Asylum Europe Report - Friday & Saturday
Okay guys - it’s Convention tiiiime again ;)
Let me say some things before I begin: of course this convention wasn’t as awesome and wonderful as my time in Rome was. I had such a blast, met all my loved ones and of course J² were there, too. But the German con was not as chaotic as I feared it would be and the staff was actually very nice and helpful - and of course there was Misha… *sigh*…
Anyway - I hope you enjoy my report and my pictures! Have fun!!
Just to be sure - if you like to take some of the pictures, that's okay -
but if you use them elswhere, PLEASE CREDIT ME!!!
Friday
I left Cologne at about 4.30 pm to get the train to Bad Neuenahr. Surprisingly everything went well and there was no delays or complications. I heard that the cast had some problems though, because Rogue had apparently booked their flight to Frankfurt (which is the most stupid thing, as you need to take several trains through half of Germany to get from Frankfurt to Cologne… -_-) and so they missed one train and had to wait hours at the station. Shay texted me during the seminar that she just met Misha at the toilet (!!!!!!) and that the whole cast was standing right in front of her and got on the same fucking train!! AAARGH XD Oh, the envy…
Anyway… got there at about 7 pm and Shay picked me up from the train station. Back at the hotel we met reveria and Elwood in the foyer. Before getting upstairs to my room, I went to the registration desk and got my Emerald Pass and 2 Misha Photo Ops. Wayne accidentally gave me two passes and no wristbands, though -_- Of course I returned the redundant pass to him and got my wristband… While we were standing in front of the registration desk, I spotted two very cute, very beautiful twins and their mum… and something clicked! I searched their eyes, pointed at them - and they were running towards me XDDDD It was such a surreal but wonderful moment!! It was lilhellsangel and blackbetrayal!! Gosh, you two - I srsly wanted to get you into my suitcase and take you home at this moment!! I love you two, you were amazing!!!
Afterwards me and Shay took the lift to the first floor and met up with Julia, Christina and Lena who already waited for me! Gosh, it was so amazing seeing you guys again, love you so much!
We went outside and enjoyed the bright and sunny day and the incredibly beautiful landscape.
In the evening we gathered in front of the main hall, because the Disco should take place there. Sadly there were only some tables and a huge dancefloor, where of course nobody dared to dance. There wasn’t really good dancing music, anyway… so we soon left, in order to find some other place to party - and we did find it! There was a Bar called “B’Ahr” in the basement, where a live band played and sang songs from the 80s and current chart hits. Additionally Chad Lindberg and his girlfriend, Jim Beaver and Jason Manns were down there, too and had a beer (or two… or more XD) so we had even more reason to stay. Soon we conquered the dance floor and we danced so much! Damn, I must’ve looked like a maniac… but it was so much fun!!
The woman from the band soon decided, that we are their best supporters and when we asked, if we could wish for a song, she gave us a list and we picked some good ones. A friend of mine wanted “Viva Colonia”, so I asked the woman for that song - and she wanted to know my name… after I told her, she grinned wickedly and I began to get a veeeeery bad feeling about this…
Soon the music was turned off and she started to announce the song and that she needed a little help from her friends - and asked me to come to her!! Waaaah XDDD Damn… so she started to sing the song and I HAD to start a polonaise… OMFG XDDD The bar was so small and in the back, Jim, Jason and Chad were standing in the middle of the aisle and everytime we wanted to get past, I had to explain WHAT exactly we were doing XD But eventually Chad even joined us in the polonaise XDDD
God, it was so embarassing but SO much fun!!!
We danced until late late late at night (like 2.30 am or so) and from time to time Chad and his girlfriend and Jim joined us on the dancefloor. Chad even danced with me for some time O_O!!!!!! And then Jim danced with Chads girlfriend and they were so effing HOT!! Jim, YOU ROCK!! When they finally left, the band was playing “It’s raining men” and Chad was standing on the stairs which led upstairs and stripped off his leather jacket and put a hand on his belt teasingly!! OMG WE DIED AT THIS MOMENT XDDD He was SO drunk!!! This just was the perfect ending for a perfect first evening!!
Eventually we were totally wasted and tired and I needed to get up early, in order to get a Coffee Lounge Ticket for Misha in the morning, so we said “good night” and got up and in our beds.
Saturday
Saturday was pretty stressful... because I had only 50 € left, I needed to go to the bank before getting to the registration desk. So I dressed, did my hair (which was a pain in the assbutt all weekend -_-) and went downstairs to the front-desk to ask for the directions. It was already a beautiful day, just a liiiittle chilly but sunny and I did see another part of Bad Neuenahr, which really is a wonderful city. Even saw a heron at the river... it’s just amazingly beautiful there! On my way I met Shay (YAY XD) and we went back together. There was no time for breakfast, because I got to the reg desk immediately and bought a Misha Coffee Lounge for Saturday morning. While standing in line though, I found a concert ticket for Jason Manns o_O Huh, well... guess I’m a lucky girl XD Saved me 10 € ^^
Opening Ceremony
Afterwards we got to the main hall, where the opening ceremony should take place. Of course everything started a little bit late but it was okay. I was a little disappointed though, because Doug (the host) only had everyone coming to the stage, take a bow and get of the stage again... compared to Rome this was very disappointing and boring... and I think, the guests were a little confused, too but maybe it’s my imagination...
• When he first got on stage, everyone held up the Ellen DeGeneres pictures we printed out as a prank for Misha! He totally cracked up about that and even took a picture of the crowd and a close up pic of one of the posters XD
• Aferwards he was looking at the audience and smiling, saying “Hi”. I put my hands up and waved - and he waved in my direction XDDDD
• First question was from Stephanie:
"What did it feel like to explode?"
Crowd went crazy 'bout that and Misha said something like:
“Anyone in here who hasn’t seen Season 5? LEAVE! No, seriously - you’re royally fucked up!”
XDDD~ He then answered that it was very hard for him, because rearranging his body in time for filming schedule was very difficult for him, as he couldn’t find his eye XDDDDDDDDDDDDD~ THAT MAN!!! SRSLY!!!
That girl screaming "You don't have a choice!" in the beginning? Yup, that's me XD
• Someone asked which musical he would choose if he HAD to be in one. He said that he doesn't like musicals that much but if he had to, he would like to be on Glee (YAY!!!)
• The official booklet of the convention said something about Misha going to Russia to perfecting his russian accent and a girl asked him about that. And he was all like WTF??? Someone gave him the booklet and he read it on stage and totally cracked up several times! Later someone asked him to say something Castiel said with a Russian accent. And he said: "I gripped your shoulder and raised you from perdition" with a terrible accent XD
• A girl went to the microphone and said, that she was very nervous (and she really was, she couldn’t say a word actually) - Misha then got off stage and hugged her *squeee* She tried to ask her question but couldn’t stop laughing nervously XD Misha said:
“I’m starting to think this is going to be a one-question-panel…”
Finally she was able to as her question:
“Did you see any kangaroos in Australia?”
