FedCon XIX 2010 in Bonn - Part 2 - Still Squeeing!!
Finally I found the time to write my second part of the FedCon XIX, so here it is, read and enjoy, hopefully, *G* because it's a very, very long one as I couldn't stop myself...LOL
Saturday....yeah it's Saturday......and you all know what that had meant, right? *G*
Saturday, there had been the photo-op with Joe and also his panel in the evening......means, we would meet him that day, actually meet him, for real and in full size and in colour.....Squeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
So, of course we intended to get up early in the morning, and with early I mean 6 o`clock ...because three girls and only one bath, that might could get a bit of a crowded...LOL....yet when the alarm clock of my cell phone went off, none of us was really willing to get up...darn it, the beds in our little snug hotel were so comfortable and cozy, believe me once you'd lay down, you never wanna leave it again, not if you don't have too......so we generously gave us another hour sleep LOL.....call it beauty-sleep :P because hey, a photo with Joe Flanigan and you look like sh*t, that's an absolute No-Go for a real thunker-girl, right? *smirks*
Yet, finally I managed it to drag myself out of bed , not really awake and the Squee inside me was still deep asleep too LOL....but that changed fast after a good hot shower, and Luci and me started squeeing again whilst Jenny was still in bed, pour little mouse of me had real stomach-probs at that whole weekend...*pats her*
Oh, to come back to the feared crowded part in the bath - despite the showering- and hair-fixing-thing and all the other restauration-stuff a woman had to do in the morning LOL - we were surprisingly faster than we'd thought (LOL natural beauties don't need much time to look good, right? *giggles*) ...and Luci and me we decided to go downstairs for a good long breakfast and fresh coffee - God, we'd been desperate for a fresh hot coffee that morning - meanwhile Jenny was a bit slower that morning and told us she would catch us later...
So, we entered the breakfast-room for the first time and wow, thought we were in heaven...what a breakfast it was, I'm still swooning about it....call it a breakfast fit for a king, guys....and once again we were glad that we'd such a great luck with this little hotel....the price was good, the service also, the rooms simple but proper, the beds (see above LOL) and now the excellent breakfast, it was the cherry on top so to speak..:P..
Oh, by the way, here some pics from the hotel :)
This is the mainfront
And this was the breakfast-room
With the rich choice of buns and bread they'd there...
And the tea-corner was a real El Dorado for every tea-fan LOL
And then you'd the agony of choice between several sorts of jam, cheese, cold cuts, boiled eggs, cereals, several sorts of juice and fruits, including fruit-salade...and not to forget the hot fresh coffee, as much as you wanted...*G*....it was just fantastic, and the best thing was - at least for me - you don't have to clean up later like at home...you just eat and than go...that was really nice for once....so that morning Luci and me, we went at least twice along the buffet and had not only fresh delicious buns (yummy, they were really crunchy ), we also chose some black bread with hazel-nuts in it...*giggles*....yes we thought we just needed a very manly-man bread on that particular morning to come through entire day....and we joked about the very nutty bread...a lot ...LOL...and as we made the second assault on the buffet, Jenny also joined us and believe me, at the time we finished breakfast, we all were really stuffed....
So well-equipped, we walked the short way to the halt for the city-train and there, we'd the fun to struggle ourselves through the tarif-jungle of the Bonner public transport-system LOL....we all three stood in front of that ticket-automat, heavily discussing which ticket was the right one...at the end we asked a friendly woman who also waited for the train to help us (LOL or better said Luci and Jenny sent me to ask...and from that moment I was the 'Chosen One'...my mission for the next days...hunt down one of the poor innocent Bonner civilians to ask whatever stupid question we'd...for the right way, the right train, where in hell is here the next internet-cafe...LOL okay, this embarrassing story you'll hear later. *G*).
And thanks to the nice lady, we got our common ticket valid for the whole day and even managed it to catch the right train and after 7 stations (mostly in the underground and funny thing was that each station had another color like ugly green, boring brown, wow cheery orange...just to name a few LOL), so we later knew which color was next and that when we'd crossed acidic yellow we almost had reached our target LOL. By the time we entered the Con-hotel Maritim, it was already bustling with activity, and it was just great to watch - as if you entered another world - we simply loved it....and the atmosphere was amazing, everybody was in a great mood, friendly and it was easy to get into conversation with others....I really enjoyed it and so did Luci and Jenny....
Here one of the most coveted motives for photos...The Tardis...LOL
Of course first thing Luci did was to storm the table with the Cliff-Simon-pics from the photo-op the day before and she was all but squeeing when she finally held her pic in her hands...oh she was so happy and showed it to us - it was a really great pic - and later she let it sign from 'Mr. Ba'al' himself and was even more happy then *hugs Luci*
Then, we strolled around, looked here and there, bought our vouchers for the autographs we wanted and simply enjoyed the hustle and bustle around us until it was time for Cliff Simons panel....and he was really great on stage, a very sympathic man, funny and witty, and we'd a lot fun listening to him and his stories...you wanna know more, you take a look at Lucis racheldinozzo Con-report,....I wish you a lot of fun reading it...
Later, it was something near two o`clock, and since the Photo-op with Joe wasn't before six thirty, we decided to make a short trip back to town...to snatch some food, maybe find an internetcafe (cause the connection in the hotel was so aweful slow, a snail with a crutch was faster, believe me LOL we'd tested it after breakfast), and again had a great time just the three of us *giggles* - I can assure you we really had been a hellish team....
So we showed Jenny the Bonner Cathedral Luci and me had already admired the day before, and she just loved it, and although her ill stomach was rebelling even more from all the incense-smell inside the church (don't like that smell either), she was as fascinated as we'd been....
Here another few impressions of this wonderful piece of history, which also looked impressive at night....
In front of the Cathedrale, there was some kind of market-place and at the time we'd been there, there was a medieval market, the whole place was full with market-stalls and it was interesting to watch...like the skilled blacksmith at his work for example...
After a short round-tour we again tried to find an internetcafe by asking several people on the street, LOL who of course sent us in any direction...everywhere but the right place - *G* the wonderful experience you make when you're in a foreign town, isn't it? ..stray around and find anything else except what you're looking for *G* - so we finally gave up for the moment because it was already time again to return to the Con-hote, but before that I spent myself another delicious Starbucks-coffee (I just love the coffee of them, so yummy) and Jenny needed a bit for her at that moment a bit of a low blood sugar, so she choose one of their yummy brownies..(LOL and believe me, your blood-sugar will rise skyhigh in no time after only a few bites of it. God, I think this cake is made only of sugar and chocolate and nothing else LOL)
Wanna take a bite? LOL
And again, we found ourselves in the Subwayand on our way back to the Con, and it was nearly five o`clock by now when we approached the Con-hotel, so we went upstairs right away, because there it was where they did all the photo-sessions.
