It has happened-HEROES got canceled

As all HEROES fans know by now, the show got canceled on Friday, May 14, 2010. I got invested in HEROES in late spring 2006. I got hooked on Parasite and watched the rest of that season. After 'How to Stop An Exploding Man', I wanted more immediately. Luckily, I was able to catch the remainder of the season during a marathon on Sci-Fi. My 2 favorites were Peter & Nathan Petrelli portrayed so convincely by Milo Ventimiglia & Adrian Pasdar. I loved their nuances of how they played off each other. Also during that summer, the cast took a World Tour to promote the show. I looked forward everyday to hear about the different exploits of friends who enjoyed the different couplings. My favorite group was WT Europe which consisted of Hayden Panettiere, Jack Coleman, Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar. That week was so enjoyable for me. That's when I decided I had to go to SDCC08. I looked forward to the 2nd season premiere. I remember that night like it was yesterday. I was anticipating seeing most of the cast and I was rewarded with the infamous Pasbeard scene and Peter's 'Who Am I' scene.

Then, the season was shortened by the writer's strike and I thought the light at the end of the tunnel would never come. Luckily, it ended in February 2008. At that same time, I had gastric bypass surgery. I was wishing everyday for the end of the strike and I got it 5 days before the surgery.

6 months later, I was in San Diego for Comic Con. I met several new friends that I had been chatting with on YIM, myspace and youtube when I was there. I spent 24 hours camping out in front of Hall H to get great seats for the HEROES panel. We got moved around 4 times and froze but we had a blast. I ended up videotaping messages for the cast and crew that were forwarded by a HEROES fan liaison. We even taped a drunk AOTS producer trying to make trouble between Sylar and Petrelli fans. During that entire trip, my friends keep texting me about how excited they were for me to get into the panel. My adrenaline was flowing that night. I barely slept. The next morning, every news station in town was there taking footage of us. We got into the hall(20 rows back left center). I saw Greg Beeman taking pictures before the panel.
This was the year of the 'Great Elevator Mishaps'. The cast got stuck in an elevator going one floor. Gotta love that hall. Soon, the cast came out and I was so filled with adrenaline at seeing the cast. My favorites were Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar. The panel was so awesome. Later, that day I was able to get into the REST panel. We almost met Milo, but it wasn't meant to be that day.

Forward a couple of weeks later, I joined twitter. One of my friends VegasJeff tweeted that there was going to be a 3rd season premiere party. I immediately signed up for free tickets, but I knew I wouldn't be able to go. I got a hold of the ticketing agent and was able to give my tickets to a friend of a friend. For that selflessness, I got a double birthday greeting from Milo and Adrian. The 3rd season premiere occurred on my birthday, September 22nd. I was so jazzed on that birthday. Vacation, birthday,HEROES premiere & double birthday shoutout. My favorite video in fact on youtube is my birthday shoutout.

When I first joined twitter, I had a few followers. I found Brea Grant(HEROES twitter zero). She lead me to Grunny which lead me to Wendi which lead me to everyone under the sun. Wendi Avignone is a breath of fresh HEROES air. She tweeted out when the 'Golden Child' and 'AP' where floating around. I remember my last birthday and she mentioned that AP was sitting in her chair while I was eating my birthday dinner. She always popped up pictures and trivia while she was waiting between set ups. I saw the different colored pieces of tape for all the cast members. Wendi is a good friend and she always will be. I hope to one day sit down with her at a Starbucks and just talk about HEROES, workouts & life in general. She pulled me up when NBC fired AP. I remember bawling my eyes out on November 30th. Adrian and Milo just nailed that scene. I cried for an hour straight.

Hear comes the hard part-How do I express my love for the 'shy boys' as Wendi called them. I joined up on myspace when I came across a video of you wearing the DSC shirt. I still remember the epic YIM chat of 2007. I got a chance to meet Milo at the NYCC with some DSCers in February 2009. I dared him to sign my collector's edition dvd set and he went to town on them. He signed all 8 dvds. I love him for being that awesome. Russ is ftw as well. I want to meet Dino this summer if possible at CC. Milo's character was the soul of the show. Peter was the dreamer.

Adrian-where do I start? I didn't know it was you videotaping Masi in Times Square until you were leaving London at the end of the World Tour Europe. At first, I thought Nathan was a jerk but when this quoted-'you saved the cheerleader so we could save the world' that turned your character around me. I became a huge Nathan?Peter supporter after that point. I loved the shoulder touches, the laughter that was provided, and the waterfall of tears on many occasions. I got the chance to meet you at the BFTV concert in Niagara Fall this past March. I still can't believe that you got down on your hands and knees to shake my hand, hug and kiss me. I only wish that I could've taken pictures with you. Maybe next time.

The HEROES cast and crew will live in my heart, soul, tendons, muscles, blood and on my skin forever(yes I gotten inked twice). There'll never be another show quite like HEROES.