This is Supernatural Vegas Con….
So, my con experiences have been amazing and varied. I’ve gone to some where they’re very chill and not much happens, and I’ve gone to some where I go on Twitter the next day, and can’t believe I got to witness such magic. Vegas Con was my 9th Supernatural convention, and close to 30th convention overall. This con will definitely go down in the history books as one of the top ones, for a few reasons.
This was history in the making…
I live on the East Coast and flew into Vegas the Sunday before the con to attend the Hotel Cafe show in LA. I drove 6 hours to see this show, and was not let down. I am a HUGE Gil McKinney fan, and he never disappoints at his shows. He’s incredibly talented, even though he thinks otherwise. The Station Breaks came on, and we were all hoping Briana Buckmaster, who was in LA recording her album would show up, but I think we were all surprised when she took the stage. She kicked ass singing “A Million Reasons” and looked gorgeous. I left the show with new friends and a few new selfies with Jason Manns and Adam Fergus, who was there to support everyone.
Thursday’s Highlights…
On Thursday, Vegas con started with the Gil and Osric panel, which we couldn’t possibly miss, as my group has dubbed ourselves #GilsGals. We went and saw Gil in the vendors room to get our obligatory selfies with him (which would be repeated at least 3 more times throughout the week, not including the ops we got with him). Later on, Kat Ramdeen did her panel… she was adorable. Also, gave good advice. Buy maternity pants and eat ALL the buffet food!! We fell in love with Jeffrey Vincent Price, and nicknamed him JVP or #JustVeryPretty (we like to give out hash tags… it’s our thing). That evening, us ladies went to Thunder from Down Under and we lost our voices… which will play a part in my Friday activities.
I have always wanted to sing “Pretty Fly for a White Guy” at karaoke… mostly because I thought Matt Cohen would find it entertaining. I signed up for it on Friday, not thinking much more of it. I had started losing my voice and started praying I wouldn’t get picked. Well, I got picked. I want to send a formal apology to everyone that had to hear my rendition of that song… but let me tell you, I’d sing it that horribly all over again if I got to experience that night over again. Matt decided I was singing it to Gil, who promptly sat on the floor in front of me looking adorable. He then spent the rest of the song dancing around me, while my voice cracked because it was pleading with me to stop. The video and pictures from that evening will never see the light of day, however, my friends have enjoyed sending me gif’s of Gil getting up on his knees to dance in front of me to remind me of the insanity of karaoke night.
Friday with #GilsGals…
On Friday, we also did an op with Gil with all 4 of us as #GilsGals… we had shirts made for us and for Gil. He loved it (or is a very good actor…) and Chris Schmelke also asked for his very own shirt. We were able to get it made for him and gave it to him Saturday morning. He loved it (he is not an actor, and truly loved it). Saturday, we had some great panels… all of which can be found on YouTube. Saturday night… SNS… my God. Briana sang better than I’ve ever heard her sing, I cried during “I Am the Fire”… cried. It was so amazing. I really wanted to hear Jensen sing “Whipping Post” and my dream came true, but boy was I in for a huge surprise. I have been a fan of Slipknot ever since my ex-boyfriend made me listen to them constantly years ago, and I finally saw them perform two summers ago. When Jensen announced that Corey Taylor was the special guest, the entire theater went silent… I think everyone thought it was a joke. In the videos, you can slowly hear us all freaking out with realization that it was in fact real… we were about to hear Corey Taylor sing with Jensen Ackles. I needed to pinch myself.
Sunday Funday…
On Sunday, the J2 day as it has come to be known, I saw my first Alex Calvert panel and he was delightful. He is a mini Misha, but I also think he’s a bit of a mini Leonardo DiCaprio. He seemed very at ease this con, more so than in the videos I saw from his first convention. He’s hilarious and I can’t wait to see him again at Jus In Bello con in May.
Overall, my con weekend was amazing, more stuff happened but I feel like those are stories that I’m not as comfortable sharing or that happened more to my friends (Jason Manns may not know what to do with us, and I’ll just leave it at that). I think this was one of my best conventions, which is saying a lot considering the last one I had attended was in Hawaii!!
Some Photo Highlights:
