7:00 AM: Way too early to get up. The night before I rang the front desk for a wake-up call for 7:00 am. Forgot to give them my room number (of course) but they seem to have some advanced technology that can track the call or whatever. It's over my head. Anyways, the call came, and true to my mother's advice ("Just pick it up, and slam it back down") Molly grabbed it, dropped it back on the receiver, and rolled over to go back to sleep. The plan backfired though, and the phone kept ringing. Molly rolled back over and picked it up again, this time, holding it longer, then dropped it. It still rang. By this time, I was ready to smash the phone with a hammer, but I refrained and let Molly deal with it (aren't I the greatest friend?). She picked it up yet again, said "Hello?" this time, and slammed it back. It didn't ring. We all breathed a sigh of relief and tried to go back to sleep until I realized I actually had to get up. I rolled out of bed onto my bag (which kinda hurt) grabbed my clothes for the day (plaid pants, white tank-top with British flag on it) and crawled to the bathroom. I have one thing to say about the stupid bathrooms: THE LIGHTS ARE TOO DARN BRIGHT!! I managed to get my clothes on the right body-parts even though I was blinded. I even brushed my teeth and hair (talented little buggar, aren't I?). I stumbled back into the black hole and fell into bed. It was Molly's turn. She got up, did her thing, and it was about 7:30 when she was done. Yay, a whole half-hour I could have spent sleeping. *sigh* Oh well, something to know for next time. We said good-bye to my mom and my unconsious sister, grabbed a room-key and skedaddled down to ballrooms 3 & 4. Another day of Queen was upon us.

8:00 AM: I suppose you're wondering what we did for that half-hour. Well, first we talked with Shane and Heather who had eaten a big breakfast (how dare they!) and were just finishing up. Molly and I hadn't eaten and were looking at the remains of their breakfast like savages. We didn't say anything, of course. After about 20 mins. of talking we made our way to the closed and locked doors of the ballrooms and waited. When they finally opened them, we ran into the *freezing!* room to grab our front seats. It took a bit to set up the video's and some of them didn't even work. I don't remember quite which ones they showed that morning, but what I do remember seeing was Roger's Q & A session video, Roger Taylor EPK, and Roger with *the disgusting bi-sexual* Yoshiki-Foreign Sand. Don't get me wrong, I like the song, just not Yoshiki. Anyways, it was a bit after 9:00 when we decided to head over to the Swap meet, money in hand.

9:15-10:45 AM: The swap meet had to be my favorite part of the convention besides the auction. Lot's of Queen stuff (some over-priced, some under-priced), all very cool. It was fun looking, but even more fun buying. Let me tell you what I got: First, I snatched up Roger Taylor's "Happiness?" because I don't have any solo CD's. Then, after browsing through whole bunches of lovely items, I found 5 Queen CD's for 3 bucks each!!! There were more, but I already had them. I couldn't believe my luck! 6 Cd's for $25! I was pumped, man. Then, we went into the second ballroom (which was really crowded) and I bought 2 John Deacon key-chains (which I kept attached to my belt loops for the rest of the convention) and 1 Queen II poster with the signature's of 3 of the band member's. The poster was photocopied. Oh well. Anyways, I hadn't even spent all my money! I was sure I would. Molly got 4 poster's (1 of which was the Queen II poster I also bought), some Queen Cd's, and Roger Taylor "Electric Fire." "Electric Fire" was 30 bucks, which was pretty much out of my price-range for a CD. I've listened to it though, and it's well worth it. She also got a Brian May CD ("Back to the Light") which I also really, really like. We went up to our room happily lugging our purchases to find that my mom and my sister were just finishing breakfast. I, for one, was appalled. To go beyond that, they had the audacity to make up mean nick-names for the members of the band (John Geeken, Roger Gay-lor, Brian Gay, Freddie Jerkery) and call us Geeks. I was getting really super mad at them, but I kept my cool and marveled over my really cool CD's. I would get my own back later. We left after taking a couple bites of cold breakfast's and brushing our teeth.

