First off...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JARED!!!!

To one of the of the best TV shows around

I hope you have an awesome day! (I know he won't ever read this but anyway )

I hope he is able to spend the day with family and friends

Jared apparently likes cookie dough ice cream I went one better and found this...

- Cookie dough ice cream cake A little too much perhaps but it's not real so it doesn't matter

He also apparently really likes white choc macadamia nut cookies - yum

Help yourself to the goodies

*lots of squishy birthday hugs*

Now...finally onto my account of meeting Jared

On the 21st of June 2008 I went to Supanova – pop culture expo in Sydney. I went with Suze (Julsus) and her sis Julie. I had never met either of them b4 but I "met" Suze thru this site. Thank you Suze for helping to make the weekend so awesome

A link to Suze's blog (Julsus) who also wrote about this encounter but I'm sure you've all read it.

The signing on Saturday...

This pic is a screen cap from my video of the signing on Sat. It turned out better than the pics from my still camera

I was calmer than I thought I would be – reports of Jared's calming influence were correct. My hands did get a bit shaky when we were lining up for the autograph but once I got to him I calmed down. He asked us where we were from "where y'all guys from? Are y'all from Sydney?" I couldn't talk – thankfully Suze was there and did the talking for me Thank you Suze

I was wearing my Sam Winchester T-shirt from tvmerch. When he got to me he said "I like your shirt" (I don't know why but I wasn't expecting him to comment on it ) All I could think of was the fact he had already seen the shirt when Jensen wore it at the Chicago con. I didn't say anything (I don't think I did anyway) I just smiled at him

I got him to sign my SPN calendar which I wasn't sure about but thanks again to Suze who said I should get it signed so I did (I wouldn't have got it signed if I was there by myself so thanks Suze ) He asked where to sign it (over the pic of the boys or on the white calendar part) Then he started to tell me about him filming that ep with a broken wrist. I said something stupid like, yeah I knew that or I heard about that. I had things I wanted to ask him about it but do you think I could remember any of them??? I may have been calm but my brain was total mush I wish I had of just let him tell the story coz that ended that conversation. He signed the calendar and said "I'll put a mark on today's date" or something like that (which you can see in the pic below)

He than thanked us, saying something like "we work long hours and it's great to see the fans come all this way to see us" I can't remember what he said but it was something along those lines. He said something similar at the end of the Q&A so he says it a lot. Jared, there's no need to keep thanking us, we thank you more than you'll ever know I thanked him and left the signing area.

After getting our autograph we joined the masses of fans to the side of the signing area taking photos and video of Jared signing and giving out many hugs and taking ph calls from fans which he never said no to. Then wishing I had the guts to ask him for a hug. I have video footage of some of the Sat signing which I am in the process of uploading to youtube.

My signed goodies...

Yay, the 40's chick (our nickname for her ) is blurry but Jared shines through nice and clear

Saturday Photo Op...

We were pretty close to the front of the line on Sat and for some reason this was the first time in my life that I didn't care about having to queue for hours on end It was more than worth it Also I had ppl to talk to which helps Where we were we could see behind the temp wall they had up. I kept looking behind the wall in the hope of catching a glimpse of Jared. After a while I saw Jared heading towards the photo booth area. He was on the phone (we're thinking possibly talking to Jensen ) So we stood there and watched him talk on the phone then he went in and the seemingly endless photos started The man really was a trooper, so many autographs and photos – I don't know how he did it.

Suze and her sis went in for their individual photos and we had told them that we were having a group photo. The security guard then tried to get us to do the group pic and then my individual after but we didn't do as he wanted I got my individual and then we did the group pic which you can see Jared's face for the group pic on Suze's blog.

I walked in and I don't remember if Jared said hi but he probably did. What I do remember is this…Jared "Do you want to stand on the stool so you can be taller than your friends" I didn't even know there was a stool for vertically challenged ppl like myself My brain was still mush and just being in Jared's presence was enough but to have him talking to me!! Anyway, my reply was something like "I don't mind, whatever" Then he says "You don't have to if you don't want to" but I ended up saying yes to standing on the stool, not quite sure how I was able to make a decision but I'm glad I did. It meant I was closer to his face which he put against mine (well my hair )

When I stood on the stool he pulled me in tight which took me by surprise, but it was great Jared is so strong! I remember thinking - this is Jared!! I still couldn't believe I was so close to him! So I was grinning like an idiot for the first pic

Afterwards he kicked the stool out of the way but kicked it so hard it nearly hit the camera guy I think it was He apologised for that but it didn't actually hit anyone.

Love the scruffy look on Jared

On the Sat night he went to a rugby league game!! Yay I wish I could have known about that b4 and I wish it was a Knights game but oh well. I'm just thankful it wasn't an AFL game (ducks to avoid things thrown from AFL fans )

Sunday Signing...

The organizers had learnt from the day b4 and Jared now not only had his own line for the actual autograph. There was a separate table to purchase the autograph and photo tickets for Jared We got our tickets fairly quickly which was lucky coz there seemed to be more ppl on the Sunday.

