Supernatural SF Con 15
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
SALUTE TO SUPERNATURAL
JANUARY 16-18, 2015
I didn't know what to expect considering this was my first Supernatural convention. Yeah, I had read the rules and looked over the schedule multiple times, making a star and notes next to panels I was interested in and to make sure I did not miss the times for the photo ops. When I got there, I was seated in the 7th row smack dab in the middle of the whole ballroom in the aisle but on the right side (stage left). It was a good seat and would be my seat for the whole weekend since I went gold. I had already purchased my photo ops for Misha Collins and Jensen Ackles solo photos back in April when I bought the tickets. The week of the convention they announced there would be a Misha Collins & Jensen Ackles duo photo as well as a trio photo! I thought it would be overkill to buy the duo and trio photos but read on. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start from the beginning.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015
I decided not to spend an extra trip even though the drive was only 14 minutes to pre-register on Thursday night. Instead I woke up and left early Friday morning for Gold registration starting at 9:30 am. Originally I had planned to go to karaoke night for the Cult Classic theme. I dressed up as Marty McFly from Back to the Future. But I had to pay for parking and it was expensive. I later found out that they validated at the convention for $18 instead of $24. Oh well. I got my relatives to drop me off and pick me up the following days. I'm considering staying at the hotel or a nearby hotel next year. Plus there was too long of a time gap between the last panel and karaoke night. There were two lines when I got there. The first line was to get to the vendors area. The second line was for registration. I went alone. It didn't take that long to get registered where a lady gave me a lanyard with a plastic holder for my Gold pass. I saw numbers 1-7 on the top and didn't get what it was for considering this was the year 2015 and this was the 10th anniversary convention. I just thought it was for decoration with no purpose. Read on. Then I went to another lady to get my bright pink wristband. The lady told me I didn't have to register daily but I would have to keep the wristband on all weekend. It was weird to shower and sleep with it on, but when I finally cut it off Sunday, my wrist felt naked.
I checked out the vendors area and bought 8x10 photos of all the people I would get autographs from as part of the Gold VIP package. I forgot about Curtis Armstrong though so I made a note for myself to get it the next day. I wandered around the hotel and up to the atrium area after checking out where the photo ops would be and even checking out the other rooms where the meet and greets, etc would happen. The hotel, Hyatt Regency at SFO Burlingame, had only 2 restaurants: Swiftwater Cafe - a sit down place with breakfast buffet for $20, breakfast off the menu for a few limited hours in the morning, lunch, and to go items; and Knuckles Sports Bar which wasn't open. The hotel was actually really nice and the atrium area was this wide open space. I met an older man who had an empty lanyard. It turned out he just asked for one in case he wanted to put something in there. He just bought the weekend pass since he was a retired teacher. I kept bumping into him everywhere for most of that morning. The hotel also had a small gift shop. There were a lot of rooms and some business events going on.
Closer to 11:30 am when the theatre opened, I went to my seat. At noon, Louden Swain came out and then our host Richard Speight, Jr. Louden Swain performed a song and Rob Benedict ran down the center aisle. He high fived me along with a few other people. The band and Richard told us about the spoken rules and regulations. They also joked about the convention having no celebrities and gave us the go ahead to film everything with our smartphones.
12:30 pm It was time for Gil McKinney's panel! He was sporting a sweater and jeans. He also had a beard. It was interesting to hear about his actor life. I was kind of sad that it is still a struggle for him to get jobs. He is planning to move to New York with his wife and try Broadway there. I think he'll do great, although I didn't get to enjoy his singing much as I skipped karaoke night and the concert. Next year for sure I will go to everything!
1:10 pm They started Rob's panel early by mistake. Instead, they played a music video focused on Josie Sands.
1:15 pm SUPERNATURAL YES/NO TRIVIA GAME. I did not participate but just watched. But the girl who played during the second round won the second and third rounds earning $600 total for goods from the vendors. Some of the easy questions were hard! I need to rewatch seasons 1-11 before going to the next convention in SF!
1:50 pm A music video about Chuck, I think.
1:55 pm Rob's actual panel. Rob was 'frozen' and Richard acted if it was planned on purpose by starting off with, "Last time we saw our hero..." He continued his story about Coit Tower. Rob told this great 911 story but it's better to say face to face. Also, if anyone who reads this is going to later convention, you'll probably hear it for yourself.
2:40 pm Music Video. I forgot about what. I remember there was a video about Henry Winchester. Maybe it was this one? Also, FYI, Louden Swain performed before and after every panel basically. You would know when the panel was reaching its end as the band and Richard would come out from backstage.
2:45 pm INTERMISSION. A chance for a bathroom break! Also, I was still thinking about whether to do the trio photo or not.
3:25 pm Music video. This had to be a video of Kevin Tran since he was the next guest!
3:30 pm Osric Chau. "All the Small Things" by Blink-182 was his theme as performed by Louden Swain. He wore his Advanced Placement long sleeved gray tee and jeans. His slip on shoes had some weird design on it, I couldn't tell what it was. Neither could the lady behind me as I heard her say, "What's on his shoes?" He sat Indian style on his seat. I enjoyed hearing about him talk about his other works and about J2's pranks.
4:15 pm FAVORITE EPISODE AND WHY? Fans got to line up and go on stage to do just that with the Creation host. He couldn't get to everybody though and suggested making the panel longer in the future. Of course a lot of people chose The French Mistake and Swan Song.
4:55 pm I think they showed 2 music videos.
5:00 pm Felicia Day. U2's "Beautiful Day" was her theme. She was very quirky and according to the lady behind me, creepy. Yes, she was on Buffy and apparently other Joss Whedon shows. I really liked the advice she gave to fans as she suffers from anxiety and depression. She's doing a lot of amazing, creative stuff.
Also, apparently Richard and Rob love Friday people. Richard even made a special red shirt for Friday people. It sold out fast. I didn't even get the chance to think about buying one. Then I left to pay for parking inside the hotel. When I went to get out of the parking lot, there was an error at one of the exits so I backed up and went to the bigger one with no person inside. I had to pay another $6? I don't know why. I managed to barely reach to put my credit card in and it had to be inserted the right way. Then I could not for the life of me pull out the flimsy receipt card. Finally I had to open the door a crack to use my right hand and yank it out before busting it out of there with people waiting behind me. Frustrating! This is why I decided not to attend karaoke night and to have someone drive me back and forth for the next 2 days.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015
I got there around 8:30 am and bought my Curtis Armstrong photo as well as 2 Osric Chau photos for my friend. The saleslady asked if I was Naomi. I told her I was not particularly, just any angel. I didn't have the hair for it but she said I didn't have to be blonde. Isn't Naomi a redhead? I realized a lot of the females on Supernatural are redheads. As my friend stated, I was an upper level angel since the lower angels dress just like regular people. I bought the trio photo because I didn't want to regret it later.
