5 posts tagged “ashley greene”
On Monday we got up at 6am to be in Westwood by 7:30 to get in line for the Twilight Premiere audience. There were already 400 people ahead of us and some people had been camping out since Friday night. It was utterly insane. Belle and I settled in with knitting and City of Ashes to pass the time in the unbelievable heat, 90F. You can believe me when I say it was ridiculous the number of annoying, loud and stupid people. And maybe we can own up to the stupid part of that ourselves but it was painful. We waited until noon and then they let us move and it took 2 hours for us to get our wristbands to get into the holding area. Then it was waiting on your feet for 3 hours with no room to stretch and people started pusing and shoving early. They did come by and gave us water. My guess is that they were worried that people would pass out. Then they gave us little rubber bracelets that say Twilight and then 11-21-08. Finally they gave us t-shirts. The smallest size was a medium and it was pretty big. Then it was more waiting. I was just happy I could text D because I desperately needed to get my mind off the crowds and there was nothing there but people which does not soothe me. So D saved the day. And the cute small child named Lindsay who stood in front of us who was totally adorable. They handed out raffle tickets to win passes for the premiere and I told Belle I would ditch her if I won and it was only one ticket. Then when we heard it was two, I told her I still ditch her and take Kellan.
The first one to show was Michael Welch and then it is kind of a blur. We were stading at the end of the runway, right before the platform for the interviews and it was a difficult place to be because a lot of actors, *cough*KStew and Taylor*cough* blew right by and didn't even cast a look in our direction. Not to rant but I don't think that Taylor is that big of a star that he can snub fans, not that I am saying I'm one of them but there were several around me, this early in the game. It's such an arrogant move. Kellan was beautiful and he was big and brawny and sweet to the fans. He signed tons of things and took pictures with what seemed like everyone. I think the best description of him would be dapper. Mhmmm.
Jackson was incredible. I haven't been a big Jackson fan because some of the the MTV interviews with him just turned me off. But he was just so nice. He came to our section on three separate occassions to get everyone. He took his time and seemed genuinely appreciative. I was really impressed and I totally have had my mind changed. I would say that I am now a fan.
Sol came through and people behind me were surprised that he was even in the movie because he had such a small part and they were disappointed in the fact that he's this thin wirery guy. He seemed to eat up the attention though. I don't know how I feel about him but I was hoping he'd come over and give me Krys's phone number or last name.
Justin Chon looked really good but I wasn't able to find any pics of him. I think he was the second of the night to show. He kind of got lost in the interview section and was never to be seen by me again.
Peter Facinelli was there with Jennie Garth who just looks beyond beautiful althought I hated the dress she wore. It looked like a Grecian looking garbage bag. Both took time to sign. I thought it was awesome that Jennie signed autographes as it wasn't her event. They looked really good together. He's a handsome devil.
Cam was a freaking lunatic. He was a ham and cheeseball. Belle maintains that he is d-bag and I have to agree because he is, but I love him to death. I was hoping to get close enough to him to tell him that I know where he shops. I want to see if I can unnerve him if I tell him we live near one another.
I didn't care too much about Ashley. I feel bad for not being excited about her but I was blown away by Rachelle's stunning beauty. She looked breathtaking. I wish I could have heard the interview she gave. The one draw back of being there in person.
A couple of others that I didn't get too excited about were Billy Burke, Elizabeth Reaser, Gil Birmingham--who teased fans with his attentions. It seemed cruel. Sarah Clarke was there too. Oh! Edi was there and he was so cute. He was dressed real nice and he seemed to be caught between being a ball of energy and very serious. Again another interview I would have likd to have heard. Christian was gorgeous. Anna Kendrick was there and sort of flew below my radar. Melissa Rosenberg was there and she looked about 20 foot tall and really elegant but I wanted actors.
