G R O W Y O U R W I N G S

I have so many photos of the boys.  I got this great new-to-me camera (used) just before I went to Chicago.  I was able to use my old lenses from my film Canon camera.  So was able to use my telephoto lens to get great shots of the boys even if I wasn't in the first rows. 

The camera also has fast shutter speeds so I could rapidly take photos--which I learned at the LA Con is really important with the boys--especially Jared--moving around all over the place.

So here's the first of my Breakfast posts.  I don't know how many photos I'll actually post on LJ.  Too tired (and partially blind) to make that decision right now.  And if my brain and memory is alive enough, I may add commentary for the photos.  (Oh and btw--the numbering I'm using is for my reference and may not be totally sequential.  They are the numbers used to store the photos on my hard drive.)

Jared entered the room first.  Followed shortly by Jensen.  They had two microphones and the mikes were not that close so I wasn't always able to get them both in a shot while still trying to avoid the backs of the heads of the people in front of me.

Jared was wearing his black coat again.  For a guy who sweats a lot--he sure wears hats and coats a lot!  He did take the coat off almost immediately though for the breakfast.  At the panels he wore the coat and black beanie hat all the time.  He had on one of his standard blue plaid button ups.

He is a major cutie.  I had photoops with both the boys separately and together this time (like in LA).  In LA I was all befuddled because of Jensen. 

Jared's photoop was first this time.  When I walked up to him he looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Hi Babe, how are you doing?"  I smiled back and said, "I'm doing great, how about you!?"  And I swear his face was about two inches from mine!  I quickly turned my head for the photo, said thanks and let.

He completely blew my ZEN!  I was so calm and feeling so "not a newbie" and Jared completely blasted that away.  I was giggly for hours afterward.  Just askfickleone .  

Sorry I digressed.  Here's cutie...

( Not bandwidth friendly... )

This meme came to me via fickleone (her list is here) and mrsr58 (which is here).  And wow it sure takes a long time to put together.  I haven't even looked at theirs yet because I didn't want to be influenced.  Of course, 1 minute after I post this and/or look at theirs I'll think of 3-5 more that I should have included.

I had trouble with this meme.  What makes a man sexy to me is not just his looks.  Yes, sometimes I’m shallow enough that looks is enough.  But if I know something about the individual...for example, that he’s a bit of a idiot or an egotist or something, then despite his looks, he will not be sexy to me.  Also a man who may not be truly sexy in a purely visual way, may be very sexy to me because of his personality or some other aspect. 

I tend to like darker men.  Not so much the blonds, which is why you wouldn’t see Brad Pitt here.  Yes Brad Pitt is drop dead gorgeous in a purely physical sense.  And he may also be a great human being (don’t really know)--but for some reason, although I can “admire” his body (grin), he just doesn’t do it for me. 

However sometimes I break that rule.  Such as with Robert Redford.  Definitely blond.  But Redford has something on top of being physically gorgeous when he was younger.

I’ll admit that sometimes the reason why I find an actor sexy is not so much because of the actor himself--it may sometimes really be the character(s) he plays.  I may find the actor himself to be just okay.

And as for the ranking of these men.  Other than the top 4-5, I could probably reorder these multiple ways and still be satisfied with the results.

Heavy duty picspam is under the cut.

I'm late early to the birthday wishes.  (So many folks posted mid-day yesterday--likely non-Americans--that I thought I was just under the wire with posting for Jared's birthday.  Turns out the birthday is July 19th!  So I was actually on the way early curve for my time zone.)

Was having fun re-learning CSS and playing with my LJ layout some more. Was able to fix all my CSS errors! So now I have that little LJ user symbol showing up when it is supposed to. Plus I fixed some minor formatting errors.

But back to the important thing..... wishing one of our favorite two actors a very happy birthday!

missyjack  just posted a link to this Youtube vid from an Australian news channel covering both the boys' recent Aussie trips. It has a few snippets I haven't seen before. You know I can see how Texans and Aussie's would just naturally get along. I loved Jared's story of someone approaching him in a bar and buying him a drink. And Jensen samming (that's a true typo that I almost deleted and then decided whoa--Freudian slip?) hamming it up for the Aussie interviewer.

I guess it's an "officially" released vid.



ETA: I find the music in the background to be very annoying. Hopefully it won't be playing during the whole thing.

ETA 2: And WHY can't Creation do this???!!!

I know everyone's posting this. But I want more pretty in my LJ too!  Hmmm.  Maybe it is time to upgrade to a paid account and add more icons...

By way of mrsr58 who got it by way of blackjedii

Um... The eyelashes! The stubble! The grin! Iz ded. See more by twistedlaletz HERE.  She actually has some higher, clearer quality pics.  But this one?  I just couldn't resist his face in this one.

veronamay has video  audio of Jared at Supanova in Sydney here. 

Haven't watched listened to it yet.  DL'ing.  Still at coast.  Check out time is noon.  May not be back  online until later this afternoon/evening.

They are both sweet and classy. Give them space and privacy.

I'm sad too.

And on to real life..... Today it is just beautiful outside. One of those perfect Sunday mornings. Birds singing, sun shining with just a touch of white puffy clouds. Sat out on the back deck this morning drinking coffee. Very nice.

and diverging a bit from RL...I finished watching the series Six Feet Under last night. Cried my eyes out. It's such a strong reminder of what life is really about. We need to appreciate the people in our lives and our lives--each and every day.

ETA: Just had to post the last six minutes of Six Feet Under. I'm lending the DVDs out to my mother and I can just see myself want to come back and look at this again. I've already re-watched these 6 minutes about 5 times. My DVD set came with the music as well.

keepaofthecheez and dontyouwaitup posted The Jared Padalecki Mystique Project. 

SUBJECT: Jared Tristan Padalecki
DOB: 07/19/1982
HAIR: Amazing Brown
EYES: Brown Green Brown Bluish Green Hazel
HEIGHT: Widely Disputed, please see below
MARITAL STATUS: OMG SO CUTE Engaged

I spewed my drink when I got to this part:

"Heart" aired on March 22nd, 2007. It is estimated that over the proceeding twenty-four hours, approximately 2.6 million spouses and significant others jumped out of bed mid-coitus, all demanding one thing:

"What'd you just call me? Who the hell is Sam?"