8:50 am The theatre opened. I had to line up. Things were getting serious. The pre-show music included "Back In Time" by Huey Lewis from the Back to the Future film. Too bad it didn't play yesterday. And of course, Kansas' "Carry On My Wayward Son."
9:20 am Host Richard Speight, Jr. Another round of 'rules and regulations' but the singing of it was drawn out. Richard asked everyone to videotape him telling us in a panoramic motion to not videotape any part of the show. He asked us to put it as the opener to every video we post.
9:40 am Gil McKinney & Osric Chau! Osric appeared on one of the bellman carts that was gold and looked almost like a princess' carriage dressed as Ariel The Little Mermaid on a rock. His legs were in the rock but he stuffed the fin to make it look like there were legs in there. Then he had Gil wear a tight Prince Eric top. Not sure where he got it from. Apparently, Gil was Prince Eric on Once Upon a Time? I don't watch the show so. The highlight was when Eric stroked Osric's fin and played it like a guitar. Osric apologized to fans who bought their duo photo since they were dressed like this. But Osric did warn us that since he dressed plainly yesterday, he would be wearing his most elaborate costume ever so far today.
10:20 am Mark Pellegrino and Sebastian Roche. As Richard and Rob surmised, it was like watching Penn and Teller. Sebastian was singing, walking through the crowds over the chairs, going right up to fans, and getting all sorts of distracted. He tried to get one boy to ask his question in a French accent. Also, he was elated there were some male fans at his panel. I think only a few questions were actually answered. And Mark didn't get to speak much at all.
11:05 am Music Video Mix. I missed 1.5 of the vault videos as I had to go the bathroom really bad. I caught half of the last video was which a bloopers video set to Psy's "Gangnam Style". Well done.
11:25 am STUMP THE EXPERTS! 3 fans got to go on stage as the experts and fans could ask them questions. If they couldn't get it, a fan in the audience could answer to win a prize. If no one got it, the questioner would have to reveal the answer and get a prize for themselves. I stayed for a few questions then had to go line up for Misha Collin's photo op. Apparently, the line was not in numerical order. Numbers 1-50 just got to line up so even though I was #7, I lined up closer to the theatre doors down from the hallway to the photo op room! Now I knew to line up earlier! Also, I learned from day 1 to put my photo op tickets behind my badge in the lanyard for safe keeping. Seemed like such a good idea!
12 pm Once I got in the photo op room, I could see Misha. He was wearing a cool dark green animal print velvety blazer coat with a sweater and shirt inside. I saw some of the other fans' poses. One girl, a girl sitting diagonal from me in our seats who bought hella photo ops, got Misha to wear a Christmas sweater as she wore his jacket. When I finally got up to him, I was able to talk and darn proud of myself afterwards. I told him, "I'm so happy to meet you." He replied, "Happy to meet you" and put his arm around me. We thanked each other and when I left the room and went down the stairs elated, my legs were shaking. I missed the Salute to Supernatural silent video but who cares since I just met Misha Collins? He's like my ideal man.
12:45 pm Mark Sheppard. Kind of a grumpy guy, just kidding. He would say no to fans' requests but then do them a few seconds later. "Hello boys. Hello darling." He even said, "Cardio," since Sebastian Roche kept going on and on and doing impersonations of Mark during his own panel. Mark also discussed cyber bullying since a fan brought it up.
1:25 pm SUPERNATURAL COSTUME CONTEST! They split it up into juniors, regular, and Castiel. Of course the dude who wore his self made angel wings who could move them up and down won. He got pointed out by a lot of the guests during their panels when he stood in the way back. One couple dressed up as Rowena and the dead bellhop, very unique! There were quite a few Abaddon's too. Some people I couldn't figure out. There were no Bobby's or Chuck's. Maybe I should have gone up too because I was the only one dressed up as a higher level angel. Another thing for next year.
2:25 pm INTERMISSION/STAGE RESET
3 pm SUPERNATURAL NO-MINIMUM BID AUCTION! I have never been to an auction before. So it was just like in the movies except everyone has to raise their hand. The auctioneer doesn't count rubbing your nose or scratching your head or nose as signs to bid. I was afraid to do those things initially as I thought they would think I was bidding. Some fans got to volunteer to hold up the goods, and I think they got stuff for free for volunteering afterwards. I left towards the end of it for a bathroom break. I missed them auctioning off half of the signed convention banners.
3:55 pm Richard Speight, Jr., Matt Cohen, and Rob Benedict. The three musketeers. The graying, balding, and something else for Matt. There was also a discussion on Matt's testicles. Not many people asked Matt's questions but when he did get some questions, he was very happy.
4:45 pm Misha Collins!!! Apparently Misha went to the SF farmer's market that morning and bought a giant beet and 2 multi pronged carrots. He gave them to the audience. He said, "you know when you're famous when people want rotting fruit from you on stage." Oh, it was great. I wanted to ask a question but I didn't want to miss staring at him from my seat. Another thing for another time. I thought of a good and what I consider unique question too! Apparently during his meet and greet, a fan made angel food cupcakes but he sat in his. He showed a light white stain at the back of his pants. A fan shouted she didn't see it so he would show it again. LOL.
5:50 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Sebastian Roche, Mark Sheppard. In reverse order. So I finally figured out what those 1-7 numbers were on my card, it was to check off the autographs. I got 2 marked off. Mark simply said, "Hello darling. Thank you darling." I think I just said, "Hi. Thank you." Sebastian allowed personalization so a male staff member wrote our names down on post-it notes to put on our items for him to sign. I greeted him. He said, "Nicholine. I love that name." LOL, I was silent. I thanked him after he signed. He replied, "Thank you darling. You're very welcome. Take care."
