tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86333017521812203742024-03-13T19:10:20.471-07:00Aurora FadesThe perks of living in and around LA. My adventures in being a fan girl.SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-34540090200302579632012-11-08T11:57:00.000-08:002012-11-09T10:36:30.788-08:00Breaking Dawn part 2 Movie Premiere Master PostHello everyone! I'm about ready to jump into my car and head down to LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles for Tent City and for the premiere that is on Monday. I'll be updating this post as the weekend goes on with updates and photos.<br />
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Starting to rain pretty good now. Im in group 5 which doesnt start to check until 4pm but there already people in group 6 lined up. My group amd I are taking advantage of the chairs and umbrellas while we can, none of us mind if we're towards the back of group 5.
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We head over to the line, which is pretty long by now with all the group 6 people. We find a smaller line for group 5ers and get into that. It takes about 20 minutes before we get sent inside the parking structure to check in.
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They send us to the roof of the parking structure where a canopy is built over a portion of it. It takes us a while to set up our tents because all we have, since the aun set, are blueish floodlights and security's flashlights. By this time we're all hot and sweaty lugging our stuff and trying to set up the tents in a rush because they're really packing us like sardines out here. My group had to set up 9 tents! But setting up isn't over.
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I make a trip to my car and then the decorations can begin to go up. Let's just say it's pretty amazing. It'll look better in the day though.
<h4>8:45pm</h4>
Twilight the movie begins in the plaza. It was supposed to start at 8pm but I think Lionsgate/Summit may have made a huge logistical mistake. The rest of group 6 filled up the roof (both the covered and uncovered area) and now they're being directed to set up in the uncovered plaza area now.
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Group 6 finishes up registering.
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Twilight ends and people start to blow shit up (their mattresses fool!). Now to try and sleep. I'm actually glad we are where we are; it's dark and there aren't a whole lot of people so it's not so noisy. See you in the AM!
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Wake up. Shower. Get dressed. Coffee and breakfast at Starbucks.
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Jamba juice work out, free wristbands and smoothies!SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-40830276393860914952012-09-30T16:14:00.000-07:002012-09-30T16:14:59.157-07:00Spiderman PremiereOk, so this was a looong time ago and this may seem like old news but whatever. I have pictures and a few video clip that I took while I was there and I either need to delete them or post them and delete them so...<br />
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This summer, June 28 2012 to be exact, at the FOX theater in Westwood California, Spiderman had it's premiere. The street was closed and lined with red carpet in front of giant Spiderman movie poster billboards. What you don't see at every premiere that was at this one was an actual Spiderman actor in costume on the top of the boards photo-bombing paparazzi pictures and scaring unwary folk.<br />
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We waited for a few hours on the corners of the intersection and Andrew, Emma and some other cast and celebrities tried to greet fans and sign before heading onto the carpet. It felt like a pretty typical LA movie premiere experience.<br />
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Afterwards, I went over to CPK and had dinner. The after party was held just around the corner on the closed off street under some tented areas. I'm sure if people stuck around, they probably met more of the actors.<br />
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SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-85414745095856044562012-07-20T14:15:00.002-07:002012-07-20T16:38:19.322-07:00Breaking Dawn part 2 at Comic ConSo, I'm not dead. This blog is still alive-ish. I just haven't been up to much... well ok that's a lie, I just haven't found the time to blog about it. Bon fires, Twilight in the park, Spiderman premiere, etc. I have the job of keeping TheLitOfTwi.com up and running so I'm spending time on that instead of this...<br />
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Anyway, for what you came for. This is going to be my master post on my San Deigo Comic Con 2012 weekend. I'll fill in the info bits as I upload pics and such. I'm sure there are a lot of other blog sites with all this info on it already, I'm just documenting it for my and Google searches purposes. :P<br />
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<b>Important Note</b>: On Tuesday, July 10, my friend was killed in a tragic traffic incident just outside Hall H of the San Deigo convention center. I actually met her in Vegas for TFMU and again that previous Saturday (July 7) for a "Twilight in the Park" event. I had just met her and when I found out Tuesday, I was a complete wreck. But this fandom has really outdone itself by showing their support and how true the statement "Fandom is Family" really is. We set up a memorial fund for her family and raised nearly $9,000. Contributions in her name can still be made to the <a href="http://www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp">Alzheimer's Association</a> for a Twilight fan fiction compilation and raffled prizes. For more information on this, please visit <a href="http://fandom4twifang.blogspot.com/">Fandom 4 TwiFan G</a>.<br />
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All too soon we're up, showered and dressed. The humidity all weekend is 80% +. We're moved/scrunched up into lines by 9:30 am.<br />
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We're inside and we take our seats. I'm surrounded by fans and more importantly fan fiction readers and authors. I meet TKgel and GreenPuma and already my day has pitched from "good" to "AWESOME".<br />
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The room is also running late by the time they start the first panel of the day: "Trailer Park". They're basically showing a bunch of trailers from upcoming movies, all of which are in 3D.<br />
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Finally it ends and we're all excited for the Breaking Dawn panel to start. They place the name cards on the table and everyone whips out their cameras to zoom in to see where everyone is being seated.<br />
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I took video of the entire panel but I'm sure by now there are a plethora of them out there on YouTube already. It was also being streamed online so by now, I think we've all seen it. Still, I'm taking my videos and making a DVD out of them to re-live the experience. Because of what happened earlier in the week, it was hard to be "super" excited. But I had a good time. I really like the 7 minutes of The Host that Stephenie Meyer showed us at the end of the Breaking Dawn panel. That was great! I'm really looking forward to that movie.<br />
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Here are a few of my pictures that I took during the panel.<br />
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Later on in the day, Peter, Kellan, Ashley & Jackson had a Q&A with fans at Zach Levi's Nerd HQ that I went to. You can see the whole thing online but here are some picture highlights.<br />
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That's all there was to my Breaking Dawn part 2 at Comic Con experience. I tried going to the Summit booth for freebies but it was too crowded and they were only doing the free stuff now and then and going upstairs to wait for a ticket to get a shirt or totes screen printed just wasn't worth the effort this time around. I feel like a bad fan but SDCC is exhausting and I still needed to eat.<br />
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I was at SDCC for Friday as well and got to be in the room for the 10th anniversary Firefly panel (the panel to end all panels). It was amazing. I kept crying :'D<br />
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Saturday I went down to San Diego for the TFMU meet up. I love meeting people that you only see online in real life. I met some really awesome ladies there. Chicago TFMU 2013 is in the works already so I'll probably flounce on SDCC next year to go to it instead.<br />
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Cheers!SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-40460732169441433042012-03-13T23:15:00.000-07:002012-03-13T23:15:13.622-07:00The Hunger Games Movie Premiere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Hunger%20Games%20premiere/trailer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Hunger%20Games%20premiere/trailer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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My friends and I park and stand "in line". The official information on the premiere from Lionsgate said they'd be handing out wristbands at 6 am for "registered people".<br />
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We didn't get a chance to register on Facebook but since we're So Cal residents, we went down to LA Live and took a chance at getting a wristband anyway.<br />
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They very first group of people that arrived and started "the line" got there Sunday afternoon and pretty much camped out on the street. They started it on the corner of Figueroa and 11th and it grew down 11th to Hope.<br />
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Online, they only registered about 400 people which was their expected capacity. It seems like a lot of people who registered, didn't show up. I'm thinking that they were mostly out of town and out of state people who couldn't get their flights. And for the people who didn't register but were local, were scared off by the registration and just never took a chance and went down anyway like we did. I totally understand because people have work and school and why take a chance and waste two days on something that's not 100% certain?<br />
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I walked around the area a bit to warm up and to snap up some pictures of them setting up. They had barricaded the plaza off and were building black divider boards with The Hunger Games movie poster on it as a backdrop. They were also setting up cables of outlets for us to charge our laptops and phones while camping out (best idea ever).<br />
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Though I never seemed to have a fully charges phone the entire time. We were constantly on the move doing something, mostly waiting in line. I swear, by the end, I wanted to call this "Wait-In-A-Line" premiere.<br />
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A while later the line starts to move. They're handing out wristbands and letting people into the plaza to make camp. They move us 10 at a time so it's a slow and steady pace. They keep showing the trailer on the giant screens but you can't hear the sound yet. During the Breaking Dawn premiere, people would scream every time it came on. I'm glad Hunger Games fans either weren't that crazed or that it was still way to early in the morning for that.<br />