As we looked around, there was already a long line for James Masters (his photo-op was at five thirty if I remember right) and to our suprise also a line for the JF/DH-photo-sessions though this one was not before seven or so.....mhmmmm, looking around, searching, wandering around...where in the hell is the Joe-line????.....wrinkling eyebrows, looking around again, walking around again........LOL in fact we walked a full circle around the first floor searching for this for us very important line.....and at least found the end of the James Masters-queue where we dropped Jenny - as she wanted a picture with "Spike" (she just loved this character when they'd send 'Buffy' here on TV and he was the main reason why she wanted to go to the Con *G*)...whilst Luci and me thought we might should manage the search different - more logical perhaps (and I don't wanna hear any jokes about logic and women here, not one, okay? *giggles*) - and decided this time to walk along the JF/DH-queue until we reach it's beginning and simply ask then....
The first person in line grinned at our question, pointed to the opposite wall and said .."Just over there.."...*facepalm* I swear to you, we at least had passed that line twice without noticing it....but to our defence I've to say that the JF-line wasn't very long at that point...yet, it didn't took long and the queue became really, really long as well as the JF/DH-queue grew with every passing minute....I later felt truly sorry for Joe because he really had stood three hours nonstop in the flash-lights....which must had been more than strenuous I assume....
Very satisfied that we'd finallly found what we were looking for, Luci and me sat down on the floor and waited - patiently - for one and a half hour to be precise - but I must say it sounded longer than it had felt, actually the time was running fast because we were busy the whole time with chatting with the people next to us, eating some candy (marshmallows and gummybears and all the healthy stuff I'd in my big bag LOL), trying to answer a SMS our dear friend Sani from GW had send us (somehow a heavy task because I'd trouble to get a signal, that drn hotel-building wasn't very cooporative and it was funny to watch how I swayed my cell phone around until it obviously had worked LOL)...so you can say we just had fun the entire time - hard to believe huh? But yes, you really can have fun when you wait in line, unbelievable isn't it? *G* - at some point Jenny also joined us, bubbling over about her photo-op with JM and how excited she was and that he looked great and that it all went very fast, come in - say hello - take position - click - say goodbye - and go out - and that's it .....but she was happy and that was the main thing for me.
Here's the pic of my little mouse with James Masters :)
And then, when it was nearly six thirty, it finally came some movement into our queue, a helper appeared and told us to get ready....yesssssssss......I must say at that point we were slightly excited, but then as we stood up, grabbing our bags to go insingle file in the next floor, our excitement grew a lot.....And guess what happened then? *G*.. Right, we'd to wait again *grins* - yep, queue-up and waiting was a very famous sport at the FedCon, specially when it came to Joe Flanigan - so again, we waited and chatted when suddenly we heard some "Wohoo" murmuring through the air...and there he was...Joe Flanigan....SQUEE.....Luci, Jenny and me, we just were stunned as he walked fast along into the photo-room - leather-jacket, plaid shirt, tight jeans and a coffee-cup in his hand ....and TEH HAIR...god, he'd looked just gorgeous.....and there it was when our excitement went skyhigh, and it simply held us in a very tight grip since then and didn't wanna vanish again, not even when the whole photo-thing was over and done...*G*.
Of course, another few minutes waiting - what a surprise, huh? LOL - and the door to the photo-room opened and two helpers came out, explaining to us how we should react during the whole photo-shoot-matter....means no clinging or jumping on Mr. Flanigan nor anything else like kissing etc....and we thought WTF...what do they think of us, we do know how to behave for God's sake *grumbles*...and then it really finally started....and the procedure was like this:
You pay your ticket in passing, get a voucher (for each single person one, means if you want a picture with you and your friend for example, you need to buy two vouchers than), go to the entry of the photo-room, wait until they let you in, leave your bag on a table next to the door, pass the voucher to a helper at a table aside and walk over to Joe - picture - and you're finished....sounds easy, doesn't it?...LOL...Nope, not in our case, as you'll see and read....*giggles*
I bought three vouchers because I wanted a snigle pic with Joe and a picture with Luci, me and Joe....and asked the sellsman if I'd to mention that to the photographer and he said, no that would do one of the helpers inside....and I thought ...okay ...as they didn't do this for the first time, they certainly wouldn't screw that part....wrong ....LOL...
We went to the entry and after we'd passed the very "friendly" doorman (yes, this is meant as an ironical comment), we were allowed to enter the photo-room, and as I was the first in line of the three of us, I cast a fast glance or two at JF whilst I parked my bag on the small table before I gave my vouchers to a young guy sitting at a table aside....and it was there that a slight panic gripped me.... - Oh god, Susanne, hopefully you'll be able to move your feet, and hopefully you won't make a total fool out of yourself, and hopefully you'll be able to bring out at least one coherent word, and don't forget to speak english, remember that, not german, english.... - LOL yes, you can say I was excited as hell....
Remember I talked about experienced helpers before? *G*
Yes, I'd to explain it at least twice to the young man behind the desk why I'd three vouchers and when Luci, standing behind me, told him that she also had one for a single photo, I'd the impression that this information didn't really made it easier for him to understand what we wanted. But he waved us forward to a young female helper who gave me a sign to step further forward....into Joes direction.....and miraculously I really managed it to step towards him....and that was the point where my brain simply switched into freewheel-modus...all the more when I dared to look at him LOL.
