Well, first I have to say that I thought the Salute to Supernatural Convention in Vancouver this year would be my first convention ever…and so I was thinking that I’ve still got enough time to brace up myself for that convention in August, but it came different than planned!
Friday, a week before the Asylum 3 in Birmingham, a friend of mine told me that there are still some tickets available (thanks Tina)! So I wrote to Rogue Events and got my ticket on Sunday evening!! Couldn’t believe that anyway!! Okay, then I made another friend of mine completely mad because of telling her that there are still tickets available and so she wrote to Rogue Events as well. She finally got her ticket on Wednesday before the Asylum!! So you can see that we haven’t had time to think too much about the fact that we’re going to see Jensen, Jared and all the other great actors in a few days, because we were busily engaged in booking our flight/hotel and packing our bags (not to mention what we’re gonna wear there *lol*).
Friday:
Finally our flight starts on 5:50 on Friday morning (or should I say „night“?) and with a stop in Zurich we were arriving in Birmingham at 8:05. So the weekend started with two dead tired girls and it should not be better during the next days.
When we’re arriving at the Hilton we met a few friends of us and then we all lined up for registration and it seemed that the whole hotel was one big queue. After a few hours of queuing (over 1500 people had to go through registration…that’s a real pleasure!) we got our badge with our registration number on it (that’s all we got). Other members who also paid for Photo-Tickets, Autograph-Tickets etc. were less lucky because most of them got an incomplete package and so they have to queue again to get their missing stuff at the ticket office. Me and my friend had nothing to do on Friday anymore, but some of our friends got the Double-Shoot-Photos with Jensen and Jared and they were telling us that Jensen and Jared were sitting too wide apart on chairs and so they felt a little bit strange standing between them while the photo was taken. When I saw their photos I could imagine how they felt because it really looked strange and there was too much space between them and her (so there was no hugging anyway), so I was glad that I didn’t get such a Photo-Ticket (btw, Jensen and Jared looked great as always on that photos).
Although I never won anything before, I took part in the raffle for the Coffee Lounges for Jensen, Jared and Misha and chanced my luck.
Sometime in the evening we were told that the additional Photo-Tickets for Jensen, Jared and Misha aren’t going on sale that evening and so we left.
Saturday:
Saturday started early with queuing (again) for the additional Photo-Tickets and after a few hours we’ve got everything we wanted. So it was time for the next queue to get a good seat for the panels. We joined the Opening Ceremony and the panel of Jensen & Jared (they did a great job on stage…as always). During the break two of my friends went out to see if we’ve won at the raffle…well, and guess what: I’ve won the Coffee Lounge with Jensen AND the one with Jared! I didn’t believe my friends and so I went out to the flip chart to see my number standing there with my own eyes! And from that point I was completely out of it, as you surely can imagine! The Coffee Lounge with Jensen started about an hour later and so I couldn’t manage it to think about a good question to ask him and so I decided to go there and enjoy the Lounge in hoping some of the other girls got good questions in their mind.
Jensen’s Coffee Lounge:
Me and 19 other lucky people (one of my friends was also one of the lucky ones!) were standing in front of the door to the Coffee Lounge and we were talking about having a coffee at that Coffee Lounge, but then we decided not to have one, because the risk to spill the coffee was too high. *lol* When we entered the room I was able to get a seat near Jensen’s chair (just two seats between us) and my friend was next to me. While we were taking our seats I recognized that Jensen was already in the room and went straight to his seat…I thought they would bring him in, when everyone was already sitting…but then, I was really taking by surprise.
Well, so the Coffee Lounge started and he was asked if he had been to a whiskey distillery while travelling through Scotland the days before and if he can remember the special Scottish words they used for the manufacturing of the whiskey. He remembered every word and pronounced them nearly correct. Then he told us the whole process of whiskey manufacturing in every detail and when they were standing in front of a big bowl, where the whiskey was distilled, they were asked by their tour guide, if someone wants to smell the vapors of that distillation. And now guess who’s stuck his nose/head in that bowl!? Right! Jensen said he took a deep breath and the acrid smell went straight up his nose and brought tears to his eyes. So funny, especially when you keep his art of story-telling in mind! *lol* Btw, did you know, that whiskey is produced of some kind of beer? It’s amazing what you all can learn in only half an hour!*grin*
Asked where he thinks home is (Texas, LA or Vancouver), he answered Los Angeles, because he has a house there. Vancouver is just work for him and Texas is home of the family. His parents just built a new house over there and he helped with the painting and designing of it and he still has a room there.
Another question was if he received an injury during shooting a fight scene and his answer was that he’s got punched by Dracula while shooting “Monster Movie”. Dracula was supposed to elbow him in the face and after the first couple of times he really hit him. Then Dracula asked him (still with Dracula’s accent/voice) if he’s okay. Jensen’s got a little bit of blood in his mouth, said that everything‘s okay and they went on shooting! *lol*
I can’t remember the question, but somehow Jensen told us the whole story how it comes that he’s living together with Jared now. He said that it was all because of the commute to work. He said that he had lived in Downtown Vancouver before, what’s further away from the set than Jared’s house, and that he had to pick up Jared every morning to drive to the set. The problem was, that he spent too much time for driving to Jared’s house and he also spent too much time for waiting until Jared’s ready (he often wasn’t ready)…and when Jared broke up with Sandra they decided that Jensen should move to Jared’s sort of guesthouse. For one thing, that the commute to work isn’t to long anymore and for another thing, Jensen thought it was a good idea to keep him company during the time after breaking up with Sandra. But now he’s looking for his own house/apartment for season 5.
