Sunday at G-Mex
This is where the cool stuff happens...
So, we were in G-mex before half 8. Nia, Vonnie and Bex went of in search of food ,and Vonnie and Nia ended up waiting outside Starbucks for it to open. Queues started forming for tickets, so Llin and Sash went to theirs, and had to stand outside for ages, but since we were so early the rest of us were inside. The minute we got in, me and Vonnie ran for VT's for Michael Shanks and Chris Judge, while the others ran for talk tickets, which we managed to get.
They were letting the first 20 VTs queue for Michael and Chris, so we were the first people in Michael's queue. When he finally got there, he was really nice and friendly, despite it being early Sunday morning, and the fact that he was most probably hung over. He signed mine and Vonnie's pictures, we congratulated him on not wearing his hat (he bowed to peer pressure), and he told us that Chri had been asking him all night if his voice had changed...oops.
Then we joined Chris' queue, went up to him and apologised for the whole voice thing while he signed mine, Vonnie and Robert's pictures. Me said we hoped we hadn't given him a complex, and he said we already had (I'm hoping something gets said on Season 9 DVD special features...that would ROCK!).
Llin, Bex and Vonnie went up to see Stan, while we hung around and waited.
We went to talk to Tolga again, because NIa wanted an autograph. We also got him to sign Vonnie's book of randomness, but he was quite freaked, because he read about Vonnie, Llin and Nia's straightener porn. He threatened to sue.
We then all signed each others and Caroline's fanfic booklets, then mostly sat down and queued for talks the rest of the day, except Bex who went off on her own. Llin went to the BSG talk, Nia and Vonnie to Andy Serkis and all of us to HP. We sat with Carloine and her friends, and the lot of us made a load of noise, except for Nia and Lizzie, who weren't allowed to sit with us.
The talk was ace, Rob and Katie were doing it on their own, and Katie especially seemed quite tongue-tied, while Rob was just nuts. Tolga said he wasn't on crack, but he's still weird. Then Tolga came in and asked a question, then Matthew joined and finally Stan, so that was fun. One of the girls who was a Patil twin showed p, but she just stood and watched. Tolga got the biggest cheer out of the lot of them, which was funny (the SG-1 talk was the loudest...that was probably our fault).
Then Matthew and Katie gave Nia and Lizzie their fanfic prizes - they obviously knew nothing about it, which was a letdown, since it was already quite badly organised. The MC dude wouldn't even let Nia talk.
Then we sorta went to apologise to Tolga, and ended up talking for ages and getting a group photo with him. He looked at Nia's trophy, and seemed quite impressed. I actually spend most of the time we were talking to him watching Chris and Michael down the line, because I noticed that Michael was doing posed photos, which he hadn't been doing the rest of the weekend.
So, I kinda went back to Michael for another autograph, just so I could have a photo. He'd just gone on a break, and was gone ages, so we were queueing for about 30 minutes. Vonnie and Nia went to get Rob's autograph for Vonnie so Nia could touch his hair, then they went to get Nia's trophy SIGNED BY ANDY SERKIS which was cool. And Me, Llin and Sash were still queueing.
Michael came back, and I got my fic signed and a photo of him WITH HIS ARM AROUND ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was obviously the highlight of the weekend.
Or the year.
Or my life.
I was shaking so bad, it was unbelievable. I was kinda in shcok at the fact that I payed £15 twice to see him. But I was practically having a panic attack when we got there and his queue was closed, so I had to for my health. Yeah.
Then me, Bex and Nia went to our station, while the other 3 went to theirs, and we spend most of the next 3 hours obssessing, and planning the Tolga Safer fanclub. Bex's boyfriend Joss was lovely enough to give us a lift from Junction to Llanfair.
Bex, who bought a Viktor and Hermione GIANT poster on Saturday, left it behind about 10 times over the weekend. In a taxi, in the hotel room, in a cafe...then today she told me that she has to move her wardrobe to fit it in her room.
So, all in all a fantastic weekend. Or, 'a whole weekend of cool', as I believe I put it at the train station. I felt really let down in school, and I couldn't really think about work. Biology was quite cool, because we were talking about DNA, and Vonnie had been talking about playing with hers, but in Welsh I was sat there thinking 'This time yesterday I was talking to Michael Shanks. Today SUCKS!'.
deccaboo we really missed you, but we got you some stuff and filmed lots, so hopefully you won't feel too left out. We'll all have to go to another con together so you and Nia can cosplay.
MICHALE SHANKS WROTE AND SAID MY NAME AND TOUCHED ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Chris Judge couldn't be bothered writing, so put a heart and a peace sign between my name an his autograph.
