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growyourwingsWarning for pain-pill induced potential rambling...
The trip home yesterday was uneventful. I didn't get to our house until almost 8pm (or later? I didn't look that closely) due to late flight and then stopping to have dinner with my family after we arrived. Went to bed immediately. Just woke up a few moments ago, so that's about 12ish hours of sleep. My darling husband spent considerable time massaging my abused legs last night. It helped. But woke up this morning and had to take what I hope is my last pain pill for a while. Which may knock me out shortly.
Drinking coffee. Reading online. Having a small bit of "post con syndrome" or something. This con was wonderful. I had a lot of fun. Despite my anxious about the Vegas venue and the size (I think one volunteer told me it was 2,700 people and completely sold out) it truly was a big and wonderful event.
LOVED having Richard as MC. He did such a great job. Not a surprise given what we've seen in the past. He kept the pace up so well that there weren't many (any?) moments of drag in the days. And the addition of the Elastic Waste Band (EWB) was genius. As we were standing to re-up for next year, we chatted a bit with Gary (of Creation) and told him that the Richard and EWB were great and needed to be included next year. He said they wanted to/hoped to - and smiled and laughed and said they still needed to negotiate the appearances. But he sounded like Creation also liked the result and planned to repeat it.
Both Richard and Matt loved my karaoke brochure. Matt seemed truly touched and set his copy next to him saying that he couldn't wait to show his wife. :) Richard laughed, said something like the photos were terrific and pointed to the one on the upper left corner of the the inside (the one of him in black&white goofing off with some fangirls) and said something like he loved that one because it truly looked like it was from the 70s. ;)
My Saturday was nuts. Starting at 10am going through to about 8-9pm (or later? it's a blur). The only really "break" was the Gold lunch where we had about an hour to sit and eat what was really a great deli lunch spread and visit with other fans until the Js showed up around 2pm. I had all the panels, a Jared single photo op, Jensen single photo op, J2 photo, J2M photo op, an Emily & Rob duo photo op, a Jared M&G, a Jensen M&G, and the J2 lunch. I always do the two J singles and J2 photo ops. They are the highlights of the day for me. I grabbed the J2M as soon as it went available; not truly sure I wanted it, figured I could sell it, and mostly because it's offered so rarely I figured I would want to have the three of them together. I loved Becky & Chuck so I thought that would be a cute op.
I'm not even sure how to fully justify the M&Gs. They cost so freaking much. I did the Jensen M&G for the first time during the last Vancon. I'm a Dean/Jensen!girl with strong bi-bro. I cannot stress how much I also love Jared. Truly. I just started a Jensen!girl and I'm so impressed with Jensen's leadership and talent that I really wanted to experience a Jensen M&G at least once before these things ended. I have a long and involved back story as to what Jensen/Kim Manners has done for my work life (but that's not a story for this post as I've told it many times in the past.) I was very blown away by the Jensen M&G experience at Vancouver and wanted to repeat it. But I also really wanted to do a Jared M&G. I had thought to just do Jared's at Vegas. But my enthusiasm got away from me and well - whatever. My work life has been very crazy busy and bless my wonderful boss who keeps rewarding me with time off and mini-bonuses; both of which I used to feed both my photography and SPN obsessions. My personal email tag is a quote from Willy Wonka, "A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men." And I truly believe in that. It's tied to my Jensen/Kim Manners stories and a past very toxic work environment. In fact both Jensen and Jared mentioned in their M&Gs, at the breakfast AND at the J2 panel - about the value of laughter, fun, and friendship in the work environment. I hope the part at the J@ panel especially is caught in a video because Jensen said something about that during that panel that I only partially registered as I was so involved with taking photos. I really want to re-listen and perhaps quote some of what he said. It is very meaningful to me. Anyway, these cons will only be going on for a limited period of time. And as time goes by I've come to value experiences and people more than purchasing "things". So this is my guilty pleasure. It is what it is.
One thing I can say is that I'm not doing two again in the same con. Wow, overload.
I (and many others I think) truly loved the later starts of each day. It was such a luxury to be able to sleep in and get ready in relative leisure. And despite my initial worry about having the Js appear on Saturday rather than Sunday - it worked out really well. And I really loved that we didn't see the Js until 2pm on Saturday rather than 7am or 8am as typical in the past. My brain/body never really kicks in until 10 am to noon anyway.
