good grief I cannot even recall how long it's been since my last post on here...*goes and checks* wow nearly a month.
It's Friday afternoon and I've been in six different countries in the last ten days and I am in all probability slightly scrambled in all things circadian, rhythmically speaking. So apologies if this post feels a little stream of consciousness.
The order of events went - PERTH TO DOHA TO LONDON TO ROME TO LONDON TO FRANCE TO SPAIN TO FRANCE TO LONDON TO DOHA TO PERTH. In exactly 14 days. That sounds and looks quite definitively nuts written out like that.
And I am all over the place with my feelings on this trip. Landing in Rome seeing my sister WOOHOOO!!! Friday WOOHOO! Great start to the JIB Con in Rome - M&G with Speight first up then onto the Main Stage area - beautiful front row seats. SWEEET! Practiced taking my photos getting ready for the Js. Saturday morning early M&G with Misha which went really well (even if some NJ fallout was raised) and then I virtually skipped into the Main Stage area looking forward to seeing Jared very soon. I've got to say I was gutted to the point of tears when I found out he'd flown out early that morning with Gen and Thomas. I know it's always a possibility with any of these things and it goes without saying family comes first but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jared is the main reason I attend these things. I would never attend an SPN con with only Jensen in attendance. It's different if neither of the Js are there (like AHBL cons) and yes I would attend a Con if it was only Jared (but would still feel like a limb was missing) but to go all that way and spend all that money and not have my number one main reason for attending be able to show? I forgave myself some tears over that one whilst at the same time hoping like hell that all would work out okay for Jared and Gen and their family. I'm good at resilience though and so despite the constant background ache missing his presence my sis and I still managed to have a FANTASTIC time and to be honest I was surprised by the end of the weekend at exactly how much I had enjoyed myself. Jensen continues to impress me in all manner of ways and he certainly managed to distract me most of the time with his humour and easy manner. The man is the consummate professional who is articulate, witty and an all round nice guy. Oh and incredibly unaffectedly good looking too of course in case you hadn't noticed. He was also suprisingly open (for Jensen) at his Meet and Greets as well. I took an enormous number of photos - a lot have been uploaded to my twitter and tumblr account. I'll stick a few here of my favourite Jensen ones.
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I need to mention the JIB Staff and organisation at this con. It was beyond a doubt one of the most smoothly organised and best managed Cons I have ever been to. To have to deal with a 3am phone call that Saturday morning stating that one of your two main talent/guest stars would not be in attendance and the ripple effect that caused was a mammoth task and it was handled with aplomb and efficiency. Refunds and transfers were put in motion straight away. I honestly don't know how they did it and it was all done with smiles and calmness and total composure. For such a tight ship they are still extremely flexible and open to suggestions. I managed to swap out my Jared M&G (extra) for a Jensen one and ended up attending all three of Jensen's nearly 30 minute M&Gs. I worked out I spent an hour with the guy over the course of the weekend and that hour turned out to be one of the best hours spent the whole weekend :)
Managed to watch Clip Show that Sunday night and thoroughly enjoyed whilst still feeling incredible heart ache for Sam's plight. Damn I wish we could have asked Jared about that whole process of portraying a man going through the wringer there. I need to watch it again I've decided. The cocktail party was great (our tables engaging in a full game of Cards Against Humanity) thanks to my friend Krista. My sister was somewhat embarrassed and then kind of flattered when Richard Speight Jr confessed to my sister that she was in a sex dream he had. There's only about 15 years difference there...all is good! LOL! And then Brock and Matt and Steve all had to chime in on their theories. Brock attempted to get details but Richard was was being chivalrous on that point. Apparently my sister looks a little like Richard's wife so who knows? I told Richard I'd get my Dad on the phone when I saw him next in Australia - Richard quickly said that he'd rather not ;)
It's Friday afternoon and I've been in six different countries in the last ten days and I am in all probability slightly scrambled in all things circadian, rhythmically speaking. So apologies if this post feels a little stream of consciousness.
The order of events went - PERTH TO DOHA TO LONDON TO ROME TO LONDON TO FRANCE TO SPAIN TO FRANCE TO LONDON TO DOHA TO PERTH. In exactly 14 days. That sounds and looks quite definitively nuts written out like that.
And I am all over the place with my feelings on this trip. Landing in Rome seeing my sister WOOHOOO!!! Friday WOOHOO! Great start to the JIB Con in Rome - M&G with Speight first up then onto the Main Stage area - beautiful front row seats. SWEEET! Practiced taking my photos getting ready for the Js. Saturday morning early M&G with Misha which went really well (even if some NJ fallout was raised) and then I virtually skipped into the Main Stage area looking forward to seeing Jared very soon. I've got to say I was gutted to the point of tears when I found out he'd flown out early that morning with Gen and Thomas. I know it's always a possibility with any of these things and it goes without saying family comes first but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jared is the main reason I attend these things. I would never attend an SPN con with only Jensen in attendance. It's different if neither of the Js are there (like AHBL cons) and yes I would attend a Con if it was only Jared (but would still feel like a limb was missing) but to go all that way and spend all that money and not have my number one main reason for attending be able to show? I forgave myself some tears over that one whilst at the same time hoping like hell that all would work out okay for Jared and Gen and their family. I'm good at resilience though and so despite the constant background ache missing his presence my sis and I still managed to have a FANTASTIC time and to be honest I was surprised by the end of the weekend at exactly how much I had enjoyed myself. Jensen continues to impress me in all manner of ways and he certainly managed to distract me most of the time with his humour and easy manner. The man is the consummate professional who is articulate, witty and an all round nice guy. Oh and incredibly unaffectedly good looking too of course in case you hadn't noticed. He was also suprisingly open (for Jensen) at his Meet and Greets as well. I took an enormous number of photos - a lot have been uploaded to my twitter and tumblr account. I'll stick a few here of my favourite Jensen ones.
I need to mention the JIB Staff and organisation at this con. It was beyond a doubt one of the most smoothly organised and best managed Cons I have ever been to. To have to deal with a 3am phone call that Saturday morning stating that one of your two main talent/guest stars would not be in attendance and the ripple effect that caused was a mammoth task and it was handled with aplomb and efficiency. Refunds and transfers were put in motion straight away. I honestly don't know how they did it and it was all done with smiles and calmness and total composure. For such a tight ship they are still extremely flexible and open to suggestions. I managed to swap out my Jared M&G (extra) for a Jensen one and ended up attending all three of Jensen's nearly 30 minute M&Gs. I worked out I spent an hour with the guy over the course of the weekend and that hour turned out to be one of the best hours spent the whole weekend :)
Managed to watch Clip Show that Sunday night and thoroughly enjoyed whilst still feeling incredible heart ache for Sam's plight. Damn I wish we could have asked Jared about that whole process of portraying a man going through the wringer there. I need to watch it again I've decided. The cocktail party was great (our tables engaging in a full game of Cards Against Humanity) thanks to my friend Krista. My sister was somewhat embarrassed and then kind of flattered when Richard Speight Jr confessed to my sister that she was in a sex dream he had. There's only about 15 years difference there...all is good! LOL! And then Brock and Matt and Steve all had to chime in on their theories. Brock attempted to get details but Richard was was being chivalrous on that point. Apparently my sister looks a little like Richard's wife so who knows? I told Richard I'd get my Dad on the phone when I saw him next in Australia - Richard quickly said that he'd rather not ;)