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We ask security how the whole lining up for the premiere is going to go. They tell us that having a wristband does not guarantee you a ticket inside. The wristband is just to camp out to have premiere priority. You'll need to stay and camp out and at an undisclosed time, they'll hand out numbers. So, because we're good little Girl Scouts, we grab out camping equipment from our cars and set up.<br />
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KIIS FM (Top 40s radio station) sets up a booth and starts playing really weird music. Mash-ups and the same popular songs over and over again. There's a dermatology company there handing out free samples of their face wash and sunscreen. Sunscreen is much appreciated because it's getting sunny and hot!<br />
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There were drawings for KIIS FM t-shirts and one winner won a Nook Tablet. They also had this massive Trivia quiz and I forget what the winner would win but it was three pages back and front. We started working on one but when you get questions like "How long did it take the production crew to construct the Cornucopia?" I threw up my hands in frustration and said "Not Worth It!"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thick ass line >:-(</td></tr>
</tbody></table>All early morning and afternoon they'd announce that "people might come by and hang out... maybe Jennifer Lawrence?" So a little after 1 pm, a limo shows up. It's Amandla who plays Rue from District 11. They set her up in front of The Hob sign for autographs and pictures. Again, like good little robots, we form a line. It's not your normal line though because in some areas, it's 4 people thick so you're standing in one place for a solid 15 minutes before moving up a few steps. I think we're in the line for an hour when they say that Amandla had to go. She left before I got even close to the front.<br />
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Another thing about this "autograph with the talent" line is that it's completely dependent on the honor of the people in line and fan boys and girls meeting celebrities have no honor. There were groups upon groups of people cutting and the only security was the bounce at the entrance letting only ~5 people in the signing area at a time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexander Ludwig</td></tr>
</tbody></table>After Amandla came, is the sweet and handsome Alexander Ludwig who plays Cato from District 2. He plays such a jerk in the movie but in real life, he's so generous and just an all around super guy. I think out of all the cast, him and Josh Hutcherson are my favorites.<br />
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Joining Alex on the signing table is Isabelle who plays Clove from District 2 and Jennifer Lawrence who plays the lead role of Katniss Everdeen from District 12. When we left the autograph area, we immediately got back in line. So we were at the complete end of the line when Jennifer arrived. So, with the honorable tweens and teenagers all over the place, we didn't get her autograph when she and Alex left.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willow Shields</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacqueline Emerson</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Isabelle signs alone for a while before Willow Shields, Primrose Everdeen, and Jacqueline Emerson who plays Foxface from District 5 arrives. Again, they serenade us with the Spongebob Square pants theme song, Bye bye bye from N'Sync and the TV show theme from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I think I left my sanity in that camp somewhere that afternoon.<br />
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Isabelle leaves before we get a chance to meet her but Willow and Jacqueline are really nice. I asked them for a picture and other people took them as well but with them, I just wanted a picture of them alone. They're like, "Um.. ok!"<br />
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They both leave shortly after and it's less than 10 minutes before Josh Hutcherson who plays Peeta Melark, Jennifer's main costar in the movie, shows up. Now we're stuck at the very end of the line. I figure, if I can't meet and get his autograph, at least I want to get his picture! So I walk around the barricaded area to the sidewalk and take my pictures. I want a different angel so I ask the girls near the front of the line if I can lean over and take pictures from that side. The girls move up and into the area and I kinda-sorta follow them. A group of girls lingers because they're waiting for their friends to join them so they can go inside together. So, I'm at the entrance looking at the security guard and I say, "Um, it's just me. Can I go<br />
in?"<br />
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"You're alone?"<br />
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"Yea.."<br />
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He shrugs, "Alright," and waves me in.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh Hutcherson</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So there I am, back inside the autographing area. I take a few pictures of him while he's signing for the group ahead of me. When it's my turn, I'm pretty much alone in the area. Instead of taking pictures, I take a movie of the entire encounter. It won't be until later that night that an official Hunger Games twitter account tweets out a picture of me and Josh. Haha caught red handed.<br />
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I head back to my friends where they're waiting in line. I don't tell them what happened until later (right before they see the Twitter picture!). We travel half the distance to the entrance when Josh comes out and stands on a chair or something, takes the mic, and thanks everyone for coming out and supporting the movie and being such die hard fans. He's such a nice person!<br />
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The autograph area is still set up so I'm thinking that another person will show up. I'm crossing my fingers that Liam Hemsworth will show up. What does come is dinner in the shape of Fatburger and Sabra food trucks. While they're parking and setting up Ian Nelson, a tribute from District 3, shows up. No one really cares and so the line is split into two, one for Ian and one for "someone other than Ian". I gotta snatch up ever opportunity that I can so I get Ian's autograph. He's so pretty! Give him a few years and he'll be breaking some hearts.<br />
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Once Ian leaves, security announces that no more will be showing up and to get something to eat. We already ate between meeting Willow and Jacqueline and Josh. It was around 4 pm and we were starving. Krispy Kreme, no matter how tasty, is not breakfast and lunch. Plus, we were exhausted from waking up early and standing in lines in the sun all day.<br />
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The Lakers' game ends and people exit Staples Center that's across the street. They don't heckle us like that did when we camped out for Breaking Dawn but once they knew what we were there for, some of them signed up with the officials, got a wristband and camped out.<br />
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We read, charge our phones and try and go to sleep around 9 pm but there's people talking, bright light, it's cold, and the concrete is not very forgiving. I lasted a whole hour before giving up and going to my car to try and sleep.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Monday, 4 am</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Hunger%20Games%20premiere/numberfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Hunger%20Games%20premiere/numberfront.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>They never passed out numbers on Sunday so I'm thinking they'll do it early today. I wake up and head back. Around 5 am they tell us to line up, again it's first come, first serve. But, they hand out numbers on a completely random basis. People within the same group don't necessarily get put together. We told Charles that we had just the four of us and he managed to keep us together. We broke camp and packed everything up. As soon as we receive our numbers, we had to leave but return at noon when a notice would be posted of the times we would be lining up according to our numbers to go inside the barricades.<br />
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I leave around 6 am, get home and pass out until 10 am. We all get back at noon only to see that we don't need to be present to line until 3:30 pm. Something they could have told us a whole lot earlier! Or, better yet, told us not to come back to check times until 2 pm! I could have gotten more sleep!<br />
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We collect some supplies and food in downtown and by the time we're finally lining up it's a little but after 4 pm. But the saddest thing? The poster that I had gotten signed the previous day gets stolen in the bathroom! I swear, karma better be a vengeful bitch. I'm relying on the Universe for this one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh's #1 fan?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The whole day, people who hadn't camped out and gotten a random number were sent across Georgia street to line up in front of the parking garage. If they needed more people after we were all inside the barricades, they'd let them in. Everyone in the barricades was guaranteed a ticket inside the Nokia Theater to watch the movie. One of the girls waiting to get in who didn't have a wristband has a bit of a crush on Josh as you can see.<br />
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One stark contrast between the Twilight premieres and this one is the set up for the red carpet, mostly the fan areas. I'm used to two areas, one in front of the flash photography and one in front of the video bloggers, television stations, and web streams. For this there were two areas but the area in front of the photographers was 1/5 that of the videographer side. Instead of barricades, they have tall board<br />
up with the movie poster on it to act as background.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The media and us</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Since we were background for all the video people, we were goaded to scream while their anchors did the B-roll intros to their Hunger Games premiere segments. I should have brought a mask. That way they wouldn't have my "open mouth and pretend your excited" look. Sorry, but I'm not a trained monkey to scream at your command. If I don't do it for Twilight, I'm sure as hell not ganna to it for you. Anyway, that went on for about an hour before Larry shooed them off the carpet.<br />
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There are a few good moments while waiting for arrivals like spotting awesome homemade posters like "Josh! You make my heart go Peeta-Patta!" I was standing next to a family from North Carolina (who might have been extras in the movie?) and when the young man next to me said , "Looks like they're here." I looked over to the street so see what he was talking about.<br />
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"Where?" I ask.<br />
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"Over there," he points. "See the orange?"<br />
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"Um... that's a city bus," I say straight-faced. "They'll be showing in limos and fancy SUVs."<br />
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"Oh well... I'm from North Carolina so I dunno."<br />
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"Your limos are orange?"<br />
