Most prized possession?

[Ravish Me Ripley]

What is your most prized possession?

Things like family/friends/pets, although undoubtedly prized, are not allowed

I'm a complete hoarder and have many things that i love and would never want to part with. Choosing one is pretty much impossible

A choice selection:

Signed Eddie Izzard programme
Original cinema release Full Monty poster
Signed Rod Stewart football
A sweatband Rick Parfitt (of Status Quo) gave me
Signed Life On Mars boxset (signed by Marshall Lancaster, Dean Andrews and John Simm)

Erm...that's all i can think of at the minute. Over to you...

[marianne]

Apr 5, 2011 18:13:58 GMT Ravish Me Ripley said:

Choosing one is pretty much impossible

I'm glad you said that, because I couldn't choose just 1! ;D My glasses would be on the list! I know it sounds weird, but I feel all strange and insecure without them! Also on the list are my DVD collections for Michael Biehn, Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. I also prize my Martin OOO 15 guitar, which will soon be replaced by a Martin OOO 15SM!

[Illyria]

Apr 5, 2011 18:13:58 GMT Ravish Me Ripley said:

Signed Life On Mars boxset (signed by Marshall Lancaster, Dean Andrews and John Simm)

OMG, jealous! Did you meet them to get it signed?

Hmm, I guess my prized possessions would be the jewellery my b/f has given to me over the years (even though I'm not much of a jewellery wearer); my laptop (even though it has its faults, I still don't want to part with it), my iPod (I don't know where I'd be without my music - my other iPod died and I was so devastated and had to buy a new one as soon as I could ); my signed Lano & Woodley DVD and CD ;D My signed Goodies DVDs, and some other bits and pieces...

[Ravish Me Ripley]

Apr 7, 2011 10:24:45 GMT Illyria said:

Apr 5, 2011 18:13:58 GMT Ravish Me Ripley said:

Signed Life On Mars boxset (signed by Marshall Lancaster, Dean Andrews and John Simm)

OMG, jealous! Did you meet them to get it signed?

Yeah, i'm a bit of a stalker on the side, didn't i mention that A stalker in a nice way though. I probably should spend my time and money on other things but meeting people is a semi-respectable hobby. Well, that's what i keep telling myself anyway I've met John twice, Dean twice and Marshall 4 times. I've met Phil Glenister as well but i didn't have my LOM boxset with me (dammit!). I was a massive LOM geek when it was on TV. Bordering on obsessive.

[Illyria]

Oooooooh I'd do that too if I could, but I live in a country where decent celebs are few and far between (unless you go after the Home & Away actors, but they all live in Sydney )

What were they all like? I follow Dean on Twitter and he seems like a nice guy. I must confess to having a bit of a thing for Marshall though >_>

[Ravish Me Ripley]

Marshall is absolutely lovely - like i said i've met him a few times - at the BAFTAs in 2007, after his performance in Wuthering Heights, after his performance in The Railway Children and at the 2008 Collectormania convention. The first time i met him was after Wuthering Heights and i sent him a little letter asking to meet him and he waited around after the performance and took me backstage for a photo and a chat. He was adorable. I then chatted to him at the BAFTAs - not that he remembered me. Then i met him at Collectormania and he remembered me from the Wuthering Heights meeting. He looked up at me and he opened his mouth to speak, thought for a while and then cocked his head and said, "York...Wuthering Heights...you came backstage!". I was flabbergasted. Not only was he completely lovely again but to be remembered was just...wow! Then when i went to see The Railway Children it was set in an old railway station and you could see the dressing rooms from the entrance so after the performance i hung around for a while and Marshall came over to me and remembered me - again *squee* - and we chatted for ages. Then we walked together through this massive railway museum and he was doing impressions and laughing and joking. That was without doubt my favourite meeting, he seemed very relaxed and on good form. Sadly he's not done any live theatre more recently so i've not managed to stalk meet him. Would love to chat to him again though

Dean was also absolutely lovely, i met him at the BAFTAs also and at the Collectormania convention. I had been emailing him for a while before the convention and he remembered me on the day from my emails and was very lovely. We chatted for a while and he took the mick out of me quite a bit - he's very quick witted and very dry, but still lovely.

Phil (BAFTAs again) was a little scared i think. He was a little tipsy though, and to see 3 crazed woman (also slightly tipsy) in ball dresses making a beeline for him may have frightened him a little.

John was in a foul mood when i first met him at the BAFTAs so that wasn't the best lasting impression to have. However, i met him for a second time after a performance of Hamlet (which, by the way, was FANTASTIC. The single best piece of live theatre i've ever seen!) and he was completely charming, absolutely gorgeous (breathtakingly so) and had time for everyone. Aside from Marshall (whose just so lovely i want to take him home and keep him as a pet) meeting John has without doubt been my favourite meeting. He was very gracious, a little shy, and very down to earth - the perfect meeting for any fan!

I do hope i haven't gone on too much there. I don't wish to sound conceited or like i'm bragging

[Illyria]

Aaw man... That is so incredibly awesome I really do live in the wrong country I'm glad most of them seemed to be really nice (especially Marshall, aaaaw! ♥ Hearing about that just makes me like him even more ;D ) I've heard John can be a bit of a grump sometimes. I guess you just have to catch him at the right time