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Lyn · @runpaceyrun

3rd Jan 2012 from Twitlonger

#Fringies -here is my account of meeting Joel Wyman... or what i can remember of it.

I was at Vancouver airport this afternoon to do a bit of celeb spotting ... actually one celeb in particular and i bet you can guess which one i was out there to see! I was sitting in the International arrivals lounge and autograph hounds and paps started to show up.... so i thought maybe the love of my life is coming back to Vancouver today.

Anyway, a few celebs came through... 2 of which i do not know but only found out they were celebs because of the flashbulbs etc going off on the paps cameras. Celebs were Phoebe Tonkin and Sarah Shahi ... still dont know who they are!

Then Lance Reddick came through a little later ... and believe it or not i didnt move. Im not sure why. So i continued to sit and really concluded that Josh wasnt coming home today. A huge clue .... the paps and autograph hounds had disappeared.

But out of the corner of my eye i see a driver holding a sign. I glanced at it, put my glasses on and looked again and what word did i see? WYMAN
So i looked at the arrivals board and a flight from LA had arrived .... and he was waiting and waiting ... and i thought.. im gonna wait to see just who this WYMAN is that he is here to pick up. So my eyes did not leave this man for quite some time.

Im pretty sure i was watching this man for about 45 mins... and then who should walk through the doors but the man himself - Joel Wyman! I squeeled inwardly, got straight up and walked around to him and his driver... and went straight over to him and said "hi joel... can i have your autograph" He said, "sure" Then he said "its nice to meet you" I said " im a Fringie...and i was actually talking to you on twitter yesterday" I said "Im runpaceyrun"He said " Oh my god its great to meet you. You are one of our biggest fans" And he shook my hand again! (i have his DNA on me...i wonder if i can clone him?)

By this time my hands are shaking sooooo much and im so excited to be meeting him ....and there was no one else around. No paps, no autograph hounds. I was over the moon. He said to me " oh i remember you asked if Jeff and i were ever going to appear in an ep of Fringe" Yes i said. The fans would love it. The whole time we are chatting he has my book out and he is writing in it. He even asked me if he had spelt my name correctly.

I said that i had been to Comic Con but couldnt get near enough to say hello. To which he replied " I know... its a madhouse isnt it?"Two volunteers who work at the assistance dsk were listening to our whole conversation and one of them asked me .."So is the show called On the Fringe?" I said " no its called Fringe and its the greatest show in the universe. You should watch it...its briliant". And then Joel said "and it has the best fans EVER!"

Then i asked Joel " are you here to do some writing for Fringe?" (because if he had have said yes... my next line was going to be... well are you writing more Peter-centric episodes)But he said " no im here to direct the next ep... starting tomorrow" "Oh my god" says i " thats fantastic". So again wanting to get more info i asked " so will you be filming around downtown Vancouver because im here until the 25th and i want to see more Fringe filming" Joel then said " we will be all over filming everywhere" By this time my hands are shaking so much and my brain is doing a happy dance all of its own. Im thinking OMG im gonna get to see Joel Wyman filming an ep of Fringe in Vancouver. (Ive just gotta find them first)

Then he gave me my book back and said " it was fantastic to meet you finally... and thank you so much for watching and supporting the show" And as he turned away he looked back over his shoulder and then put his fist in the air and said " we have the best fans ever!" And i said "thats so true.We are!"

Then i walked back to where i was sitting before, satdown and tried for several minutes to send a tweet ... but my hands were shaking so much that it took me several minutes to type it. And as other people started tweeting me back .... my hands were still shaking ...and i was giggling to myself!So much so that a guy who was sitting a few seats away was just staring at me. Im sure he thought i was freaking mad. And after that experience it didnt matter one bit that i didnt see JoshJackson(who is the love of my life).... i had just met JOEL WYMAN! He is my Fringe hero... an idol of mine. I remember tweeting to @aimeeinchains that i want to have this mans babies.

So that is my account of meeting one of our AWESOME exec producers. I have to find him whilst he is filming here as i have a few other questions for him. And i need a picture with him ... because in my total and utter excitement i forgot to get one. I will let you all know ifi succeed.

So Fringies, keep an eye on twitter and let me know if you see any filming locations and i will be out there straight away .... finding out more info from our Fringe exec producer, writer and director! The man is awesome and wonderful and he really truly appreciates the fans and how we support the show.

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