Faith, Trust and a Little Pixie Dust: jimmy kimmel

While on our LA Trip, Kayla and I also had the opportunity to attend a special taping of The Jimmy Kimmel show! A few weeks ago Jimmy announced that he would be doing a prime time special with the cast of Eclipse. They had something like 20,000 requests for the show. He then decided to open up his outside stage for a Q and A with the cast "after" the show. I got an email saying that 750 tickets would be available. Kayla and I tried for 2 hours Friday night to get tickets. Apparently us Twifans crashed their server! They got 15,000 requests in the first 5 minutes! They decided to re-offer tickets the next morning. Well we were driving so a friend of ours tried for me.. and we got them!!

Monday morning we showed up to the Studio about 11am. We were going to check out the situation and maybe do some shopping or whatever. Well people were already lining up so we decided to go ahead and get in line. We got about 14 back from the front of the line but we quickly figured out this was going to be a LONG day! It was HOT and we were in direct sunlight. We took turns going to look for an umbrella and Kayla found one at CVS! After that purchase things got more comfortable! We had a few friends that we hung out with throughout the day and some that came to "visit" us in line lol. About 3:30 pm Cameron Matheson from Good Morning America (also Ryan from All my Children) showed up to interview us "crazy" fans! He was super nice and stopped to take pictures with all of us! He said it would air on June 23.

As it started getting closer to 5pm they started putting up blockades in front of us to form a solid line. We quickly figured out this was not the only reason... Black SUV's and Towncars started showing up for their back parking lot with cast members, They were trying to help keep us in line and from attacking the cars! Pathetic! We weren't seeing much of the action because we were in the front of the line, but could hear the screams. We quietly watched as a Black SUV pulled into the parking lot in front of us and out came Kristen Stewart! We didn't feel the need to "fangirl" scream and draw attention to her. She went in completely un noticed. About 10 minutes later Rob arrived in the same fashion.. 5 minutes later came Taylor!

(Rob Arriving)

Shortly after they let us into the area for the stage. We were super fortunate to get a spot in the first row against the fence... Right in front of where Rob would sit! We had scoped out the stage earlier when they were doing sound check. They had random people sitting in the chairs with signs around their neck- who they were representing. We knew that we were going to be able to watch the taping of the show on the big screen and then after the show we would get a chance for Q and A with the cast.

It was really cool watching the show! Across the street at Graumann's there was a screening of Eclipse going on and Jimmy stopped the movie and was put onto the big screen for the big 3 to say Hello to them! Then Peter Facinelli, Bryce Dallas Howard, Xavier Samuel and Dakota Fanning came actually walking IN to their theatre! Shortly after we saw the 4 walking into the back of the studio. We started to notice more security showing up at our stage and "stuff" happening so a friend asked how long it would be before the show was over and they would be coming out... He answered that they were on their way out NOW!

They surprised us with the fact that they would be taping the 2nd half of the show with US!! We were super excited! There was a camera man in front of us giving us instructions about him filming us. We were expecting the cast to walk up right in front of us and then all of a sudden the crowd went wild! I looked up to see Rob and Kristen already RIGHT in front of me!! Ahh! So surreal! Even though we had gotten to "see" them on Saturday at the convention, this was completely different!

They were BEAUTIFUL! Pictures do NOT do them justice by any means! Rob was not as skinny as he appears in pictures and seemed alot more "built" than I assumed he would be. He is just a gorgeous human being! Kristen was absolutely gorgeous! Her skin is SO pretty and she is just adorable! The interaction between the two the entire show was SO cute! Oh ya I guess there were other cast members there too huh? Taylor was handsome, but didn't look different than I pictured him. Very Short lol Xavier Samuel was behind Rob, Very Handsome as well. Dakota was adorable, Very Poised. Peter, Bryce, Ashley, Nikki and Elizabeth were all there as well. They proceeded to start filming again with questions from the audience. It was so surreal! Unlike other tapings I'd been to, we were allowed to keep our cell phones and take pictures! I was live tweeting until Twitter crashed and gained over 100 followers in about 20 minutes! lol It was crazy! We made eye contact and got a Hello from Xavier, Rob, Kristen and Taylor! They were all SO nice. Taylor esp must have smiled at me at least 4 times. We saw Rob whisper to Kristen as they sat down "Its okay" . :) Too sweet! It all came and went too fast, Totally surreal! Before we knew it we were saying goodbye and they were gone!

When we got to our car in the parking lot next door we noticed commotion by the back door of the studio and realized Kristen and Ashley were out there signing autographs! We weren't able to get one from them but got to check them out up close lol. We did however wait a few more minutes and I was able to get our bookmarks signed by Taylor!

It was the most awesome way to end our Trip!! I think I have decided that Conventions are over-rated and something like this was SO much more fun! I will definitely be on the lookout for more opportunities like this!

Hope you enjoy the pictures I was able to take!!