6:15 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Misha Collins, and Mark Pellegrino. In that order. Around on the other side, in a zig zag pattern, I got another 2 numbers crossed off. I wanted to tell Misha how much I loved him and how he was a beautiful person inside and out or even that he was my ideal man, instead I just ended up saying hi. I also put my post-it on my picture. The female assistant sitting next to him put it behind the photo I was going to have signed but it was sticking out, so Misha turned it over. He said hi and turned the photo around to look, squinted, and after a pause, said "Nicholine." I replied, "Yes, that's correct." Aigoo. That's all I could say. I thanked him. For Mark, he also did personalizations and asked me, "How are you?" I replied something generic and asked him how he was. He said, "I'm doing very well. Thank you." And that was it for Saturday. I left probably close to 8 pm. Those lines were long even though I was in 7th row!
During one of the panels, a male fan asked about doing an episode on Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA. It's hard for them to do location shots but that would be so awesome!!
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2015
The big day! I registered for next year's convention at registration. They gave a number to go back there at 8 pm to try to upgrade my seat. I dressed up a hunter complete with duffle bag but no weapons or salt.
9:30 am Theatre open for Gold Patrons only. I realized a lot of the rows were for gold, I felt like it was to row J or K. Row I for sure at least.
10 to 10:30 am GOLD PATRONS EXCLUSIVE PANEL with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. Oh, it was too short. On the stage, you could tell which microphone was Jared's since it was taller. Some fans in the audience got to ask questions without lining up but maybe only about 3-4 questions got called and answered? I had a good question but was too shy to even raise my hand! This would have been a good time as I could enjoy the view from my seat without having to line up on the side for the question lines. I should have tried! Jared called out one fan who had a moose beanie on that has an attached scarf and mittens. His arms were too long for the mitten part and he had to bend his
elbows. He said that the accessory was for T-Rex arms. Lol. Jensen also told a story about how they were eating dinner in downtown SF last night (where?!) and some drunk guys from Sacramento met them. One said, "hey, you look like that guy from that show, Supernatural. Wait, (to Jared) you do too." His friend hit him on the arm and said, "Dude, I think it's them!" Jensen also told a great story about how once when he was eating with his mom, a guy came up to him and the conversation went like this:
Guy: Hey, you look like that guy from that show.
Jensen (chuckles): Oh yeah, what show?
Guy: That Supernatural show.
Jensen: Oh really? I get that a lot.
Guy: Oh. Yeah. Well, sorry to bother you.
Then his mom slaps him upside the head and goes chasing after the man. She catches him and tells him, "Excuse me, sir, that IS him. He's my son!" At the end of the panel, Jensen sang a country song. His voice blew me away! That man can really act because he can sing badly on purpose like he did as Demon Dean at karaoke in that one episode this season.
10:45 am I got #10 for Jensen's solo photo op, but I was way up in the line this time just right outside the door. The room was ice cold and I was shaking. Was it because of the cold or because I was about to be face to face with Jensen Ackles? Both? When I got up to him, I asked him, "Is it okay if we hug?" He said, "Of course," as I looked up into his sparkling eyes. We took our photo and I said, "Thank you." He just smiled and looked into my eyes with his hazel eyes. His eyes sparkled for real.
After that, I managed to eat some lunch at Knuckles Sports Bar. At 12:45 pm, Misha Collins, being the sweetheart that he is, had another Sunday only autograph session. He even stepped out to say hi to the fans in the audience by waving. So lovely. The time managed to pass by before I had to go line up for the trio photo op. I had #24 but they already let numbers 1-50 line up instead of just 1-25! So the line was way down on the stairways to the vendors. The guy in front of me was holding realistic light sabers and told me his concept for the trio photo. He would have J2 fighting each other with him and Misha scared in the middle. I got to see them take the photo and saw the final product from afar later, it turned out awesome. He told me that the Vancouver convention has a tour of the set. I'm really interested in going to that now. A guy behind us with his wife asked if he could take photos with his phone. We told him "no" and that he'd get kicked out or get into trouble. They were contemplating their poses. All I knew was I wanted Jared to be in the middle behind me with Jensen and Misha on either side of me. And that was how they were posing once we got behind the door.
2 pm Photo op with "The Trio" Jensen, Jared, Misha and YOU! One trio of girls got to get back hugged by each of the guys. That was cute. A mother and daughter a few people in front of the dude in front of me posed with the daughter doing the tango with Jared and Jensen and the mom hugging Misha. Misha put his leg up and his knee bent on the mom. The dude in front of me and I both went "Whoa!" I guess we were loud because Jensen thought we were shouting at him and let go of/backed off from the girl doing the tango pose. No, we were shocked at the mom and Misha. The mom looked happy. When it was finally my turn, the guys looked like giants discussing the previous Star Wars photo. I had to interrupt them. Jared looked at me and I told him, "I just want to stand in front of you." He said, "Okay" in kind of a Sam way. I may be altering my memory of this but he may have pushed his hair back behind his ear. Believe me, all these photo shoots happen so fast, they are like a blur. All I felt was being hugged simultaneously by Jared and Misha. I tried to reach out my hand to put my arm around Jensen but couldn't reach him. Then the photo was taken. I didn't even get to thank them but asked Misha for a hug. He obliged but I only got a half hug before a staff leader called me away. Earlier, a staff lady shouted, "This is a photo session, not a hugging session." Still, I had to take my chance!
2:30 pm I missed the opening with our host and Curtis Armstrong's panel just started. I know the guy in front of me was a big fan and wanted to make it on time too. I don't think we missed much. It literally JUST started. It was great to see him on stage and he answered a lot of questions. I had forgotten he was in Better Off Dead too. He has played two types of mucus, Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds series and Snot in a newer show. I think he couldn't hear a lot of the questions so the first row fans had to repeat the questions for him. Something was wrong with his earphone I guess. But he also was the oldest celebrity there, no offense. There were lines for him but also other lines up against the wall which turned out to be fans waiting for J2. He said, "story of my life!"
3:15 pm Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. The boys sat on opposite sides of where they were standing during the Gold Panel. Someone asked them about their favorite memory. As I had surmised, Jared was when his first son was born. Jensen was of his daughter running to him which he hopes will always happen. It just happened recently since his daughter was just able to start running. He hushed us when we were getting sappy. Of course there was talk about being halfway through with season 10-11 and expecting the series to run until the boys are in walkers. They concluded that it would be awesome if it would go on forever as Hogan's Heroes went on until now. Something funny too was the first time Misha was on set, Jensen worked with him first so Jared asked Jensen how Misha was. Jensen told him, "He's kind of weird." LOL.