Again I can’t remember the question, but he told us something about throwing the ball to that kid in „After School Special“. Jensen said that it was his idea and that he got a „yes“ from the producers to do it (that’s what he also told at the panel). Then he asked the kids if there’s anyone who would like to do that scene with him, throwing the ball in the stomach of one of them. A few hands shot up and so he picked one of the smaller kids and asked him if he really wants to do this. Kid: Yes. Jensen asked him if they should go through it first before they shoot. Kid: No. Jensen: Are you sure? Kid: Yes. Well, and we all know how the scene looks like right know! Just great!*lol*
We’ve got only 30 minutes with Jensen and believe me, they all elapsed too fast. He looked so damn hot and he seemed very relaxed as he was sitting there (not wriggling about on his chair – like Jared did) with the coffee cup in his hand all the time, and he was as reserved as we know him, but very kind with making eye contact once in a while and of course overwhelmingly gorgeous (can’t find the right words how I felt when he looked squarely with his wonderful green eyes into my eyes…*love*). Btw, I didn’t know that he’s got such big feet…I constantly had to look at them, besides of staring in his eyes...
After the Coffee Lounge my friend and I got us a drink at the hotel bar to calm down a little bit, because the last half an hour were too much for us. I’m sure, you can understand us. Then, sitting in the 4th row, we’ve watched the panel of Amy, Matt & Samantha (didn’t know that Matt looks so damn good!!) and the one with Misha. Misha was awesome…so funny and he’s got such a dry sense of humour that I had to shake my head all the time, because of his answers, while laughing!! :-)
Well, and then it was show time for Jared’s Coffee Lounge.
Jared’s Coffee Lounge:
While standing on front of the Coffee Lounge room, Jared (with his bodyguard) came along the way to the room and went in. A few minutes later we’re also allowed to go in and take our seats. Fortunately I got the same as I had in Jensen’s Coffee Lounge (just two seats between us). Straightaway he was talking about coming late to the panel that morning. He said he has to take a bath because he broke the shower. It was his first bath since a long time, so he didn’t exactly know how it worked and he had problems with washing his legs, because the liquid soap came off in the water immediately. *lol*
First Jared asked how a coffee lounge is usually done and then he asked us if we all were locals. We’ve had people from Iceland, Sweden, Denmark (Jared then told us that his sister was there because of her studies and that she loved it), Hungary, Germany (a few girls, including me, but they were too quiet with their “Germany”…mine was louder and so he looked at me!!*grin*) and a few other countries…so I guess there were more non-locals than locals!
Then he was asked why he’s wearing a hat although the weather in Birmingham is real good/hot at that moment. He said that he’s been in San Antonio the days before and there it was really hot and that he hadn’t got used to the weather in Birmingham yet. He also said that he didn’t like his hair that day (after having a bath) and that he hasn’t had a hair dryer in his room. Everybody was laughing and then he realized that he was behaving like a girl and had to laugh at himself!*lol*
He told us that he had a full beard (like Richard Speight at the Asylum) a few days before while he was in San Antonio. He said his mustache was so long he could get it into his mouth and lick food off it! *lol* He said the beard also made him really warm and that he had to wash it, because it smells…everybody was laughing and making a face like “Aaahhh, that was too many detailed information!!” His reaction: You (girls) were lucky not having to shave your face…but then a girl replied that we need to shave/wax a lot of other stuff. Laughter again and Jared commented he just put his foot in his mouth. This guy is so damn funny!
One of the fans told us that she’d also been to San Antonio and at the River Walk over there and that there are so many pigeons. So Jared mentioned that the employees of the stores/restaurants always come out on the street and clap their hands or make noise to scare the pigeons away…and they doing it all the time and maybe for some of them it’s even their job to scare pigeons away! *grin*
Then he was asked if he’s got phobias or if he’s scared of something. He doesn’t like it to be tied down and can’t move (like in IMTOD), that freaks him out and so he doesn’t need to act a lot in such scenes because he’s naturally freaked. And it’s an uncomfortable feeling to be tied down while the crew walks around working and even playing pranks on him sometimes. He said that he never had problems with snakes, but the one in “Yellow Fever” scared him that much he couldn’t do the scene when the snake sneaking up behind him (although he tried it…and that “trying” should be on the gag reel) and so they had to re-write the scene for Jensen instead. Then he said something with “Bears”, but I didn’t get it. He also mentioned he had a spider on his hotel room the night before and that he put it away without problems. Well, I was just thinking of it, but someone really asked it: Because of the broken shower, no hair dryer and spiders in the room…someone wanted to know in what kind of hotel he’s staying at!! Laughter again on both sides and he just said that the hotel isn’t that bad…*lol*
The last question was if he’s got a funny/weird story about meeting a fan (or something like that…sometimes I didn’t get the questions right). A fan at a con wanted him so sign her tattoo she had on her body (on her hip)…and it was one with his and Jensen’s face on it! He was really flattered and confused about it and couldn’t believe that anyone would want a tattoo like that!
Well, again the 30 minutes with him elapsed too fast. He was gesturing and moving around on his chair all the time (not like Jensen), here and there drinking some coffee, which was standing next to his chair on the floor, including a glass of water and his cell phone. He was so damn funny and we laughed a lot (with him and because of him). Can’t believe that I didn’t recognize it before, but he looks so gorgeous if you see him in person. Maybe it was because of his two-day-old beard, the partly unbuttoned black shirt, the tanned skin or just because of the fact that he’s making eye contact more often as Jensen did, but he completely confused me in a very crazy way.*lol* Btw, he’s got bigger feet as Jensen (and Jensen’s are already big!).
After the Coffee Lounge I went straight back to the main room to watch Jared’s panel, which was just great! And with our 4th-row-seats I managed it to take some great photos (in my opinion, but I know there are already some better ones in the internet). A little time was left until Coby Brown’s concert started and so we went out to eat something. Back at the hotel we’re able to get seats in the first row (which means sitting on the floor, which I prefer than standing all the time; thx L & M *grin*). I haven’t heard any song of Coby Brown before, not even anything of his name, but he was really good and I greatly enjoyed his concert!
Now it was time for Jason Manns to come on stage and what should I say: he was/is terrific and we all really had a blast! For me the best moments were as he was singing “Hallelujah” (the crowd made an indescribable atmosphere) and of course “Crazy Love” (nearly everyone was singing with him)! I always admire people who are standing on the stage, just “armed” with a guitar, and singing their songs in such a great way (the same is true of Coby Brown). Jason’s concert was really a great experience and I can’t wait to see/hear him again!