11:00-11:30 AM: Tug of War. I wish I could ommit this, but since I took part in it *cringe* I can't. Ugh, here we go. Well, in the first place, I was just going to watch. That's all I wanted to do, really. Then, they started asking for people to join in because they didn't have very many participating. Immediately, my "c'mon Katie, it'll be fun, you won't make a fool of yourself" instinct kicked in. I slipped out of my flip-flops (not good for grip, you know) and joined "Slightly Mad." Quite a group of people. They were my seniors by about 20 or 30 years each I think. Oh well. We pulled first against another team which I forget the name of, and lost. It didn't help that Molly was laughing at me, I kept tripping and slipping on my pants, and my feet were getting carpet burn. I ended up falling on my butt at the finale. It was about then, my second thoughts about going out for tug-of-war kicked in. They were always a bit slow. I went back to my seat, feet burning, butt hurting, and pride injured, but happy nonetheless. I mean, it was all in great fun, so I didn't care. The tug-of-war went on for another 25 mins, ending with all the ickle-kiddies going up and trying. It was soo cute!! I can't remember who won though.

11:30 AM: Time for my favorite part! Oh, I said that about the swap meet, didn't I? Well, screw that, this was hilarious!!! It was time for Brian's and John's solo video's. "John's solo video's?" you might be saying. Yes, John's. He has 3 but they only showed 2 of them. The first one they showed was the Immortal's video for the movie, "The Biggles." John looked extremely cute (and silly) in his pilot's hat and get-up playing the bass. Everybody whooped and screamed when they saw him, but no one as loud as me. The second one they showed was a guest spot in a video as a butler of some-sort who danced a bit. VERY cute and VERY VERY funny for the 10 seconds he appeared. Catchy song..."This is the chorus, the chorus, the chorus" and so forth. Annoying after a bit. Then came Brian's video's, which I'm happy to say, I knew the words to some. I think I knew "Driven By You" and "Too Much Love Will Kill You". I basically was singing through tears for TMLWKY. It was so sad! Omg, I can hardly recall the memory without getting misty-eyed. Anyways, they also showed "Starfleet" which I thought was funny (c'mon, Brian's head in space? That's not funny?) and "Resurrection" which I thought was scary beyond all reason. Snakes. I hate snakes. Especially when they're crawling all over Brian's head. *shudder*

12:15 PM: This was supposed to be lunch-break (Jacky says, "We don't feed you at Prestatyn, must be an American thing.") but of course, they had to show Greatest Flix video, which Molly and I had never seen. I did grab some popcorn though.

1:15 PM: Past convention audio messages from Freddie and Freddie's solo video's. I had to say, my favorite video EVER is the extended version of the "Great Pretender." Molly and I were quoting that all weeked and we still do! In the beginning, it shows the men getting ready, and Roger Taylor is looking in the mirror with all his makeup on, no wig, and black bra (which was HUGE) and white tank-top. That in itself is funny enough, but when he says, "Oh God!!" that had Molly and I gasping for air! Then, Roger picks up his skirt and waves it around (it's teal plastic-type and has white tassels) and says, "It's perfect isn't it?!" Oh, I don't think I ever laughed so much. The camera then turns to Freddie who's getting his bra on, and he looks down and says, "I haven't got the shape." Roger's head pokes into view and he says slyly, "He hasn't got the shape" and then leaves. I must have been making so much noise laughing. Many many shots of Freddie getting dragged up and clips of the actual video completed it. I LOVE that video!!

2:15 PM: Name that tune game. I wish also to ommit this, but since I also participated, I have to say something. It was pretty fun watching the other people go up there and bomb out. I actually knew some of the answers which surprised me, and obviously boosted my confidence, because I volunteered. Stupid me. Since it was the last game to be played, they said, "Let's make it harder now." yay. I was against somebody who obviously knew the answers. I only got one right and it was "Too Much Love Will Kill You." All the rest I hadn't even heard of! It didn't help that Molly was laughing at me and Heather was looking at me like "I know you don't know, but I know!" Fun stuff. I did get a little sticker thingie for my trouble, but that's it. At least I got something. Anyways, on with the less embarrassing parts of the convention.

3:00 PM: It has now been a full 24 hours since I've been outside. Isn't that sad? Now it time for the Making of One Vision (Directors Cut) and Brian May EPK videos. Very cool stuff, let me tell you. I can't quite remember how everything went, but I do remember laughing hystarically at the Making of One Vision. Lot's of quotes and inside jokes were derived from that one, let me tell you. From Roger saying "I don't like religion, it tends to f*** people up" to Brian contemplating the noble words, "Just one God damn vision" it was very funny. I do seem to recall when Brian figured out there was a camera there, so he started to call attention to himself by rocking back and forth with his guitar behind Freddie while the Fredster was singing. As you might know, the original version of One Vision was Roger's, and "that rotter" Freddie changed most of the words. In one part, Roger was trying to convince Freddie that "true vision" fit, when it actually didn't. "Da de de truevision!" Freddie laughed and said, "Well, of course it fits like that!" You should have been there. And for the people that were there, wasn't that funny?