I can't remember if this was during the Gold Panel or regular panel, but Jared was talking about how his hair doer - Jensen stated, "hair stylist" - offered to color his hair as he was greying. Apparently, Jensen never got offered that. His hair is too short to grey. She would then be his hair colorist. Jensen told Jared he could ask Misha since Misha has been getting his hair dyed. Whether that's true or not, I'm not sure but Misha is the oldest of the trio even though he looks like he could be younger than Jensen or both.
Apparently, neither guys will push their children to become actors. Jared said it's especially hard for girls, implying Jensen's daughter. If the kids want to do it, they will support them. Jensen told a story about fixing up his old house for sale, and the electrician was a handsome young guy. He asked the guy if he always wanted to become an electrician or do something else. The guy was trying to become an actor and turned out to be Mel Gibson's son! So Jensen coyly asked if he talked to his dad about this dream of his. The guy said his dad wants him to start from scratch and do it on his own, so he's paying bills as an electrician while going to acting school. Wow!
Another awesome thing was that J2 can think thoughts to each other and speak to each other without words. Jared said something like, "I thought it". I can't recall the actual wording, but it's a phrase that should be have the word 'said' instead of 'thought'. And they just spoke to each other with gestures and understood what each other meant. It was awesome.
4:45 pm I sat in the theatre and watched people line up at stage left for autograph sessions with Mark Sheppard again and Richard Speight Jr, the latter who I could see between fans standing in line from my seat. On stage right, Louden Swain were signing autographs. They did it for free if people brought their goods. How nice. Some people bought little kazoos.
5:15 pm THE SUPERNATURAL & GENRE NO-MINIMUM BID AUCTION! Round 2. I stayed for the whole thing this time. The only thing I wanted was the horizontal SF convention banner with big half bodies images of the trio and small squares of the other guests. But it also came with pillow cases, koozies, and other things I didn't want. A girl in front of me in line for autographs got it. People were bidding up into the $500 for those individual banners that came along with autograph tickets. Some people raised their hand like it was no thing. I didn't bid for anything. Some bidders got consolation prizes, Castiel pillow cases.
6:05 pm Tahmoh Penikett. This guy is quite handsome. A lot of the guys on the show are. What I liked most about his talk was how he was very positive and how he made exercising sound worthwhile. He said you'll never say, "Oh man, I regret doing that work out." Also he listens to all sorts of music - rap, country, etc. He loves music. And one male fan asked the same question a female fan had asked a few questions before. Pay attention! But he was very nice about it, "Umm, I think I heard this one before." I didn't realize that he's also a Joss Wheddon favorite. He was in Dollhouse. He also stared in Battlestar Galactica.
6:50 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Jared and Jensen. In reverse order. The lines would take forever. I started talking to an older female fan in my row. I saw Tahmoh Penikett signing autographs on stage left. I managed to use the bathroom before lining up and picked up my trio photo. My first back hug was from Jared Padalecki. I never would have thought in my wildest dreams. I am obsessed with back hugs. I came back with plenty of time.
As I lined up for Jensen first, I felt like there was a frog in my throat and my heart dropped down to my stomach and I was going to vomit once we got behind the screen and I could see him. I don't think I have ever had this sensation before. I was fine for the photo op but for the autograph session, I was dying. By the time it was my turn, again I was able to talk. "I'm so happy to meet you." Eye contact! Those sparkling hazel eyes. "Happy to meet you." I thanked him as he stared into my soul. What a good looking man. I considered telling him how beautiful he was and that Dean was my favorite character as my friend had told him, but that was all I could get out. Also, is Dean really my favorite? It's a face off between Dean and Cass.
Next was Jared. I noticed Mark Sheppard hanging around on the side with the Creation host Adam. No fans paid attention to him! He then went over to Jensen's side by the time we were closer to Jared. A lady in front of me gave him a gift, jewelry she made as she was one of the vendors and he commented about it in the past. He was very thankful and put it gently on the floor. I told him, "Nice to meet you." He said, "Nice to meet you too. Thanks." I thanked him. I was cool for Jared.
Then the last line for Curtis took forever! I spent most of the time talking to the girl behind me. I realized it was taking so long because people were writing their own names on post-its and he was personalizing the photos with notes. Also, he's old. The girl in front of me with the best banner had to tell him about how her family watches Revenge of the Nerds on a yearly basis. As he was talking to her about it, he also made eye contact with me. I watched some or maybe all of the movies but it was a long time ago. I may need to rewatch those, they are classics. When it was my time, I told him, "It's an honor to meet you." He said, "Thank you" and he shook my hand! Not sure if he shook anybody else's hand. Definitely, he's a seasoned comedian! As he signed my photo, I told him, "That's an awesome signature." He chuckled! I made a great comedian chuckle! Then he said, "Oh thanks." I thanked him. And that's how I ended the convention on a high note! I was done close to like 8:40 pm! The registration area was closed, but I don't mind keeping my same seat.
In conclusion, here are some things for me to remember for next time and I have a lot of time to prepare. I'm thinking about going to a convention in another state but I think that will have to be for 2016 since the 2015 have imminent sell outs. I'll look into that and maybe I can go with my friend. I bought a binder with sleeves to put my photo ops photos and autographed photos in. I saw other fans with special fan art photos and fan art to get autographed. I kind of want to do something like that next year. I have almost 2 years to do something! One male fan had question cards. Yep, I should do that. Be prepared.
My list for next year:
-cash
-question/comment cards
-binder with clear sheets
-water bottle
-fan art for group signage
I want to try for a Meet and Greet. I was conservative this first time. Next time, I'm going to go all out. If I get a Meet and Greet, I may make pie or cupcakes. Also I need to get prettier. I want a hot dog trio shot, not a sandwich, although I'm considering a J2 or JM shot too. And most importantly, I need to smell Jensen! People were telling me he smells so good and delicious. I regret not smelling him! You would think that would be something I would think to do. So I think that's my biggest regret, not smelling Jensen.
Some costume ideas:
-Lucy
-Velma from Scooby Doo
-Japanese school girl
THE END. Until next year, December 2-4, 2016! I may stay at a hotel nearby.
