I'm back from my weekend trip to London (and the LondonExpo) and it was made of awesome. Hee.
On Saturday I stood in line approximatively a billion hours, but I managed to get into the Expo (eventually) and then later I managed to get an autograph ticket for the
Merlin
cast. \o/ But really, just 150 tickets? They started giving them out at 10 am and of course there was already a long queue when I managed to get inside at about 9:30 am. The tickets were gone within 15 minutes or so.
Anyway, got my autograph ticket* (yay!) and then I waited for
mamoru,
kat_fanfic,
tmz_cori,
chanii,
herbalbutterfly and
cyberpunkgrrl to turn up. We eventually found each other after some text messages back and forth. Yay!
(*And an extra one for
mamoru,
kat_fanfic and
tmz_cori. I suggested that they fight for the ticket, but they decided who gets the ticket the grown-up-way. I was very disappointed! ;-))
Then we just walked around. I managed to get a glimpse of Linda Hamilton and a bit later of
Ianto Gareth David-Lloyd, who looked incredibly bored at his signing table. I didn't want to wait in line just then and decided to get his autograph later. Of course then, every time I tried, he was never there. Woe!
Then it was time for the Merlin panel, which was fun and they are all so incredibly cute. Especially Colin. And Katie! And yes, Bradley, too! And of course Angel :-D. I think Bradley has an unnatural relationship with his video camera, though. ♥
While Colin describes all of his co-stars as "great," for Bradley Katie is generous, Angel bubbly, and Colin disdurbed *g*. And apparently Colin had a lot of fun with Bradley and the unicorn in the forest (when asked which episode was his favorite to shoot) *coughs*.
I can't remember much of it, but I'm sure there are lots of reports of the panel all over LJ (and Dreamwidth). And no photos from me, because my camera is crap like that. But there are probably already tons of pictures out there.
Then we did the autograph session, which was done relatively quickly. Also,
tmz_cori got an autograph ticket from some guy while we were standing in line. Wohoo.
I had to tell Bradley three times how to spell my name. Oh Bradley, I really don't mind talking to you! ♥ Colin was adorable with his smile and cute laugh. "I'm nervous, too," he said after I told him I was nervous. ♥
Johnny Capps was like "I know you, you were on set, right?" Umm, not that I remember. But maybe he's seen the future and that means I totally get to be on set one day. Um. Right.
Angel told me that she liked my name (but I bet she says that to everyone) and Katie was absolutely awesome. She was always smiling and waving to the fans and she really seemed to enjoy herself. I think I might have a little crush on her. ♥
And that was that. Hee. \o/
We sat outside the Excel Centre for a bit after that, but soon enough we had to say goodbye to
chanii,
herbalbutterfly and
cyberpunkgrrl and the rest of us went to Oxford Circle for some food and a place to sit down and talk. Which was just as awesome as the rest of the day. And then it was goodbye and I was alone in London in my crappy youth hostel *sniffles* ;-).
Today, I didn't do much before I had to go to the airport to fly back, just some sightseeing in the morning. I went to St. Paul's cathedral, Trafalger Square, and Westminster Abbey. It was really nice, because there were hardly any people there. After yesterday's masses at the Expo this was really great!
And then I came home and it was way too hot! How can it be so hot here? I want to go back to London where it is awesome and it has normal temperatures!
As much as I've been angsting about this trip last week, it was totally worth it! :-D
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