We didn’t join the disco because we need some sleep and so we went back to our hotel.
Sunday:
Because of our very uncomfortable bed (wooden-board with mattress over it) we couldn’t manage it to sleep very well, again. So we went, completely overtired, to the Hilton... We thought it would be a good idea to queue to get our first half of the autographs, but we were told that they go strictly after registration numbers and people with high numbers should go away until they’re called. We decided to watch Jensen’s and Jason’s panel until they’d call us for our photo shoot with Jensen. Jensen was in a really good mood (and good looking, but I think I don’t have to mention this again) and his panel was just wonderful! *grin* Then it was time for our photo shoot. I don’t know which timeframe is normal for a photo shoot at conventions, but ours wasn’t! It went like this: going into the photo shoot room, laying down your bags/stuff on a table, standing in the queue, being pushed by someone of the staff in Jensen’s direction. So you’ve got 1 sec to go one step to Jensen (in the meantime you have to say “Hi” as well), 1 sec to look into the camera while the photo was taken and 1 sec to say “Bye” and leave immediately because the next one was already standing next to him. Although it was a great experience to stand right next to Jensen (if only for 1 sec), it all went too fast and all I can say is that it was horrible to be treated like you were on an assembly line.
Well, I couldn’t believe it, but then we’re called for the first half of our autographs…so great that this went well without queuing that much, although Jared’s and Misha’s queue were the longest, but over the weekend we got used to it, anyway.
After lunch we still got our 4th row seats and watched Jared & Jason’s panel and Amy, Matt & Samantha’s. During that panel I had to run out to get my photo shoot with Misha, run back and watch the panel again, then run out to get my photo shoot with Jared…both proceeded like a mass processing again!:-(
Well, the last thing they showed on the screen was that numbers 1-1200 should go to the autograph room to get their second half of the autographs. We’ve had 1400+, so we stay seated (because they go strictly after registration numbers, that’s what they told us in the morning) and waited to be called, but nothing happened. Sometime during Misha’s panel we decided to go to the autograph room to have a look what’s going on over there. And there I was really pissed: on the flip chart was standing “1-1400” and under that “autograph session is closed!”!! I couldn’t believe my eyes…but it was true: we didn’t get our autographs because of the disability of someone who couldn’t manage it to show the information for “1-1400” on the screen and the staff did even know that!!! And they didn’t let us in (just me and two of my friends) to get our autographs…I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how I felt, because of NOT getting an autograph of Jensen…and NOT seeing him again!:-( It really made me wanna puke!
Back at the main room, Misha was still talking and he had to go on for another hour because Jensen was still writing autographs. Misha did a great job and again: I can’t believe how dry his sense of humor is!*lol* But I couldn’t laugh that much, because I was too sad for not getting my Jensen-autograph. After Misha’s extra-long panel they brought Charles and Gabriel on stage to play for time until Jensen was finished with writing autographs. Then the moderator came on stage an asked if everyone got what they want, if everyone got their photos and autographs and blah, blah, blah. I couldn’t hear it anymore! If I hadn’t been on the verge of tearfulness, I would have stood up and said “NO”. But what ever, I just wanted to see Jensen on stage for the last time! Finally everyone (instead of Jared who left earlier and said goodbye during Misha’s panel, which I think was a handsome gesture) came on stage for the closing (I don’t know if you can call THIS closing) and so did Jensen. I was just thinking: OMG! He looked so tired, very exhausted, his eye was more red/ annoyed than the days before and he seemed to be in a very bad condition. I nearly got tears in my eyes and I think I wasn’t the only one who felt like that. From that point on I’d completely forgotten my missing autograph, in fact I was glad that I didn’t get one, because if I had faced him and seen him in that condition, I’m sure I wouldn’t want him to sign it anymore. I really felt so sorry for him and at the same time I was so angry because RE made him looking like that…I was really glad that everything was over… Okay, not everything was over…we stayed at the Hilton and waited for our photo shoots to be printed until 1:30 am and what did I get? My photo with Jared, which is a little bit blurry! Thanks for that! But I think I should be glad about it, because as far as I’ve seen it, there were a lot of photos in more bad quality (very dark, etc.). I’m still missing my ones with Jensen and Misha (but they’re on their way as I was told on 21st, June).
Summary of the weekend: it was very unorganised and chaotic, which resulted in that the staff were completely overworked (although they attempted the impossible and more! Thanks for that!) and that most fans were dissatisfied.
Reviewing I have to say that I’m glad I’ve written the report now and not straight after the Convention, because now my anger has flown away a little bit and I don’t want to be annoyed again. Even so the RE made a bad impression on someone who joined their first convention! And if I hadn’t had all my friends around me (thanks girls (and one boy *lol*) for that great weekend) and if I hadn’t had the luck to win the coffee lounges, it would have been an very awful weekend…I hope RE has learned from mistakes and they do it differently for the next convention (btw, they already have for Ayslum 4 and Asylum Europe, thank god!!).
ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
The Ozchicks are pleased to announce the third guest to the HUB Productions All Hell Breaks Loose Supernatural convention.
Misha Collins!
Misha is most recently known as Castiel, the angel who saved Dean from Hell in Supernatural. He has also appeared in shows such as 24, ER, Charmed, Without A Trace and CSI:NY.
Misha will be appearing both days of the Convention and attending the cocktail party.
Autographs $30 - Purchase on the day!
Photographs $40 - Purchase on the day!
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VIP tickets are sold out!!!
We are sorry to those of you who missed out, but remember there are
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Why buy a day pass? What's the point?
Well, day passes still get your into the Convention and the panels, which let face it is where all the wackiness happens.
You can still take photos of the guys doing their talks on stage.
You get to hang out with hundreds of the coolest Supernarural fans on the planet. And you can also say you were at what could possibly be the ONLY Australian Supernatural Convention.
Isn't that something?
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Okay, my sister (Deadbeat) says my 16 year old daughter, Christel and I need to get online and start getting ready for the EyeCon so here we are. We can hardly wait for Sept. 26 ... we're doing our best to be ready. We've ordered our tickets for photos and autographs. We're planning out our wardrobe.
