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Friends Cut

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:09:35 GMT

Have done a small friendslist cut. Nothing personal, just felt we hadn't connected. Or your journal has been dead for a while.

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LOST: Awful Fanfiction Summaries

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:27:20 GMT

Heavily inspired by mctabby 's HP Summary Executions here! I was on fanfiction.net yesterday, looking through LOST fics. All I found was some highly amusing/painful/wtf summaries which I thought I'd save and share xD

*Set in Season Four - but there are flashforwards for people on the island too* Quote from Story: "No I don't, Mr Clean, so if you'd be so kind to enlighten me -" "Do you want her to die?"

/AU/ Takes place at the end of 4x10. Christian has something that he wants to show to Claire, but will that thing have her making a deal, that will not only keep her from her son, but lose him all together?

“Let Jack be the hero, Sawyer,” even though she knows Jack would never even think about sacrificing himself the way Sawyer is now.

A Lost High School fic? Really, are you kidding? Well don’t expect it to be full of Jate/Skate/Sana/Jana/Jacket angst. No, this story is about Dharma High’s 5 outcasts, Charlie, Desmond, Hurley, Daniel and Jin, trying to survive their own living hell.

A one-shot about Charlotte and Ben's first ever meeting before they went back to their own lives and kept on pretending. Hey that rhymes.

A psychic, a vampire, and a mysterious island... will their two very differant lives tear them apart, or does love truly conquer all? I don't own LOST, please R&R.

A random story about what would happen if Ben wanted to join the survivors on the beach but they didn't want him to, and so they agreed he could, only so that they could play stupid pranks on him PLEASE REVIEW

A short comic poem about the hottie biscotti losties and the ugly ones too.

A story about some of our Losties in High School. It concentrates on Jack and Kate and tells the story from their points of view. Updated 6/16/08

A story I wrote for my mother for Mother's Day. The TAPS team investigate the haunts of the island? Does a mysterious man named Jacob haunt a shack? What is the mysterious smoke monster? Why does Keamy hate everyone so much?

A story of LOSTies in high school Sana Jacket Shayid Chaire Jun Hubby. Not your normal Lost High school fic. Ignore what I said in the beginning of the first chapter, not Skate anymore, got it?

A young girl named Michayla is on Flight 815 when it crashes and she has as many secrets as anyone else there. She soon begins to realize that the crash has changed her in ways she can't imagine or understand. Will the secrets of her past ever be revealed

After Jack saves a waitress, Kate, from his drunken father's advances at the country club, he recovers from a painful divorce, but are her motives pure? Her past as spotless as she makes it seem? She's got secrets, but she's not a fugitive. new chapter!

After the Oceanic Six leave the island Claire practically turns into a zombie and Sawyer takes it upon himself to make sure that she’s still eating. Gen.

Amy has dealt with horrid tragedies that nobody at the age of 16 should ever have to deal with. She has not spoken a word since a life changing event struck her at age 10. But when she crashes on the island, how will the aid of Charlie Pace change her?R&R

As Amy's life continues to spiral downward, Amy continues to see little point in her whole existence. There's no one there to comfort her, and she feels like she's alone. But with the reappearence of someone from her past, will that be enough to save her?

AU/POST RESCUE--They thought Ana was dead; but she was only in a coma--and pregnant. Dani's Sawyer's adopted sister, who knows Ana and Capt. Cortez...quite well. Angst addicts--MUST READ. especially in future chapters! SANA&baby R&R!

AU. Starts out at the very beginning of season 3. Unbeknownst to the rest of the survivors, Sawyer has a daughter. She was taken by the Others on the day of the crash and has been presumed dead. What is her story, and why did the Others take her? No flame

Ben and John are at the orchid and have a discussion. Cheese eating, denial, hate, love, man of faith vs. man of science.

Ben destroys M'Lynn's family in the Purge and she escapes the island on the submarine. She soon realizes that she never should have left the island and Ben and spends years trying to find a way back. She'd lost all hope until she boarded flight 815...

Charlie has been seeing disturbing visions, which includes: a peanut butter frenzy, Desmond transmogrifying into a bunch of stink bugs, and John Locke showing his whacked side. Read more to find out what happens to the lovable character Charlie Pace.

Daniel Faraday is building a time machine in the janitorial cloest at Oxford, but he ends up learning more about himself than time and space.

Even in the grips of his death, damn bullet in his shoulder, he feels left out. His mom and daddy get to be together in their death, but they're leaving him out here all alone in the rain. james ford childhood oneshot. for ParisAmy, happy birthday! r&r.

I young girl is a survivor of Oceanic flight 815. She has experiences that she would never dream about, and sees strange things, perhaps called "visions" sorry bout sucky summary, story is better! R&R! rated T, just in case.

Inside Sawyer's mind during the Season 4 premiere and what he thinks about Charlie's death. Short drabble that probably doesn't make sense.

Island life can get boring when it consists of eating, cleaning and sleeping. This is why Charlie, Hurley and some of my own original characters decided to create a band. But how long can a band stick together on an island like this?

It appears to be a normal day as Jack and Kate venture out into the jungle, but what happens when a woman leaves them with two toddlers that look strangely familiar? Kate and Jack bond over these adorable kids as they search for the truth. Jate - CH 14 UP

Jack and Kate are next door neighbours and have been for the last six months. What could possibly ensue from that? JATE AU Fic T Rated.

