Comic-Con International: San Diego
7/24/08
By Nelly

I was so nervous at first...I guess the anticipation of meeting someone you have loved and enjoyed their work SO MUCH and someone you have spent A LOT of time talking about and admiring with fellow fans here at sweet...well, it just got to me....I literally teared up a bit after a while...it's funny but everything didn't really hit me until an hour later....I guess my body was still running on adrenalin until that point....

Kristin was so SWEET and WONDERFUL....I saw her walk down the stairs (the area where the gaming was set up) when she first arrived and walked over to the booth...She was the only one that took a seat (no Justin/screenwriter) and there were a whole stack of autograph pictures in front of her....as in the picture, she was wearing a beautiful long and flowery black and white dress....very elegant...very beautiful. It is just so surreal seeing her in person....Myles (the guy who beat me to the front of the line) was the first one to walk up...and I guess since everything was still "new" regarding crowd control and the fox people/security not wanting ANY pictures being taken of her that my hubby and I surprisingly had a nice length of time talking to her...

I first walked up (nervous as hell lol) and she was the first one to say "Hi" with a beautiful, friendly smile of hers....and she asked for my name...she was personalizing the autographs....I told her and held up my comic con pass that had my name on it and then I blanked out for a mini-second lol...that is when she asked if "I was having a good time"....I said "yes" (and I came back from the cloud I was in and reacted...thank god lol).....I told her I was a big fan of hers (understatement of the year lol)...that I love her on Smallville....which made me remember I had brought a Smallville Magazine for her to sign (the one where she is on the cover) and she did.....and that she made me cry with her performance in "Partition"....and she smiled really big with that one and nodded her head agreeing that it was a very sad film....I also told her that I thought her work on GBD [Girls By Design] was a great thing, that I know I am not necessarily part of the demographics but I thought it was wonderful....I guess at this point she REALLY realized I was a BIG fan of hers......all the while she had the most friendly smile and told me to keep my eye out for any new GBD newsletters....I said that I would and thanked her....gave her a thumbs up and she gave me a thumbs up back and it was time for me to go and my hubby to be up...Thank you Kristin for such a wonderful fan experience!!!!!

When my hubby went up...his encounter with KK was really adorable....he handed her a "Chun Li" artist autograph drawing (another long story) and told her that this was for his wife who was a very BIG fan of hers...and then he signaled at my direction and said she was the one you just talked to.....and he told me that she really laughed at that one ....and was pleasantly surprised when he handed her the artist drawing of Chun Li for her to sign...she then signed the sketch and she asked if he wanted an autograph picture for himself....in which he said, "yes!" < that was so SWEET of her to ask...again she was REALLY nice and friendly!

Again, a very wonderful fan experience!!!!

ETA I forgot to mention that she thanked me after every compliment....very sweet.

PS: It was a very large turn out....VERY LARGE! She really has a very strong and loyal fanbase as witnessed there....I forgot to add in my fan encounter ...that I told her: "We love you very much Kristin" right before I left (...like I said I was thinking of all of you and really wanting to let her know how loved she is by many....) I don't know if she found it weird that I said "we" instead of "I"....but in thinking of all of her fans present and not present (like you guys) that is where the collective "we" came from....I hope she knows that....unfortunately "hate" and "negativity" is louder than love.....that goes for a lot of things in this world....so hopefully her fan interaction was a positive one for her as it was for this one very devoted fan of hers.

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