This event is an incredibly special moment in my life that I will never forget, it was an absolute pleasure to meet Don S. Davis, Carmen Argenziano and he’s partner Eileen Grubba. Again my friends and I went as VIP were we had dinner with the guests the night before the convention, started the night off sitting next to Don who was a sweetheart he spoke so lovingly about other cast members and especially of his wife Ruby. At one point I was persuaded to recite my all time favourite Stargate blooper, that being the MacGyver one during the episode Solitudes “I’m stuck on a Glacier with MacGyver” classic. One of my favourite movies when I was younger was Look Who’s Talking and so it was nice to have a chat with Don about the movie. At one point I was going through tones on my phone because my ringtone at the time was the Stargate theme song with lyrics, and my message tone was “Most people I know, think that I’m crazy” Don got a good laugh out of that.

After a time Don and Carmen swapped table and he and Eileen joined us, we shook hands and introduced ourselves I said “I’m Janelle, but you can call me Smiley” He liked that and thought it fitting. Carmen spoke very lovingly of Amanda Tapping and how great she is and how she helped in so much on the show. We spoke more about Stargate and Amanda we talked about careers and family, he told me about his daughter who was the same age as I was. After dinner was over and Don had retired to bed Carmen stayed and chatted with us and it was such a comfortable and relaxing conversation. When it was time for Carmen and Eileen to go I told them that I would be wearing a costume the following day and Carmen said “Well if I don’t recognise you, just smile”.

The next day at the convention I was dressed in a Australian Air Force Blues outfit, since both Don and Carmen played Air Force Generals I thought it was fitting. When Carmen walked in and saw me he looked really impressed and commented on how it looked great, he then followed it up by giving me a big hug and I’m pretty sure there was stupid fangirl grin on my face. I got to watch on as Don and Carmen did a little photo-shoot together, there was some puckering for kisses and all, it was entertaining to watch and they just look like two mischievous kids in photos together. I got my photos with them both along with big hugs and Don also commented on my costume.

Carmen was up for his panel first whilst Don went off to explore the city, Carmen was hilarious and it was a great panel. He spoke about working with Amanda and the rest of the Stargate cast he spoke very highly of them all and how he loved working with them, he also mentioned how he would have loved to explore the character of Selmak more. I’ll always remember his answer to a question regarding the ‘relationship’ between Sam and Jack in Stargate, he answered by saying that from a father’s perspective he doesn’t think Jack would be the right man he’d want for his daughter but that if it meant she was happy it wouldn’t matter. I thought this answer was great, I’m not a shipper in fact I prefer the subtle hints but I thought it was amazing how he answered this question it’s obviously something he had really thought about, and he’s daughter is lucky to have such a loving and caring father.

Before the end of Carmen’s panel it was time for the Evil Vegemite Girls to strike again, so I threw Carmen a tube of it and after opening it up he then lifted it over his head and squeezed it into his mouth, at first just a little bit but he followed it up with more and his reaction was priceless. When the taste hit him he picked up a bottle of water and skulled most of it before tipping the remainder over his head and then going for some mentos. At one stage when talking about Eileen and how she was an actress and singer he then got down on one knee and begged her to come up on stage with him, it took some persuading but eventually she came up and joined him. It then finished with them both getting some special Aussie presents (Cricket shirt and hat).