Jack made a promise to Juliet to find her sister and give her a letter that was before she betrayed them all. But then he finds out what really happened and the guilt starts to eat him alive and he knows he has to find his way back to her. Jacket

Jacob tortures Ben in his cabin. Read and review!

Jate. It had been four years and eight months. The disappearance of Lily Austen doesn't make the reunite easier for Jack and Kate. Why didn't Kate contact Jack since they got off the island?

JOhn Locke faces new udders.

Kate moves to New York into a luxurious loft. Arriving there she finds out that she's not the only one who was interested in the loft, she meets Jack and They are forced to live together when they both don't want to give the loft up. J&K - AU

Kate, Sawyer, Jack, and Charlie have a race down the beach....then Jack ruins it by saying something stupid. One-shot, MAY continue in future….rated just because. R&R plz!

Kate thinks Jack hates her and it's Sawyers fault so she beats Sawyer up, and who pulls her away other than Jack. Will His consoling words make her realize how much he loves her?-Major Jate fluff, mention of past Skate scenes aka Cage sex -R&R

kinda complicated cause it changes alot! bt basically kate is preggers k? R&R!

Life in Sayid's garage, where he proceeds to help various nutcases with their problems alongside his weepy partner Jack and his janitor Charlie. Just ridiculous really... I get bored easy :p

Our Losties go head to head in THE WEAKEST LINK! Hosted by the one and only Anne Robinson. OH - MY - GODDD! CHAPTER THIRTY IS UP! I'M BACK! I DIDN'T DIE!

Nathalie is 18 year old Senior in Highschool. Her School takes a trip every year to a different contenent. LOST is the most popular TV in Her school, The Class Chose Australia. But What Happens When Her Plane Crashes on the Same Island as the Losties?

Post island fic-Kate is not one of the Oceanic 8 is she still on the island? Or is she pretending to be Ms.Linhome a soon to be mom working part time at a restaurant? Will her idnetity be ruined a when she ends up in the hostpital? Suck at sumrys sry-JATE

Right. this is basically the Losties in school. Kate's the new girl and finds new friends and maybe something more! T rated for some swearing!

Random island antics; mainly comprising of Hurley armed with whiskey and a coconut, Libby giving free palm readings for guavas, Michael leans a new word, Jin catches more fish & Charlie goes on the “Great Find A Bloody Guitar String” trek.

Sawyer has always been known as a ladies' man. But this time he's in love with two. Sawyer has to go back and forth and keep them a secret from each other. Review or i will not continue

Sawyer finds a young girl called kate who was raped. please review! thanks a mill! btw just in case any lost fan reconises this story- i used to be "sawyerandkateforever" on the lost diaries but it closed. anyways please R&R XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX

Sawyer tells Kate that hes reading a book called Lord of the Rings, Kate is surprised that he is reading this kind of book What happens when she is walking around and runs into the exact characters he tells her ofLOTR/LOST-Jate/Kate&Aragorn!seqel cmin soo

Sequel to LOST:A Hobbits Tale: Has nothing to do with LOTR at all! Kate is off the island, sh had a daughter and is being supported by a man who is supposed to be dead. Will Kate and Jamie ever get back to mystery Fricken Island as quoted by Shannon JATE

Suprise, Suprise! The survivors of Oceanic 815 as well as the Others can sing and dance! MUSIC! CHEESY DANCE NUMBERS! THE ORIGINAL LOST MUSICAL.

Teenage Kate is having a hard time coping with her life - her mother hires a therapist... What happens when Kate manages to lure the middle-aged man into falling in love with her? But is that really the worst thing? Jack/Kate.

the Losties are now in Jr. High! this is the sequel to Kindergarten is a Nightmare, and it's best if you read that first! But you don't have to cuz it makes sense anyways...sometimes....R&R PLZ Kate, Ana, and Claire's POV

The Losties decide to make a musical, since the golf clubs were lost. Please R&R!

The Losties have children;children who just happen to get into alot of mischief.Sequel to A Better Life. Chaire,Skate,Jana,Hubby,Jun,KarlxAlex,LockexRousseau.I am not the first to come up with this idea. Please read and review!

The Losties travel around the world during summer break after their first year of high school. Sana Jacket Shayid Koone Chaire

The story of Kate and Sawyer's relationship through thirty vignettes. Reviewing doesn't cause infertility.

The Virgin Flight 7771 left Rennes, on the coast of France, but never landed at its destination in Annapolis. 6 people remained alive. This is their story. *Note; under Lost because its that kind of fic*. Rating may change; please review.

Third in series. Jack and KAte's oldest daughter keeps a diary from when she was ten until she is sixteen.

This is a lost AU crossover with charmed,oc,smallvile,xmen,supernatural,desperate housewives, jake 2.0, further up Dawson's creek,buffy,heroes,House,Alias,Angel,MI3,Bourne series,Thomb raider,resident evil,the mummy,POC, everyone is on the island.

This is about the castaways as students....

This is an alternate season two including a character I created named Andrea Parker. When Sawyer and Kate find this mysterious, Australian stranger in the jungle, they realize she’s not who they thought she was.

this is my first fic so please be truthful about it if its terrible tell me. True words leave hearts broken! so truth is only for the wise lovers are better off hearing lies. jk

Violet soon discovers that the Others have captured Jack, Sawyer and Kate, and the fight for freedom begins. Will Kate be able to keep her promise and rescue Violet, even while she's held captive?

