![]() ![]() Like I need more Xena merchandise, but I cannot resist the photographs, they are so beautiful. After receiving my wristband, we went on a buying frenzy. As I approached the area, I recognized many people I met from past conventions and new faces that I met on line. After Gina let me in the room and I put my bags away, we went to registration. When I arrived at my hotel room I noticed my silly roommates had put an 8x10 printout on my door of pictures of me dressed in different Xena costumes. A perfect greeting to what I knew was going to be a beautiful weekend. After landing, Zeta was standing next to Old Warrior with big smiles on their faces. I ordered another rum and coke and we talked Xena all the way to Pasadena. I knew this was going to be a good flight. I, of course, had all of them, but I always love to look at Xena pictures, so I did not complain. She took out all of her trading cards and pictures to show me. This was her first convention and she was excited about it. I told her to come and sit with me in my row and she did. The woman in the seat in front of me overheard us and then spoke up that she was also going to the convention. I smiled at the women across from me and told them I was going to a Xena convention. I had lots of space and felt good about that. When entering the plane I quickly snagged an aisle seat with two empty seats next to me. ![]() I got off the telephone and went to my gate to find they were finally boarding. I thought to myself I hope she is not waiting around for me. I decided to call Zeta, my friend who was to pick me up, to see if she was already at the airport, but all I got was an answering machine. How I wish I were there mingling with other Xena fans and being around the excitement than to be where I was, stuck in the airport, pacing the floor like a bored little hamster. I called my hotel roommates in Pasadena, Gina and Maryann, to see if they made it to the hotel. I landed in Phoenix Arizona for my connection flight to Burbank and found that the flight was a few hours late. I hate flying because I am claustrophobic. ![]() On the morning of Thursday, May 3rd, the day of my flight, I was still packing and rushing around like a h*ll on wheels. I starting hiking 20 miles three times a week, with the addition to my regular aerobics, and running routine. I knew if I was going to dress in chains I had to exercise harder than usual. I narrowed it down to Cleopatra Xena in the white dress/gold collar from the episode ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA (108/518), the harem/belly dancing outfit from the episode WHO'S GURKHAN (116/604), and Xena in chains from the episode ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA. I knew immediately which costumes appealed to me. While analyzing the costumes on the newest episodes of Xena, I thought to myself, I want to feel sexy, fearless, and exotic at this year's convention. Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor would appear together at last! I had been anticipating the Pasadena Xena convention for over a year, wondering what costumes to make because I knew it would be one of the biggest and best Xena conventions so far. Some know me as "World Wide Deb" and others know me as "Code Tango", but at Xena conventions people know me as one of the gals who dresses up like Xena. WHOOSH! edition copyright © 2001 held by Whoosh! ![]()
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