Supernatural Convention

     This past weekend was the supernatural convention.  It was Awesome.  On Friday I got my photo taken with and Autographs from Chad Lindberg and Rob Benedict.  On Saturday it was Jim Beaver, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Sebastian Roche, Richard Speight Jr and Rick Worthy.  Sunday was Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki.

    The first Q&A was Kim Rhodes and Gabriel Tigerman.  I ran into Gabriel in the bathroom afterwards.  I told him that I enjoyed his Q&A he said Thanks.  I asked him when he decided to do the convention since he was added at the last moment.  He said that there was a miscommunication and that they had thought Kim wasn't going to make it.  He said that he loves coming to these conventions.  I also ran into Chad in the bathroom after his Q&A Session.  I asked him if he was taking off.  He said that he was only taking a breather and that he would be at Karokee, which I had forgot.  He did say see you later, so that was cool.
     Friday night there was a Karokee party hosted by Richard and Matt Cohen.  It was really cool.  Gabriel, Chad, Rick, Kim Rhodes, and Rob also attended.  It was really fun.  In fact during it Richard introduced Timothy Omundson who has nothing to do with Supernatural but he does star on Psych which I love.  It was Awesome.
     Sebastian and Mark had a Duo Q&A session.  Mark tried to stay loose and laid back but Sebastian was all over the place and kept making remarks about Sex.  It was really funny.  During Misha's Q&A session Misha talked about his charity and a scavenger hunt they did.  Everyone was to make a duck out of  Tampons and send pictures in.  He talked about possibly having everyone send them in and putting them in a tree but said it would be a bad idea because that if it rained they would expand and make a horrible mess.

     During Jim Beavers Q&A he kept talking about how he was disappointed that his character Bobby had been killed off.  He didn't know they were killing him off until he read the script. He mentioned that he was currently filming Justified.  He was also disappointed because he had been killed off his last 2 major shows(Supernatural and Deadwood) by being shot in the head.
    During my autograph with Mark.  I had told him that even though he was only in 4 episodes of Battlestar Galactica that he was my favorite character on that show.  He scolded me saying what are you talking about mate I was in 8 episodes and for that I had to now call him Mr. President, it was cool, btw he was in 6 episodes so we were both wrong. 
     During Sebastian's autograph he asked me where I was from. I told him Utah and he said that Utah was pretty, that the snow was great for skiing and that it was good for rock climbing too.  It was cool too, he was actually sitting there drinking wine and signing autographs.
    During Richards and Matts autographs they were trying to sell some Dick and Matt Karokee Tshirts.   Matt put all the remaining shirts down his pants to get people to sell them.  A little while later he tricked Richard into rubbing them all on his beard not knowing that Matt had put them all down his pants. 
     On Saturday Night I had a Meet and Greet with Jim Beaver and nine other people.  It was cool.  I told him during our photo op that I would see him at his meet and greet.  He said Cool.  He personalized my autograph a few hours earlier and he had actually remembered my name when it came time for my meet and greet.  He asked where I was from and when I told him Utah he asked me what part and when I told him Provo he said that Provo was a pretty place with the mountians and that he had actually filmed 2 movies there. It was cool.  We talked about how it would be possible for his character to come back from the dead.  At the end we got a group photo.

     During Jensen's Autograph he asked me how it was going.  I replied back and he said that he was doing good.  After he signed it I thanked him and he said Your Welcome.  When I got Jared's Autograph I asked him how his day was going and he said good.  I said to him so your just waiting for that phone call huh(His wife was expecting and it could come at any minute)  He said yea, showed me his cell phone and told me, I actually have it right here in my lap.  I thanked him.  He Smiled, quickly winked at me and said Your Welcome.  It was really Cool!
   On Sunday I had a Meet and Greet with Richard Speight Jr and nine other people.  It was Awesome.  We played a little get to know you game.  We had to guess which of 3 answers was correct about everyone like their name, where they're from and their favorite animal.  He wanted to know how the Supernatural Convention was compared to other Conventions.  I got to  talk to him for like 5 mins about the Star Trek Convention.  He said that when he comes to the conventions that he and the other actors with only a handful of episodic appearance and who only know each other from these conventions usually get together and hang out or go to dinner. At the end we got a group photo and he hugged everyone including me, which was cool.  I tweeted him after the convention that it was the highlight of my convention.  He said that it was very cool of me to say that and that it was a privilege to get to spend some time with me and the others and that he enjoyed the chat.