… duh XD Misha totally cracked up and then told her
“No, I haven’t. It must be a conspiracy of the Australian government!”
When she still wouldn’t get back to her place, he asked if she had another question and she asked:
“Did you see any other animals?”
Misha - again - cracked up and couldn’t stop laughing XDD Gosh, this was so sweet, I don’t even... ARGH!! XD He then answered with a serious face:
“Dogs. I have seen dogs.“
He called her a Zoologist and even after she went back to her place, he laughed about her XD
• Misha asked a girl who was being dressed up as Castiel on stage and checked her tie - she did it right (lol, you read that Pada?! XD)
• Someone asked, why the goodbye of Dean and Cas was so cold and strange and Misha said, he doesn’t know. Maybe Cas is just being rational.
“Your brother's gone to hell half an hour before… so? Buck up, pussy!”
He feels bad that everyone thinks, Cas is an unemotional dick again and pretended to cry, which of course lead to a sympathetic “Aaaaaw” from the audience. He looked up again and grinned and said, that this is actually nice… having that sort of power over people. He then continued to be mean, in order to make us “Aaaaaaw” again XD At some point I couldn’t resist and shouted: “Bastard!” and he grinned in my direction!
• He was being asked, if he could trade one trait of character of Castiel against one of his own, what would it be. He said, that he would take the incredible power of opening doors without touching the doorknob from 1 meter away XD The writers must have thought, it would make him more BAMF and powerful if he could do such awesome things like that XD And he would give Castiel a smiling muscle XDDDDD
• Another question was, if he could timetravel - where would he go and where would Castiel go? He said, that Castiel probably would go to the beginning of life, creation itself to meet God or something. And Misha would go back to the day before to avoid the horrible train trip XDDDD He then said, that it wasn’t that bad and that we got a very beautiful landscape and architecture and very clean trains.
• He also said, that we got weird squirrels o_O That they had a strange haircut…
“Looks like little hat…”
XDDDD~ Oh, Misha… sadly I don’t remember much more at the moment but If I do, I’ll add it later ^^
Misha about Jared and Jensen constantly trying to make him crack up (LOOK AT HIS TONGUE!!!)
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Between Mishas panel and his photo op I had some time, because I had a number close to 200 and wasn’t allowed to queue before it was announced. So I went to the breakfast room to get something to eat.
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Misha Op
Finally I could get in line for the Misha op and the tension started to boil up again… even now, just remembering it, I’m still a complete mess XD But as ‘always’ the exitement vanished when I got into the photo studio and when I got forward to say “Hi” to Misha, I was totally calm. The conversation went on like this…
Me: Okay, I got two photo ops - one hug and one crazy one, please!
Misha: Okay! *hugs me*
Me: Okay and now something crazy - whatever you wanna do!
Misha: ….... *thinks hard* … o_ô … :D … *lifts me up before I can even say something*
Me: OMGWTF O____O!!! XD
Misha: *puts me down to the ground again* Sorry *to the others behind me* , that was the only one! ;)
I was freaking out at this moment and just managed to turn around shortly to thank him and he gave me the sweetest smile and said
“You’re welcome”
… *DIEZ* XDDD
You can see it on the photo, my head was very low and I was kinda afraid, I’d be too heavy for him and he would let me fall down any moment XD But I didn’t care at that moment because he then would’ve fallen right onto me and I would’ve been SO okay with that XD
Getting out of the room was kinda hard, because I was afraid I would stumble and embarrass myself every second but I somehow managed, anyway XD The exit lead me right to the vendors room so I stopped there (or was it earlier? I can’t remember…) and bought a beautiful framed black/white picture of all the guests for my autographs.
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Chad, Sam & Traci Panel
Next was the panel of Chad Lindberg (Ash), Samantha Ferris (Ellen Harvelle) and Traci Dinwiddie (Pamela Barnes). Here are some of my notes on that panel:
• They were being asked, how heaven would look like for Ellen/Sam, Ash/Chad and Pamela/Traci?
___ Sam said, that Ellen's heaven would be a bar, probably on a beach and all her friends and her husband and daughter would be there, too
___ Sam, Chad and Traci all said that their and their characters heaven would be a place, where they would meet all their beloved ones again
• As I wanted to ask that same question I had already sat down again but then I thought „What the hell?“ and made up a question. I got to the microphone and told Traci that I loved her shirt (she wore the same at the Roman Holiday at JIB), that I loved Chads fingernails (dark, shiny green nail polish XD) and that I loved Sams hair - yes, I’m sorry, I know I’m a suck-up - but it was all just the truth XD I then asked Chad:
“What’s up with the wrestling costume? Does Ash consider himself a superhero?”
He laughed at that and then said, that
Yeah, he totally believes that!”
and that the writers needed to give Ash a proper entry and that this fitted so perfectly!
• Someone asked if they would hunt supernatural beings, if they existed, or if they’d run away and be scared.
___ Sam said, that she and Ellen are very much alike and that she’d probably hunt them. Of course she would not be as tough and brave as Ellen was and wouldn’t carry a shotgun but she would manage.
___ Chad said, that he believes in the supernatural and that he would choose the life of a hunter, just as Sam would.
___ Traci too said, that she believes in supernatural beings, especially ghosts. But she wouldn’t want to hunt them, she’d like to play with them. Sometimes when she’s playing her drums, she thinks she can see a sparkling energy and she believes that there are ghosts who watch everyone.
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Misha Coffee Lounge Part I
We were running a bit late on schedule, so Shay and me hurried outside to the room where Misha’s Coffee Lounge should take place… and waited… and waited… and fucking waited. When after 20 minutes no one showed up (no staff, no other participants, NO MISHA) we looked for a staff member - and got told, that Misha decided to get outside to do this in the park. Very nice idea, Misha, really - but no one told us poor saps :( We hurried to the place and the woman from the staff said, we could join but the CL would take only 15 more minutes and we could also join the CL in the afternoon. So we got back, sat down in a distance and enjoyed the sun and stalking Misha XD Course we were a little pissed but it was okay - enough more chances to get the Meet & Greet…
Misha and his orgy-crew | Jim and the group returning to the hotel
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Jim Panel
Next was Jim's single panel and here’s also some notes I took (not too much, sorry :( )
• He entered the stage with a jeans jacket on and asked
„Ist es heiß hier?“ (Is it hot in here?)
Some girl from the audience shouted: „It's you!“ and Jim was all like „Aaaaw, shut up XD“
• Once again he wore a shirt he made especially for this convention which said (in veeery poor but veeeeeeery cute German grammar): “Bobby Singer will Ihnen zeigen seine Panikzimmer. In privaten.“ (Bobby Singer wants to show you his panic room. In private.)
Jim, we love you!!!