4:00 PM: The time had come at last. Yes, it was time for the AWESOME Houston '77 video!!! By this time, our butt's were sooooo sore it wasn't even funny. I could not feel my butt. It didn't matter, as long as it wasn't my eye's though. This was soo cool! The premiere of a Queen concert HERE!!! I was sooo pumped up. Hmm, are you getting the general drift of the excitement? Good. Well, all I can say really, without taking up another 10 pages is it lived up to our expectations. It went beyond our expectations. IT FREAKIN' ROCKED!!! I never screamed so loud in my life. Freddie never looked so good or sang so well, Roger was definately on the ball, Brian was perfect, and John was excellant! And let me tell you, Freddie's butt never looked so good before. John was wearing his tight-white pants that showed off his butt so well...mmm. It was great. The concert, I mean. Heh. I really, really could not say anymore without going into great detail. Oh, well, I did kind-of fall to the floor when Roger did his little beginning wail to "I'm in Love with my Car." That always gets me.

6:00 PM: After that concert, I was drained of my energy. So much screaming, clapping, jumping around in my seat, and of course, trying to get my hearing back after Brian's lovely electronic guitar solo. It was so cute how in the middle, he put a finger to his lips as if to say, "Shh, don't tell" and started a bit of the Brighten Rock solo. Don't worry Brian, I won't tell! Anyways, it was time for the Q & A session with Jacky Smith and Charlie D'Atri (a.k.a. Mr. Hollywood). It was thoroughly enjoyable because they served food. The questions were fun too. Toward the end of it, Molly and I left to go put on her costume. Her costume took about an hour or so to get on, and mine about 2 seconds. Oh well.

7:15 PM: The raffle was supposed to be at 7:00 but they were running behind schedule (hey, they're only human). I didn't go to the raffle, although I wanted to. I had to put on Molly's costume for her. Sheesh, and I didn't even get paid! You know, if you support me in getting paid, how about you send Molly and e-mail here and.....just kidding. I really didn't mind too much. She looked EXCELLANT (or however you spell that word) and I was quite proud of myself. I sent her down after I was finished with her, to check out the costume scene. I quickly got dressed, and for the first time that day, my mother and my sister joined us. I didn't look as good as I wished, but whatthehey.

8:30 PM: Now for the big moment...the costume contest! It was so much fun! Everybody wanted a picture of everybody else! There were so many costumes I can't even begin to describe them! There were Roger's in Radio GaGa (none as good as Molly), Roger's in Break Free clothes, Freddie's for Live Aid (and 2 in catsuits!), Brian's complete with the hair, and I'm sorry to say, I was 1 of only 2 John's. The other John was Break Free clothes (to refresh any memory, I was kimono John). Oh well. I think I even saw a white Queen and a black Queen. Great King Rat also made an appearance (a couple times over actually). It was great. I didn't even have to brush my hair! I didn't wear shoes either, and my feet were freezing! Anyway, I'll cut right to the chase. After parading around before the people who were costumeless, sitting down after not being chosen, and clapping for who we wanted to win, a very, very convincing Freddie in a catsuit won!!! He so deserved it, even though Molly should have won. A lady who was "slightly mad" won the second place. Very cool costumes on everyone for the whole.

9:00 PM: Trivia finals. No, I stayed far away from this one, thank God. Hard questions, but I got 1 or 2 right. Everybody in it did really well!

9:45 PM: Let me tell you what it says in my little program thingie..."A short Karaoke set then bring on the funk and dance the night away." That's exactly what we did. They finished up the karaoke from the previous night and then started the music. My friend Paloma sang, and she was really good. She was all dressed up in her Freddie "Slightly Mad" costume and looked great. There were others who were really good too. Don't quite remember all of them. We left after a couple songs during the dance part because we were T-I-R-E-D!!! And because mom made us.

10:45 PM: I'm guessing at the time here. We went back to the room, yanked off our costumes (mine was actually comfy, but Molly's wasn't) and put on our jammies and crawled into bed. Saturday Night Live was on, so we caught a bit of that. The last thing I remember before dozing off was David Spade dressed really gay-like and saying, "If you don't say sal-on like that, your hair will sicken and die!" Quite funny actually. Anywhoo, that's the end of Day II of this fabulous convention. Night-night.