So, Mr. Flanigan smiled at me and reached out his hand and said: "Hi.." - *grins* and believe me, his voice is as mesmerizing as his smile and his eyes and the whole man himself - and again, I surprised myself by really managing it not only to return his greet, but also enhancing a 'Nice to meet you' while I took his reached out hand for a short shake - believe me, my nerves were rattling at that point and I really almost forget to breathe...but hey, who needs such an unimportant thing like air when you stand in front of Joe Flanigan, right? - and before I could blink again, he already had his arm around my shoulder and I'd my arm around his waist - god, that leatherjacket was soooo soft - and the photographer asked if I was ready - 'hell no, I am not, but do it anyway' was all I thought in that moment - and then the mess started LOL
Well, communication can be a hard business sometimes, can it? LOL Because everyone in the room had grasped what we wanted - which wasn't hard to understand, right? I mean, single pic with me, common pic with Luci and me, single pic with Luci - everyone but the little helper-girl who'd a bit trouble to sort out what the young man at the table told her about our photo-wishes....and so, she simply pushed Luci in our direction just to fetch her back right away.....*G* and everyone and everything stopped - confusion - and the photographer asked 'What's this?'...and the helper-girl told him about the different pics we wanted, shoving at Luci again...yet the photographer decided to do first the single pic with me....and sent Luci back.....click, made my pic.....and then, Luci approached us again...and again, got send back because I'd blinked on the photo and they'd to make a new one with Joe and me... - means again we'd to go in position, Mr. Flanigan and me, LOL and it was then that Joe suddenly said: "I'm so distracted.." because of that whole send-in and send-out of Luci and okay and not okay of the photos.. - and I couldn't almost believe it, but I really had the nerve to reply: "You're not the only one, me too.." ....and as it wasn't enough that my pulse was racing like mad the whole time, the moment Joe smiled about my words - and what a smile it had been - I just was floating LOL...and felt my heart beating in my throat...
Yet, finally my pic was really done, and this time Luci was really truly allowed to join us - although Joe looked as if he wanted to ask 'This time it is right, isn't it?' and thereby smiled again - it was one of this incredibly amused smirks you just melt away - LOL and while we all three got in position, it just slipped out of me..."Don't you think you got rid of us so fast.." ...and hemust had been really a bit distracted because he looked at Luci (Why? because she hadn't said a thing LOL) and answered: "Yes, it seems so.." and there it was again - this absolute irresistible smile of him....sheesh, it's a real lethal weapon, beleive me...actually the whole man should come with a serious warning because he's just simply mind-blowing... - and the whole time I was in a real funny state of excitement....alhtough I knew it was real, it felt so surreal after all to me - I mean, I really stood next to Joe Flanigan for several minutes...something I'd dreamed of for the last few years.... - I was simply overwhelmed, I couldn't help it and was smiling like mad the whole time LOL
So, common picture was finished and since it was Lucis turn then, I'd to leave (and believe me, I didn't want too, not really LOL) and thanks to the two braincells that were still working in my fluffy head somehow - a real miracle indeed - I also was able to say: "Thank you very much, and it was really nice to meet you.." (yeah, not the most intelligent lines I know, but hey, you stand next to Joe Flanigan, all intelligence you've ever had simply vanish into thin air believe me), and he shook again my hand (squee) and fixed his gorgeous green eyes on me and again, gave me one of his forbidden amazing smiles while he drawled: "No, I thank you..."...*swoons* at that point I was totally lost, believe me....and I was all but hovering when I stepped aside as if I was in trance or something....for some of you it might sound crazy and it might sound as if I'm one of this foolish fangirls - I can assure you I am not, not at all...I consider myself as a very clear-thinking adult woman with my 48 years and normally I'm far far away from getting all giddy about a man (celebrity or not) - but this man...he's such a strong charisma..and when you meet him...it's....wow...how should I explain it...god damned, I just can't explain it.with words...it's like a spell he put on you.....pure magic...that's what it is...
And here's my pic with him...and yes, I know I'm smiling like crazy on it, ..sorry but I couldn't surpress it, in fact I couldn't supress it the whole time, ....though my nerves were rattling like wild it still was a wonderful great moment in my life...
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And this was the common photo with Luci and me and yeah, I'm still smiling like crazy *giggles*
Then, the turn was on my daughter Jenny, and as nobody was complaining I remained staying aside and watched her photo-op.....LOL and it was nice to watch.....the photographer as well as Joe looked at her and their face expressions and their smirks spoke a clear speech..."God, she's cute and sweet..."..LOL and the photographer called at her, with a big grin on his face: "Come one, ass out!" ...and Jenny laughed and did it and the photographer said:" Yeah, that's it." and Joe also drawled a deep "Yeah...." with a big smile on his face.....it was wonderful hilarious...they obviously had all fun at this moment....it was simply great to watch....
But look for yourself..*G*
And then, our photo-session was over, and as we left the room we were really floating because it had been such an overwhelming event for us, we all three were bustling with excitement LOL...and as we talked about it on our way to the mainbridge (because there was the costume contest running at the moment and Luci and Jenny wanted to see it), Jenny said something very interesting - and it just confirmed my own impression I'd had of Joe Flanigan, namely that he really is the wonderful and special person I always had assumed he is - because at my question which photo-op she'd found better, James Masters or Joe Flanigan, she answered: "You know, James Masters, it was great and he surely was nice and friendly...but he also was so all business at the same time....yet, the photo-session with Joe, it was just awesome, because he was not only nice and friendly, he also was so heartly and natural thereby, he simply was wonderful..."....And that came out the mouth of my eigtheen year old daughter who is a) not a SGA-fan and b) though she likes Joe Flanigan, she certainly isn't as near as crazy about him as Luci and me are.....so for me, this was a very remarkable statement....as I'd said...this man is pure magic...*sighs*
Well, after this huge highlight of the day, I really needed fresh air, left Luci and Jenny back in the big main-hall and went outside to smoke a cigarette (yes, I know it's unhealthy - flog me for it LOL - but damned, I really truly needed that very desperately in this moment) and thereby saw on a glance on my cell phone that Sani had send me another SMS - I would so loved to spend this special weekend together with her, but unfortunately she'd become ill and couldn't coem, but next year Sani, we'll have a blast on the FedCon XX, I promise you *hugs her tight* - answered her curious question about the photo-op with a big SQUEEE....LOL.....and then went back to Luci and Jenny, and together we watched the rest of the costume-contest which was really a great show
All the people who'd attended the contest surely had invested a lot of timeand money and some also had gone through hard times the last months to offer a good performance.....like the guy who'dslipped in the role of Wolferine...oh my, I've read that he really had changed his whole lifestyle-habits for the last half year, means not only his nurture but also a very hard daily training to look as muscular and fit like the Wolferine in the movie....and all this time he also had done his normal regular job...he surely was worth it to risk a glance or two...
