AgtSpooky's Hangout

Hey guys!

Still having a fantastic time in Vancouver with charityflint. :-) Check under the cut for all that we've been doing the last two days, complete with pictures!



( Our adventure continues! )

Morning, everyone!

Just a quick post here to let everyone know that Chris (aka charityflint) and I arrived safe and sound yesterday afternoon in Vancouver. :-) 

And a funny thing happened as Chris was waiting for me in the Vancouver airport, outside the bathroom. I came out and she asked if I saw this young woman with long blonde hair, sunglasses, dressed all in black, with high heel boots go in. I hadn't and she said, "Man, it looked just like Paris Hilton."  I laughed and said that it was actually about the right time for her to be here to film her episode. And what do I see this morning when i get on line? That Paris sent a twitter that as of 3:30pm yesterday she was on set - about 3 hours after Chris thought she saw her! Now Chris is convinced it was her! LOL!

We had a very lovely dinner at Gotham last night, and our waiter's name happened to be Chris, too. So he and Chris hit it off right away. :-) He asked if we'd been to the restaurant before and when we told him no, we were from Chicago, he asked if we were here for a convention. I said yes, for a tv show called Supernatural. He's like, oh yeah! Jensen and Jared come here quite often. We smiled and said that's why we wanted to come eat here, to see why they liked the food. Chris asked him if he'd ever gotten to serve them, and he said yep, in fact he's sat down and had drinks with Jensen. (squee!) He said that Jensen likes meat and good wine. :-)  He also said that both he and Jared are the nicest guys, not pretentious at all, unlike some Hollywood folks they get in there. He really spoke fondly of the boys, which is always great to hear. :-)

So Chris and I are on our way to breakfast, then it's off to Capilano and Grouse Mountain today. Yay!

Before I go, I need to let you guys know from my flist that are coming up here that my PHONE DOES NOT WORK! I'm SO pissed. Fucking Virgin Moble is a piece of crap. So don't bother trying to call or text me. You can leave a message for me in my room at the Sheraton, room 2763.

Oh, also, the freaking hotel does not have wireless internet! You've got to connect up with the data cable they have in the room. That's total crap.

Ok, gotta run. I hope to post some pictures from our adventures today later tonight or tomorrow morning. :-)

I can't believe that just THREE WEEKS from today I'll be in Vancouver with my best buddy, charityflint, getting ready to meet these guys:




I remember buying the tickets to the Creation convention back in January and thinking it was going to be FOREVER until August got here. And now it has and the countdown has begun!!

I'm truly beside myself with anticipation of going back to Vancouver after so many years. I fell in love with the city more and more each time I visited. I swear one time I'm never coming back! :-)

Charity and I decided to make a vacation out of it, so we're going up there for a whole week. And we've got a ton of things planned. Including being on the lookout for certain boys who may be filming around town. *g*

Speaking of the boys, Charity and I are getting a J2 sandwich picture with both of us in it and we wanted to hold up some kind of banner, but I'm not exactly sure what it should say. Some of the ones we came up with were: "Proof everything's bigger in Texas" or "Happiest fangirls in the world" or "Fangirl Heaven". I'm not really sold on any of them, though. Do any of you have a suggestion for a funny banner we can hold up?

To say that I've gone into debt over this convention is an understatement. From the airfare to the hotel to the sightseeing to food to the rental car to the convention gold tickets and all of the photo ops, not to mention the set tour...I'll be paying this off for quite some time. But I just couldn't NOT go. Not when it was in Vancouver and not when it's a once in a lifetime thing. Thank god I have a very understanding husband. LOL!

So yeah, it's Vancouver or Bust, baby! :-)

My best buddy charityflint came over to my place last night to go out to dinner and watch Supernatural. We got back from dinner early, had an hour to kill before SPN, so we got on the computer to check airfare to Vancouver for the Creation con in August.

Now I'd checked a couple weeks ago, and a non-stop flight from Chicago was over EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS. I nearly fainted, I swear. So I was fully prepared for the price to have not changed very much.

Know what it was last night? Ready for this? TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS.

Poor Charity nearly fell off the chair, her eyes huge, going, "Is that roundtrip??" And I could barely speak myself! LOL!

Needless to say, we booked the trip ASAP, and we're going to be staying for a week up there, to do some sightseeing before the con. WHOO-HOO!!

But the night got even better. After we bought our tickets, I went on Creation's site to get the hotel info to book our rooms. And what do I see? MISHA COLLINS HAS BEEN ADDED!! I think I scared Charity with my scream. :-) I'll be getting a photo op with him when I get home tonight. Now if only Jim Beaver would be added, I'd be over the moon with happiness.

And damn, have you guys seen what the convention hotel looks like, the Sheraton? Freaking awesome!

Is it August yet? Is it August yet? *bg*

I am SO EXCITED about the tickets for the Supernatural Vancouver Creation con going on sale today I can hardly stand it. :-)

Have you ever visited a city and have it...speak to you? Vancouver is that city for me. I'm just drawn to it. I've been there several times and for years have wanted to go back, but the opportunity never presented itself. And now it has! Not only do I get to go to Vancouver, but I get to see the boys as well! Bonus!

I'm a suburban girl, having had no desire to ever live in a big city, but I'd live in Vancouver in a heartbeat. It's SO beautiful and the people there are friendly as well. Not to mention all the great restaurants and shops. Gastown = love.

This trip is going to cost a small fortune, with the con ticket, airfare, car rental, hotel and spending money, but that's the reason I have a savings account! :-)

I can't wait to visit places up there that we've seen on SPN, not to mention seeing things from The Sentinel, which is the reason I visited Vancouver for the first time, back in 1998. Time for a trip down memory lane! Which will be perfect, seeing as I'm traveling with my best buddy, charityflint, and we met each other all those years ago in Sentinel fandom. :-)

So lookout, Vancouver, here I come!