SALUTE TO SUPERNATURAL
JANUARY 16-18, 2015
I didn't know what to expect considering this was my first Supernatural convention. Yeah, I had read the rules and looked over the schedule multiple times, making a star and notes next to panels I was interested in and to make sure I did not miss the times for the photo ops. When I got there, I was seated in the 7th row smack dab in the middle of the whole ballroom in the aisle but on the right side (stage left). It was a good seat and would be my seat for the whole weekend since I went gold. I had already purchased my photo ops for Misha Collins and Jensen Ackles solo photos back in April when I bought the tickets. The week of the convention they announced there would be a Misha Collins & Jensen Ackles duo photo as well as a trio photo! I thought it would be overkill to buy the duo and trio photos but read on. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start from the beginning.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015
I decided not to spend an extra trip even though the drive was only 14 minutes to pre-register on Thursday night. Instead I woke up and left early Friday morning for Gold registration starting at 9:30 am. Originally I had planned to go to karaoke night for the Cult Classic theme. I dressed up as Marty McFly from Back to the Future. But I had to pay for parking and it was expensive. I later found out that they validated at the convention for $18 instead of $24. Oh well. I got my relatives to drop me off and pick me up the following days. I'm considering staying at the hotel or a nearby hotel next year. Plus there was too long of a time gap between the last panel and karaoke night. There were two lines when I got there. The first line was to get to the vendors area. The second line was for registration. I went alone. It didn't take that long to get registered where a lady gave me a lanyard with a plastic holder for my Gold pass. I saw numbers 1-7 on the top and didn't get what it was for considering this was the year 2015 and this was the 10th anniversary convention. I just thought it was for decoration with no purpose. Read on. Then I went to another lady to get my bright pink wristband. The lady told me I didn't have to register daily but I would have to keep the wristband on all weekend. It was weird to shower and sleep with it on, but when I finally cut it off Sunday, my wrist felt naked.
I checked out the vendors area and bought 8x10 photos of all the people I would get autographs from as part of the Gold VIP package. I forgot about Curtis Armstrong though so I made a note for myself to get it the next day. I wandered around the hotel and up to the atrium area after checking out where the photo ops would be and even checking out the other rooms where the meet and greets, etc would happen. The hotel, Hyatt Regency at SFO Burlingame, had only 2 restaurants: Swiftwater Cafe - a sit down place with breakfast buffet for $20, breakfast off the menu for a few limited hours in the morning, lunch, and to go items; and Knuckles Sports Bar which wasn't open. The hotel was actually really nice and the atrium area was this wide open space. I met an older man who had an empty lanyard. It turned out he just asked for one in case he wanted to put something in there. He just bought the weekend pass since he was a retired teacher. I kept bumping into him everywhere for most of that morning. The hotel also had a small gift shop. There were a lot of rooms and some business events going on.
Closer to 11:30 am when the theatre opened, I went to my seat. At noon, Louden Swain came out and then our host Richard Speight, Jr. Louden Swain performed a song and Rob Benedict ran down the center aisle. He high fived me along with a few other people. The band and Richard told us about the spoken rules and regulations. They also joked about the convention having no celebrities and gave us the go ahead to film everything with our smartphones.
12:30 pm It was time for Gil McKinney's panel! He was sporting a sweater and jeans. He also had a beard. It was interesting to hear about his actor life. I was kind of sad that it is still a struggle for him to get jobs. He is planning to move to New York with his wife and try Broadway there. I think he'll do great, although I didn't get to enjoy his singing much as I skipped karaoke night and the concert. Next year for sure I will go to everything!
1:10 pm They started Rob's panel early by mistake. Instead, they played a music video focused on Josie Sands.
1:15 pm SUPERNATURAL YES/NO TRIVIA GAME. I did not participate but just watched. But the girl who played during the second round won the second and third rounds earning $600 total for goods from the vendors. Some of the easy questions were hard! I need to rewatch seasons 1-11 before going to the next convention in SF!
1:50 pm A music video about Chuck, I think.
1:55 pm Rob's actual panel. Rob was 'frozen' and Richard acted if it was planned on purpose by starting off with, "Last time we saw our hero..." He continued his story about Coit Tower. Rob told this great 911 story but it's better to say face to face. Also, if anyone who reads this is going to later convention, you'll probably hear it for yourself.
2:40 pm Music Video. I forgot about what. I remember there was a video about Henry Winchester. Maybe it was this one? Also, FYI, Louden Swain performed before and after every panel basically. You would know when the panel was reaching its end as the band and Richard would come out from backstage.
2:45 pm INTERMISSION. A chance for a bathroom break! Also, I was still thinking about whether to do the trio photo or not.
3:25 pm Music video. This had to be a video of Kevin Tran since he was the next guest!
3:30 pm Osric Chau. "All the Small Things" by Blink-182 was his theme as performed by Louden Swain. He wore his Advanced Placement long sleeved gray tee and jeans. His slip on shoes had some weird design on it, I couldn't tell what it was. Neither could the lady behind me as I heard her say, "What's on his shoes?" He sat Indian style on his seat. I enjoyed hearing about him talk about his other works and about J2's pranks.
4:15 pm FAVORITE EPISODE AND WHY? Fans got to line up and go on stage to do just that with the Creation host. He couldn't get to everybody though and suggested making the panel longer in the future. Of course a lot of people chose The French Mistake and Swan Song.
4:55 pm I think they showed 2 music videos.
5:00 pm Felicia Day. U2's "Beautiful Day" was her theme. She was very quirky and according to the lady behind me, creepy. Yes, she was on Buffy and apparently other Joss Whedon shows. I really liked the advice she gave to fans as she suffers from anxiety and depression. She's doing a lot of amazing, creative stuff.
Also, apparently Richard and Rob love Friday people. Richard even made a special red shirt for Friday people. It sold out fast. I didn't even get the chance to think about buying one. Then I left to pay for parking inside the hotel. When I went to get out of the parking lot, there was an error at one of the exits so I backed up and went to the bigger one with no person inside. I had to pay another $6? I don't know why. I managed to barely reach to put my credit card in and it had to be inserted the right way. Then I could not for the life of me pull out the flimsy receipt card. Finally I had to open the door a crack to use my right hand and yank it out before busting it out of there with people waiting behind me. Frustrating! This is why I decided not to attend karaoke night and to have someone drive me back and forth for the next 2 days.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015
I got there around 8:30 am and bought my Curtis Armstrong photo as well as 2 Osric Chau photos for my friend. The saleslady asked if I was Naomi. I told her I was not particularly, just any angel. I didn't have the hair for it but she said I didn't have to be blonde. Isn't Naomi a redhead? I realized a lot of the females on Supernatural are redheads. As my friend stated, I was an upper level angel since the lower angels dress just like regular people. I bought the trio photo because I didn't want to regret it later.