So if you wanna take a look, here's a link, with a lot other pics from the costume-contest..
fotogalerie.herr-der-ringe-film.de/showgallery.php/cat/7781
And here another one, there you'll find a lot of gorgeous photos from the FedCon, it's worth to click on the link..
inthemoment.rule-twentynine.com/category/stargate-atlantis/
Actually, after the costume-contest there should be Joe's panel but because of the great crush on his single and his common photo-op with David Hewlett, he couldn't make it in time and the organzier simply changed the program and preponed Tahmoh Peniketts' performance, and he was funny and entertaining and ...LOL obviously also loved german beer....like all the other guest-stars at the Con .... *G* ...just a random hilarious observation I'd made...and this little detail made me smirk ....but well, why not...since our beer is famous for it's good taste...and as we Germans always say: "Beer is simply liquid bread"...I don't see any harm when a man enjoys a good cold beer or two...and it's the purest drink you can get, without any chemical stuff in it...I just say one keyword: German purity law...so Prost! or Cheers! or whatever you say in your country..LOL
It was already after nine o`clock when finally, finally Joe Flanigan came on stage and we all welcomed him with a hurricane of an applause...something he obviously hadn't expected because he looked very surprised and thanked us all for this very warm welcome...and then he started....and he was just awesome, funny, witty and hilarious....simply gorgeous...it's undescribable somehow because you must see and live it by yourself...I enjoyed every second of it....and took pictures, here a few of my own, very far away since we sat on the galerie and my camera isn't the best and a bit dark and blurry, but hey...they're my own pictures, I really took them whilst I watched him live on stage...*G*
I really can't remember everything he told us, it was just too much and in all the excitement you forget a lot, unfortunately, but a few things I remember...like that he appologized for being late because David always needs so long to make sure he looks good on photos LOL, and it was just hilarious when he told us a bit about the great time they'd had during the filming of Atlantis, that David always told him after lunch what he'd all eaten, every single part of it...and how he and Jason had made fun of him (I just say "the mooning story" *G*) and that it was him who hung the Johny-Cash-poster in Sheppards quarter in Atlantis, together with the skateboard or the golf-magazines and stuff like that ('I've a great decoration-skill you know, my friends always say it's my gay gene....LOL) and also entertained us with his famous hair-story because someone asked him about it....I really saw the "Boing-thing" for real, how awesome it that, huh?
God, we'd such a wonderful great time, and I simply found it cute that after he already had talked almost half an hour with us, he suddenly asked if we were able to understand him or if he should talk a bit slower because it was his first time ever that he talked to a german audience....is that cute or what??...I just love that man....and during his performance they showed several different pics of him on the big screen behind him, fof course there had been some of him as Colonel John Sheppard in SGA between, and this one I really loved..and the title so fit for him...at least in my opinion..
So when Mr. Atlantis answered antoher question (about the Mensa-stuff they brought up in SGA I think..not sure about that..) and of course lost himself again in talking... - and I admit that I really love him for this attitude of him, ask that man one tiny question and then lean relaxed back and just listen to his mesmerizing voice because it takes a while before he's finished, boy he surely can talk.. - suddenly it happened that this appeared on the big screen behind him..
...and the second it did, a deep and loud common moaning rose up and sounded through the entire hall....and Joe stopped in the middle of a sentence and looked totally confused at us, naturally not knowing what was going on and why we were complaining...LOL and we all shouted "Turn around.." and he did...
...and then he knew why we'd reacted that way....and his comment was..."No, no way, I don't last questioning me, no, forget it.." and simply continued and we just loved it and applaused....until the Moderator Ed Wasser appeared on stage to tell him that he really had to stop.. - a thing me and all the others in the hall truly regretted...I mean it wasn't his fault that the photo-sessions had endured that long and to just cut almost fifteen minutes from his performance (every guest-star had his 45 minutes) so that Michael Dorn who came after him could start his panel in time - that was a real crappy and very unfair decision and not only in my eyes...nope, we all weren't very amused about it, including Joe...but....they did it.....hello Fedcon-organizer, ever heard of a thing called flexibility...*still shakes her head about this stupid decision*...
Here a few pics to show you how funny he was, and always in action, god this man couldn't stand still for a second LOL..I just loved watching and listening to him...
So, although Michael Dorn is a sympathic person, we didn't watched him and left the hall. Luci and me we bought us a nice cold beer, Jenny had a coke I think... and while we drank it we three decided what to do now....and since Jenny was getting really tired by then (she still had trouble with her health), we went to the subway-station and back to town...dropped Jenny at the hotel where she crawled in her bed right away whilst Luci and me went out again, still determined to find an internet-cafe...LOL we just had to post on Gateworld about our great day, at least a few lines....so we thought it might be possible that the guys who worked in the big Mc-D-restaurant could tell us where to find one...LOL,and as I was the Chosen One, - yeah, just call me the crazy woman who walks through Bonns street asking stupid questions...- I went inside, asked one of the waiters and thereby ordered a Cheeseburger for me...hey, you've to live from something, right? *G* - and now we come to the embarrassing part....LOL the waiter smiled at me and said: "That's easy, see that green neon sign right on the opposite of our restaurant? That's an internet-cafe.".....Okay,.....it also stood there, really in bright green light....LOL now I could see it too.....*giggles*...hey, to our defense I can say we still were so dazzled because of our JF-encounter....does that count for you? LOL...
I just had to laugh about so much blindness, thanked the man and when I told Luci she laughed too...So we walked the few steps to that internet-cafe and also it was a slow connection (well, not as slow as in the hotel, but still ...*sighs*) and the keyboard was a relict from the last century (our fingers really hurt after using it, because we'd to hammer on this darn keys so hard whilst we were posting)....we surely had our fun and the girls in our beloved JFT- thread too ...a lot of Squee was in the air so to speak.....LOL.
God, we really had been in a fabulous fantastice - or should I say flantastic - mood that evening which still endured when we approached the hotel again....Jenny was already sleeping, so Luci and me we'd made ourselves comfortable on her bed in the kitchen and celebrated this wonderful gorgeous day ....nope not with german beer, but with Cherry-mead....we emptied the whole bottle and thereby fooled around and made crazy photos of ourselves (and no way, we'll show you this pics, not one of them LOL) and fell from one giggling fit into another...boy, we had fun this evening LOL...and we were both absolutely convinced that we were not able to fall asleep....well, the moment we finally lay down...we were sleeping deeply already...*giggles*
And thas was our wonderful absolute flantastic Saturday on the FedCon XIX in Bonn, and I still swoon about it everytime I think of it...
