Gillian-Louise Smith

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@briverlyy @biigrem It grows in natural gas heated plastic tents. Picked by ice removed Mexican labour. Natural gas price gone up.

[visionaryvoid @Visionaryvoid]

I have met several famous people who were quite humble. Stan Lee was absolutely terrific and I had the opportunity to have a brief lunch with him many years ago when he was not widely famous, as he is now. Linda Hamilton was kind and gracious. Jenette Goldstein was awesome and fun and friendly.

In fact, I think most who I have met are. I think that,maybe, once you are secure in your fame you begin to open up and express gratitude for it. At least that is my theory.

Nonetheless, one who in particular comes to mind is Sigourney Weaver.
Everyone knows who Sigourney Weaver is. She is a legend and deservedly so. Her characterization of Ellen Ripley changed cinema and, particularly, the role of female protagonists. After Ripley, women could be credible action heroes in their own right.

Anyway, a few years back Aliens celebrated the 30th Anniversary of its release. As part of that celebration the local Comic Expo here in Calgary managed to assemble the entire main cast of the film, all together in one place at one time for the first time since the film’s premiere 30 years before! That was quite the coup.
Of course, the highlight of the event and the biggest star there was Sigourney Weaver. She arrived on Saturday afternoon and had the huge, sold out, Aliens panel that night. She was warm and gracious and rather self-effacing on stage and was utterly engaged in what the audience said to her. She seemed honestly interested to hear whatever people chose to share with her and I don’t think you can really fake that. Although George Burns once famously quipped, “Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that you got it made.”

Now, the next day, Sunday is where she truly shone and set herself apart from maybe most celebrities. Having only come in on Saturday for the panel, Sigourney was contracted to take pics and sign autographs on Sunday. Hundreds and hundreds of people (or more) ended up lining up to meet her and she was booked for another panel later in the day. With that kind of time pressure I have seen many (most really) celebrities simply do what they can then abandon the line when they have to head to their next engagement. That is the nature of the beast at Cons. It happens.
But then Sigourney made her legend by slaying such beasts and did so here, too. She told her management that she wasn’t going anywhere until absolutely every person who would care to meet her, shake her hand and take a picture had had their time, no matter how long that took. She told her manager that she was there for the fans, not the other way around.
So, one by one, graciously, Sigourney met with and interacted with each of what was probably thousands of us lined up to meet her, say hi, and shake her hand. Even at a few seconds to maybe half a minute each this was a monumental undertaking. She was focussed but unrushed, taking time especially with her handicapped fans to have a moment with them.

The end result was she ended up being something like 90 minutes or more late for her panel that afternoon. Usually this would have been just cause for animosity or outright anger but given what she had been doing and the fact that the crowd waiting were informed of what she was doing when she walked in the room erupted with pure love and respect, even adulation, for the depth of character she displayed. Sigourney was obviously touched and given who she is, stayed late at that panel for exactly the same reason.

So, yeah, Sigourney Weaver is a legend and deservedly so. The utter class and sheer character she demonstrated should serve as an example to the rest of us who may feel that we are too busy or too important or too entitled to give a shit. She showed that you are never too busy or too famous to care.

I love Sigourney Weaver!

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@Neccccy Afghanistan

[Driftwood @buc97552]

The 5 Pillars of Islam keeping pedestrians on Oxford Street safe.

[The Milkman🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Raw_Milkman]

POV: You are about to be rage baited by brown people.

(when you respond, they get paid, avoid at all cost)

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@SandyofSuffolk She’s been training to be a midwife.

[Sandy Tregent @SandyofSuffolk]

The madness.

Panic ensues because Russia may invade the UK. But everything's fine when boatloads of Africans and Middle Easterners invade.

The usual suspects are up in arms because old people on just a state pension of £13,000 a year won't be paying tax. But they're fine that people on benefits of a lot more than that don't pay tax.

And the same usual suspects say pensioners take out of the system more than they've ever put in, like NHS care, free bus travel and prescriptions. But they're very quiet about foreigners who are taking more than that out and have never contributed a bean. Ever.

And Andy Burnham has said he wants to rejoin the EU in his lifetime. The opposite of what he told the constituents in Makerfield.

The madness. The hypocrisy. The UK.

[Richard Meyer @RichardMeyerDC]

China consumed more coal in the last four years (2022–2025) than the entire world consumed throughout the 19th century.

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@WakeUpWales777 His grandfather was probably in a Far Eastern camp to torment British/aussie troops.

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@spitnfacts What about Sir Nicholas Winton’s refugees?

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@SandyofSuffolk @Ellie5473630562 @KevrotKev It’s a black disease. THEY go first.

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@DailyMail She’s got malnutrition from his shitty food, specifically K2 and magnesium deficiency.

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@kittythedork_ @love_canute @chelseacuzzocr4 Was it black? Sounds it.

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@ShootingBean82 @Priye644455 Blame Michael Jackson’s doctor.

[Major Gowen @MajorGowen_]

Boomer who chose not to enlist for the Falklands or first Iraq war demands the youth of today volunteer to die for a drug addled Ukranian dwarf.

Get fucked! Peter Bleksley!

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@ScottMa47226876 @BGatesIsaPyscho First was an ultrasound machine to abort girls and a projector. 1984.

[Pinesiskin 🕊️🐬🦓🦭 @MarthaKorb15860]

@Corpfessions LEAVE. Infectious bugs that live in the intestines are some of the worst known to mankind: Bacteria, viruses, E. coli. C. diff, cholera, fungi, parasites, giardia, Noro virus, etc. Your job is a serious health hazard. Animal shelters are MUCH CLEANER than your job environment.

[fredsgrandson 🇬🇧 @grandsonoffred]

@slingcamp Then they packed the factories up and sent them to Poland :(

[The Bulford Kiwi @slingcamp]

The jobs the EU immigrants take when they are allowed back into the UK in their millions will be mainly the jobs done at the moment by working class Brits.
Thats what happened last time.
Wages were stagnated, locals shat on.
F anyone who supports this travesty.

[Gillian-Louise Smith @missglsmith]

@ScottMa47226876 @BGatesIsaPyscho Porn. These ugly bastards literally believe that white girlies will fuck anyone including Abdul chats.