Con Talk! Part Two: Sunday Photo Ops
Part One
SO. SUNDAY.
Since my flight left at 12:10 AM on Monday, meaning I had to be the airport a few hours before that, there was no reason for Roz and I to keep the room another night. We figured we'd have to get up early so we could load up the car and check-out BEFORE the photo ops started (Jensen's was first at 9:45).
It turned out that that wasn't a problem.
My dad called at 6:30 AM, thus waking us both up ("Dad! WHAT THE HECK??" "What? It's 9:30!" "DAD." "Oh. It's earlier there, right?" "6:30 AM, DAD. 6:30 AM."), so we decided to just STAY up and get ready early. It ended up being a good plan. Since we had no room anymore, we figured waiting in line was more productive than waiting around in the lobby, so we went downstairs...
...and we were the line. I knew all of the Gold people were at the breakfast (Erin was sending me text updates, HEE), but I had expected SOME people to be up bright and early for Jensen. Not so much, really. Roz and I each formed our respective lines (she was the duo line, and I was the Jensen line), and we waited. I made some awesome line friends (Jenna! Laura!), and the wait didn't seem long at ALL. Jenna and I came up with the brilliant idea that Jensen HAD to get INTO the photo room somehow. And we were standing right by the door. Therefore, he HAD to go by us to get in, right?
RIGHT.
She had her camera at the ready, and the now-infamous videos of the photo op entrances and exits? Are totally hers! Since my voice is on all of them (after Jensen, we designated me the attention-getter to the stars ;)), I have her permission to use them wherever I WANT, since it was kind of a cooperative thing. When Jensen got there (HOLY GOD, GUYS, THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF JENSEN IN PERSON IS UNREAL), I gave him a nice "we love you, Jensen!", and...LOOK.
You might need to go to Youtube and watch the HQ version to see it right, but, YOU GUYS, he did the EYEBROW THING. RIGHT AT US. We were the ONLY TWO looking, and it was just...so Dean-like, and so HYSTERICAL, and, yes, that is the two of us CACKLING. Because were just in SHOCK. Then everyone who missed it DEMANDED that we show them the video (which was a recurring theme).
Once Jensen was in the ROOM, we knew our pictures would be soon! I was the first in line ALL MORNING, and I still consider myself first, even if RIGHT BEFORE I got my picture taken, someone bumped in front of me (apparently, they had some super!pass that let them be first for everything or something). ANYWAY, I think Jensen knew who the dedicated line-waiter was, since he SMILED SO MUCH FOR ME, and even in my picture, and he definitely wasn't in the majority of the pictures.
I go up to Jensen (who was sitting on a stool, all sprawled and stuff, and STILL SO MUCH TALLER THAN EVERYONE EVER WHO IS NOT JARED PADALECKI). Since, again, FIRST PICTURES OF THE DAY, he was all fresh and happy and ADORABLE AND SEXY AT THE SAME TIME.
Me: Hi, Jensen!
Jensen: Hi! *SMILESMILESMILESMILEHOT*
Me: It's so nice to meet you! I flew all the way from New York to see you and Jared.
Jensen: Really? Thank you so much for coming out! *He puts his arm around me, and I realize that he smells AMAZING. Also, those eyes, in person? Oh, GOD.*
Me: *DIES*
*The picture gets taken. His arm is around me, and he is RUBBING my lower back. IT IS, PERHAPS, THE HOTTEST THING EVER. EVER.*
Jensen: Thank you! (BOTH Jensen and Jared were really so genuinely grateful to the fans all weekend, and it was really sweet.)
Me: No, THANK YOU. Can I have a hug?
Jensen: ABSOLUTELY. (It was so DEAN, you guys!)
*WE HUG FOR, LIKE, TEN MINUTES. OR SECONDS. IT FELT WAY LONGER.*
I leave, and proceed to FREAK OUT. My big question out in the hall was that since this was post-breakfast (although Erin later filled me in that the boys didn't eat anything)--would he brush his teeth pre-pictures? He...WAS CHEWING GUM. I announced it to everyone. ;)
It was at this point that I realized that I could NOT EVEN REMEMBER getting the picture taken. Like, I didn't know whether I was even looking at the camera, I was so out of it. It was just...IT WAS JENSEN, OKAY? GIVE ME A BREAK!