  

Brandon T. Jackson, Aziz Ansari and Kevin Pollak at Wiseguys in Utah!

     So This past month has been pretty good for Comedy here in Utah.  I went on three separate occasions to see Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson), Aziz Ansari (30 Minutes or Less, Parks and Recreation) and Kevin Pollak (A Few Good Men, The Usual Suspects, Cop Out).
    First off was Brandon T. Jackson.  I had seen him in a couple movies but didn't know that he actually did stand up until it was announced that he was coming through Wiseguys.  I ended having a date for this one.  He was pretty funny.  I went to the late show for this and Brandon came out afterwards to meet fans. He was pretty cool.  I got my photo with him and he signed my Wiseguys T-shirt too.

     The next weekend I went and saw Aziz Ansari.  He had heard that Utah was a good place to do standup and since he's been preparing for his next tour he decided that he would practice his new material here.  It was announced 2 days before his shows that he would be doing 6 shows. They all sold out in less than 24 hours.  He was very funny!  Most comedians only perform for an hour but Aziz performed for a whole hour in a half which was very cool. He joked about hipsters and guys who send penis pictures to girls.  He didn't meet fans after but I got a staff member to get him to sign my Wiseguys T-shirt for me and he was kind enough to do so.

     Tonight I went and saw Kevin Pollak.  Kevin would be considered a real movie star.  He's acted with some of the biggest names in Hollywood like Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Bruce Willis.  Kevin currently has an interview podcast where he will usually interview people from television and film for almost 2 hours.  I've enjoyed listening to it.  He was very funny and by the end my side was hurting from so much laughter. Kevin is known for his impersonations especially for his spot on impersonation of Christopher Walken.  In fact tonight he did his Walken for about 10 minutes and talked about the couple of times that he met him.  He also did his Peter Falk, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner and Alan Arkin impersonations.
     He talked about how on 3 separate occasions he pretended to be Alan.  The first time he called Alan and left a message to him pretending to be Alan leaving himself a message.  Alan called him back later and said how for 8 whole mins he tried to remember leaving himself a message and that it wasn't funny.  The 2nd time Alan was being interviewed on Larry King Live and Kevin called in pretending to be Alan trying to find out what was going on.  The real Alan had his head down and was laughing then looked at the camera knowing that it was Kevin and told him to stop it. The 3rd time Kevin called Paul Reiser and left him a message pretending to be Alan inviting him over to stay at his cabin for a week.  Kevin was having dinner with Paul and his wife and Paul told him that Alan Arkin had invited him and the wife to stay with him for a week.  When Kevin told him that it was him pretending to be Alan, Paul got pissed because as it turns out Paul had called Alan and  left him a message thanking him for the invite.  Later that night Alan called Kevin and told him that he had to stop pretending to be him because it now it looked like Paul was going to be staying with him for a week and that he's never even met Paul Reiser.
     Earlier today I had sent a tweet to Kevin asking him if he was gonna meet fans afterwards in which he sent me a tweet back saying Hell Yea.  I met him, got a photo with him, had him autograph his Comedy Dvd and like usual my Wiseguys T-shirt.  I told him that I enjoyed his podcast.  He thanked me for watching it and for coming to the show.  I also told him that I sent him a tweet and he was like cool, so that was you.  I was then informed by one of the opening acts that he was asking about me during the first show.  I so wish I had been at that show because that would of been very cool to experience.  I then got to shake Kevin's hand and told him it was a pleasure to meet him and he again thanked me for coming to his show.  He was one of the nicest guys I've ever met.