• Someone asked, why Bobby didn’t think of asking Crowley for his legs on his own. He’s not that stupid, is he? Jim said, that he doesn’t know, that he and the writers never really talk to each other because they work in LA and the actors work in Vancouver. So he has no idea but his guess would be:
„Because obviously Bobby's an idjit!“
In my opinion it’s not that stupid… I mean, it’s the end of the world and Crowley is a demon after all. Bobby wants to know the location of Death and at that moment he just didn’t think of himself but only of the world - Bobby’s a hero!
• He was being asked, what the funniest moment/scene from any set was, he ever worked on and he answered, that it’s not easy to think of a single scene. But regarding the not-so-funny scenes he could tell us a lot XD
• Someone asked, why Bobby never gets a girl and he was all like
“I begged Eric (Kripke) for years to let me kiss somebody…”
and rolled his eyes, referring to his kissing scene with Mark Sheppard alias Crowley XD
• Finally he was being asked, if he’s the same kind of father figure to J² as Bobby is for the Winchester. He said, that he doesn’t think so. They are colleagues and friends… which caused another “Aaaaw” from the audience XD
After that we had a lunch break, in which I didn’t eat lunch but changed my clothes, brushed my teeth and did other stuff... dunno, can’t really remember (my brain sucks)… ah, I remember now! I met SammySchlumpf from the Road House and she gave me the belated birthday present of wingfrog and ellethdartagnan - a friggin awesome cushion!! I don’t want to describe it, just LOOK at it <3 <3 <3
Who wouldn't sleep well with two beauties like that?
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Mark Panel
Soon the single panel of Mark Pellegrino (Lucifer) started and I must say - that guy… I didn’t like his Lucifer until 5x19, where he was finally getting scary and BAMF… but Mark himself scares the living crap out of me!! Don’t get me wrong, he’s charming, he’s nice, he’s even sexy… but fucking creepy!!
• He wore a black suit which made him even scarier and more handsome in my opinion. In the beginning he got off stage immediately to hug a guy who wore a shirt saying “Hug me” XDDD
• He was then being asked how it’s like to play two characters with such a different personality as Jacob from LOST and Lucifer. One wants to save the world, the other wants to destroy it. Mark tells us about his Coffee Lounge where some girls tried to persuade him that Lucifer is actually a good guy. He likes playing Lucifer more, though because he’s more interesting. And after all… he has a right to be pissed! His Daddy made his brother throw him into the pit - helloooo? XD
• Someone asked if he could tell, that the story of LOST would be satisfyingly finished with the season finale and he asked, if she wants to know how it ends? Half of the room screamed “NO” and the other half shouted “YES” - Mark grinned and said “No was louder ;) ”
• There were many babies at the stage hall at this time and suddenly one of them started crying. Mark first was all like: “Aaaaw, poor baby… it’s okay…” and then, with the same, calm voice “I’m gonna eat you for dinner” and suddenly he shouted “SHUT UP!” XDDDDDDD Uaaaagh!!
• He asked, if we all had seen Season 5 and when most of us said “Yes” he shouted “You’re all arrested!!”
• Later the baby started crying again and Mark just smiled and said:
“He wants to know how LOST ends… I won’t tell you!”
He did that several times during his panel, everytime a baby started crying, he was like
"NO! I won’t tell you!!” XDDDDD~
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Misha Coffee Lounge Part II
So Shay and me left Marks panel a few minutes earlier to be on time and this time we were. We got into the room and a girl there stood up and said: “I know you! I’ve seen your photo ops from Rome, I love them!!” and I was like “… O_O… cool!? XD” I got something to drink and we all waited for Mr Collins.
When Misha got in, he said, that he’s been there for a long time, he just wanted us to get to know each other better XD I asked if we could go outside, like they did in the morning and he said: “No” but put his sunglasses on at the same moment… so he stood up and we got outside after all XD It was so sunny and warm and beautiful, so we walked a bit and sat down in the grass (Orgy time anyone?! XD)
On the way I told him that I got two presents for him and if he would want them now or later. So we waited until we all sat down (we were like 17 people) and of course first there was a short awkward silence. Then Misha turned his head to me (I was sitting about 3 ‘seats’ away from him, so we had good eye contact) and looked at me expectantly.
I then said, that mayyy~be he remembers this from Rome and got the 1 kg pack of gummybears out - and he cracked up XDDDD So obviously he DOES remember XD I asked if he could catch or if I should bring them to him and he spread his arms and I threw them to him XD We talked a little bit more (which I sadly don’t remember… duh -_-) and then there was silence again. And once again Misha looked at me and I was like… “Ah, right… the second one XD!” and pulled out the German dictionary I bought for him, which is called “Dirty German”. It starts with nice things like German terms of affection and ends with really mean or perverted phrases XD
First thing he picked (which I had highlighted for him) was: “Guten Morgen, Mäuschen” (“Good Morning, Mouse”) ... although he pronounced it more like
“Gudn Morgn Moushen”
It went on quite some while after that and he really seemed to like the book. One of my favourites:
“Ick ben brite wee ein Biebrschwans.”
(“Ich bin breit wie ein Bieberschwanz” = „I’m drunk as a skunk“)
OMG, it was SO funny!! Exactly how I imagined it <3
MISHA I LOVE YOU!! Hope you have fun with this!!!
Someone asked the inevitable “How do you like Germany so far?” question and Misha answered that it’s such a beautiful town and that the weather is wonderful, it’s like he imagines paradise to be… of course something that we loved to hear <3
He then told us a very detailed story about his first trip to Europe (in 2002, if I remember correctly?!). At that time he was under the impression that Europe is not that large. So after he went from India to Nepal he flew to Europe and decided to hitchhike from Paris to St Petersburg… yeah… I KNOW XDDDDDDDD~ After two people picked him up and he got about 4 Miles (of the remaining 1300 Miles) closer to St Petersburg he was feeling sick and terrible. He checked into a youth hostel (back in Paris, so the whole hitchhiking was for nothing) and didn’t get out of bed for 3 days!!
Misha: “The sheets were wet and sticky with sweat and... other things...“
Everyone: “Uuuugh!!”
Me: „Do we really wanna know?“
Misha: „Probably not... XD“
By that time he finally got his hands on a map of Europe and learned that it was slightly larger than he thought XD So he came to the conclusion, that it would be cheaper to fly back to the states to go to the hospital and then fly straight to St Petersburg, than to take a coachride from Paris.
So he got back home and to the hospital, where a very cheery and positive thinking doctor told him, that he probably had AIDS… so poor Misha thought he was HIV positive for 2 weeks (!!!) until the test results came back and were - surprise surprise - negative! Her next guess btw was Leukemia… in the end it was ‘just’ some kind of bacteria infection and food poisoning. He had to stay in bed for 3 months after that (at least that’s what he told us…) - aaaw :(
Me: So, that was part of your plan reaching world domination? Getting as many diseases from India to Europe as possible?
Misha: Yup, exactly!