We cant go back to the Island that is Crazy!, but what if what Lock says is true? What if he does hurt him, I could never leave with my self if he hurt Jack, My first Lost Fan Fic, story is better. JATE!Please Review

Well this story is about the lostie in high school and what they get upto the two main character in this story are Boone and Kate but have other losties in it.Im really bad at summarys so just come and read it if you want to.

What happens when a bunch of school kids crash on an island, but soon realise it is the island from Lost? Rated T for a little violence. Starts at school, gets to Lost island chapter 1!

What if Claire letter on teh bird had made it to the outside world? What if a scientist named Daniel Faraday finds it? Will he be able to convince the rest of teh world? Will Claire be teh one to save them after all? R&R!

What if KAte had been the one to jump out of the helicopter, who would she say good-bye to first, ajck or Sawyer? WOuld Sawyer the sixth Oceanic six? Will Jack keep his promise and return when they get fuel?-R&R-Very very short one shot

What if one morning you woke up and couldn't remember four years of your life? Kate doesn't even know she has a husband. Jate AU.

When Claire faints from the heat Charlie is the first one to her side. At first she seems grateful for his help but when she starts to get a little wary of his constant attention and he begins to realise that there’s a lot more to her than meets the eye.

When Sawyer, Miles and Claire return to the beach. Oneshot, spoilers for 4X09, but NOTHING from 4X10 which I haven't seen yet . Vague idea of Jate. Reviews stop me from crying.

Yes, I did the cringeworthy 'Losties in School'. Realistic Kate trying to fit into a new enviroment and new characters in her life. Review like your tails are on fire. Please? Chapter 5 Up

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.TEEN JATE!

Georgia on My Mind

Sun, 04 May 2008 15:24:10 GMT

COLLECTORMANIA CMK 2008!
Friday AM to Saturday PM

So I'm back guys! And as last year I completely failed to post, I'm making sure I do this time!

Under the cut: Lea Thompson, James Marsters, Santiago Cabrera & ... Darth Vader?

Friday
We got up at 5am, which was an hour before the taxi was due to take us to the coach station. It feels sooo long ago when it was only a couple days ago haha. As far as I remember the coach came on time (maybe a couple mins late...). This coach took us all the way to Heathrow Airport with no stops. The journey was around 4 hours (or more). I listened to my music and looked out of the window a lot. We had over an hour's wait at Heathrow, so had lunch and I started my next book - Mort, by Terry Pratchett (I'm reading all of his books in order he made them xD). Our next coach was only an hour and half journey, to Milton Keynes.
During one of the coach trips, I saw a young deer on a bank at the side of the road, grazing. SO CUTE! For my HP/Snape fans, you might be interested to know I was listening to Leave Out All The Rest (a song that I relate to Snape in a big way). You know him and deers, right? xD I thought that was pretty cool hah.

Anyhoo we got to Milton Keynes around 1.30, and into CMK at 2.15 (because we walked from the coachstation in Campbell Park, and it's a bit of a trek). Thankfully we entered the side CM was on, so not too much walking was to be done when inside, just around the stalls.

First thing I did was go look at the pictures. I always buy 4 pics for £10 (they're £4 each, so the 4 for £10 is a cool deal). I found my Shelli a Pippin (ran out of Sirius last year ;_; lol) and for me a Merry, Charlie and Mr Bennet xD

After that we decided we needed to sit down, because hauling all our luggage around was tiring. We sat on a bench near some of the Guests (none of whom I was interested in meeting). Mum wanted me to take some pics of the guy who played Darth Vader (to show my brother), so I did. Not great ones, but I felt awkward going all paparazzi on some guy I didn't even know. Also it wasn't that busy so I was a bit obvious standing there xD he was being interviewed by a couple people, with a microphone and stuff. Pretty cool.

I left my mum with all the heavy stuff at the bench to get a photoshoot for Santiago and to wander around the stalls. I bought myself a toy Dakin Garfield, an old Graduation one xD so cute:

We looked around the stalls some more together. I saw that all the Heroes comics from S1 had been made into a book (for £15). I couldn't afford to buy it, but I loved browsing it ^_^ mum got me a Sawyer LOST figure (I already have Charlie ♥). I would've got Locke but he kinda looked scary lol. I haven't set him up properly yet, but Sawyer comes with an amazing replica of his letter:

At the same table I found the coin in PotC for just £5, so I bought that ^_^ Here's all the stuff I got on Saturday:

I think by this point we could go to the Travel Lodge and book in, and since we were both running on 2 hours sleep (we got up at 5, but didn't get to bed til around 2 and it took me a while to drop off cos of my stupid messed up hours lol) we wanted to go take a rest before going out again later for dinner. I had an hour and a half nap (it's hard for me to wind down it seems lol) and then went to Wetherspoons for dinner. After we got back, we watched Jonthan Ross, and he had Robert Downey jr on. So squee! ^_^

To finish the Friday...

Mr Bun was of course with me xD

Saturday
We got up at 7.30 Saturday morning. I had a shower and did my hair (curled it a bit, but the walk to CMK made it fall out a bit :P) and actually put make up on :O I found some eyeliner in boots that doesn't make my eyes hurt, so yay! I had a lot of stuff to do on Saturday. James's photoshoot was first, then Santiago's and lastly Lea's. I also wanted to get Lea's and Santiago's autograph (I got James's last year).

