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Welcome to the Brookston family blog. We'll post updates here on what's going on in our part of the world, and especially with our son, Porter, who has been diagnosed with some form of autism. Our hope is that this blog will help us deal with all the issues we'll be facing and keep our friends and family informed as well.

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June 25, 2006

Freaks & Geeks

Categories: Photos, Sarah, Family — J @ 11:26 am

Yesterday I detailed Sarah’s new passion with Joss Whedon’s space western Firefly/Serenity. That was to set up this post, which concerns her leaving me home with the kids to attend a midnight showing of the film Serenity in San Francisco. To be fair, I would have gone, too, if I could have, it was for a good cause, and her Mom and sister went along with her. But all the same, it’s not the sort of things she’d have done before and so I still got to have a nice chuckle about it. At the showing there were quite a few big fans who dressed up as their favorite characters. The big fans are known as Browncoats. To understand why, you just have to watch the show. But in the meantime here’s a show of that evening’s events.

Sarah at midnight in San Francisco.

Two attendees dressed as Jayne and Zoe.

Inara, Malcolm, and guest.

Two more Jaynes.

The charity show poster with one of its organizers. People are signing it as a birthday card for Joss Whedon, creator of the show.

Sarah, RuthAnne and Margaret pose with the birthday card/poster.

Inside the theater with (from left) Jayne, Shepherd Book, Simon, Kaylee, Zoe, River, Wash, Malcolm and Inara.

The real (from left) Jayne, Kaylee, Wash, Zoe, Malcolm, Simon and River.

Sarah’s main passion, Captain Malcom Reynolds with Inara.

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