HI, I CAN DIE NOW
So simplystars had a ticket to the "Breakfast with Ben Browder" this morning that she wasn't using and so she GAVE IT TO ME. BECAUSE SHE IS INCREDIBLY NICE.
So I COULD NOT SLEEP last night because I was all freaked out I'd oversleep, and then got up this morning and got dressed and went down and stood in line with pdxscaper and we had a lovely conversation and then there was food and then OH MY GOD BEN BROWDER WAS IN THE ROOM. And Francesca Buller came to our table first and she was LOVELY, absolutely adorable and funny and charming and she only stayed for a couple of minutes but I WAS DELIGHTED. And then we waited and waited and WAITED for Ben to get to our table and I spilled water on my lap because that's how I roll and then we waited some more and seriously, I was FREAKING OUT with anticipated glee (and also Ben ended up sharing a chair with some lucky woman at some other table, causing us all to joke about ditching the empty chair at our table), and then he came and sat down and you guys. HE IS SO HANDSOME. Dark suit jacket (OH MY GOD HIS SHOULDERS) and jeans and a button-down black shirt, with just a little bit of white wifebeater peeking out from underneath, and his hair is all short and he's all tan and his EYES and seriously like the FIRST SENTENCE out of his mouth, he had his fingers up there on his lips and it was like, REALLY BEN? WAS THAT NECESSARY? And then he talked a bit about the experience of coming to cons repeatedly and how everyone keeps getting older, and then some woman at our table told him some random story about being on set with Robert Redford (?!) because I guess Ben had mentioned being a fan, and then Ben was like, "... yep, I'd line up for that," and then he told us about how he auditioned for Indecent Proposal (the Woody Harrelson role) and didn't get it and then auditioned for Quiz Show and didn't get it ("Ralph Fiennes!" he said ruefully), and then he kind of looked across the table at the two girls who were sitting next to us and he was like, "You guys okay over there? Can you even hear anything?" and it was SO SWEET, and then the handler lady tapped him on the shoulder (after he'd ignored her like twice, awww) and he stood up and he TOTALLY WINKED at me and PDXscaper, OH MY GOD I DIED, I LOVE WINKING AND HE WINKED AT US AND IT WAS AMAZING, and then, again to the girls next to us, "Yeah, I know, you guys just see my lips moving and you can't hear what I'm saying, sorry" and then kind of quieter to them, as he passed, "Just... shove up there next time," because he is SO NICE and charming and at some point he said "fascinating" and I just. YOU GUYS I JUST SAT THREE FEET FROM BEN BROWDER. AND THERE WAS WINKING. AND HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYE LIKE FIVE TIMES. I WILL PROBABLY NEVER GET OVER THIS.
So, um, yeah. GOOD START TO MY OFFICIAL FARSCAPE CON EXPERIENCE. I'M PRETTY SURE I OWE STARS AT LEAST ONE VITAL LIMB. OH MY GOD BEN BROWDER.
*drifts away on a haze of Browder*
So I COULD NOT SLEEP last night because I was all freaked out I'd oversleep, and then got up this morning and got dressed and went down and stood in line with pdxscaper and we had a lovely conversation and then there was food and then OH MY GOD BEN BROWDER WAS IN THE ROOM. And Francesca Buller came to our table first and she was LOVELY, absolutely adorable and funny and charming and she only stayed for a couple of minutes but I WAS DELIGHTED. And then we waited and waited and WAITED for Ben to get to our table and I spilled water on my lap because that's how I roll and then we waited some more and seriously, I was FREAKING OUT with anticipated glee (and also Ben ended up sharing a chair with some lucky woman at some other table, causing us all to joke about ditching the empty chair at our table), and then he came and sat down and you guys. HE IS SO HANDSOME. Dark suit jacket (OH MY GOD HIS SHOULDERS) and jeans and a button-down black shirt, with just a little bit of white wifebeater peeking out from underneath, and his hair is all short and he's all tan and his EYES and seriously like the FIRST SENTENCE out of his mouth, he had his fingers up there on his lips and it was like, REALLY BEN? WAS THAT NECESSARY? And then he talked a bit about the experience of coming to cons repeatedly and how everyone keeps getting older, and then some woman at our table told him some random story about being on set with Robert Redford (?!) because I guess Ben had mentioned being a fan, and then Ben was like, "... yep, I'd line up for that," and then he told us about how he auditioned for Indecent Proposal (the Woody Harrelson role) and didn't get it and then auditioned for Quiz Show and didn't get it ("Ralph Fiennes!" he said ruefully), and then he kind of looked across the table at the two girls who were sitting next to us and he was like, "You guys okay over there? Can you even hear anything?" and it was SO SWEET, and then the handler lady tapped him on the shoulder (after he'd ignored her like twice, awww) and he stood up and he TOTALLY WINKED at me and PDXscaper, OH MY GOD I DIED, I LOVE WINKING AND HE WINKED AT US AND IT WAS AMAZING, and then, again to the girls next to us, "Yeah, I know, you guys just see my lips moving and you can't hear what I'm saying, sorry" and then kind of quieter to them, as he passed, "Just... shove up there next time," because he is SO NICE and charming and at some point he said "fascinating" and I just. YOU GUYS I JUST SAT THREE FEET FROM BEN BROWDER. AND THERE WAS WINKING. AND HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYE LIKE FIVE TIMES. I WILL PROBABLY NEVER GET OVER THIS.
So, um, yeah. GOOD START TO MY OFFICIAL FARSCAPE CON EXPERIENCE. I'M PRETTY SURE I OWE STARS AT LEAST ONE VITAL LIMB. OH MY GOD BEN BROWDER.
*drifts away on a haze of Browder*