So it's Sunday that's still left....not the best day for me....but I'll tell you that in the third part....and close this report with a few other gorgeous pics of Joe's panel.....enjoy. and if you wanna see more, here is my PB-link.
s280.photobucket.com/albums/kk197/guhleen/con%20pics/...
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Saturday....yeah it's Saturday......and you all know what that had meant, right? *G*
Saturday, there had been the photo-op with Joe and also his panel in the evening......means, we would meet him that day, actually meet him, for real and in full size and in colour.....Squeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
So, of course we intended to get up early in the morning, and with early I mean 6 o`clock ...because three girls and only one bath, that might could get a bit of a crowded...LOL....yet when the alarm clock of my cell phone went off, none of us was really willing to get up...darn it, the beds in our little snug hotel were so comfortable and cozy, believe me once you'd lay down, you never wanna leave it again, not if you don't have too......so we generously gave us another hour sleep LOL.....call it beauty-sleep :P because hey, a photo with Joe Flanigan and you look like sh*t, that's an absolute No-Go for a real thunker-girl, right? *smirks*
Yet, finally I managed it to drag myself out of bed , not really awake and the Squee inside me was still deep asleep too LOL....but that changed fast after a good hot shower, and Luci and me started squeeing again whilst Jenny was still in bed, pour little mouse of me had real stomach-probs at that whole weekend...*pats her*
Oh, to come back to the feared crowded part in the bath - despite the showering- and hair-fixing-thing and all the other restauration-stuff a woman had to do in the morning LOL - we were surprisingly faster than we'd thought (LOL natural beauties don't need much time to look good, right? *giggles*) ...and Luci and me we decided to go downstairs for a good long breakfast and fresh coffee - God, we'd been desperate for a fresh hot coffee that morning - meanwhile Jenny was a bit slower that morning and told us she would catch us later...
So, we entered the breakfast-room for the first time and wow, thought we were in heaven...what a breakfast it was, I'm still swooning about it....call it a breakfast fit for a king, guys....and once again we were glad that we'd such a great luck with this little hotel....the price was good, the service also, the rooms simple but proper, the beds (see above LOL) and now the excellent breakfast, it was the cherry on top so to speak..:P..
Oh, by the way, here some pics from the hotel :)
This is the mainfront
And this was the breakfast-room
With the rich choice of buns and bread they'd there...
And the tea-corner was a real El Dorado for every tea-fan LOL
And then you'd the agony of choice between several sorts of jam, cheese, cold cuts, boiled eggs, cereals, several sorts of juice and fruits, including fruit-salade...and not to forget the hot fresh coffee, as much as you wanted...*G*....it was just fantastic, and the best thing was - at least for me - you don't have to clean up later like at home...you just eat and than go...that was really nice for once....so that morning Luci and me, we went at least twice along the buffet and had not only fresh delicious buns (yummy, they were really crunchy ), we also chose some black bread with hazel-nuts in it...*giggles*....yes we thought we just needed a very manly-man bread on that particular morning to come through entire day....and we joked about the very nutty bread...a lot ...LOL...and as we made the second assault on the buffet, Jenny also joined us and believe me, at the time we finished breakfast, we all were really stuffed....
So well-equipped, we walked the short way to the halt for the city-train and there, we'd the fun to struggle ourselves through the tarif-jungle of the Bonner public transport-system LOL....we all three stood in front of that ticket-automat, heavily discussing which ticket was the right one...at the end we asked a friendly woman who also waited for the train to help us (LOL or better said Luci and Jenny sent me to ask...and from that moment I was the 'Chosen One'...my mission for the next days...hunt down one of the poor innocent Bonner civilians to ask whatever stupid question we'd...for the right way, the right train, where in hell is here the next internet-cafe...LOL okay, this embarrassing story you'll hear later. *G*).
And thanks to the nice lady, we got our common ticket valid for the whole day and even managed it to catch the right train and after 7 stations (mostly in the underground and funny thing was that each station had another color like ugly green, boring brown, wow cheery orange...just to name a few LOL), so we later knew which color was next and that when we'd crossed acidic yellow we almost had reached our target LOL. By the time we entered the Con-hotel Maritim, it was already bustling with activity, and it was just great to watch - as if you entered another world - we simply loved it....and the atmosphere was amazing, everybody was in a great mood, friendly and it was easy to get into conversation with others....I really enjoyed it and so did Luci and Jenny....
Here one of the most coveted motives for photos...The Tardis...LOL
Of course first thing Luci did was to storm the table with the Cliff-Simon-pics from the photo-op the day before and she was all but squeeing when she finally held her pic in her hands...oh she was so happy and showed it to us - it was a really great pic - and later she let it sign from 'Mr. Ba'al' himself and was even more happy then *hugs Luci*
Then, we strolled around, looked here and there, bought our vouchers for the autographs we wanted and simply enjoyed the hustle and bustle around us until it was time for Cliff Simons panel....and he was really great on stage, a very sympathic man, funny and witty, and we'd a lot fun listening to him and his stories...you wanna know more, you take a look at Lucis racheldinozzo Con-report,....I wish you a lot of fun reading it...
Later, it was something near two o`clock, and since the Photo-op with Joe wasn't before six thirty, we decided to make a short trip back to town...to snatch some food, maybe find an internetcafe (cause the connection in the hotel was so aweful slow, a snail with a crutch was faster, believe me LOL we'd tested it after breakfast), and again had a great time just the three of us *giggles* - I can assure you we really had been a hellish team....
So we showed Jenny the Bonner Cathedral Luci and me had already admired the day before, and she just loved it, and although her ill stomach was rebelling even more from all the incense-smell inside the church (don't like that smell either), she was as fascinated as we'd been....
Here another few impressions of this wonderful piece of history, which also looked impressive at night....
In front of the Cathedrale, there was some kind of market-place and at the time we'd been there, there was a medieval market, the whole place was full with market-stalls and it was interesting to watch...like the skilled blacksmith at his work for example...
After a short round-tour we again tried to find an internetcafe by asking several people on the street, LOL who of course sent us in any direction...everywhere but the right place - *G* the wonderful experience you make when you're in a foreign town, isn't it? ..stray around and find anything else except what you're looking for *G* - so we finally gave up for the moment because it was already time again to return to the Con-hote, but before that I spent myself another delicious Starbucks-coffee (I just love the coffee of them, so yummy) and Jenny needed a bit for her at that moment a bit of a low blood sugar, so she choose one of their yummy brownies..(LOL and believe me, your blood-sugar will rise skyhigh in no time after only a few bites of it. God, I think this cake is made only of sugar and chocolate and nothing else LOL)
Wanna take a bite? LOL
And again, we found ourselves in the Subwayand on our way back to the Con, and it was nearly five o`clock by now when we approached the Con-hotel, so we went upstairs right away, because there it was where they did all the photo-sessions.
