Tales from the Asylum - Pics

[amberdreams]

Spent most of the day getting all my photos and autographs though as the prints of the photos weren't ready, I still have to get Amanda Tapping's autograph tomorrow. She was great, she looks fab and though I missed half her first panel, I caught her talking about body image and how women are pressured into unrealistic expectations. She's worried about her daughter who is already worrying about looking fat even though she's only 8 or 9. I'm hoping I don't look too dorky on our photo as she's about a foot taller than me!

I got some reasonable Jared photos - I've put some of the best ones on SSA on Facebook but here are a couple for your delectation...

This one's a bit blurry but I love the expression! LOL. He was pretending to be a medical professional from one of the other conferences going on in the hotel, walking past our hall and hearing Jared telling 2000 people how much fun it was to be making us cry.




Someone said he looks tired but he reckonned he was tired in New York but coming to the cons reinvigorates him!
He was charming in the autograph room - there was a little girl in the queue in front of me dressed as Lilith in her party dress, and she got a photo signed. Jared really took his time with her, he asked what her name was, and then wrote it down really slowly as she spelled it out letter by letter - so cute. Buh oh Buh Buh ih eh... And he was looking at her and saying what a lovely name etc. And I was happy because he thought my Peter Pan poster was hilarious. (Clif liked it too ha ha ha).

I'd done this poster and got everyone to sign it at JIB last year for my friend Wendy's birthday, but of course Jared had to cancel that year, so his signature was missing. Now she has bonus Mark P and Mark S too!

Comments

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

How ON EARTH did he manage to perch on that chair w/o toppling over?? (I was thrilled to see pics with jeans that finally FIT, for pete's sake. The man has mile-long legs; capitalize on them, sir!)

I'm grateful daily that I have three sons; I think it's so much harder to be a woman these days. Not that I'd know any different, but yeah. Did you see the report of lingerie line La Perla using mannequins at their stores that had RIBS showing? And protruding collar bones and jutting hips? I was annoyed, but my husband was totally appalled.

Keep having an awesome time, babe!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'd hate to be trying to raise daughters! My friend has 2 and her elder one is so body conscious it's ridiculous - and has been since she was 7. It's nothing to do with my friend, she's the most unfashionable down to earth person I know.

Got to say Jared was looking scorching hot. I am dying to see how my photo ops have turned out!

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

It's the media, and the way it infests every aspect of our lives, from billboards to album covers and of course, television. SO FRUSTRATING.

More role models, like Amanda Tapping, are in order!