Star Trek Convention and Such!

     So a lot has gone on the last couple months since I last posted.  I went to the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas this past August.  It was a lot of fun.  This time around I met the Original Enterprise Crew consisting of actors William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols.  I also met John Cho (Star Trek, The Harold and Kumar Films), John De Lancie, and Olivia D'Abo (The Wonder Years, Conan The Destroyer).  While in Vegas I also got to catch the Standup of Comedian/Actor Tim Allen (Who Didn't Love Home Improvement) who was very funny.
   This past month I met up with a couple of different girls that I met online.  I won't go in to details, lets just say that I had a lot of fun, but nothing worked out.  I have been talking to this other girl that I met online.  We met up for lunch several times and try to get together inbetween classes.  She has 4 kids and likes to wait before she's dated a guy for a while before introducing him into her home which I understand.  I'm really hoping that things progress with this girl because she's really cool and I like her a lot so we'll see.

End Of my Drought!

     I've been debating if I should write in my blog about this or not.  I decided that I should at least mention it.  As anyone who reads my blog knows I haven't had any success with girls this year.  I've tried getting something going with 3 girls,  I got 2 of their phone numbers but couldn't get past the number stage with any of them.  That is a big improvement over last year where I only tried getting something going with one girl, whose number I also got, we did hangout a couple times and even though I didn't get past the talking stage we have become very good friends.
   Until late last year I hadn't really tried dating anyone in at least a few years.   Even though I was too shy to try talking to any girls during that time, it wasn't really a priority for me either.  I'm not even going to mention how long it had been since I had even kissed a girl.  Anyway, that same friend of mine had joked a few times that I should just make out with some random girl.  Of coarse I laughed it off, but then a couple of weeks ago I decided that I should try to find a girl on Craigslist to at least talk to.  Not including several fake girls (Spammers)I got a couple of real responses.  One chick in particular asked me to come over.  So a few days later I went over to her house where we Made Out.  So after laughing about making out with some random girl, I ended up Making Out with some random girl.                
     Its all about Baby Steps.  It had been so long since I had gone on a date and twice as long as It had been since I had even kissed a girl that I really enjoyed it.  So now that my girl kissing drought has ended I just need to end my dating drought.  To help with this I decided to sign up with eharmony.  Its only been a week but I'm making some progress with a couple of girls on there which has been not only a little bit of a relief for me but a nice change too.  If anything happens, I'll be sure to let you know.

Taking Care Of Business (Depression)

     Last Night I pulled a Double shift at work so that I could help a friend of mine pack and clean out her apartment early this morning since we really only hang out when she has errands to run or something that she needs to do.  She called me on the tail end of my double shift and left a message saying that she would be sleeping over at the theater for the new Harry Potter movie instead.  I don't know why but by the time I ended my double shift I was feeling a little Depressed.  Even after I went home and slept for several hours I woke up still feeling depressed and since my friend who I couldn't get a hold of and who I would usually talk to is indisposed at the theater,  I finally decided to set an appointment to go see someone about my Depression and my occasional sleeping problem.  I've been thinking about doing this for a while since it does run in my family but had been putting it off.  I'm hoping that this will really help relieve the Come and Go as it pleases Lifestyle of my Depression.  I know that I can't always rely on my friend to talk to when I get Depressed even though it always helps me feel better.