As we looked around, there was already a long line for James Masters (his photo-op was at five thirty if I remember right) and to our suprise also a line for the JF/DH-photo-sessions though this one was not before seven or so.....mhmmmm, looking around, searching, wandering around...where in the hell is the Joe-line????.....wrinkling eyebrows, looking around again, walking around again........LOL in fact we walked a full circle around the first floor searching for this for us very important line.....and at least found the end of the James Masters-queue where we dropped Jenny - as she wanted a picture with "Spike" (she just loved this character when they'd send 'Buffy' here on TV and he was the main reason why she wanted to go to the Con *G*)...whilst Luci and me thought we might should manage the search different - more logical perhaps (and I don't wanna hear any jokes about logic and women here, not one, okay? *giggles*) - and decided this time to walk along the JF/DH-queue until we reach it's beginning and simply ask then....
The first person in line grinned at our question, pointed to the opposite wall and said .."Just over there.."...*facepalm* I swear to you, we at least had passed that line twice without noticing it....but to our defence I've to say that the JF-line wasn't very long at that point...yet, it didn't took long and the queue became really, really long as well as the JF/DH-queue grew with every passing minute....I later felt truly sorry for Joe because he really had stood three hours nonstop in the flash-lights....which must had been more than strenuous I assume....
Very satisfied that we'd finallly found what we were looking for, Luci and me sat down on the floor and waited - patiently - for one and a half hour to be precise - but I must say it sounded longer than it had felt, actually the time was running fast because we were busy the whole time with chatting with the people next to us, eating some candy (marshmallows and gummybears and all the healthy stuff I'd in my big bag LOL), trying to answer a SMS our dear friend Sani from GW had send us (somehow a heavy task because I'd trouble to get a signal, that drn hotel-building wasn't very cooporative and it was funny to watch how I swayed my cell phone around until it obviously had worked LOL)...so you can say we just had fun the entire time - hard to believe huh? But yes, you really can have fun when you wait in line, unbelievable isn't it? *G* - at some point Jenny also joined us, bubbling over about her photo-op with JM and how excited she was and that he looked great and that it all went very fast, come in - say hello - take position - click - say goodbye - and go out - and that's it .....but she was happy and that was the main thing for me.
Here's the pic of my little mouse with James Masters :)
And then, when it was nearly six thirty, it finally came some movement into our queue, a helper appeared and told us to get ready....yesssssssss......I must say at that point we were slightly excited, but then as we stood up, grabbing our bags to go insingle file in the next floor, our excitement grew a lot.....And guess what happened then? *G*.. Right, we'd to wait again *grins* - yep, queue-up and waiting was a very famous sport at the FedCon, specially when it came to Joe Flanigan - so again, we waited and chatted when suddenly we heard some "Wohoo" murmuring through the air...and there he was...Joe Flanigan....SQUEE.....Luci, Jenny and me, we just were stunned as he walked fast along into the photo-room - leather-jacket, plaid shirt, tight jeans and a coffee-cup in his hand ....and TEH HAIR...god, he'd looked just gorgeous.....and there it was when our excitement went skyhigh, and it simply held us in a very tight grip since then and didn't wanna vanish again, not even when the whole photo-thing was over and done...*G*.
Of course, another few minutes waiting - what a surprise, huh? LOL - and the door to the photo-room opened and two helpers came out, explaining to us how we should react during the whole photo-shoot-matter....means no clinging or jumping on Mr. Flanigan nor anything else like kissing etc....and we thought WTF...what do they think of us, we do know how to behave for God's sake *grumbles*...and then it really finally started....and the procedure was like this:
You pay your ticket in passing, get a voucher (for each single person one, means if you want a picture with you and your friend for example, you need to buy two vouchers than), go to the entry of the photo-room, wait until they let you in, leave your bag on a table next to the door, pass the voucher to a helper at a table aside and walk over to Joe - picture - and you're finished....sounds easy, doesn't it?...LOL...Nope, not in our case, as you'll see and read....*giggles*
I bought three vouchers because I wanted a snigle pic with Joe and a picture with Luci, me and Joe....and asked the sellsman if I'd to mention that to the photographer and he said, no that would do one of the helpers inside....and I thought ...okay ...as they didn't do this for the first time, they certainly wouldn't screw that part....wrong ....LOL...
We went to the entry and after we'd passed the very "friendly" doorman (yes, this is meant as an ironical comment), we were allowed to enter the photo-room, and as I was the first in line of the three of us, I cast a fast glance or two at JF whilst I parked my bag on the small table before I gave my vouchers to a young guy sitting at a table aside....and it was there that a slight panic gripped me.... - Oh god, Susanne, hopefully you'll be able to move your feet, and hopefully you won't make a total fool out of yourself, and hopefully you'll be able to bring out at least one coherent word, and don't forget to speak english, remember that, not german, english.... - LOL yes, you can say I was excited as hell....
Remember I talked about experienced helpers before? *G*
Yes, I'd to explain it at least twice to the young man behind the desk why I'd three vouchers and when Luci, standing behind me, told him that she also had one for a single photo, I'd the impression that this information didn't really made it easier for him to understand what we wanted. But he waved us forward to a young female helper who gave me a sign to step further forward....into Joes direction.....and miraculously I really managed it to step towards him....and that was the point where my brain simply switched into freewheel-modus...all the more when I dared to look at him LOL.
