Before I start can I ask that no-one take or post my photo's without permission please.

So it's pretty apparent to anyone reading my journal that  i have an abundence of adoration for Jensen Ackles, but way before Jensen arrived on the scene i had and still do have a crush on Joshua Jackson aka Pacey from Dawson's Creek/Peter from Fringe and a shedload of other movies, and as much as Jensen is my favourite, Josh is my longest running crush spanning just under half of my life!

So going to Vancouver (knowing they now film Fringe there) for the convention there was a small part of me that was daydreaming about spontaneously running into them filming and i'd get to meet him. So when i did the location tour on the Thursday, we ironically went past them setting up to film at Riverview hospital, to which my reaction earned me a certain amount of attention from Russ who declared me his favourite fan since i clearly should've been on a Fringe location tour lol. (Anyone on that tour bus knows exactly what im talking about!)

So i figured that was the closest i was getting ever, until the day after the convention when we were due to fly home, we got a tip on where they were filming in Burnaby and after a millisecond to make the call we decided to check it out. They filmed a bit at the duckpond in Central Park but we missed them probably by mere minutes.


Luckily found a lovely crew member cleaning up, whom i sorta poured my heart out to about how much i wanted to meet Josh, so he told me where they'd gone to next, which was only a few blocks away, and since he drove and we walked he got there first and enlisted the help of another PA and a trainee assistant director, who was more than happy to make someone's life dream come true if she could.
The only drawback was we had a plane to catch and i was debating how much time we had to wait, but she assured me if we could wait there was no reason he wouldn't come out after he'd had lunch (cos apparently he's dead nice like that!) So knowing id never get the chance again i held out, at which point I looked behind me to find Josh pacing up and down the parking lot on his phone, about 3 cars away from me, completely oblivious to our conversation, but after seeing him there was no way i was leaving without at least saying hi, suddenly getting on the plane home didn't seem important.



So we waited, and when he eventually had to go prepare for the scene they were filming our girl on the inside nearly dashed my hopes at the last minute, but then said we could walk and talk on the way to set with him, so i prepared myself to meet the guy ive had an enormous crush on for 12 years.
We were stood waiting for him to come out and as he was walking towards us, I was the only one in his eyeline, so I got this dazzling smile that almost floored me, but I held eye contact and smiled right back and he came over and shook everyone's hand and introduced himself, to which i just replied with 'hi' but actually thinking yeah I know who you are ive been stalking you all morning lol 
So our girl tells him I could be missing my flight to do this and I think that kinda stunned him cos he just stared at me incredulously saying 'what a flight to england?' and then i got his arms around me before i knew what was happening and i just hugged him so hard, and what i remember is thinking hhmmm his neck is very warm lol
We all took photos with him, he clearly wasn't in any rush to get to set and stood and chatted with us for about 10 minutes.

So after taking photo's and chatting a bit, we told him about the convention and he was like I know Jensen, very cool guy, he suddenly turns to me and he's like 'I can't believe you might miss your flight just to be here, is there anything I can do to get you to the airport faster?' So I jokingly said 'you could call me a cab!' and like a millisecond later the phone was out and he was ordering a cab!
Listening to him speak on the phone with THAT voice was when i had a silent 'holy shit i cant believe im actually in front of him' moment.
He asked for one to the airport and i realised we had to go back downtown first, so from somewhere i suddenly had the courage to stroke his arm and tell him to say downtown instead, and then he was touching my arm asking my name for the cab driver. Yeah I did nearly die when he did that!
  



So he really had to do some work after that so we said our goodbyes and I got another hug and gave him a very heartfelt thankyou and told him how much I appreciated him meeting us. So we got to walk through set to get to the cab and watch them prepping for the scene, and then we were in the cab but so clearly not making in time for the flight, but I couldn't think of a better excuse to miss a flight for!

And since I had an extra 6 days in Vancouver to kill I enlisted the help of the original tip off informant to do some more stalking and we found out they were having the DVD launch party downtown that night so we staked out the club, with the sole mission of just telling Josh that I missed my flight. Didn't take long and he came out with some friends, but fell back and we took the opportunity to get his attention, at which point he turned and saw me and his first words were 'you missed your flight didn't you?' He was fairly astonished that I had to wait 6 days to fly out again and took blame for, and I quote, 'somewhat influencing my decision making'.

I have to say at this point he did something that pretty much floored me. He was texting on his phone whilst talking to us, but the whole time he was doing it and beyond, he had his hand on my shoulder AGAIN like in a way that he wanted me to know i still had his attention, and I was done after that and still have not recovered. We got more photos taken by his very willing friend that held back with him, who conveniently for us couldnt work out our camera's so we got some extra hugging time while he did :) and then we let him go and even though my friend wasn't a massive Josh fan before it, she does claim that as soon as he smiled at her she nearly forgot her own name.