This time we were further down the line for the auto and they were asking for ppl who wanted Jewel's auto. They then took them out of the line and put them in the other line for Jewel than brought them back to "the Jared line" It cracks me up he had his own line and table

The stall next to the signing area was the JB HI FI stall. Someone from there noticing all us poor dedicated fans having to wait for hours to have a brief moment with Jared. He got together a bag of chocolate goodies and was offering them to anyone in line who wanted one. Glad to know someone was thinking of us all – we were all great full for the sugar hit

We finally get to Jared, this time I got him to sign my Sammy shirt, I had a pen for writing on clothing and asked him if he could use it. B4 that I remember going on about how he will have touched my pen Poor Suze had to listen to my crazyness. Anyway, the whole brain turning to fan girl mush syndrome was back and I forgot to get my pen back

The highlight of this part was Jared remembering us from the day before I can't remember what he said, I wish I could but I can't. After he signed my shirt, I said "thank you so much" I remember looking back to watch him as I walked away (gotta soak up all the Jared goodness you possibly can ) I'm glad I did coz he then winked at us Of course he winked at lots of ppl but that doesn't enter into your thoughts when he's winking at you *sigh* It doesn't matter how many autographs he signed or how many photos he posed for, he can somehow keep up the enthusiasm and make all the fans feel special

There was a guy there who had fake, spray on tattoos – there was of course a Supernatural tat. Suze had an idea for us to get the SPN tat and then show the tat in the group pic. Our tribute to the ep Jus In Bello where we see the boys show off their protection tatts. We almost chickened out on getting the tat but Suze was braver than her sis and I and went and got it done. So then we got it done and I'm so glad we did, I would have been kicking myself if we didn't go thru with it so thanks again Suze

The tattoo guy was saying he was going to try and get Jared over and get the SPN tat (I really wish he could of, I would have loved to have a video and pics of that Also maybe then we could have told him about our idea and maybe he could have done the same?? A girl can dream can't she During Jared's break he was having that ch 10 interview done so no time for the tat

A little blury I know but I only have 2 pics from the Sun signing The other one is from a distance and has fans blocking the wonderful Jared view

The Q&A...

What can I say about the Q&A that you wouldn't have gotten from the many videos of it? Not much except I'm jealous of the girl that asked for the hug I'm still kicking myself for chickening out on asking him for a hug the whole weekend, I need a Jared hug

Sunday Photo Op...

Everyone ran from the Q&A to the queuing area for the photo op We were a lot further down the line this time and there were more VIP ppl that got to go first this time. When we got to the line, we didn't even notice Jared walking past us all Suze spotted him but he had already walked past so we watched him walk out of sight I can't believe we didn't notice him walking right past us

We had to wait a long time this time. Again I didn't care, I was just worried we wouldn't get our pic with Jared. Sunday I was wearing my Winchester demon tour shirt, I saw a few other ppl wearing it too. There were a lot of Dean shirts and I was like come on, it's Sammy here, not Dean

From time to time ppl would read the back of my shirt (which had all the demons listed and what town they were in at the time). I heard some of them, some I didn't notice they were reading it until someone told me. I remember some of them trying to remember what ep went with each demon.

When it finally got to our turn for photos, I went in first for my individual and the security guard was really pushy. He pushed me into the photo booth before the girl getting her pic taken was even out of the booth! When the other girl left Jared said to me "Good to see you again" I wasn't expecting more than "hi" and I had been too busy trying to decide whether I should ask him for a hug or not. Fan girl brain was still there also so once again I said nothing and just smiled at him He must have thought I was very strange, rude or I don't know what! I stood on the stool again to get as close to Jared as possible I was so busy soaking up the moment that I almost forgot to smile I breathed in his scent and he smelt good Again they tried to dictate our pic order but again we didn't do what they wanted The first group pic was the one showing off our JIB tatts Jared was quite surprised by this and was like whoa I don't think he'll forget us in a hurry The next group pic we wanted to ask him if he would do what Suze has dubbed the "heartbreak Sammy face" I thought this is it we have to say something. I quickly said "Can you do the heartbreak Sammy face for this pic?" (maybe he's now thinking, she speaks )He didn't have a clue what we were talking about We tried to explain it as best we could in the little amount of time we had. He had a go and for that I thank him, yet again It turned out pretty good I think even if it wasn't completely the heartbreak face, it still looks good. (see Suze – Julsus's blog for the pic of his faces in the group pics)

After our pics, we hung around outside the photo booth with the many other fans and watched the rest of the pics being taken There were pics taken and I'm hoping video coz of after the photos were over. As he was leaving he kept saying thank you and waving and blew quite a few kisses to the crowd of fans *melts* I just stood there watching him, I tried to take a photo but it's really blurry I wish I had of videoed it coz I can't find a video of that anywhere. If anyone has seen it, knows where there is some video of it can you please let me know???

No more stubble for Jared

I know this blog is long but once I started making points of what I could remember from the weekend, I kept remembering more

I'm so happy about the whole weekend, I had the best time Thanks to Jared of course and Suze

Jared is so wonderful I had heard great things about him and Jensen but to actually see him in person, to be there and experience for yourself how wonderful he is and the photos…an amazing experience that I want again He acknowledged the fans outside the photo booth all the time. Between photos he would look out into the crowd and wave or wink and smile, he was always smiling So wonderful *sigh* I don't think I could ever thank Jared enough for coming over here Esp on such short notice and so close to him going back to work.

Oh Jared!!