So, Mr. Flanigan smiled at me and reached out his hand and said: "Hi.." - *grins* and believe me, his voice is as mesmerizing as his smile and his eyes and the whole man himself - and again, I surprised myself by really managing it not only to return his greet, but also enhancing a 'Nice to meet you' while I took his reached out hand for a short shake - believe me, my nerves were rattling at that point and I really almost forget to breathe...but hey, who needs such an unimportant thing like air when you stand in front of Joe Flanigan, right? - and before I could blink again, he already had his arm around my shoulder and I'd my arm around his waist - god, that leatherjacket was soooo soft - and the photographer asked if I was ready - 'hell no, I am not, but do it anyway' was all I thought in that moment - and then the mess started LOL
Well, communication can be a hard business sometimes, can it? LOL Because everyone in the room had grasped what we wanted - which wasn't hard to understand, right? I mean, single pic with me, common pic with Luci and me, single pic with Luci - everyone but the little helper-girl who'd a bit trouble to sort out what the young man at the table told her about our photo-wishes....and so, she simply pushed Luci in our direction just to fetch her back right away.....*G* and everyone and everything stopped - confusion - and the photographer asked 'What's this?'...and the helper-girl told him about the different pics we wanted, shoving at Luci again...yet the photographer decided to do first the single pic with me....and sent Luci back.....click, made my pic.....and then, Luci approached us again...and again, got send back because I'd blinked on the photo and they'd to make a new one with Joe and me... - means again we'd to go in position, Mr. Flanigan and me, LOL and it was then that Joe suddenly said: "I'm so distracted.." because of that whole send-in and send-out of Luci and okay and not okay of the photos.. - and I couldn't almost believe it, but I really had the nerve to reply: "You're not the only one, me too.." ....and as it wasn't enough that my pulse was racing like mad the whole time, the moment Joe smiled about my words - and what a smile it had been - I just was floating LOL...and felt my heart beating in my throat...
Yet, finally my pic was really done, and this time Luci was really truly allowed to join us - although Joe looked as if he wanted to ask 'This time it is right, isn't it?' and thereby smiled again - it was one of this incredibly amused smirks you just melt away - LOL and while we all three got in position, it just slipped out of me..."Don't you think you got rid of us so fast.." ...and hemust had been really a bit distracted because he looked at Luci (Why? because she hadn't said a thing LOL) and answered: "Yes, it seems so.." and there it was again - this absolute irresistible smile of him....sheesh, it's a real lethal weapon, beleive me...actually the whole man should come with a serious warning because he's just simply mind-blowing... - and the whole time I was in a real funny state of excitement....alhtough I knew it was real, it felt so surreal after all to me - I mean, I really stood next to Joe Flanigan for several minutes...something I'd dreamed of for the last few years.... - I was simply overwhelmed, I couldn't help it and was smiling like mad the whole time LOL
So, common picture was finished and since it was Lucis turn then, I'd to leave (and believe me, I didn't want too, not really LOL) and thanks to the two braincells that were still working in my fluffy head somehow - a real miracle indeed - I also was able to say: "Thank you very much, and it was really nice to meet you.." (yeah, not the most intelligent lines I know, but hey, you stand next to Joe Flanigan, all intelligence you've ever had simply vanish into thin air believe me), and he shook again my hand (squee) and fixed his gorgeous green eyes on me and again, gave me one of his forbidden amazing smiles while he drawled: "No, I thank you..."...*swoons* at that point I was totally lost, believe me....and I was all but hovering when I stepped aside as if I was in trance or something....for some of you it might sound crazy and it might sound as if I'm one of this foolish fangirls - I can assure you I am not, not at all...I consider myself as a very clear-thinking adult woman with my 48 years and normally I'm far far away from getting all giddy about a man (celebrity or not) - but this man...he's such a strong charisma..and when you meet him...it's....wow...how should I explain it...god damned, I just can't explain it.with words...it's like a spell he put on you.....pure magic...that's what it is...
And here's my pic with him...and yes, I know I'm smiling like crazy on it, ..sorry but I couldn't surpress it, in fact I couldn't supress it the whole time, ....though my nerves were rattling like wild it still was a wonderful great moment in my life...
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And this was the common photo with Luci and me and yeah, I'm still smiling like crazy *giggles*
Then, the turn was on my daughter Jenny, and as nobody was complaining I remained staying aside and watched her photo-op.....LOL and it was nice to watch.....the photographer as well as Joe looked at her and their face expressions and their smirks spoke a clear speech..."God, she's cute and sweet..."..LOL and the photographer called at her, with a big grin on his face: "Come one, ass out!" ...and Jenny laughed and did it and the photographer said:" Yeah, that's it." and Joe also drawled a deep "Yeah...." with a big smile on his face.....it was wonderful hilarious...they obviously had all fun at this moment....it was simply great to watch....
But look for yourself..*G*
And then, our photo-session was over, and as we left the room we were really floating because it had been such an overwhelming event for us, we all three were bustling with excitement LOL...and as we talked about it on our way to the mainbridge (because there was the costume contest running at the moment and Luci and Jenny wanted to see it), Jenny said something very interesting - and it just confirmed my own impression I'd had of Joe Flanigan, namely that he really is the wonderful and special person I always had assumed he is - because at my question which photo-op she'd found better, James Masters or Joe Flanigan, she answered: "You know, James Masters, it was great and he surely was nice and friendly...but he also was so all business at the same time....yet, the photo-session with Joe, it was just awesome, because he was not only nice and friendly, he also was so heartly and natural thereby, he simply was wonderful..."....And that came out the mouth of my eigtheen year old daughter who is a) not a SGA-fan and b) though she likes Joe Flanigan, she certainly isn't as near as crazy about him as Luci and me are.....so for me, this was a very remarkable statement....as I'd said...this man is pure magic...*sighs*
Well, after this huge highlight of the day, I really needed fresh air, left Luci and Jenny back in the big main-hall and went outside to smoke a cigarette (yes, I know it's unhealthy - flog me for it LOL - but damned, I really truly needed that very desperately in this moment) and thereby saw on a glance on my cell phone that Sani had send me another SMS - I would so loved to spend this special weekend together with her, but unfortunately she'd become ill and couldn't coem, but next year Sani, we'll have a blast on the FedCon XX, I promise you *hugs her tight* - answered her curious question about the photo-op with a big SQUEEE....LOL.....and then went back to Luci and Jenny, and together we watched the rest of the costume-contest which was really a great show
All the people who'd attended the contest surely had invested a lot of timeand money and some also had gone through hard times the last months to offer a good performance.....like the guy who'dslipped in the role of Wolferine...oh my, I've read that he really had changed his whole lifestyle-habits for the last half year, means not only his nurture but also a very hard daily training to look as muscular and fit like the Wolferine in the movie....and all this time he also had done his normal regular job...he surely was worth it to risk a glance or two...