8:50 am The theatre opened. I had to line up. Things were getting serious. The pre-show music included "Back In Time" by Huey Lewis from the Back to the Future film. Too bad it didn't play yesterday. And of course, Kansas' "Carry On My Wayward Son."
9:20 am Host Richard Speight, Jr. Another round of 'rules and regulations' but the singing of it was drawn out. Richard asked everyone to videotape him telling us in a panoramic motion to not videotape any part of the show. He asked us to put it as the opener to every video we post.
9:40 am Gil McKinney & Osric Chau! Osric appeared on one of the bellman carts that was gold and looked almost like a princess' carriage dressed as Ariel The Little Mermaid on a rock. His legs were in the rock but he stuffed the fin to make it look like there were legs in there. Then he had Gil wear a tight Prince Eric top. Not sure where he got it from. Apparently, Gil was Prince Eric on Once Upon a Time? I don't watch the show so. The highlight was when Eric stroked Osric's fin and played it like a guitar. Osric apologized to fans who bought their duo photo since they were dressed like this. But Osric did warn us that since he dressed plainly yesterday, he would be wearing his most elaborate costume ever so far today.
10:20 am Mark Pellegrino and Sebastian Roche. As Richard and Rob surmised, it was like watching Penn and Teller. Sebastian was singing, walking through the crowds over the chairs, going right up to fans, and getting all sorts of distracted. He tried to get one boy to ask his question in a French accent. Also, he was elated there were some male fans at his panel. I think only a few questions were actually answered. And Mark didn't get to speak much at all.
11:05 am Music Video Mix. I missed 1.5 of the vault videos as I had to go the bathroom really bad. I caught half of the last video was which a bloopers video set to Psy's "Gangnam Style". Well done.
11:25 am STUMP THE EXPERTS! 3 fans got to go on stage as the experts and fans could ask them questions. If they couldn't get it, a fan in the audience could answer to win a prize. If no one got it, the questioner would have to reveal the answer and get a prize for themselves. I stayed for a few questions then had to go line up for Misha Collin's photo op. Apparently, the line was not in numerical order. Numbers 1-50 just got to line up so even though I was #7, I lined up closer to the theatre doors down from the hallway to the photo op room! Now I knew to line up earlier! Also, I learned from day 1 to put my photo op tickets behind my badge in the lanyard for safe keeping. Seemed like such a good idea!
12 pm Once I got in the photo op room, I could see Misha. He was wearing a cool dark green animal print velvety blazer coat with a sweater and shirt inside. I saw some of the other fans' poses. One girl, a girl sitting diagonal from me in our seats who bought hella photo ops, got Misha to wear a Christmas sweater as she wore his jacket. When I finally got up to him, I was able to talk and darn proud of myself afterwards. I told him, "I'm so happy to meet you." He replied, "Happy to meet you" and put his arm around me. We thanked each other and when I left the room and went down the stairs elated, my legs were shaking. I missed the Salute to Supernatural silent video but who cares since I just met Misha Collins? He's like my ideal man.
12:45 pm Mark Sheppard. Kind of a grumpy guy, just kidding. He would say no to fans' requests but then do them a few seconds later. "Hello boys. Hello darling." He even said, "Cardio," since Sebastian Roche kept going on and on and doing impersonations of Mark during his own panel. Mark also discussed cyber bullying since a fan brought it up.
1:25 pm SUPERNATURAL COSTUME CONTEST! They split it up into juniors, regular, and Castiel. Of course the dude who wore his self made angel wings who could move them up and down won. He got pointed out by a lot of the guests during their panels when he stood in the way back. One couple dressed up as Rowena and the dead bellhop, very unique! There were quite a few Abaddon's too. Some people I couldn't figure out. There were no Bobby's or Chuck's. Maybe I should have gone up too because I was the only one dressed up as a higher level angel. Another thing for next year.
2:25 pm INTERMISSION/STAGE RESET
3 pm SUPERNATURAL NO-MINIMUM BID AUCTION! I have never been to an auction before. So it was just like in the movies except everyone has to raise their hand. The auctioneer doesn't count rubbing your nose or scratching your head or nose as signs to bid. I was afraid to do those things initially as I thought they would think I was bidding. Some fans got to volunteer to hold up the goods, and I think they got stuff for free for volunteering afterwards. I left towards the end of it for a bathroom break. I missed them auctioning off half of the signed convention banners.
3:55 pm Richard Speight, Jr., Matt Cohen, and Rob Benedict. The three musketeers. The graying, balding, and something else for Matt. There was also a discussion on Matt's testicles. Not many people asked Matt's questions but when he did get some questions, he was very happy.
4:45 pm Misha Collins!!! Apparently Misha went to the SF farmer's market that morning and bought a giant beet and 2 multi pronged carrots. He gave them to the audience. He said, "you know when you're famous when people want rotting fruit from you on stage." Oh, it was great. I wanted to ask a question but I didn't want to miss staring at him from my seat. Another thing for another time. I thought of a good and what I consider unique question too! Apparently during his meet and greet, a fan made angel food cupcakes but he sat in his. He showed a light white stain at the back of his pants. A fan shouted she didn't see it so he would show it again. LOL.
5:50 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Sebastian Roche, Mark Sheppard. In reverse order. So I finally figured out what those 1-7 numbers were on my card, it was to check off the autographs. I got 2 marked off. Mark simply said, "Hello darling. Thank you darling." I think I just said, "Hi. Thank you." Sebastian allowed personalization so a male staff member wrote our names down on post-it notes to put on our items for him to sign. I greeted him. He said, "Nicholine. I love that name." LOL, I was silent. I thanked him after he signed. He replied, "Thank you darling. You're very welcome. Take care."
