Asylum - Coventry - May 12 2007

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Right in the middle of my trip to England was the Asylum Convention in Coventry, put on by Rogue Events. Friday was excellent, finally getting to meet so many of the nuns in person was a huge thing for me. We had a great lunch and caught back up again in the early evening. I ended up spending the evening with Syrai, Forsaken, and Maria, and got quite cheerfully snockered on a bottle of very nice red wine. (1999 Brian McGuigan, specifically).

Saturday I woke up a bit late, and I was happy to make it to the convention in time for Jensen's talk. Goblie had kept my sister and I seats about 2/3 of the way from the front, and of course Jensen was close to a half-hour late. We didn't know why at the time, but in retrospect many of the things he said were even nicer.

The interviewer asked for the fans to stay back and not approach the stage several times before Jensen came in. When he did, the flashbulbs went crazy, blinding not just Jensen but also the interviewer. They finally limited flashbulb time, leading to a laugh when then interviewer started counting down again just as Jensen sat down.

This was the first convention star talk I've attended that included an interviewer - it was kind of strange for me to see it done that way. The last couple I went to were Brent Spiner (Star Trek's Data) and Gates McFadden (Star Trek's Dr. Crusher). They were both great, by the way - totally worth catching if you have the chance).

ANYhow, back to Jensen.

Damn, he's a great interview. Of course, it helped that he got so many repeat questions. :) But he does know how to answer each one as if it's all new and fresh each time. Even though it was my third or fourth time hearing the bee story, it was still great fun to hear it again.

The best part of the Jensen interview was likely where he responded after getting a thank you from one of the fans. Given what happened earlier, it was amazing. He said, "No... thank you. Thank all of you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have a job. I love you guys."

Now *that*, ladies, is pure class.

That was the end of the convention for me on Saturday. I headed back to my hotel, caught an extremely short nap (followed by the "hair emergency") and then it was the Nuns Dine Out (such fun) and back to the 15th century pub with Syrai and Forsaken. It was a great night with an awesome bunch of people.

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You left after the talk?? No wonder we never saw you again that day (until food time). I was like to Naj, "where's Infie?" Five minutes later, "where's Infie?" Two minutes later "Where's Infie?" and then you arrive and I'm like, I'll talk to her after he's done and then poof! You'd gone! Sorry I didn't get to hang out with you that much - unlike more organised people (pretty much everyone but me) my brain was on overload with Jensen love and I couldn't really formulate sentences to say to anyone else - you should ask Izzy. Glad you had fun though; next time, we're coming to you.