Asylum - Heaven, hell and inbetween
So sibelle_art, and I got up at around 5.30 in the morning to get ready for our flight. We left the hotel at around 6:30 and arrived at the airport at 7. Our flight left and arrived on schedule and after getting coffee from Starbucks we headed for the shuttle.
Once at the hotel we met up with serenitysangel and checked in. Luckily our rooms had already been prepared for us and we were able to settle in. We met again at the bar where emesque joined us and later on my roommate Christina as well.
Then the queueing started. And we were queueing and queueing, queueing some more and a tiddle widdle bit more. And then there was even more queueing and then there was registration - one hour delayed - and afterwards there was more queueing . sibelle_art’s photo op tickets and autograph tickets were missing from her bag and we had to pay for our J2 photo ops. So there was more queueing and more queueing and no moving and no moving at all, then they called those out of the line who were there to buy extra things and there was more queueing and no moving and even more no moving. Then they called those out of the line who had paid for their J2 already, but didn’t have their ticket included and sent them to the photo room. And then there was more queueing and more queeing. Then we got our tickets. And there was more queueing and more queueing and a ton more queeing. And then there was a bathroom break for the boys. A little more queeing, Jared nearly knocked me out while talking to Jensen and me saying hi really loud, cause I wanted to have my picture taken, then it was taken and the queueing was over …. For a little bit.
Cause then there was more queueing for the raffle tickets and some more queueing and talking and more queeing. Then there were the raffle tickets, the vendors room - I bought trading cards (what else) of Star Trek and Wolverine. On my way back to the room, I met the others queueing for the autographs. I got Wolverine trading cards for serenitysangel and then left them to quee some more while I went back to the room the rest my feet from all the queeing. Which was awful ….
Hopefully tomorrow will be better and less queeing, though I rather doubt it. All my photo ops are tomorrow which is great. And they do not collide with any other autograph things which is even better :D Since I bought raffle tickets, I might also get into a coffee lounge, but yeah, don’t know about that yet, cause it will be a raffle. But tomorrow’s gonna start off with J2 which should be just awesome :D
Now waiting for the others to finish queueing and to get something to eat.
It was a fan-queeing-ly awful day LOL
So we got up at around 6.30 to be ready for breakfast by 7. It was actually better than last year and afterwards we went into the hall to wait for the opening. It started an hour late, cause the guests had been stuck in traffic.
We were sitting in second row and had a great view. I took a whole lot of pics (some can be found at the end of this posts, the rest will follow later). Not going into what was said too much, cause I am sure there are posts about that everywhere by now. Saw a woman transcripting every panel of the weekend and she’ll get it better than I can. I was just happy about the great spot and seeing the boys and their great chemistry on stage. So after that there were the first photo ops and while standing in line for that, Christina went to check if we were chosen for the Coffee Lounge and we were. My number was on there twice so that meant we both were able to go :D :D :D So I had my picture with Jensen taken and then went for the Coffee Lounge.
I absolutely enjoyed it. Not just because Jensen is so very hot up close, but because he seemed comfi and relaxed talking to us. He told us why he moved in with Jared in the first place, that he will be moving to his own apartment again once the next season starts, talked about his trip through Scotland and how Whiskey is made, someone asked him about where he thinks home is and he said Los Angeles, cause he has a house there, his parents house is home of the family as is Texas and Vancouver is work. He also said that his parents just built the home of their dreams and that he still has a room there. He talked a little about Deans eating habits and that he actually initiated them, saying that he could make a thing out of Dean eating, told us what he usually does when doing an eating take with tons of burgers to be ate. He also said that most of the time when they come up with crazy dress up ideas he’s the one going all the way with them like with the sports teacher thing. He said he’d wear the headband and the socks to the knees and he also initiated the ball throwing thing at the kid. There was a little chat about the part where he was wearing Lederhosen and I asked him if he’d ever been to Munich before. He said no, but the Lederhosen used in the episode are original ones from Munich. He was asked about his eye and how the laser surgery thing went, he talked a little bit about his experiences there, told us where in Europe he’d been to and then it was already time again for us to leave. He seemed as surprised as we were that half an hour had past already. I am not sure if I got everything right now. It’s just a little crazy in my head right now. I am glad that I got the opportunity and I would have never thought I’d make it into one of those coffee lounges. Especially not into the one I wanted to be a part of so badly LOL But yeah, guess I am just lucky :D
Needless to say that this was the best part of my day.
I missed almost all the panels that day. I had my photo op with Misha and Jared, waited to get my Jensen autograph in the afternoon and then went to Jareds panel in the evening. It had me laughing so hard, cause he constantly had to aks what people said. He just didn’t understand the British accent which was kind of adorable. As was he. He asked us to donate money to save pets instead of bringing him gifts, he was seriously concerned about us being tricked by people who are impersonating him and Jensen on the web. He said that he doesn’t have MySpace, Facebook or Twitter just cause he doesn’t know how to use it. After his panel we went to take a shower and came back down for the concerts. We hit the sheets pretty early, cause we were really tired.
The day started out with another delay, cause the guests were stuck in traffic. After about half an hour or maybe more it finally started with Gabe and Malik and we really had blast with the two of them. Malik showed us his mad break dancing skills and they managed to crack us up more than once. I also saw parts of Richard Speight Jr. and Frederic Lehne that morning and was lucky to get through my autographs with Misha, Jared, Samantha, Matt and Amy and managed to catch like half of Jensens panel with Jason. Jensen showed us pics of his cute little dog. He told us how he got to have him and kept joking about how he was kinda embarrassed, cause it’s not a really manly dog. But it’s really too cute and you can easily tell that Danneel picked him :D He told some stories about his dog, Icarus, playing with Harley and Sadie and that’s about all I remember right now.
I had another photo op with Jensen that afternoon and from then on I was just in the panels. I wasn’t that much into the one with Sam, Amy and Matt. Can’t even tell why. But yeah, of all the once I’ve been too this was the worst.
Afterwars there was Mishas and I can’t even tell you how much I love this man LOL He had me laughing so hard I cried. I love characters with an edge and he for sure has a lot of them.
In the first few minutes Jared came on stage with him and one of the best moments was when he put angels wings on Mishas shoulders and said that he WAS TOLD to do that LOL He had to take over for Jensen who was stuck writing autographs in the autograph room. Unfortunately for some of the fans he didn’t get to finish, cause there was just not enough time left for him.
He came to the closing ceremony and apologized for it, thanking everyone who’d come to the con for their support.
So for me the con was actually okay. The organization sucked, there was a lot of standing around in lines and waiting, but sort of improved and come Sunday everything went a little more smoothly. I got to be in the coffee lounge and I am one of the lucky ones who got all their pics and autos. I didn’t come with the intention to get everything from everyone, so yeah, it was okay for me.
Before I left I pre-booked tickets for Asylum Europe for myself and Anli. We were able to pay a deposit, no real tickets yet, but the other tickets went on sale today. sibelle_art, Christina and I spent some time in the bar, eating a little something and chatting for a bit after saying goodbye to dawnangelus, serenitysangel and emesque.
I’ve met some great new people at the con *waves at new friends* and I have to say that this is always the best part about conventions for me. To hang out with fellow fans, talk about the show we love and just enjoy ourselves with the guests.
And now I’ll stop my babbling. I got home save at around 5 and the first bits of eyecandy have uploaded now. So here’s a little something for the eyes. For now just Jared and Jensen. The others aren’t worked on yet :D
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