So if you wanna take a look, here's a link, with a lot other pics from the costume-contest..
fotogalerie.herr-der-ringe-film.de/showgallery.php/cat/7781
And here another one, there you'll find a lot of gorgeous photos from the FedCon, it's worth to click on the link..
inthemoment.rule-twentynine.com/category/stargate-atlantis/
Actually, after the costume-contest there should be Joe's panel but because of the great crush on his single and his common photo-op with David Hewlett, he couldn't make it in time and the organzier simply changed the program and preponed Tahmoh Peniketts' performance, and he was funny and entertaining and ...LOL obviously also loved german beer....like all the other guest-stars at the Con .... *G* ...just a random hilarious observation I'd made...and this little detail made me smirk ....but well, why not...since our beer is famous for it's good taste...and as we Germans always say: "Beer is simply liquid bread"...I don't see any harm when a man enjoys a good cold beer or two...and it's the purest drink you can get, without any chemical stuff in it...I just say one keyword: German purity law...so Prost! or Cheers! or whatever you say in your country..LOL
It was already after nine o`clock when finally, finally Joe Flanigan came on stage and we all welcomed him with a hurricane of an applause...something he obviously hadn't expected because he looked very surprised and thanked us all for this very warm welcome...and then he started....and he was just awesome, funny, witty and hilarious....simply gorgeous...it's undescribable somehow because you must see and live it by yourself...I enjoyed every second of it....and took pictures, here a few of my own, very far away since we sat on the galerie and my camera isn't the best and a bit dark and blurry, but hey...they're my own pictures, I really took them whilst I watched him live on stage...*G*
I really can't remember everything he told us, it was just too much and in all the excitement you forget a lot, unfortunately, but a few things I remember...like that he appologized for being late because David always needs so long to make sure he looks good on photos LOL, and it was just hilarious when he told us a bit about the great time they'd had during the filming of Atlantis, that David always told him after lunch what he'd all eaten, every single part of it...and how he and Jason had made fun of him (I just say "the mooning story" *G*) and that it was him who hung the Johny-Cash-poster in Sheppards quarter in Atlantis, together with the skateboard or the golf-magazines and stuff like that ('I've a great decoration-skill you know, my friends always say it's my gay gene....LOL) and also entertained us with his famous hair-story because someone asked him about it....I really saw the "Boing-thing" for real, how awesome it that, huh?
God, we'd such a wonderful great time, and I simply found it cute that after he already had talked almost half an hour with us, he suddenly asked if we were able to understand him or if he should talk a bit slower because it was his first time ever that he talked to a german audience....is that cute or what??...I just love that man....and during his performance they showed several different pics of him on the big screen behind him, fof course there had been some of him as Colonel John Sheppard in SGA between, and this one I really loved..and the title so fit for him...at least in my opinion..
So when Mr. Atlantis answered antoher question (about the Mensa-stuff they brought up in SGA I think..not sure about that..) and of course lost himself again in talking... - and I admit that I really love him for this attitude of him, ask that man one tiny question and then lean relaxed back and just listen to his mesmerizing voice because it takes a while before he's finished, boy he surely can talk.. - suddenly it happened that this appeared on the big screen behind him..
...and the second it did, a deep and loud common moaning rose up and sounded through the entire hall....and Joe stopped in the middle of a sentence and looked totally confused at us, naturally not knowing what was going on and why we were complaining...LOL and we all shouted "Turn around.." and he did...
...and then he knew why we'd reacted that way....and his comment was..."No, no way, I don't last questioning me, no, forget it.." and simply continued and we just loved it and applaused....until the Moderator Ed Wasser appeared on stage to tell him that he really had to stop.. - a thing me and all the others in the hall truly regretted...I mean it wasn't his fault that the photo-sessions had endured that long and to just cut almost fifteen minutes from his performance (every guest-star had his 45 minutes) so that Michael Dorn who came after him could start his panel in time - that was a real crappy and very unfair decision and not only in my eyes...nope, we all weren't very amused about it, including Joe...but....they did it.....hello Fedcon-organizer, ever heard of a thing called flexibility...*still shakes her head about this stupid decision*...
Here a few pics to show you how funny he was, and always in action, god this man couldn't stand still for a second LOL..I just loved watching and listening to him...
So, although Michael Dorn is a sympathic person, we didn't watched him and left the hall. Luci and me we bought us a nice cold beer, Jenny had a coke I think... and while we drank it we three decided what to do now....and since Jenny was getting really tired by then (she still had trouble with her health), we went to the subway-station and back to town...dropped Jenny at the hotel where she crawled in her bed right away whilst Luci and me went out again, still determined to find an internet-cafe...LOL we just had to post on Gateworld about our great day, at least a few lines....so we thought it might be possible that the guys who worked in the big Mc-D-restaurant could tell us where to find one...LOL,and as I was the Chosen One, - yeah, just call me the crazy woman who walks through Bonns street asking stupid questions...- I went inside, asked one of the waiters and thereby ordered a Cheeseburger for me...hey, you've to live from something, right? *G* - and now we come to the embarrassing part....LOL the waiter smiled at me and said: "That's easy, see that green neon sign right on the opposite of our restaurant? That's an internet-cafe.".....Okay,.....it also stood there, really in bright green light....LOL now I could see it too.....*giggles*...hey, to our defense I can say we still were so dazzled because of our JF-encounter....does that count for you? LOL...
I just had to laugh about so much blindness, thanked the man and when I told Luci she laughed too...So we walked the few steps to that internet-cafe and also it was a slow connection (well, not as slow as in the hotel, but still ...*sighs*) and the keyboard was a relict from the last century (our fingers really hurt after using it, because we'd to hammer on this darn keys so hard whilst we were posting)....we surely had our fun and the girls in our beloved JFT- thread too ...a lot of Squee was in the air so to speak.....LOL.
God, we really had been in a fabulous fantastice - or should I say flantastic - mood that evening which still endured when we approached the hotel again....Jenny was already sleeping, so Luci and me we'd made ourselves comfortable on her bed in the kitchen and celebrated this wonderful gorgeous day ....nope not with german beer, but with Cherry-mead....we emptied the whole bottle and thereby fooled around and made crazy photos of ourselves (and no way, we'll show you this pics, not one of them LOL) and fell from one giggling fit into another...boy, we had fun this evening LOL...and we were both absolutely convinced that we were not able to fall asleep....well, the moment we finally lay down...we were sleeping deeply already...*giggles*
And thas was our wonderful absolute flantastic Saturday on the FedCon XIX in Bonn, and I still swoon about it everytime I think of it...
So it's Sunday that's still left....not the best day for me....but I'll tell you that in the third part....and close this report with a few other gorgeous pics of Joe's panel.....enjoy. and if you wanna see more, here is my PB-link.
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