Lykaon, Rob, myself, and everyone from the forums wish you a very wonderful, exciting, and fulfilling Happy Birthday Yvonne!

Our boy Devon finally did it!  Not only did he see Yvonne, but he actually met her, chatted her up, and even asked her about the site!

Good to know that ‘Strahotski’ has become a loving nickname for Ms. Strahovski while on the set of Chuck.  We’ve always been fond of it.

You can read Devon’s write-up of his experiences with Yvonne here, but this post is to show off his awesome pictures.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg.  There’s a whole new Fan Photos gallery to show off his pics.

I’ve even bent the rules a little and thrown a up a pic of Devon with Zach Levi.  And if you look close enough at the photo of the poster, you can see Yvonne’s signature.

Congratulations to Devon for getting to meet the lovely lass.  If we bug her about the site enough, maybe we’ll get an interview someday (which of course has the ulterior motive of me getting to meet her!).

If you’ve got photos of Yvonne from Comic-Con, send them to us at submissions@strahotski.com!

There isn’t too much to write about at this point. NBC has posted the entire 45 minutes panel here and the Season 2 montage is on YouTube here. The panel is obviously hilarious and insightful about how the next season will play out as well as all of the new changes (such as Sarah’s new job, Bryce coming back, Jill making an appearance, ect…).

My birthday was indeed exciting though! The Chuck cast/crew autograph signing was at 2:15pm, followed by the panel at 3:30pm. I waited around for about an hour and half waiting for Convention Center Security (the “Elite”) to get a line organized, and once they did I was about 20th or so. I was pretty close to the front.

Like I said in my Paley report (is it a report? Write-up?), Yvonne is stunning up close. I stand by it. This time, I was able to speak face to face with her and she was nice enough to take a picture with me! We talked briefly about our birthdays (hers is next Wednesday), and we talked about being leo’s and the upcoming panel, took our picture, and security cut it short to keep the line moving. The pictures are uploaded, including a picture of the poster I got signed as well as some pictures from the panel.

Most of you knew this, but she’s a sweetheart. Very genuine, and WELL aware of Strahotski. “All of the guys call me Strahotski on set because of the site!” I had brought it up with her to see if maybe she checked the place out and she mentioned she has, but how often, I don’t know.

Just to get to the point, enjoy.

There’s a thread you can check out here and a bit off-topic, but more pictures from Comic-Con on my MySpace.

EDIT: Pictures will be up when I can figure out how to resize them. I guess they are too big.

Editor’s Note: I’ve got the pictures and will put them in a gallery and post again when I have them up.  - Lykaon

We all know Comic-Con is days away and on Saturday July 26th, the cast and crew of Chuck will return for a Q & A and (hopefully!) a meet n’ greet/autograph signing session! I only know of one other member of Strahotski going but I wanted to inform those that didn’t know, that I will be attending the event as well and I will be at the Chuck panel!

We’ve been short of updates as of late (for obvious reasons!) and felt it was necessary to give you guys a boost. I’ll be blogging Comic-Con panels in the Strahotski forums but I’ll do a major update on the page for the Chuck panel (like I did with Paleyfest.)

July 30th also marks Yvonne’s 26th birthday, I’ll be sure to wish her a happy birthday if/when I see her.

Again, just an informing update. I’m counting down the days!

Also, not that it’s too exciting, but I turn 20 on July 26th as well, so I’m pulling for a good day on that Saturday!