Asylum 6 - A Supernatural Convention - Part One

A6 began for me back in May last year (2010) when we booked the tickets.  We were told it was ‘the final chapter’ and Jo said 'let’s do it the boys are almost definitely going to be there', so that’s what we did. 

At the end of last year one of my biggest dreams came true and Jensen Ackles was announced as the first guest for A6, being excited was an understatement, I’m not afraid to say I shed a little tear or two, after all I had loved this man for 14 years and finally I would get to meet him.

In January we were told by Rogue that only so many Jensen photo op tickets would go on sale and it was whoever got online and was the quickest that would get one, that Saturday morning I was so stressed out, if I didn’t get a photo I would be so pissed.  At one stage the computer froze on me and I freaked out but after a quick refresh it came up, I clicked buy and the rest was history.  I was ecstatic. 

As more time passed by and more guests were announced my excitement grew and when Jared was announced as a sponsored guest well I was over the moon, A6 couldn’t come quick enough.

Friday arrived and I was bouncing off the walls with excitement.  I and my best buddy Jo got ourselves prepared and headed to the Hilton in Birmingham for what would be a ‘Super’ weekend, we were both so excited to be going.

We arrived at around 1pm after a bus journey and 2 train journeys, I was so apprehensive to get there and get settled; at this point we didn’t even know the schedule for the weekend.

I was also really excited to see Carol a friend that me and Jo had made and had met only a few weeks prior to the convention, she was brilliant and I just knew that it would be an awesome weekend.  I was also going to meet Carol’s mate Sally for the first time, I had been speaking to her online for several months and she seemed lovely, as we approached the Hilton I was like a kid who had, had too much sugar.

After checking in and getting big squishy hugs from our sista from another Mr Carol, we met Sal and she was just lovely.  She gave me the warmest hug and calmed me down saying that we could stick with her as she was a pro at the convention scene, we were all in group A so after a short while of chatting, spazzing and saying hi to our old friends Lisa and Sarah, we headed to registration.

Registration seemed to take forever but because we were in group A it was better.  Our friend Maria who we met at A4 was in group E and wanted me to try and get her a Jensen photo op from the vender’s room so after we registered I ran down and managed to get her one, she was so happy with it.

That night seemed to pass in a blur, me and Jo went with Maria to Wetherspoons for a few drinks and a meal.

Coming back for the steampunk party we got dressed up and met back up with Caz. 

Sal was drunk & dancing her cares away so we all decided to have a wander around and see if we could spot any celebs.  Two of the cast members were hanging out in the bar and we kept passing them by, eventually Jo, Maria & myself tried to make conversation with Mark Sheppard who plays Crowley but he was really rude and arrogant, guess that didn’t go how we had thought.

After a few more drinks we went to bed around about 12.30pm, tomorrow morning was when things would heat up and at 10.30am I would be meeting Jensen for the very first time & having my photo taken with him.  Excited didn’t even cover it.

TBC....

A few months later the same thing happened with the Jensen/Jared double photo, you had to email your interest and only 150 tickets were available, it was a long, long wait but finally my email came through, I had been chosen.  Again I was just so happy.

Friday 13th May