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"Oh, no no no. But orange and black... they're Hunger Games colors," he says sheepishly.<br />
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"Ohhhh"<br />
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Nice kid and family. The two girls were especially excited to be there. I over heard one of them talk to someone on the phone and say something like "I've never done this before" "This is the best day of my life" "I've never been to LA before and I'm having such a great time " I look over to my friends and say, "Awww." I like seeing honest fans like these.<br />
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The arrivals come little by little starting off with some MTV reality show people. The Hunger Games cast starts showing up. IMDB saves our lives because 80% of the people in this movie are totally unknown or unrecognizable. It's around this time that I can't keep up with the arrivals and stop tweeting.<br />
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Besides have most of the cast not only do their part in promoting the movie to the various blogs and media, they turned around and signed a lot of our stuff. My posters have a bunch of signatures. Some fun and awesome moments was seeing Sylvester Stallone and Michael Chickless on the black carpet with their families.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annie Thurman</td></tr>
</tbody></table>When Annie Thurman, a tribute from District 9 was near, my friend screamed "Annie!! The sun will come out tomorrow!!" to get her attention. I was dying of laughter.<br />
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Another funny moment was when a girl behind me shouted "Maria Shriver!!" to a woman who was not the former First Lady of California. She promptly ducked behind her cousin to hide her shame and from the incredulous eyes of the woman. (I think it was Rita Hayworth but at least I didn't shout it to her face).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Lawrence</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The whole thing seems to go by quickly and slow at the same time. Either way, my legs and feet were killing me. Jennifer and Josh were the last ones to come by and sign. Josh was rushed and didn't get to everyone, including me. I did get Jennifer and Liam to sign my poster along with a bunch of other cast members.<br />
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Once Josh left, security was ushering us out of the barricades and into the theater. We checked in our phones and cameras (a highly organized method and 1,000 times quicker than the Breaking Dawn premiere) and made our way to our seats after snagging some movie cups and a few bottles of soda.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh Hutcherson</td></tr>
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Right before the move, a spokesman from Lionsgate came out and thanked everyone for their hard work on the movie. He introduced the director, Gary Ross, who introduced Liam, Josh and Jennifer and said his thanks. On the way out, Jennifer tripped on her dress. You could tell she was embarrassed and the guys were laughing. On the way off stage, Josh mimed stepping on her dress to make her trip again that had the theater cracking up.<br />
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The lights went down and the movie started. It's such a well-done movie. I can't wait to share my review of it with you all. They took small liberties here and there for the movie's sake but it's totally ok within the context of the movie. I was surprised at some of the scenes though, especially during the cornucopia scene. I bet they were really pushing that PG-13 rating right there. There were a lot of gasping moments. And I cried like a baby at one point. Silent tears just pouring down my face. So the only thing I'd say is bring tissues!<br />
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All in all, it was a great premiere event. It makes me wonder now that Lionsgate have bought Summit, what they're going to do when Breaking Dawn part 2 comes out this November. I really hope they change a few things because for part 1, there were 1,000+ campers and premiere goers. Part 2 is looking to be even bigger because it's the last one in the franchise.<br />
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Well, that's it for me. Happy Hunger Games everyone! And may the odds be ever in your favor!<br />
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Dear readers,<br />
You might be interested in this and I'd thought I'd do a quick post. I'm a fan of The Hunger Games series and I'm really excited for the first movie to come out. If your only interested in video clips and pictures, they'll be after the jump.<br />
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Lionsgate is taking the stars of the movie out on tour to promote the movie. Today was the kick off of the mall tour that plans to also appear in various cities across the US. Today, Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark) and Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne) took to the stage to answer a few questions. Gary Ross, the director, was also in attendance but he didn't join the others on stage.<br />
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It seems that with all major fandom events where celebrities are present, people will disregard rules and get there as early as they want. Being part of the Twilight fandom, I've seen this first hand and now that The Hunger Games seems to be "the next big thing". So, I wasn't surprised to hear that people were showing up and "unofficially" lining up at midnight and 1am for an 8am start time. And of course, this caused a lot of angry comments on the Westfield Mall's facebook wall.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Hunger%20Games%20Mall%20Tour/crowd2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Hunger%20Games%20Mall%20Tour/crowd2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>What they were doing was handing out wristbands to the first 100 people in line for a meet and greet with the cast. I believe by 5am, a lot more than 100 people were "lined" up. They area that we were corralled in was a fairly big area on the north east corner of the outdoor mall. Barricades were set up to pen us in. In the beginning to late afternoon, the only way to go out was to take a "hall pass" and return within 30 minutes. The "hall pass" was a nice plastic HG movie poster on a lanyard. I wish they were handing them out for us to keep. It would have been a sweet freebie. This was kind of lame and wasn't really enforced a whole lot. My friends and I arrived around noon, checked the area out then left for a few hours to eat and sit down.<br />
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During the whole afternoon, they were handing out half size movie poster, bookmarks, t-shirts and having a dance off for meet-and-greet wristbands. KIIS FM had a booth and were spinning remixed music. I was laughing from time to time when they would put on a old song. Songs that were released when most of the kids there were being born. It was funny and sad, The Hunger Games fan base is a lot younger than the Twilight fan base. If there happened to be a fire, I'd be inclined to say that it was a Girl Scouts jamboree.<br />
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What I thought was really nice of the organizers was that every so often, they'd give away more meet-and-greet wristbands. They must have given out an additional 50 wristbands to people with the best home made posters, best dancer, or best grovelers. My friends and I hung back. I'd feel bad about taking a wristband away from a crying 12 year old with "PEEEEETTTTAAAA!!" written with puffy paint on her shirt.<br />
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Before the celebrities came out, they showed the trailer for the movie. There was lot of screaming and lots of echoing the dialogue, word for word. I got to hand it to them, they're really passionate!<br />
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Here are some pictures and video clips I took. I thank my lucky stars at times like these that I was born with monkey long arms. :D<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took around 80-100 pictures total but I'm only uploading the clear and un-blurry ones. There are a few mediocre ones and if you all really really really want them, I'll post them up :)</div><br />
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Thanks for visiting! I love comments :)SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-74878818206879704042012-02-17T23:55:00.000-08:002012-02-17T23:59:05.460-08:00Sleeping at Last in concert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Last November and this last Thursday, I went to a Sleeping at Last concert. Ryan, the man behind the band, wrote and performed "Turning Page" that was featured on the Breaking Dawn part 1 soundtrack. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">This small venue with it's 6 tables, warm sconces and back alley entrance was a great and intimate setting for Ryan to play is sweet and bittersweet songs. Ryan is the guy behind the "band" Sleeping at Last. His song, Turning Page, was featured on the Breaking Dawn part 1 soundtrack. An instrumental version of the song is played when Bella is walking down the isle and the soundtrack version is played while Bella and Edward are being intimate for the first time. </div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Ryan and a friend started the band quite some time ago. The story behind their band name is that one day, they were in a book store trying to come up with band name ideas. They decided to grab a random book and take the first line that they see for their name. So, he grabbed a book of Browning poetry and turned to the poem "Sleeping at last" and the rest is history.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">His songs are very melodic but he's a songwriter to the core. His lyrics tell stories of heartache, love, and wonderment. In 2011, he wrote and put out an EP for every month. Each EP containing three songs. By the end of the year, he had 36 songs which he compiled into his album "Year Book". Most of the songs he plays on tour are from this year long project. </div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">If you get a chance to see him on concert, GO! He's charming and witty on stage and his songs are beautiful. </div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b>February 16, 2012 </b>- James Armstrong Theater</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Torrance, CA</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Accompanied by: Miko (Violin), Komiko (Violin), Alex (Viola) and Susan (Cello)</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</div>Umbrellas, with audience participation. You can totally hear me in this. Sorry :D I got into it.<br />
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Check out what happened before and during the premiere for Breaking Dawn part 1 at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, California.<br />
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- A breakdown of every key moment from the morning of getting the wristbands to just after the end of the Premiere.<br />
- Photos throughout the camp out and during the premiere.<br />
- Videos of celebrities visiting Tent City, walking the black carpet, and the bands that performed during the concert.<br />
- Audio of the entire sets of each band that played the Breaking Dawn soundtrack concert on Saturday (11/12/11)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">November 10th, 2011 </span><br />
