Stargate Covention 2011, day one
So I had such an amazing time at the Chicago Stargate Con this year that I have to break it up into separate posts!
So I breeze in, wait in my line and get my bands and my photo ops (Jr Bourne wuh-what). I meet up with Dia and then Anna and her mom, and Lieve (the teugs) but my favorite girls Karen and Sarah squiggles aren’t there yet (they are both at work). Gary Jones was awesome, he’s always pretty funny. Alexis Cruz really really impressed me. He’s well taught and very serious about his craft. Alex is amazballs as well, he’s warm and approachable, and he knows how to get the crowd going…I found that out later.
I drank too much. Way too much. But Karen got in at 8ish, squiggles a few minutes later and we set to work polishing off an entire bottle of Jamison. Oh lord, I am trashed before I know it, freaking bombed out of my skull. I skip the cabaret (can’t afford it). We go to the karaoke party and I’m missing little bits of time by then, just a few minutes here and there. I need to stress that I’m not an alcoholic. It was the drunkest I’ve ever been, but I had a cloud of girls looking out for me. Dana and Brady sing ‘you are my sunshine’, I remember that.
There’s singing, there’s dancing, there’s trashed ass me getting picked up by Alex zahara. It’s surreal, I don’t remember it clearly, but I remember the sensation of being lifted up. I was dancing drunkenly, and Leive has video to prove it. He also helped me onto the stage to sing Billy jean with a bunch of my girls. I remember his yummy strong hands on my ribcage. The picture is hella cute though, even though I am the squintiest drunk evars.
So as we’re leaving, we run into Alexis and Chris. Chris is BOMBED, friggin gone, and he is ranting about whatever. We go into the fray, talking and arguing with him. I remember telling him that Karen will fuck him up. I laughed at something he said, he fake punched me. Then, a bit later, he calls us ‘bitches’, and I put on my innocent face and was like “Stop calling me a bitch.” “I mean, you’re like my bitches.” Then he takes my face in his hands and kisses my forehead. Squee.
We chatted with Alexis too, he was much less hammered. You know, I saw him a few years ago, he was like a shy little kid. In fact, I was the only one in the room full of sg-1 fans that recognized him. He was like “Aw, did I blow you off? I’m sorry.” But it was awesome at the time; it was the first time I had talked to one of the stars outside of the photo ops and autographs. Now he’s really an impressive guy. He is insightful and confident, he clearly knows himself. And he’s hot. Really really hot. But more on that later.
I mention that Chris kissed me on the forehead, and Alexis goes and does the same thing. Didn’t want to be outdone I guess. He smokes these cigars that smell like incense, and he smells like heaven! I can’t even-. Okay, then Sarah starts wandering off down the sidewalk. She says she wants to go to McDonalds for food. We’re all pretty sober by then, but Karen’s not about to let anyone go off alone at two o’clock in the morning. So we all decide to go, and Alexis totally wants to go with us.
So we walk, Sarah and Karen up front, me and Alexis and the lovely barb in back. He walks the whole way with one arm around each of us. I can’t believe it, I mean, a movie star with his arm around me. Me! I could die. So we go to the McDonalds, all of us crammed into one of those big booths. I’ve got Sarah on one side; Karen on the other, Alexis is next to Dana. We just sit there and talk about politics and marriage and ferrets (apparently there were a few ferret fans in the group).
Usually I’d be claustrophobic in a situation like that, but instead I just felt like I belonged. And it’s just nice, you know?
We wound up talking a little bit more before we finally go our separate ways. I crash at Karen’s pad; we get in at almost four. It’s impossible to sleep because I realized I forgot to take my meds, and, of course, the hangover starts to set in. Ugh.
So that was day one!
So I breeze in, wait in my line and get my bands and my photo ops (Jr Bourne wuh-what). I meet up with Dia and then Anna and her mom, and Lieve (the teugs) but my favorite girls Karen and Sarah squiggles aren’t there yet (they are both at work). Gary Jones was awesome, he’s always pretty funny. Alexis Cruz really really impressed me. He’s well taught and very serious about his craft. Alex is amazballs as well, he’s warm and approachable, and he knows how to get the crowd going…I found that out later.
I drank too much. Way too much. But Karen got in at 8ish, squiggles a few minutes later and we set to work polishing off an entire bottle of Jamison. Oh lord, I am trashed before I know it, freaking bombed out of my skull. I skip the cabaret (can’t afford it). We go to the karaoke party and I’m missing little bits of time by then, just a few minutes here and there. I need to stress that I’m not an alcoholic. It was the drunkest I’ve ever been, but I had a cloud of girls looking out for me. Dana and Brady sing ‘you are my sunshine’, I remember that.
There’s singing, there’s dancing, there’s trashed ass me getting picked up by Alex zahara. It’s surreal, I don’t remember it clearly, but I remember the sensation of being lifted up. I was dancing drunkenly, and Leive has video to prove it. He also helped me onto the stage to sing Billy jean with a bunch of my girls. I remember his yummy strong hands on my ribcage. The picture is hella cute though, even though I am the squintiest drunk evars.
So as we’re leaving, we run into Alexis and Chris. Chris is BOMBED, friggin gone, and he is ranting about whatever. We go into the fray, talking and arguing with him. I remember telling him that Karen will fuck him up. I laughed at something he said, he fake punched me. Then, a bit later, he calls us ‘bitches’, and I put on my innocent face and was like “Stop calling me a bitch.” “I mean, you’re like my bitches.” Then he takes my face in his hands and kisses my forehead. Squee.
We chatted with Alexis too, he was much less hammered. You know, I saw him a few years ago, he was like a shy little kid. In fact, I was the only one in the room full of sg-1 fans that recognized him. He was like “Aw, did I blow you off? I’m sorry.” But it was awesome at the time; it was the first time I had talked to one of the stars outside of the photo ops and autographs. Now he’s really an impressive guy. He is insightful and confident, he clearly knows himself. And he’s hot. Really really hot. But more on that later.
I mention that Chris kissed me on the forehead, and Alexis goes and does the same thing. Didn’t want to be outdone I guess. He smokes these cigars that smell like incense, and he smells like heaven! I can’t even-. Okay, then Sarah starts wandering off down the sidewalk. She says she wants to go to McDonalds for food. We’re all pretty sober by then, but Karen’s not about to let anyone go off alone at two o’clock in the morning. So we all decide to go, and Alexis totally wants to go with us.
So we walk, Sarah and Karen up front, me and Alexis and the lovely barb in back. He walks the whole way with one arm around each of us. I can’t believe it, I mean, a movie star with his arm around me. Me! I could die. So we go to the McDonalds, all of us crammed into one of those big booths. I’ve got Sarah on one side; Karen on the other, Alexis is next to Dana. We just sit there and talk about politics and marriage and ferrets (apparently there were a few ferret fans in the group).
Usually I’d be claustrophobic in a situation like that, but instead I just felt like I belonged. And it’s just nice, you know?
We wound up talking a little bit more before we finally go our separate ways. I crash at Karen’s pad; we get in at almost four. It’s impossible to sleep because I realized I forgot to take my meds, and, of course, the hangover starts to set in. Ugh.
So that was day one!