6:15 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Misha Collins, and Mark Pellegrino. In that order. Around on the other side, in a zig zag pattern, I got another 2 numbers crossed off. I wanted to tell Misha how much I loved him and how he was a beautiful person inside and out or even that he was my ideal man, instead I just ended up saying hi. I also put my post-it on my picture. The female assistant sitting next to him put it behind the photo I was going to have signed but it was sticking out, so Misha turned it over. He said hi and turned the photo around to look, squinted, and after a pause, said "Nicholine." I replied, "Yes, that's correct." Aigoo. That's all I could say. I thanked him. For Mark, he also did personalizations and asked me, "How are you?" I replied something generic and asked him how he was. He said, "I'm doing very well. Thank you." And that was it for Saturday. I left probably close to 8 pm. Those lines were long even though I was in 7th row!
During one of the panels, a male fan asked about doing an episode on Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA. It's hard for them to do location shots but that would be so awesome!!
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2015
The big day! I registered for next year's convention at registration. They gave a number to go back there at 8 pm to try to upgrade my seat. I dressed up a hunter complete with duffle bag but no weapons or salt.
9:30 am Theatre open for Gold Patrons only. I realized a lot of the rows were for gold, I felt like it was to row J or K. Row I for sure at least.
10 to 10:30 am GOLD PATRONS EXCLUSIVE PANEL with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. Oh, it was too short. On the stage, you could tell which microphone was Jared's since it was taller. Some fans in the audience got to ask questions without lining up but maybe only about 3-4 questions got called and answered? I had a good question but was too shy to even raise my hand! This would have been a good time as I could enjoy the view from my seat without having to line up on the side for the question lines. I should have tried! Jared called out one fan who had a moose beanie on that has an attached scarf and mittens. His arms were too long for the mitten part and he had to bend his
elbows. He said that the accessory was for T-Rex arms. Lol. Jensen also told a story about how they were eating dinner in downtown SF last night (where?!) and some drunk guys from Sacramento met them. One said, "hey, you look like that guy from that show, Supernatural. Wait, (to Jared) you do too." His friend hit him on the arm and said, "Dude, I think it's them!" Jensen also told a great story about how once when he was eating with his mom, a guy came up to him and the conversation went like this:
Guy: Hey, you look like that guy from that show.
Jensen (chuckles): Oh yeah, what show?
Guy: That Supernatural show.
Jensen: Oh really? I get that a lot.
Guy: Oh. Yeah. Well, sorry to bother you.
Then his mom slaps him upside the head and goes chasing after the man. She catches him and tells him, "Excuse me, sir, that IS him. He's my son!" At the end of the panel, Jensen sang a country song. His voice blew me away! That man can really act because he can sing badly on purpose like he did as Demon Dean at karaoke in that one episode this season.
10:45 am I got #10 for Jensen's solo photo op, but I was way up in the line this time just right outside the door. The room was ice cold and I was shaking. Was it because of the cold or because I was about to be face to face with Jensen Ackles? Both? When I got up to him, I asked him, "Is it okay if we hug?" He said, "Of course," as I looked up into his sparkling eyes. We took our photo and I said, "Thank you." He just smiled and looked into my eyes with his hazel eyes. His eyes sparkled for real.
After that, I managed to eat some lunch at Knuckles Sports Bar. At 12:45 pm, Misha Collins, being the sweetheart that he is, had another Sunday only autograph session. He even stepped out to say hi to the fans in the audience by waving. So lovely. The time managed to pass by before I had to go line up for the trio photo op. I had #24 but they already let numbers 1-50 line up instead of just 1-25! So the line was way down on the stairways to the vendors. The guy in front of me was holding realistic light sabers and told me his concept for the trio photo. He would have J2 fighting each other with him and Misha scared in the middle. I got to see them take the photo and saw the final product from afar later, it turned out awesome. He told me that the Vancouver convention has a tour of the set. I'm really interested in going to that now. A guy behind us with his wife asked if he could take photos with his phone. We told him "no" and that he'd get kicked out or get into trouble. They were contemplating their poses. All I knew was I wanted Jared to be in the middle behind me with Jensen and Misha on either side of me. And that was how they were posing once we got behind the door.
2 pm Photo op with "The Trio" Jensen, Jared, Misha and YOU! One trio of girls got to get back hugged by each of the guys. That was cute. A mother and daughter a few people in front of the dude in front of me posed with the daughter doing the tango with Jared and Jensen and the mom hugging Misha. Misha put his leg up and his knee bent on the mom. The dude in front of me and I both went "Whoa!" I guess we were loud because Jensen thought we were shouting at him and let go of/backed off from the girl doing the tango pose. No, we were shocked at the mom and Misha. The mom looked happy. When it was finally my turn, the guys looked like giants discussing the previous Star Wars photo. I had to interrupt them. Jared looked at me and I told him, "I just want to stand in front of you." He said, "Okay" in kind of a Sam way. I may be altering my memory of this but he may have pushed his hair back behind his ear. Believe me, all these photo shoots happen so fast, they are like a blur. All I felt was being hugged simultaneously by Jared and Misha. I tried to reach out my hand to put my arm around Jensen but couldn't reach him. Then the photo was taken. I didn't even get to thank them but asked Misha for a hug. He obliged but I only got a half hug before a staff leader called me away. Earlier, a staff lady shouted, "This is a photo session, not a hugging session." Still, I had to take my chance!
2:30 pm I missed the opening with our host and Curtis Armstrong's panel just started. I know the guy in front of me was a big fan and wanted to make it on time too. I don't think we missed much. It literally JUST started. It was great to see him on stage and he answered a lot of questions. I had forgotten he was in Better Off Dead too. He has played two types of mucus, Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds series and Snot in a newer show. I think he couldn't hear a lot of the questions so the first row fans had to repeat the questions for him. Something was wrong with his earphone I guess. But he also was the oldest celebrity there, no offense. There were lines for him but also other lines up against the wall which turned out to be fans waiting for J2. He said, "story of my life!"
3:15 pm Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. The boys sat on opposite sides of where they were standing during the Gold Panel. Someone asked them about their favorite memory. As I had surmised, Jared was when his first son was born. Jensen was of his daughter running to him which he hopes will always happen. It just happened recently since his daughter was just able to start running. He hushed us when we were getting sappy. Of course there was talk about being halfway through with season 10-11 and expecting the series to run until the boys are in walkers. They concluded that it would be awesome if it would go on forever as Hogan's Heroes went on until now. Something funny too was the first time Misha was on set, Jensen worked with him first so Jared asked Jensen how Misha was. Jensen told him, "He's kind of weird." LOL.