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3:45 am - My group knocks on my car where I'm catching a few hours of sleep. It's time to pack it up and go loiter for the 6 am wristband event.<br />
The security has no clue what's going on. They give off false info about where we're supposed to congregate. <br />
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5:00 am - By this time there are two groups of loiterers. A smallish one on the corner of Chuck Hern and Fig and a larger group on the corner of Olympic and Georgia. <br />
We've got people in both places, we're calling and texting each other. We finally decide that the parking lot where Summit is having fans park (Lot 4) on Olympic and Georgia is the place to be. <br />
We make our way over to the parking lot (which is completely empty) and wait. As per the rules, we don't form a line but plenty of people want to make/start one. <br />
At one point, there is a large group in the back of the lot and a large group in the front. This doesn't last long when security shows up, the group in the back starts running up to the front.<br />
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6:00 am - Charles (Sweden) and his security group of three arrive. They yell at us to get back off the sidewalk and off the flag stones and into the parking lot proper. Their plan is to pull people and groups at random and escort them to the wrist band line. <br />
Lots of pushing, yelling out and holding up hands with how many in your group, etc. <br />
I'm in a group of 14. We all hold arms and hands tight and put our youngest and cutest up front. Everyone is shouting around us but we tell her to stay calm and cool. When security looks her way she bashfully says:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">Cute Representitive: "14?"<br />
Security Guy: "14? Really? We tried that before, it didn't work."<br />
CR: "But look," we raise our claspt hands "we're all holding hands."<br />
SG: "Ok, just you 14, come through."</blockquote><br />
We try to snake are way through but people will try to ride your coat tails in. We had to pause a few times to shake them off but all of us made it.<br />
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6:30 am - Our group are in the 30s to 40s but there was one dude taking names to get a wrist band. They were going 10 at a time. It was taking forever and after being awake and standing the whole time, I was so exhausted. Hunger was setting in and Nokia/Summit should have had a snack bar because they would have made a killing.<br />
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Finally, with wrist band on, we get assigned our concrete spaces. We grab our tents from the car and start making camp. Our ragtag group takes up almost an entire row. <br />
Morning/Afternoon - It takes them forever to get people through. They don't get everyone's names down. When it starts getting dark, they pass out wrist bands and told them to come back at 9 am tomorrow to "register" it (give them your name and email).<br />
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Last year, there were ~500ish wristbands given out. This year, it's sounding like 1,100. <br />
Last year, we filed up the Nokia plaza and spilled out onto Chuck Hern within some barricades. This year, the Nokia Plaza is packed, the second camp is bigger and packed, and they created a third area (on the fly) as a temperary camping place [map to come]. <br />
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What new: Summit with Yahoo! Movies set up a Twi-fi lounge between main camp and camp #2. They offer up free wi-fi (not worth it b/c it's very slow), a great place to take pics because it looks like there's a wedding reception in the forest, lots of giveaways everyday, and free pictures with a wedding life size Edward wearing (optional) wedding dresd, veil and bouquet. There's also a replica wedding cake too. The seating inside looks like tree stumps. It's really nice.<br />
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8:00 pm - As a treat for fans, they show "Twilight" on the big jumbo tron and serve free popcorn at the Twi-fi lounge. Lots of screaming, especially every time Edward is on screen.<br />
[Friday] 12:00 am - Kiowa Gordon (Embry Call) shows up with his band to talk to fans. They even did an acoustic song for their admirers. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">November 11, 2011</span><br />
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Afternoon - More give aways at the Twi-fi lounge with check-ins on Facebook and answering trivia correctly. They were giving away t-shirts, sweatpants, gift cards to Starbucks, copies of the soindtrack, umbrellas and probably more. I got my t-shirt, I just have to shed a few pounds first to wear it. <br />
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5:00 pm - Tinsel Korey (Emily in the movie) comes by tent city to surprise fans. A huge line forms for pictures and a few autographs but she was there mostly for pictures. [Video below]<br />
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8:00 pm - We all watch "New Moon" on the big screen at the Nokia Plaza. Screaming every time Edward and ab packing Jacob show up. Instead of popcorn, they server purple cotton candy.<br />
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10:30 pm - Movie ends. Kellan Lutz, who was promoting his movie "Immortals" at The Grove, comes by Tent City to say hello to fans. Screaming and chaos ensues.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">November 12, 2011</span><br />
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10:00 am - A special (Oprah like) appearance by the created herself, Stephenie Meyer. She, with a team holding up black Breaking Dawn umbrellas, brave the cool morning to individually pass out signed copies of Breaking Dawn. She was also taking pictures with pretty much everyone who asked for a photo. She spent a lot of time meeting her admirers. The most poignant part of the event was the calm hush over the fans. Unlike when Kellan came by the night before, the crowd was relatively quiet (in awe and in honor I'm thinking). [Video below]<br />
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4:00 pm - Charlie Bewely takes the stage (that was set up over night) to MC the special concert supporting and staring bands of the Breaking Dawn soundtrack. Charlie brings the jokes and dance moves as he fills time and introduces each band.<br />
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The first group up is actually Mia Maestro who plays Carmen, a member of the Denali Coven, in Breaking Dawn pt 1. The other groups that were there included Imperial Mammoth, Cider Sky, Sleep at Last, Lucy Schwartz, & Aqualung. The did mini sets of three songs and their special track featured on the soundtrack.<br />
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Us Twilight fans weren't the only ones watching the concert. Director Bill Condon and Producer Wyck Godfrey were seen taking pictures and signing autographs with fans. Charlie was also signing for fans surreptitiously by the barricades.<br />
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7:30 pm - On the big screen in Nokia Plaza, they show Kristen Stewart's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Screams across the entire plaza. Then they play Rob's appearance on Jimmy Fallon. Screams of what sounds like orgasms and slaughtered sheep could be heard from all around.<br />
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8:00 pm - After the late night spots, they play Eclipse for us. Candy stripers (from the future?) dresses in sparklie black, pass out a variety of candy to the screaming viewers. After the movie a young wolf pack member who played Colin in the movie, was by visiting Tent City (though no one knew who he was).<br />
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11:30 pm - Everyone staying in camping area #1 (main Nokia Plaza) needs to be moved to camp #4 (in back of camp #2 and inside The Staples Center courtyard) by 6 am the next morning so that they can set up the red carpet.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">November 13, 2011</span><br />
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6:00 am - Tents and everyone in camp #1 is gone and they start taking down the protective rain barrier and start assembling the red (actually black) carpet.<br />
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11:00 am - The Corner Bakery came by with muffins, bagels and orange juice for everybody at Tent City but what really got the fans screaming were the celebrity visits. Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Cullen), Booboo Stewart (Seth), MyAnna Burning (Tanya Denali), & Casey LaBow (Kate Denali) came by and were so generous with their time. Pictures, autograph, stories, etc. Summit handed out mini poster, paper fans and Breaking Dawn t-shirts along with a bunch of left over candy from the night previous.<br />
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Afternoon - People start to congregate around some young guy, snapping his picture taking his autograph. So of course we go over there and ask him where he's from. Apparently, according to him, he's part of the wolf pack but has no clue what his character's name is. He signed my book "Nic somethingsomething". I Google that shit but the only thing that makes sense is that he plays Brady but according to Twi Wiki he's played by Swo wo Gabriel but the thing is, he looks like the guys signing my book but with a severe hair cut.<br />
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Early evening - As I'm about to pack up and leave for the hotel, a friend runs by and says "Melissa Rosenberg is here!" I've got my book in hand and my camera around my neck and I'm making a bee line for her. She looks like she just got back from a meeting or a speech because she's in a suit all dressed up. She spends a good amount of time for the remaining people in Tent City.<br />
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9:00 pm - So, from our original group, five of us are in my hotel room and a handful of us stayed behind to stick it out in Tent City one more night (their hotel was a dive and sleeping on the street was more sanitary). We're charging our phones and listening to music when a friend (let's call her Alice) calls me and screams "OHH MY GOD!!! ROB AND KRISTEN ARE HERE!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" *click*<br />
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My hotel room erupts into frantic movements. I'm changing, we're getting someone out of the shower, we're popping gum and heading out the door and all pile in my car. I'm in the middle of the street when "Alice" calls me back. "They're not here," she says. "We're just having some fun blah blah blah."<br />
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Someone updates her Facebook, then it goes to Twitter and three minutes later some serious panic starts to set in. They squelch it as fast as they can but some people are not happy. They're the ones sitting at home and not experiencing the screaming and the frantic chase to locate Sharpies. Good times.<br />
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12:00 am - After calming down (somewhat) after the prank that launched a hotel room of frantic girls, we had went to sleep until I get a phone call from our friends still out there camping out. They called to tell us that everything from "Tent City" needs to be gone by 6 am. We grumble a bit and set an alarm for 5 am.<br />
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5:00 am - Wake up, head down to Tent City and practally throw everything in the tunks and back seats of cars. Head back to the hotel and fall back asleep.<br />
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8:30 am ? - I finally get up really really really groggy. We shower and change and check out.<br />