I then asked him about his plans for the minions, which he talked about in Rome and he suddenly was very serious and seemed so dedicated and enthusiastic about it. He said that they had some problems finding someone who would fund them but they finally found someone who could just a few weeks ago. Now they’re working on a business plan but the first projects (donating projects etc.) would be published in a few months. It was really cool hearing about that, as I already said - he seems so committed about this idea and I really hope, everything will work out! We can do it, Misha! Your minions are as excited as you are!!
He then said that he will stay in Europe for about a month and will visit Cologne and then Paris afterwards.
In the end we took a group shot and headed back to the Hotel. I was right behind him and I thought “What the hell?” and took some pictures of him. We walked through the vendors room, where the outline of a human body was pasted to the carpet with tape. A girl was inside the outline and as we walked by, Misha stopped and ‘stood’ on her arm for the picture her dad or someone was taking of her XDDDDDDD
As I said... only from behind but better than nothing, right ;)
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Autograph Session
After all that exitement we went outside and enjoyed the weather a little bit more, until it would be our turn to go to the autograph session (we had numbers 222 and 223 and the line for numbers 0 - 50 took forever)…
The Road House Crew | Wummen and Me
I finally got to talk to the Road House girls (wummen, Samy, Dolina and many more) and I was considering buying another Coffee Lounge with Misha for the next day. Everybody was like “Nooooo, don’t do it” but then wummen said, she would buy one, too and so I decided to do it XD Unfortunately the reg desk was closed until the autographs would be finished so we had to wait.
Doug and Misha fighting for Banana... those guys...
Finally we got in line and inside the room. Got my Samantha Autograph first and didn’t really know what to say to her, so I just stayed silent… duh :( Next was Misha and I managed to take some pictures of him. Samy from the RH forum gave him a small ‘present basket’ with a cowboy hat in the colours of the German flag and Misha - that dork - was wearing it XD He looked so adorkable <3 So when it was my turn, I gave the camera to Shay, wo made a picture but Misha noticed and grinned at her and said something like “I saw that!” and I said “No, I made her do it, it’s my camera XD” and he looked at me reprovingly. I told him that I was a little torn and couldn’t decide what to sign - the framed canvas or our photo op - and that he should decide. So he looked at the photo and grinned and signed it <3 He said something like “I look like an idiot” and I agreed with him on that XD
Misha and his crazy hat | Sweet Kati <3
Next I got in line for Chad, who seemed to recognize me from the evening before. Dunno what we talked about but he was very sweet. Next to him was Mark, so I got to him, before my courage would leave me...
Mark: “Hey, how are you doing?”
Me: “I dunno… I’m a bit scared…”
Mark: “Why? o_Ô”
Me: “Dunno… you kinda creep me out…”
And then he just stared at me… and continued staring… and I pulled up my canvas and hid behind it and told him to stop! XDDDD
Chad and Mark <3
Next was Jim, whom I told that I love his shirt, although the grammar is a little off but I said it makes it even more awesome! Right next to Jims queue Traci was sitting there but no one was in front of her so I got over and got my autograph from her. As I waited for Shay I just couldn’t stop staring and taking pictures of Misha and Traci and finally decided to go to Traci, who still was sitting there having nothing to do, and talking to her. I told her, that it amazes me, how she’s even more beautiful every time I see her again and she smiled at me and thanked me and said something like “You see it, you got it” and explained to me, that it means, if you see the beauty of another person, you yourself are beautiful… aaaaaaaaw~ <3
I love that last shot... god, I'm so lucky <3
And she said that she loves my freckles, it’s like the sun had kissed me a hundred times… how can I still hate my freckles after beautiful, wonderful Traci said something like that about them!? Additionally I told her that my friend wingfrog had made the beautiful graphic of Traci in her Yoga pose a week or so ago and she immediately remembered and was smiling so happily. She told me that she loves it so much and that I should thank my friend once again for it, it brings tears to her eyes every time she sees it… <3
Me, reveria and Kati
Since the autographs were running very late they postponed the concert of Jason Manns from 7.30 pm to 9 pm and it began at 9.30 pm in the end.
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Group Op
So when the autographs were finally done, the actors could get downstairs to the photo op room where the group shots would be taken. When it was my turn, I stood in the middle of Misha and Chad and told them what I wanted to do.
Me: "Okay, everybody - do the Glee sign!"
Misha: "... What's a Glee sign?"
Ich: "MISHA!! You talked about the show this morning! YOU should know XD"
So we agreed on the "Loser" sign and of course Misha had to do something special... love that pic so much!!!
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Jason Manns Concert
So we got in line for the concert and I saw Kati, another staff member, to whom I had talked a little at the photo op pick-up. I really liked her and we exchanged names and made pictures. We then heard that the guests would also join the concert but I only saw Chad and his girlfriend. Finally we got inside and sat down on the carpet in front of the stage. It was a good idea actually, had the flair of a festival or something… I felt so hippie but it was great <3
Jason almost played every song from his “Live at Hotel Café” CD and some of “Soul” - it was just perfect. Sadly Christina was so emotional, that she suddenly started crying and couldn’t stop. Jason had seemed very depressed before and that worry she felt mixed with the sad song he was playing - I didn’t know what to do :( Jason finished the concert after about 40 minutes with “Crazy Love/The Weight”. It was just a wonderful concert, thank you so much for that, Jason!
Afterwards we went to the restaurant to finally have some food (haven’t had eaten all day) and guess who was standing right next to me at the dinner buffet? Heard some english voices, turned around and there were Misha and Jim, Misha smiling at me… Le sigh… <3 Had some salad and water and then we went to the bar once again.
Ring of salt around a peanut (we found this on our table XD)
Sadly the music was more conservative and for an older audience, so that it was a little boring for us. So we soon left and went upstairs to the cocktail area, where Jason and Mark were sitting and talking. I was a little pissed at this point because I had carried two drinks of other people upstairs and they weren’t showing up so I had to sit there all the time, watching the fucking drinks of them… it sucked, srsly, next time I won’t care, it’s not my business. So after I finally could go, I went to Lena and Christina, who were flirting with the bartenders (obviously Christina was fine again… teenagers and their erratic mood swings XD)…
I was so fucked up and tired at this moment, that I knew I wouldn’t last any longer. Jason and Jim were in that area, too and talked to some of the fans but I didn’t want to join them, I felt it was intrusive and somehow strange… I dunno, it was so much more relaxed at the Rome Convention… we just sat there and talked and noone was mobbing the guests or anything (okay, except some of the Russian fans but that’s another story) - anyway… Lena told me more details about her planned website, which I think is a friggin awesome idea - but then I said “Good night” and went upstairs. Turned of my laptop to write some notes down, so I was still awake when Lena and Christina came back - the latter one was totally drunk, as always XD
So I finished my notes and promised Christina to wake her up at 6.30 am (yeah, sure XD) and huddled against my wonderful cushion and had very sweet dreams…
Okay, guys - that's it for today! Gonna write the Sunday report tomorrow or so... dunno, when I'll do it...
