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We spent this weekend in Salem, Illinois, attending the 2003 Salem Days Fest. Salem Days Fest is one of three officially sanctioned Days of our Lives fan events. And yes, I do watch the show…. Not every episode, but Kristin TiVos them, and either I watch them with her, or she updates me on what I might have missed.

Anyway, there are Q&A sessions, autograph signings, and ticketed events with the guests from the show. This year’s guests were Matthew Ashford (Jack Devereaux), Missy Reeves (Jennifer Horton Devereaux), Jim Reynolds (Abe Carver), Valerie Wildman (Fay Walker), Eric Winter (Rex), Alexis Thorpe (Cassie), and Farah Fath (Mimi Lockhart).

Farah was the person I was most interested in seeing. Here we are at the autograph signing. When it was my turn in line, she looked at me, said I looked familiar, and asked if I was at the event the previous year. I had to admit I hadn’t, but hey, Farah thought I looked familiar! That has to count for something, right?

On a related note, during the Q&A with Eric, Farah, and Alexis, I walked closer to take a photo, and Kristin told me afterwards that Alexis smiled and waved at me. Of course, she did this right after I took my picture, so I missed it entirely.

We also went to the brunch with Matt and Missy this morning. The brunch was great, as both Matt and Missy spent a lot of time taking questions. Matt looked like he had a long night, but Missy seemed every bit as perky as her character Jennifer. Missy is so cute….

I haven’t posted in a few weeks, so I figured I better put something up. There really isn’t too much to report though.

Now that the football season has started, we’re back in Sunday Ticket mode. My dad comes over, we watch the Packers, and we eat. Unfortunately the Packers lost last week, so it wasn’t an auspicious start to the season, but we still have 15 games left.

Next weekend we’re headed to Salem, Illinois, for Salem Days Fest 2003. I used to kid Kristin about watching Days of our Lives when we started going out, but it didn’t take long before I found myself watching the show as well. Should be a fun weekend. I’ll be curious to see how soap opera fans compare to Star Wars fans (having been to both Celebration events).

Looks like Wesley Clark is going to enter the race soon. I like Dean, but I think I like Clark more. People talk about a Dean-Clark ticket, but I think Clark-Dean has a much better chance of beating Bush. Until he announces, the closest thing to an official campaign site is the Draft Wesley Clark site. Check it out.