Sweet surprise

[ann_tara]

I'm just going to link to Val's LJ because she has a good clear shot of the surprise letter and photo Jensen's brother and sister-in-law sent out to the fans who donated to the Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas in honor of Jensen's nephew Levi. I got mine yesterday. What a lovely and generous thing for the Ackles family to do. Reason #182 why I can't

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[vala3]

Saw that pic of Jensen and the young boy. Was really nice of him to respond to the support he received from fans in that way. Some stars wouldn't have done anything.
I am keeping good thoughts so TGC will get her field studies spot.
Trying to get used to the new phone with its ability to text and get e-mail and all. It is a learning curve.
Glad you liked Dance for the Dead. Think he has about 3 more books based on that character. Does have other books as well and just finished reading one and have another I got at a used book store. Did read Hunger Games and gave a huge aaarrrggghhh at the end cause to me it left you hanging until the next book. And you know how I feel about that!
Talk with you soon.

[ann_tara]

Was really nice of him to respond to the support he received from fans in that way. Some stars wouldn't have done anything.

IKR, it's not the kind of thing you expect for a donation. That's the point, you don't expect anything other than the feeling of doing something good. His brother and sister-in-law were probably overwhelmed by the donations. I think their initial goal was to raise $100. Once fandom jumped in they raised $19,000. ;)

Glad you liked Dance for the Dead. Think he has about 3 more books based on that character.

Oh, good, so not too many to have to go back and catch up with. ;)

As for Hunger Games, yeah, you gotta remember that is a series, like all those YA books are anymore. I assume the movie is left on a bit of a cliffie too. ;)

[x5vale]

Reason #182 why I can't ever quit you, Jensen. Dammit. ;D

I know the feeling Pam. He's sos weet of all of them.

I am sorry Easter is not a nice time for you, but you are totally entitled to feel this way. Just take some time for yourself, if you can :)

*hugs you*

[ann_tara]

I am sorry Easter is not a nice time for you, but you are totally entitled to feel this way.

Though things might be looking up on a fannish level, what with the announcement that Gamble is stepping down/was pushed out, and Jeremy Carver coming back in to try and save SPN. It's like an Easter miracle! LOL!

But, yeah, on a personal note, it's not a happy time. {{hugs}}

[suilven]

I read the Prime of Miss JB in my teens and also Breaksfast at Tiffany's. Loved both books but can't remem
ber a great deal about them. The Prime, I remember as being darker than the film but I would have to read it again to remember.

[ann_tara]

Hey lady, how have you been? Are you in the UK these days, Canada, or points elsewhere? ;D

The Prime, I remember as being darker than the film but I would have to read it again to remember.

Hm, you may be right. I think I'd qualify the story as less sympathetic in terms of the portrayal of Jean, but that's because the movie showed a lot more of Jean's pov played so marvelously by Maggie Smith, whereas in the book you get the pov of everyone else outside of Jean. So in that regard, yeah, a little darker.

In Tiffany's I definitely felt a lot less to no sympathy for Holly. She wasn't quite as likeable in the prose as she is in the movie. Of course, I do wish they'd had the guts back then to portray a bisexual "Fred" the way he is in the book, and gone less with the love story.