Jared Padalecki - Jared Con Experiences #1 Come in and rock our sock with your updates

IScream4Dean · 04-06-2008, 05:10 PM

Come here and share your experience, squeeeeee!!! like mad, this will be the best lifetime memory ever, show off your pics, vids, summary or general discussion, anything at all us fangirls love it and need it

Here are updates for 2008 LA Con , Eye Con and coming soon Dallas Con

My recaps for LA Con Part 1 Part 2 part 3 coming soon once I get all my pics loaded

Also Jensen Ackles Con Experience Here

**Shnicky** · 04-06-2008, 08:42 PM

Thank you so much for opening the thread Jaye

I love hearing/watching stuff from the cons.

I am just about to check the stuff from EyeCon.

IScream4Dean · 04-06-2008, 10:15 PM

No problem, title ok? crap I keep misspelling stuff, I cant wait to hear more about EyeCon too, Liz attended right? so far from what I've seen the cast were all laid back, dressed all sporty, aw I wished I could have met Jim, I really love Bobby, wow so many Cons, we are going to explode keeping up

Some fans at LA Con got all the goodies, Jared entering and exiting, I did see Jared exit the photo shoot, it did not dawn on me to whip out the Cam

he is so hilarious, at breakfast they were more hang loose, at panel they kinda had to sit but was still hilarious, esp when they immitating each other, it was a huge crowd with loads of questions they readily answered. I just love that he likes portraying Evil!Sammy

too funny when he did I lost my shoe

~inside_of_love~ · 04-06-2008, 10:56 PM

All right here goes my Jared experience guys I'm still absolutely reeling from it I can't believe it finally happened after all this time!! All right so last night was the platinum party, banquet dinner, and steve carlson's concert! So about 10:30 PM or so during the Platinum Party Kenny (the promoter) comes up and goes i hate to be the bearer of bad news and he like pauses and is like Jared's here he just got in orlando about 20 minutes ago so he is here and he's trying to get some rest and he'll be here in the morning! So finally I could stop being nervous that'd he miss his flight so now I just had to make sure i was there bright and early for the 9 AM panel because if I missed him again I don't even know what i'd do. So my plan was to try and go to bed early but being my insomniac self that i am i got a 2nd wind about halfway through steve's concert after yawning like a maniac through the slower songs. it wasn't until the more upbeat ones where I started to not be so tired and then I played a lil guitar hero in the game room for at least an hr and then I came back to my room and talked to my parents for a while and then I still couldn't sleep and it was like already 4 so I had a whopping 3 hours to get up by 7 AM and get ready for the panel. So I set a wake up call and my alarm on my phone for 7 AM.

So I of course hit the snooze a couple times come 7 am and then I finally kind of realize hey what time is it and i look at my clock 7 44 AM!!! and I almost literally jumped out of the bed to get ready i was ready by 8:09 and that's like a friggin record for me i think. So I head over to get some mt dew to wake me up and a bit of food for breakfast and I'm waiting in line for the panel and I say to this girl am I really here because I just wasn't sure that I hadn't messed up or something hadn't gone wrong and this was all really happening I was gonna see his panel woot woot!!

so I get into the panel I'm front row sitting there and then jared comes out!! The man is absolutely gorgeous he was wearing a black dress shirt with a t-shirt underneath a pair of jeans and some tan boots *yes bee boot kink!* and he had on a black eyecon hat on (so friggin excited he was wearing a hat OMG!!) and he kind of runs on stage and is all like how's it going ya'll and he's talking about what people were drinking in the audience. He goes is that a frappucino and they're like yes and he's like no way I was totally guessing and he's like I guess you're all gonna think I'm obsessed with starbucks or something. Umm I won't tell all the stories at the panel I'll highlight what i loved the most. They asked what his fav charity was and he mentioned how much he loves animals and how Sandy also really loves St Judes Hospital and how he really just cares so much and has a place in his heart for animals and rescuing them. Some girls were so sweet I had asked about how Harley was doing to Sandy in her panel the day before and apparently the two girls had decided to draw him two pics of Harley and Sadie they were absolutely amazing and they let them bring them up to him and he came off the stage and gave them both hugs and he held up the pics and he's like look at that guys! He was beaming and he held them really close to him and said how now being he can't have both dogs he can at least have these back in Vancouver with him!! Aww!! It was precious he kind of held the drawings close to his heart I thought it was really sweet!