Santiago was only just announced so he didn't have a ticket like these, just a slip of blue paper lol

We got to Collectormania around 10am (after getting eyeliner and breakfast lol) and I went to get VTs for Lea and Santiago. Santiago was open queue though, so I went straight in ^_^ he was quite shy (but omg gorgeous lol) and so we didn't have a conv or anything. My autograph is personalised and mum got a pic of us together (I felt silly seeing as I had a photoshoot with him coming up xD)

haha I look so weird in this xD

I haven't a clue what the second line's word is... "best!"? But then... wouldn't that be best wishes or something? Hmmmmmm. :P

I went straight around to Lea's and picked up a VT - I was number 217 and they were allowing people up to 150 into the queue at that point. So we set off to the photoshoot area to see about queuing. My ticket had a green end which meant I had to come back at 11.35 (which was cool cos I had an hour to do stuff before coming back). We sat down and ate some more because breakfast wasn't very filling, then I checked back a couple times on Lea's queue, until I was able to go in.

She's sooo sweet and pretty :D When I came over we said hello and she asked how I was! xD

She's signing my pic there (personalised yay!) but she wasn't doing any posed pics with people (which was cool cos I didn't need one).

I told her I loved her in Back to the Future and she grinned and said thank you. Her voice is so soft. ♥

She had a few pics to choose from, even one with Michael in BttF, but she was looking at him so you couldn't see her face properly, so I went for this one :D

So when it was time we went off to the queue for James's pic. Mum stalked me with the camera xD

I heard some people behind me saying they should say something naughty to him just before the pic was taken so they'd get an interesting pic lols.

James was on a tall stool (which made sense cos his photoshoot goes on for over an hour). I heard a girl behind me complain cos she wanted him to be standing up, but really it didn't matter, in my pic you can't tell where his legs are haha. The girl who's pic was taken just before me had to have it taken again because James's smile was lagging lols. Poor thing had been smiling for nearly an hour xD

When I went over, he turned around to face me in his chair and told me his mouth was numb, then he started to vigorously rub his face O_O LOL. I nearly burst out laughing, cos he was just inches away from my face doing that, and it was so cute cos he was distorting his face and everything xD then he laughed and put his arm around me and and I put my arm around him and he pulled my head as close to his as he could xDD

I just LOVE this picture so much, even more than last years one even though in that one I was one of the first in, so his face wasn't in pain then lol ^______^
You can see his face is a bit red, which isn't much of a surprise LOL
When it was done, I said thank you and he said "Good to see you" ^_^

The next photoshoot was with Santiago. He was still a bit shy in that too LOL. I dunno, he smiled more in the posed pic at his table then he did in this one :3 and I look like a total dorkus too xD but his arm is around me, we're just not as close as I was to James xDD

When I said thank you he said "you're very welcome" in his lovely voice hehe.

Finally there was Lea's photoshoot. Queuing for it was fun, because I had a conv with the woman next to me. She's a MAJOR BttF fan, and has basically collected everything you can. She's also met MJF - she helped with his offical fan club and got to see him in one of his final Spin City episodes in 2000, and when he came over to meet her and the others from the fan club staff, he hugged them all! O_O she's SO lucky. Omg.

Anyway, I was near the front of the queue and the first girl to go in for a pic. Three men were in front of me, the first was a deaf guy who had a BttF jacket and cap on, so awesome xD So I had no clue how to pose with her cos this is the first time I have met a femal celeb! and I didn't have anyone else (female) to see how they stood with her. So I stood next to her, she did put her arm around me slightly ^__^

I said thank you and was about to leave when she took my hand in a handshake and was like "thank you very much"! I was so surprised because, well, she was thanking me personally for being a fan! xD She's sooo sweet haha. I think she must've remembered me from earlier when I got her autograph =]

After all this it was around 1pm, and I'd done everything I'd wanted to do with 3 hours til we had to go to the coachstation :D so all we had to do now was wait for the pics. James's came out first and I snagged mine quickly. He had soooo many, filling up like three tables LOL.

Mum stalked me again whilst I went around the tables looking.

Mum went off to get me a plastic box/folder thingy from WHSmiths and I sat at a bench opposite the table, watching people look at/get their pics. One woman moved away from the table, causing a pic on the edge to fall to the ground. She turned round and stopped for a second, looking right at it, before WALKING AWAY. WTF. This is someones pic they spent £20 on, you don't just walk away from it when you've put it in danger of being trod on >.<' I couldn't leave my seat because all the luggage was left with me, but thankfully a man who had been next to her noticed and picked it up. Whilst mum was away three people spoke to me about my pic (which I had on my lap) saying how lovely it was :D:D:D:D hehe

When mum came back we stayed for a while, eating some more of our food and watching people get their pics, waiting for Santiago and Lea's to arrive. One of the crew was holding a pile that she'd not got room to lay out yet cos James was still taking over xD I went up and asked if it was Santiago, and it was! I got mine and then asked how long it would be for Lea. Thankfully it wasn't as long as she stated, in fact it was only half an hour later. During that half hour we looked around again. The organisers booth had a lot of Heroes stuff, including two big posters of Nathan Petrelli saying "Vote Petrelli for Congress!" etc. like the official ones xD I really wanted one, but it would've got destroyed on the coach -_-; so instead I picked up a bumper sticker saying "Vote Nathan Petrelli" xDDDD I just need to get me a car now :3

I went back to the pics at 3.00 and was great timing as they were just being laid out. I found myself next to the woman I spoke to in the queue earlier, which was cool. We looked out for each other on the tables xD in her pic she was actually hugging Lea, so sweet :D

Once this was done, we could officially leave CM :O we went off to McDonalds which was next to the taxi rank, and after eating got a taxi to the coach station =] I was soooo exhausted, omg haha. On the way home I saw four more deer and one fox xD we got home at 11.00pm ^_^

So I totally need to post about last years collectormania, cos there's a LOT of Tony Head and James pics lol

Russssssssssssssssssssssssssell!

