Moonlightrising event......Nathan was awsome!!!!!!!!

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MALNOURISHED

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 10:50 PM

I'm sorry that it's taken me a while to post.

This is Vanessa. You know, curly hair, brown skin, room parties. I had a blast at the con, you guys. It was fantastic to meet all of you. There were definitely things that didn't run smoothly, but I loved the relaxed atmosphere. The guests were very approachable and friendly, and we spent a lot of time with several of them. I hope to see some of you at Flan in December, or maybe at the next MR if Nathan, Jonathan, and some other FF guests come (hint, hint, Aria).

So, here's my first post about the con. This is mainly about the autograph session on Saturday. I belong to a big group of very dedicated Nathan fans over on serenitymovie.org, and we made a birthday card for him. We also made a second card that we sent all over the place having people sign (we called it the world-travelin' card). I gave them to him on Saturday.

I was behind Kaele in the autograph line, and when she was done I stepped up to his table. His PA asked my name and took what I wanted him to sign. I said "I'd like to give him something before he signs, if that's ok."

Nathan looked up at me, and said "Hi, Vanessa."

I replied at warp speed. "Hi, Nathan. I have something for you from our group on the Appreciatin' Nathan thread. You used to go to the old thread, but there's a new one now." Ugh, the rambling!

Nathan looked down at what I was holding in my hands. "OK."

I bought a leather folder for the birthday card, world-travelin' card, translation sheet (because the card has Chinese on it), little notecards from people, and maps I made showing where we live. There was also a little window on the inside of the folder where I put another matching card that said:

June 2006
For Nathan Fillion
From the Appreciatin' Nathan Crew
www.serenitymovie.org

The folder only had one pocket, so I put all of the world-travelin' stuff in there, and laid the bday card inside so that he would see it first.

Nathan took the folder from me, and opened it. He saw the birthday card, and said "Oh my God!"

I told him that we tried to get it to him before his birthday, and that the art was by Mike Phillips.

He looked up at me, and said "I feel like I should know which scene this drawing is from. It looks so familiar."

More light-speed talking from me: "It's from the pilot when you tell Kaylee that you're a mean old man."

"Oh yes!" He smiled. "Of course, that's right. This is great!" (He meant Mike's drawing.)

Then, he picked it up so that he could see it better, and proceeded to read EVERY MESSAGE that we wrote!!

He laughed out loud several times, and he definitely remembered "Stinks like awesome!" When he finished reading he said, "Aww, thanks you guys!"

I said " There's more!" and pointed at the folder pocket, and Nathan pulled everything out. "This is a card that I made with another piece of Mike's art, and our group mailed it all over the country and Europe to have people sign it and write notes to you." I pointed to the maps, and said "These are the places the card went, or where these smaller cards came from."

He smiled and leaned over the map of Europe. "Ooooh, there's England, and Ireland." Then he looked at the US map with all the little dots on it. "And WOW! I mean WOW you guys!!! And these maps are really cool."

Then he picked up the card itself and looked closely at the front. He read it aloud. "How to Draw Mal. Draw an oval. Draw a line through the oval." Then he laughed. "Draw Mal holding the oval." More laughing. "That's great!"

I showed him the back where everyone signed, and he kept saying "thanks you guys" again and again. I told him that there was a translation sheet for the Chinese on the card, and he said "Cool."

He saw the smaller cards, and asked "Now, what are these?" (He was really paying attention!! I can't believe how freaking nice this guy is!!!!)

I explained that we ran out of room on the card, so several people mailed their contributions separately.

He started taking the cards out of the folder, and then paused to look a

AGATSU

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 10:57 PM

I bet it wouldn't be impossible to get off, right, ladies?
Shiny story, Ness!

Proud Member of the FFF.net Event Team
Department of All Things Insane
Serenity Now/Equality Now screenings / Serenity Day (unrelated):
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Be there or be a purple-belted poop head. (<- not the official slogan)

LIVLASS

Thursday, June 8, 2006 12:42 PM

He said "I'll tell you a funny secret about this shirt. It was really hard to get on, and IMPOSSIBLE to get it off." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you didn't include that last time, missy! i'll tell you a secret about that shirt too... at the photo session, i put my arm around his waist, and it was sooo soft, i was very tempted to stroke it. (un)luckily, reason reared it's ugly head, and i didn't. but it was soooo soft! lol!