So who's left? Kristen and Rob. First like I said before, I'm not sold on KStew and I won't have my mind changed until I see the movie. Her attitude towards fans is a growing amusement. She called them retarded at one point so it is all kinds of fun to watch what comes out of her mouth. I really would have loved to see what would have happened if she had to interact with the fans last night. I thought that last night she looked really pretty. Not at all the brokeass whore that she could have looked like. But her facial expressions in every picture seem to bleed through her general unhappiness to be there and I don't know who I feel worse for her or the fans.
Now Rob... He surprised me on multiple counts. He was dressed up and not in a button up shirt undone to his nipples. His hair started out combed back and not a duck's butt. He was not the last one to arrive. He was clean shaven. I really expected him to show up in typical Rob fashion and I love him dearly but I put nothing he does as a surprise these days. But no, no. Rob was gorgeous and stylish even. Although in my opinion his pants were a little tight looking but I blame his stylist for that. By the time he got up to us his hair was all silly but that is because the man has a serious nervous habit and it couldn't be helped. He went out of his way to sign things for fans and play the doting actor. I totally feel for the man. He's been elevated to near god status in the fandom and he is handling it like it's nothing at all. He doesn't even get to move without the soundtrack of screaming girls. No one can ever hear him. Poor guy. What happens when he leaves acting for a music career?
More pictures when Bell sends hers. In this video you can see Belle in the crowd, she's in the pink.
I just had the nicest Rob Pattinson dream. He was stranded with Susan, Belle, another 2 girls and I and we were walking these streets. It was someone's birthday and Rob took this book home with him and he made the girl a birthday present. It had pictures of him and facts about him in it. The last fact was that he wished he made more money per film. Belle called him on it and he blushed. I told him the dates of my birthday as well as Belle's and he laughed. Just as I asked him how we could contact him in the future I woke up and that was so disappointing. I really would have liked hearing how to contact him. I don't care that it was a dream. It was a good dream. My birthday is 9 October and I would love it if Rob was there for it. I wouldn't mind dreaming more dreams with him in the starring role. Nope the day started really nicely.
Today is the Stephenie Meyer signing and concert and I am a little anxious about it. I know it's assembly line and that you don't really get to talk with her. That all disappoints me. But I guess that is what you can expect when someone becomes a bookstar. I don't really care at all about Justin Furstenfeld, I'm not a Blue October fan. But I will get my book signed and all will be better with the world. Right?
I was on Lion & Lamb the other day and came across pictures of Rachelle Lefevre and Ashley Green from H magazine. Since I totally have a crush on Rachelle I had to steal the pictures to post here. I think she looks fabulous in these pics. She's so sexy and beautiful. *sigh* I think the only thing better than a picture of her is watching an interview of her or a video of her acting. She is so put together and eloquent. Yay for Rachelle. One day I hope to meet her and then I will tell her how much I adore her. In a nonscary, non socially idiotic way.
I started Acheron and I have read 156 pages and I have to hand it to Sherri the beginning of the book is dark, twisted, sickening, sad and makes you want to die. And this is all still back story we haven't even got to present times, I'm on December 11, 9529 BC. I feel pity for Acheron, something I have never felt before. I need the back story to be over soon though. I don't know how much more pain, suffering, humiliation and hatefulness I can continue to read. D says he is looking forward to reading this book because it wraps up the Acheron arc. After this book the arc will be Jaden's and I am looking forward to that. I don't think Acheron ever peaked my curiosity like he was supposed to. Jaden definitely has. Jaden... Jaden equals yummy.
I went to the doctor yesterday. I told him that the Neurontin works to make me fall asleep and he told me I should start taking it every night. So I am officially up to 8 pills a day. That seems like an awful lot to me but maybe I'm looking at the wrong things. I should concentrate on the fact that it is all helping me and forget about the details. I'm just glad that the Neurontin isn't causing horrible side effects. It's better than the Abilify, Lamictal, Clozapine, Xyprexa, Topamax, Zoloft, and the others. And D and I came to a decision about staying with Dr. Scott. Since D is changing jobs and his insurance won't be the same... We are going to stay with him and pay out of pocket. Use all my visits that we will have through the plan to see Dr. Moore. It's an imperfect plan but I don't have to start getting ready to start over so I really like it.