There were a couple kids in the audience that had the cutest little voices it was adorable, Jared was so good with them!! This one kid was like "I know monsters aren't real but if they were would you fight them or run away" and he's like "I would run away so fast unless of course they were hurting you then i would totally protect you and get them for you!!!" Then another lil boy had on A Tony Romo jersey from the Dallas cowboys and Jared was like is that Romo and he was all excited he says "Jensen bought me one of those for Christma"s and he says "and Jensen has one too so now all 3 of us have the same Jersey(seriously how friggin adorable is that?)! The last kid was like I think "you're really cool and Jared does the ftw sign and makes this cute face and is so excited and he goes "you're really cool too" and the kid says "do you know what's going to happen at the end of s3" and he says "I know alot of cooler people than me that would totally beat me up if i answered that and gave it away" LOL "but thank you so much for your question." He was asked about Wincest and RPG's by someone and he was all like well I don't really condone wincest I read that and I'm like "OMG Jensen" and he makes this scrunched up face like wtf ha. People were kind of booing she asked but he said he appreciates that people do so much for the show and shows the camaraderie that they all have and you don't see that for things like say Grey's Anatomy or something. One lady said how much she loved Sam and how much the character meant to her being her husband had recently passed away and I couldn't hear everything she said but my gosh he was almost tearing up because he was so touched by it. So incredibly sweet and then she was in some group and wanted him to be the 16th member of it and he's like of course and she came up and gave him the t-shirt and he gave her a huge hug and he said something to her in such a sweet and caring way it was really adorable got many aww's from everyone. I really could go on and on because there was quite a lot of questions asked to him but I'm sure everyone else has seen alot of it and I did get quite a bit of video of it myself and I took a roll of film once my video card ran out. I was surprised no question about Jensen's bday I was hoping it would come up but no! I raised my hand for a bit but didn't get to ask my question but that was ok maybe some other time! He did do the I lost my shoe face and he was asked about doing the bitchface and he said honestly he had absolutely no idea he did that and it was the first time it had been brought to his attention LOL (oh how cute you are Jared) LOL.

So enough about the panel next for me was the Jared photo op the line was so long when i went over there crazy! I wasn't really nervous until I was like right about to go and then it just hit me I'm actually meeting him it was very nervewracking and I didn't really know what to say because I did feel kind of rushed in the photo ops. He was sitting down in the chair and I got the smile and I was just basically a puddle of goo on the floor but I did manage to be all like "Hi Jared nice to meet you" (dunno how I got that out tbh) and he says "what's your name" and I go "I'm Liz" and he goes "Now we've officially met" (Jared smile again with dimples) gosh and I kind of grabbed his waist (yes I touched him solid as a friggin rock I might add damn boy) and he had a really soft shirt on too! then he put his arm around me at some point i know he did but i can't remember when because i was in a daze and i don't remember my reactions really idk how obvious it was i was nervous as hell but he was really sweet about it. I had two photo ops and I know I asked the guy if I blinked in them and I'm like there's two. Then Jared asked me "if for the second if he should stand up" I told him he could do whatever he wanted to do and he's like "well we might as well" so he stood up and he pulled me in pretty close I have tbh I don't really remember it that much. I do remember he smelled amazing and I kind of noticed his scent on my clothes afterwards (don't really wanna wash my shirt ever again) It was all soo friggin surreal but I got my photo ops back and my gosh they're so friggin adorable and I think maybe our faces were almost touching I don't even remember that but it looks like it kind of in one of them and I'm smiling like I'm totally in heaven which I was really atm. Then the photog was like next and I'm like thanks or nice to meet you or something to that effect and I think he said thank you back I really can't remember.

