Mr. Rickman and Me

First off I must say that I was not actually introduced to him. It deeply saddened me but my aunt was quite tipsy and running about everywhere and I didn't want to ASK her so I just left it alone. Today she felt terrible and assured me that he would be around again and I'd be introduced then. But really it doesn't matter that I didn't shake his hand because I got to be around him for five hours!!!

In real life he looks quite different. He's not as thin as in Harry Potter and clearly he doesn't have shoulder length black hair. But THE VOICE!!! aaaahhhh!!!! Love it! He ended up reading the speech my uncle wrote for my cousin because my uncle got stuck in Kenya doing a commercial and couldn't make it back. So He read it!!!! So insane! Can you imagine having Snape read a speech to you at your birthday party??? I was also happy cause then I could freely photograph him instead of pretending to photograph the person next to him and actually taking a close up shot of him like I did when my aunt was talking (hehe). Also, at one point when I was helping out behind the bar, He came up and took a picture of me and another girl. So somewhere on his camera is a picture of me!!! I wanted to ask him for a picture in exchange for a picture but I felt that might be rude or forward.

Other highlights: when I felt someone brush against me from behind and turned to see Him retreating. I may never wash the back of my dress again!!! I also smiled at him SEVERAL times and he smiled back. And it was all done in a very natural way, generally as I was entering the room where he was sitting and we made eye contact. Honestly he seemed like the nicest man. Very chill, just hung out with his partner (female) all night and a chatted with all their friends, ate some chips, etc. He even tidied up the gift table so that nothing fell over or got lost. He got my cousin the most fabulous gift! It was huge and wrapped in matte pink wrapping paper and he dug up a pic of her at three and taped it to the bag, so cute! The huge bag turned out to be an actual giant purse that was SSOOO perfect for my cousin, her exact style. Then he bought her about 10 different things and wrapped them individually and put them in the bag. These items included two books on photography (my cousin is in school for photography), an eye palette by some crazy expensive designer, an FCUK belt, and....crap! I can't remember the rest, there were like 4 more things in there. I wasn't jealous so much as completely consumed with envy. Not so much for the gift as for what it must be like to receive a gift from him.

And apparently he had a great time cause he rang this morning to say so!!

Below are the pics. Sorry if this isn't as exciting as you'd hoped but I just couldn't bring myself to do anything more than admire him from afar and smile shyly when we made eye contact. Now that he's seen me once, I think next time I might just introduce myself! And there will be a next time. Even if I have to set it up myself.

Also, he's not holding a lightsaber, it's a lamp thing. We set them up all over the room. He was trying to give my aunt some light so that she could read the speech herself but she couldn't so he read it.



Him reading the speech.


My cousin is the one in the blue dress.


*sigh*