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11:00 am - Food at Denny's. This will be the only chance we get to eat real food for the rest of the day.<br />
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1:00 pm - Get gas, go to the bank, park and dump out everything we don't want to carry all day in the cars and head down to Starbuck at LA Live. There are already a mass of people loiterng outside waiting for their appointed line up time. They gave us rules on Saturday and at the bottom it told you an approximate time to be in front of the Nokia Theater to line up according to your wrist band number. The first 300 was to line up at 2 pm but they were calling for us to line up at 1:30 pm. This paniced some because they were planning on going to the bathroom first but they have at least 1,000 more people to go so for furture reference, do what you need to do then line up. It's ok.<br />
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2:20 pm (ish) - Since my group was lucky enough to be in the first 50 people, we started to head into the barricades. We were ultimately placed in the front row, in the middle, facing the sill photographers (papparatzzi). Instead of the metal barricades dividing the fan area into corralls, they had sand barrals so sideways movement within the rows was fluid. I don't know how I feel about this. I like the section dividers because less people are pushing at you less from all sides. It also keeps people in the designated areas.<br />
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We're facing the sun but it dipped below the building at round 4:15 pm. In the meantime, Yahoo Movies was getting the kinks worked out for their live stream of the red carpet that started at 5:00 pm.<br />
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Ultimately, they lined us up four people deep. The last row were standing ontop of raised platforms. The girls directely behind me were in the very low 200s.<br />
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When the barricades were filled, they starting filling the stands that were set up on Chuck Hern street on the opposite side of the black carpet entrance on the left side of apporaching cars. Celebrities who just arrive, made their way over to these fans first before stepping onto the carpet.<br />
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This year, it felt like there were twice as many people attending so when they started coming through, it was a bombardment of stars and flashbulbs. They didn't play any music related to anything I think because of the Yahoo Movies commentary.<br />
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This was really tough to navigate because there are so many new cast members and you have no idea what they look like and those that you do know are unrecognizable because they're all dressed up. It's not until they're right on top of you that you realize who they are and start screaming their name.<br />
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A lot of the time the stars will just have their picture taken for a few minutes then turn around and start signing and taking pictures with people really rapidly. Some celebrities just walked down and took pictures. Their handlers promised that they would bring them back to sign but they're lying, flaming bags of shit.<br />
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Imagine a U2 concert, now multiply the sound by 10 and you might come close to the screaming when Rob, Kristen and Taylor showed up. I'm not a small girl but I was loosing circulation everywhere when Rob was by and I had a mass of girls pushing behind me.<br />
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I got what I wanted. A poster signed by the main three and a picture with Rob that makes my heart skip a beat when I see it. *happy sigh*<br />
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The black carpet is over before you know it and you're just praying that you're pictures are halfway decent. A Summit representative comes down and announces that they have enough tickets for everyone to go inside the theater and see the movie.<br />
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8:00 pm We gradually make our way inside where we have to throw away all of our Sharpies and check in all of our electronics. Free soda, popcorn and commemorative cups await us as we make are way up to the Mezzanine level. We don't have to wait long before the lights dim and the screaming that was manageable outdoors is now confined in the theater and my ears throb for a good two minutes into the movie when they flash the Summit logo and Breaking Dawn title.<br />
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The movie erupts into screams and subsequent shushing every 5 minutes or so. Nothing like watching a movie for the first time with 5,000 of your closest friends.<br />
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Albeit to say, Bill Condon knows what he's doing. It's a phenomenal movie. Best one yet. It's going to make so much money off of me. I'm contemplating spending all day Friday in the movie theater.<br />
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The only downer to seeing right then is leaving the theater. You have to claim your electronics down stairs and it take <i>forever</i>. We finally exit the theater just before midnight which is really late seeing as how the movie is less than 2 hrs long. It was completely worth it though.<br />
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So, are we ready for Friday? <b>Bring tissues! You have been warned!</b><br />
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Rob, Kristen, Taylor and Bill. View the entire album <a href="http://s891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/TwiTour%20with%20headliners/">here</a>.<br />
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Wolfs. View entire album <a href="http://s891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Wolves%20at%20BD%20Convention/">here</a>.<br />
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Misc. Vampires. View entire album <a href="http://s891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Misc%20Vamps/">here</a>.<br />
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Melissa Rosenberg and misc convention pictures. View entire album <a href="http://s891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Melissa%20and%20random%20pics/">here</a>.<br />
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We did it! Strike me down if I ever complain about being too tall. My monkey arms came in handy today!<br />
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I arrived just after 4 in the morning and was 94th in line. *phew* The early birds in line slept there as evidence by the sleeping bags and cushions. At 6 am, they moved everyone to the back of Jimmy Kimmel Live (alley) then up to the corner of Hollywood and Orange. They took our names and gave us our numbers. Initially, they said that they would let in 120 people but after seeing the numbers and counting they went will 100. Good thing too because otherwise it would have been really crowded and uncomfortable. At 8:30 am, they started handing out wrist bands. Once you got these you were good to go.<br />
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The ceremony started out with Jimmy Kimmel saying hello and introducing Stephenie Meyer. She said hello and thanked the actors blah blah blah. She looked really great though. I loved her dress. It was super cute. Jimmy then introduced Rob, Kristen and Taylor. They said thank you, we're so grateful, blah blah blah.<br />
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Thankfully, our heroes are super classy and turned around and spent some time signing autographs and taking pictures with the fans (just us 100). Check out the link below for all of the pictures I uploaded.<br />
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Based upon what I'm hearing from the back alley of Jimmy Kimmel Live where Rob is taping his interview, people from around the country and world have flown in and have invaded LA. This week is Breaking Dawn Press Junket Week.<br />
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Expect lots of pictures from everyone this week. I'll post what I can but other blogs are a lot faster than I am uploading and sharing their photos, fyi. They're all doing the late night shows and a few morning shows. Tonight, they're screening Breaking Dawn (I think at The Grove) for 700 odd people. Reading twitter and the excitement is depressing because I'm not there or in Rob's dressing room where I should be.<br />
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What I am doing and what you can expect a blog post about is the Grauman's event tomorrow, TwiCon on Saturday, and camping out and being at the Breaking Dawn premiere. I'm also going to a midnight show but that goes without saying.<br />
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Time to charge my batteries.<br />
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Sorry about my lack of updates and posts (especially on Comic Com but if you were there you know, shit goes down). I'm still alive. I update my website: The Lit of Twi and my goal is to record during "Tent City" at the Breaking Dawn premiere and using it as a podcast. We'll see how that goes.SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-22549572118953091332011-07-25T09:49:00.000-07:002011-09-30T22:22:59.453-07:00San Diego Comic Con 2011This will be my master post on this year's wonderful Comic Con. I was there for all four days but I'm only posting relevant "Twilight: Breaking Dawn" stuff.<br />
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Here is a quick slide show of some of the best pictures that I took. I also made a few gifs in there. <br />
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Yes, I'm still alive, I survived comic con, and will eventually spew all the gory details. I've recently bought a new MacBook and in addition to this blog, I also manage a website, podcast and local Twilight book/fan fiction club (LA County if you're interested). <br />
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Here's what you can expect to read about in this post (once everything is uploaded n'stuff):<br />
1. Urban Camping on the grassy area waiting for Hall H.<br />
2. Free Summit swag they handed out to people waiting in line<br />
3. Visit from some of the stars of Breaking Dawn in the morning<br />
4. The Breaking Dawn panal<br />
5. Summit booth in the exhibit hall and what they were giving away<br />
6. Overall reaction and is it worth to go next year.<br />
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Stay tuned!<br />
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Cheers!SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-22706829562515147922011-06-13T18:07:00.000-07:002011-06-13T18:07:39.517-07:00Dramatic Reading a la Elizabeth ReaserIt's happened again folks. The Twilight fan fiction fans over on VH1's Morning Buzz had Elizabeth Reaser in the studio and asked her to do a dramatic reading of a fan fiction (I bet they said, "Well, Michael Sheen did it so...").<br />
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It's great. She has great enunciation. It's hard to read a story out loud. I do it for my podcast and I'm constantly tripping over my tongue. Anyway, here it is, your moment of zen.<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17094085&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=0c7807"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17094085&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=0c7807" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sharonmacross/elizabeth-reaser-reads-a-pair">Elizabeth Reaser reads A Pair of Emerald Earrings</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sharonmacross">SharonMacross</a>SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-40627764828579335172011-06-05T14:48:00.000-07:002011-06-05T14:48:03.653-07:00Breaking Dawn TrailerI wondered how long the Breaking Dawn Trailer would show up and be downloadable on the internet after it aired on the MTV movies awards that's being shown tonight. The answer: <b>Negative</b> 7 hours (and change).<br />