But prepare for more awesomeness and some more pics :)
Let me say some things before I begin: of course this convention wasn’t as awesome and wonderful as my time in Rome was. I had such a blast, met all my loved ones and of course J² were there, too. But the German con was not as chaotic as I feared it would be and the staff was actually very nice and helpful - and of course there was Misha… *sigh*…
Anyway - I hope you enjoy my report and my pictures! Have fun!!
Just to be sure - if you like to take some of the pictures, that's okay -
but if you use them elswhere, PLEASE CREDIT ME!!!
Friday
I left Cologne at about 4.30 pm to get the train to Bad Neuenahr. Surprisingly everything went well and there was no delays or complications. I heard that the cast had some problems though, because Rogue had apparently booked their flight to Frankfurt (which is the most stupid thing, as you need to take several trains through half of Germany to get from Frankfurt to Cologne… -_-) and so they missed one train and had to wait hours at the station. Shay texted me during the seminar that she just met Misha at the toilet (!!!!!!) and that the whole cast was standing right in front of her and got on the same fucking train!! AAARGH XD Oh, the envy…
Anyway… got there at about 7 pm and Shay picked me up from the train station. Back at the hotel we met reveria and Elwood in the foyer. Before getting upstairs to my room, I went to the registration desk and got my Emerald Pass and 2 Misha Photo Ops. Wayne accidentally gave me two passes and no wristbands, though -_- Of course I returned the redundant pass to him and got my wristband… While we were standing in front of the registration desk, I spotted two very cute, very beautiful twins and their mum… and something clicked! I searched their eyes, pointed at them - and they were running towards me XDDDD It was such a surreal but wonderful moment!! It was lilhellsangel and blackbetrayal!! Gosh, you two - I srsly wanted to get you into my suitcase and take you home at this moment!! I love you two, you were amazing!!!
Afterwards me and Shay took the lift to the first floor and met up with Julia, Christina and Lena who already waited for me! Gosh, it was so amazing seeing you guys again, love you so much!
We went outside and enjoyed the bright and sunny day and the incredibly beautiful landscape.
In the evening we gathered in front of the main hall, because the Disco should take place there. Sadly there were only some tables and a huge dancefloor, where of course nobody dared to dance. There wasn’t really good dancing music, anyway… so we soon left, in order to find some other place to party - and we did find it! There was a Bar called “B’Ahr” in the basement, where a live band played and sang songs from the 80s and current chart hits. Additionally Chad Lindberg and his girlfriend, Jim Beaver and Jason Manns were down there, too and had a beer (or two… or more XD) so we had even more reason to stay. Soon we conquered the dance floor and we danced so much! Damn, I must’ve looked like a maniac… but it was so much fun!!
The woman from the band soon decided, that we are their best supporters and when we asked, if we could wish for a song, she gave us a list and we picked some good ones. A friend of mine wanted “Viva Colonia”, so I asked the woman for that song - and she wanted to know my name… after I told her, she grinned wickedly and I began to get a veeeeery bad feeling about this…
Soon the music was turned off and she started to announce the song and that she needed a little help from her friends - and asked me to come to her!! Waaaah XDDD Damn… so she started to sing the song and I HAD to start a polonaise… OMFG XDDD The bar was so small and in the back, Jim, Jason and Chad were standing in the middle of the aisle and everytime we wanted to get past, I had to explain WHAT exactly we were doing XD But eventually Chad even joined us in the polonaise XDDD
God, it was so embarassing but SO much fun!!!
We danced until late late late at night (like 2.30 am or so) and from time to time Chad and his girlfriend and Jim joined us on the dancefloor. Chad even danced with me for some time O_O!!!!!! And then Jim danced with Chads girlfriend and they were so effing HOT!! Jim, YOU ROCK!! When they finally left, the band was playing “It’s raining men” and Chad was standing on the stairs which led upstairs and stripped off his leather jacket and put a hand on his belt teasingly!! OMG WE DIED AT THIS MOMENT XDDD He was SO drunk!!! This just was the perfect ending for a perfect first evening!!
Eventually we were totally wasted and tired and I needed to get up early, in order to get a Coffee Lounge Ticket for Misha in the morning, so we said “good night” and got up and in our beds.
Saturday
Saturday was pretty stressful... because I had only 50 € left, I needed to go to the bank before getting to the registration desk. So I dressed, did my hair (which was a pain in the assbutt all weekend -_-) and went downstairs to the front-desk to ask for the directions. It was already a beautiful day, just a liiiittle chilly but sunny and I did see another part of Bad Neuenahr, which really is a wonderful city. Even saw a heron at the river... it’s just amazingly beautiful there! On my way I met Shay (YAY XD) and we went back together. There was no time for breakfast, because I got to the reg desk immediately and bought a Misha Coffee Lounge for Saturday morning. While standing in line though, I found a concert ticket for Jason Manns o_O Huh, well... guess I’m a lucky girl XD Saved me 10 € ^^
Opening Ceremony
Afterwards we got to the main hall, where the opening ceremony should take place. Of course everything started a little bit late but it was okay. I was a little disappointed though, because Doug (the host) only had everyone coming to the stage, take a bow and get of the stage again... compared to Rome this was very disappointing and boring... and I think, the guests were a little confused, too but maybe it’s my imagination...
Click to view• When he first got on stage, everyone held up the Ellen DeGeneres pictures we printed out as a prank for Misha! He totally cracked up about that and even took a picture of the crowd and a close up pic of one of the posters XD
• Aferwards he was looking at the audience and smiling, saying “Hi”. I put my hands up and waved - and he waved in my direction XDDDD
• First question was from Stephanie:
"What did it feel like to explode?"
Crowd went crazy 'bout that and Misha said something like:
“Anyone in here who hasn’t seen Season 5? LEAVE! No, seriously - you’re royally fucked up!”
XDDD~ He then answered that it was very hard for him, because rearranging his body in time for filming schedule was very difficult for him, as he couldn’t find his eye XDDDDDDDDDDDDD~ THAT MAN!!! SRSLY!!!
That girl screaming "You don't have a choice!" in the beginning? Yup, that's me XD
• Someone asked which musical he would choose if he HAD to be in one. He said that he doesn't like musicals that much but if he had to, he would like to be on Glee (YAY!!!)
• The official booklet of the convention said something about Misha going to Russia to perfecting his russian accent and a girl asked him about that. And he was all like WTF??? Someone gave him the booklet and he read it on stage and totally cracked up several times! Later someone asked him to say something Castiel said with a Russian accent. And he said: "I gripped your shoulder and raised you from perdition" with a terrible accent XD
• A girl went to the microphone and said, that she was very nervous (and she really was, she couldn’t say a word actually) - Misha then got off stage and hugged her *squeee* She tried to ask her question but couldn’t stop laughing nervously XD Misha said:
“I’m starting to think this is going to be a one-question-panel…”
Finally she was able to as her question:
“Did you see any kangaroos in Australia?”