I was surprised to find when we re-up'd for next year that we again signed up for a "breakfast table." I had heard they were eliminating the food part of the Gold "breakfast." I know when I signed up for the next Burcon I *think* I read on the site that there was an extra Gold J panel rather than a breakfast. And I'd heard rumors about this so I assumed it was starting and all cons following the next Burcon would not have breakfast/food. So when I was asked to pick a table for Vegas 2014 I expressed surprise and said to Gary that I thought there wasn't going to be breakfast anymore. Gary slightly misunderstood and said something like "well, it might be a lunch, we just don't know yet. We're calling it "breakfast" to not disappoint/mislead people." We told him we loved and preferred the lunch. He asked if we knew why it was a lunch this time? I replied that I assumed it was a Vegas thing that people just didn't get up at the ass-crack of dawn for breakfast in Vegas (lol). He smiled and said that it was because the boys couldn't get off filming in time on Friday so they did a later lunch instead of a breakfast. I know that Jensen opened his M&G by saying that they flew out of Vancouver around 1am that morning. So he was very tired. He said it something like, "we were in another COUNTRY at 1am and now here we are in Vegas."
Speaking of... I was first in line for Jensen's photo op since I had a Jared M&G which started about 5 minutes after the Jensen photo ops started. As I walked into the room Jensen was talking and laughing with Chris (the photographer) and one other person who I can't recall. It looked like Chris might have been showing Jensen something on a phone and they were laughing. Jensen seemed to be a fantastically good mood. Good energy. Smiles. Laughing. He then walked over the corner right by where I was queued for the photo. He took a drinking of coffee (or something) and was chatting with someone. Then Jim Beaver walked in with Maddie. Jensen laughed and smiled and went to hug Jim. Then hugged Maddie. Maddie waved what at the time looked to me to be a stuffed animal. Brown and furry. Later I learned that Maddie appeared on stage with Jim wearing a beard as a disguise, so I figured that was what she was waving in Jensen's face. (I didn't attend Jim's panel due to straining my knee on Saturday.) It took me a few moments to register that it was Maddie with Jim. She obviously seemed very comfortable around Jensen. They all chatted for a short few moments. Then Jim & Maddie left and Jensen went to his mark to begin the photos. I walked up, he hugged me, smiled and said nice to see you again. And I was off to Jared's M&G. Wow I guess I just did a photo op report. Was not my intention. I'll likely copy/paste this when I do my actual photo op post. :P
Wow, so much to report out. I'm sorry I'm being rambly. Blame the leg pain and pain meds. Sometimes I wish I had more patience about writing out better reports. As I post photos throughout the day I *may* (and I really stress *may*) add in some comments as I remember things. We'll see. I think the last time I did anything decent regarding written reports was for LACon 2009 J2 Panel. I just have so many photos to get through that I don't pause to take the time about reports. I've taken today and tomorrow off from work to get through the photos, because once I get back to RL/work it may be weeks/months before I do the rest. And work will be crazy once I return.
Enough rambling for now. More coffee, food. And then photos...
.
The trip home yesterday was uneventful. I didn't get to our house until almost 8pm (or later? I didn't look that closely) due to late flight and then stopping to have dinner with my family after we arrived. Went to bed immediately. Just woke up a few moments ago, so that's about 12ish hours of sleep. My darling husband spent considerable time massaging my abused legs last night. It helped. But woke up this morning and had to take what I hope is my last pain pill for a while. Which may knock me out shortly.
Drinking coffee. Reading online. Having a small bit of "post con syndrome" or something. This con was wonderful. I had a lot of fun. Despite my anxious about the Vegas venue and the size (I think one volunteer told me it was 2,700 people and completely sold out) it truly was a big and wonderful event.
LOVED having Richard as MC. He did such a great job. Not a surprise given what we've seen in the past. He kept the pace up so well that there weren't many (any?) moments of drag in the days. And the addition of the Elastic Waste Band (EWB) was genius. As we were standing to re-up for next year, we chatted a bit with Gary (of Creation) and told him that the Richard and EWB were great and needed to be included next year. He said they wanted to/hoped to - and smiled and laughed and said they still needed to negotiate the appearances. But he sounded like Creation also liked the result and planned to repeat it.
Both Richard and Matt loved my karaoke brochure. Matt seemed truly touched and set his copy next to him saying that he couldn't wait to show his wife. :) Richard laughed, said something like the photos were terrific and pointed to the one on the upper left corner of the the inside (the one of him in black&white goofing off with some fangirls) and said something like he loved that one because it truly looked like it was from the 70s. ;)
My Saturday was nuts. Starting at 10am going through to about 8-9pm (or later? it's a blur). The only really "break" was the Gold lunch where we had about an hour to sit and eat what was really a great deli lunch spread and visit with other fans until the Js showed up around 2pm. I had all the panels, a Jared single photo op, Jensen single photo op, J2 photo, J2M photo op, an Emily & Rob duo photo op, a Jared M&G, a Jensen M&G, and the J2 lunch. I always do the two J singles and J2 photo ops. They are the highlights of the day for me. I grabbed the J2M as soon as it went available; not truly sure I wanted it, figured I could sell it, and mostly because it's offered so rarely I figured I would want to have the three of them together. I loved Becky & Chuck so I thought that would be a cute op.