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:48:41 GMT

RUSSELL BRAND BOOK SIGNING POST!

I set my alarm for 6.45am. Ridiculously early in the world of Alice, but hey... it's Russell Brand. Time is of no matter haha. By seven I was showered and dressed and I packed my essentials; Booky Wook and my camera, iPod, mobile etc. our taxi arrived at 7.30am and we got to the train station within five minutes! Barely any traffic haha. We had to wait a while (and it rained) before the bus taking us to Cardiff arrived. A man who had bought tickets the day before for a train was very pissed off (which he apologised for saying, but hey it's 7.30am, too early to be a gentleman haha) cos he wasn't told that there would be no trains at 8am, just a bus. It was an uncomfortable bus with barely any leg room, but I was so tired I didn't notice and just drifted off listening to music (on my gradually dying iPod, because I forgot to charge it xD).

Then we got to Cardiff and had a 14 min wait before our connecting train arrived. As we sat waiting I discovered I couldn't find my phone D: so I emptied my bag - no phone. Then my mum felt around it... I put in a front pocket. Which I looked in I swear o_O but apparently I didn't put my hand in deep enough ha. Panic over. There was a pretty rainbow in the sky also:

The pic doesn't give it much justice lol. Our train arrived and it was verrry comfy in comparison to the bus -_-; when we got to Bristol Temple Meads there was a #9 bus outside. A few weeks ago I googled the Waterstones Russ was at, to find directions. Google is amazing. It found me a forum thread where someone was asking for help to get to Waterstones for the Russell Brand signing! So I got info on how far it was away from the station and what busses we could catch. #9 was one of them. If we get off at the back of Debenhams. Which of course we had no idea where it was LOL so we ended up getting off twenty minutes away from where we were meant to -_-; so by the time we got to Waterstones it was 11am. I scoped the place to check where the queue started, and once I had we went off to the ladies to prepare ourselves for however many hours wait we had. By the time we re-entered Waterstones the queue had grown. It was only at the front of the shop when we'd arrived, but now (with big gaps so regular shoppers wouldn't be troubled) the queue was also at the back door. Thankfully we joined it just before it wound outside, so we were half in and half out of the store, between two doors which would sandwich us in if they were closed. We were given tickets with numbers on (like raffle tickets) to show later that we hadn't jumped queue and so they could keep count of how many people were here. There were two girls together in front of us, composing a poem to write in a card they'd give him. I sat down next to them and read as much as I could, but (like with sleeping issues I have) I can't concentrate when people are talking in a way I can hear. So eventually I gave up and just zoned out haha. The big burly body-guard type men arrived, and took control of the queue and told us that we weren't allowed to sit down in the door area because of safety. This meant I would stand up for another say... three? four hours. Not *too* bad, if you think about other things I've queued for haha. But I felt bad for mum cos she's got bad legs and I'm sure this didn't help. She did go off for a while to get us some cakes and to rest her legs, but I got bored so made her come back haha. One of the big guys came and told us that since the queue was so long that to get through it fairly we weren't allowed to take pics with Russ, just of him. Which I totally understand because WOAH was that queue huge. Over 100 of us inside and well, I don't know where it ended but this is just outside of Waterstones:

THEN a while later a woman pinned up a notice on the door, replacing one stating we should purchase the book before getting it signed. I already got Russell's book a couple weeks ago so that was ok lol. The new notice told us that the queue was now CLOSED to new people, as it'd reached it's capacity. A few moments later a couple of girls arrived and were told by the Waterstones staff member and I felt so bad. They told her in despair that they'd paid £46 on train tickets to get there! But there was nothing that could be done. (I hope they stuck around though, because Russ did entertain more then just people in the queue hehe). So we waited, legs aching and patience ebbing... then we were told that due to weather issues, Russell would be a "bit" late. He was 50 minutes late LOL. But by that time we were allowed further into the shop, so we weren't cold and were browsing books on the table we were up against. Eventually he arrived and he walked through the shop in his sunglasses with this freaking huge body guard - taller than Russell, which is remarkable cos Russ is huge haha. The guy was really thickset of course, and his long hair was gelled back. He looked like a gangster lmao. He went off, I assume round back, then he arrived back in the crowd of people NOT queuing and started to walk through it. Some of the people in our queue who had other people to keep their place went off into the crowd, me included of course.

Russ is so funny, he grabbed random shoppers who probably weren't all that interested in him and kissed them roughly on the cheek, then he grabbed his fans and kissed them on their lips haha. And he waved and said hello to everyone he could.

