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First of all, Chicago traffic is THE WORST traffic I have ever been in, and this includes LA traffic. It took me nearly 3 hours to get 30 miles. Of course it was 5 pm on a Friday afternoon but still. Ridiculous. And then when I left (at 5 am on a Monday!) it was still pretty bad for as early as it was. Sigh. This is why I could never be a big city girl.

So, ChiCon was cool. As usual. I arrived late Friday afternoon, so I didn't see anyone speak on Friday at all. Met up with build_the_moon for the first time, which was fun, though we didn't actually spend too much time together, too busy doing ALL THE THINGS, but it's always cool to meet online folks in real life. Spent most of my time Kelly and Kate, though, which is what I planned. I think it was probably my last Chicon, though. Nothing will top last year, and Nashcon is cheaper and closer to me. So yeah. Last hurrah.

As you have seen here and there via awesomely stealthy people (like seriously, I roomed with volunteers, I know how strict they are about recording video. People are NINJAS) there was plenty of totally PG fun. LOLOLOL. I think the only panel that was legit PG was Jared and Jensen's. But yeah. Sebastian and Mark are the bestest. As long as you're not an 11 year old child.

I had a wonderful seat in the second row of Silver, on the aisle, even. I see now why people pay so much money for reserved seats. I unfortunately do not have a good camera, but eh, I prefer to watch than take pics anyway. I did get a few when everyone wondered up and down the aisle, though.

( this post is huuuuuge )

Since As I'm looking around on the SuperWiki, there aren't very many videos linked, and I know agt_spooky didn't record her usual awesome vids because her seat was a couple rows behind mine (I kept looking over wondering if she was recording and hoping she was!), I will try and give a brief panel summary of what I remember of J2 since, let's face it, they will always be the main event.

( jay squared dude )

( photo ops and autographs )

So that's that. I did have lots of fun, as one does at a convention, but like I said, I think nothing will ever top surprise!Jensen and J2M panel from last year, so I'm probably done with ChiCon. This was my fifth convention and at some point I've got to say 'okay enough,' you know? So yeah. Two conventions a year is far too much, Nashcon is much closer and much cheaper, and at some point I'd like to make it to Vancouver. Though the idea of flying there terrifies me, let alone the idea of being able to afford it.

Alas, until Nashcon.

First of all, Chicago traffic is THE WORST traffic I have ever been in, and this includes LA traffic. It took me nearly 3 hours to get 30 miles. Of course it was 5 pm on a Friday afternoon but still. Ridiculous. And then when I left (at 5 am on a Monday!) it was still pretty bad for as early as it was. Sigh. This is why I could never be a big city girl.

So, ChiCon was cool. As usual. I arrived late Friday afternoon, so I didn't see anyone speak on Friday at all. Met up with build_the_moon for the first time, which was fun, though we didn't actually spend too much time together, too busy doing ALL THE THINGS, but it's always cool to meet online folks in real life. Spent most of my time Kelly and Kate, though, which is what I planned. I think it was probably my last Chicon, though. Nothing will top last year, and Nashcon is cheaper and closer to me. So yeah. Last hurrah.

As you have seen here and there via awesomely stealthy people (like seriously, I roomed with volunteers, I know how strict they are about recording video. People are NINJAS) there was plenty of totally PG fun. LOLOLOL. I think the only panel that was legit PG was Jared and Jensen's. But yeah. Sebastian and Mark are the bestest. As long as you're not an 11 year old child.

I had a wonderful seat in the second row of Silver, on the aisle, even. I see now why people pay so much money for reserved seats. I unfortunately do not have a good camera, but eh, I prefer to watch than take pics anyway. I did get a few when everyone wondered up and down the aisle, though.

( this post is huuuuuge )

Since As I'm looking around on the SuperWiki, there aren't very many videos linked, and I know agt_spooky didn't record her usual awesome vids because her seat was a couple rows behind mine (I kept looking over wondering if she was recording and hoping she was!), I will try and give a brief panel summary of what I remember of J2 since, let's face it, they will always be the main event.

( jay squared dude )

( photo ops and autographs )

So that's that. I did have lots of fun, as one does at a convention, but like I said, I think nothing will ever top surprise!Jensen and J2M panel from last year, so I'm probably done with ChiCon. This was my fifth convention and at some point I've got to say 'okay enough,' you know? So yeah. Two conventions a year is far too much, Nashcon is much closer and much cheaper, and at some point I'd like to make it to Vancouver. Though the idea of flying there terrifies me, let alone the idea of being able to afford it.

