JRS or BUST: 9 Days!

Awesome photo I found on Alan Mercer's Profile, best John Schneider pictures and article I have seen to date.

Is it me or does the picture in my JRS or Bust diary seem to be getting bigger and bigger, lol.

Last year I attended Star Wars Celebration V and being neurotic and crazy, as you now know that I am after reading my Blog, I created an agenda of what I was going to do every second that I was there.  I actually hate having to punch a clock, at work or at play (I'm like Robert Redford that way I guess, lol.) but I wanted to see as much as possible during that Star Wars extravaganza. Now with John Schneider appearing at MegaCon Orlando, I find myself tempted to plan out my day.

Now, I know that there are going to be lots of other wonderful actors and artists attending this Mega Con. Stan Lee is going to be there for goodness sakes! (I also collect Spider-man comics.) Several Star Trek alumni, yes I admit it I like Star Trek, too. (Notice, I used the word like. To all you Star Wars fans out there, I am not being unfaithful.) But let's get one thing straight right here, right now. I AM ONLY GOING TO SEE JOHN SCHNEIDER! At Star Wars Celebration there were many things to see, at MegaCon Orlando there is but one objective: to see as much John Schneider as I can over a two day period.

Chill out, I'm not planning on stalking the man...just staring at him for two days straight. My Orlando MegaCon agenda follows:

MegaCon Orlando Agenda
Friday, March 25, 2011	Double check that I have packed everything I need for MegaCon Orlando.
	Fuel Car and add my window sign.
	Try to get some sleep. (Good Luck with that.)
Saturday, March 26, 2011
3:00 am	Wake up and load car. (Okay, my husband's going to do that.)
4:00 am	Depart for Orlando, FL – JRS or Bust!
8:00 am	Arrive in Orlando, FL and pick-up our pre-purchased MegaCon tickets.
9:00 am	Line up to enter MegaCon for 10:00 am opening
10:00 am – 4:00 pm	Enter MegaCon and proceed to Hall D Artists/Autograph area – Line up to see John Schneider! -      Have slew of goodies autographed by John Schneider -      Take lots of video and pictures -      Take 1st Froggy’s Photo w/Hubby & John Schneider
4:00 pm	Send husband to check in @ Hotel
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Continue John Schneider vigil
6:00 pm	Go to hotel, take sedative and sleep for early morning rise.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
9:00 am	Line up to enter MegaCon for 10:00am opening
10:00 am – 11:20 am	Enter MegaCon and proceed to Room 224A and line up for Superman’s Father panel w/ John Schneider!
11:20 am – 12:10 pm	Superman’s Father panel w/John Schneider -Videotape panel and ask lots of questions (I have a list, of course.)
12:10 pm – 5:00 pm	Proceed to Hall D Artists/Autograph area – Line up to see John Schneider, again! -      Have another slew of goodies autographed by John Schneider -      Take more video and pictures -      Take 2nd Froggy’s Photo w/Hubby & John Schneider
5:00 pm - ∞	Freak out, you got to meet John Schneider!

This is going to be so much fun. I can hardly wait. Hope to see you at MegaCon I will be wearing my Strwrsgrl T-Shirts with the following logos. 



If you see me there, please come over and say, Hi.



 

JRS or Bust: 10 days!

Awesome photo I found on Alan Mercer's Profile, best John Schneider pictures and article I have seen to date.

10 days...

I opened up my blog to check my JRS or Bust countdown and see that there are only 10 days left. We are about to reach single digits! My mind just did a complete, system-wide memory dump.  Deep breath, breathe. Good news though… I just checked the programming schedule for MegaCon 2011 in Orlando and John Schneider is doing a panel, “Superman’s Father” on Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 11:20 am – 12:10 pm. If you are in the area, you will not want to miss this.  I have found snippets of panel/Q&A sessions of John answering fan questions and they are always entertaining and fun.  