I'll be bringing along my bag from Dallas and hope I can remember to bring enough items to get autographed.
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First, I want to congratulate Kripke & Krew for so gleefully splashing around in a classic urban legend, that of the stolen body organs. Heh. *G*
Now, one last read for my dear flist, before we dive into the season finale.
The episode goes straight to the action, when Victim Number one is introduced - and stuffed into the trunk of his own car, where he screams and kicks to no avail. (Cue my latent claustrophobia, thnxverymuch.) We next see him staggering barefoot into the ER, desperately clutching his midsection, where a jaded nurse assures him that she's seen it all. "Let me see," she says - and when he releases his bloody grip, we hear the wet *splat* of his guts hitting the floor. The nurse screeeams her ever-lovin' lungs out, and the Creep Quotient is proven alive and well.
Bang, we segue into Sam and Dean with a captive demon, Dean savagely splashing holy water all over the smoking thing and demanding to know who holds his contract. With only three weeks left on Dean's countdown clock, we wonder why haven't they done this sooner? Maybe they have: we'll just never see it, since we're short half a dozen episodes.
Whatever, Dean is in rare form, whilst Sam stands grimly by with Latin at the tip of his tongue, and the demon spews its hatred. Who holds Dean's contract? "Your mother," the thing spits, "she told me just before I bent her over". With that sort of vileness their only result, Sam gets Dean's permission to continue the exorcism. The human host does not survive, the boys noting that demons now are increasingly hard on the bodies they steal. Yet what truly gives Dean (and us) pause is that, in contrast to earlier demons who would do anything to avoid returning to hell ... this one would rather suffer the fires of damnation, than the wrath of whomever holds Dean's ticket.
Not a good sign, but when Dean gets back from body disposal (and I guess there's no good way to leave a corpse for its family to find, without risk of leaving their own forensic evidence), Sam hears a new case from Bobby. Something is taking parts out of people in Erie, PA, and possibly eating them. Oh, my heart gets happy at the thought of actual zombies! Dean is equally tickled, if a little puzzled by Sam's sudden tangent.
"You've been on soul-saving detail for months," he says to Sam. However, he can't resist Sam's boyish enticement to some genuine zombie action. Even Sam is smilier than he's been in months, as the boys take the case.
Posing as detectives, the boys pay a visit to the local morgue and the body of the guy whose guts fell out. This yields both clues and a coroner who wields snide remarks as deftly as a scalpel. Scalpel being a key ingredient, as they learn there were no teeth marks on the victim, but rather some primitive sutures. Their subsequent interview of a *surviving* organ-theft victim gives us another terrific character who snarks with caustic wit about his missing kidney.
Later over takeout burgers, Sam and Dean ponder their clues, which Sam points out include sutures of a type and material not been used in over a century, and the use of maggots to clean a wound. Sam takes especial brotherly glee in discussing maggots, bile, and feces while Dean is trying to eat, but nothing can deter Dean's appetite for long. Piecing together the "antique road show surgery" leads them - oh frabjous day! - right back to Dad's trusty journal.
The culprit, they realize, is something Dad thought he took care of years ago, Doc Benton, an early-19th century surgeon who discovered immortality with a catch: the doc has to take parts from other people to replace his own as things wear out. Dad had cut the guy's heart out and thought it good, but clearly, that didn't work. Even as the boys relax that night, a jogger is nabbed from the shadows. Clever use of an athletic heart monitor accompanies our first view of this self-made Frankenstein, as he bends over a crude operating table to cut out the jogger's still-beating heart. (A hearty display of surgical gore that made my poor, tough hubby look away.)
The situation would seem a straightforward hunt, except for one catch. Bobby calls the next day with a line on Bela. Dean's anxiety boils immediately to the surface, as he votes to abandon the hunt - despite the clear and present danger to innocent civilians - in order to find Bela and retrieve the stolen magick Colt. The schism between the brothers is instantaneous, and Dean's heated refusal to let Sam carry on this hunt alone rings eerily of Dad.
"How are you gonna stop me?" Sam demands, and we see in Dean's shocked face that he never imagined Sammy could flat refuse him, like this. Furthermore, Sam lied to get him here: there had never been any suspicion of zombies. Sam had concocted that to get Dean's interest, until he could ascertain this really was the immortal doctor from Dad's journal. He reasons that, if the doctor's secret to immortality could be applied to circumvent Dean's deal, it made better sense than chasing Bela and the Colt, which she probably sold months ago, anyhow.
Predictably, Dean's reaction distills to, "WFT, are you nuts?" Despite Sam trying to override his objections, saying he would take whatever magic pill, too, just to buy them time, Dean vehemently refuses. He trusts instead to the proven power of the magick (stolen) Colt. Sam reminds him, "We're trying to do the same thing, here." Yet neither will relent. The looks Sam and Dean exchange mirror the ache in our own hearts, before Dean is out the door, leaving his little brother behind.
SPN scored with its guest actors in this episode, and we next meet a dour ex-hunter, Rufus, played with riveting intensity by the same actor who gave us the X-Files' mysterious "Mr. X". Buying his way through deadbolt locks, security cameras, and repeated hostile retorts of "So?" with a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue, (that's a $200 bottle of hooch, for those curious) Dean sits down to find out what Rufus knows. It's a lot like prying open oysters with a plastic spoon. Rufus' reclusive, suspicious, borderline-survivalist life is, he claims, what Dean can look forward to, if he survives this - which he won't. Rufus appears to have carved a niche as a purveyor of esoteric information, but he warns Dean of a bleak truth: there are no happy endings for hunters.
Meanwhile, back in Pennsylvania, Sam for the second episode in a row leases a rental car, seemingly celebrating their erasure from FBI files. Or maybe he just likes the "bleep-BLEEP" of modern electronic locks, but anyhow, with the help of maps and satellite photos, he sniffs out the doctor's secluded lair. Sniffing being a distinct possibility, as Sam descends into the dingy shack's basement (to the fandom's collective shrieks of, "no, Sam, don't go down there!") and finds two bodies strapped to grimy operating tables.