Since I was done SO EARLY with my Jensen picture, and then the dual pictures were next, I had quite a bit of time before Jared's op. I (as I'm sure most people getting the single Jensen picture) hopped into the Jared line, and was the fourth person. Score! Jenna was right after me, so after squeeing a whole bunch, I traveled ALL THE WAY DOWN the line until I found Rachel and Erin. They're the ones that told me that Jared announced his engagement at brunch, and that he was wearing one of Sam's shirts (so I broke this info to the front of the line--I was kind of the intermediary ;)). They told me about the breakfast, I recounted my AMAZING JENSEN EXPERIENCE, and then went back to my line.
For as many people as there were, the pictures really DID go fast. A few minutes before the dual shots were supposed to start, Jenna and I readied ourselves for Jared's entrance. Everyone else was STILL none the wiser, so she readied her camera. THEN. We saw Jared walking down the hall! He was wearing that COAT! I gave him a "hi, Jared! We love you, Jared!" AND. He turned RIGHT TO ME, and grinned, and said "I love y'all, too!" IT WAS AMAZING. Other people were talking, but clearly, my voice is just THAT piercing. ;) I just--his GRIN is so big and so warm, and I couldn't even BELIEVE it.
Can you hear me? ;)
We waited for all of the sandwich pictures to be taken (which, GOD, GUYS, I wanted one SO MUCH, but they were just SO. EXPENSIVE.), and I peeked in the room a few times (the guys were STANDING, and not on stools), and got updates as people I knew came out (Roz, Erin, Rachel, etc.). At the end, Jenna and I once again logically figured that Jensen? Would have to LEAVE the room when it was time for Jared's pictures. We were right. Jared left with him (to get a short break, I'd imagine), and had put the coat BACK on (he wasn't wearing it in the pictures). I can't even DESCRIBE what happened next to you--by this time, everyone had seen the first two videos on Jenna's camera, and followed her lead, so there was a crowd gathered outside the door. Then? THEN:
OH. MY. GOD. We were just GONE. Jensen was being so silly, and you could tell Jared couldn't hear what he said, but was just going along with him, and it was just PRICELESS. Seriously. Watch that once, and try NOT to watch it about ten more times. I DARE YOU. (ETA: If you look at the pictures of me below to see what I weas wearing, and watch this and TRY to ignore the Jensen!hilarity, you can see me as the camera pans over, at about five or six seconds in. WIN!)
Jared snuck back in (no video, sadly, and I THINK this is when Erin was showing me pictures from the breakfast--maybe?), and then! It was time for my picture with him! YAY! By this time, I'd been in the really hot hallway for a while, so I definitely wasn't looking as fresh as I did for Jensen. I went in, and Jared was just SMILING, and that made ME smile. He was on the stool, too.
Me: Hi, Jared!
Jared: Hi! How y'all doing? (HEE!)
Me: I'm so excited to be here! I flew all the way from New York to see you guys!
Jared: Really? Y'all came far! That's crazy!
Me: You guys are worth it!
Jared: That's a really long way, though!
*he puts his arm around me, the picture gets taken*
Me: Jared, can I have a hug?
Jared: Anything for you! You came all the way from New York! (I love that throughout the weekend, Jared was the one who kept stressing the distance people came. It was really sweet, and, I mean, I wasn't the person who came the farthest away by a LONG shot.)
*He just...ENVELOPS me in this bear hug. Like, he got up off the stool and just DOVE IN. It was AMAZING.*
Me: Thank you!!
*I walk away*
Jared: (calls after me) So, New Yorker! What do you think of the weather here? (HEE!)
Me: (turning back) It's insane! I can't believe how warm it is!
Jared: I know! Isn't it great?
Me: I'm still trying to get used to it. I mean, it's SNOWING at home!
Jared laughed, and all this time, the next person is standing next to him and waiting for her picture while he's talking to ME, and the photographer definitely had to do a "okay, Jared, next picture!". Then, another employee went to the line and told them "no special requests" (which, I don't know if it was because of my hug, or because the guys had been doing specialty pictures for people, but that clearly didn't hold).