Alas, until Nashcon.

SO HIII. Obviously I'm home and shit, if you couldn't tell by the influx of comments on some of your journals. I did make it through 5 days worth of LJ entries, someone give me a fucking medal. I didn't comment a lot, but I did comment.

I couldn't deal with the hotel's slow wireless combined with my slow old fogie of a laptop so I just barely got by. HOMG it is SO HARD not to see twitter all the time. I'm sure I missed so many amazing tweets. But yeah.

BEST. WEEKEND. OF MY LIFE. Which is what I said last year at Chicon but this weekend...omg how do you top suprise!Jensen fucking Ackles. And so many fucking awesome people I met this weekend! It got to where I couldn't even keep track. I should've carried around a little notebook or something because I can't remember everyone's names/LJ names to look them up on The Google. (Also I have a ridiculous amount of inside jokes now. The sheer number rivals the size of Matt Cohen's penis.)

OKAY WELL YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED because for once Creation was not douchey and let people record glorious footage. Sweeeet glorious footage. I actually already watched a bunch of agt_spooky's vids again and discovered there were things I'd missed, especially during the J2M panel because I was laughing so goddamned hard.

I will make a post with my memories and favorites and highlights and whatnot...at a later date. This one is for pretty pictures. I didn't actually take but a handful of my own pics b/c I figured ppl w/far better quality camera than me would be sharing and caring after the con. I thought wolfpup2000 would be there, but apparently she had a family emergency and was not. So hopefully someone else took equally amazing photos like she usually does. Especially of their shoes and jewelry.

( Photo Ops & Autos under here! )

So there's that. Now I'm going to bed as I've had about 4 hours of sleep per night since Thursday morning and I honestly don't know how my body is still going. It's also really confused to be sober for the whole day, I think. I've had a headache since I got going. But that could just have been from all the screaming children. (Oh PS I substitute teached...taught at the elementary school today. First day on the job. Were we that crazy as 1st/2nd/3rd graders? I somehow think not.)

So anyway. GOODNIGHT. I MISS ALL OF YOU #CHICON FOLKS DEARLY, crimsonkitty88, dauntdraws, uglyduckling_me, crackedeggie, aplethora, unreckless, karabou, vehiclesshockme, toolazytowork, slayerkate, dugindeep, gembat, _mournthewicked, ibroketuesday, quantum_speck, woodstarling, cullencharm, crawleysnakes and my god I don't even remember everyone's usernames tbqh. But I miss you all. Hell I miss people I never even got introduced to, lol.

Firstly, let me just thank dawnintheforest for the bajillionth time for allowing me to stay with her and putting up with me. I'm so glad to have met you, luv.

I'm always torn whether to use real names or user names when making things like this, but I'll stick with the usernames, I suppose.

Apologizing ahead of time because I do not have a decent camera anymore as mine is rather aged, so a lot of my pics are through my phone, which, while not a bad quality camera phone, can only do so much. So I don't have many pictures and the ones I do are only so-so.

( Chicago Supernatural Convention, 2009 )

Firstly, let me just thank dawnintheforest for the bajillionth time for allowing me to stay with her and putting up with me. I'm so glad to have met you, luv.

I'm always torn whether to use real names or user names when making things like this, but I'll stick with the usernames, I suppose.

Apologizing ahead of time because I do not have a decent camera anymore as mine is rather aged, so a lot of my pics are through my phone, which, while not a bad quality camera phone, can only do so much. So I don't have many pictures and the ones I do are only so-so.

( Chicago Supernatural Convention, 2009 )

( One Promo Shot for Supernatural 5.05 )

/semi-related, I did finish reading Alice in Wonderland finally, but didn't start Through the Looking Glass. Alice is just too whiny and stupid for me, and I don't like the style of writing. (Sorry, bb).I did enjoy the Cheshire cat, though. And I'm still looking forward to the new movie.