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Was the trailer stolen by some TwiHard hacker who couldn't wait? Looks like Summit did the dirty work for us and leaked it out before it aired. I'm sure MTV was thinking<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So my reaction besides chanting "ohmygodohmygod", crying, panting and fanning my face in a movie theater as I'm trying to leave while watching the trailer on my phone..... I'm still recovering. I headed straight home to download and save it for all eternity and then check out the screen captures that people have done. These are some of my favorites:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Offical%20Summit/june4tagline.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Offical%20Summit/june4tagline.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not from the trailer but I'd thought I'd start off with Breaking Dawn's tag line: Forever is only the beginning. That's so romantic. And I don't mean that in a condecending way. It really is a beautiful statement and makes me thinking of what I could possible to do <s>Rob</s> Edward for Forever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Offical%20Summit/RobertPattinsonBreakingDawnTrailerScreencaps81.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Offical%20Summit/RobertPattinsonBreakingDawnTrailerScreencaps81.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cannot tell you how thrilled and tickled I am that they're using his full name. They even have Masen in there. ( I thought it was Mason =P potaytoe potahtoe) My inner (and outer) nerd and fan girl is jumping up and down. It speaks to his past and it's like Edward Sr. and Elizabeth are there with him :')</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The wedding right [Right] looks like an oversized version of her index finger moonstone ring, the wedding band [Left] is perfect. I love it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Offical%20Summit/RobertPattinsonBreakingDawnTrailerScreencaps168.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Offical%20Summit/RobertPattinsonBreakingDawnTrailerScreencaps168.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want to sit on his face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Offical%20Summit/RobertPattinsonBreakingDawnScreencapsMoreEdward16-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Offical%20Summit/RobertPattinsonBreakingDawnScreencapsMoreEdward16-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh my! What this man does to me through a picture!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I cannot get tired of this trailer. Imagine what the actual movie is going to me like?! Seriously, I cannot fucking wait for Comic Con in July. I hope and pray that there is a Breaking Dawn panel and that they'll be sharing some footage. Oh My Gawd, I'm shivering in anticipation just thinking about it. </div>SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-24512634608335654272011-05-29T19:12:00.000-07:002011-05-29T19:12:13.700-07:00Twilight Round UpAs usual, I'm going to add my two cents on recent Twilight stuff that's out there. First, my love of Twilight has been all about reading Twilight fan fiction. That's why it tickled me pink when Twilight actor Michael Sheen [Aro] went on VH1's Morning Buzz show and did a dramatic reading of one of my favorite author's story, Unexpected Circumstances. Here's what I'm talking about:<br />
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I must have watched this three times before recording the audio in case the video is ever removed. You can access/download an mp3 of this here on Soundcloud.<br />
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<a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Merchandise/Twi_Graphic_Novel_Volume_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Merchandise/Twi_Graphic_Novel_Volume_2.jpg" width="210" /></a>The Twilight Illustrated Official Guide came out a few weeks ago. I went to my local Borders with coupon in hand and bought it. I'm on page 6. So far, not much new stuff. My goal is to finish it by the end of the year but we'll see. Maybe I'll finish it while waiting on the Breaking Dawn red carpet premiere? It's been so long since I read the original books that I've forgotten when Steph wrote and left out and what new information the Guide could offer. Anyway, yet another book on my "To Be Read" list. You can see my incomplete list on my Good Reads account.<br />
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Also in book form. The long awaited (was anyone really waiting with anticipation for this?) is the second volume of the Twilight Graphic Novel. I wasn't going to buy this based upon the underwhelming volume two but the cover is so gorgeous. Is is the coloring? The soft pencil edges? The subject matter? I don't know but this Manga Edward is hot. It hits shelves <b>October 11, 2011</b> and with coupon in hand, I'll probably buy it.<br />
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In more recent news, Melissa Rosenberg is going to be the speaker at USC for YouTube's Distinguished Series on <b>Tuesday, May 31st</b>. I'm thinking of attending and if I do, I'll blog about. If you want to attend (free to all), check out the <a href="http://www.twilightlexicon.com/2011/05/26/melissa-rosenberg-to-be-part-of-youtube-distinguished-speakers-series/">Lexicon's post</a> about it.<br />
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Also up next is the MTV Movie Awards and yes, Eclipse is up for a bunch of awards. <a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2011/">Vote vote vote</a> and show the world how strong our fandom can be! *evil laugh* The awards are happening<b> Sunday, June 5 </b>9/8c<br />
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What else is tickling me? The Twilight mentions of Twilight in upcoming movies. Evidence: the trailers for <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sharonmacross/twilight-mention-in-crazy">Crazy, Stupid Love</a> and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sharonmacross/twilight-mention-in-bad">Bad Teacher</a> [screen caps below]<br />
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I'm still a little awed/breathless right now. We had shirtless Monday when Rob and the cast were in Multipulciano filming the Italy scenes in New Moon. Well today, March 31 2011, is Isle Esme Thursday. Photos and video were leaked earlier in the day and the Twidom experienced a simultaneous orgasm.<br />
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I'm afraid I can't re-post anything or share links because everyone has taken down their photos at Summit's request. Let's just say you should bring an extra change of panties to the theater with you... and some Handy Wipes.<br />
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Damn... Rob's looking good... hmmm back and arm muscles...<br />
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Here's an artist's rendering of one of the pictures:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm probably going to make them rotate as my cellphone wallpaper until official still are released. </div>SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-80077699742204687942011-03-15T20:25:00.000-07:002011-03-15T20:25:33.396-07:00My dive into Twi craftsSo I'm on a fun binge. My weekends are filling up quite nicely. Two weekends ago I gathered up some girlfriends and we spent several hours at a Color Me Mine. For those of you who don't know what that it, it's a crafty store that's all about painting and decorating pottery of all kinds. They have plain ceramic (?) pieces for you to paint on. You then leave it there for them to glaze and fire and then pick up the finished product.<br />
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To get the suspense out of the way. Here's my Twilight themed pasta bowl:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This bowl is based off of the first book in the Twilight series. See it? It's my version of the meadow scene with a lion and lamb in the middle surrounded by wild flowers. The outside of the bowl is painted the darker green of the edges with dark green and olive green trees to represent the forest surrounding the meadow. I love it. Needless to say, my girlfriends were oohing and ahhing over it and immediately had craft remorse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.eyecandysigns.net/admin/photos/Lion%20Lamb%2012X20_6X10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://www.eyecandysigns.net/admin/photos/Lion%20Lamb%2012X20_6X10.jpg" width="200" /></a>How I did it: I had the idea of this in my head. I just didn't know how to do the lion and lamb in the middle. So I do what any savvy girl does. I Googled "lion lamb". The image on the right is what I was trying to draw. I didn't want to be quite so literal so I flipped the picture horizontally. Originally I sketched this onto the plate then started to paint. The paint started to smudge the pencil marks to I erased all but a faint few lines. They tell you that you can't paint light colors over dark so I had to paint the white of the lamb first. What I did was paint a white blob to cover the area then took the brown and a very thing brush and painted a brown outline around it. The green came next. They say to do a minimum of three layers of paint for the color not to fade after firing. I tried to leave the "lion" as empty as possible and tried to really define the bottom of the lamp. I covered the entire bowl in the new grass green. The lion is two shades of brown. It's tedious painting, waiting for it to try, and re-painting to get the colors to fix. The darker brown shows up in his mane, the tip of his take, and in his nose/mouth feature. I was going to do eyes but my brush wasn't fine enough. I started to paint a face on the lamb but the paints doesn't lead to fine lines and I quickly wiped/painted over it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I covered the sides of the bowl a medium green and with a medium brush, made lots of grass strokes to represent blades of grass. I made sure that it almost touched or went over just a bit onto the bottom of the bowl into the light green. Then I took a dark green and painted the edge and the rim and re-did the blades of grass onto the medium green. Once all dry, I covered the sides of the bowl with "flowers". Dots of purple and blue, blossoms of white, petals of red and orange and hints of yellow are sporadically spread out. I didn't want to overwhelm it with too many flowers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The outside of the bowl was painted in a similar but simpler way. All dark green with thick trunks of brown and happy little trees (ala Bob Ross) in a darker and dusty greens. I signed the bottom and called myself done. Overall, it took around two hours. I spent a lot of time hemming and hawing over little details. We're going back next month and I'm determined to not stop until I have a whole Twilight set. I'm thinking that next time, I'll paint a New Moon plate. </div>SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-81751760019586599762011-03-07T11:47:00.000-08:002011-03-07T11:47:17.278-08:00TwiCon LA 2011This last weekend was Creation Entertainment's Twilight Convention (TwiCon). Special guests included Jodelle Ferland, Bronson Pelletier, Julia Jones, Tinsel Korey, Booboo Stewart, Gil Birmingham and Peter Facinelli. My friend invited me to Saturday's event and I'm not going to say no, and it was fun and very typical. This was my third convention and if you want a play by play, check out Twilight Lexicon's twitter feed.<br />