I can't remember if this was during the Gold Panel or regular panel, but Jared was talking about how his hair doer - Jensen stated, "hair stylist" - offered to color his hair as he was greying. Apparently, Jensen never got offered that. His hair is too short to grey. She would then be his hair colorist. Jensen told Jared he could ask Misha since Misha has been getting his hair dyed. Whether that's true or not, I'm not sure but Misha is the oldest of the trio even though he looks like he could be younger than Jensen or both.
Apparently, neither guys will push their children to become actors. Jared said it's especially hard for girls, implying Jensen's daughter. If the kids want to do it, they will support them. Jensen told a story about fixing up his old house for sale, and the electrician was a handsome young guy. He asked the guy if he always wanted to become an electrician or do something else. The guy was trying to become an actor and turned out to be Mel Gibson's son! So Jensen coyly asked if he talked to his dad about this dream of his. The guy said his dad wants him to start from scratch and do it on his own, so he's paying bills as an electrician while going to acting school. Wow!
Another awesome thing was that J2 can think thoughts to each other and speak to each other without words. Jared said something like, "I thought it". I can't recall the actual wording, but it's a phrase that should be have the word 'said' instead of 'thought'. And they just spoke to each other with gestures and understood what each other meant. It was awesome.
4:45 pm I sat in the theatre and watched people line up at stage left for autograph sessions with Mark Sheppard again and Richard Speight Jr, the latter who I could see between fans standing in line from my seat. On stage right, Louden Swain were signing autographs. They did it for free if people brought their goods. How nice. Some people bought little kazoos.
5:15 pm THE SUPERNATURAL & GENRE NO-MINIMUM BID AUCTION! Round 2. I stayed for the whole thing this time. The only thing I wanted was the horizontal SF convention banner with big half bodies images of the trio and small squares of the other guests. But it also came with pillow cases, koozies, and other things I didn't want. A girl in front of me in line for autographs got it. People were bidding up into the $500 for those individual banners that came along with autograph tickets. Some people raised their hand like it was no thing. I didn't bid for anything. Some bidders got consolation prizes, Castiel pillow cases.
6:05 pm Tahmoh Penikett. This guy is quite handsome. A lot of the guys on the show are. What I liked most about his talk was how he was very positive and how he made exercising sound worthwhile. He said you'll never say, "Oh man, I regret doing that work out." Also he listens to all sorts of music - rap, country, etc. He loves music. And one male fan asked the same question a female fan had asked a few questions before. Pay attention! But he was very nice about it, "Umm, I think I heard this one before." I didn't realize that he's also a Joss Wheddon favorite. He was in Dollhouse. He also stared in Battlestar Galactica.
6:50 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Jared and Jensen. In reverse order. The lines would take forever. I started talking to an older female fan in my row. I saw Tahmoh Penikett signing autographs on stage left. I managed to use the bathroom before lining up and picked up my trio photo. My first back hug was from Jared Padalecki. I never would have thought in my wildest dreams. I am obsessed with back hugs. I came back with plenty of time.
As I lined up for Jensen first, I felt like there was a frog in my throat and my heart dropped down to my stomach and I was going to vomit once we got behind the screen and I could see him. I don't think I have ever had this sensation before. I was fine for the photo op but for the autograph session, I was dying. By the time it was my turn, again I was able to talk. "I'm so happy to meet you." Eye contact! Those sparkling hazel eyes. "Happy to meet you." I thanked him as he stared into my soul. What a good looking man. I considered telling him how beautiful he was and that Dean was my favorite character as my friend had told him, but that was all I could get out. Also, is Dean really my favorite? It's a face off between Dean and Cass.
Next was Jared. I noticed Mark Sheppard hanging around on the side with the Creation host Adam. No fans paid attention to him! He then went over to Jensen's side by the time we were closer to Jared. A lady in front of me gave him a gift, jewelry she made as she was one of the vendors and he commented about it in the past. He was very thankful and put it gently on the floor. I told him, "Nice to meet you." He said, "Nice to meet you too. Thanks." I thanked him. I was cool for Jared.
Then the last line for Curtis took forever! I spent most of the time talking to the girl behind me. I realized it was taking so long because people were writing their own names on post-its and he was personalizing the photos with notes. Also, he's old. The girl in front of me with the best banner had to tell him about how her family watches Revenge of the Nerds on a yearly basis. As he was talking to her about it, he also made eye contact with me. I watched some or maybe all of the movies but it was a long time ago. I may need to rewatch those, they are classics. When it was my time, I told him, "It's an honor to meet you." He said, "Thank you" and he shook my hand! Not sure if he shook anybody else's hand. Definitely, he's a seasoned comedian! As he signed my photo, I told him, "That's an awesome signature." He chuckled! I made a great comedian chuckle! Then he said, "Oh thanks." I thanked him. And that's how I ended the convention on a high note! I was done close to like 8:40 pm! The registration area was closed, but I don't mind keeping my same seat.
In conclusion, here are some things for me to remember for next time and I have a lot of time to prepare. I'm thinking about going to a convention in another state but I think that will have to be for 2016 since the 2015 have imminent sell outs. I'll look into that and maybe I can go with my friend. I bought a binder with sleeves to put my photo ops photos and autographed photos in. I saw other fans with special fan art photos and fan art to get autographed. I kind of want to do something like that next year. I have almost 2 years to do something! One male fan had question cards. Yep, I should do that. Be prepared.
My list for next year:
-cash
-question/comment cards
-binder with clear sheets
-water bottle
-fan art for group signage
I want to try for a Meet and Greet. I was conservative this first time. Next time, I'm going to go all out. If I get a Meet and Greet, I may make pie or cupcakes. Also I need to get prettier. I want a hot dog trio shot, not a sandwich, although I'm considering a J2 or JM shot too. And most importantly, I need to smell Jensen! People were telling me he smells so good and delicious. I regret not smelling him! You would think that would be something I would think to do. So I think that's my biggest regret, not smelling Jensen.
Some costume ideas:
-Lucy
-Velma from Scooby Doo
-Japanese school girl
THE END. Until next year, December 2-4, 2016! I may stay at a hotel nearby.