I'm not even sure how to fully justify the M&Gs. They cost so freaking much. I did the Jensen M&G for the first time during the last Vancon. I'm a Dean/Jensen!girl with strong bi-bro. I cannot stress how much I also love Jared. Truly. I just started a Jensen!girl and I'm so impressed with Jensen's leadership and talent that I really wanted to experience a Jensen M&G at least once before these things ended. I have a long and involved back story as to what Jensen/Kim Manners has done for my work life (but that's not a story for this post as I've told it many times in the past.) I was very blown away by the Jensen M&G experience at Vancouver and wanted to repeat it. But I also really wanted to do a Jared M&G. I had thought to just do Jared's at Vegas. But my enthusiasm got away from me and well - whatever. My work life has been very crazy busy and bless my wonderful boss who keeps rewarding me with time off and mini-bonuses; both of which I used to feed both my photography and SPN obsessions. My personal email tag is a quote from Willy Wonka, "A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men." And I truly believe in that. It's tied to my Jensen/Kim Manners stories and a past very toxic work environment. In fact both Jensen and Jared mentioned in their M&Gs, at the breakfast AND at the J2 panel - about the value of laughter, fun, and friendship in the work environment. I hope the part at the J@ panel especially is caught in a video because Jensen said something about that during that panel that I only partially registered as I was so involved with taking photos. I really want to re-listen and perhaps quote some of what he said. It is very meaningful to me. Anyway, these cons will only be going on for a limited period of time. And as time goes by I've come to value experiences and people more than purchasing "things". So this is my guilty pleasure. It is what it is.
One thing I can say is that I'm not doing two again in the same con. Wow, overload.
I (and many others I think) truly loved the later starts of each day. It was such a luxury to be able to sleep in and get ready in relative leisure. And despite my initial worry about having the Js appear on Saturday rather than Sunday - it worked out really well. And I really loved that we didn't see the Js until 2pm on Saturday rather than 7am or 8am as typical in the past. My brain/body never really kicks in until 10 am to noon anyway.
I was surprised to find when we re-up'd for next year that we again signed up for a "breakfast table." I had heard they were eliminating the food part of the Gold "breakfast." I know when I signed up for the next Burcon I *think* I read on the site that there was an extra Gold J panel rather than a breakfast. And I'd heard rumors about this so I assumed it was starting and all cons following the next Burcon would not have breakfast/food. So when I was asked to pick a table for Vegas 2014 I expressed surprise and said to Gary that I thought there wasn't going to be breakfast anymore. Gary slightly misunderstood and said something like "well, it might be a lunch, we just don't know yet. We're calling it "breakfast" to not disappoint/mislead people." We told him we loved and preferred the lunch. He asked if we knew why it was a lunch this time? I replied that I assumed it was a Vegas thing that people just didn't get up at the ass-crack of dawn for breakfast in Vegas (lol). He smiled and said that it was because the boys couldn't get off filming in time on Friday so they did a later lunch instead of a breakfast. I know that Jensen opened his M&G by saying that they flew out of Vancouver around 1am that morning. So he was very tired. He said it something like, "we were in another COUNTRY at 1am and now here we are in Vegas."
Speaking of... I was first in line for Jensen's photo op since I had a Jared M&G which started about 5 minutes after the Jensen photo ops started. As I walked into the room Jensen was talking and laughing with Chris (the photographer) and one other person who I can't recall. It looked like Chris might have been showing Jensen something on a phone and they were laughing. Jensen seemed to be a fantastically good mood. Good energy. Smiles. Laughing. He then walked over the corner right by where I was queued for the photo. He took a drinking of coffee (or something) and was chatting with someone. Then Jim Beaver walked in with Maddie. Jensen laughed and smiled and went to hug Jim. Then hugged Maddie. Maddie waved what at the time looked to me to be a stuffed animal. Brown and furry. Later I learned that Maddie appeared on stage with Jim wearing a beard as a disguise, so I figured that was what she was waving in Jensen's face. (I didn't attend Jim's panel due to straining my knee on Saturday.) It took me a few moments to register that it was Maddie with Jim. She obviously seemed very comfortable around Jensen. They all chatted for a short few moments. Then Jim & Maddie left and Jensen went to his mark to begin the photos. I walked up, he hugged me, smiled and said nice to see you again. And I was off to Jared's M&G. Wow I guess I just did a photo op report. Was not my intention. I'll likely copy/paste this when I do my actual photo op post. :P
Wow, so much to report out. I'm sorry I'm being rambly. Blame the leg pain and pain meds. Sometimes I wish I had more patience about writing out better reports. As I post photos throughout the day I *may* (and I really stress *may*) add in some comments as I remember things. We'll see. I think the last time I did anything decent regarding written reports was for LACon 2009 J2 Panel. I just have so many photos to get through that I don't pause to take the time about reports. I've taken today and tomorrow off from work to get through the photos, because once I get back to RL/work it may be weeks/months before I do the rest. And work will be crazy once I return.
Enough rambling for now. More coffee, food. And then photos...
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