Cori Lannam, age 29 12 and 3/4

[corilannam]

I'm fortunate to live just down the road from the annual Shore Leave convention, which is cheap and always fun to at least go hang out at for a day to reconnect with the larger fannish world outside my little contained slash box.  I've seen some nifty guests talk there, but this was the first year that I was really, really excited in the sad, uber-fangirly kind of way.

Jamie Bamber.  *sigh*  Divine Apollo, adorable Archie Kennedy, all around lovely English guy with an unfortunate habit of dying in everything he's in, and the first actor I've braved an autograph line for since Peter Wingfield in 1997 (amusingly, in the same hotel, just down the hall).

He was lovely and intelligent and charming and funny and thoughtful and I did not stop squeeing for two solid days.

To share the squee, I brought my digital voice recorder.  Here are Jamie's panels from both Saturday and Sunday.  My recorder missed a few of the actual questions on the Sunday one, but everything Jamie said is there.  If you have any interest in BSG, Hornblower, poker, or a hot English guy talking about soccer in French and Italian, it might be worth a listen.

Jamie Bamber at Shore Leave, Saturday, 7-08-06
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=B4CED1862C82D923 

Jamie Bamber at Shore Leave, Sunday, 7-09-06
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=A950994238171D57

We also got to see Amanda Tapping (on whom I now have a *massive* girl crush because she was so fabulous), Carmen Argenziano, Corin Nemec, and Gigi Edgely (whom I kept running into in the hallway, by the trash can, in the restroom....)   Then I came home and watched the World Cup final and the Doctor Who finale.  Work was a bitch when I had to come back to the real world yesterday, but I'm just considering it the karmic price for a weekend of so much fannish glee.

Comments

[misspamela.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU for putting these up!

[deannie.livejournal.com]

Gigi Edgely (whom I kept running into in the hallway, by the trash can, in the restroom....)

Oh dear GOD... I'd faint. Seriously. Is she as hot in person as she seems in interviews?

*melts into Chiana-yearning puddle*

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, Shore Leave! I actually attended that convention once, back when I was, like, sixteen. Back before I was a fan, really. So funny.

-J

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! And thank YOU for using that icon -- that'll keep me happy well into the afternoon. *g*

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

I suspect it hasn't changed all that much. *g*

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

She's totally adorable in person, very sweet and bubbly -- and very, very tiny. She did some of the Chiana moves during her panel, which was very hot, and then when she was talking about Chiana (or "Chi") later, she'd sort of unconsciously do a tiny bit of the head movement. So cute. And of course, the accent.... *thud*

[vickita.livejournal.com]

the first actor I've braved an autograph line for since Peter Wingfield in 1997 (amusingly, in the same hotel, just down the hall).

Hee! I was in that selfsame line, yo.

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

That was a fun line. And a really, really long line.

So long that when I finally got in front of Peter Wingfield and he asked me my name -- I totally couldn't remember.

[mzcalypso.livejournal.com]

There aren't many actors I'd stand in line for, but then again, there aren't many aactors like Jamie Bamber. Thanks for posting these -- tho it means my poor little dialup will be downloading Bamber for a good part of the afternoon... there are worse things!

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Mr. Bamber is rather special, as actors go. I'd stand in line for him again in a heartbeat. Enjoy the files, when yyou get them!

[widget285.livejournal.com]

Eeeeee! Thank you so much for sharing these files! I really wish i'd been able to attend but this is the next best thing. Jamie really is adorable and such a trooper for attending even after a late night of shooting.

I'm just going to sit here and cross my fingers that Ioan Gruffudd gets a few days off and makes a guest appearance on an episode. I think I would explode from fangirlish glee, but damn, what a way to go! :-D

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Wasn't he just darling? And it would be incredibly awesome if Ioan showed up -- I think he should lower his price just for the chance to work with Jamie again. It would be totally worth the oxygen I'd have to buy.