I do have to say that he is quite possibly the nicest person I've ever met, celebrity or otherwise. He didn't have to take time out of his working day or his own time later on to stand and chat with us, and he certainly didn't need to call me a cab, but there was just something more about the way he was. How open and friendly he was when we were complete strangers, and how personable he is when he talks to you with the eye contact and the touching your arm, and considering how much i loved him before, my adoration has pretty much sky rocketed, and I gotta say when he hugs you, he really hugs you like he means it and considering how much it meant to me, that was pretty special.

So I thought since it's Christmas, and it's a time to be thankful, I thought I would share all the things I was grateful and thankful for this past year. As I've gotten older I've realised I've become a lot less materialistic, been going down the Karma route the last couple of years and I truly believe what you give out, you get back in return, it may not always be in the way you think you should get it but karma has a funny way of suprising you when you least expect it.

So in no particular order or importance, these are a few of the things I was thankful for/ was proud of doing in the last 12 months.

I celebrated my 4 year annivesary with my boyfriend Dale, and we're still going strong.


I was promoted at work to a senior level, and still continue to love what I do and where I work.

I saw Westlife again for like the millionth time, but they will always put a smile on my face, they were the 1st proper concert I ever went to and Shane was my crush well into my twenties.

I saw Boyzone on their reunion tour, the 1st time i'd ever seen them all together since loving them from about age 14.

I saw Matchbox 20 twice from the front row, and not only was I lucky enough to meet the band before the 2nd show (dedication and waiting all day gets results) I actually had the guts to ask Rob Thomas for a hug and got one (anyone who knows how much I like Rob Thomas knows that was no easy question lol!

I saw Bon Jovi for the 3rd time (my favourite band on the planet!) I was closer than I'd ever been before (about 10 people away from the front) and he sung Always. They never sing Always live anymore, and it's not only my favourite Bon Jovi song, it's one of my favourite songs of all time and the reason I started listening to them 15 years ago.

I went to my 2nd Supernatural convention and had a fab time, pictures are in a previous post if anyone hasn't seen them.
I went to my 3rd Supernatural convention, which was also my 1st American convention, in Chicago, so I got an awesome vacation out of it, including seeing one of my best frinds who I hadn't seen for two years, going up the Sears Tower (tallest building in North America/3rd tallest building in the world)

Had the pleasure of seeing Jason, Riley and hank again, and I finally got to meet Steve too.

Finally met Jared Padalecki!!!! Saw the boys from the front row and if I wasn't such a die hard Jensen girl, meeting Jared in the flesh is enough to make up the mind of anyone who can't decide between them!


Lastly but without a doubt the most important thing, I met Jensen Ackles again. I can't even put into words how it feels to be in the same room as him so I won't even try. The thing I am definately most proud of myself for doing was holding my ground in the autograph line and telling him how amazing I think he is, and his reaction will continue to make me smile every time I remember it :)
I want that moment to be my groundhog day, but at the same time if I'm not lucky enough to meet him again, then I'm happy that I told one of my favourite people on the entire planet just how I feel about him, and compared to last year when I couldn't even remember my own name around him that was pretty good for me to say the least.



He actually is the most beautiful boy on the planet and to me he is perfect and I will continue to try and meet him as many times as I possibly can because you can never have too much of a good thing!

Hope everyone reading this has very happy holidays, and takes the time to think back on your past year and be thankful for the things that made you happy :) xxx

 

Asylum 2 was awesome and I could write a really long post here but to cut a really long story short I'm just gonna recount my favourite moments.

Seeing all the friends we made last year who we really missed, and having the opportunity to make more new friends.


Travis Wester. Anytime this guy was on stage I was laughing, he was absolutely hilarious, I found a new crush in Travis and he probably realised after all my huggy photoshoots with him. Was in his saturday coffee lounge and suprised myself by how much I actually spoke to him, since I went in thinking I was not gonna even be able to speak in front of him. Think the coffee lounge was my favourite part of the weekend along with the extra autographs me and 

motleyangel

 got that had us in hysterics in the queue.



AJ Buckley. What a complete sweetheart this guy is! came straight off the set of CSI to spend one day with us and manage to do photo's and autographs with everyone in the one day when everyone else had two. Loved him on stage with Travis aswell, they were hysterical together   


Samantha Ferris and Chad Lindberg panel, Chad trying on wigs was hilarious, Samantha was fantastic. She came straight off a plane and into her panel, then straight into her photoshoot and autograph session without even batting an eyelid. She rocked! And I got them both to do blue steel!




Jason's performance on the saturday night, anyone who knows me will tell you that when Jason is onstage you will find me at the front and this time was no exception. I found it highly amusing that he thought we were too far away so he told us to get closer and we were all sat in front of him like primary school children. 
I had seen Jason the wednesday before in London and knowing I was gonna be following him round the week after, I asked if he would sing my favourite song of his 'Without You' at some point during that week, so you can imagine my fangirl squee when he sang it at Asylum. Saw me singing along and filming about two people back and grinned at me. I thanked him later on, when he then proceeded to make my crush even worse by telling me he'd sung it just for me. Think I am slightly in love with Jason!
 

