San Diego Comic Con

[emma peel]

Many thanks for the update, 4WiccanLuv! I am so envious that you got to meet Amber!

Janice

[Iamyouknowyours]

After a two hour drive, an additional hour of searching for parking and over an hour more of waiting in line, I finally got inside the convention building. I was a little frazzled, but the promise of precious, precious Amber-time kept my spirits high. I caught up with my friend Rob, who goes to the Comic Con faithfully each year. He showed me around to the Buffy booth. Excellent. Supplied with an extra photo of Tara, I made my way to the line for tickets to see Amber. There in line I spotted a Got Tara? shirt, whose proud owner turned out to be Xita! I was thrilled to finally meet one of the driving forces behind my favorite message board. I identified several other kittens as well from their shirts. I of course was wearing my homemade "People for the Ethical Treatment of Tara" shirt, which got a few compliments from my fellow Buffy-o-holics. I reluctantly decided to skip the Joss Whedon Q and A, lest I lose my place in line and miss out on valuable Amber-ige. My buddy, who I knew longed to make his way to the Heman booth, stuck it out by my side. Amber, as always, was well worth the wait.



When she spotted me, she jokingly told me "long time no see," as I had been to see her in Algor Mortis about a month before. Hmmm... I hope she doesn't think I'm a psycho stalker or anything. I just enjoy being around her (she's such a dear) and I admire her as an actor and a writer. Not to mention she's a hot mama-yama.



Stoked that she remembered me, I gave her one of my Tara T-shirts, which she thought was cute. That earned me a hug. Woo-hoo. Amber-huggage. I got a picture signed for a friend who couldn't make it, which Amber commented was my good deed for the day. I also got her to sign my picture of the two of us in Santa Barbara. Amber said that the two of us looked cute in the picture! Swoon. My dear Amber, we could look that cute in real life too... If only. Curiously enough, she also commented that she was wearing the same pants in that picture as she had on today. They must be one of her favorites. No complaints here.



        She complimented my friend for coming with me and being my camera person, and signed a picture for him too. He's not a huge Buffy fan, mostly watching the show for SMG. Still, he was impressed with what a sweetheart she was. "She was so nice!" He also commented that she was way thinner than he had thought. Ah well, I guess you can chock that up the "bad wardrobe."



        Unfortunately, by the time I reached the Joss signing it was blocked off. I gave my letter (in which I told Joss how much Willow and Tara had meant to me and how much I NEEDED them alive) to one of the employees there who promised to try and give it to Joss. Ah well, I tried.



        I also missed out on what I believe was the Clem signing (sniff, sniff), but managed to pass by the nice actor who played Luke and the Judge. He actually graduated form UCI, like I did. I got a signed picture and a photo with him, which was cool. Oh, and he liked my shirt too, although he asked me if my name was Tara! Apparently he isn't a regular viewer of the show. I forgive him. He's a working actor, right? And it's not like the Judge is coming back to life on the show any time soon.



        All in all it was a good day.



        BTW, if anyone is interested in one of the above mentioned T-shirts, please let me know. If there was enough interest, I was thinking I might sell a few of them and give the proceeds to The Trevor Project, since I am too broke to donate to it otherwise. Email me at eltonsgod@aol.com



Oh, and I'll have pictures on Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll add the link to them when they get put up.

[strongwoman66]

Hi! I'm sooo happy for fans who got to see Amber. It seems she really enjoyed her time with her fans. I can't wait to see the pics! She's really good at remember the fans. I can bet she still remembers me when I see her again someday.



Cheers,

strongwoman66

[pikachu1060]

Oh my god, all of this sounds like a fabulous time. I'd die to be there with you...



Thanks for the reports, and i can't wait to read more and see the pics.

[GracefulVictory]

A bundle of nerves when I found out that Amber would be in my hometown of Sunny San Diego. That bundle nearly burst when I finally got the chance to meet her face to face... Anticipating the crowds, I arrived pretty early landing me the first spot in the line. It was really great to see all the Kittens, Amberholics and Buffy fans that lined up. Although I couldn't shake the shy side of me to go up and say THANKS!!! to the Kittens that run the boards, I'll say it now. THANKS to everyone on the boards for giving me a place to feel welcomed.