So, we were in G-mex before half 8. Nia, Vonnie and Bex went of in search of food ,and Vonnie and Nia ended up waiting outside Starbucks for it to open. Queues started forming for tickets, so Llin and Sash went to theirs, and had to stand outside for ages, but since we were so early the rest of us were inside. The minute we got in, me and Vonnie ran for VT's for Michael Shanks and Chris Judge, while the others ran for talk tickets, which we managed to get.
They were letting the first 20 VTs queue for Michael and Chris, so we were the first people in Michael's queue. When he finally got there, he was really nice and friendly, despite it being early Sunday morning, and the fact that he was most probably hung over. He signed mine and Vonnie's pictures, we congratulated him on not wearing his hat (he bowed to peer pressure), and he told us that Chri had been asking him all night if his voice had changed...oops.
Then we joined Chris' queue, went up to him and apologised for the whole voice thing while he signed mine, Vonnie and Robert's pictures. Me said we hoped we hadn't given him a complex, and he said we already had (I'm hoping something gets said on Season 9 DVD special features...that would ROCK!).
Llin, Bex and Vonnie went up to see Stan, while we hung around and waited.
We went to talk to Tolga again, because NIa wanted an autograph. We also got him to sign Vonnie's book of randomness, but he was quite freaked, because he read about Vonnie, Llin and Nia's straightener porn. He threatened to sue.
We then all signed each others and Caroline's fanfic booklets, then mostly sat down and queued for talks the rest of the day, except Bex who went off on her own. Llin went to the BSG talk, Nia and Vonnie to Andy Serkis and all of us to HP. We sat with Carloine and her friends, and the lot of us made a load of noise, except for Nia and Lizzie, who weren't allowed to sit with us.
The talk was ace, Rob and Katie were doing it on their own, and Katie especially seemed quite tongue-tied, while Rob was just nuts. Tolga said he wasn't on crack, but he's still weird. Then Tolga came in and asked a question, then Matthew joined and finally Stan, so that was fun. One of the girls who was a Patil twin showed p, but she just stood and watched. Tolga got the biggest cheer out of the lot of them, which was funny (the SG-1 talk was the loudest...that was probably our fault).
Then Matthew and Katie gave Nia and Lizzie their fanfic prizes - they obviously knew nothing about it, which was a letdown, since it was already quite badly organised. The MC dude wouldn't even let Nia talk.
Then we sorta went to apologise to Tolga, and ended up talking for ages and getting a group photo with him. He looked at Nia's trophy, and seemed quite impressed. I actually spend most of the time we were talking to him watching Chris and Michael down the line, because I noticed that Michael was doing posed photos, which he hadn't been doing the rest of the weekend.
So, I kinda went back to Michael for another autograph, just so I could have a photo. He'd just gone on a break, and was gone ages, so we were queueing for about 30 minutes. Vonnie and Nia went to get Rob's autograph for Vonnie so Nia could touch his hair, then they went to get Nia's trophy SIGNED BY ANDY SERKIS which was cool. And Me, Llin and Sash were still queueing.
Michael came back, and I got my fic signed and a photo of him WITH HIS ARM AROUND ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was obviously the highlight of the weekend.
Or the year.
Or my life.
I was shaking so bad, it was unbelievable. I was kinda in shcok at the fact that I payed £15 twice to see him. But I was practically having a panic attack when we got there and his queue was closed, so I had to for my health. Yeah.
Then me, Bex and Nia went to our station, while the other 3 went to theirs, and we spend most of the next 3 hours obssessing, and planning the Tolga Safer fanclub. Bex's boyfriend Joss was lovely enough to give us a lift from Junction to Llanfair.
Bex, who bought a Viktor and Hermione GIANT poster on Saturday, left it behind about 10 times over the weekend. In a taxi, in the hotel room, in a cafe...then today she told me that she has to move her wardrobe to fit it in her room.
So, all in all a fantastic weekend. Or, 'a whole weekend of cool', as I believe I put it at the train station. I felt really let down in school, and I couldn't really think about work. Biology was quite cool, because we were talking about DNA, and Vonnie had been talking about playing with hers, but in Welsh I was sat there thinking 'This time yesterday I was talking to Michael Shanks. Today SUCKS!'.
deccaboo we really missed you, but we got you some stuff and filmed lots, so hopefully you won't feel too left out. We'll all have to go to another con together so you and Nia can cosplay.
MICHALE SHANKS WROTE AND SAID MY NAME AND TOUCHED ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Chris Judge couldn't be bothered writing, so put a heart and a peace sign between my name an his autograph.