What Kind of Serial Killer Would You Be? Your Result: Organized Visionary   You're a planner. You'd carefully plot each murder, and carry it out methodically. You'll kill them in one location and move them to another later, and you'll study up your forensic science. The good news is, you're much harder to catch. The reason for your killing is simple: you're delusional. You'll go absolutely bonkers and in your insane fantasies, you'll come up with a reason why someone must die. This is good, though. Visionary serial killers wind up in mental institutions, not on Death Row.
Organized and Mission-Oriented
Organized and Hedonistic
Organized and Goal-Oriented
Disorganized Visionary
Disorganized and Mission-Oriented
Disorganized and Hedonistic
Disorganized and Gain-Oriented
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This post is total spam. Yay!

Ooh, just to make it worthwhile spam, my favorite picture of the day:

( edited to cut this because its decently large )

I like the lighting. Happy Supernatural Day, although it's not as cheerful as usual. I'm sure most of fandom is still mourning Kim Manners, and will be for awhile. :/

What Kind of Serial Killer Would You Be? Your Result: Organized Visionary   You're a planner. You'd carefully plot each murder, and carry it out methodically. You'll kill them in one location and move them to another later, and you'll study up your forensic science. The good news is, you're much harder to catch. The reason for your killing is simple: you're delusional. You'll go absolutely bonkers and in your insane fantasies, you'll come up with a reason why someone must die. This is good, though. Visionary serial killers wind up in mental institutions, not on Death Row.
Organized and Mission-Oriented
Organized and Hedonistic
Organized and Goal-Oriented
Disorganized Visionary
Disorganized and Mission-Oriented
Disorganized and Hedonistic
Disorganized and Gain-Oriented
What Kind of Serial Killer Would You Be? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

This post is total spam. Yay!

Ooh, just to make it worthwhile spam, my favorite picture of the day:

( edited to cut this because its decently large )

I like the lighting. Happy Supernatural Day, although it's not as cheerful as usual. I'm sure most of fandom is still mourning Kim Manners, and will be for awhile. :/

I don't even know where this originated anymore, its everywhere. I saw it at ohnotheydidnt

But yeah.

...I've been thinking about making a flist filter just for fandom-y stuff, so I can squee even more freely.I don't usually use filters, but it couldn't hurt...

Y/Y? For those of you who roll your eyes when you see posts like this?

I be doing useful things now. In theory.
*oogles Jared*

Jensen!icon approves too. XD

So, while I've been waiting for my crappy YouTube videos to upload, I've been poking around, watched the breakfast videos from the con that sin_attract posted. It almost looks like some of the stuff there was funnier than the panels. *shakes head* Jared and his ice packs. And Jensen just stands there shaking his head and lets Jared go off in 80 directions. Silly boys. I watched a bit of the actual panels too, and there was some really funny stuff I missed being so far back yonder in the room. lol. I'm not bitter or anything. :P But no, really, I was so glad to have gone, to have had the chance. I'm so thankful to Erin not only for taking me, but for pretty much letting me in on everything she was doing. We were like texting each other while she was getting her photo ops and autographs, so I wasn't completely out of the loop.

(this post is gonna take forever. And I still haven't showered or slept, lol)

I have little notes written like everywhere. I told myself I wasn't going to do anything but WATCH AND LISTEN during the panel, which is why there's few pictures and videos(that and I discovered my awesome camera wasn't so awesome 30-some rows back). I was sending text messages to people right and left during it though, and I even tried to voicepost them talking without being conspicuous, but I didn't press the right buttons. So after it was over I was writing little notes on this little notepad in my purse waiting on Erin to get her autographs, and then when we were talking driving back, I was saving drafts of text messages as I remembered stuff too. So, I kid you not, I have like notes here and there and everywhere in no particular order of what I could remember.

And I'm sure everyone's read stuff and seen some of the videos now, so mine's just another report, but I always try and read different perspectives (heck, I've read a bunch already, lol) so I'm adding mine to the mix as best as I can.

SO. Without futher ado, ( The wonders of Jared and Jensen live! )

And that's it and OH MY GOD IS THIS A LONG POST. LOL. I hope some people read this. If you don't because it's all stuff you've heard before, at least read the last couple paragraphs about Erin's experience, because that's definitely unique.

here's the link to part one, the journey to chicago and leading up to the boys appearance if you missed it or wanna read it now. Just in Case. LOL. Damnit, I took all the time posting these, I want someone to read them

And now I'm off to do SOMETHING useful. Theoretically. I'll probably just end up in Rachael and Nicole's room. Screw doing actual homework, lol. I'll just be lost in class tomorrow.