Feeling Kindof Depressed Lately

   I mentioned in a past blog that ADD and Depression run in my family.  Some days are better than others and for the most part I've been pretty content the last 4 months.  My brother and his wife were living here in Provo til last August when they moved back up to Idaho.  When they left I no longer had immediate family within 4 hours of me.  By the begining of that November I was feeling pretty depressed and even thought about moving back up to Idaho.  I didn't have many friends and I only talked to a couple of people at work.  It was just before Thanksgiving and for some reason I started talking to Eve for the first time.    Even though things didn't work out like I had hoped we became great friends and even though I had a couple of rejections from girls that hurt temporarily, I've been pretty happy.  
   I've hung out with Travis a couple of times and hung out with Eve on several occasions.  I rarely get any phone calls, Eric and Noah don't ever return a text and Eve only returns about half my texts.  Travis has become a pretty decent friend to me and Eve has become like family.  In fact If Eve hadn't become as good a friend to me as she is I would of moved home months ago.  I actually enjoy hanging out with Travis and I am never happier than when I'm hanging out with Eve but when I'm home by myself I kindof get depressed.  I'm not sure why, maybe its because its been so long since I've actually been able to hang out with someone that I miss hanging out when Travis or Eve are busy. 
   When I was living at home I wasn't a big fan family functions.  Now that I'm older and live in a different state I love spending time with my family when I visit home.  It may not always be exciting but I'm always happy when I'm there hanging out with my parents, my brothers or my sisters.  That's how I feel when I hang out with Eve.  I'm always happy and content even if its just running errands or if its just me bugging Eve at work.  We may not always communicate as much as I would hope or as much as we did when I first started talking to her but I enjoy every chance that we do.  Maybe your saying to yourself that I'm just fooling myself, but I don't think so, and if I am than so be it because she always makes me feel special and maybe thats all that I really need right now.

Friends

    So, a couple of things have happened since my last post.  Travis's Wife went out of town so we had a Guys Day.  We saw Green Lantern in 3D, it was Ok.  We spent 30 mins at the Nickel Arcade and had some Pizza and Breadstix at Blackjacks Pizza.  It was pretty fun. 
     I've also got to hang out with Eve a couple of times.  The first two times I pretty much ran a bunch of errands with her.  It was still pretty fun!  Today I found out that I Aced my Web Essentials class which also happened to be my first class in 9 years.  I talked Eve into celebrating my success with some pizza.  Her roomate Megan wanted to hang out with her today so I ended up spending a good chunk of the day at there place watching Movies.  We watched Super Troopers, which wasn't as funny as I remember it,  There's Something About Mary, which is still hilarious and 500 Days of Summer, which I ended up liking!  I'm not quite sure how its happend, but Eve has become like my Best Friend. 
     Its funny because I never thought that I would ever become great friends with a girl.  Every now and then she Jokes about why I hang out with her and the truth is I wonder why she hangs out with me.  She's truely the coolest chick I've ever known. She's real Goofy too but I think thats one of the things that makes her so Cool.  Why she even tolerates a guy like me is beyond me.  She has a boyfriend but still finds time to talk and hang out with me. I had a friend ask me tonight if I was falling for her.  I told him that it was hard to explain.  I mean I do Love Eve, but I'm not In Love with Eve, if that makes any sense to you.  He didn't understand it.  Not only has she become my best friend but shes also become my favorite person in the world.  I love talking to her and hanging out with her.  She's often on my mind and I'm always happy when I'm around her.  I would probably die for her if necessary.  So yeah I love her but its different than being In Love with her.  For example she has a boyfriend that she's madly in Love with.  I just met him recently and don't really know him except for what Eve's said about him and he seems pretty cool.  When I first started talking to Eve I was a little jealous of him,  I thought that I was in love with her, and even though Eve was unattached I knew that it was only a matter of time before they got together.  When it happened I thought that I would be devastated but I wasn't.  I knew then that my attraction to Eve had to be something else.  I don't know maybe we're just kindred spirits or something.   Eve definately deserves to be happy and he makes her happy so that makes me happy.
    In fact I see Eve more as family then anything else.   She often jokes that we should just tell people that we're brother and sister, which did bother me at first, but now it seems quite appropriate.  She means the world to me and She's done more for me than she will ever know.  She's joked once or twice about if we will always be friends and I really do hope that we do remain friends for a very long time.  She's just as important to me as my own sisters and that really says something.