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I have made my triumphant return from Seattle! And Razor! And Jamie Bamber! And that girl who plays Kendra Shaw!
Let's not discuss the three hours I sat at the border waiting to get into the States. BECAUSE IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT.
So traffic and the border were nuts. That is not the point.
Here is me reaching the border after two and a half hours:
Also, the past two times I have driven to Seattle there have been heavy rainfall warnings and wind storms. Washington state, why you gotta be like that?
Got to Seattle,
checked into the hostel (which was very, very nice as far as hostel accommodations go - the bathroom is nice than mine here at home - but noisy, which I solved by using a hostel-er's best friend, ear plugs!) Despite leaving Vancouver at 8am I didn't make it to Seattle until nearly 4pm. I threw my stuff in my room and went to get a coffee.
I wandered in the direction of the theatre and managed to get lost (elly for the win! It was not at the theatre I thought it was going to be at. Or, it was not at the one theatre in Seattle I remember seeing last time.)
So I get there, and the line is long-ish, but not as crazy as I expected. Fandom! Step up! There were a few people in costume (both old skool and new! but no flight suits, d*c peeps!) but it was pretty low key. The strangest part was there was a line on the other side of the atrium for August Rush, which is basically the complete opposite of BSG. People kept asking if this was the August Rush line and we had to keep telling them, "Ah, no. Battlestar Galactica?" The looks on their faces were perhaps my favorite part of the evening (THAT IS A LIE.)
Anyways, I met A and A in line, both of whom shall remain anonymous and we had an excellent time. As much as fandom can be so crazy and fractured and just plain mean, in my experience when you meet fannish people in person they are uniformly nice and cheerful and just as squeeful as you are for the experience. Yes.
So, in we go to the theatre. Here is a picture of the poster they had:
I hate that picture of Jamie. I think it makes him look like a lizard. Don't ask.
So we lined up upstairs and wait. People weregoing in while we wait and the guy in front of me says he asked and the early entrants were the VIPs - Microsoft peeps, journalists, cable reps, the like. He said he tried to play the 'I'm a blogger!' angle to no avail. Hee.
We got to the theatre and we the plebs were directed to the front and the VIPs got to go to the stadium seating. I sat with A and we giggled a lot. Then they started up the music - we had to sit and listen to the poundy drums and the 'They have a plan!' music for half an hour, which was very anxious-making. I'm apparently conditioned to get tense when I hear the cylon theme. Oy.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Anyways, so the Microsoft guys blah blahed and then Razor started. And I was a little disappointed. I mean, no way are they going to start the movie without introducing Jamie and Ron or whoever was supposed to be there, right? Right.
It was a fun screening - lots of audience participation and cheering whenever they mentioned season four. I need to fully flesh out my thoughts on this, but there was lots (LOTS) of Kara support, more so than for any other character. Lots of laughs and cheers when she showed up in the kitchen with the bottle. (Also? biggest laugh? "Well, she and Kara don't exactly get along." "I'd like to sell tickets to that dance.")
So it ended and we all clapped and then they showed the Razor DVD commercial and the same season four trailer (someone else will have to confirm this for me since I've only seen a jumpy s4 trailer on YouTube - I think we got a smidge more of the reunion!hug between Kara and Lee. Maybe.)
Microsoft had prizes, so they handed out some sweatshirts and then the guy was all "Now we have three Halo Zunes, and to hand them out we have some help. Jamie Bamber and Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen!" AND DOWN THE AISLE NEXT TO ME THEY STRODE.
Jamie looked FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC. Black suit, nicely tailored, no shine to be seen, no dragon embroidery on him anywhere, with a black shirt underneath, unbuttoned a respectable few buttons. Yum. YUM. I APPROVE. APPROVE. (ALSO. JAMIE. If this is the sartorial choice you make because your wife is in attendance, BRING HER TO EVERYTHING. YES.)
Stephanie was gorgeous and stylish and had on a white sweater-dress-ish thing with a cowl neck and black belt. Jamie did most of the talking - it was pretty clear he knew how to play to the fans and had some experience. Poor Stephanie was sweet but clearly new at the whole 'dealing-with-the-fannish-public" thing.
AND NOW, MY PHOTO.
I tried. I'm sorry. I was far away and they had warned us all about taking pictures so I couldn't use my flash.
And maybe my hands were shaking. A little. MAYBE.
