Twicon 2010

Yep it was that time of year again!! Twicon! For those of you that aren't "Twihards" just move on because you are going to hear alot of fan-girling in this post!

Last year Bestie and I had our first experience with Twicon and it was needless to say awesome! Sadly Kristi didn't get to come with me again this year and I was way sad!! But next year we are going to do it up! Wifey, Missa got to come this year and it was her first experience with the world of Twilight outside of our midnight showings haha... boy was she in for a surprise.

We flew into LAX about 10am on Friday morning the 12Th and checked into our hotel where the convention was being held. We quickly realized that we had forgotten some much needed essentials so we set out to try and find some stores nearby. After discovering that wasn't going to happen we discovered that we could catch a trolley shuttle to a mall in Santa Monica that would serve our needs. So after checking out the vendor room... And having our first encounter with "Blow up Rob".. Yes you heard me correctly. We set out for the mall. We got our needs and had lunch at Olive Garden where we got invited to Hermosa Beach by our waiter (yes we still have it girls lol) and then headed back. We made it back to catch the end of Justin Chon and who was hilarious! We then headed back to the room and napped before we had cake for my sister in law Kayla's birthday in the lobby! After that we checked out the Karaoke with Tinsel Korey who was adorable!

Saturday was filled with wolf pack goodness!!! Chaske Spenser (Sam), Kiowa Gordon (Embry), and Alex Meraz (Paul). They were all great!! Chaske was huge, and just sweet like a teddy bear, Kiowa was such a normal kid and brought his band "2 shay" with him... total screamer band that sucked lol. And Paul was a total ladies man/sweetie! He brought his artwork with him which was awesome! We also got to meet Charlie Bewley- Demetri of the Volturi! He was the most unexpected surprise! We hadn't previously purchased a photo op with him but he was SO awesome and charming that I ran out and bought one in the middle of his q&a!! We got our autographs with everyone and then headed to get a bite to eat before we got ready for the Volturi Vampire Ball. We were a little late and I guess we missed everyone except for Chaske and Kiowa. We danced for a bit and hung out and watched two guys that crashed the party take over the dance floor lol.

Sunday- :D The day I had been waiting for! Eek! First up was our picture with Kellan. I couldn't believe the difference in Security from the days before! They had ropes setup at the end of the hall so you couldn't get by unless you had a photop ticket. They had Latices's setup so you couldn't even look in the room if you walked by! Then someone came down the line and said that the actor had requested no hugs. Ha. He was totally cool and down to earth just like he was last year. He was definitely giving hugs so I asked if he would give me a hug as good as he did last year and he answered "Of course!! I've been Practicing!!" and squeezed me! :D He definitely knows how to treat his fans! There were just 2 bodyguards staring me down!! After that we got to get right back in line for our picture with Him AND Peter Facinelli! Yay! Then we got to sit there and listen to them talk for a good hour and 1/2 before we got to go to our lunch with them. Peter and I got to chat for a second about our similarity about having 3 girls which was cool and he was a total awesome guy!

One of the most awesome things about the weekend was learning what a devout Christian Kellan is. Its not something that you hear ANY of the media publishing which is really disappointing to me. He totally talked about how his favorite band last year was Skillet. And he hit on it again in the q&a this year by mentioning how his favorite music to listen to is Christian. And he just finished reading "Boundaries in Dating". He encouraged everyone to read this and stated that its changed his life. When we got him alone at our table he was first asked about his "see through shirt" that he wore and he joked about how he forgets that in certain lights it appears sheer and he wore it to church a few weeks ago and people were saying stuff to his mom :) Then that brought up the subject of the book. He started telling us about reading boundaries in dating and how he has learned about really bringing God into his relationships and honesty and how he wished that he had learned this stuff a long time ago and he would have saved himself a lot of heartache. He talked about how he was missing church cus it was Sunday and all sorts of stuff. He was just really raw and real and it was really awesome! It has also made me realize how much the media tends to twist around things and makes me sad for these actors.

After lunch we got our autographs with Peter and the weekend was over all too soon! All in all it was fun. It very different than last year from the standpoint that last year was much more relaxed and low key. Which I definitely enjoyed. I saw a lot more "crazies" this year. I would seriously be scared for my life if I were these actors. I would NOT want to do what they do! Some people are REALLY hard core... My friends at home make fun of me for how "obsessed" I am and they really have NOOOOO CLUE!! lol I mean blow up Rob? That had a seat and you changed his clothes everyday? That was just out there in my opinion.... lol I can't even imagine how Robert Pattinson would react if he saw that... I am 100% sure he would run for his life. Lol on that note.... Enjoy our pictures!!!!

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