You have no idea how happy I am that they are doing a panel discussion. One, it would be a huge oversight not to give Smallville, Dukes of Hazzard or John Schneider fans an opportunity to have a sit-down chat with such an amiable and charming star. Second, and admittedly more importantly for me, I know that I am going to turn into a 9-year-old, little girl and go completely speechless and freak out when I see John Schneider in the flesh for the first time. (I mean, come on, I have waited over 32 years for this). This way in the panel crowd I can be a total dufus without embarrassing myself.  Bless you Mega Con 2011 Orlando! Once I let all my Fangirl hysteria out, I’m sure I will be able to compose myself for a one-on-one meeting so that I can get an autograph. My backup plan if I chicken out is to have my husband do it. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

They will also have Froggy’s Photos available with John Schneider. I think Tom Wompat is wonderful and I love him on the Dukes of Hazzard, but in my version of the Dukes my husband is the brunette and I have waited a long time to get a picture for my desk of my Duke Boys, lol.

Hope to see y’all there - Yeehaa!

JRS or Bust: 14 Days and counting...

Awesome photo I found on Alan Mercer's Profile, best John Schneider pictures and article I have seen to date.

14 days...

It's definitely time to use my Jedi relaxation techniques. After only getting four hours of sleep before waking up to a full day of to-do's and appointments, the impending appearance of John Schneider at the Orlando Mega Con is a welcome distraction.  Every now and then, I forget myself and realize that it is going to happen and I catch myself freaking out in total fangirl glee. Seriously, this is better than riding a roller coaster.  The only way that I've been able to calm myself down is by pretending that his appearance will be cancelled due to a scheduling conflict.

I have been reviewing my John Schneider media library: The Dukes of Hazzard, Collier & Co., Smallville, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Dating in the Middle Ages, Twenty-six miles, The Secret Life on the American Teenager, Desperate Housewives, Hot in Cleveland, Working Class, NipTuck, Come Dance at My Wedding, Shark Swarm, Eddie Macon's Run, Conjurer, Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell sisters show, Christmas at Willow Creek, Ogre, Lightning from the Sky, Stagecoach, Dirty Sexy Money, Lake Placid 2, Sydney White, Wild Things: Foursome even Hero Factory, and his albums and so much more.  My fingers are getting tired. My husband says that my JRS mania is causing him to dream about John Schneider, lol.

I must say it is fun work trying to keep up with all of John Schneider's projects...here's to 50 more years!

JRS OR BUST: 16 Days and Couting



Awesome photo I found on Alan Mercer's Profile, best John Schneider pictures and article I have seen to date.



16 Days...

I'm getting so close to John Schneider's appearance at the Orlando Mega Con that the Dark side is trying to take a hold of me.  Another fan who was planning on seeing JRS at a Toronto convention tweeted that the appearance was cancelled because of a scheduling conflict and filming for a new project.  Now that I hear John Schneider is filming a pilot for CMT, The Dukes of Diesel, I'm excited and scared - all at the same time.  My excitement has lead to attachment...which leads to fear of loss..and fear leads to sufferring...and we all know sufferring leads to the Dark side.

Help me Beauregard Duke, you're my only hope!

I'm never sad that @therealtrueshit is too busy to tweet or post to his web page because he's working on a new project. The more he works; the more there is for we fans to see. But, this is my appearance! I guess I had better look at this the way I told the other fan to, from the bright side.  I could have a new show to watch on CMT starring John Schneider, which is aways a good thing.  I don't care what network you watch that is Must See TV.

JRS or Bust: 18 Days and Counting

Awesome photo I found on Alan Mercer's Profile, best John Schneider pictures and article I have seen to date.

Day 18


The days until I meet John Schneider at the Orlando Mega Con are flying by so fast I feel like I’m traveling through hyperspace, which ain’t like dusting crops, boy.  The Schneider references at work just keep on coming: today, it was Duke. I don’t even blink anymore.


