COMIC CON!!!!!!!
Stock pile of actors I met:
Michael Welch
Now see, I was expecting to meet all the rest of those people. I was not expecting to meet him. And my reaction broadcast that. I turned bright red and had trouble forming sentences. Basically, it was the reaction I had with everyone else, but this time I was in front of him and had to at least attempt to maintain some dignity instead of being in the safety of my home where I could hyperventilate and giggle and squeal with excitement. Yeah... I couldn't do that without being labeled a loony bin. We should all be proud that I managed to hold myself together and remember my name. But Michael is such a sweetheart and I'm kinda upset that I didn't get to spend more time talking to him because he actually managed to put me at ease. But my meeting him was very special because he was my first actor I met, my first autograph, and my first picture at my first Comic Con. It doesn't hurt that he's a very lovely individual to look at too. But here's how much I loved meeting him. I hate Twilight (for a multitude of reasons, but that's not the point). And because I met him, I want to go and watch them again. :)
Craig Parker
This guy is awesome. He was the elf Haldir in The Lord of the Rings (my favorite fantasy series/serial/whatever) and I always thought Haldir was much hotter than Legolas. So let's be honest, this was a huge treat for me. He was also in Legend of the Seeker as Darken Rahl (I enjoyed it but the series trespassed too far from the books for me) (I always loved Darken Rahl too even though he was completely crazy). And he has seriously one of the best accents. He's a Kiwi (New Zealander for those who don't know that term). And I did a brief bit of research on him when I was waiting in line to take a selfie with him and my aunt. His birthday is actually a week after mine. Isn't that just fabulous!!! We had a quick chat about that because let's be honest. I love people who have birthdays near mine. (He even identified me as a Scorpio like him, so that bumped him up a bunch o points). Again, I'd have liked to talk to him longer and just chat. But he's just so cool.
Paul McGann Colin Baker
When I found out I was going to meet them, I stopped breathing and started crying. Doctor Who has returned to me a love of life and a desire to live. IB had killed it. Doctor Who brought it back, just as it had been brought back from certain death. And I root for the underdogs in TV and movies (part of why I like villains, you know they're going to lose, so I root for them). The Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) is one of the more generally disliked Doctors of the incarnations. And I've seen an episode and while it was probably not the best episode to introduce me to Six (it was the Two Doctors with Patrick Troughton) because Six was absolutely bonkers and even madder than Eleven was. And at the time I thought Eleven was the cream of the crop for bonkerishness. Six trumped him. So I started researching Six and I found out that he really didn't stand a chance. Doctor Who was suffering and the writers were hard on him from the start (he nearly strangled a companion and I don't care which companion or Doctor is in question, that's a big no-no). Then he had a whole season devoted to his trial, and people on trial are naturally miscreants. Not only that, but he came after the adorable, young Fifth Doctor. So my heart just ached for Colin Baker because he seriously drew the short end of the stick. Besides, he's got one of the boomiest voices ever and he reminds me so much of my grandpa. It's fantastic.
Similar situation with Paul McGann. He's so underrated that it's not even funny. The man helped keep the fandom together during the dark times. He has done so much for the fandom but all he gets video wise is The Movie and a six minute minisode. Everyone does agree that the Eighth Doctor gets his time to shine. And here's where I prove that I like Paul McGann better than Colin Baker (sorry). When I told him I loved Night of the Doctor, he laughed and was like "It's amazing how much they can pack into like six minutes". Then my aunt commented that I'd probably seen it around five dozen times (not entirely true, but whatever, I was so stunned I didn't think to correct her). Paul got this sheepish grin and leaned in towards me. "I've got a confession to make." I leaned in. "I've only seen it once." I did that weird giggle thing of disbelief and said "Seriously?" He was like "Yeah, and it was only because my son forced me to. I watched on a phone between my fingers!" At which point he lifted his hands up to show me what he meant. He laughed. "It's so weird watching yourself acting. I can't do it because I'd go mad." Absolutely lovely gentleman. With a fantastic accent. Seriously, I wish he got more credit for all the work he does for Who.
Stan Lee
Does this man need an introduction or comment? He's the father of Marvel. And I'm so honored to have met him before he died.
Stephen Amell John Barrowman
Last, but certainly not least. And for the record, I'm listening to John sing right now. The man has a fantastic voice. I didn't actually meet Stephen Amell. Which is okay, because I don't watch anything with him in it although I think I might have to start watching Arrow.
John Barrowman though. He made me laugh and teased me and we had to take two pictures with them because SOMEONE(...cough...John...cough...) blinked. I'm not sure I could have been any closer to the man physically. But that's okay because I think he is totally cool. And it's really telling that he chats with EVERYONE who gets near him and he photobombed people on Friday when they were taking pictures with the TARDIS. He has so much energy and he just loves his fans. I don't think I've ever seen anyone quite like him and to have met him... This won't be the only time I meet him. I know it won't.
So those are the actors I met and a quick little story with them. I also saw Eliza Dushku, Eve Myles, Giancarlo Esposito, Hulk Hogan, and Simon Helberg (IMHO, he needs to shave). I got autographs from some actresses in LA Slasher, which doesn't come out until next year but we went to the midnight showing last night. Elizabeth and Abigail. They're so cool.
The point this is to say how much I want to be one of their number one day. LA Slasher made me flinch because of the nature of what I want to do but I figure that as long as I'm nice and I don't act super stuck up, I should be fine.
I want to be able to get to know all these brilliant people, to be able to just chat with them. I want to be the kind of person that other people look up to. I want to be able to give people an out when they need to take their minds off of the troubles of the world. I want to be able to help my family. But now that I've gotten this taste for talking to celebs, I don't think I'll ever get rid of it. I love learning about people. I really do. But most of the time I'm too shy to be the one to begin the conversation. But this really is the only thing that both the people pleaser and the peacock agree on. I want to do this. I don't want to delay it. But certain promises have been made to me as long as I make education a priority. The only problem with that is it's not specific. School education? Life education? So until I can get an answer to that question, I'll stay in school because I don't have anything better to do.
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