The Creep Quotient gets another workout as Sam finds a woman alive, her forearm peeled of skin and coated in squirming maggots. The old, compassionate Sam appears as he tries to hush her agonized fear, but the doctor's footsteps clomp the flooring above.
Over in Connecticut, Dean and Rufus continue their dance of not-really-communicating over glasses of high-dollar scotch. Rufus leads the not-discussion around to reveal that, while fingerprints may not reveal Bela, (for the record, burnt fingertips grow back) the human ear is just as distinct in pattern. With one surveillance snapshot of Bela's ear, he was able to track down records of her back in England, and he slaps a file with the truth of Bela Talbot down in front of Dean. Bela had asked him to procure something for her, and he liked knowing who he dealt with.
Sam in the meantime finally has the chance to save a victim, rather than watch another die. He scoops the traumatized girl up and bundles her off to the car, (one instance where automatic locks are a plus) and he's about to make a clean getaway when *BASH*, the doctor appears to smash in the drivers' side window. Things look dicey for a moment, but we're treated to the patented Sammy Clench Jaw of Determination, just before he stomps the gas and rockets the car right over the patchwork doc. Kudos to Billy Drago for creating an awesome villain and to the FX guys for the shot of Doc Benton with his head lolling on a broken neck. Then his hideously scarred visage tightens in rage as he watches Sam's taillights vanish into the deepening twilight.
And finally, we come to the Big Reveal about Bela. The manner of its implementation is well done. Dean has read her file, learned her real name, Abby, and that when she was 14, her parents died in a fiery car crash, the cause of which included a suspected severed brake line. We know from "Red Sky at Morning" that Bela had spilled a family member's blood, so Dean is all snarls and lethal intent, as he confronts the woman who stole his one means of defense against demon-kind; a woman who could murder her own parents so as to inherit their millions.
As the two face off, Bela remains defiant, while Dean takes bitterly cheerful pleasure in owning the upper hand. What she never tells, and he never knows, is something we see only in Bela's private flashbacks: she had been abused as a child, and we watch the door close on a frightened girl, trapping her with her tormenter. Less neatly executed is the abuse-device itself, for one may wonder if Kripke et al could have found a less clichéd means by which to create Bela a sociopath.
But the only real thing Dean learns in this confrontation is that the Colt, and his last defense against the hellhounds, is long gone. Nonetheless, he finds he cannot execute a human being, even one as soulless-seeming as Bela/Abby Talbot. He eyes some curious herbs hanging above her door, then tells her she's not worth it and shoulders his way outside. In his wake, she makes a mysterious phone call, telling someone that Dean "fell for it", but while Sam was not present, she pilfered a motel receipt from Dean's pocket and she knows where Sam is.
Meanwhile, a shaken and subdued Dean calls Sam from the road, telling Sam he was right about the Colt. Sam, however, is positively gleeful, for he found the doctor's formula book, and the mystery of his immortality isn't black magic at all, but simply very weird science. He is so earnest and enthused that Dean's voice even takes on a note of hope - until a hand clamps a chloroform-soaked cloth to Sam's face and his cell phone hits the floor, the sounds of struggle riding over the desperate, tinny shouts of Dean many miles away.
When Sam comes to, Dean must be breaking land speed records all over the country, or else he had called when most of the way back to Pennsylvania. Whatever the case, the camera pans to Sam strapped down to Doc Benton's ghastly table, we realize Sam's eyes are *taped* open, rolling wide open like poached eggs in a glass. The stolen organs myth takes on a whole new urgency, when the doc's serrated melon-baller dips right towards Sam's eye. But halleluiah, the door bursts in, and Sam's inverted view shows bullet holes punching into the doc's chest: Dean has arrived!
Naturally, bullets have little affect and we wince to the obligatory Dean-bashing, but in the struggle, Dean plunges a hunting knife into Doc Benton's scabrous chest. The doc is unimpressed, mourning only the ruination of a brand new heart, but he reckons Dean's would make a replacement. However, as Dean handily exposits, he dipped the knife in the doc's own chloroform on the way in, and the poison puts Doc Benton down like a sack of rocks.
The doc awakens on his own operating table, with a wrathful Dean and angsty Sam standing over him. Doc pleads that he can share his immortality, and even now, Sam agonizes over this opportunity slipping from their fingers. Dean, however, adamantly refuses: human versus not human, there's no debate in his mind at all. "Are you helping or not?" he demands. Thus, Sam wields a shovel to help in their grisly solution to Doc Benton's un-kill-ability. They seal the doc in a chain-wrapped steel refrigerator and bury him - with his formula book - ten feet deep. Fans have speculated whether the boys wanted to keep the doc on tap for future consultations. I suspect they simply lacked the stomach for butchering out a still-screaming semi-human body.
The question definitely remains, how could Sam see Doc Benton's grotesque immortality as a viable solution to anything? The answer may lie in Sam's choice of words to Dean: Doc Benton's secret was Science. Science is governed by logic and laws, and a solution based quantifiable logic may have seemed acceptable. Perhaps Sam even imagined they could control this science as a temporary measure, since he specifies buying time for Dean. But the convolutions in Sam's logic are unnerving evidence of his growing desperation.
Later that night, Bela slips into the boys' dark motel room - and coolly double-taps each bed with a silenced Walther pistol. She then flips back the covers to find two deflating life-sized dolls, and the motel telephone rings. It's Dean, driving through the darkness with Sam beside him. He's pieced together Bela's story, how her parents died ten years ago tonight, and the herbs above her door were intended to keep hellhounds at bay. She admits yes, she made a deal, and flashbacks again give us details she does not confide in Dean. But she confesses she stole the Colt and tried to kill Sam in an effort to change her deal. But the demon lied, and her time is up, and she weeps, saying she needs help.
No sympathy from Dean, who sternly reminds her that she took their only defense, when she stole the Colt. If she had come to them sooner, they might have both been saved. The only thing Bela can give now is the name of Dean's nemesis. The same demon, Bela announces, that has her ticket: Lilith. Sam's face is instantly a study in stiffly controlled terror. "She holds every deal," Bela says. Clearly, Lilith has not been idle beyond our sight, but rather she is consolidating power and calling in markers in preparation: for what, we can't imagine.