I may be losing it slowly but surely, but one person at my house is unfazed by my growing hysteria and loving every second of it - my husband.  He just sits back and enjoys the show.  Apparently, I am more entertaining than must see TV. Not to worry.  I  already have definitive plans laid out to get my revenge on him.  Commencing with the wearing of a 'I ♥ Strwrsgrl' t-shirt and cap that I designed for his public embarrassment during the Orlando Mega Con. Considering that the artwork was done by our daughter, I don't think he will be that embarrassed. After all my husband is my #1 fan.

Fried of Strwrsgrl (FOS) cap front

FOS cap back

FOS T-shirt front

FOS T-shirt back

FOS front logo

FOS back logo

JRS or Bust: 21 Days and counting...



Awesome photo I found on Alan Mercer's Profile, best John Schneider pictures and article I have seen to date.

Something weird is definitely going on with my karma. I got another consulting referral with a customer named Schneider. They asked if I needed them to spell their last name for me and I almost fell out of my chair. I have been staring at that last name for over 30 years. That's like asking me if I know how to spell George Lucas.

The other weird karma occurrence needs a bit of explanation. I plead guilty to being a horrible prankster and teasing my husband incessantly for the last 17 years. I used to be notorious for my April Fool's Day pranks, but Mr. Strwrsgrl finally revoked my privileges and I am no longer allowed to celebrate that holiday.

Well, I love to cook and bake 100% homemade cakes, cookies, bread, cinnamon rolls, pastries, etc. My latest prank involved telling my husband that since John Schneider has brought so much joy into my life that maybe I could repay the favor, if only slightly, by making John a baked-goods basket with a couple loaves of bread, some cookies and my delicious cinnamon rolls. My husband, of course, said NO!

I pretended that I didn't understand why he wouldn't want me to bake something for John Schneider. Then later that week, as we were watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager Vol 1. Ep. 10 - Back to School Special. A scene involving John as Marshall Bowman explaining to his teenage daughter Grace (Megan Park) about making lunch for a boy she likes:

My husband said that even John agreed with him. There died any hopes for John's goody basket...I hope he likes the mug I designed for him, lol.

Marshall Bowman: So you're gonna offer yourself up to him over a sandwich. Does that sound like the beginning of a good relationship to you?

Grace Bowman: Mom cooks for you every night.

Marshall Bowman: I'm sleeping with your mother.

Grace Bowman: Eww.

That marked the end of the baked-goods basket. I hope John likes the mug I designed, lol.

JRS or Bust: Day 23 and counting

Yesterday did not start out to be a good day. I spent the entire weekend working and got so tired I could hardly think straight. Everything seemed to be going wrong, and then my phone rang. It was John Schneider! Okay, it wasn’t actually him-in person. It was my IHOP National Pancake Day Wake-up Call for the Children’s Miracle Network. Somehow, for my entire life it seems, whenever I need to hear something to cheer me up or am dealing with a difficult situation John seems to be there with the right words. Yesterday was no different. I cheered up and remembered that there are other people in this world some better off and some worse off than myself. My job is to try to help anyone that I can.

John Schneider is doing something to help others via these wake-up calls. You think that he would get support from CBS his old home on TV: Dukes of Hazzard, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Hardball (Yes, I watched Hardball), etc., but CBS tried to warn people against the evils of IHOP pancakes. I can’t believe it. With everything that is going on in the world, let’s try to discourage people from giving to charity. How about saying if you eat pancakes at IHOP try to do so in moderation because they aren’t the healthiest thing on the menu and give something to charity to help others. Who didn’t know pancakes aren’t healthy? They have buttermilk, syrup and they taste great. Of course, they aren’t healthy, lol. If you don’t eat pancakes, go anyway, order something else, but still donate something to charity.


Did CBS offer a place to find a healthy pancake? Well, I will. If you are looking for a healthy alternative go to http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/03/01/national-pancake-day-2011-yummy-vegan-recipe. I figure if you are an informed adult you can make your own decision. I guess any publicity is good publicity.

Don't forget to donate if you can.

Children's Miracle Network

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