The moment of nerve bundle burstment... Let me tell you something... First time autograph seeker (Amber's is the first and probably the only one I'll stand in line for numerous hours for) combined with First In Line Syndrome and just a dumbstruck feeling of "oh my goodness" running through me. With all that, I finally fumbled to the table. I handed her a small thank you note. Then I got my mini-collage of W/T pics and a Wilderness comic book signed. Follow that with a photo with Amber and a personalized comment for the craziness of staying in line so long mixed in with smiles all around... WHOOOOOWEEEEEEE Way momentous!!!! I would have jumped like 6 feet in the air with all the elation that ran through me. My heart was beating pretty fast. It was great... What a feeling!



Just have to reiterate what many have said... She is really the sweetest person and just crazy cool with her fans.



Got Tara? Always and Forever!!!!

[Shinnen]

Thank you so much for everyone who have shared reports of the con and meeting the almighty and beautiful Amber. sigh...



Thank you so much people... heh heh... now is only the wait for... Photos!!

CheerZ

Shinnen

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When I Am Standing On My Head, The Sky Is So Deep And The Sea Is So High.
Inner Beauty Is The Easiest To See In The World When You Are Looking

[urnofosiris]

Oh hee, now I know as well how the people felt who were waiting for our reports from Nocturnal last year. Thanks for these and welcome GracefulVictory (original name heh heh), it's great to hear you all had such a nice time. I hope our other kitties will have nice things to report as well.

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Tara: "uh Willow?"

Willow: "No dancing naked, huh?...It just won't be the same."

Tara: "That's all right, we can save it for later" ----From Wilderness, the newest WT comic written by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden

[drlloyd11]

There is some post from the con of someone who went to Joss.

He said "he talked about the death of tara" and then the poster went off about how Faith is returning..blah blah blah...

I dont know what Joss said, no idea. Weather he said alot or not, no idea..

[pikachu1060]

I'm kinda wondering what joss had to say about tara.

Are there usually transcripts about what people say at the cons?

[lilac8wine]

Its not fair, why cant Amber come to Australia???

Waahhhh......You guys are so Lucky!!!!!!!!



*Turns red with envy, then cools down and anticipates everyones reports and pictures*

[Lusciousbr]

Thanks everyone for the reports. Needless to say how I wish I was there...Amber seems to be the most adorable person in the planet. But then, I guess everybody here already knew that. I'm really looking forward some 'Joss posts', even knowing that what he said won't probably worth anything. Pretty pretty please, anyone...Joss transcripts?

[Elianna]

Thanks everyone for the updates. Xita? Still waiting to hear from you.



I came back from Turkey, woke up early in the morning and walked over to my grandparent's house to try to make it to chat at a decent time, and only when no one was there, I realized why, and read this thread.



I can't wait for pictures!



Oh, and I'll be back home in less than a week! Yay!



-Elianna

"...with a little brains, a little talent, and an emphasis on the latter."

[DianaBouvier99]

at the same time to cut down on the KItten's protest?



What jerks!



I wish that Joss would grow one and just face the music.



Waiting for the update about what Joss said this time screw himself over....

[Coma123]

Cmon lets face facts we're not going to get any detailed reports they've all gone to get themselves totally smashed and forgotten about us

[Scout]

Thanks to everyone for their sweet Amber reports. Not only is it great that Amber is so wonderful to her fans, but she's so consistent. You never hear about her having a bad day or being grumpy to the fans - even when she isn't feeling well or when she's tired. And you know she has to get tired after a long signing. Amber's the best!



Hope everyone has a safe trip home and thanks again for checking in. Of course, we still have some MIAs out there somewhere. Hopefully they'll check in later today.

[Warduke]

Thanks for the reports guys, glad you all had a great time, but then again, how can meeting Amber not be a great time?

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Stand and tremble at the sight of Durin’s Bane

[Elianna]

Coma:

And 8:30am is indecently early in the morning to wake up with a hangover.



I'd like to inform the Kittens in San Diego of my sister's remedy for a hangover, which she swears by: beer in the morning, followed by sex.



Have fun all!

"...with a little brains, a little talent, and an emphasis on the latter..."

[Coma123]

Wait are you saying there is some connection between drinking and sex?

[Elianna]

They might share the same apartment called "fun".



(Okay, I'm tired and hot, and bad with the jokes right now.)



-Elianna

"...with a little brains, a little talent, and an emphasis on the latter..."

[feena191]

Thanks for all the reports so far *seethes with jealousy she's in UK & not San Diego*



But give us what we need!!!! More info pleeeeezeeeee



I'm getting so desperate I'm even lurking at other nameless boards



edited coz she can't spell Diego

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"Everytime I... even at my worst, you always make me feel special. How do you do that?"

"Magic!"

