of him.
So damn it, I should have said that to him.
But anyways, anyways, um, yeah.
So it was like, it was good to see him like from a distance, like flipping his hair because
he had like bangs on his face.
But I'm like, Oh my God, he's real.
He's a real human male.
Oh my God.
Ah, but yeah.
Anyways, and I, um, I did photo op with him and it was a sexy one and I'm like, Hey, can
we do a sexy photo op?
And he's like, Oh, yeah, I guess.
So we did the sexy photo op and, uh, I think, I think he was a little shy or a little embarrassed.
I don't know, but yeah.
And then I got, I got him to sign that picture, um, which was awesome.
And then I went through some vendors and, um, dressed up as barbed wire with Pamela
Anderson.
Not a lot of people recognize me.
I was really shocked.
I'm like, come on, come on, you guys, you guys cannot be as old as me.
Like, come on.
But, uh, yeah.
So that was day one.
I wore heels, which please do not do if you're a girl and go to Comic Cons, because heels
will kill you.
Like your legs are going to be killing you.
And I did not even have the tall ones.
I had regular heels and it still was painful to walk home.
Um, but yeah.
Um, so yeah, so there's that.
Um, galaxy con day two, I had a few clients that day.
Um, they were really accommodating.
I'm like, I'm so sorry, I don't know how long the foot ops are going to take.
Uh, one of them came early and that was awesome.
Like I felt kind of bad because it's not like his regular schedule, but yeah, I still enjoyed
like my time together with, um, with the rest of the clients.
Uh, but yeah, so I went to day two.
I had to, I had such a hard time finding parking because if Friday was kind of crazy, then
Saturday was fucking insane.
There were twice as many people, if not thrice as many people, three times.
Um, and they came from all over, not just Wishman, like all over.
And I was late for David Tennant Q&A because I was finding parking and then I had to literally
run in my freaking Harley Quinn cosplay across and people were hocking at me because they're
like, oh my God, you're so cute.
Thanks.
Um, I had to run because I was afraid that I will miss my photo op with John Cleese.
Thankfully, I did not.
Uh, I look like shit on my photo with him, but it's fine.
He looks amazing.
It's John fucking Cleese.
Uh, yeah, he was so nice.
He's like, ah, he like, he like was grabbing my hand and kind of shaking it.
Um, I don't know.
And it's like, he didn't want to let me go.
Like when I, when I like started walking away from the photo op because it's like fast line,
you get them fast.
But anyways, he was super sweet.
Uh, so there's that, that was day two.
And right after his photo op, I wanted to get his autograph.
So a certain line, the line was hour and a half long and the event was just so disorganized
because the lines were long.
They overbooked David Tennant and John Cleese because John Cleese was going to be there
for one day.
So obviously shit ton of people showed up for him.
But the galaxy con does not have a lot of celebrities.
So those were two biggest names there.
So I stood on line for an hour and a half until they told us that until some, until
I overheard somebody saying he's not feeling well.
I'm like, Oh my God, is he okay?
Like what's going on?
Doesn't he have a panel right after?
And they're like, yeah.
I'm like, well, fuck, I have to get autograph from David Tennant now because I brought
my DVD and I brought something else for him to sign.
Uh, which worked out perfectly because I got an autograph from him.
And at that time John Cleese was back.
So I got autograph from John Cleese and he was like floatily, flirtatiously waving at
me when I left and it was so cute.
It was adorable.
But, um, and then right after that, I got my normal photo op, uh, with David Tennant
and yeah, that was amazing.
I'm like, fuck, I want to get a, like, I actually want to talk with him.
You know?
Um, so yeah, maybe like one day I'll book, uh, like, you know, one of those zoom chats
where you can like talk with celebrity for two or three minutes and it's super expensive.
But I'm like, I have questions that I need to be answered as, uh, as my profession in
real life.
So like, or what I do because he's an actor, I'm an actor in real life and, uh, I need
some answers.
So yeah.
Um, but yeah, I left happy.
I'm like, wow.
Okay.
I guess I have to go back to real life.
Great.
Uh, yeah, no, but I, I still enjoyed my time in Richmond.
I had a way better time in Richmond second time because first time I was there, I was
doing deals with this fucking chick who did not know what she was doing.
And yeah, it's, um, it was, yeah.
Anyways, and I made more, I mean, way more this time.
You know, money is great.
It paid for my trip.
It paid for my photo ops, um, paid my rent, uh, paid my newly bought vacuum because I
came home.
There was fur everywhere.
I'm like, my little vacuum does not do the job.
I got a new vacuum and it wasn't bad.
So yeah, this trip definitely paid off a lot of stuff, helped me with the house, uh, putting
some money in the bank.
Yeah.
Because people pre booked and they were amazing and super organized and accommodating and
friendly and cute and gorgeous.
Uh, but yeah, um, yeah.
So I left, oh yeah, uh, day three, um, Sunday, I woke up at 2 AM for no fucking reason.
Um, and I'm like, well, fuck, I'm awake.
I might as well just leave because it was a six and a half hour drive to Savannah, Georgia.
So I packed my shit, um, I started driving and around six o'clock, um, like fuck, I'm
tired.
So I took a nap until 10 AM drove back, uh, came back at one, one PM.
Yeah.
And I've been up since then.
So yeah, it's been, it's been quite an adventure.
Honestly, I am a cool people, um, really friendly people.
I just remembered that right after I got my photo up to the day of 10 and I put my bad
like the Harlequin's bad size so I can put the photo in the protective layer.
Uh, and I left and I'm like, wait a minute, I'm missing something.
So I came back, I had to come back for the bat and it was still there because nerds are
not thieves.
They don't steal shit.
They turn it into security and be like, Hey, somebody lost this.
Can you please get it back for them?
Cause nerds are awesome.
Cosplayers are awesome.
My type of people, they don't steal shit.
But anyways, got my bat left.
Yeah.
So overall amazing adventure and I might not be back for it just because it was super disorganized
and I've already seen who I wanted to see.
But I mean, if you know, next time I'll go, I mean on my next radar, I want to see the
11th doctor and 12th doctor played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi and then my life will
be complete.
Then I could fucking die happily.
But, um, yeah.
Um, oh yeah.
Speaking of death and other things.
Um, so I went to John Clay's panel and he, he joked about death and I'm like, Oh my God,
please don't do that because I, I started to get sad, but he, he did it with humor because,
you know, and, um, he's like, you know, when you get my age, death seems like an amazing
adventure.
I started laughing and, um, uh, the host was throwing candy at us and I have not eaten
all day.
So like, I went for it.
Like when the candy, when the host was throwing that candy at the audience, at the panel,
I went for it.
I fucking went for it.
I have turned into an animal.
Like, give me that.
Yeah.
Cause, um, yeah, I was not even an Adderall or anything.
I was just like done because most, most of the time that I was at the con, which was
eight hours, I just waited in lines for majority of them.
Um, but yeah, um, other than that, you know, besides shitty volunteers and disorganized
lines and overbooking the tickets and it being hot, I had a great time.
I really did.
So next week I'm going to Megacon and I'm excited about that.
I'm going to get some more for ops with cool people and yeah, and then see if somebody
pre-books.
I know one person pre-booked with me.
Thank you.
Um, so yeah, I see who else pre-books once it gets closer and, uh, yeah.
And I will talk to you guys about that in a week.
And this was Ask a Confessions with Lily Monroe and I will talk to you guys next time.