so let go, jump in

Gosh, since January, and even that wasn't anything substantial. Fun, but...

( catching up, rambling text to follow )

So...yeah. I have a paid lj right now but I'm thinking I'm going to let it expired. Houses are expensive, yo.

• Fri, 08:12: RT @CW_Supernatural: Happy Birthday, Jim Beaver! (@jumblejim)

(ETA How on earth do I not have a Bobby icon??)

Another convention. Dude.

So back in 2007, wow, that long ago, I ventured, BY MYSELF, to a con. The first ever where actual celebrities would be present. We hadn't done SuperMegaFest yet, so this was totally new territory for me. I flew, BY MYSELF, connecting in Philly to Chicago, and went to Creation's first ever Salute to Supernatural (and Buffy and Angel and Smallville, allegedly, altho it was basically Nick Brendon & Mark Lutz there representing Buffy and Angel, and... Ackles? For Smallville? Yeah)

It was awesome and crazy and overwhelming and I loved it.

So they announced earlier on that this would be the first Creation SPN con in Boston. Yeah. Two hours away? Driveable? Doing it. So tax time let me purchase my pass- a gold weekend experience with Cocktail party, breakfast, and second row seat. (Kim only got general admission to Sunday but managed to get to sit next to me anyway!)

So I did all the con stuff- Chad Lindberg& Alona Tal's Q&As... a fantastic concert from Jason Manns, who has a much lovelier voice than even comes off in his recorded songs. Then... karaoke hosted by Richard Speight Jr & Matt Cohen on Friday night, featuring Chad, Alona and crazy drunken fans. Fun. Crazy. My feet hurt :-) Saturday started with Traci Dinwiddie's Q&A, where she said she'd tweet later if she got a chance to feed the ducks, 'cause we'd be invited. Then a neat presentation on the history of Ouija boards, and Matt Cohen's Q&A. (planking is overrated) Then... Traci tweeted! (not to be outdone by Matt, she was fearless). Richard had a Q&A after lunch & it was hilarious. I got my photo taken shortly after, with Richard & Traci. An amusing pair since their characters never met, but since they're two of my fave characters on the show, and two of the coolest Twitter presences? Totally fine by me!!



Brock Kelly was on a bit later, then we got to get autos from Matt (who dug that I had a screencap of Michael to be signed) & Traci (who had fun with the ducks & geese) & Richard (who appreciated that a friend had made me watch Band of Brothers, and that I was getting a photo signed for her of his role as Skip Muck). That night was the cocktail party, where Richard & Traci & Matt & Brock went around to each table visiting with gold weekend guests. Matt talked Florida college with another guest at our table, and Richard reminisced about past cons with a couple other girls at our table. Traci talked about the duck feeding, and Brock let me know he'd been working on the good karma playthrough of Infamous, and I warned him folks would be mean, throwing shit & kicking him if he switched to evil, but that folks were nicer overall in Infamous 2 :-D

Sunday dawned early with the breakfast, when we were visited by Jared Padalecki & Misha Collins. They bantered a bit, played to the locals (Jared memorized Good Will Hunting to get into Boston mode and learned it only annoyed people. It's an old movie, dude, really.)

Jared's Q&A was first, and the story he told of being on a train in Amsterdam and leaving Gen's grey bag on the platform, pushing the Do Not Push button with Richard looking on, planning to make a run for it but only having to pay 150 Euros for stopping ALL THE TRAINS (to Mark Sheppard's later jealousy and consternation)... WIN. Misha came out to basically make Jared's Q&A miserable as payback for making him break up during his coverage.

We got autographs from Jared & Misha and Brock after that. Bigtime security on Jared & Misha, yipes. When Kim got her autos, Jared seemed impressed by her giant Friday the 13th poster and she got approval and a grin from Misha at her Nip/Tuck screenshot, mid-yoga pose. Evidently Jared was baffled by it when she showed him later :-)

Richard had another (fantastic) Q&A [and I can't believe I have to edit to add that I have now heard Gabriel's line, in person "Lucifer, you're my brother, and I love you, but you are a great big bag of dicks." Also, he called Mark Pelligrino, and that was awesome.), then autos, where Kim had a couple, so let me get one again, altho I got him to sign for her, which he thought was sweet :-) Brock had another Q&A which turned quickly to video games when we learned it was the one subject he'd talk at any length about (not got the hang of storytelling yet, the kid, but he'll learn :-) seeing as he was only on a single episode.

Misha's solo Q&A was last, and it was an odd mix of fake answers and real ones, befitting the sort of enigmatic personality he's crafted for himself with the fans.

What a weekend. I'm off work today and exhausted and warm but so glad to have gone. If I don't leave the house today, I'll be happy :-)

I'd say I can't wait for the next con, but I really can. I don't have any specific plans for another one, and since I bought a Jim Beaver auto while I was there, am pretty set for awhile. Until they come to, like, Hartford. :-)

So yeah. New year. It's the second already.

I'm determined for this to be a good year. It's '11! That's my number! I get an awesome birthday (much) later this year- 11/11/11! And hopefully will get to do some awesome things before then.

I say will get to, despite an interesting weekend... since technically I did something pretty awesome, if extraordinarily low-key this past Friday, while it was still 2010.

But later this year, there'll, hopefully, be at least one, probably two conventions, as we've made Super Mega Fest in November a new tradition, but there's actually two Supernatural Creation Cons coming relatively nearby this summer (yay!!) so at either of those I'll get to meet and get autographs from a couple angels, at the very least :-D Win!

Ooh! I started a tumblr! I'm amused by it- it's mostly turning into a way of saving awesome internet things I've found. :-D

Not a lot of content in this post since I sorta chickened out on saying anything about Friday... I'll add it in later... maybe... I dunno :-)

So I got a gorgeous new quilt for Christmas from my aunt, and got a simple new curtain to go with it. I was sick in bed for most of this weekend, but managed to put away Christmas decorates (sob!) and hem the curtain yesterday (waaay overdid it. Was hemming in bed curled in my Harry Potter blanket). I redid my bed today (still need new sheets, but you can't see those, so yay!) so it all came together. There's still a bit more I'd like to do, but since I haven't decided what that is yet, and budget and my decorating abilities are at a minimum, this is what you get for now! Plus pictures of recent and not-so-recent updates, since it's actually kinda clean (Don't mind toys along the floor, we've got a kitten and it's like living with a toddler. Or a puppy. She's defective *and* evil.)

First off, I put these all in an lj gallery, so you can totally just browse here if you wanted. But if this is easier, then: ( pictures ahoy! )

I love that nearly all the reaction posts I've read are full of capslock and keysmashes and \o/ for characters and just so much love.

I really enjoyed that :-D

I'm forced to use this icon... for lack of better GO icons. Must get on that.

\o/ so cool

anybody else still out there? yeah... played that vampires game? i've been getting too into it, taking attacks personally.

but this one? creeps me.

3 hours, 46 minutes ago:
You were attacked by Lillith
You lost the fight

*hides*

( the shelf )

Sarah C
Corr Unit
Wolfram & Hart
CT

(Yes, my work email signature is totally a quote from Andy.)

so I had to share.

Also? It's Thursday :-D

Reasons to Watch Supernatural