IT WAS SUCH A RUSH. And this was only the BEGINNING of the Jensen and Jared exposure!!! There were still panels, and autographs, and other guests! Roz had already gone into the Q&A room since she had finished way earlier--I talked to Erin and Rachel for a few more minutes, then headed in myself. I managed to make the rounds and talk a little to Roz, Elise, Jamie, Jenna, Wendy, and a few other people before heading back to my seat. And this is already really long, and there are still MANY panels to cover, so maybe this'll just be Sunday: Part One.
Even though I didn't pick them up until the end of the day, here are my pictures. This post is unlocked (for now, anyway), but PLEASE don't be plastering my face anywhere. I just know that I LOVE seeing everyone else's pictures, since they're all different and awesome in their own ways (Like the people who had hands!in!pockets, or Roz's sandwich, or ELISE'S, where she had the boys do blue steel, or Tara's awesome Jared!smile picture, or Erin and Rachel's CROTCH SHOT [HAHAHA] and infamous TWOFER shot), so I don't mind people SEEING it.
Anyway, Jensen is SMILING (EEEEEEH), and I think it's pretty obvious this is early in the day. Jared looks a little goofy (like he cocked his head back and was just about to say something when the picture got taken) but still awesome (and his HAND), and I think I look passable (no blinking or sneezing or anything), and I am really pleased with them. These are resized and cropped a bit, so the color is a little dull, but I think you get the picture (Get the picture! GET IT? ;)).
OMG, JENSEN!!! :D
And JARED! :):)
Phew. I didn't even actually SAY anything, and this is massive. I LOSE!
ETA once more: I E-mailed the pictures to my mom (who's a SPN fan), and her response (because it cracks me up):
Wow! Those pictures are gorgeous! I don't think that Jared looks so funny. And you can see his huge hand! And Jensen! His head is almost right next to yours! Were you sitting down? It looks like it. Much love, Mom.
Then, she wasn't sure if it went through, so she tried my other E-mail:
Sarah, I sent a message from G-Mail, but I'm not sure if it went through. Boy, those pictures are beautiful! So clear, and you and the boys look good. Even Jared, who has a pensive look and big hands! Much love, Mom.
CONCLUSION: MY MOTHER IS OBSESSED WITH JARED'S HANDS. HEEEE! :D (Also, yeah, I had to explain the "um, THEY were sitting while I was STANDING, THAT'S how tall they are they" thing.)
SO. SUNDAY.
Since my flight left at 12:10 AM on Monday, meaning I had to be the airport a few hours before that, there was no reason for Roz and I to keep the room another night. We figured we'd have to get up early so we could load up the car and check-out BEFORE the photo ops started (Jensen's was first at 9:45).
It turned out that that wasn't a problem.
My dad called at 6:30 AM, thus waking us both up ("Dad! WHAT THE HECK??" "What? It's 9:30!" "DAD." "Oh. It's earlier there, right?" "6:30 AM, DAD. 6:30 AM."), so we decided to just STAY up and get ready early. It ended up being a good plan. Since we had no room anymore, we figured waiting in line was more productive than waiting around in the lobby, so we went downstairs...
...and we were the line. I knew all of the Gold people were at the breakfast (Erin was sending me text updates, HEE), but I had expected SOME people to be up bright and early for Jensen. Not so much, really. Roz and I each formed our respective lines (she was the duo line, and I was the Jensen line), and we waited. I made some awesome line friends (Jenna! Laura!), and the wait didn't seem long at ALL. Jenna and I came up with the brilliant idea that Jensen HAD to get INTO the photo room somehow. And we were standing right by the door. Therefore, he HAD to go by us to get in, right?
RIGHT.
She had her camera at the ready, and the now-infamous videos of the photo op entrances and exits? Are totally hers! Since my voice is on all of them (after Jensen, we designated me the attention-getter to the stars ;)), I have her permission to use them wherever I WANT, since it was kind of a cooperative thing. When Jensen got there (HOLY GOD, GUYS, THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF JENSEN IN PERSON IS UNREAL), I gave him a nice "we love you, Jensen!", and...LOOK.
Click to viewYou might need to go to Youtube and watch the HQ version to see it right, but, YOU GUYS, he did the EYEBROW THING. RIGHT AT US. We were the ONLY TWO looking, and it was just...so Dean-like, and so HYSTERICAL, and, yes, that is the two of us CACKLING. Because were just in SHOCK. Then everyone who missed it DEMANDED that we show them the video (which was a recurring theme).
