2nd Chances

So this was at my first vacation with my girlfriend Syd (now wife) at the time. We had only been dating for about 6 months and we decided to take a 2 week vacation in California. We both talked about this now much later and thought we’d either be much closer after the trip or we’d break up horribly as it’s a long time to be with someone 24/7 when your still fairly new in a relationship. So the first week was at Star Wars Celebration in LA and Syd was most excited to meet Jay Baruchel, who was in one her favorite shows Freaks and Geeks and many other projects she liked. At the time, he was in a movie called Fanboys which was a fictional story about Star Wars fans and was there to promote that.

These were early days of digital cameras and honestly most weren’t great. Anyways this was also when the PSP had just come out and I had bought the really crappy PSP camera and thought it would be cool to take some photos with that as well.(You can see where this is leading!) We were lucky enough to run int Jay on the way to the panel and even though he had 2 handlers around him, I was able to quickly speak to him and even ask if we(in reality Syd) could get a photo together and he agreed. I had one opportunity and had to be quick as the handlers were trying to push him away from us and as I had my PSP out but not my phone so I took 2 photos with the PSP. He was quickly rushed away almost as quickly as the 2nd photo was taken.

Well, you can imagine afterwards when Syd wanted to see the photos and it was so dark that it could of been a silhouette of any 2 people. Needless to say the anger and steam I saw coming out of Syd was scary! I was there with some other friends of mine and they all said they were sure that this was my nail in the coffin on our relationship as they saw the same anger.

So after the panel she was very sulky and upset and it was a very uncomfortable time. For the next few hours it almost unbearable and even I thought the vacation might be cut short. Then of all the luck Jay was walking by in the hallway with the 2 handlers so he could leave. I’m not sure if he could hear the desperation in my voice as I spoke to him but I told him the photos didn’t turn out and if we could get one retake and I think he only agreed because of the desperation he heard from me. I used my phone this time and of course this is the photo you see. As you can see in the photo her mood and attitude was 100% better this time around!

Not sure where Syd and I would be if this hadn’t happened, but all I can say is Thanks Jay! You saved our relationship and marriage!

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