few days ago I got a box of things together for my sister. I got her two Gwen Stefani dolls at Comic Con. A book called Avalon. A few magnets from the zoo and some little things. I forgot to include a note but she probably won't miss it. Iam trying to let her know that I haven't forgotten her. She is so sad at home. And I've heard how mean my mother is to her on the phone. I just want her to feel loved for a few minutes. I don't think that gifts are going to change her circumstance but I figure that they can't hurt. Of course my mom could take away the dolls and never let my sister open them like she has done with several of the barbies I've sent. It's jus so hard to find a happy medium where I can do the right thing and make every one happy. I miss my sister like crazy and wish I could go see her but I'm still not cleared to travel on my own. If I could I would go home in a second. I don't care that I would be sleeping on the floor of her room.
Decompressing turned to avoidance and now I have 3 days worth of things to write about and that is just daunting.
I have to start with Sunday when we went to the San Diego Zoo. We got a really early start too, we got there around 10AM and it was really nice to be there without the crowds. Though they showed up as the day wore on. I have to say the highlight of the day for me was the mating orangutans. I was fascinated but those around me were really a.) freaked out or b.) appalled. Me, I was all crazy apes. For other reasons than the call of nature, I do love me the orangutans and I got to spend some time just watching them. They are my favorites by far. I usually want to go check out the chimps too but the SD Zoo doesn't have any. I know that is blasphemy but it is the true. I also was rather into the polar bears. I think they were tons of fun. The male was just huge and he was making love to frond and that didn't freak that many people out. Oh and the baby meerkats. They rocked the house. The young hippo who was smushed up against the glass was rad. The cats are always favs. I'm distressed by the animals that pace. I empathize with them and imagine that they would be worlds happier in the wild. Of course that will get me on a jag about how some of these animals don't have a habitat anymore and that leads to an unhappy place so I will desist and post a caboodle of pictures.
Now to be real honest, I don't care about the birds or the reptiles but I do love anything in the water. I was really excited about the fish. What I really need to do is go to the aquarium. We never went when we lived 5 blocks from it but D would take me anytime I wanted to go. We might have to make that a day adventure. But about the zoo. I like the tank living animals where you can see the water. It makes me unbelievably happy. These two are videos. Something to share of the day that isn't 2 dimensional. I really liked the polar bear as I said, the jaguar needed to eat some people and chill out. There were snack children everywhere too. I'm sure one or two of them would have put him in better spirits. And there are no lion picks because the bitch wouldn't come out. They don't have to be active but they shouldn't hide. It was a good time. Now I want to do the safari thing next time.On the way home I started reading Charlaine Harris's Dead Until Dark and I finished it very quickly. I like Bill Compton
and Jason Stackhouse, Sookie's brother and reknown male slut. Sookie cries too much and that just put me off her. I do have to say that I can't believe Stephenie Meyer didn't read the books before she wrote Twilight. There are just so many parallels. The situations are just too similar in some places. I really liked it and I got the next two books in the series. I can't wait to hear what happens with Eric the 'Viking' vampire. He intrigues me. And I have to admit that the books really have me wanting to try vampire sex. Apparently it's better than plan human sex. So yeah, more books and I want to see The Cullens go up against Fangtasia and see what happens.Speaking of The Cullens, Breaking Dawn comes out on Saturday and D, Belle and I are heading to a release party in Corona. I am excited to read the 4th book, but really scared. I will be fine once I've read it but getting through it will be hard. I want too much from this book. Too much and there is no way it will live up to my expectations. *sigh*
The last few weeks I have indulged in a ridiculous amount of bookmooching and I requested something like 70 books. All popcorn books and they are arriving these days in quantities in which I can't possibly store. Nine new titles arrived today and I have the Harris books to read and I still haven't read Tithe or City of Bones or Coraline for that matter. I've been out of control. I need to learn to curb that impulse until I've read about 60 or so books. It will tide me over for the month atleast. I should give myself a goal of getting back to 120 points and then not letting myself go below 100. Self control, I need some.
