July kicks off with something uneventful. Went to a spot got Trombone Shorty (repeat) and Abi Carter (fresh). Went to try for a flight that may have been Arnold but it wasn't him. Next day I go to the same spot and get updates with Otis Williams of the Temptations and Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. Also get a dual op with country duo LoCash. Lauren Daigle who I don't have was there but I never saw her so that was a fail.
Fast forward about a week I go to McGoobys for actors Clare Bowen and Jonathan Jackson of Nashville fame. They do a meet and greet after the show. Also present were their respective husband and wife.
They gave out a signed poster before the meet and greet. And as we were in line got Clare's husband Brandon Robert Young who is a barely valid singer. Then got single and dual shots with Clare and Jonathan. Then looked for Jonathan's wife Lisa Vultaggio who is an actress from General Hospital. She was nice.
After this sweeping success went to another venue for Coppola family member Robert Schwartzman. He was in The Princess Diaries. Waited outside the venue and he was walking outside. Nice as can be. Colin Blunstone of The Zombies was also there but I have him so I decided to go home.
Success continues a day later as I go for Pat Monahan of the band Train. Probably best known for the song "Hey, Soul Sister". He signed and did photo ops. Didn't really focus on the other current members of Train as they are all barely valid.
This day starts early morning for a flight of someone who has alluded me for years and I never heard good things about. Actor Eddie Griffin from Deuce Bigalow. Waited for him at the airport, saw him, and asked for the photo op. He was friendly.
After that stopped by a hotel and got a tennis player. Then to a spot to try for ai related people. Was hoping former child actor Brock Pierce was there but he wasn't. I did however get the Winklevoss twins (Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss). Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea of facebook from them. Also got Vladimir Tenev (CEO of Robinhood) among others. Ended the day with a flight for rapper Big Boi.
Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss
Next day a flight for someone else who has alluded me, Meghan Trainor. She always did signings and always heard she was nice, but the stars never aligned. This however was perfect. Glad I never went out of my way for her. To boot, Daryl Sabara from Spy Kids was there and actually my bigger want. Double perfect!
See them all they had an entourage including their kids. Meghan was super nice signed and did photo ops. I got vinyls done. But Daryl was a dick and would do nothing saying he was with the kids. Tried begging but to no avail. Wow! Usually you get the lower name spouse and not the superstar. Here I actually wanted the lower name spouse and I got the superstar. SMH. I did have an outbound for them but seemed fruitless to try when it was the exact same setup.
Tried one play venue hoping to see Bill Hader and Ali Wong (have Bill need Ali) since they were producers, but I didn't see any of them. This ended the day.
Next day starts at a venue for musicians I never heard of. I got members of the Rose City Band and the duo of Matthew Rolin and Jen Powers. Also got youtuber Kyle Gordon.
Next spot had largely tennis players, but I also wanted an upgrade with Wale. Sadly, he is being a dick puts his hand in front of his face as he poses, and his security is rushing him through. So that aspect of it was bust.
Weird Al is in town and while I have Weird Al, I never got the rest of his band besides the bass player (all members played on all his albums). Beat the bus from the show to the hotel. I get the original guitarist Jim West AKA Kimo. Then keyboard player Ruben Valtierra who isn't original but has been on Weird Al albums since the early 90s. Then an update with bassist Steve Jay.
Disappointingly I never saw original drummer Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz and never saw Weird Al though I would later find out Weird Al had to go to NYC for Colbert. BUT I did get a nice surprise. Got Jay Levey who directed the movie UHF! I also got Weird Al's opener Puddles Pity Party. And while waiting actress Jackie Appiah randomly pulls up and she is nice.
Go back to the spot the next day in the hopes of seeing Jon but never saw him. I got another op with Jim West since my shot from the night before was slightly blurry. And Steve Jay noticed me and waved at me.
The next day I couldn't find Jon again but I knew someone going into the Weird Al meet and greet and didn't care for the auto so I got my 8x10 done.
Next day I start in the morning for director Matt Shakman (2025 Fantastic Four movie). He is cool and I get a combo. Later in the day I go for a different kind of name. Zahi Hawass who is an archeologist from Egypt. His wiki seemed impressive, so I thought why not appease the combo Gods. Got the photo op plus autos. Seems like a cool historical name.
Last spot for the evening I was hoping for Nvidia founder Jensen Huang but only his cousin was there.
Days later I go for folk singer Tom Rush. Go to where he is playing and find him walking around. He is as nice as can be. Next spot is in the evening for actors who did a show. Susan Egan from 13 Going On 30 and Disney's Hercules and Bill Farmer who voices Goofy. Have Bill need Susan. Beat them all to the hotel. Never see Bill but got Susan and other actors there and they are all nice as can be.
Go to the final spot which is a venue for the band Pixies. Sadly, I'm late. I get the barely valid Emma Richardson and the opener Kurt Vile both at the venue. Missed Joey Santiago entering the hotel and also missed lead singer Black Francis entering the hotel although he barely signed one item.
Next day at the airport wait for Vanilla Ice to fly in. This is mainly for autographs since I have him. But his plane gets diverted to Richmond due to the weather. While there I try for Pixies singer Black Francis and he shoots me down. But I do spot the band of Taylor Hawking's son. I show them my photo op with Taylor, and his son says we need to do an op.
The day prior I waited for Lil Wayne at his hotel. An assistant said they would take our stuff but that never happened. Now we're waiting again and still nada. So go to another spot in the hopes of seeing Triple H come out. I have him but need a photo op with bearded Triple H and some autographs. Sadly, never saw him but saw Lawrence Taylor. Got another photo op and had him sign the Wrestlemania 11 entry of the WWE_E V1.
Went back to look for Triple H at another spot and never saw him. And finally went to a venue and got pianist David Benoit who also did music for the 2015 Peanuts movie.
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