… duh XD Misha totally cracked up and then told her
“No, I haven’t. It must be a conspiracy of the Australian government!”
When she still wouldn’t get back to her place, he asked if she had another question and she asked:
“Did you see any other animals?”
Misha - again - cracked up and couldn’t stop laughing XDD Gosh, this was so sweet, I don’t even... ARGH!! XD He then answered with a serious face:
“Dogs. I have seen dogs.“
He called her a Zoologist and even after she went back to her place, he laughed about her XD
• Misha asked a girl who was being dressed up as Castiel on stage and checked her tie - she did it right (lol, you read that Pada?! XD)
• Someone asked, why the goodbye of Dean and Cas was so cold and strange and Misha said, he doesn’t know. Maybe Cas is just being rational.
“Your brother's gone to hell half an hour before… so? Buck up, pussy!”
He feels bad that everyone thinks, Cas is an unemotional dick again and pretended to cry, which of course lead to a sympathetic “Aaaaaw” from the audience. He looked up again and grinned and said, that this is actually nice… having that sort of power over people. He then continued to be mean, in order to make us “Aaaaaaw” again XD At some point I couldn’t resist and shouted: “Bastard!” and he grinned in my direction!
• He was being asked, if he could trade one trait of character of Castiel against one of his own, what would it be. He said, that he would take the incredible power of opening doors without touching the doorknob from 1 meter away XD The writers must have thought, it would make him more BAMF and powerful if he could do such awesome things like that XD And he would give Castiel a smiling muscle XDDDDD
• Another question was, if he could timetravel - where would he go and where would Castiel go? He said, that Castiel probably would go to the beginning of life, creation itself to meet God or something. And Misha would go back to the day before to avoid the horrible train trip XDDDD He then said, that it wasn’t that bad and that we got a very beautiful landscape and architecture and very clean trains.
• He also said, that we got weird squirrels o_O That they had a strange haircut…
“Looks like little hat…”
XDDDD~ Oh, Misha… sadly I don’t remember much more at the moment but If I do, I’ll add it later ^^
Misha about Jared and Jensen constantly trying to make him crack up (LOOK AT HIS TONGUE!!!)
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Between Mishas panel and his photo op I had some time, because I had a number close to 200 and wasn’t allowed to queue before it was announced. So I went to the breakfast room to get something to eat.
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Misha Op
Finally I could get in line for the Misha op and the tension started to boil up again… even now, just remembering it, I’m still a complete mess XD But as ‘always’ the exitement vanished when I got into the photo studio and when I got forward to say “Hi” to Misha, I was totally calm. The conversation went on like this…
Me: Okay, I got two photo ops - one hug and one crazy one, please!
Misha: Okay! *hugs me*
Me: Okay and now something crazy - whatever you wanna do!
Misha: ….... *thinks hard* … o_ô … :D … *lifts me up before I can even say something*
Me: OMGWTF O____O!!! XD
Misha: *puts me down to the ground again* Sorry *to the others behind me* , that was the only one! ;)
I was freaking out at this moment and just managed to turn around shortly to thank him and he gave me the sweetest smile and said
“You’re welcome”
… *DIEZ* XDDD
You can see it on the photo, my head was very low and I was kinda afraid, I’d be too heavy for him and he would let me fall down any moment XD But I didn’t care at that moment because he then would’ve fallen right onto me and I would’ve been SO okay with that XD
Getting out of the room was kinda hard, because I was afraid I would stumble and embarrass myself every second but I somehow managed, anyway XD The exit lead me right to the vendors room so I stopped there (or was it earlier? I can’t remember…) and bought a beautiful framed black/white picture of all the guests for my autographs.
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Chad, Sam & Traci Panel
Next was the panel of Chad Lindberg (Ash), Samantha Ferris (Ellen Harvelle) and Traci Dinwiddie (Pamela Barnes). Here are some of my notes on that panel:
• They were being asked, how heaven would look like for Ellen/Sam, Ash/Chad and Pamela/Traci?
___ Sam said, that Ellen's heaven would be a bar, probably on a beach and all her friends and her husband and daughter would be there, too
___ Sam, Chad and Traci all said that their and their characters heaven would be a place, where they would meet all their beloved ones again
• As I wanted to ask that same question I had already sat down again but then I thought „What the hell?“ and made up a question. I got to the microphone and told Traci that I loved her shirt (she wore the same at the Roman Holiday at JIB), that I loved Chads fingernails (dark, shiny green nail polish XD) and that I loved Sams hair - yes, I’m sorry, I know I’m a suck-up - but it was all just the truth XD I then asked Chad:
“What’s up with the wrestling costume? Does Ash consider himself a superhero?”
He laughed at that and then said, that
Yeah, he totally believes that!”
and that the writers needed to give Ash a proper entry and that this fitted so perfectly!
• Someone asked if they would hunt supernatural beings, if they existed, or if they’d run away and be scared.
___ Sam said, that she and Ellen are very much alike and that she’d probably hunt them. Of course she would not be as tough and brave as Ellen was and wouldn’t carry a shotgun but she would manage.
___ Chad said, that he believes in the supernatural and that he would choose the life of a hunter, just as Sam would.
___ Traci too said, that she believes in supernatural beings, especially ghosts. But she wouldn’t want to hunt them, she’d like to play with them. Sometimes when she’s playing her drums, she thinks she can see a sparkling energy and she believes that there are ghosts who watch everyone.
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Misha Coffee Lounge Part I
We were running a bit late on schedule, so Shay and me hurried outside to the room where Misha’s Coffee Lounge should take place… and waited… and waited… and fucking waited. When after 20 minutes no one showed up (no staff, no other participants, NO MISHA) we looked for a staff member - and got told, that Misha decided to get outside to do this in the park. Very nice idea, Misha, really - but no one told us poor saps :( We hurried to the place and the woman from the staff said, we could join but the CL would take only 15 more minutes and we could also join the CL in the afternoon. So we got back, sat down in a distance and enjoyed the sun and stalking Misha XD Course we were a little pissed but it was okay - enough more chances to get the Meet & Greet…
Misha and his orgy-crew | Jim and the group returning to the hotel
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Jim Panel
Next was Jim's single panel and here’s also some notes I took (not too much, sorry :( )
• He entered the stage with a jeans jacket on and asked
„Ist es heiß hier?“ (Is it hot in here?)
Some girl from the audience shouted: „It's you!“ and Jim was all like „Aaaaw, shut up XD“
• Once again he wore a shirt he made especially for this convention which said (in veeery poor but veeeeeeery cute German grammar): “Bobby Singer will Ihnen zeigen seine Panikzimmer. In privaten.“ (Bobby Singer wants to show you his panic room. In private.)
Jim, we love you!!!
