#Janeuary is a month of memories from 25+ years of being #JaneThePhoole! Here's a moment I know I will never forget - @c2e2 2012, when Jester Jane met Captain Jack Harkness, a/k/a the ebullient, delightful, boundlessly-energetic and kind @johnscotbarrowman ! As I approached he grinned blindingly and shook his head, letting me know I was the most extraordinary character he'd met that day; I know the look! One of his handlers leaned over to him and introduced me: "This is Jane the Phoole, one of our local celebrities," and - look, I know I work for the pretend Queen of England and all, but having someone say that to John Barrowman about me made me ridiculously giddy! Still smiling and shaking his head, he waved me to come right up to the table, and lifted up my smile mask (by @jeffsemmerling of course!), and then just looked at me, just puzzled and entertained. I did my spiel: "It's my badge of office, or as I like to say, badge of orifice, on account of it's a mouth." He threw his head back and guffawed. It was a gift of pure loud joy. He then set about straightening the mask on my chest. He turned to his team and explained, "It has to be symmetrical. You know it does. Who has my camera? Get ready." (If you've only ever experienced John on a small screen, nothing prepares you for the bewildering charisma he has in person - he is white-hot magnetism and boisterous mischief, and it is really difficult to think clearly in his presence, even after he's spent hours and hours signing autographs and posing for photos with thousands of adoring fans. His power was a lesson to me in energy management, generation, and distribution as a charming person in public life.) He turned back to me. "Okay. You have to feign over-the-top surprise." I knew what would happen next - the second photo in this series drew plenty of applause live! Other fans immediately offered to buy the mask off me. Nope! That's a relic now. The third image in the series is the photo he signed for me. It reads, "For Jane the Phoole - I love you and your boobs! Captain Jack / John Barrowman." https://www.instagram.com/p/BtESfP3Hmoa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iklh2eb42m4e