leighblack | My birthday wish!

It's taken two years and three tries, but I have finally met Sven Sundgaard! My birthday has pretty much been perfect.

I guess I should explain this, in case you're new around here. Sven Sundgaard is the weekend weather dude on the local NBC affiliate. I completely adore his little elfin self. All the local stations broadcast from the State Fair and the personalities do autograph sessions. Last year, I tried to meet Sven on my birthday but there were storms and he had to be at the studio to monitor them. The same thing happened on Monday night. But I knew it was going to happen today!

seimaisin and I got to the Fair around 1pm and it was already packed. And it was hot. We spent a lot of the time trying to hide out in the shade. I had a apple cider float with cinnamon ice cream (still my favorite Fair food) and we rode the SkyRider. We headed to the KARE barn around 3pm and waited around for Sven's autograph session to begin. People started lining up about 20 minutes before he was due to get there, so we joined them. In the hot sun.

You could tell when Sven showed up, because the crowd got really excited. Especially since he showed up late and people were antsy. The line for autographs was out the barn and well down the block. Long. We were glad that we weren't very far back.

I finally got up to the table and had him sign my shirt. (yes, I bought another one so I could have one to wear and one that he signed) I only got to talk to him for a moment since it was kind of a clusterfuck around him. He looked kind of dazed about the whole thing. He did wish me a happy birthday though. And we got a photo together!

I look very sweaty. But we're both looking at the camera so I'd say it's good!

My cheestastic T-shirt.

But even better than just meeting Sven, I also got to meet Perk! You may not know this about me, but I'm a news junkie. If I'm home, I'll watch all three KARE 11 newscasts at night even though they have all the same stories. And as such, I see Eric Perkins, one of the sports guys, a lot and I kind of adore him too. We had gotten to the barn at 3 because he was supposed to have an autograph session, but never showed. I was kind of bummed.

But then he showed up during Sven's session! I was kind of excited. I got to talk to him for a little while and tell him about how much I enjoy his blogs. Several months ago, he posted about how he loves Grease 2 so I told him that I too love that movie. He kind of chuckled and said he'd gotten a lot of flak for that blog. He wished me a happy birthday and asked how old I was. Odd. But he was really nice and he even spelled my name right on the first try!

We're kind of adorable.

His PS made my day! =)

We left the barn and I was shaking from the excitement. Literally shaking. I had to call my mom right away and she laughed at me. But my birthday wish came true!

I totally need a "News Groupie" T-shirt.

My partner in crime and stalking, Jaime. Who got stuck waiting in line with me. I appreciate it so much!

So that's been my day. I'm taking things easy tonight, since I've been over stimulated with people over the past two days. I'm ready for some time to myself.

Thanks to everyone who has given me birthday wishes! I think I've personally thanked you all, but sorry if I've missed any. I still have to go over to the 'Space and thank people there. I appreciate every single one of you guys! And special thanks to

dazeebean for my lj black rose. I love it!