By BetteAndTinaForever
INDEX of all photos and reports from L5
Day 2 – Saturday
Lacking sleep and almost sick from the traditional English breakfast
that they served every morning at the Norbreck Castle Hotel, I got
ready for my first photo shoot on this beautiful and surprisingly
rainless Saturday morning.
Photo shoots
That morning I had Janina and TiBette photo shoots. Janina was
very friendly with everyone, she hugged me and asked how I was doing
and the picture we took was one of nicest ones. I was amazed again
how much energy she had, even early in the morning after staying
with fans almost until midnight and probably having a jet lag. Simply
amazing!
The TiBette photo shoot was next and I can understand why so many
fans felt disappointed. The chairs for Jennifer and Laurel seemed
to be placed miles apart and my hopes of TiBette sandwich quickly
disappeared as soon as I saw those chairs. But I can totally understand
the reason behind it. I was told before that the organizers were
planning to sell 700 tickets just for TiBette photo shoot and it
was only happening on Saturday. Imagine Jennifer and Laurel standing
there for a couple of hours and having their picture taken with
700 fans? They’d be exhausted and would still have whole day
ahead of them.
And I think it also eased their worries about being groped by 700
fans, most of whom were probably TiBetters. It took one fan to ruin
it for the rest of us at L2 when she touched Laurel inappropriately,
so I totally don’t blame the arrangements for that shoot.
So I went there, we said Hello to each other, it took me a few
seconds to adjust my pose and it was over too quick but now I’m
a happy owner of a TiBette photo. I didn’t get it signed because
we could only have five autographs and I already had too many photos
to get signatures on, so I will wait to sign this one later.
The photo shoots are always over pretty quick because there’re
so many people in line and that’s why the staff always asks
us to step in and step out, without initiating a conversation, unless
the cast talks to you. As soon as you done, you’re out of
the room and on your way to your next destination. Mine was the
main hall where the Q&A sessions were about to begin.
Q&A sessions
Since there are already several reports from the convention floating
around the Internet, I will concentrate on more interesting questions
that were answered during the Q&A sessions and the ones that
I remember.
Janina Gavankar
On Saturday, Janina was the first one and she was highly entertaining
and full of energy, as usual. So here are some of the highlights
of Janina’s Q&A.
- Janina was playing a new intern in Grey’s Anatomy for two
episodes (though we’ve learned since then that she wasn’t
returning). The show was very different from The L Word.
- When asked who the best kisser on The L Word was, Janina didn’t
want to answer at first but then she began talking about kissing
Leisha and that it was really great so when Leisha asked if she
could use her tongue, Janina’s answer was Yes.
- A lot of improvisations is going on during the filming and Mia
Kirshner is a genius improvisator. With her you never know what
could happen but Janina herself is not that good at it. Leisha is
also very good with improvisations. Pam Grier made up a few lines,
including the one after the salsa dance when Kit wakes up in the
morning and sais, “I didn’t even make the Chart?”
It was all Pam.
- Circles question was always among the first ones being asked
and Janina is such a trooper because she always answers it. She
said that it’s different for everyone, circles are your own
personal thing and she had to do many hours of research. Her last
advice was: “Do it with a friend and learn. If you can’t
find circles, find someone else who can find them for you. If the
circles won’t work, find what works better for you.”
She was hilarious.
- Janina was really excited to do scenes with Pam Grier, though
for the girl who always gets a girl, Papi didn’t get the one
she wanted.
- Papi is an athlete but Janina is not, she’s a musician
in real life.
- If she was a fruit, Janina would be mango.
- Janina said that Papi is very protective of her friends, as she
described the basketball scene when Papi and how her team accepted
Tina to play with them. She said that she would love to see that
side of Papi to be explored more.
- She was sad when her character didn’t come back for season
5 but she understood, because they introduced so many new characters
and there were too many stories and only one hour to tell them in
each episode.
- Janina mentioned Proposition 8 and how disgusted she was that
in our age and time it can still happen and in California of all
places. She said, “Don’t worry, fight it.”
Later she invited her mom to participate and told us that we can
ask any question about her. At that moment I left to find out if
I will be able to get any interviews because usually the best time
for them is in between the Q&A sessions. I didn’t hear
all the questions or answers but I know it was really entertaining
because I heard a lot of laughter going on.
CONTINUED>>
|
