Ok, so here's my report. Will be pretty long
We went to the airport blah blah, flew to Dublin blaaahh LOL And then we met Tanuki
, Ingrid and Dianne!! We couldn't really find each other at first, but well
The weather was sooo nice, sunny and all. We went to the hotel by bus where Martine was already waiting for us. The rest is just blah, i know, you're not interested
Ok so then we met at 6:45pm to go to
THE THEATRE!! I was dying already. The play was sooo great, but I only had eyes for Maura so i didn't really get the jokes and i didn't really know what was going on haha She's just so fantastic!
The vomiting scene went a bit wrong and the whole cast was trying so hard not to laugh..well but they did laugh actually, thank god maura had that bowl to hide in haha SO cute. after the play we went to the stage door to wait for her. when the door opened the first time i almost jumped into diannes arms (sorry for that again lol) but it was only owen
then the others came out and maura came last. she opened the door and looked at us a bit confused - we were like..just starring at her for a short moment until we found our voices back somehow
(she was wearing jeans and a dark grey turtleneck and these coooool australian boots,
also grey, and she had a purple bag with white flowers on it and a turquoise scarf) she asked us if we liked the play (hello, what a question, OF COURSE WE DID
).
and god, she's SO tiny. when i took the photo with her she
put her arm around me and hugged me and i was like waaahaa, i couldnt help but grin from one ear to the other. and i put my arm around her shoulder then
but i was afraid i'd break her arm or something,
she's so small & tiny & just ubercute. she had so much patience with us..took a photo with everyone and she signed all the stuff we brought, i brought pictures
of her with the red dress from the emmy's and she loved it. she said "oh that dress was so pretty" and i was like "yeah..". yeah was basically the only thing i said lol shame on me. and i thanked her like..1000 times
and i said sorry for bringing so much stuff and taking so many photos but it was just okay for her, she was like "sure, no problem, sure, of course, yeah, yeah.." <- CUTE! then we went to the bar with her, i still won't
tell u the BIG news coz im not sure if i'm allowed to, gotta ask mommycool before that
so, at the bar we had drinks and the cast had drinks too and it was soooo surreal to be in a bar with her
and when she left i waved at her and she waved back at all of us and said "see u tomorrow" bcoz we told her we're gonna come back with some more people on saturday! that was friday.
saturday we did a city tour, but not all of us, ingrid was getting the flowers we wanted to give maura after the show
the rest of the day was blah, i mean it was great, dublin is a wonderful city and we had a
great time but i know what u rather wanna hear
OF COURSE we went to the theatre again with our hands full of flowers (we had two reaaally pretty flower bouquets for her) and little gifts.
we saw the play again, this time i actually concentrated A BIT on what was going on lol although i was staring at maura most of the time i got some of the jokes
at the end when we were all applauding
mom, ingrid, me, dianne, martine and susanne were holding the letters i made "M A U R A ♥" and after she took her bows
she smiled at us and said "oh god, that's so cute"..and she said to donna "i had no idea..",i was dying AGAIN
then we went to the stage door again and we were terribly nervous, and..she just wasnt coming out! wtf!?! the whole cast was already down at the bar but no sign of maura yet..dianne and me always heard steps
on the stairs (or..pretend to hear lol)..nothing. i was getting crazy! i bet she did that on purpose, letting us all wait haha. alright but then finally she came out, looking more than pretty again (black shirt and skirt, or was
it a dress? and black boots, and the cute hair-band). we gave her our gifts and the flowers and she thanked us about 100 times lol she's so humble..i couldnt believe it. i gave her that "special person"-card from a dublin
souvenirshop, with a clover in it. it said "Some people make the world better just by being in it"..something like that
oh and we gave her an ireland flag with all our names on it and a nice card
then we all took photos again and she signed stuff. i forgot to bring my scotland pa poster so i let her sign on my theatre ticket. she signed that ON HER IPHONE bcoz i had nothing to but under it LOL
and in my head i was like omg you're gonna write on your iphone with that black marker, goddamn its waterproof what are u doin!? lol she's crazy
and then we wanted to take a group picture (thanks to my mommy
)
maura was in the middle and everyone was around her..it was the best feeling ever.. and then we were chatting again for a while about travelling and that the others wanted to go to the church bar (a bar that
was a church once, surprise surprise) and maura said "oh there u can drink AND pray at the same time?!" hahaha then we went down to the theatre bar again, she had a red wine and was talking to friends and
cast.. i really wanted to go over to her again bcoz but i was so scared..but mom just said "go, go, GO dammit!"
but maura was already turning around and walking away..so i simply tipped her on the shoulder
how unfriendly
and then she turned around and i thought "shiiiit what am i gonna tell her" and then i explained to her that she's been my idol for quite a veeeery long time now and that i forgot to tell her that
yesterday bcoz i was so nervous and the cast was listening to me and watching me and i was SO embarressed. but maura was just soooo lovely.
she shook & held my hand 2 times and thanked me for coming (she even asked for my name on saturday
)
here and that's it is so nice to meet me and i just had that biiiig smile on my face.
EDIT: i told her that i'm afraid i'd never see her again bcoz she's going back to NY bcoz she wants to work with the wooster group again, i'll simply write down the conversation, it was somehow like this:
me: i'm afraid i'll never meet u again bcoz you'll be back in ny soon..
her: well, you should come to ny then!
me: if my mom agrees..
her, laughing: just take her with you! :)OMG!?and then she said "oh do u know these guys already?" and then she
introduced me to the whole cast and crew. HELLO!!! i was dying
AGAIN lol and then i thanked her again and went back to the others, straight into ingrids arms lol bcoz i couldnt help but cry
i was so goddamn happy
and i knew that i would have been so mad at
myself afterwards if i didnt go to her again, i mean i'll never have that chance again.. oh wow. ok i think that's it..jesus..i'm still so impressed..can't believe that i really did that and that we met her TWICE..
hope that's enough for now..
PS: same thing: please don't post them anywhere else!