hope: Elijah Wood (yeah. i sure am.)
puddingsmith ([personal profile] hope) wrote2005-01-14 02:54 pm

hey hey hey!

it's liek, 3am and i'm still all awake and buzzed.


1. dom's panel was grate. dom seemed very tired, though, and Creation were pretty damn crappy about the way they ran the photo op and autograph sessions with him. remember the kerfuffle about 15 seconds? it was more like 5. and the staff were liek, really rude and stuff and people were upset and dom was upset and it wasn't much better at the autographs, from what i heard.

2. party that evening - billy and dom introduced world without sundays. they were cool! they're a good live band. they did do an awesome cover of 'where there's a whip, there's a way'.

3. saturday. best freaking day of my life. first thing up was a photo op with elijah. MUCH better run today - obviously all the complaining we did the previous day worked, because the staff were polite and elijah was lovely and it was all a lot calmer. did i mention elijah was lovely? and all wee and warm and eeeeomg. i was just floating after that one. esp as i was liek 'dood, i'm totally giving you a hug', so i did, then later found out that [livejournal.com profile] lilithlotr took a snapshot of it, OMFG!

4. then there was billy's panel. billy was absolutely adorable. lovely.

5. then elijah and sean's panel - better than i had thought it would be, sean was pretty laid back, they bounced off eachother well. lots of great great moments.

5b. one of the questions asked of elijah in q&a (and the bobw peeps will remember this well) was 'what was your most embarassing moment?' and instead of fobbing it off like it has been in my past convention experiences, he decided to tell us about how he was in the hospital from when his appendix burst and had to get a suppository. in considerable detail. but that was just the set up - his most embarassing moment was shitting himself in his hospital bed.

most shameless. man. ever. oh my freaking god. (i got an mpeg video of that story, by the way, so i'll be able to share it with the world as soon as i can upload it. i also got videos of sean and elijah singing happy bday, billy singing happy bday, s & e ballroom dancing, telling anecdotes, etc)

6. after the panel sessions a bunch of us wandered off for lunch and stuff and eventually undone and bunnie and i ended up in our hotel room. we freshened up then decided to head back to the con centre for the autograph sessions. so we're in the elevator chatting away, we get to the lobby floor, the elevator doors open, AND THERE'S ELIJAH FREAKIN WOOD, STANDING RIGHT THERE, waiting for an elevator himself. at that point we blessed the slow elevators, as we (Well, bunnie and undone, i just kinda watched and drooled a little) had a conversation with him, and i took a photo of them with him. he is so fucking sweet. and so fucking incredible, the presence and the physical appearance and the personality and and and guh. yeah.

7. then we headed back the auditorium. autographs started at around 5, and i got mine at about 8.15. they didn't finish until after 9pm; billy elijah and sean all in a row. it took so long because they were making a point of being more relaxed and talking to the fans. i told billy thanks for coming, he showed off the masterpiece he had been drawing on the tablecloth (...). i totally geeked out at elijah and told him i loved the faculty and i couldn't wait for sin city and please please PLEASE work with robert rodriguez more. no really, PLEASE. i just said hi and thanks to sean, he was all friendly and laid back. while i was there christine and alexandra came out to visit sean, that was nice, and alex gave elijah and billy big hugs goodbye. NAWW.

8. by this point i was liek "OMFG BEST DAY EVER!" and came back to the room to change into my suit then back to the auditorium for some drinkin' and eatin'. we did a bit of that, watched the fan awards from a distance, then came back and had a room party with a bunch of slashors. was totally GRATE.


omfg i'm still buzzed. tomorrow morning i have to be at [livejournal.com profile] ladys_mantle's room at liek, 8.25 so we can go over to the brunch, which should be cool! eep. i really need to go to bed now.

HEART YOU ALL!! miss those of you at home, really wish you were here to enjoy this with me. <3 <3 xoxoxox


eta: there's a net nanny on these computers at the hotel, so i can't read my flist or even reply to my comments because yall are all nasty bastards! will catch up when i'm at [livejournal.com profile] linaelyn's place. ee!
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[identity profile] vissy.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
ahhhhh! need the scat vid now!!!!

erm, posssibly I'm a little too excited by that.