• Someone asked, why Bobby didn’t think of asking Crowley for his legs on his own. He’s not that stupid, is he? Jim said, that he doesn’t know, that he and the writers never really talk to each other because they work in LA and the actors work in Vancouver. So he has no idea but his guess would be:
„Because obviously Bobby's an idjit!“
In my opinion it’s not that stupid… I mean, it’s the end of the world and Crowley is a demon after all. Bobby wants to know the location of Death and at that moment he just didn’t think of himself but only of the world - Bobby’s a hero!
• He was being asked, what the funniest moment/scene from any set was, he ever worked on and he answered, that it’s not easy to think of a single scene. But regarding the not-so-funny scenes he could tell us a lot XD
• Someone asked, why Bobby never gets a girl and he was all like
“I begged Eric (Kripke) for years to let me kiss somebody…”
and rolled his eyes, referring to his kissing scene with Mark Sheppard alias Crowley XD
• Finally he was being asked, if he’s the same kind of father figure to J² as Bobby is for the Winchester. He said, that he doesn’t think so. They are colleagues and friends… which caused another “Aaaaw” from the audience XD
After that we had a lunch break, in which I didn’t eat lunch but changed my clothes, brushed my teeth and did other stuff... dunno, can’t really remember (my brain sucks)… ah, I remember now! I met SammySchlumpf from the Road House and she gave me the belated birthday present of wingfrog and ellethdartagnan - a friggin awesome cushion!! I don’t want to describe it, just LOOK at it <3 <3 <3
Who wouldn't sleep well with two beauties like that?
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Mark Panel
Soon the single panel of Mark Pellegrino (Lucifer) started and I must say - that guy… I didn’t like his Lucifer until 5x19, where he was finally getting scary and BAMF… but Mark himself scares the living crap out of me!! Don’t get me wrong, he’s charming, he’s nice, he’s even sexy… but fucking creepy!!
• He wore a black suit which made him even scarier and more handsome in my opinion. In the beginning he got off stage immediately to hug a guy who wore a shirt saying “Hug me” XDDD
• He was then being asked how it’s like to play two characters with such a different personality as Jacob from LOST and Lucifer. One wants to save the world, the other wants to destroy it. Mark tells us about his Coffee Lounge where some girls tried to persuade him that Lucifer is actually a good guy. He likes playing Lucifer more, though because he’s more interesting. And after all… he has a right to be pissed! His Daddy made his brother throw him into the pit - helloooo? XD
• Someone asked if he could tell, that the story of LOST would be satisfyingly finished with the season finale and he asked, if she wants to know how it ends? Half of the room screamed “NO” and the other half shouted “YES” - Mark grinned and said “No was louder ;) ”
• There were many babies at the stage hall at this time and suddenly one of them started crying. Mark first was all like: “Aaaaw, poor baby… it’s okay…” and then, with the same, calm voice “I’m gonna eat you for dinner” and suddenly he shouted “SHUT UP!” XDDDDDDD Uaaaagh!!
• He asked, if we all had seen Season 5 and when most of us said “Yes” he shouted “You’re all arrested!!”
• Later the baby started crying again and Mark just smiled and said:
“He wants to know how LOST ends… I won’t tell you!”
He did that several times during his panel, everytime a baby started crying, he was like
"NO! I won’t tell you!!” XDDDDD~
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Misha Coffee Lounge Part II
So Shay and me left Marks panel a few minutes earlier to be on time and this time we were. We got into the room and a girl there stood up and said: “I know you! I’ve seen your photo ops from Rome, I love them!!” and I was like “… O_O… cool!? XD” I got something to drink and we all waited for Mr Collins.
When Misha got in, he said, that he’s been there for a long time, he just wanted us to get to know each other better XD I asked if we could go outside, like they did in the morning and he said: “No” but put his sunglasses on at the same moment… so he stood up and we got outside after all XD It was so sunny and warm and beautiful, so we walked a bit and sat down in the grass (Orgy time anyone?! XD)
On the way I told him that I got two presents for him and if he would want them now or later. So we waited until we all sat down (we were like 17 people) and of course first there was a short awkward silence. Then Misha turned his head to me (I was sitting about 3 ‘seats’ away from him, so we had good eye contact) and looked at me expectantly.
I then said, that mayyy~be he remembers this from Rome and got the 1 kg pack of gummybears out - and he cracked up XDDDD So obviously he DOES remember XD I asked if he could catch or if I should bring them to him and he spread his arms and I threw them to him XD We talked a little bit more (which I sadly don’t remember… duh -_-) and then there was silence again. And once again Misha looked at me and I was like… “Ah, right… the second one XD!” and pulled out the German dictionary I bought for him, which is called “Dirty German”. It starts with nice things like German terms of affection and ends with really mean or perverted phrases XD
First thing he picked (which I had highlighted for him) was: “Guten Morgen, Mäuschen” (“Good Morning, Mouse”) ... although he pronounced it more like
“Gudn Morgn Moushen”
It went on quite some while after that and he really seemed to like the book. One of my favourites:
“Ick ben brite wee ein Biebrschwans.”
(“Ich bin breit wie ein Bieberschwanz” = „I’m drunk as a skunk“)
OMG, it was SO funny!! Exactly how I imagined it <3
MISHA I LOVE YOU!! Hope you have fun with this!!!
Someone asked the inevitable “How do you like Germany so far?” question and Misha answered that it’s such a beautiful town and that the weather is wonderful, it’s like he imagines paradise to be… of course something that we loved to hear <3
He then told us a very detailed story about his first trip to Europe (in 2002, if I remember correctly?!). At that time he was under the impression that Europe is not that large. So after he went from India to Nepal he flew to Europe and decided to hitchhike from Paris to St Petersburg… yeah… I KNOW XDDDDDDDD~ After two people picked him up and he got about 4 Miles (of the remaining 1300 Miles) closer to St Petersburg he was feeling sick and terrible. He checked into a youth hostel (back in Paris, so the whole hitchhiking was for nothing) and didn’t get out of bed for 3 days!!
Misha: “The sheets were wet and sticky with sweat and... other things...“
Everyone: “Uuuugh!!”
Me: „Do we really wanna know?“
Misha: „Probably not... XD“
By that time he finally got his hands on a map of Europe and learned that it was slightly larger than he thought XD So he came to the conclusion, that it would be cheaper to fly back to the states to go to the hospital and then fly straight to St Petersburg, than to take a coachride from Paris.
So he got back home and to the hospital, where a very cheery and positive thinking doctor told him, that he probably had AIDS… so poor Misha thought he was HIV positive for 2 weeks (!!!) until the test results came back and were - surprise surprise - negative! Her next guess btw was Leukemia… in the end it was ‘just’ some kind of bacteria infection and food poisoning. He had to stay in bed for 3 months after that (at least that’s what he told us…) - aaaw :(
Me: So, that was part of your plan reaching world domination? Getting as many diseases from India to Europe as possible?
Misha: Yup, exactly!
