THE Official Twilight Convention - ATL 2010...AND Eclipse Trailer!!

There is SO much excitement in Twi-land!  Have you seen the Eclipse teaser and/or trailer yet??
For those who haven't...don't waste any more time...Here's the TRAILER...(Feel free to watch it as much as you want...I don't charge for parking. :)

OHMYTWILIGHTGOODNESS (OMTG...from here on out)!!!  How exciting is that?  Goosebumps?  Check.  Elevated blood pressure?  Check.  Tear in eye?  Check. (Quit judging me...it's emotional!)  Edward just saying her name at the beginning is enough to get me, and then you throw Jacob's bit in there "I'll fight for you until your heart stops beating"....holy smokes, does it get any sweeter than that?  Oh, to be Bella Swan for a day...a girl can dream.

Who wants to talk Twilight Convention?  Me!  I do!  I do!

Most asked questions...

Was it fun?  Hmmmm.  Let me check.  DUH!  Let's just say that it was beyond fun...it was amazing...I need to invent a new word for how fun it was.

Would I do it again?  That would be a yes!  I'm hooked.  When's the next one?  Sign me up!

Would I get Gold Package again?  Absolutely, YES!  It was well worth it.  We were on the 4th row and it was easy to get great pictures.  We also had tickets to all of the extras.  It was nice to be first in line for autographs.  I would definitely go gold again.

What was the best part?  It's just too hard to choose...but the highlights are meeting all seven stars.  I went in being so super excited to meet Peter Facinelli (which was amazing...if I say "amazing" one more time, just change my name to Jake and put me on the Bachelor), and it was definitely a highlight...probably at the top of the list.  He is so down to earth and super funny.  I was just hanging on every.single.word.he.said.  What I thought was interesting was that I was excited to see each star because of the role they play in the Twilight Saga, but I left being a personal fan.  I love each and every one of them for who they are and not just for the role they play.  Does that make sense? 

My most memorable conversation was with Michael Welch (Mike Newton).  It was at the end of a long day and we were waiting in line for his autograph.  We were having fun conversations with all the people we were standing in line with and goofing off.  So, by the time we got to the table to get our autograph, we were being silly and cutting up (which is right up his alley...he is SUCH a clown!).  I was telling him how good his coffee smelled...and how I wish I had some Starbucks about right now.  We hadn't ate ALL day.  (One of the prices you pay to be at Twi Con...we referred to it as the Twi Con Diet...everybody should try it. =P)  So, he starts sipping on his coffee...really slowly...savoring each sip.  All the while, we're just standing there waiting on our autograph.  I told him how unfair it was and that he was basically a punk (yeah, I might of said those exact words...while laughing, of course).  THEN, he offers me a drink of his coffee!  I thought he was joking at first, but after us discussing the fact that I don't have cooties, I realized that he was being completely serious.  I wouldn't do it because I thought he would probably just throw it away after I walked off...but now I'm not sure that he would of, he's pretty crazy like that.  I told him I couldn't see a good cup of coffee go to waste...that is just wrong.  We had a good laugh.  It was fun interacting with him.

Gil Birmingham (Billy Black) is from Texas, and being the big time Sooner fans that my cousin Lindsay and I are, we decided we needed to find out if he was a UT (Longhorns) fan.  I would like to assure that he is NOT.  Whew, what a relief.  Funny thing was that he didn't even know who we were talking about.  He's not a football fan.  We told him we wouldn't hold it against him.

An unexpected surprise was the cast of the internet phenom Hillywood Show.  They were so super cool and played their roles so well!  Sometimes I felt like I was looking at THE Jacob or THE Jasper...they were so so good.  Hilly and Hannah are amazing talents.  They're geniuses at this parody stuff.  You should check them out online.  You can find them at http://www.thehillywoodshow.com/ !

I collected a few things while at the Convention to giveaway...how does a little Twilight Convention/New Moon Giveaway sound???  Come back tomorrow for a peak at what I have to give away and the details on how to enter!

To see all of my pictures from The Official Twilight Convention Atlanta 2010, go to my facebook page - www.facebook.com/jennykate77 .  I have my pictures set to public for now or you can just send me a friend request if you would like!

(I have a whole album dedicated to the Adventures of Pocket Edward...you don't want to miss it.)

I hope you are all having a great week!  I'm trying to resume to my normal routine...and hopefully I'll get around to visiting all my favorite bloggers soon!!  I miss you guys when I'm not here♥

Monday, Monday.

I'm sorry for the lack of blogging. It's not been intentional. I've had this yucky sinus junk and just have not been feeling myself lately.


Plus, I've had this little guy at work with me some the past couple of weeks.

Which one do you like better?  I've been playing around with some photo editing in Picnik.

