In which I meet Zachary Quinto.

[adiva_calandia]

I can't believe I BLINKED. DAMMIT.

So it turns out he was here to talk up not only registering to vote -- always good -- but to talk up Obama, as well. Doubleplus good, amirite? He talked for about half an hour, ended saying that he'd written the speech just a few days ago and it had felt like being "back in the computer lab at 3 AM," then answered some questions. I asked how he got involved in the campaign in the first place, and he made eye contact with me the whole time he was answering. One person asked if he was politically active in college, and he said "Uh, no -- I was a drama student, so I was drama-active," which made me facepalm because, well, yeah. "I was more interested in Shakespeare than politics."

Then, after some announcements from the campus Obama group, he said "Okay, let's just chill."

Which meant him being mobbed by fans, of course. Best moment? One fangirl getting to the front of the crowd and hugging him. He blushed. He's so adorkable in his big glasses when he's just talking, and he has -- as we all know -- a very charming smile, but in all the pictures he made that Srs Bsns face you see above. He took the time to chat a little with most people as he was signing stuff.

When it got to me, I didn't have a pen or anyone to take the picture, so I had to borrow a pen and ask the girl behind me to work the camera. He shook my hand -- good handshake -- and asked my name. "[Name]," I said, "but can you sign it to Beth?"

Everyone burst out laughing. OH NO, I thought, THAT SOUNDED CREEPY. "It's for a friend from UPitt," I said, thinking I was so smooth, "who couldn't be here today."

"Oh, I'm going over there next," he said, but he was already signing, so whatever.



phoenixchilde. YOUR MAILING ADDRESS. GIVE IT TO ME.

Then the pen ran out of ink. Luckily, someone was standing by with a (different color) one, so all was well. Then I got my photo, thanked him for coming, and left. There were eight billion questions I wanted to ask him, about working with Simon Pegg (he's the only other new Trek actor I know) and Kristen Bell and the 24 crew, about coming back to his hometown as a celebrity, about using his celebrity to affect change, about whether his Drama profs had given him lectures about using his celebrity to affect change the way mine are, about playing Sylar . . . but the people in front of me had been complaining about people chatting with him for so long, so I figured getting in and out was the better part of valor. Even if it wasn't quite as awesome.

And I didn't shriek until I got into the elevator in my dorm.

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT, GUYS. HOMIGOD.

A million billion thank yous to miruvix for being my price of admission and making me feel less like a horrific geeky fangirl. <3!

PS: I heard him say to someone, apparently in response to a question about Heroes, that "the next installment is called 'Villains,' so. Yeah, villains! *enthused*"

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, unless you didn't.

Comments

[jezrana.livejournal.com]

ADIVA YOU ARE BEING HUGGED BY SYLAR LOOK OUT FOR YOUR BRAINS.

...And now that that's out of my system: huge vicarious EEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[adiva_calandia]

I CAN HANDLE HIM. I HAVE CHAI.

Not with me, admittedly, but I do have it!

EEEEEEEEE.

[bcgphoenix]

*SHRIEKS*

OHMIGODOHMIGODOHMIGOD.

I LOVE YOU. SO MUCH.

ADDRESS IS ON ITS WAY OMG. :D!!!!!!!!!

[adiva_calandia]

*GLOMP* HOORAY.

<333333

HOLY CRAAAAAP.

[databomb.livejournal.com]

oh god his striped sweater and huge glasses it was like the DORKIEST POSSIBLE OUTFIT I was so amused alkwjenfawef

[adiva_calandia]

I KNOW, RIGHT?

The huge glasses get me. Like. YOU ARE A HOLLYWOOD STAR, YOU CAN LOOK COOL IF YOU WANT, BUT YOU WEAR HUGE DORKY GLASSES. <3

[buongiornodaisy.livejournal.com]

OBAMA FTW

Wait there was an actor involved???

[adiva_calandia]

Oh, you know. Sort of peripherally. I wasn't really paying that much attention.

[buongiornodaisy.livejournal.com]

I applaud the Evil Watchmaker Zombie's attempts to assimilate more innocent souls into the Obamaborg.

[newredshoes]

ZACHARY QUINTO: STEALTH TITAN.

ZOMG. HOMG. ADIVA, THAT'S SO COOL.

[adiva_calandia]

OMG. MAYBE HE'S MENOETIUS. (I just butchered that name, holy crap.)

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Adiva, that picture is more than slightly terrifying.

Also, AWESOME.

[adiva_calandia]

I didn't think about it until your comment, but there is a kind of "Isn't she gleeful? But you know and I know, cameraperson/audience, that I'm just waiting for the opportune moment. Tick." vibe to it.

BUT WHATEVER. IT'S AWESOME.

[silveraspen]

MADE. OF. WIN.

[adiva_calandia]

TELL ME ABOUT IT. :D!!!

[moondog.livejournal.com]

AMAZING.

[genarti]

FOR THE WIN OF AWESOMENESS.

[cazrolime.livejournal.com]

Do you have Skype so that I can squeal incoherently at you? I don't tend to keysmash, but it's a temptation right now. :P

ZOMFG.

PS: I heard him say to someone, apparently in response to a question about Heroes, that "the next installment is called 'Villains,' so. Yeah, villains! *enthused*"

...ZOMFG!!!

AND HIS OUTFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT~
AND HIS BAAAAAAADGE forwardslash POSTEEEEER~
AND HIS AWESOOOOOOOOOOOME~

I know, I know, I squealed at you over AIM, but there cannot be too much squeal for this. xD

[adiva_calandia]

*gigglefits*

I do not have Skype, alas. But I think I get your sentiment anyway. :D