Then I had another group photo with Jared and Jim and so I go back and wait in line again probably like a half hour maybe or something I'm not sure how long it was. But i come back and I go hey guys and i really don't know if jim even said anything tbh I think he said Hi because jared says to me "Hi Liz nice to see you again!!" and I freaked out I was like he remembered MY NAME OMG inside that is of course! I just was surprised because there'd been a ton of people ahead of me and to remember me totally made my day week month year something haha. Good memory that boy has or maybe I was that memorable

I noticed he said it quieter and kind of more softspoken than he had before when he was talking to me he looked almost shy he kind of put his head down or maybe I was just imaging but I swear it seemed like it haha it was adorable and he said my name dude!! Maybe he remembered me because of the absolute wide eyed awe I was in I'm not sure and then I said thanks guys and I left practically squeeing out the door again haha. So then I got the Roadhouse photo op and steve's and then it was on to the autograph session to see Jared and Jim!

I still had those two scrapbooks from the Jared birthday project and the one we did for supernatural in s3. I know so so long ago but I tried to give them to him at comic con and chicago but as many of you know I've had really bad luck with not meeting them so I still had them. I really wanted to be able to know they actually did get into his hands and not just put aside somewhere so I was determined to give them straight to him at the autograph session. So I'm standing in line holding my autograph tickets my pics to get sign and the 2 books and the t-shirts in a bag and then my 2nd autograph ticket falls down into the bottom of the bag and these tickets are tiny sized and i'm trying to get it out without much luck so when i got to the table i'm like i have two it's in the bag so i take out all my pics i had which was 3 jared 1 jensen and one jim haha i should have just had the ones i wanted signed but for some reason that didn't cross my mind because i was so determined to give him the books and i knew i had to do it. So I'm like getting the pics i wanted signed and all the rest were kind of strewn across the table but anyways. So I'm like Hi jared and i think he said Hi liz before he even looked at the name i'd written down i'm almost positive he remembered me and I'm like I have a bunch of things i want to give to you and I've been trying to give these to you since july and I've tried to get them to you at 4 cons but I've actually missed you everytime and he kind of looks at me in surprise and he's like "uh oh wow that's not good" and I was like "i know" and I take out the birthday book and I go this book was for your birthday and it's pages from fans all around the world made it for you and I'm so so sorry it's so late and he goes "oh no way don't be sorry this is so amazing" and he started flipping through the book and guys his face was pure amazement and speechlessness I can't even really describe it. He was so shocked that so many fans from all over had done this. His mouth dropped open wide in pure surprise i kid you not. Then i showed him the 2nd book and I said this book is from a message board I'm on fanforum and a bunch of us fans got postcards for you and jensen both from our countries and theirs little notes in there for you guys and there from all over the world too from France Phillippines Germany and he was just like. "Liz this is so amazing and so sweet. I can't even believe this. It's so awesome I don't even know what to say to that. I'm just absolutely speechless." I was like dying he absolutely loved it and I was so excited to get that moment to give it to him and it couldn't have been better I don't think and I was like "thank you so much" and he's like No really Liz thank you so much!! he kept saying my name like so personal and he kept saying it and I died everytime it was at least 4 or 5 maybe more!! He was like so this book is for both me and Jensen and I'm like yes and I was like and I also got you t-shirts too both of you, and he's like "wow and he said well I will definitely pass that on personally to jensen too!!" which made me so happy how friggin cool and I really do think he was sincere you could tell by his face I don't think you could have faked that and he even showed Jim too he was like look Jim can you believe that and Jim thought it was really cool too!! Hee so I did it guys I actually met talked spoke and made Jared friggin Padalecki speechless and he even remembered my name who'd have thought I could do that!! I walked out absolutely shaking I could barely even believe i'd did it!! It was amazingly awesome and I really think I could talk to him forever he's just that amazing to talk to and to see live and in the flesh and he talks directy at you which is just amazing too!! I want to meet him again and again if I could I so would LOL. Eyecon was really the most personal because I don't know if they let you get that much time with the stars during autographs usually although they did start to speed through the line at the end but It's totally a moment I'll probably never forget and I totally am glad I was able to have that! It made missing him at all those cons worth it imo! I want to go to another one now haha but Idk if I will or not but gosh he really is adorable and you can tell how much he loves his fans and he did all that to have to get on a plane and then fly back and go back to vancouver and film again which is just crazy imo.