LIVLASS

Thursday, June 8, 2006 12:50 PM

Jonathan came to our Shindig on Friday night and I knew right then and there that we were gonna have one hell of a weekend. I was in my Mal costume, so I stepped up to say hi and he said, "What's up, Cap'n!" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and i'm here to say he did look mighty shiney in his cap'n costume! caused quite a few double-takes, spit-takes, and heart palpitations with it. lol! and the scenes you did during the shindig were so good! glad we have them on video! thanks for helping to make our weekend unforgettable. glad you got home safely, we partied pretty hard that last nite. always happy to help out a bunkmate.

FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, June 8, 2006 1:29 PM

Thanks to all the con-goers for their stories and the pics and the detail.... MalN the detail was awesome! It's like I was there.

That was ever so shiny!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

ITAMOON

Thursday, June 8, 2006 6:53 PM

I came, I saw, I fanaticized. (without making a fool of myself, of course).

If anyone wants my blow-by-blow description of the MR event, with way too many details you never wanted to know, drop me a line.

I've a bunch of photos and some footage but not sure where to post them...

I've written 10+ pages, but reading the whole thing is not mandatory ;-)
-Ita

BTW, in case you ever doubted - Nathan is very worthy!!!

ItaMoon

____________________
Inara: What did I say to you about barging into my shuttle?
Mal: That it was manly and impulsive?
Inara: Yes, precisely. Only the exact phrase I used was "don't".

STEAMER

Thursday, June 8, 2006 11:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by livlass:
and i'm here to say he did look mighty shiney in his cap'n costume! caused quite a few double-takes, spit-takes, and heart palpitations with it. lol! and the scenes you did during the shindig were so good! glad we have them on video! thanks for helping to make our weekend unforgettable. glad you got home safely, we partied pretty hard that last nite. always happy to help out a bunkmate.

Well, I very much appreciate you letting me crash. MalNourished, to you I send the same sentiment! I was afraid of telling you that you're the dead-spitting image of Zoe because I thought you got that a lot, but since you told me otherwise...

You ought to come in costume next time and we can have some more blooper fun.

Maybe like, "We have to.....shit!!" "There's a bathroom as we were coming in!" "Right now, we have to shit!"

I'm with anybody who wants to know if there are photos posted anywhere. Actually, if you need a place to host them, I have a buttload of blog photo storage I'm not using. Anybody need some? *looks around*

As noted before, must have been four people thought I was Nathan. I was like, sheesh, people, the costume wasn't that good!

Comments were much appreciated nonetheless. Next year, though, when I have the coat and gunbelt......

~
'Eta Gorram Na Smech!'
(That's gorram ridiculous!)

SUZFROMOZ

Friday, June 9, 2006 9:12 AM

Quote:
BTW, in case you ever doubted - Nathan is very worthy!!!

ok, no doubt here!!

Thanks for all the details guys. it was great to read how much fun you had, and all the shiny details about Nathan. Iam of course, insanely jealous, but i will live

LONGLOSTBRISTOW

Friday, June 9, 2006 11:00 AM

Here are my pictures:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/magoo6952/album?.dir=8a2ere2

I have yet to even go over what I have about the con. I've been meaning to type up a recap in my Livejournal, but I've been going nonstop since I got home on Sunday.

If I get around to it, you'll be one of the first to hear it. :D

-Meg

SLAYER730

Friday, June 9, 2006 12:03 PM

I did like your costume, STEAMER - It was nice to see I wasn't the only one in costume (And my husband, the man they call Jayne). Although I will have to say that the REAL paramedics didn't look thrilled to have me around in my Ariel paramedic costume when they came on Saturday night.

Also, Camden must have thought I was a real paramedic, because he told me a story when I was in line for autographs about how he originally planned to be a doctor, but couldn't get acting out of his blood. As far as the costume goes, my ultimate validation was when I went to ask Nathan a question at the Q & A, and he said he liked it. Mission accomplished.

***Never judge a book by its movie***

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