Convention Alley Weekend!
July 29 - August 2, 2004
ISPOL does London, Ottawa, and Niagara Falls!

Amber and Keighty hanging at Ana's.

Ana got a birthday cake for Harry Potter. How cool is that? :)

Amber in Ana's dining room.

Everyone took pictures of Harry's birthday cake. So I took a picture of them. :)

Another shot of Harry's birthday cake.

r to l: Me, Lea, Ana, Keighty, and Amber. We're standing in front of one of the many HP decorations around the house. Very cool, eh?

Another shot of Amber and the poster. I think I was drawn to the electric orange hair.

Gina and Sassy in the university parking lot before we went to dinner.

Keighty and Amber.

A cool looking fountain on the haunted walk tour. Can't remember why it was famous though.

Our haunted walk tour guide. Very informative, but delivered her speeches like an exagerated version of William Shatner from Star Trek. Far too many dramatic pauses.

The opening screen of my presentation. I'm really quite proud of my powerpoint presentation. Go me! :)

Me delivering my presentation. Wow, did I ever stumble and stutter my way through that. :)

A shot of the birthday banquet.

A passing view of "The Malfoys."

Another shot of the banquet. I think Steve Van Der Ark is in there somewhere, but it's kind of dark.

Sassy, Amber, and Gina.

Yolande, Christine, and Lea.

Me, Keighty, and Amber.

The Malfoys.

Before dessert, the waiters went through the audience with sparklers and a birthday cake for Harry Potter. Very cool.

Keighty.

Keighty getting ready to ask Steve Van Der Ark what kind of underwear he thought the HP characters wore. It was a weekend theme.

Professors Snape and Trewlawny. These were such cool costumes.

Lea and Sheryl Townsend, one of the organisers.

A shot of CoS. It was great. We turned it into the Rocky Horror Picture Show. We cheered when some people came in, booed for others, recited lines. It totally rocked.

Ottawa from my room.

Another angle.

The Inscrutable Severus Snape: Panelists Wendy Spiesman and Stephanie Dutchen and Moderator Professor Snape.

R.J. Anderson, Wendy Spiesman, and Stephanie Dutchen.

George and myself. George was the adorable man (with a British accent to boot!) that introduced me before my presentation.

A group of us outside the convention centre after the farewell luncheon.

Christine taking a picture of us.

According to Keighty, this is absolute proof of slash. The "red" (re: Gryffindor/Harry) guy approaches the "green" (re: Slytherin/Draco) guy from behind with a phallic-type object in his hands.

The thank you message on the board at the volunteer party.

The group of us at the volunteer party. Without all these people, this weekend wouldn't have happened.

The residence where I stayed. Nice place, although the water pressure sucked. It's all about the important things, eh? :)

One of the other buildings on campus.

The red car in front of us is Daniel, Amber, Keighty and Christine.

Daniel and Amber in their vehicle.

Another picture from Lea's car.

Keighty in the middle of what is now affectionately known as "The Mocha Incident."

The Mocha Incident from the other side.

Niagara Falls

Closer to the falls.

Another shot.

Keighty, Lea, Amber, and Daniel.

The American Niagara Falls

Kinda awesome when you think about it.

The Maid of the Mist.

Amber, Me, Daniel, Keighty, and Lea. One person asked a passing tourist to take our picture, so we all handed our cameras to her. I don't think she knew what to make of us.

Another shot of the American Falls.

It's Murray the Moose, right in the middle of the souvenir store.

Myself and Lea.

Very cool shot of a rainbow.

Another shot of the rainbow.

Another shot of the Maid of the Mist.

Pretty cool, a photo that encompasses both Canada and America.

Looking out from the restaurant.

This little bird just hopped around the floor of the restaurant while we ate.

The brown thing in the water (we were driving in the car when I took this) is a barge that was shipwrecked in the early 20th century. It's been there ever since.

Looking out over the river a ways down from the falls.

One of Lea's cats. I think this is Remus.

Lea and Padfoot (I think).