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Friday was Tinsel Korey and Julia Jones.<br />
Saturday was Jodelle Ferland, Bronson Pelletier, Julia Jones & Tinsel Korey, Booboo Stewart and Gil Birmingham.<br />
Sunday was Gil Birmingham, Bronson & Booboo, with Peter Facinelli ending the weekend.<br />
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Here are some highlights from Saturday:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">More pictures from my friend @nelln <a href="http://s891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/TwiCon2011/">here</a>.</div>SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-7350182780225210402011-02-15T19:58:00.000-08:002011-02-15T19:58:34.104-08:00Ticket, check. Costume, umm...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Relevant%20Photos/MTVtoMuse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Relevant%20Photos/MTVtoMuse.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Firstly as a gigantic MUSE fan, I just have to say that I'm uber happy they the trio took home the American Grammy for "Best Rock Album" for Resistance. Very well deserved. I only wanted to watch the Grammy's because they were performing. Yes, my heart was beating fast. Yes, my palms got sweating watching it. Yes, I was watching it in the dark on my lap top.<br />
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They just get better and better. My dream is to see them somewhere in Europe. Someday...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes. I will be returning to Comic Con this summer. I'll bring my <a href="http://aurorafades.blogspot.com/2011/02/fan-fiction-merchandise.html">fan fic t-shirts</a> (which have arrived and looks amazing!) but it's Comic Con so you have to dress up. I just don't know what wear. Maybe a Naruto shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Tribe? Bright red Vulturi cloak? I have a green 3/4" sleeved shirt, jeans, and blue Keds so I could be "Italy Bella". Decisions decisions. </div>SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-79687497494648431882011-02-11T16:13:00.000-08:002011-02-11T16:13:50.086-08:00February for Twilight fansI know that if I put "Happy Birthday Taylor" I'll get a google hit because everyone will be googling him today (even if you Bing you're using Google). So... Happy 19th Birthday Taylor Lautner (watches blog counter go up).<br />
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Last year I made a little manip of him holding a lovely bow over his half naked chest, this year all you get is this t-shirt:<br />
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I'm not a Tay tay follower. I'm more of Rob's plaything =)<br />
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February means Valentine's Day. If you're lucky enough to find a significant other before you found Twilight, you're probably going to spend the weekend with them. Otherwise, if you're like me, you'll be sending naughty candy grams to your other Twi-singles. I'll be doing that and going wine tasting. There will be chocolate covered somethings involved I'm sure.<br />
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My bff is a major Wolf girl. Here are a few of my Valentine Card options:<br />
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You could always see a movie, most likely, about sex you're not having.<br />
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Advance to 1:35 and you'll hear The Bravery's "Ours" from the Eclipse soundtrack. Clearly they're expecting you to see this movie. You'd hate to disappoint right?SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-22365939268093476092011-02-07T22:43:00.000-08:002011-02-07T22:43:56.100-08:00Fan fiction merchandiseI've been wanting something to show my devotion to Twilight Fan Fiction. Maybe a bumper sticker? License plate frame?<br />
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Nope (though they're not totally out of the question). I decided that I wanted to have a t-shirt. You really can make anything nowadays. I used the fandom friendly <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/">Cafe Press</a> to make my own creations. I wanted to represent stories that I love and that others would recognize.<br />
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My very first story into the fan fiction universe was Wide Awake by Angstgoddess003. It remains my all time favorite fic. It has everything I love in a story and it always makes me cry and sigh. It has a lot of great quotes that would make great slogans for t-shirts "I missed the shit out of you" "Shining Fucking Curls" "Red Bella White Bella" etc. But I settled on the moment that Edward knew that Bella was more than just a girl who, with real flowers and cookies, allowed him to sleep.<br />
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Then Bobby comes out with his band and gets everyone all fired up with his opening song. I've no idea what it's called though. Like I said, not very familiar with his music. He played with the band for a few songs then he did his solo acoustic thing which I enjoyed the most. He did two songs for an encore. The first one was I think his most popular song since everyone, except me, was singing along to it. I tried to record the whole thing but a new friend of mine that I just met there loved the song so took my video camera down to ground level (I was sitting up top).<br />
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Here are highlights of the night:<br />
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All and all it was a pretty good show. I'm glad I went. Thanks Troubadour! I knew there was a reason you're my favorite.<br />
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If you're familiar with his music, he did some older tunes with quicker beats (Shepherd's Dog, Boy With A Coin) and a lot of the newer stuff from his latest album. Long guitar and brass interludes. It was fun. The crowd was rowdy in the best sense.<br />
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The band said good night and a lot of suckers left. Doesn't everyone know that the show isn't over until the house lights come on? Clapping, chanting and stomping ensue until Sam (the singer and lead guitar guy) come back onstage. A stage hand brings him is acoustic guitar. What will he play? Trapeze Swinger? Passing Afternoon? He didn't play Flightless Bird at the previous show so I wasn't hoping for that but just incase, I whip out both of my cameras (in case one of them fails, it's happened before).<br />
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What follows was an auditory miracle. A nearly a cappella Flightless Bird takes wing and submerges the audience in a hush filled worship of his voice. The video quality doesn't convey much but the audio is spot on. Enjoy!<br />
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And of course Summit released it's first official picture from the movie.<br />
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It first showed up in issue #1138 of Entertainment Weekly magazine and then later posted online. I pretty much only look at Rob/Edward. This Adam's apple, his bicep, his feathery lashes, his bicep... Kristen/Bella has a weird face. Like a "pretend there aren't 50 people watching me naked" look. This is a fairly narrow shot. I can't help but wonder what the wide screen shot will reveal. Rob straddling Kristen? The sheet just starting to slid off his gorgeous ass. Acres and acres of exposed back. hmmmm<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Summit and Bill have been pretty good to us. Giving us these Easter eggs to tide us over until the movie is released. Though rarely does a day go by that I'm not thinking of Twilight, Rob and/or Edward. It's kinda sad but whatever. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes random acts of Twilight just happen without you planning it. I was listening to the news the other day and besides of two school shooting, they did a report on health care. One prevision in the plan is that my 2013, everyone is mandated to buy health insurance. Two people are suing against this because they think it's unconstitutional and one of the people suing lives in <b>Port Angeles</b>, WA! What are the odds.</div>SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-58666558466229474692011-01-14T17:22:00.000-08:002011-01-14T17:22:16.919-08:00Fandom HappeningsHello friends. I want to start off by pointing out some really great things that are happening now in the fandom. I encourage everyone to get involved and to help each other.<br />
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Because of the recent flooding in Australia, multiple fandoms are coming together to pool their resources together to help people effected. Here's more information on the project from their website:<br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">A group of caring and determined Aussie's are working hard to raise funds for the victims of the devastating floods that have ravaged Queensland in recent weeks. To help them in their efforts, donate at least $5 to the </span></span></span><a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">QLD Government Appeal</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">, forward your receipt to </span></span></span><a href="mailto:fandomsfightthefloods@gmail.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">fandomsfightthefloods@gmail.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">, and you will receive a compliation of stories and oneshots from your favourite fic authors across the following fandoms: Twilight, Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse), The Vampire Diaries, Vampire Academy, Harry Potter, The Mortal Instruments, and more - including original pieces.</span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">You can also contribute to the cause by donating a story/one-shot to be added to the compilation. The maximum word limit for submissions is 10,000 words and all submissions must be received by 11:59pm AEST/GMT+10 on Sunday February 20th, 2011. To register as an author, head on over to the Author Registration page and submit your information in the registration form. Once you register, an email will be sent out to you within 24 hours containing more details about your submission.</span></span></span></blockquote></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">The story compilation will be ready for distribution on Tuesday March 1st, 2011. Donation confirmation emails will still be accepted after this date in return for a copy of the compilation.</span></span></span></blockquote></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Any questions/queries about the appeal, author registration, or donations can be directed to our email address - </span></span></span><a href="mailto:fandomsfightthefloods@gmail.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">fandomsfightthefloods@gmail.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"> - and one of our lovely organisers will respond as soon as they can.</span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I participated in the </span></span><a href="http://www.mskathy.com/2010/01/haiti-final-post.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Twi Fan for Haiti</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> donation effort lead by author MsKathy. It warms my heart to see a all of us come together for a truly needy cause.