Stones…

This is the first entry that I’ve made to my blog since 4/28. It’s a good time because there are some questions around my recent hospitalization and what has happened since. Oddly enough, it’s a lack of updates about this on my twitter that has caused the questions. That and the fact that it’s automatically updating my Facebook status.

Thanksgiving, I went with family to San Diego. There was a lot of family there that I hadn’t seen in a very long time. There was also a lot of food that I don’t normally eat. I wouldn’t say that I ate more than normal, but I definitely did try a little of everything. We eventually came back home. I proceeded to go to my cousin’s house where we played Left For Dead (and oddly finished whatever mission we started) and some Rock Band 2. At about 4:00 am I started getting a stomach ache. I thought it was odd considering so much time had passed since we ate, but there it was. My cousin and I went to Best Buy shortly after they opened. We pretty much left as soon as we got there. It was a freakin’ zoo. I eventually drove back home.

When I was driving, the aforementioned stomach ache got worse. When I got home I of course tried to go to the bathroom, but nothing was happening on that front. This reminded me of this time I had bad edamame and I started throwing up. Could this be food poisoning? I started going through a list of all the food that I had during the day and assigning probabilities to each that it caused my pain. Eventually I threw up. Twice. Thing is, there was no food at all. Just liquid. I thought that the whole throwing up thing would have spelled relief of some sort. It did not. The pain just got worse. I laid down in my bed hoping that the pain would dissipate. It didn’t. I went into the hallway on the way to the restroom only to fall to my knees in pain. I couldn’t even stand anymore it hurt so much. I knocked on my roommate’s door. I couldn’t even speak properly when she reacted. I knocked again and muttered, “Can you take me to the ER?”

When we arrived at the ER for Glendale Adventist, I was escorted into a room to answer questions about me. The technician who took my information was surprised that I didn’t have a regular doctor “at my age.” In my head I kept thinking, “keep the damned commentary to yourself and get me in the fraking room.” This technician eventually finished and then calmly said, “Have a seat and the doctor will be right with you.” This was after she asked me to assign a number to my pain, which incidentally I said, “eight, eight and a half.”

Eventually I was brought into the ER area by a nurse who took all my vitals. I was then given a gown and a bed. I changed and plopped myself on the bed. I don’t remember much during this time because the pain was so bad. I just remember being given an EKG and getting hooked up to an IV and all the monitors. Doctor finally came through and said that based on what I have told her and other results that I either had pancreatitis or gall stones. Neither sounded good to me. Doctor then said that I would be going to get an ultrasound to find out. This ultrasound wasn’t effortless like in Juno or something. There was poking, deep breathing, and it seemed infliction of more pain in the general affected area. I was rolled back to the ER.

I forgot to mention that at this point my parents were on site. My roommate texted my sister, who then told my parents, who then came. I’m not going to lie, I was glad they were there. See, if you know me, you know I don’t have anything to do with doctors. I never go to them. I’m hardly ever sick, so that helps, but I don’t like doctors. Because of that, I wasn’t sure of much of what was going on. It paid off that both of my parents are in the medical field.

It seemed like such a long time that I was just sitting there on the ER bed. I was given IV pain killers which worked for sure, but knocked me the heck out. Hours actually passed before the doctor came to see me. When she did she said, “You have gall stones. Not just a few, but a good concentration of them. We’re going to admit you. We’ll give you antibiotics to see if you can break them down and pass them, but more than likely you’ll need to have your gall bladder removed.”

Yes, it isn’t the biggest deal, and from what I’m told it’s a routine procedure, but I was freaking out. I’ve never had a broken bone, much less a major surgery! Then of course I started thinking that my size (I’m quite large) wasn’t exactly going to help things. It was going to be like one of those things where I’d get taken out even though it was a routine surgery. I started making all kinds of stories in my head.

