Firstly, let me just thank dawnintheforest for the bajillionth time for allowing me to stay with her and putting up with me. I'm so glad to have met you, luv.
I'm always torn whether to use real names or user names when making things like this, but I'll stick with the usernames, I suppose.
Apologizing ahead of time because I do not have a decent camera anymore as mine is rather aged, so a lot of my pics are through my phone, which, while not a bad quality camera phone, can only do so much. So I don't have many pictures and the ones I do are only so-so.
I don't always feel the need to explain myself, but since I consider myself a member of a fandom that has been known to be partially batshit crazy at times, I think it's better to be as clear as possible. Plus I just feel like getting everything out in the open. :)
Am I too obsessed with the show? Probably. I used to sit in class and compare Milton and Doctor Faustus to Supernatural, I used to write fanfic when I was bored in class, and my vocabulary consists of dozens of references to the show. ("Douchnozzle" is my current favorite.) I've paid hundreds of dollars and drove several hours out of my way to see Jared and Jensen in Chicago in November two years in a row. I agree to do(mostly legal) things just to get other people to watch the show and spread the word. I realize some people consider this obsessed, and sure, maybe it is. But I still feel like I retain perspective.
Now that that's out there, the rest of this post is about said obsession. :) I give you: ( Collapse )
So, while I've been waiting for my crappy YouTube videos to upload, I've been poking around, watched the breakfast videos from the con that sin_attract posted. It almost looks like some of the stuff there was funnier than the panels. *shakes head* Jared and his ice packs. And Jensen just stands there shaking his head and lets Jared go off in 80 directions. Silly boys. I watched a bit of the actual panels too, and there was some really funny stuff I missed being so far back yonder in the room. lol. I'm not bitter or anything. :P But no, really, I was so glad to have gone, to have had the chance. I'm so thankful to Erin not only for taking me, but for pretty much letting me in on everything she was doing. We were like texting each other while she was getting her photo ops and autographs, so I wasn't completely out of the loop.
(this post is gonna take forever. And I still haven't showered or slept, lol)
I have little notes written like everywhere. I told myself I wasn't going to do anything but WATCH AND LISTEN during the panel, which is why there's few pictures and videos(that and I discovered my awesome camera wasn't so awesome 30-some rows back). I was sending text messages to people right and left during it though, and I even tried to voicepost them talking without being conspicuous, but I didn't press the right buttons. So after it was over I was writing little notes on this little notepad in my purse waiting on Erin to get her autographs, and then when we were talking driving back, I was saving drafts of text messages as I remembered stuff too. So, I kid you not, I have like notes here and there and everywhere in no particular order of what I could remember.
And I'm sure everyone's read stuff and seen some of the videos now, so mine's just another report, but I always try and read different perspectives (heck, I've read a bunch already, lol) so I'm adding mine to the mix as best as I can.
SO. Without futher ado, ( Collapse ) And that's it and OH MY GOD IS THIS A LONG POST. LOL. I hope some people read this. If you don't because it's all stuff you've heard before, at least read the last couple paragraphs about Erin's experience, because that's definitely unique.
And now I'm off to do SOMETHING useful. Theoretically. I'll probably just end up in Rachael and Nicole's room. Screw doing actual homework, lol. I'll just be lost in class tomorrow.
So, I've been really excited to make these huge long posts about my experience, but I'm still so exhausted from the whole ordeal, I'm like...BLAH.
BUT.
I will do my best. I'm sure everyone's already heard most of the good (and the uberbad) that happened, but mine's just another perspective of the event. Splitting it into two entries, one all the stuff up to when they came out on stage, and the other entry is just Jared and Jensen.
dawnintheforest for the bajillionth time for allowing me to stay with her and putting up with me. I'm so glad to have met you, luv.
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