Was awful having to say goodbye to everyone, but I still had Jason, Riley and Hank to look forward to for a week.
I was really looking forward to seeing Riley and Hank again since I'd not seen them since November. Monday's gig was in Solihull. It had a really intimate atmostphere, was a really nice night. Got Riley's new cd and I got my J+J cd signed and my Jason photo from Asylum signed. Was also Steve's last night and he sung my favourite song so I was happy I got to hear it live. Funniest moment: Riley falling off his stool yet still playing his guitar. Was a really nice way to end Asylum weekend and I didn't even care that I had to go back to work the next day.


Tuesday was spent at willing time to go faster and recounting my weekend to anyone who would listen, then straight to Manchester for the next gig. Tuesday was the day I converted my boyfriend Dale from Linkin Park to Jason and Riley. He thought they were pretty cool, liked Riley's music slightly more but thought Jason was a cool guy when he chatted to him later on. Couldn't go to Cambridge on the wednesday due to that annoying thing called work, when I told Jason this he was completely adorable and said he was sad I wouldn't be there (only making my crush worse!) so I got an extra long hug to make up for wednesday.
 

Friday was Bristol which meant we got to see Kate and Jas again. Being full tour ticket holders we also got to watch the soundcheck that night and get our picture taken on stage with guys which they all then signed.


This was my favourite gig because instaed of doing seperate sets, all the guys sung together, so we got some new stuff aswell as some old stuff. Kudos had to go out to Jason that night who was feeling a bit poorly but powered through it to entertain us. Funniest moment: Me and Kate trying to teach Jason some Bristol/Scottish and Yorkshire slang and him telling her she had a 'wonky accent',  highly amusing conversation. 


Saturday was London and probably the busiest gig. The coolest bit was the encore when all 3 guys got on stage and sang a few more songs for the hardcore fans that stuck around. Most adorable moment: Jason getting Lexie on stage to help him sing 'Drift Away' and she totally nailed it.


Sunday was London again but this time we were let into the bar a bit earlier and we had a barbecue and the guys were there before they went on stage to chat and hang out. Kate and jas were over from Bristol and it was a really nice way to end the tour. Was sad knowing it was the last night but not knowing when we'd see them again. They all sang 'Drift away' again for the finale and riley called his mum so she could hear us all singing along, that was a totally awesome moment. 

Had spent all week getting cuddles from Jason and not really getting any more pics so since it was the last night I made sure I got another one, and of course it had to be a huggy picture.



So that was it, the end of the tour, went back to work with post holiday blues, wishing I'd been on the plane to America with the guys. Can't wait for next year!

I thought it about time I posted my photo studio pics from Asylum 2.
First up was Chad, very smiley since it was first thing Saturday morning. I really like this picture.



Jim was so lovely

 

Katie, completely gorgeous as you can tell



Lauren, gorgeous aswell as being a total sweetheart



My AJ picture, what a cutie



My gorgeous huggy Travis picture, he was so awesome



Adorable autograph to go with above picture



Comedy/cool shot with AJ+Travis and 

motleyangel

 didn't want to go with the usual ghostfacers pose so we let them choose.



Cutest photo ever, became affectionately known as the double wedding picture due to us all being so damn cute together! I love this picture, my Travis hug was awesome! Kudos to Kate without whom that hug wouldn't have happened.



Adorable autograph #2



Me and Steve, not so keen on this one



Last but not least  me + Jason. My favourite photo due to my huge huge crush on him!

 

jason found this picture rather amusing because in his own words 'he looks massive next to me'. My response was you give better cuddles though!

Just wanted to say hello to everyone on live journal. I just joined and this is my first post so I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Angela and I live in leeds where I work as a hairdresser. As anyone looking at my profile pic can probably tell im a rather large fan of the divine Jensen Ackles and I love Supernatural. I have love for Jared Padalecki too but Jensen is the most beautiful boy on the planet with a smile that gets you at twenty paces. My pic is from the Asylum convention last may and im currently counting down to next years convention, only 6 and a half months to go. 
I also enjoy some other tv shows including Smallville, Heroes, Lost, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, America's next top model etc etc.
Also enjoy going to the movies, looking forward to watching Stardust tomorrow, and im really into my music right now, currently listening to Colbie Caillat, she's dead mellow and totally awesome. I like quite rocky stuff usually like Bon Jovi, Matchbox 20, Daughtry, Avril Lavigne, Three doors down and I also like more accoustic mellow stuff like Lifehouse, Jason Manns, Steve Carlson. 
So thats a little bit about me, hope I didnt ramble on for too long. Im happy to talk to anyone especially anyone with a mutual love of Jensen or Supernatural. Thanks for reading, bye for now x