As for Twilight happenings, it is Twilight Tuesday, there are a ton of tabs open on my computer. Yahoo has an article about Comic Con. I may have posted this earlier but hey. Jo Blo had they best retelling of what it was like
to be in Hall H last Thursday. One of three articles by MTV, who is just whoring themselves out for this movie. Article two about Kellan and Ashley and three. The photo to the right is of Sol and Krys taken by photographer Amy Howe and it's just a gorgeous photo. All the ones she took of these guys were. I shamefacedly admit that I think Krys is really hott and the kid is a baby, just 17 years old. Hell, he could be my child. I really am sad for this one. It puts me in a position where I can never really make fun of Belle again. It may even trump her.Heather emailed me last night and she expressed a touch of insanity that struck a chord in me. Did I want to drive up into the canyons north of LA and look for the film set for Twilight on it's last night of shooting? Damn right, I did. Traffic was immediately a problem and we left the apartment at 9PM and we didn't even get to Santa Clarita until 11PM. We drove all over Bouquet Canyon Rd and never saw anything. It was 12:15PM when we started back. We found a Paramount set in Newhall, but no Twilight. And I had wished and prayed. I came to the conclusion that God hates me. It's okay though because I don't believe in him until I want something. So we didn't find anything and then on the TwilightsMoms site they have girls who did find it being bit by Emmett. I would have let Kellan Lutz bite me. I just wish I knew what they were filming.
But yesterday was a good day in that there was a new G4 video out with Rob. I can't say that I'm crazy about the flannel but I enjoyed the video all the same. I love the part where he says he just wants to kill someone. 'Just one little casualty.' He really doesn't get to do a lot of vampire stuff. Well later in the books he does but not so much in Twilight. He gets to run and drive fast. Poor Rob he is a vampire that is just too human.
I got to discuss Twilight in therapy today. We talked about what I'm drawn to and what I relate to in the stories. I felt a little ridiculous explaining that there were vampires and werewolves and mind readers and psychics. I tried to explain New Moon and I think I got carried away. But it was good. I know some of the reasons why I am so wrapped up in it. And then when I went to the gym I listened to the audiobook of Twilight while I rode the bike for 13 miles. That is 40 minutes in case you were wondering, and I still am in chapter 1.
When I got home tonight, after I studied for my test, I checked my Google Reader and found that MTV already posted their Twilight Tuesday article. I love the video below. It would be that he doesn't want kids when I am already married. *sigh* Can I have a multiple marriage? I could suck at being a wife to two guys at one time. The beginning is Catherine Hardwicke talking about the music for the soundtrack and then Ashley Greene talking about her hair before it gets to Rob.
Jason is going to read Twilight with me and we are going to actually discuss the reading. I am looking forward to this. It is like seeing the book for the first time all over again. It will be a challenge for me to not spoil things. I know the significance of small comments. I will have to curb the urge to point them out. The book really is better the more you read it. You can, and I guess to some extent are supposed to miss the signs and little things the first time. You are just as clueless as Bella. So in the first reading when Bella enters Biology and Edward is looking at her with hateful eyes, you just miss the importance of the fact that she notes that he isn't moving as if he weren't even breathing. You miss the amused chuckle when Bella asks Edward how is night was--not knowing he spent it watching her. I love the book even better having had the second read. Everyone should have to read it twice... or at least listen to the audiobook after.
I feel like I'm not being grateful. I got the interviews and these articles and Greetings From Twilight is up and yet I keep wondering what new Twilight news will be there tomorrow. I know that not everyday is going to be choc-a-block with new things. And if I am to actually pass my exam on Wednesday then I need to refocus for a little while. It's just so rewarding to get something and let's be honest... it's nice to be rewarded. But maybe with fewer postings of Twilight related things I will start Voxing about life more and fantasy less. But I do love my escape. A LOT.