The guy nearest the cam was the body-guard I just described. He's ultra intimidating. I was so amazingly close to Russ haha, he didn't grab me and kiss me but that's ok cos I was busy taking pics and well... taking him in haha. It's lucky I've seen him in RL before because otherwise I would've been so starstruck I wouldn't be able to move. Actually... I didn't move (out of the way fast enough anyways)... I was busy with my camera and I took this:

And that's not zoomed. He was this close, yelling hello to someone LOL. And he walked into me LOL. I was like "whoops sorry!" and he smiled and just carried on walking around, grabbing people and harassing them LOL

Then he left to back behind the scenes or wherever he went (couldn't see from our queue if he went into a backroom or what lol). We waited for a while, and eventually the queue started to move, slowly as people at the front got their books signed. It took around 45 mins before we got to him, and it was hard to get pics of him when we got near enough cos of course there were people talking to him haha. But when it was my turn, mum wasn't allowed to go to the table, just stand to the side cos she didn't have a book. That was preeeetty perfect because I gave her the camera to take pics of him, and then my bag and my jacket (at this point the guy who was controling the queue was like "You better not take anything else off!" which made me lol). I'd noticed before getting near enough to properly observe, that the ladies who visited him got a big kiss from him. I wondered at first if they were asking for one, which I knew I wouldn't have the guts to do, because I'm a reserved creature xP but as I got nearer I realised that he just grabbed you and kissed you. You pretty much didn't have a choice which was fine by me haha.

Russ just about to grab someone to kiss them haha

The girl in front of me who wrote him a poem in the card. This is his face when she told him, cos he asked her in this semi-serious way "Is it about sex?" and wouldn't believe her when she told him it wasn't (it wasn't, I heard her recite it to her mum on the phone haha).

This girl was the other's friend. Her arm was broken and in a sling, and he cooed over it and asked what happened hehe.

AND OMG IT'S ME! Ignore my round shoulders D: argh. (BTW if anyone gives a hoot, I was wearing this outfit with my baggy jeans haha).

Ok so earlier in the queue someone went around with post-its and stuck our name to the book so he didn't have to waste time finding out how to spell our names which was cool. I said hello and he signed my book, and I just stood there quietly. A lot of other girls I'm sure were talking to him during this point, but my mind was blank of anything to say LOL. Also I was really interested in watching him, his writing is MASSIVE lol, you'll see in a mo... and he is quite mesmerising haha. When he'd finished he took my right hand in his, and gave me back the book in my left, and said "You're really lovely, you are," and grinned his gorgeous grin. Which totally took me by surprise because A) I hadn't said a thing to him but "Hello" so it wasn't as if I'd just showered him with love LOL and B) I was standing there with zero make up. My eyeliner which I'd applied at 7am was gone by then. Actually I had felt a bit wary when I saw all these girls applying make up and lip gloss... but I remembered what Russ said in his show when two girls put some on as he was walking around us. That he doesn't like lip gloss cos it's sticky and yucky to kiss with, so I felt better. ANYWAY it's amazing that, even though I'm fully aware he complimented every girl he saw that day, and kissed them... he left you feeling really sorta unique o_o lmao. I know that sounds lame but yeah. It's like he genuinely meant it, even if it was just a line or something. No wonder he's so damn good at getting girls LOL After saying that he pulled me down and kissed me on the lips. Which of course was my fave part. Mum said she tried to take a pic of it but it didn't work x_x lols. Which by her angle would just've been my back so it's no biggie. He also squeezed my hand twice before I left hehe.

This is his awesome signature:

When mum saw him do this on someone elses book, with his massive writing all over the page she actually laughed and he looked up at her LOL I don't think he knew what she was doing, standing in the corner waiting for me and snapping pics haha.

So yesh, this was my fun Russell day! Russell is now the first celeb I've ever kissed (not that I didn't try to get one from James Marsters lmao) and pretty much the most gorgeous man I've ever kissed LOL. OH and I don't care how many germs were on his lips, so neh! :P

A GMEX experience...

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:20:22 GMT

Finally Alice did it. Finally she stopped being boring and actually posted her weekend. lol Follow the cut to see famous goodness!

Friday 10th Feb

So it starts here for me. At 7pm I got a taxi to Natalie's (word_waterfall) and met Rhiannon (timdlyarrogant) who I didn't know before this (except for reading a few comments she made on Natalie's journal lol). We went to the shop accross the road from where Natalie lives and went around buying food that was light and easy to eat (such as fruit and instant meals). Natalie got a crap load of carrots o_o. haha

When we got back to hers we made lunch for the following day. Which included buttering bread, chopping lettuce and cucumbers and carrots... and other stuff. o_o I was on lettuice duty, cos I do so suck at buttering bread. With sandwiches (Natalie cut up mine into little triangles <3 which was hilarious to watch when she decided to wrap them in cling film o_o) and salads and carrots in foil, we put them in the fridge, and returned to her room to watch a butt load of Smallville. Which I enjoyed btw. Although I'm more into Buffy's adventures then Clarks...