It seems like Isaiah is out of school every time I turn around. We've had lots of snow and ice days this year, and then you add on the "professional days" and holidays and it just gets crazy!

Guess what this week is???

Did you guess?

If you guessed that it is THE OFFICIAL Twilight Convention, then you would be absolutely correct! I fly to Atlanta on Thursday. My cousin, Lindsay, is picking me up from the airport and we are meeting up with some friends for dinner in Peach Tree City that night. There's a little twist to the dinner though. These friends we're meeting are a couple of friends who I met on Cafemom and now keep up with through Facebook. So, it's going to be super exciting to finally meet them in person.

The convention starts on Friday! Gold Weekend Patrons (that's us!) get to pre-register at 11:00 on Friday. We'll be there with bells on...we definitely don't want to miss a thing! Friday is the day we get to see Peter Facinelli!   Woot! 

I think he's definitely the person I am most excited about seeing. The event that I am most looking forward to is the Volturi Ball on Saturday night!! I love my dress and shoes that I bought and I can't wait to wear them!

I'm taking my laptop and I plan on trying to blog while I'm there. We'll see how that goes. I may at least be able to post some pics and do a short post. I will definitely be posting on Facebook and Twitter. So, if you follow me on one of those sites, you'll be able to see some pics and read my ramblings from TwiCon.

One thing I'm not looking forward to is leaving Isaiah for almost 5 days! I'm going to be away from him for 4 nights! That's the longest I've ever been gone from him. I hadn't really thought much about it until now. Up to this point, I had just thought of Twilight and being in Atlanta with Lindsay...and how much fun all of that was going to be. I told him last night how much I was going to miss him and he said that if I miss him too much I could call him...thanks, Buddy. I'm thinking it'll be harder on me than it will be on him.

I'm planning on doing a giveaway of stuff from the convention! I haven't decided what might be in that giveaway just yet...I may not know until I'm there and see what I find to include in it. Any ideas? Requests? =) Stuff you think would be cool?

What Is TwiCon?

So, I've had several of you ask me..."What the heck is TwiCon?"

Welllll, I'm going to tell you.

It's a convention all about Twilight, duh!

Ok, so there's a little more to it than that. Not every Twi Con on the Twi Tour is exactly the same. They differ from city to city. However, at every Twi Con you can be guaranteed to see Twilight stars, panels from Twilight websites, vendors selling Twilight souvenirs, autographs, photo ops, a concert, a party, and TONS of fellow Twilight fans!

Here's what's happening at the Twi Con that I'll be attending in Atlanta (I'm so excited. I might pee my pants.)...

On Friday...

• Peter Facinelli, aka Dr. Cullen (EEEeeeeeeee!!! I hope you can hear my squeals of delight from over here), will be there talking about the Twilight Saga, signing autographs, and taking pictures.
  
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• A concert featuring a performance by Michael Welch, aka Mike Newton, and another musical guest(s) who hasn't been announced yet. This event will be hosted by none other than Dr. Cullen himself! yay.

On Saturday...

• Members of the Volturi will be there, I hope no vampires decide to expose themselves to the humans...things could get ugly. Daniel Cudmore, aka Felix, and Christopher Heyerdahl, aka Marcus, will be there talking Twilight, signing autographs, and doing photo ops. Michael Welch, aka Mike Newton, will also be there on Saturday.


• Later that evening, there will be a Volturi Ball hosted by the Volturi. During the ball, there is a costume contest, a centerpiece contest, and lots of prizes and awards. The winners of the trivia contest from earlier in the day win a makeover and are presented at the ball. Lots of fun and excitement!

On Sunday...

• We get to meet two members of the Wolf Pack. The HOTT (108 degrees) Kiowa Gordon, aka Embry Call, and Bronson Pelletier, aka Jared, will be there answering questions, signing autographs, taking photo ops...and trying to keep their clothes on...hopefully they don't succeed. Did I type that outloud? Ooops. (If you're reading this Michael, I'm only adding that in there for entertainment purposes.)

(For those that don't know (shame on you), Embry Call is the farthest to the right and Jared is the one right next to him.)

The Hillywood cast are the hosts of the whole weekend. If you don't know who they are, you should look them up on YouTube. I also posted a video of them a couple of weeks ago, you could CLICK HERE and take a peek at the video. It's fantastic! They have also received permission from Summit to show Twilight on the big screen. Twilight related fan sites, Twilight Lexicon and TwiMoms, will be represented and hold panels for Q&A sessions.

So, to make a long story short, it will be a whole weekend of nothing but Twilight!

I.CAN.NOT.WAIT.

Click HERE to go to the TwiTour's main website and see a whole list of cities...maybe it's coming to a city near you??!!