I got rolled to the room that I would be staying in. It didn’t help that the corridors and rooms that I passed seemed eerily similar to the hospital in Left For Dead. I realize that this has gotten quite long – longer than even I originally intended, so I’ll fast forward a bit. I mentioned earlier that my parents are in the medical field. Well, my entire family is. When the doctors were saying that I needed surgery, the parents of course started calling the world. The world responded and said, “if he’s no longer in pain, then he doesn’t need surgery.” There were long back and forths with the doctors at Glendale Adventist where they kept recommending the surgery. I got to the point where I felt like giving up and just having the procedure done. I eventually listened to the family and opted out of immediate surgery so that I could speak to another doctor.

I was discharged on Sunday and given a stern warning from the doctor. She basically said that I was postponing an inevitable surgery but if I wanted to get another opinion, she couldn’t stop me. She prescribed me antibiotics and other such meds that don’t make me too happy. She also ran down a list of things I should no longer eat: fried foods, cheese, all around fatty foods, and no alcohol for at least a month. If I took any of those things, I’d be lighting the fuse for a bomb.

I’m home now. There’s still ancillary pain. The Tylenol my roomie got me today is glorious. I’ve also had a ball of a time passing the radioactive dye that they injected me with. Yes, radioactive dye. Didn’t write about that because it was actually quite boring other than I got injected with radioactive dye. I’ve been eating throughout the day what I probably ate in one meal before. Earlier tonight, I was full from jello.

This was all brought upon myself. Obviously, I didn’t get as big as I am by eating salads and such. Guess it all just caught up to me. Good news from the labs was that the rest of my blood work was good (sugars, cholesterol, etc.). I guess that this will finally give me the motivation to get healthy, not just with what I’m eating, but also being more active. Hey, maybe I’ll start blogging again too. :)

Funny Eateries Part Deux

Getting cupcakes here is REALLY EASY.

Kites and Kids

Fantastic photo taken by one of my best friends and all around super cool person, Sonja Kolstad. I wish I was as excited about things as this kid is about his kite.

Funny eateries…

Apparently the place with the “Best Meat In Town” is next to a militant Chinese restaurant. Oh, and “U Wash Doggie” is next door too. Wonder what they do there. :)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall Premiere

Everyone knows how much I’ve been looking forward to seeing Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I haven’t seen Kristen Bell on the big screen since Pulse. Add in Jason Segel starring and writing, Apatow’s comic Midas Touch, and cameos from the whole gang, and you can see how my anticipation was so high.

The premiere was at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. I don’t really get out there too much. I always forget the motley crew around the periphery of the Chinese. I had to get past Snoopy, French ladies taking pictures with Jack Sparrow, and an AARP Spider-Man. Only in Hollywood I guess. Went up and into the theatre. Proceeded to get my Diet Pepsi and run into Ryan Hansen and his wife Amy. Such a cute couple. He asks me, “What do I do with all this crap?” referring to everything in his envelope. I point out his seats, after party tickets, and parking pass. He laughs. Finally go to my seats.

Everyone’s at this premiere! The awesomely awesome Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Seth Green, Dave Navarro and Stormy Daniels, and EVERYONE who’s ever been in an Apatow movie. Imagine the boss from Smart Tech chatting it up with Alison and Ben’s crazy doctor. Classic. Wait. Speaking of Knocked Up, didn’t see Katherine Heigl there. Hmm..

Director Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel come out to introduce the film. They joke that they both had NO IDEA what they were doing and proceeded to apologize for what we were about to see. Lights dim and Universal Pictures logo comes up. CAN’T WAIT! I don’t want to give anything away, but it was GREAT. I’m definitely going to be seeing this multiple times. Here are some vagued up highlights: The HUGE cereal bowl, the Aldous Snow video, the post break up exchange between Peter and his step brother (Bill Hader), Sarah Marshall’s show and her co-star, MILA KUNIS (I still can’t stop thinking of Meg Griffin though when I hear her), the state fish of Hawaii, the newlyweds at the hotel and their “problem,” Jonah’s constant groupie status, Peter’s musical project, and during the credits TV show preview. All I can say is GO SEE THIS MOVIE ON APRIL 18th!!!