As Bela regains her composure, apparently by sheer will, viewers may ponder that she has taken so long to acquire some depth, and we can pity a girl so abused that her parents' deaths seemed the only escape left. The measure of demonic cruelty is how this one moment of youthful desperation must cost Bela so dearly, now. It's a pity we don't understand how an abused 14-year-old girl met or conjured a demon to make such a deal, in the first place. But given Bela's intense adult involvement in the occult, perhaps those missing half-dozen episodes would have shown how she grew up in climate of such things, and the step to a demon's deal would seem less extreme. Without that, however, we can only ponder and guess - and write fan fiction.
Meanwhile, Dean is grimly unemotional as he concludes their conversation. It's almost midnight and the sands of Bela's glass have run out. "I'll see you in Hell," Dean says, and cuts the connection. Bela turns towards the window, steels herself, and howls waver from the darkness. She will die as she has lived: friendless, isolated, and alone.
Dean, at least, never compromised who he is, never wavered in his truth to himself. He will not face his fate unlamented or unloved. We can only pray this will somehow prove his salvation where Bela Talbot had none.
I left for Orlando on Thursday morning and caught my flight out of Detroit. The flight actually left right on time and after a rather bumpy flight we made it into Orlando on time. I got off the plane and met up with ammy. We traveled back and forth between the baggage claims trying to get my bags and then back and forth thru the baggage claims waiting for Megan and Lisa to get to the airport. When they finally got there we went to Chili’s Restaurant for some food cause we were all starving. We had a helluva time and I’m sure the staff thought we were nuts!! 
Then we caught a cab and checked into the Florida Hotel where the Convention was being held. The hotel was HUGE and it was connected to a massive shopping mall. We decided to kill some time until Yas got to the hotel so we went shopping. Along the way we saw an M&M store and of course had to take pictures with the giant M&M at the entrance to the store. And right across from the store was a Hall of Fame store with sports memorabilia and at the entrance to that was a 2 foot Derek Jeter bobblehead. Of course I had to get my picture taken in front of that!! 
Then we went back to the hotel and waited in the lobby for Yas. After Yas got there we were sitting in the lobby and we saw Kenny & Voni who ran the Eyecon Convention. They invited us up for a chat and we sat with them for a while. Talk about 2 of the nicest people you will meet!!! Then we left K & V cause they had work to do and we went to Crickett’s for dinner. The restaurant was a little pricey but the food was good. Then we pretty much sat in the lobby for the rest of the evening and watched the celebs come in. Chad came in with what looked like his parents and checked in. He walked by and I gave him a smile. Then Gabe came in with a college buddy. He walked by and we said Hi to him. Sandy came in and looked cute as a button in her heavy jacket, ripped jeans, running shoes, no makeup and her hair in a pony. She’s so pretty she doesn’t need makeup. She had to go on her tippy toes when she was checking in cause she’s so tiny.
Friday we went to breakfast at Crickett’s (major expensive for a buffet) and then the girls wanted to go to Walmart but I stayed behind and lounged at the pool for a while until I got a text from Heather that she was arriving. I met up with her and we found out Dink was already there so we met up with her and chatted for a few. Lindsay arrived shortly after and we all met downstairs to greet her. I met up with Chrissy (one of the gals I roomed with) and we checked into our hotel room. I spent a good part of the afternoon after that just chillin in the lobby until it was time for registration. At 6:30 it was time for the Convention to start and the Meet & Greet with the tars. After that we got to watch Jensen’s movie "Ten Inch Hero". What a great movie. Funny and happy and sad and entertaining. I truly enjoyed every moment of it and I can’t wait til it comes out on DVD cause I want to buy it!!!! 
After the movie it was time for the Cocktail arty. I didn’t have a ticket for it and I’m glad I didn’t cause I wouldn’t have stuck around very long. I went and sat in the lobby for about a 1/2 hour and talked to a few people but I wasn’t feeling that great. I ended up with a really bad sore throat and I was really tired. I went to bed at around 11pm and was out of it til morning.
Saturday morning the Convention opened and to kill some time I ate at Starbucks with Lisa(Pentagram) and Heide and a few others and then I went up to the dealer room to check out what was for sale and got my Eyecon t-shirt and a couple pictures for autographs. At 10am Jim Beaver had his Q&A. He was alot of fun and seemed to be really enjoying himself on stage. Of course that hour freakin flew by. They did a breakfast auction and the amount of money spent for each celeb was crazy. Oh how I wished I had money!!
Next was the Chad Lindberg, Samantha Ferris, Alona Tal Q&A. As usual Sam was great. She’s got such a presence when she’s on stage. Alona was a bit quite cause she hadn’t slept after flying and being on a plane all night. Poor girl! And Chad Lindberg was quiet yet kooky. LOL After their session finished Sandy McCoy(Jared Padalecki’s fiance for those who don’t know) had her Q&A on stage. She was so nervous but she did great on stage and she was alot of fun and her mannerisms and nervous quirks were a joy to watch. She has to be the most adorable person on the planet. Jared is one lucky guy to have a girl like her. She’s so down to earth. Gabriel Tigerman’s Q&A was next. He was very funny on stage even tho he seemed a bit nervous at first. I think he enjoyed himself and had a great time talking about SN and himself.
A few of us went to the Dealer room to take some pics of Alona, Sam, Chad, Gabe, Sandy and Steve since we were allowed to do that which was so awesome!!! After killing some more time down in the lobby(I think the hotel staff thought we were living there LOL) I had my Sandy photo-op. She was really cute and said Hi and I told her congrats on her engagement. We took the pic and I told her for her honeymoon to seriously consider Hawaii cause its the most beautiful place and that I’ve been there many times and love it. She said they’d actually talked about Hawaii as a honeymoon destination. I was like "Awesome" I thanked her and off I went. I ran back up to the hotel room and grabbed my Jim Beaver picture cause it was time to get his autograph. That took a while cause he was personalizing everything but that was cool that they did that!!!!