Now all my online friends know my hours are royally screwed. Sometimes they're so bad that I get tired around 3am, fall asleep around 4am. And I had woke up late that day. So while the two normal hours girls fell asleep I was just there awake. hahaha although some of you may be happy to know I concocted a very nice fanfic plan ^_^

Saturday 11th Feb

Anyway, me with no shred of sleep (although Natalie said she thought she saw me asleep, i'm pretty sure I was awake the whole time...) we all got up and ready at 4.30am, had breakfast and went to the train station.
Alice got hyper. d00m. hahaha
It's like 5.15am and we're at the train station, which is FREEZING cold but so familiar. Everytime a worker walked past they'd look at us like 'wtf are they doing here at this time?' haha. Cos the office wasn't open, we bought our return train tickets from the machine, which I suspect one day Natalie will machine-nap and feed it money...
I got kid tickets. Yes, I know I'm an adult fare, but geez is that expensieve lol.
And we waited. It's so funny how SLOWLY the seconds go by when you're watching them, whilst trying not to freeze to death. Natalie scared me at one point, when I looked away for one second to look at the board of train times and looked back again, she was gone. She'd moved to read an advertisement or something, but geez she's fast lol.
I was annoying and hyper and scary. Alice on no sleep xD

So on the train we go. It arrived two minutes late (seemed so much longer lol). And we're spread over two tables (Nataline and Rhiannon on one, opposite sides to each other, and me on the table accross from it.) and so the long four hour train journey begins. It wasn't that bad really. I spent most of it reading Natalie and Carys' notebook on fiction. Which is awesome btw guys, you're really good ^_^
Natalie slept, Rhiannon did h/w and I listened to music and read.

The two Welsh girls I was with found English fields very fascinating <3. haha geez England is kinda crappy though.

I didn't sleep on the train. I tried. I swear a few minutes before we arrived I was so ready to. So lets say I'm running on five minutes tops sleep now o_o geez...

We're in Machester Gardens Station. I think? Hmm we need to get to Manchester Picadilly Station. The map says its just around the corner -scoffs- indeed. Well first of all we take the *wrong* corner, but managed to find a taxi, so giving in we just took it. Thankfully, or we'd be just walking in the wrong way hehe.
Once there we get a metro (after a toilet break. God bless hand driers o_O). Now the metro is a pretty sweet idea. You'd THINK. Hmm anyway... we get kid returns from Picadilly to GMEX and whoosh we're off to GMEX. It's like 10 something am so it's open. The tram stops around the back of GMEX (more walking ^_^) and we saw the queue for people buying the tickets for the day. It was long o_o
Rhiannon had ordered pre-booked tickets but they didn't arrive, I think. Anyhoo she joined that queue whilst me and Natalie went in and deposited our luggage to the cloakroom thing. Another blessing cos we could carry as little as we wanted ^_^
Once we got back outside we noticed that the queue was moving quite quickly, which was cool. We found Rhiannon and walked beside her.

I know for a fact hanging around outside of the main hall of GMEX is SCARY o_o
A guy dressed as Anakin freaked the crap outta me, I actually said this to Natalie. A little too loudly, I think cos he looked at me. And he looked pissed. Although I suppose he already looked pissed...

Sooooo we got in and my goodness this place is packed. First off we went to the photographs they were selling. Big photos which were 2 for £10 I think... and smaller ones which were 4 for £10 ^_^ I bought four. Three for me and one for Shelli (siriuslysmitten).

and Sirius for my lovely Moohead <3

Spent a while there. So many pictures! x_x then we looked around. This is like the ultimate place if you're a geek. I swear. And I was right at home, according to that Geek quiz I took. hahaha

Then we got to the queues for our lovely famous people ^_^ We went down them, looking at the prices of each autograph. I saw Robert's sign but misread it being £25 when really it was £15, so I completely ruled him out. I was most interested in going to see Matthew -squee-
So he was at lunch when we went over to his. He'd be back at 1.30. Whilst standing there I managed to get a shot of Roger Lloyd Pack (aka Crouch and Trigger)

So we wandered around a bit more then went back to his queue. He was £10 an autograph ^_^ At this price I had no intention of getting two. I was going over to him to get Lizzie's (xxrandomqueenxx) xmas present =)

He was sooooo sweet and shyish when we went up to him. I was like half star struck half smitten. haha. He asked how we were and took the picture to be autographed (mind battle: Mary the evil or Liz the angel?) went with Mary seeing as that's her real name. lol. So he signed it and I asked if I could a have a picture with him.

Meanwhile Natalie was on the phone to Carys (shorty_90) and she asked Matthew if he would talk to her cos it was her birthday in a couple days. and he did! I was literally 'aww'ing over it hehe. It was so sweet. He looked a bit nervous haha but he was really nice. I'm sure Carys would agree ^_^
Here's a pic of him I took when he was talking to her...

Ok not brilliant but he was looking down =P

Here's the autograph he made for Lizzi.

and that was that. We left there buzzing and I kept calling him Neville (haha I'm such a dork) instead of Mattew. Actually I did that with all of them xD

Later that day though I gave in and went back. He looked surprised to see us again xD haha I got the same pic of him for myself.

Which nearly suffered fatal moisterisation x_x BUT its ok, after a week on top of the boiler its all gone and the words have stuck back onto the pictuere (a tiny bit left on the cover but meh).

Next we went over to Stansilavs queue, and Natalie asked if she could just have a picture with him without buying an autograph.

I don't think 'ol Krum understood what was requested, but hey Natalie is standing with VIKTOR KRUM! w00t!

Then we went to a man who was selling covers for the autographs at a £ each. Which whether or not was a bit expensieve I wasn't bothered, I needed something to put Matthew into. haha.