Edited by: feena191  at: 8/4/02 10:37:33 am

[WebWarlock]

Still no word?



I don't know if this is good or bad.



Hmmm.....



Warlock

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Web Warlock

The Other Side, home of Liber Mysterium: The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks

What the hell is your problem? - Ozzy Osbourne to me, October, 1997.

[cesario21]

Maybe they've all been arrested for beating Joss silly with some very pointed logic?!





Snuggles,

Jo xx

'...and there's not enough room in this world for my pain...
signals cross and love gets lost and time past makes it plain...
of all my demon spirits I need you the most...I'm in love with your ghost...'Indigo Girls

[Culzean]

Well, I'm more of a lurker than a poster, but since there seems to be a dearth of posts I'll go ahead and take the plunge.



Since my better half wasn't feeling well, we left the Con on Saturday afternoon and missed Amber that day, but we did see her on Friday.



My friends and I stopped by the Inkworks booth on Friday to get some free trading cards when we glanced at their daily schedule and noticed that Amber would be at their booth signing in about a half hour. Talk about good timing! Unfortunately, there was no way to get the word out.



We were about 10th in line, and fortunately had our comics, pictures and trading cards with us. Amber arrived about 30 minutes later with her mom and sister. Ok, starting with the fashion report - she was wearing blue overalls and a yellow Florida State t-shirt with red writing. She was also wearing a black sweater, a cute floppy hat with pastel stripes and her hear was pulled back into a ponytail.



After arriving, she immediately removed the sweater and hat, took her hair down, and began meeting people. I heard her speaking with a couple teenage girls. They were telling her they had brought her a gift and would give it to her on Saturday. Amber was smiling and asking them to please not spend a lot of money on a gift for her. There was a fellow in line right before me who had been pretty talkative with everyone around him while we were waiting, but when he was in front of Amber seemed only able to smile broadly. Amber looked at him, closed her eyes and began waiving her hands about, then asked him if his name was Paul. He said no, it was Bob. I volunteered that he looked like a Paul, and Amber agreed.



When it was my turn Amber looked at me and said she had noticed me in line. I was the one taking all the pictures. I said oh no, that was my twin. Her eyes got all big and I had to laugh "Oh god, you are easy!" She said "I am!!!! I have always been easy!" I glanced at her mom who was laughing and seemed to agree with Amber's self assessment. I then asked Amber if she would be back on Saturday, as scheduled. She said yes, they were all just hanging out in San Diego today and dropped by.



One of my friends asked Amber if she would return to Buffy and she gave her stock "You never know" reply.



Anyway, she was lovely. Very warm and chatty with everyone who came to see her.



And yes, I do have pictures, but I'm afraid I have no idea how to post them. I'd be happy to e-mail some to anyone who know how. Otherwise, I'm sure Rally will be posting some soon.



And now I, too, will hang around and wait for more Saturday reports.

[kpmuse]

My eternal thanks to everyone who has posted so far! You are all the best! Amber is such a doll!



I love how Amber, her Mom and Sister are all together!

Kristine


Tara & Willow Forever

[cesario21]

Thanks Culzean!! Mucho appreciated!!



Snuggles,

Jo xx





edited for spelling

'...and there's not enough room in this world for my pain...
signals cross and love gets lost and time past makes it plain...
of all my demon spirits I need you the most...I'm in love with your ghost...'Indigo Girls

Edited by: cesario21  at: 8/4/02 11:42:08 am

[scifiacid]

Culzean, thanks for rescuing us poor obsessed souls. Seems Xita and Rally et al are to hung over to post :P Amber's so cute! If you wanted to post the pictures today I could certainly do it? Just drop me an email at scifiacid@yahoo.com.



Adrienne

[pikachu1060]

Oh yeeeessss, pictures, pictures, pictures... pleeeeeeeeaaaaase



And thanks for the friday report...

[cesario21]

*crosses fingers, toes, arms, legs, and eyes hoping for more reports and pictures*



Snuggles,

Pillows xx (my nickname, don't ask!)



edited bcos I just realized that my avatar/picture thingy works!!! Yay!!!!

'...and there's not enough room in this world for my pain...signals cross and love gets lost and time past makes it plain...of all my demon spirits i need you the most...I'm in love with your ghost..' Indigo Girls

Edited by: cesario21 at: 8/4/02 11:59:37 am

[Culzean]

Adrienne:



I just emailed them to you. Let me know if they didn't go through.



You can email me at angndeb@attbi.com





deb

[drlloyd11]

Ok, worried a little about the silence..are they ok?