I really don't know how he does it for so long it's kind of amazing. Maybe the adrenaline rush that's the only way I can think he keeps on doing it and because of the fans because seriously otherwise I don't think it'd be worth it really. He really gives a lot of hours into his work that's for sure and you could tell he was barely running on any sleep he said he was going to try and sleep on the plane but I got the impression that probably wouldn't happen. Anyways there's my longwinded very longwinded EyeCon experiene if anyone actually reads all this you guys should win a prize for it haha. I'm finally done now haha!!

**californiabound** · 04-07-2008, 03:16 AM

Liz!

Your story is absolute amazing and loved reading every little bit of it.

I'm glad you had so much fun and so amazing that he remembered your name.

Your story makes me even more determined to meet him.

LittleWillow · 04-07-2008, 10:12 AM

Amazing story, Liz!!!

**Considering Disobedience** · 04-07-2008, 12:34 PM

Liz, SQUEEE! I'm so happy for you!

You've been waiting so long to meet him! The whole thing sounds just out of this world amazing!

and it's so great that you were able to give him the scrapbooks!

...and DUDE You remembered my boot kink! Hee! Thank you!

MissDarkandTwisty · 04-07-2008, 12:38 PM

Liz thank you so much. You finally met him !I'm so happy for you

And I am so glad to hear that he really IS a nice and sweet person

(OMG he remembered your name!!!

!)

*Juju* · 04-07-2008, 01:19 PM

Awwww Liz hon I'm so happy for you

thanks a lot for this and Squeeee He remembered your name

**Shnicky** · 04-07-2008, 06:19 PM

Eeeeeeeeeiii... Liz I couldn't type much right now since I'm at work. But I was so happy reading your meeting with Jared. He's the best guy ever!

IScream4Dean · 04-08-2008, 12:00 AM

Liz, Steve Carlson is very good, Woot! I love panel you were in the front row!! that’s awesome. How sweet, the kid and the jerseys, why would someone asked him about wincest *shakes head* that’s suck a touchy subject which most don’t wanna hear. I am jealous, we could not come up and give anything and I only got a squeeze from Jared at the photo shoot. I got pics of his bitchface, and he did the lost my shoe for us too, dang no one asked that question about Jensen B-day either.

The line for the photos were long but we made fun out of it, in the Jensen photo op line I was straight groupie, fanning myself, screaming with some teens

I am jealous of the amount of time you got at the autograph session, they did not let us take pics or anything of Jensen and Jared, they were trying to push it through but I was determined to get my second sig and I did, Jensen put creations on hold for a second for me

at LA con I think creations was pissed coz I got extra autographs with out paying hehe. Jared commented on EK autograph on my calendar he made a speaking bubble signing his name in the middle, then it was pointing at both Sam and Dean as if they were saying Eric Kripke, Jared says EK has a warped since of humor.

So cool, he remembered your name, I know how you feel girl, I talked to them both of them, touched them OMG!!! it was awesome. Wow you summed it all, each night when I came home I was immediately chatting then forgot half of what I said in the chat, on Sunday when I finally sat down to dictate, I could not remember a lot of things some is slowly coming back to me.

I read all of it where’s my prize? Holla?, where are pics from EyeCon? glad you had a great time, so did I, we are Connettes!!!

Here are some of my goodies

Entrance and Stage, click for full view.

Autograph session with EK, Fred, Chad

Jensen and Jared breakfast photos

I love this one of Jared taking off his cap

Fred, Chad and Steve at Dessert party

**Considering Disobedience** · 04-09-2008, 12:02 AM

Those are great pics Jaye.

thanks for sharing.

**Shnicky** · 04-12-2008, 08:52 PM

Jaye Thank you so much for sharing those.

Aw, the one that he took off his hat.

ETA:

late but still...

