The day starts at political spots where I hope to see some actors. Saw football player Plaxico Burress go in but he denied. Sadly, the only entertainment name I got is director Eduardo Verastegui who I already have. The rest were names I didn't care for.
Final spot for the night is for a band lead by REM member Peter Buck. Already have Peter and one other member of the band but needed the other two. After the show tried to mooch in but got shut down. They were doing the merch table and we explained we wanted to buy merch but to no avail.
Wait a bit and the employees went home. Then tried to mooch inside again, this time successfully and we see the band members mingling. I got Peter Buck (update), Duke Garwood (fresh), and Barrett Martin (upgrade). Sadly, never saw Alain Johannes who I never met before. Overall, a subpar day.
Next day starts at a radio station for the band of musicians/actors The Runarounds. Sadly only 4 of the 5 members are there. I got Zende Murdock, William Lipton, Jeremy Yun, and Axel Ellis in a group op and singles with the two I wasn't next to, Axel Ellis and Zende Murdock. They also signed for me. No Jesse Golliher who was supposedly sick during the day but not at night.
Go to the next spot hoping to see actor Andy Richter so I can get an upgrade. But only see some people from Dancing with the Stars. I get the ops. Go to another spot for actor Lamman Rucker. It seemed like he was never coming out till much later but at one point he went outside for a break. I managed to score the photo op and was able to leave.
Final spot for the evening is for bluegrass legend Sam Bush. Mooch inside the venue after the show and get the opener Lillian Hackett and also Sam Bush who was super nice greeting the crowd. Also got autographs from him.
Zende Murdock, William Lipton, Jeremy Yun, and Axel Ellis
This day starts off badly as I go to a venue to try and see Billy Gibbons for some autographs. But never see him and give up since he is presumably inside. Go to an event with Mark Cuban. Get an upgraded photo op and autographs. Go to a final spot for the band Skeleton Crewe who have a couple of decent names in the lineup but they were already inside and I didn't want to wait till late at night. So, I called it a day.
Next event is a political event that Robert Deniro was attending. I missed him going in where he stopped but at the event as it was ending, I approached the stage and managed to get him to sign my Meet the Fockers DVD already signed by Ben Stiller and Jay Roach (and barely got that). I have two ops with him from before. I was always afraid to get him to sign it due to the chaos in Deniro spots as I didn't want it ruined. But this was the perfect setup for this.
Next evening I wait for Chris Hughes, the co-founder of facebook alongside Mark Zuckerberg. Didn't see him go in but after the event got him on stage and he was cool and had to learn how to sign 8x10s as no one had asked him before.
Go to Baltimore for actress Lena Waithe (Ready Player One) who is doing a show. That evening she had a q&a discussion with Meagan Good (whom I already have). Wait after it lets out and while waiting get the barely valid actress Jacki Hydock. See Meagan Good leave and she was nice as I got a combo. The venue staff says "this is weird". Sadly never see Lena Waithe. They shut down the lights of the venue. Check out some people leaving a block away to see if she walked out a different door, but it wasn't her. Return to the venue and the last of the staff was walking out (as if they waited for us to leave to escort Lena out).
Next a subpar day. Stop by a spot and see a couple of Hockey names. Then go for actor London Brown after his show. Brown was super cool with everyone after his show.