Rhiannon had something to give John Rhys Davies (Gimli in LOTR). It was a picture her old neighbour had of his father, with his friends. Her brother was v good friends with his father and she was pretty certain he hadn't seen that pic. Which she was right about. He was £20 per autograph x_x which was understandable as he's one of the most well known there. But still, owch. Rhiannon got one for her neighbour and we went over to him. He's a really really nice guy, with a really rich british accent (I love that haha). He spent ages talking to Rhiannon about the picture, he signed the picture for her. Then has asked for the lady's details but Rhiannon couldn't remember so he took down hers. Which is so awesome. Someone mighty famous has YOUR address, dude hahhaha. Then he gave Rhiannon an autograph for free! x_x and he shook her and Natalie's hand. I had too much in my hands and cos I hadn't said anything except probably hello when we went up to him that he didn't shake mine. BUT I got some pics ^_^

At some point that day, we were standing outside a queue, and Natalie pointed out a paper sign above Michael Shank's station, which said he wouldn't be taking any posed pictures. Suddenly, out of no where, this EXTREMELY American woman, with long black hair and an expensieve suit on turned around and started talking to us. She was his manager, and recently whilst on set a wall had fallen on him O_O fracturing his back in three places. So she didn't want him having to move more than necessary. Which is a v good reason to not lean over for posed photos -coughKrumcough-. She was really nice, and tugged on Natalie's scarf and said it was cute. hehe.
I managed to get some candit pictures of him for Shelli. I would've got an autograph but my money was kinda low o_o

I think next we went to Jorge Garcia, who was also £20 an autograph. He was only there for the Saturday so we went up to him. Rhiannon got an autograph from him ^_^

Whilst standing at Jorge's station (I know I'm bad, but I don't really know this guy) I spied on Robert who was a little way away from us.

Also got some candits of Katie at some point.

In the pics of Katie she is talking to Robert ^_^

And I don't remember when, but I got a pic of Chris Judge too.

At around 2pm we left GMEX (but left our stuff there) and went to the Science museum, which was just five minutes walk away from GMEX. When we got there we booked a planitarium show that was on around 3? Um I can't remember lol. Anyway we went there and learnt about all the pretty stars. I fell asleep. HAHA o_o bad I know, but it was five mins tops, I swear. I got most of it. Then we went and got our stuff back from GMEX and got the Metro back to Manchester Picadilly.

Or so we thought. We got on the wrong one, but assumed it turned around... but yeah apparently it doesn't. We were quite far out from where we should be when a horrible ticket lady got on and told us to get off cos of course our tickets weren't valid. Then she said we would have to pay £10 each to get back OR get other transport (bus/taxi) o_o £10! it would've only cost us like £2.00 or something. Jeez, she wouldn't let us buy tickets and said if she saw us on the tram again today we'd be in more trouble. o_o She was such a bitch, I swear.
So we left the station and thankfully a bus stop was right there lol. And a bus was due in five mins ^_^ So we got on it when it arrived and all was ok. UNTIL it crashed into the back of a car. I don't know the dynamics of this, JUST that we had to change busses. x_x Finally we get back to Picadilly and now we're lost cos there's no way we know where the lodge is. Asking people didn't help either. So we got another taxi and finally were 'home'.

haha I went to sleep around 7.30pm after having a pot noodle and sandwiches and some hot chocolate for dinner ^_^ and watching half of Charmed. woot!

Sunday 12th Feb

I woke up briefly at 1am then at 5am but all in all I had around 12 hours much needed sleep lol. Getting up for real at 8am we all got ready and were out by 9somethingam lol.

We walked to GMEX. Yes walked! Saved money and wasn't that far away ^_^ but it was raining, which sucked lol.

This time we took our time around the stalls, it was less busy and all we wanted to do was see Robert and John Rhys Davies again (to give him the neighbours address ^_^). We met a cartoon artist who drew stuff like Superman and Spiderman art. He made free headshots for Natalie and Rhiannon ^_^ I took a picture of him. He was v friendly.

After him we went over to Robert. haha I must've been a bit nervous cos after paying for an autograph I totally walked through without taking a picture and having to double back xD
He was SO friendly, and you have to admit very gorgeous. Pictures give him no justice at all. Seeing as they make him look high. He just was exhausted, which made him look all drugged up and stuff. He had a cup of coffee in front of him and when we went over he just looked at us. I was like 'Am I supposed to say something' and then he just clicked and started talking. He asked us where we were from, how we were etc. He was amazed we'd come so far lol. Then he went on about having gone to a Swansea in Dorchester o_o and we were like 'there's a Swansea in Dorchester?' hahaha
After he signed my picture we asked if we could have pics with him.

When he stood up to take the pic with me, he said 'I'm sorry if I stink' as he leant over. I laughed and said 'You smell fine'. He smelt of coffee. Admittedly don't like the smell of coffee, but I wasn't holding that against him. haha

Him and Natalie. The best picture one could take with a famous person. Move over Krum, xD
hahaha it's like both are looking completely dazed... its hilarious.

This is after the pic of him and Natalie o_o he looks lost. haha

And this is him laughing at himself. When he realised it wasn't a Swansea. Just something that had 'Swan' in it o_o lmao

I love this picture of him with Rhiannon. He looks like he's growling o_o hahahaha

After that we went to see John Rhys Davies again. He was again very nice, and said that the picture had brought tears to his eyes. He said he owed Rhiannon something. Which is really quite awesome. haha He also said to Natalie that her father should have more children. LOL o_o again, awesome!

Next to him was Cat from Red Dwarf...

I think after that we left. Getting the tram back to Picadilly then getting a train to somewhere, connecting that to Swansea! W00t homewards!

If any of you want the original unresized and unmarked picture, please comment and I'll send it to you ^_^ and if you make icons or something, please credit me as I did take most of these pictures (the ones I didn't take were either by Rhiannon or Natalie). ^_^