Once Jensen was in the ROOM, we knew our pictures would be soon! I was the first in line ALL MORNING, and I still consider myself first, even if RIGHT BEFORE I got my picture taken, someone bumped in front of me (apparently, they had some super!pass that let them be first for everything or something). ANYWAY, I think Jensen knew who the dedicated line-waiter was, since he SMILED SO MUCH FOR ME, and even in my picture, and he definitely wasn't in the majority of the pictures.
I go up to Jensen (who was sitting on a stool, all sprawled and stuff, and STILL SO MUCH TALLER THAN EVERYONE EVER WHO IS NOT JARED PADALECKI). Since, again, FIRST PICTURES OF THE DAY, he was all fresh and happy and ADORABLE AND SEXY AT THE SAME TIME.
Me: Hi, Jensen!
Jensen: Hi! *SMILESMILESMILESMILEHOT*
Me: It's so nice to meet you! I flew all the way from New York to see you and Jared.
Jensen: Really? Thank you so much for coming out! *He puts his arm around me, and I realize that he smells AMAZING. Also, those eyes, in person? Oh, GOD.*
Me: *DIES*
*The picture gets taken. His arm is around me, and he is RUBBING my lower back. IT IS, PERHAPS, THE HOTTEST THING EVER. EVER.*
Jensen: Thank you! (BOTH Jensen and Jared were really so genuinely grateful to the fans all weekend, and it was really sweet.)
Me: No, THANK YOU. Can I have a hug?
Jensen: ABSOLUTELY. (It was so DEAN, you guys!)
*WE HUG FOR, LIKE, TEN MINUTES. OR SECONDS. IT FELT WAY LONGER.*
I leave, and proceed to FREAK OUT. My big question out in the hall was that since this was post-breakfast (although Erin later filled me in that the boys didn't eat anything)--would he brush his teeth pre-pictures? He...WAS CHEWING GUM. I announced it to everyone. ;)
It was at this point that I realized that I could NOT EVEN REMEMBER getting the picture taken. Like, I didn't know whether I was even looking at the camera, I was so out of it. It was just...IT WAS JENSEN, OKAY? GIVE ME A BREAK!
Since I was done SO EARLY with my Jensen picture, and then the dual pictures were next, I had quite a bit of time before Jared's op. I (as I'm sure most people getting the single Jensen picture) hopped into the Jared line, and was the fourth person. Score! Jenna was right after me, so after squeeing a whole bunch, I traveled ALL THE WAY DOWN the line until I found Rachel and Erin. They're the ones that told me that Jared announced his engagement at brunch, and that he was wearing one of Sam's shirts (so I broke this info to the front of the line--I was kind of the intermediary ;)). They told me about the breakfast, I recounted my AMAZING JENSEN EXPERIENCE, and then went back to my line.
For as many people as there were, the pictures really DID go fast. A few minutes before the dual shots were supposed to start, Jenna and I readied ourselves for Jared's entrance. Everyone else was STILL none the wiser, so she readied her camera. THEN. We saw Jared walking down the hall! He was wearing that COAT! I gave him a "hi, Jared! We love you, Jared!" AND. He turned RIGHT TO ME, and grinned, and said "I love y'all, too!" IT WAS AMAZING. Other people were talking, but clearly, my voice is just THAT piercing. ;) I just--his GRIN is so big and so warm, and I couldn't even BELIEVE it.
Can you hear me? ;)
We waited for all of the sandwich pictures to be taken (which, GOD, GUYS, I wanted one SO MUCH, but they were just SO. EXPENSIVE.), and I peeked in the room a few times (the guys were STANDING, and not on stools), and got updates as people I knew came out (Roz, Erin, Rachel, etc.). At the end, Jenna and I once again logically figured that Jensen? Would have to LEAVE the room when it was time for Jared's pictures. We were right. Jared left with him (to get a short break, I'd imagine), and had put the coat BACK on (he wasn't wearing it in the pictures). I can't even DESCRIBE what happened next to you--by this time, everyone had seen the first two videos on Jenna's camera, and followed her lead, so there was a crowd gathered outside the door. Then? THEN:
OH. MY. GOD. We were just GONE. Jensen was being so silly, and you could tell Jared couldn't hear what he said, but was just going along with him, and it was just PRICELESS. Seriously. Watch that once, and try NOT to watch it about ten more times. I DARE YOU. (ETA: If you look at the pictures of me below to see what I weas wearing, and watch this and TRY to ignore the Jensen!hilarity, you can see me as the camera pans over, at about five or six seconds in. WIN!)