I went up to the room again to change into my Hawaii dress for the Banquet and went back down to the lobby to hang until it was time to register. Terminator Red practically attacked me when I went up there. She grabbed my Eyecon pass to see what my number was and really loudly and kinda rudely said I was at the back of the line!! Between my space being invaded by some strange [...] and the yelling I was a little turned off. Of course I wasn’t the only one turned off by the one I call Terminator Red. 
Anywho I was too far in line to be able to sit with any of the celebs but I ended up a table away from Samantha Ferris. The dinner was alright and when it was time for dessert the waiter totally forgot our cake. I was like Hey I want some cake. I called the waitress over and told her they forgot our cake and she ran off to get our waiter. The whole table was laughing cause I wanted some cake so bad!! It was good cake dammit!!!! LOL After dinner our table chit chatted for a while and took a couple pictures to remember everyone. Then I went up to the room again to change and get out of my dress.
It was time for the Platinum Party and we all shuffled into the main room which was sectioned off so it was a bit smaller. We mingled among a few of the celebs in the room and took pictures of one another and Steve Carlson came in to sing a couple songs special for us Platinum Party goers. Then it was time to play Guitar Hero. Chad Lindberg got up and played and then Gabriel Tigerman came up and played Chad. We all sang along to the songs they played. We mostly all hung out at the far wall and watched everything and took pics. Getting near any of the celebs was near impossible as some people felt the need to hog them. Oh well. Not like I had much to say to them anyway!! LOL
Steve Carlson’s concert was next. He put on a great show as usual. The pajama party was next but I was beat from my cold so I went to bed. From what I heard it wasn’t much of a party. I think most people were really tired and wanted to make sure they were up bright and early for Jared.
Jared’s Q&A was 9am Sunday morning. He was wonderful. So funny and friendly and he seems so down to earth. After his Q&A finished it was time for his photo-op session. I didn’t have a photo-op with him since I got one in Chicago but Sammy and I decided to camp out and wait for the Hunter’s shot(Jim & Jared). We had to wait about 2 hours for it but it was cool cause everyone kept walking by and stopping and talking to us. A few others joined us in line as well. LOL At my Hunter’s photo-op I walked up to Jim & Jared and said Hi to them. Then I looked at Jared and pointed my finger and said "You have to smile in the pic cause I wanna see them dimples" and I laughed. He said "If I wanna see dimples he’ll poke me in my cheeks" I was like OMG SQUEE!!! LOL I put my hands around both guys waists and we cozied up for the pic. I thanked them both and off I went in my glory!! LOL I must say that Jared is extremely tall and OMG gorgeous!!! I swear he gets better lookin every time I see him!!! Sandy is one lucky girl!!!
Sammy and I went and camped out for the Roadhouse shot(Samantha, Chad & Alona) which we had missed the previous day cause they started and ended them early. It was a pretty uneventful photo. Sammy & I walked up we all said Hi to each other and figured out our positions for the photo cozied up and took the shot. We thanked them and then off we went.
Jared & Jim’s autograph session was next. We all went into the main room and waited for our row to be called. I got a couple pics of Jared while waiting in line for the autograph. A few of them were too blurry cause you couldn’t use flash up close. At least I got a couple of them to take. Jared personalized most people’s photos and as it got closer to the end of the line he had to just sign cause he had to leave to catch his flight back to Vancouver. Boy’s gotta get back to doing what he does best...Film SUPERNATURAL!!!
I was at the room when Jared left and I wished him a good flight. Not sure if he heard or not cause he had other people talking to him. I ran downstairs and perched myself in my favorite spot in the lobby to wait for him to leave. He came down with Sandy and Voni and out the door they went. Sandy came back a while later. It was the end of the convention! Boohoo!! Sammy & I spent the next while sitting in the lobby people watching and chatting with anyone walking by. We were all supposed to go out to City Walk but most of us were too tired. Lindsay, Jenn, Heather and Dink all went tho.
We found out from one of the guys at the Con that they were throwing an after-party for staff and guests that were still left in the hotel. Sammy & I went to go get some dinner at the mall and then went up to the after-party. It was in the games room with Nintendo Wii and Playstation and they had Rock Band and Guitar Hero and a bunch of other games. I played some ultimate fighter type game and did pretty well considering I haven’t played video games in years. Then Sammy & I played Guitar Hero. I felt like a total idiot cause I was really unco-ordinated at it. I didn’t do as bad as I thought tho. LOL Jim Beaver came in and was talked into playing Rock Band. He sang and it was so hilarious to watch. Then Steve Carlson came in and played Rock Band. He was playing guitar and then bass and then he sang for a while which was really cool. Chad came in and played Guitar Hero a couple times too. Samantha joined us in the room a while later and just talked to people and took pictures and signed some autographs. Megan, Yas and Lisa came in for a bit and then went outside. They came back up and were lookin for Steve Carlson and thought he had left but he was still in the room. Yas said he was the only one she hadn’t hugged and was too afraid to ask him. So I dragged her and Megan pushed her into the room and I went up to Steve and asked if he’d hug Yas. She looked so freaked out and at first so did Steve until Yas said he was the only one she hadn’t hugged. So he hugged her. BWAHAHAHA 
Then the girls left the room and Sammy & I hung out for a few more minutes before I needed some air cause I was getting light headed (Damn cold). Lindsay, Jenn & Dink came upstairs for a few minutes after they got back and then took off again. We decided to leave after they did cause it was getting late. We said our goodbye and thank you’s to Voni & Kenny & Larry and went and sat in the lobby where Yas, Lisa & Megan were waiting for pizza. They got their pizza and Sammy & I sat there for a little bit longer just chillin and then went up to the room to go to sleep.
Yesterday(Monday) morning we woke up and got our stuff ready and packed and checked out of the hotel room. Went downstairs and I grabbed something to eat and we chilled in the lobby until the cab got there. We got to the airport and we all found our airlines and said our goodbyes.