[identity profile] beizy.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
omg can't sleep. We've run out of blankets, isn't that sad?
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[identity profile] anatsuno.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
DvSDLGKAD;FLHGJKDFGKJHLJKFGKHL!!!

I am sooooo happy that the three of you ahd the elevator encounter, omg. And i CANNAE wait for the more detailed reports and the pics and the vids and omg omg omg omg the LOFF.

what did Lij say when you told him he should totally work w/ Rodriguez more? *drools a little*

[identity profile] rodneyscat.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
omfg

*exclamationmarks*

[identity profile] irradiatedsoup.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I've said it once and I shall say it again EEEEEEEEEE!!!OMGSOCOOL

[identity profile] sophrosyne31.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
hells' bells, woman.

i cannot even. imagine. wow.

you so brave!! bejeezus HAVE FUN!

[identity profile] daizalicious.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
doooooD! coolestr thing EVER!! its like a fantasy come true! locked i an elevator with your dreamboat!!! i shoulda packed myself in with your luggage! *shakes fists at work gods!* i'm THRILLED for you. can't waitt o see pics!

[identity profile] fangirlsays.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
AND THERE'S ELIJAH FREAKIN WOOD, STANDING RIGHT THERE, waiting for an elevator himself. at that point we blessed the slow elevators, as we (Well, bunnie and undone, i just kinda watched and drooled a little) had a conversation with him, and i took a photo of them with him. he is so fucking sweet. and so fucking incredible, the presence and the physical appearance and the personality and and and guh. yeah.

Aww, yay! This makes me smile; I'm so happy for the three of you. :)

[identity profile] futureperfect.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
eeee!!! SO COOL!!!

also your room without you = v.strange. *squish* thank you for letting me stay there though :( <3<3

[identity profile] lorie945.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Bless your buzz, thank you for sharing! Now I feel better, knowing you and bunnie and undone had a Close Encounter that wasn't timed/regulated/patrolled.

Seriously, being able to read about it makes me so happy. Thanks for taking the time when you should have been sleeping to share the joy.

[identity profile] oneangrykate.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Go you! Sounds like a super time (I don't even have an adjective strong enough, but super will do).

[identity profile] iolanthe-rosa.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the great report. Can't wait to hear more details as you remember them. I'm so glad you're having such a wonderful time.

[identity profile] myska-x.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea who your are but I got here over a hundred links and I just wanted to say thanks for sharing this with us cause awwwwww *lol* it sounds amazing

[identity profile] lilithlotr.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Hope, I finally paid for the hispeed in my room, if you need it

[personal profile] ex_mrs260625 2005-01-16 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Evil hotel elevators are wonderful things in disguise: I got a moment with my favorite actor at a con because the elevators were acting up. :0)

[personal profile] ex_mrs260625 2005-01-16 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Also: eee!!!

I'm looking forward to seeing your mpegs!

[identity profile] matildabj.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Got here via [livejournal.com profile] anatsuno, thank you so much for sharing this, can't wait to see photos and *video omg* and more details!

[identity profile] sharpest_rose.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yaaaaaaay!!! I'm so happy you're having a good time. I'm living vicariously through your joy, yep yep. Eeeeeeee!

[identity profile] daizalicious.livejournal.com 2005-01-16 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
we wants pictures, precioussssss!!!

[identity profile] hygher.livejournal.com 2005-01-17 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the play by play!

[identity profile] rodneyscat.livejournal.com 2005-01-17 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't so bad really, because, I don't know about the others of course, but personally I didn't expect many reports and pics to show up so early anyway, and we kept ourselves busy with starting up back-up journals and yahoo groups for lj-addicts ;)

Ok, I added a ;) but actually, we really did *cough*

And now lj is baaaaaaaaack and the reports are coming in and clips and pics are being posted!!! *rolls around in them*

[identity profile] rodneyscat.livejournal.com 2005-01-17 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! Hahaahah!! You changed your lj name didn't you? That's some ORC reference I've seen mentioned somewhere (I think in [livejournal.com profile] lunarising's lj, yeah, I'm pretty sure it was)

[identity profile] mother2012.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
You are so lucky. And I'm glad for you. Lucky about the autographs, too. This was one place that the special priviledge they gave me for the crutches worked against me, because I was in and out of the area so fast, so I got very little Lij-oggling time there.