Jamie was very gracious and thanked us all. He introduced a couple of the effects people who were there, and a director whose name I didn't catch. And then Jamie was ADORABLE and was all "also we have medic Lane Ishay, who was in the beginning of the second season . . ." and there was a sort of awkward pause from the audience and he was all "she's my wife, Kerry Norton." And everyone else had stood up but Kerry didn't, or at least I couldn't see her which - I wanted to see her! The adorable Mrs. Bamber!
Anyways, that was that and we all filed out.
EXCEPT. I had managed to sign up for the 10pm show too, and I didn't feel bad about going again because the line wasn't that long and it was clear the theatre wouldn't be full. Still - I put my hair up in a ponytail, buttoned my jacket and took off my glasses so the event people wouldn't recognize me. I was incognito! Whooo!
We got back in the theatre and the VIP section was open, so I figured no Jamie and Stephanie. NO! THEY SHOWED UP AGAIN. They gave away the Zunes and X-Boxes at the beginning of the show and Jamie and Stephanie came to give them away.
MORE PHOTOS. Slightly more recognizable. Well, not really:
ADORABLE ANNECDOTE MOMENT: Someone, god bless her, yelled "TAKE OFF YOUR SHIRT, APOLLO." Everyone laughed and Jamie REACHED JOKINGLY FOR THE BUTTONS ON HIS SHIRT. He then took the mic from the Microsoft guy and said "this shirt? Can't take it off" (or something to the effect)
Draaaaaaaaaaaaaaamatic pause.
"Just can't." Said in this totally adorable manner of a man who has been asked to remove his clothing by strangers FAR TOO OFTEN. BWHAHAHA.
Then the Microsoft guy asked if Jamie's wife had asked the question. Also hilarious.
So, they herded the prize winners and Jamie and Stephanie outside to take their photos. I really had to go to the bathroom but I didn't want to make it look like I was stalking them (EXCEPT I TOTALLY WORRY THAT I AM STALKING JAMIE. BUT I AM NOT. NO. NO!) so I waited until the prize winners had been back in their seats for a five minutes or so before making my break.
Except they were still in the lobby when I got there. EEEEeeeeee.
I sort of put my head down and gave a sort of tight lipped smile in the general direction of the group before slowing my stride so as to stay in their vicinity a little longer (stalker! Yes! I know. I'm working on it.)
FYI, (And I swear I checked for you, flist!) Jamie was clean shaven (they're filming so I think that's a point. He was stubbly at Dragon*Con) and his hair was dyed dark brown (not his natural auburn, again, like at D*C). His suit fit *very* nicely. Yes. Could I have managed coherence I would have said "Hey! I like your suit! Keep it up!"
He is, for the record, an incredibly beautiful man from ten feet away. Tiny, but still! Just - absolutely lovely to look at. Gah. Yes.
Then I went to the bathroom and back to the screening and YAY.
I know there were people from my flist at the different screenings - I'm sorry we missed each other! I really liked meeting the people I did and meeting you would have been doubly neat!
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wisteria_, you may have introduced me to my downfall.
AND! No wait at the border! Whooot!
All in all, an excellent trip. NOW, if only I could write a strongly worded (yet still polite!) letter that will convince someone to have a Battlestar event in Vancouver!
Let's not discuss the three hours I sat at the border waiting to get into the States. BECAUSE IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT.
So traffic and the border were nuts. That is not the point.
Here is me reaching the border after two and a half hours:
Also, the past two times I have driven to Seattle there have been heavy rainfall warnings and wind storms. Washington state, why you gotta be like that?
Got to Seattle,
checked into the hostel (which was very, very nice as far as hostel accommodations go - the bathroom is nice than mine here at home - but noisy, which I solved by using a hostel-er's best friend, ear plugs!) Despite leaving Vancouver at 8am I didn't make it to Seattle until nearly 4pm. I threw my stuff in my room and went to get a coffee.
I wandered in the direction of the theatre and managed to get lost (elly for the win! It was not at the theatre I thought it was going to be at. Or, it was not at the one theatre in Seattle I remember seeing last time.)
So I get there, and the line is long-ish, but not as crazy as I expected. Fandom! Step up! There were a few people in costume (both old skool and new! but no flight suits, d*c peeps!) but it was pretty low key. The strangest part was there was a line on the other side of the atrium for August Rush, which is basically the complete opposite of BSG. People kept asking if this was the August Rush line and we had to keep telling them, "Ah, no. Battlestar Galactica?" The looks on their faces were perhaps my favorite part of the evening (THAT IS A LIE.)
Anyways, I met A and A in line, both of whom shall remain anonymous and we had an excellent time. As much as fandom can be so crazy and fractured and just plain mean, in my experience when you meet fannish people in person they are uniformly nice and cheerful and just as squeeful as you are for the experience. Yes.
So, in we go to the theatre. Here is a picture of the poster they had:
I hate that picture of Jamie. I think it makes him look like a lizard. Don't ask.
So we lined up upstairs and wait. People weregoing in while we wait and the guy in front of me says he asked and the early entrants were the VIPs - Microsoft peeps, journalists, cable reps, the like. He said he tried to play the 'I'm a blogger!' angle to no avail. Hee.
We got to the theatre and we the plebs were directed to the front and the VIPs got to go to the stadium seating. I sat with A and we giggled a lot. Then they started up the music - we had to sit and listen to the poundy drums and the 'They have a plan!' music for half an hour, which was very anxious-making. I'm apparently conditioned to get tense when I hear the cylon theme. Oy.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Anyways, so the Microsoft guys blah blahed and then Razor started. And I was a little disappointed. I mean, no way are they going to start the movie without introducing Jamie and Ron or whoever was supposed to be there, right? Right.
It was a fun screening - lots of audience participation and cheering whenever they mentioned season four. I need to fully flesh out my thoughts on this, but there was lots (LOTS) of Kara support, more so than for any other character. Lots of laughs and cheers when she showed up in the kitchen with the bottle. (Also? biggest laugh? "Well, she and Kara don't exactly get along." "I'd like to sell tickets to that dance.")
So it ended and we all clapped and then they showed the Razor DVD commercial and the same season four trailer (someone else will have to confirm this for me since I've only seen a jumpy s4 trailer on YouTube - I think we got a smidge more of the reunion!hug between Kara and Lee. Maybe.)
Microsoft had prizes, so they handed out some sweatshirts and then the guy was all "Now we have three Halo Zunes, and to hand them out we have some help. Jamie Bamber and Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen!" AND DOWN THE AISLE NEXT TO ME THEY STRODE.
Jamie looked FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC. Black suit, nicely tailored, no shine to be seen, no dragon embroidery on him anywhere, with a black shirt underneath, unbuttoned a respectable few buttons. Yum. YUM. I APPROVE. APPROVE. (ALSO. JAMIE. If this is the sartorial choice you make because your wife is in attendance, BRING HER TO EVERYTHING. YES.)
Stephanie was gorgeous and stylish and had on a white sweater-dress-ish thing with a cowl neck and black belt. Jamie did most of the talking - it was pretty clear he knew how to play to the fans and had some experience. Poor Stephanie was sweet but clearly new at the whole 'dealing-with-the-fannish-public" thing.
AND NOW, MY PHOTO.
I tried. I'm sorry. I was far away and they had warned us all about taking pictures so I couldn't use my flash.
And maybe my hands were shaking. A little. MAYBE.
Jamie was very gracious and thanked us all. He introduced a couple of the effects people who were there, and a director whose name I didn't catch. And then Jamie was ADORABLE and was all "also we have medic Lane Ishay, who was in the beginning of the second season . . ." and there was a sort of awkward pause from the audience and he was all "she's my wife, Kerry Norton." And everyone else had stood up but Kerry didn't, or at least I couldn't see her which - I wanted to see her! The adorable Mrs. Bamber!
Anyways, that was that and we all filed out.
EXCEPT. I had managed to sign up for the 10pm show too, and I didn't feel bad about going again because the line wasn't that long and it was clear the theatre wouldn't be full. Still - I put my hair up in a ponytail, buttoned my jacket and took off my glasses so the event people wouldn't recognize me. I was incognito! Whooo!
We got back in the theatre and the VIP section was open, so I figured no Jamie and Stephanie. NO! THEY SHOWED UP AGAIN. They gave away the Zunes and X-Boxes at the beginning of the show and Jamie and Stephanie came to give them away.
MORE PHOTOS. Slightly more recognizable. Well, not really:
ADORABLE ANNECDOTE MOMENT: Someone, god bless her, yelled "TAKE OFF YOUR SHIRT, APOLLO." Everyone laughed and Jamie REACHED JOKINGLY FOR THE BUTTONS ON HIS SHIRT. He then took the mic from the Microsoft guy and said "this shirt? Can't take it off" (or something to the effect)
Draaaaaaaaaaaaaaamatic pause.
"Just can't." Said in this totally adorable manner of a man who has been asked to remove his clothing by strangers FAR TOO OFTEN. BWHAHAHA.