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Supernatural Convention: Los Angeles 2008
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Creation Entertainment hosted its second Salute to “Supernatural” convention in Los Angeles at the Marriott at LAX on March 29 and 30 (the first one in November was held in Chicago) with guests of honor Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, Dean and Sam Winchester themselves. Frederic Lane (who has appeared on “Lost” and “The X-Files” and on “Supernatural,” he played the yellow-eyed demon, Azazel) and Chad Lindberg (who starred in “The Fast and the Furious” and played MIT-educated, mullet-sporting Ash on “Supernatural”) appeared on Saturday. Joining the stars on Sunday was Padalecki’s fiance (whom he met while working on the horror flick “Cry Wolf”) and surprise con guest, Sandra McCoy (who played the final lovely female host for crossroads demon in an episode where her boyfriend of four years shot her character in the head). And another Saturday highlight was creator Eric Kripke coming out to answer questions from devoted followers and reinforcing with every response that he is the brilliant mastermind fans believe him to be.

There was no shortage of exciting talent, nor were there any disappointed fans to be found. Ackles and Padalecki lit up the stage with their easygoing camaraderie, carrying on their friendly rapport in front of hundreds of fans, mostly girls and women who adore the characters, the actors, and the show that stands out in its genre as being unapologetically tough, dark, and distinctively male – the series never caters to the fangirl masses, though Kripke seems to enjoy tossing sex and shirtless scenes in to stir up the female demographic who can’t help but be lured in by the charismatic and highly versatile male cast.

The actors, and especially the two male leads, Ackles and Padalecki, were wonderfully professional and kept the audience listening and laughing all the while. The two played off each other just as well on stage as they have on-screen, and they were exactly the payoff everyone was waiting for as the con centered around them and rightfully so.

That the two leads actually take the time out from an already harried schedule, made twice as chaotic by the need to catch up after the strike, for their fans and these cons speaks volumes about their off-screen character and appreciation for those who support them and the show at every turn, rallying to keep it on the air. One such fan faction represented at the con was TeamWinchester.com, which is a fan-based movement to create awareness of the show – team members are actually involved in charities as part of their campaign and nonprofit organization, including Linda Blair’s charity that passionately works to save animals. Such are the kinds of fans the series has gathered in its three years on the air, and Ackles and Padalecki are to be commended for their devotion to the series as well as its following.

Kripke described his dissatisfaction with the characters of Jo and Bela, not because of the actresses who portray them or some vocal segments of the audience who have objected to their existence time and time again, but because of how they fit into the story, or their lack of ability to fit in rather. Kripke also reassured anxious fans that though the strike forced him to rework sequences of events as well as episodes dealing with larger issues such as the emergence of the demon Lilith and Sam’s shrouded destiny, he is confident he was able to do Dean’s deal with the crossroads demon justice as the storyline for this season goes. He did forewarn his hangers-on that they will be hanging on this season like never before, because he is plotting a tremendous cliffhanger.

Though Lane’s and Lindberg’s characters were killed off last season, fans showed great enthusiasm at seeing them return, a popular demand to which Kripke would probably weigh by scrutinizing whether it would work for the plot, and so their resurrection seems doubtful. McCoy was a vivacious well of energy, sweetness, integrity, and intelligence – it’s no mystery why Padalecki is drawn to her, as most of the attendees seemed to fall in love with her on the spot. Musicians Steve Carlson and Jason Manns were also present, speaking on stage and each giving a concert on one night of the convention.

All stars and guests made themselves available for photo ops and autographs, which is another reason this Creation con stands out above so many others. Though the ticket price was higher than several other of Creations events (including this month’s upcoming Grand Slam Sci Fi Summit in Burbank, which will feature Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto, both Spocks together on stage, and a slew of guests including Hercules himself, Kevin Sorbo, and the Lois Lane of “Smallville” herself, Erica Durance), the convention did not disappoint. Salute to Supernatural indeed, the experience was well worth the while for fans who traveled from all over the country and the globe to attend.

“Supernatural” returns with the first of four all new episodes to finish the season in its regular timeslot on Thursday, April 24 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time

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Liz I am so glad you were able to give our projects. I hope we'll find some of our folklore in one of SPN episode. That'll be fun!

**Considering Disobedience** · 04-13-2008, 06:31 PM

Thanks or that article Gay.

....I am so hating the idea of the cliffhanger.

It's going to ruin our summer isn't it?

**Shnicky** · 04-14-2008, 12:41 AM

Aw, yeah, cliffhangers are just too much for me. We have something to look forward to but the wait will be killing us.

Do we have any cons scheduled after EyeCon?