Stephen in Vancouver report
Feb. 17th, 2010 08:33 pmAm home from seeing Stephen... whew! It's been a long day and I'm tired and sore, and I didn't even get there as early as some! Arrived around 7:45am and there was already a massive lineup (only in Canada, I swear... we were all so calm and orderly at that point!). Waited in the lineup for about half an hour, then everyone suddenly broke off and started rushing towards the stage in a free-for-all so I sprinted and made it pretty close to the front. :) Could barely see the stage over all the heads, and was pressed in on all sides by masses of people, but oh well... least I was fairly close to the front, so it was better than if I'd been way at the back. The crowd was huge - there must have been a couple thousand people there. Fortunately it was a beautiful day, sunny and not too cold (and being surrounded by masses of people kept me fairly warm, except for my hands and my feet (the latter of which were standing in what amounted to a mud pit... the entire field was pretty damp and muddy). It was supposed to start at 9:15, but nothing happened until ~9:40 when the stage manager came out and said that Stephen would be on in about 25 minutes and in the meantime we were going to watch a video of the various pre-Olympic segments Stephen did (like the curling and bobsled training). Couldn't see the screens at all, but listening to it was fairly entertaining. Except for the part where I was getting tired, sore, and impatient, and had to go to the bathroom (as usual). ^^; The video finished and we had to wait around another 10-odd minutes, then the stage manager came back out and got us all to sing Oh Canada to welcome Stephen.
Finally Stephen came on around 10:30, I think, and everyone went wild. :) I tried to take pictures but they didn't really turn out... I got a few later, though (the decent ones are under the cut). I'll try to describe what I remember of the taping (it's a bit of a blur already... o.o I was getting pretty sore by then!). I'm putting it under a cut and will white it out, so those who don't want to be spoiled for the episodes next week can avoid it but still see my pictures.
( Description of taping (highlight to read) )
And.. that's about it. Stephen did his last quick "that's it for tonight" line and the crowd dispersed. It was around 12 by this time and people were tired and sore, and many of us probably hungry and in need of a toilet. ^^; I pushed to the front once the crowd had thinned so I could get some clear shots of the stage. Met up with![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lunchboxghost briefly, but she and her cousin were exhausted (they arrived at 1am, impressive!) so we took off pretty quickly. I headed downtown to meet a guy who was going to buy my old Blackberry (and he didn't show, ergh!) then home to collapse.
And now, pictures...
( Pictures! )
And that's it! Whew. Don't know if I'll go back tomorrow... it was pretty intense, and for all that I could barely see him. It was cool once, but... yeah. ^^ And I've got to work tomorrow evening. So we'll see.
Finally Stephen came on around 10:30, I think, and everyone went wild. :) I tried to take pictures but they didn't really turn out... I got a few later, though (the decent ones are under the cut). I'll try to describe what I remember of the taping (it's a bit of a blur already... o.o I was getting pretty sore by then!). I'm putting it under a cut and will white it out, so those who don't want to be spoiled for the episodes next week can avoid it but still see my pictures.
( Description of taping (highlight to read) )
And.. that's about it. Stephen did his last quick "that's it for tonight" line and the crowd dispersed. It was around 12 by this time and people were tired and sore, and many of us probably hungry and in need of a toilet. ^^; I pushed to the front once the crowd had thinned so I could get some clear shots of the stage. Met up with
lunchboxghost briefly, but she and her cousin were exhausted (they arrived at 1am, impressive!) so we took off pretty quickly. I headed downtown to meet a guy who was going to buy my old Blackberry (and he didn't show, ergh!) then home to collapse.And now, pictures...
( Pictures! )
And that's it! Whew. Don't know if I'll go back tomorrow... it was pretty intense, and for all that I could barely see him. It was cool once, but... yeah. ^^ And I've got to work tomorrow evening. So we'll see.