Then the Microsoft guy asked if Jamie's wife had asked the question. Also hilarious.
So, they herded the prize winners and Jamie and Stephanie outside to take their photos. I really had to go to the bathroom but I didn't want to make it look like I was stalking them (EXCEPT I TOTALLY WORRY THAT I AM STALKING JAMIE. BUT I AM NOT. NO. NO!) so I waited until the prize winners had been back in their seats for a five minutes or so before making my break.
Except they were still in the lobby when I got there. EEEEeeeeee.
I sort of put my head down and gave a sort of tight lipped smile in the general direction of the group before slowing my stride so as to stay in their vicinity a little longer (stalker! Yes! I know. I'm working on it.)
FYI, (And I swear I checked for you, flist!) Jamie was clean shaven (they're filming so I think that's a point. He was stubbly at Dragon*Con) and his hair was dyed dark brown (not his natural auburn, again, like at D*C). His suit fit *very* nicely. Yes. Could I have managed coherence I would have said "Hey! I like your suit! Keep it up!"
He is, for the record, an incredibly beautiful man from ten feet away. Tiny, but still! Just - absolutely lovely to look at. Gah. Yes.
Then I went to the bathroom and back to the screening and YAY.
I know there were people from my flist at the different screenings - I'm sorry we missed each other! I really liked meeting the people I did and meeting you would have been doubly neat!
Today, on my non-Battlestar day, I shopped my way North. I bought a totally cute dress that I may or may not wear to my office Christmas party. And I stopped at the new Trader Joe's in Bellingham.
wisteria_, you may have introduced me to my downfall.AND! No wait at the border! Whooot!
All in all, an excellent trip. NOW, if only I could write a strongly worded (yet still polite!) letter that will convince someone to have a Battlestar event in Vancouver!
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I need to fully flesh out my thoughts on this, but there was lots (LOTS) of Kara support.
Damn straight. KARA!
So it ended and we all clapped and then they showed the Razor DVD commercial and the same season four trailer (someone else will have to confirm this for me since I've only seen a jumpy s4 trailer on YouTube - I think we got a smidge more of the reunion!hug between Kara and Lee. Maybe.)
Ooooh. Damn, that might be enough to make me get the laptop's sound card fixed before Thanksgiving.
(Aside: As I've been typing this, Queso has been squawking and batting my leg with his paw. He is obviously jealous of the Elly-attention. The poof is such a goofball.)
Jamie looked FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC. Black suit, nicely tailored, no shine to be seen, no dragon embroidery on him anywhere, with a black shirt underneath, unbuttoned a respectable few buttons.
I suppose he did fulfill the Dragon Pants Obligation at D*C, but still. At least the black suit does sound like a fabulous substitute.
I put my hair up in a ponytail, buttoned my jacket and took off my glasses so the event people wouldn't recognize me. I was incognito! Whooo!
No, see, that's a BAD thing. It meant Jamie wouldn't recognize you from the Moment You Shared in Atlanta. *sigh* (And notice how I'm graciously refusing to make other sensory jokes? I'm a true friend, Elly. A true friend.)
He is, for the record, an incredibly beautiful man from ten feet away. Tiny, but still! Just - absolutely lovely to look at. Gah. Yes.
*happy jealous sigh*
Well, except for the lack of stubble and auburn hair. At least it's still longish!
That dress will look fantabulous on you, darling. And yay for Trader Joe's! So glad that you had a great time. *mwah*
NOW, if only I could write a strongly worded (yet still polite!) letter that will convince someone to have a Battlestar event in Vancouver!
Well, there's always the Starbucks.... ;)
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I have not watched Razor! So - saving your squee to read as soon as I get the chance!!
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Hee. I never made the lizard comparison, but I also hate that picture of him. It makes his head look too big for his neck. Photoshop gone really bad.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's great that they stuck around for both shows, well, at least the beginning of the second show, so all the fans could see them. Now I shall have to search and see if the pictures with the prize winners have been posted. :)
God, I love the edit feature. :) Hey, if you feel like posting a link to your recap at
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Oh man, I wish I'd had stalkable people at mine. Alas! I'm glad you got to be in the presence!
Kara was popular at my showing, too, although I think the biggest laugh was the shot of Fisk after Cain shot her XO. That was a great face.
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Sorry for the crazy delay, but I just wanted to say the same thing about you. Had a great time watching Razor with you. Even weeks later the whole experience still feels exciting! Jamie! Movie! Yay!
Obviously still squeeful,
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