Thursday, March 20, 2014

VegasCon 2014: Day 1: Part 1

This was my first official day engaging in all the panels and events. We got a pretty early start, we woke up around 8 am Vegas time. We took our time getting ready because the welcome from Richard wasn't until 10:45. I took photos of all of my outfits of the day. Here was Friday's:

Then we made our way down to the casino. We went to Starbucks where we were in line right in front of Chris, the photo op photographer. My mom laughed and said, "good I'm glad he's getting coffee before taking our pictures!" :P We sipped our coffee and talked about being excited for our first day. We went over to the ticket table and got our tickets ripped off and our Saturday wrist bands. Then we began exploring Convention Way. There was a really cute set up. They had a giant Impala poster that I couldn't resist posing in front of.



And there was also a really creepy killer clown! Poor Sammy!!! :(

Then we went into the panel room. "Highway to Hell" was playing in the background when we walked in and it immediately set the mood. The panel room was awesome! Here was our view when we first walked in:

There were also banners of all the stars appearing hanging on the walls (of course I'm partial to Jared, and this is also the beginning of blurry pics, sorry.)

And 2 huge screens, which I tried not to look at because I wanted to look at the star themselves when they were right in front of me, but they did come in handy if they turned there head in the other direction.

First up we were serenaded by the awesome Elastic Waste Band (Las Vegas's 4th Most Popular Lounge Act 4 years ago!) I can not give these guys enough props. They played great, were absolutely hilarious and kept the energy up the whole entire weekend! I love you Tango, Sir Richard, Sweet Johnny and Hot Carl!

Then we were greeted by the Master of Ceremonies, the one and only Richard Speight Jr.! He was the most amazing host. I swear, every single time he was in stage he walked up and down the aisles interacting with the audience. This was the closest he got to me on the first day:

Rich made every single day so much fun and I looked forward to going down and seeing him every morning. I hope someone out there captured Rich's welcomes even though that's "breaking Rules and Regulations!" because it's something I want to relive. Then it was time for the first panel which was a complete surprise when Rob Benedict took the stage, strangely after Tango from EWB went missing! ;)

Rob was absolutely adorable, I truly fell in love with him this weekend. One of the first things brought up during his panel was his stroke during BurCon. He got choked up talking about how it truly was a miracle that he was alive, and how Rich essentially saved his life. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. Over the course  the entire cast brought up how happy they were that Rob was there. It was a beautiful thing to witness, the way this cast cares for one another.

Next up was DJ Qualls. He was so funny, inspiring, and revealing. :) He started off confessing to us that he lost $700 in the casino, at a Wheel of Fortune slot machine no less. And the really bad part was that he needed a hair transplant after getting a bad haircut. Awww DJ. One of the most touching moments was when one fan told him he was adorable. He got teary eyed, explaining that he didn't know he was adorable until he became a part of Supernatural. And he really is. I won't go into detail about some of the things he confessed while on "truth serum" because he asked us not to. But I will leave you with this. "Balls in an ice pack."

Next was Ty Olsson and this is a touchy subject. But I'm going to talk about what I saw. Ty took the stage with everybody cheering. He informed us it was his con anniversary because VegasCon last year was his first.
I'm not sure what exactly it was that was considered taking things too far and ultimately got the rest if Ty's appearance cancelled, maybe it was something I didn't even see. But I will continue to support Ty. I don't want to spread and negativity.

Next was Kim Rhodes and she was truly awesome! She looked adorable in her overalls and her whole energy was bright. She was very inspiring too. One of my favorite things she said was in response to a fan's question about her greatest achievement in life. She said "fucking up and learning from it." I love that so much. I also loved what she said about a fan being rejected for a role because of her tattoos, she said it was "complete bullshit!". And about why she loved Jody Mills, because she "doesn't have to be a woman." She is just an awesome, awesome lady. 

Friday was an amazing day. It was a great crash course in what we were in for for the rest of the weekend! I'll be back for part 2: Karaoke!


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