I had taken a few Nyquils before getting to the airport so waiting for my flight I was half asleep and got on the plane and sat down and zonked out until we took off. After take off I zonked out again for another hour until they served drinks. I got my drink and I was still tired so I hurried up and drank it and then went back to sleep until we were landing. The landing was a little rocky. We had a helluva crosswind and the plane felt like it was rocking back and forth and it was kinda scary as we got closer to the ground. We landed alright and then I met my Dad at the gate and came home. That was the end of my exciting weekend. I had a great time despite getting this damn cold and I can’t wait til the next Convention. Hopefully alot of the people I met at this one will be at that one!!!
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Yesterday, was the Salute to Supernatural convention in Los Angeles. First off, i woke up my sister just like how Dean woke up Sam in the Mystery spot episode. Around 6:30 I played Heat of the moment by Asia. I am sure i wokesomeof my friends next door to my room. HAHAHAHA!! Started getting ready for the convention. My sister straightened her hair, wore a yellow dress and her birthday hat. It was cute!! I was very excited to meet the guys. We left the house my friend Meggan drove us. All went to get Mcdonalds for breakfast and headed to THe Marriot. At first my sister got the wrong direction she only got the zip code. Not good. Unfortunately, good thing i had the envelope where the tickets was sent from it had the address. SO i asked my brother Jon to use his navigator from his Envy. It was very useful. When we arrived at the place we had to find the ballroom. When we headed downstairs on the escaltor breakfast was still going on. So we headed to line up for Jensen Ackles Photo Op line. There was already people lined up. We met alot of cool people. There'sPolly she drove all the wayfrom Arizona to L.A to meet the guys. Than there's Laura, Sarah, and Jenna. We all started talking about Supernatural and my favorite scene of Sam ,"Too preciousto this world!!" hahahhaha....around 9 something we saw Jensen ackles. HOTT!! Thantalked to Polly some more talking aboutshe's going tofaint and the bodyguards are going to attack her. hhehhehehehee....she's funny.I told her she's not going too. When we got into the photo ops we had toput our stuffon the table. The line went very quickly. My sister Leawas saying,"See ya" but i pulled her back in line. She went and tooka picture with Jensen. I was next.My heart was pounding and I shaked Jensen's hand, said hello, took pictures andask him if i can give him ahug. And i did. He'shot and asweetie!! Than after that we all headed back to the line, well not me cause i wasn't taking pictures with Jared only my sister was. So that's where we started talking to other Supernatural fans like Laura, Sarah and Jenna. Jenna showed us the video of Jensen giving them a eyebrow up ((just like dean)) and them giggling in the background. Than saw some other pictures that has been taken in the Breakfast with Jensen and Jared. They had some amazing photos especially upclose. Than Sarah told us Jared engagement to Sandy. I was happy and give all the blessing to them. Well i didn't do it in person. So yea...
Anyways, saw Jared coming down the hall and Jenna shot another video. This time Sarah saying i love you Jared, me saying what's up Jared, and other fans. Than Jared saying,"I love you too" back to Sarah and the rest of us. I didn't get a good picture of him cause he moves quick. jared go inside and takes pictures. I told my sister to say,"To Precious for this world" to him but she didnt say it. Instead he greeted her a happy birthday and took a really cute picture with him. =) Outside and interviewerwas interviewing our group and told her what we like about the convention, how we all started watching Jensen on Days of our Lives, and etc. Than Laura mentioned that Jensen should be in the role of Leon kennedy for the next Resident Evil series. Seriously, I think Jensen fits the description of Leon perfectly. Anyways...after the duo shots were done ((shoot..i got it backwords)) Jensen and Jared left the room for a while. Me, Jenna, and Laura was waiting outside to take pictures of them. Jensen comes out cover his face with a waterbottle,"saying he looks bad and don't look at me!" while Jared does the same thing and yells.I took the picture but damn the camera takes forever so in the picture you only could see Jared and Jensen covering himself up. But really Jensen looked hot that day and not horrible. They both are hillarious.
So Jared comes back to take his photo ops. Like i said he walks quick and he's really tall. Geesh!
Next stop was Q&A with Jared. We found our seats and it was by the door. It wasn't that bad. They showed people's music video that was a salute to Supernatural. It was awesome my favorite one was THe Renegade, and Ghostbusters especially when it shows Dean eating food. It actually went with the clips. After that was done, Jared came out and started asking the audience if they had some questions. Bunch of people went up and asked. They ask Jared to do a impression of Jensen if they were to body swap. He did a good impression. Than Jensen comes out and starts saying his dean quote,"Son of a b***h". Everyone started clapping and Jared left. Now my sister Lea was still in the line and i went up to the line to ask questions. When my sister went up she asked Jensen two questions, 1.can he do the bluesteel pose and he did for like 2 minutes and 2. What's that he eats in Tall Tales. Which was very sweet caramel that numbed his tongue. Than Jared comes back out and people starts asking Jensen questions some more. One question i remember was the body swap of Jared. Jensen did a really hillarious impression of Jared and started walking around and onto the next table. It was funny and i couldn't stop laughing. I was third person in line when that happened so i took that picture. After the girl in front of me asked a question i was the next person up. But they stopped the line of questions cause it was times up. Geesh, i didn't get a chance to ask my question. Oh well, next was the autograph session me and my sister didn't get any autographs cause we didn't buy tickets. So, we just sat down and headed towards the vendors. we looked around and they had some awesome posters, shirts, pictures, and iron on patches that had their name sam and dean. My sister ended up buying a poster for our room which i need to put up. We met the team leaders of Team Winchester Danie. She was great explaining what she has plan and told her some other things that i don't remember. Stayed there for a bit than headed for lunch. After lunch it was Q&A with Sandra McCoy. She was so nervous and hillarious. Than autograph session with her ((still didn't get her autograph)) and than a signing with Steve Carlson. Which we got to do. I let him sign my ipod. Which was totally awesome. Overall my experience with the Salute to Supernatural convention it was really fun, i had a big blast meeting and seeing Jensen and Jared. Also meeting supernatural fans such as myself. I will go again when they come back to Los Angeles. We took lots and lots of pictures. Next time they should have more vendors, and this time we'll get their autographs for sure.