I then asked him about his plans for the minions, which he talked about in Rome and he suddenly was very serious and seemed so dedicated and enthusiastic about it. He said that they had some problems finding someone who would fund them but they finally found someone who could just a few weeks ago. Now they’re working on a business plan but the first projects (donating projects etc.) would be published in a few months. It was really cool hearing about that, as I already said - he seems so committed about this idea and I really hope, everything will work out! We can do it, Misha! Your minions are as excited as you are!!
He then said that he will stay in Europe for about a month and will visit Cologne and then Paris afterwards.
In the end we took a group shot and headed back to the Hotel. I was right behind him and I thought “What the hell?” and took some pictures of him. We walked through the vendors room, where the outline of a human body was pasted to the carpet with tape. A girl was inside the outline and as we walked by, Misha stopped and ‘stood’ on her arm for the picture her dad or someone was taking of her XDDDDDDD
As I said... only from behind but better than nothing, right ;)
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Autograph Session
After all that exitement we went outside and enjoyed the weather a little bit more, until it would be our turn to go to the autograph session (we had numbers 222 and 223 and the line for numbers 0 - 50 took forever)…
The Road House Crew | Wummen and Me
I finally got to talk to the Road House girls (wummen, Samy, Dolina and many more) and I was considering buying another Coffee Lounge with Misha for the next day. Everybody was like “Nooooo, don’t do it” but then wummen said, she would buy one, too and so I decided to do it XD Unfortunately the reg desk was closed until the autographs would be finished so we had to wait.
Doug and Misha fighting for Banana... those guys...
Finally we got in line and inside the room. Got my Samantha Autograph first and didn’t really know what to say to her, so I just stayed silent… duh :( Next was Misha and I managed to take some pictures of him. Samy from the RH forum gave him a small ‘present basket’ with a cowboy hat in the colours of the German flag and Misha - that dork - was wearing it XD He looked so adorkable <3 So when it was my turn, I gave the camera to Shay, wo made a picture but Misha noticed and grinned at her and said something like “I saw that!” and I said “No, I made her do it, it’s my camera XD” and he looked at me reprovingly. I told him that I was a little torn and couldn’t decide what to sign - the framed canvas or our photo op - and that he should decide. So he looked at the photo and grinned and signed it <3 He said something like “I look like an idiot” and I agreed with him on that XD
Misha and his crazy hat | Sweet Kati <3
Next I got in line for Chad, who seemed to recognize me from the evening before. Dunno what we talked about but he was very sweet. Next to him was Mark, so I got to him, before my courage would leave me...
Mark: “Hey, how are you doing?”
Me: “I dunno… I’m a bit scared…”
Mark: “Why? o_Ô”
Me: “Dunno… you kinda creep me out…”
And then he just stared at me… and continued staring… and I pulled up my canvas and hid behind it and told him to stop! XDDDD
Chad and Mark <3
Next was Jim, whom I told that I love his shirt, although the grammar is a little off but I said it makes it even more awesome! Right next to Jims queue Traci was sitting there but no one was in front of her so I got over and got my autograph from her. As I waited for Shay I just couldn’t stop staring and taking pictures of Misha and Traci and finally decided to go to Traci, who still was sitting there having nothing to do, and talking to her. I told her, that it amazes me, how she’s even more beautiful every time I see her again and she smiled at me and thanked me and said something like “You see it, you got it” and explained to me, that it means, if you see the beauty of another person, you yourself are beautiful… aaaaaaaaw~ <3
I love that last shot... god, I'm so lucky <3
And she said that she loves my freckles, it’s like the sun had kissed me a hundred times… how can I still hate my freckles after beautiful, wonderful Traci said something like that about them!? Additionally I told her that my friend wingfrog had made the beautiful graphic of Traci in her Yoga pose a week or so ago and she immediately remembered and was smiling so happily. She told me that she loves it so much and that I should thank my friend once again for it, it brings tears to her eyes every time she sees it… <3
Me, reveria and Kati
Since the autographs were running very late they postponed the concert of Jason Manns from 7.30 pm to 9 pm and it began at 9.30 pm in the end.
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Group Op
So when the autographs were finally done, the actors could get downstairs to the photo op room where the group shots would be taken. When it was my turn, I stood in the middle of Misha and Chad and told them what I wanted to do.
Me: "Okay, everybody - do the Glee sign!"
Misha: "... What's a Glee sign?"
Ich: "MISHA!! You talked about the show this morning! YOU should know XD"
So we agreed on the "Loser" sign and of course Misha had to do something special... love that pic so much!!!
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Jason Manns Concert
So we got in line for the concert and I saw Kati, another staff member, to whom I had talked a little at the photo op pick-up. I really liked her and we exchanged names and made pictures. We then heard that the guests would also join the concert but I only saw Chad and his girlfriend. Finally we got inside and sat down on the carpet in front of the stage. It was a good idea actually, had the flair of a festival or something… I felt so hippie but it was great <3
Jason almost played every song from his “Live at Hotel Café” CD and some of “Soul” - it was just perfect. Sadly Christina was so emotional, that she suddenly started crying and couldn’t stop. Jason had seemed very depressed before and that worry she felt mixed with the sad song he was playing - I didn’t know what to do :( Jason finished the concert after about 40 minutes with “Crazy Love/The Weight”. It was just a wonderful concert, thank you so much for that, Jason!
Afterwards we went to the restaurant to finally have some food (haven’t had eaten all day) and guess who was standing right next to me at the dinner buffet? Heard some english voices, turned around and there were Misha and Jim, Misha smiling at me… Le sigh… <3 Had some salad and water and then we went to the bar once again.
Ring of salt around a peanut (we found this on our table XD)
Sadly the music was more conservative and for an older audience, so that it was a little boring for us. So we soon left and went upstairs to the cocktail area, where Jason and Mark were sitting and talking. I was a little pissed at this point because I had carried two drinks of other people upstairs and they weren’t showing up so I had to sit there all the time, watching the fucking drinks of them… it sucked, srsly, next time I won’t care, it’s not my business. So after I finally could go, I went to Lena and Christina, who were flirting with the bartenders (obviously Christina was fine again… teenagers and their erratic mood swings XD)…
I was so fucked up and tired at this moment, that I knew I wouldn’t last any longer. Jason and Jim were in that area, too and talked to some of the fans but I didn’t want to join them, I felt it was intrusive and somehow strange… I dunno, it was so much more relaxed at the Rome Convention… we just sat there and talked and noone was mobbing the guests or anything (okay, except some of the Russian fans but that’s another story) - anyway… Lena told me more details about her planned website, which I think is a friggin awesome idea - but then I said “Good night” and went upstairs. Turned of my laptop to write some notes down, so I was still awake when Lena and Christina came back - the latter one was totally drunk, as always XD
So I finished my notes and promised Christina to wake her up at 6.30 am (yeah, sure XD) and huddled against my wonderful cushion and had very sweet dreams…
Okay, guys - that's it for today! Gonna write the Sunday report tomorrow or so... dunno, when I'll do it...
But prepare for more awesomeness and some more pics :)