Jared snuck back in (no video, sadly, and I THINK this is when Erin was showing me pictures from the breakfast--maybe?), and then! It was time for my picture with him! YAY! By this time, I'd been in the really hot hallway for a while, so I definitely wasn't looking as fresh as I did for Jensen. I went in, and Jared was just SMILING, and that made ME smile. He was on the stool, too.
Me: Hi, Jared!
Jared: Hi! How y'all doing? (HEE!)
Me: I'm so excited to be here! I flew all the way from New York to see you guys!
Jared: Really? Y'all came far! That's crazy!
Me: You guys are worth it!
Jared: That's a really long way, though!
*he puts his arm around me, the picture gets taken*
Me: Jared, can I have a hug?
Jared: Anything for you! You came all the way from New York! (I love that throughout the weekend, Jared was the one who kept stressing the distance people came. It was really sweet, and, I mean, I wasn't the person who came the farthest away by a LONG shot.)
*He just...ENVELOPS me in this bear hug. Like, he got up off the stool and just DOVE IN. It was AMAZING.*
Me: Thank you!!
*I walk away*
Jared: (calls after me) So, New Yorker! What do you think of the weather here? (HEE!)
Me: (turning back) It's insane! I can't believe how warm it is!
Jared: I know! Isn't it great?
Me: I'm still trying to get used to it. I mean, it's SNOWING at home!
Jared laughed, and all this time, the next person is standing next to him and waiting for her picture while he's talking to ME, and the photographer definitely had to do a "okay, Jared, next picture!". Then, another employee went to the line and told them "no special requests" (which, I don't know if it was because of my hug, or because the guys had been doing specialty pictures for people, but that clearly didn't hold).
IT WAS SUCH A RUSH. And this was only the BEGINNING of the Jensen and Jared exposure!!! There were still panels, and autographs, and other guests! Roz had already gone into the Q&A room since she had finished way earlier--I talked to Erin and Rachel for a few more minutes, then headed in myself. I managed to make the rounds and talk a little to Roz, Elise, Jamie, Jenna, Wendy, and a few other people before heading back to my seat. And this is already really long, and there are still MANY panels to cover, so maybe this'll just be Sunday: Part One.
Even though I didn't pick them up until the end of the day, here are my pictures. This post is unlocked (for now, anyway), but PLEASE don't be plastering my face anywhere. I just know that I LOVE seeing everyone else's pictures, since they're all different and awesome in their own ways (Like the people who had hands!in!pockets, or Roz's sandwich, or ELISE'S, where she had the boys do blue steel, or Tara's awesome Jared!smile picture, or Erin and Rachel's CROTCH SHOT [HAHAHA] and infamous TWOFER shot), so I don't mind people SEEING it.
Anyway, Jensen is SMILING (EEEEEEH), and I think it's pretty obvious this is early in the day. Jared looks a little goofy (like he cocked his head back and was just about to say something when the picture got taken) but still awesome (and his HAND), and I think I look passable (no blinking or sneezing or anything), and I am really pleased with them. These are resized and cropped a bit, so the color is a little dull, but I think you get the picture (Get the picture! GET IT? ;)).
OMG, JENSEN!!! :D
And JARED! :):)
Phew. I didn't even actually SAY anything, and this is massive. I LOSE!
ETA once more: I E-mailed the pictures to my mom (who's a SPN fan), and her response (because it cracks me up):
Wow! Those pictures are gorgeous! I don't think that Jared looks so funny. And you can see his huge hand! And Jensen! His head is almost right next to yours! Were you sitting down? It looks like it. Much love, Mom.
Then, she wasn't sure if it went through, so she tried my other E-mail:
Sarah, I sent a message from G-Mail, but I'm not sure if it went through. Boy, those pictures are beautiful! So clear, and you and the boys look good. Even Jared, who has a pensive look and big hands! Much love, Mom.
CONCLUSION: MY MOTHER IS OBSESSED WITH JARED'S HANDS. HEEEE! :D (Also, yeah, I had to explain the "um, THEY were sitting while I was STANDING, THAT'S how tall they are they" thing.)