My Day As a Lucky Fangirl: The "Captain's Log" of the Star Trek Premiere
I posted a brief update from the Apple Store yesterday morning with what was going on from the theater in NYC. After that update, which can be found here, we went to Starbucks so I could sit and stop whining about my feet. After that, I started writing down stuff that was going on with the premiere. Here's the "Captain's Log" from yesterday.
11:35 - T plus 7.5 hours. We are still the only fans here. The theater is open, with no apparent intent to close, even for the premiere itself. The tent and barricades remain out, while we sit inside, escaping the rain. This is a bit more low-key than we anticipated, and we are bored and still have a ton of cookies to spare. 6.5 hours until the cast is expected. Guess we'll go see a movie while we're here.
13:45 - met two other fangirls outside. WE ARE NOT ALONE. Currently chatting about bribing the security guards. Thus far, the most promising bribe suggestion has been fruit snacks.
14:17 - more fans, more scheming. barricades moving. rumors of a "pen" for the fans. we have called it the "Ben Pen." Played Jumper by Third Eye Blind and when we sang "I wish you would step out from that ledge, my friend" someone mentioned Sherlock and we died in a combination of laughter and feels.
14:28 - WE GOT IN THE FRONT ROW OF THE BEN PEN. Brittany and I got to go in first since, you know, we got into town at five in the morning. We are now chatting with the others. We are behind the plastic tent in the sunlight, but we suspect the plastic will eventually come down and we will get to see.
15:06 - WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU AREN'T GOING TO TAKE DOWN THE PLASTIC?!?!?!?!?!
15:34 - how are we gonna get them to drop the plastic?! There has to be a way.
16:09 - "the lemon is in play." we are making signs.
16:21 - more Cumberbabes arrived and had PICTURES WITH HIM FROM LETTERMAN. There was much rejoicing. Still no plastic movement.
16:45 - T minus 1 hour, 15 minutes. SO MANY WOMEN. Still no plastic movement.
16:54 - cookie distribution successful. chances of meeting/ being anywhere near Ben, less likely. T minus one hour, 6 minutes, and THEY TURNED THE LIGHTS ON IN THE TENT OMG
17:11 - the plastic is encroaching. It might smack us in the faces. It's another subtle reminder of our unworthiness to occupy the empty space on the other side. T minus 49 minutes.
17:21 - carpet fixer guy is still at the worst job ever. Why do the details of every thread of carpet matter so much?! It's not even a RED CARPET. We plan on applauding him when he's done, but it's hard to tell because of the nature of the job and THE PLASTIC IN FRONT OF US BLOCKING CLEAR VIEW
17:31 - The plastic at the other side of the tent is coming down! or are they putting more up?! it's hard to tell. we are considering taking ours down ourselves.
17:50 - no real signs of organized movement. random people, mostly press, are arriving.
18:03 - then there's THESE assholes. People got slid in front of us on the other side of the damned plastic. RAGE as all those people point and laugh at us (really, laughing. it was ridiculous)
18:08 - we are being filmed, though! but if those rich kids laugh at us one more time...
18:24 - no cast sightings yet. How many lucky and/ or rich kids can they fit in that tiny space on the other side of the plastic?
18:39 - the question at the end of the last entry has become an angry game of "count the beans in the jar"
18:44 - if these boys would part like the testosterone sea, we would be alright.
18:58 - they let out a random cheer at nothing inside the tent, and we reacted. RUDE. still no sign of cast. Unflattering Flannel continues to annoy, mostly by his tallness and simple presence.
19:07 - Benedict's car has been spotted by a friend of someone in the crowd, headed toward us.
19:13 - rumor that the plastic is coming down are TRUE. We cheered like true fangirls for the guy who took it down for us.
19:20 - BENEDICT STUCK HIS HEAD OUT HIS CAR WINDOW TO WAVE TO US. OH MY GOD.
20:33 - OH MY GOD I JUST SAW BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH. IN PERSON. WOW. I got a ton of pictures for myself and was passed a bunch of people's phones and cameras because of my skilled and steady hands. HE WAVED AT US WHEN HE WAS IN FRONT OF THE RICH KIDS. We are going around to the back of the theater now to wait for him to leave.
20:47 - WE ARE IN FRONT OF HIS CAR. His driver seems really nice.
21:30 - still waiting for him. one hour until we have to go get the later bus, riding standby. we live on the edge. but how many people could POSSIBLY be leaving NYC for DC at 23:00?!
22:00 - we made friends with a second security guard. Ben's driver turned the music in his car up and we had a dance party with him. It was super cool. Still waiting for Ben though, and they've penned us in again. Ben Pen PART TWO.
22:30 - wow, Chris Pine is a ninja. Out the door and into the car and gone in 10 seconds.
22:35 - stupid autograph hoarders. All I wanted was my picture with the guy, maybe an autograph, but no. You have to make money off of someone's signature. They were really pushy to him too. Poor guy. BUT I GOT WITHIN FIVE FEET OF HIM AND LOOKED HIM IN THE EYE OMG OMG OMG.
22:45 - oh shit, that's a lot of people for our bus.
23:00 - we might get on standby, but dear God I need a miracle
23:35 - after a small miracle we were allowed on the bus. some kid got in a fight with the Megabus guy because he wanted on the bus but after that delay we are finally on our way and let's see if I can sleep. Did that all really happen!?
2:50 - this isn't DC. Baltimore people, get off the bus. Please and thank you.
4:16 - finding a cab at 4 in the morning in DC is weird. Cabs that won't take you home are annoying.
5:00 - after the cab driver decided to take us the longest way possible around DC, we are home, happy to get to bed 24 hours after arriving in New York and 46 hours after we woke up last. I've decided to write Ben a letter, but it'll wait. For now, I'll just sleep.
tl;dr plastic tent siding sucks for pictures, when it comes down it's awesome, rich kids are tall, and Benedict Cumberbatch is AMAZING. So are his fans. I'm blessed to know you guys. <3