</span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Icons%20and%20Banners/domesticviolence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/Icons%20and%20Banners/domesticviolence.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another good cause to get behind <a href="http://fandomagainstdomesticviolence.blogspot.com/">The Fandom Against Domestic Violence</a> founded by author buhbeesgirl. Here's most of her welcoming post that talks about why she's started this and how you can contribute.</span></span><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This all started from my little story, </span></span></span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5622196/1/True_Love_Way"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">True Love Way</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">. I wanted to do something to give back from my writing. My story involved domestic violence issues so I decided that for each review/author alert/story alert/story favorite I received that I would donate $.10 of my own personal money to NCADV. So far I have raised almost $200 just from that little venture. But I know we can do more! </span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">If you're an author that would like to contribute, fill out the Author Sign-up form above. Submissions are due by January 21, 2011. Stories do not necessarily have to revolve around domestic violence issues. They can be oneshots, outtakes, original stories or whatever you feel like contributing.</span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Donations will be done directly through the NCADV website (you can find a link under "How to Donate" above) from February 1-28, 2011. The minimum donation is $10 but you will receive a lovely compilation of stories from various authors who took the time out of their busy schedules to write something just for this fundraiser.</span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">If there is any other way that you would like to creatively contribute please feel free to email </span></span></span><a href="mailto:fandomagainstdomesticviolence@gmail.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">fandomagainstdomesticviolence@gmail.com</span></span></span></a></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Also on the site are excerpt from real women that have first hand experience of this issue and share their stories with everyone. Here's an example:</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><blockquote><a href="http://fandomagainstdomesticviolence.blogspot.com/2010/12/unafraid.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Unafraid</span></span></span></a></blockquote><div class="post-header" style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 578px;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Domestic violence is one of those things that some people look at and say "I would never let myself get involved in a situation like that." Especially if you have seen another loved one involved in an abusive relationship. These types of situations can catch you by surprise. You think you have found the perfect mate. Miracle1901's personal story is a perfect example of that. It is also a perfect example of how, no matter how bad it gets, you can always find a way out.</span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"I watched my mother get beaten within an inch of her life by my step father. The same man who told me he would kill her if i told anyone what he was doing to me...i was seven years old. I believed him for 3 years he did things to me that i wont go into detail about. I finally told her what was happening. She left him and after a week of hiding in a hotel from him he was caught and sent to jail. He killed himself before he had to go to trial.</span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I told myself I would never let a man hit me. I would would be able to see it coming because I knew what to look for. I always told myself that as I much as I love my mother I would never put myself in a situation like that."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Read more of Miracle1901's story on the </span></span></span><a href="http://fandomagainstdomesticviolence.blogspot.com/p/personal-stories.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Personal Stories </span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">page.</span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It are projects like these that make me so glad to be apart of this fandom. Everyone supports one another and it just amazing what we as a community can accomplish. </span></span></span></div></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span>SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633301752181220374.post-54183241949711610572010-12-06T20:33:00.000-08:002010-12-06T20:33:31.008-08:00Watching Water for Elephants filmThere are a bunch of little things happening in the fandom. Drama mostly. I'll have my Eclipse DVD review in the next post but for now I'm going to go off on a tangent, while I still remember, and recall the time I spent near the set of Water for Elephants in mid July.<br />
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A day off + some detective work on Google + an unhealthy passion for Robert Pattinson = me going out to watch Rob's new film, Water for Elephants, film... twice.<br />
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The great thing about living in LA is that there is so much going on. Premieres, movies, sightings, etc. The only down side is an unhealthy obsessions and traffic on the freeways.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/WFE%20Filming/WFE5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/WFE%20Filming/WFE5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The first day I went, I went in the early afternoon but didn't get there until 2pm because I got lost and couldn't find the place. The Big Top was set up in some farmer's field on interstate 26 between Filmore and Santa Clarita, right by Piru. It's in a little tiny town and the only hint of real civilization that I saw, besides the houses, was the gas station on the side of the freeway. You drive up Main St. to a road that will eventually dead end behind the field. There is a road to the front of the field but you can't see anything of the set because of the trailers and craft tents blocking the view.<br />
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From the back you can see the main tent and smaller tents that make up the circus. You can also see the Banzini Bros circus train. The animals were corralled in the back so I could see camels, zebras, horses and even Rosie the elephant made appearances. She's huge but she's pretty quick.<br />
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I didn't know what to expect so I was hardly prepared. There were others there, of course, that were veterans at set stalking this movie. They knew the security men, the best places to see, where to eat/go to the bathroom. They were pretty much living out of their cars. So that first day, I didn't stay very long. It was cold and windy and I didn't bring a jacket. There was a whole field between us and the set so I couldn't see much and I didn't bring a chair so I was standing around or on top of my car.<br />
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So I left and stocked up on provisions. I bought binoculars, packed a few jackets, a chair, a step ladder, a cooler of drinks and snacks and roped in a friend to go with me. The second day I went, they were doing a night shoot so the principle actor's would get there until around 5pm and wouldn't stop until 5 the next morning. It was a Friday so I had the day off but I work Saturdays. The next day at work wouldn't be much fun but I really wanted to do this.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/WFE%20Filming/CIMG4383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/WFE%20Filming/CIMG4383.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The daylight is slowing ebbing away and we're all there ohhing and ahhing over what and who we see. We see a crowd exit the tent, we see cameras on cranes move about, big lights go on and are reflected back down. I don't know if we see Rob or Reese because we're kinda far and it's dark but I think we do. They do a scene with a group of people out side a tent. I think they were doing some of the stampede scene without the animals.<br />
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There was also filming in the train. We could see lights inside and dark silhouettes move past the illuminated windows.<br />
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Everyone looked really good in their period costumes. Lots of fedora type hats for the gentlemen and Reese was probably one of only a handful of women on set. They put her in bright colors so we could easily see her.<br />
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There was a fire scare at one point. There was smoke coming from either the left end of the train or from a tent over there. It looked like production stopped and a few minutes later, a fire truck and engine arrived. They didn't stay very long, perhaps 15 minutes, before leaving.<br />
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The excitement died down and it looked like they moved filming to inside the tent. We couldn't see much from the back so we moved to the front of the set and wait for them to leave hoping for a close encounter or an autograph. Of course, my friend and I weren't the only ones there. Total, I think there were about 22 women there. My friend brought her husband and son and they were the only male representatives there. They chose to wait in the car and watch DVDs. They sure are supportive.<br />
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It got really cold. Really really cold. Fog came in and chilled everything it touched. We all moved to our cars with slightly rolled down windows to keep staring for some kind of movement. I tried to nap but it's really hard to sleep when you're freezing. Eventually we see the extras pile into shuttles and people start to leave the set. Cue mass car exodus. They've got their signs out and camera at the ready.<br />
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It's about now that I start to feel really really silly for doing this at all. My friend is uber excited that she might get a chance to get a glimpse of Rob. Secretly, I hope that he doesn't exit through the front and sees me because I'll be totally labeled "bat shit crazy" along with the 20 other women that are here and have absolutely no shame. I've talked with them through the night and they're certifiable. We see his security guard come out and check out our little desperate crowd and look for paparazzi (they hung out with us and they are absolutely the worst people in the world next to puppy killers).<br />
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Other cast members drive by and wave but not Rob. It looks like he took the back way out. I wasn't sad or disappointed in the least. I was kinda happy but really tired as I left the others and went to work. The fog slowly dissipated as the sun rose. I worked a half day then went home and slept. I don't think I'll ever set stalk a night shoot again but I have plans to go to Vancouver in Feb of 2011, to celebrate my birthday of course, and maybe see some Breaking Dawn filming while I'm there.<br />
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More pictures from my time at the Water for Elephants filming <a href="http://s891.photobucket.com/albums/ac120/AuroraFades/WFE%20Filming/">here</a>.SharonMacrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273339933255799305noreply@blogger.com0