Another BSG Fan’s Dream Come True

This guest blog comes from Kelly Long:

I owe many great experiences to Propworx. I worked at the second auction as a member of the Colonial Fleet. I met Luciana Carro, “Kat”, while working at the show. I had the opportunity to present to send her a set of season 2 and 3 base sets of Battlestar cards. I also attended Dragon Con, where I mentioned that I hoped she had received and enjoyed the cards. She did a double take and said “that was you!?” I said yes, that I was at the Propworx auction, in duty blues, and my call sign was Plasma. She immediately remembered me and proceeded to hug me!! She said that she was very grateful for the cards and thought it was a very sweet thing. One fan dream attained.

I attended the first auction as a normal fan and asked desperately for a Battlestar prop as a gift from my family—I never want or ask for anything but I had finally found something I wanted. I ended up with Geata’s personal computer. As mentioned earlier I worked at the second auction, and while working at the auction, who could avoid the temptation to bid? I bought a couple of items include the set of Dualla’s personal effects containing the ball and jacks from Earth. I also obtained a book of Pythia from the show via this site! All these items were lovingly—as a fellow fan you can probably guess the extreme measures—packed up for the guests a Dragon Con.

While getting autographs at the walk of fame I asked Alessandro Juliani if I could bring his character’s computer to the photo op I had purchased and he was fine with that. I went up looking for McClure’s line to get her autograph and confirm what my roommate had told me (my roommate—who had the headset-had also— asked about my props) that I could bring her dogtags and the ball and jacks from Earth. She said “I don’t have a line” somewhat in a mock of dismay. I said that I was eagerly waiting for her autograph and to speak with her. She seemed very excited that I had purchased her dogtags and wrote on my autograph to “Take frak’n good care of my tags for me!” I thought this added so much personality to what could have been something so general. To answer your question, yes, I almost cried. I proceeded to get the other cast members autographs and speak with them. Mary McDonnell was my final quest, I waited for hers last since her line was the longest. I asked to salute her and in all my excitement to salute the President—I was dressed in my flightsuit best—I forgot to ask about Pythia and had to hope she would be as gracious as the others.

The photo op arrived before I could believe it, although the lack of sleep could have really been messing with my perception of time. I brought all the items with me in a box. Mary McDonnell was my first photo op and I asked if she wouldn’t mind holding my book of Pythia from the show. She agreed and graciously held it. I took a couple photos, Kate Vernon and Aaron Douglas, before McClure. I held my breath waiting for it since I was hoping she would recognize me. I walked up and handed her the dogtags and the ball and jacks from Earth in the bag. She put the tags on and then said one minute and proceeded to pour the ball and jacks out into her hand! Insert sharp inhale on my part and a deep internal scream for joy. I was just hoping for the bag to be seen, what she did was way above and beyond anything I expected and I could not have been more grateful. It will be a welcome picture to display with them. Gaeta offered a serious face as though he was reading “his” personal computer, which I absolutely laugh at to think that it is this prop I own which led him to do that. I should add that Froggy’s was great for putting up with my requests. Thank you Propworx for the opportunity to own a piece of a show so great it is monumental and enjoying the history of my own I made with it.

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