The after party was at The Annex @ Hollywood and Highland. I cannot believe the amount of people at this party. Finally get up to the spot and am greeted with a mango cocktail. How refreshing. Eventually I head over to look for KB. Go up to Ryan and Amy who are at KB’s table and ask them where she is. Ryan says she’s outside. Head outside or at least try to. OMG it was like being on a Tokyo subway. Eventually find KB.

Hug and kiss and she points out her mom. I’m glad that her mom was able to make it out. See Jason and congratulate him on the film. My sister has loved him since I introduced her to How I Met Your Mother.

I end up losing my sister because I play lead blocker for KB’s mom so she can get back in to the table. Say hello to her step dad. Really surprised they both remembered me. I hadn’t seen them since the Pulse premiere.

Go off to find Mila Kunis. She looked great. Sister snaps a pic of us. There’s an unfortunate flash malfunction with my camera. It’s fine. Macaulay Culkin is hanging with Mila, so I snap a pic of my sister with him.

Make my way back to KB’s table. I really want to ask her if she’s actually going to reunite with Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas on his new show Good Behavior AKA Outrageous Fortune. Ryan and Amy are leaving so I say farewell. I ask Ryan what he’s going to be working on next. He tells me that he’s going to be in the new Friday The 13th movie that will shoot in Austin, TX soon. Good for him! Get over to KB’s mom who has now busted out a video camera which incidentally she used later… She catches a tender moment between Dax and KB. Eventually I ask KB about the show. Here’s the scoop: She can’t join the project because she’s shooting the film When In Rome for three months. Scheduling just wouldn’t allow it. She’s even going to be delayed getting back to Heroes. She does say she can’t wait to reunite with Rob. There. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST! Everyone else seems to still be attaching her to Rob’s show. It’s a shame because it sounds like a great premise, but it’ll be great to keep seeing KB on the big screen.

KB wants to get her groove on, so she heads to the dance floor. I cannot stop laughing. She really got her GROOVE on. She’s doing the robot. She’s busting out every dance move you would have seen on a Soul Train dance line. Fan Freaking Tastic! After a good amount of time bringing sexy back, she’s ready to go. Give her a hug good-bye. My sister and I start making our way out and who do we see? None other than McLovin himself, Christopher Mintz-Plasse. My sister must have a picture with the absolutely fabulous McLovin!

It was a great movie and a great night. Thank you, Universal! Did I already mention GO WATCH IT on April 18th?! Well… GO WATCH FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL APRIL 18th! You’ll love it!

last.fm

Forgot my iPod in the car, so I’ve been tinkering around with last.fm. Here’s a look at what I’ve been listening to. What do you think?

What would you do?

Imagine for a second that you wanted to buy jeans. Seems like a simple enough process – get in your car, go towards the store, park your car, go in, try some jeans on and check them out, pay and leave. I’m sure many of you have done this. It’s very transferable to any of the many purchases you’ve made. Probably the only time you’ve run into any issues is during the holidays when everyone goes en masse to the malls of their choice.

Now imagine you’re Britney Spears. Yes, Britney Spears. Regardless of how much you pay attention to the tabloids, you KNOW just how much drama she has to deal with. I’m sure every single one of you reading this has a different opinion on Ms. Spears. Some of you might think she deserves all the drama she’s dealing with – it’s part and parcel to the life she wanted, right? Some of you might be indifferent. Some of you might down right LOVE her. I’m asking you all to suspend all of that and put yourself in her shoes for just the next few minutes of reading this post.

Ok, you are now Ms. Spears. You think to yourself, “Hey, I really want some new jeans.” You know that they carry this line almost everywhere now: Macy’s, Nordstrom, etc. What if they don’t have all the choices though? Might as well go to one of Paige’s retail stores. Oooh. There’s one on Robertson, across from the Ivy. Cool. Wait… Last time you went shopping on Robertson (Intermix), you got mobbed a bit. Better bring a friend and security. Alright. Destination, check. Means of transportation, check. Big burly security dude, check. Let’s go.

You get to PPD and it’s fine. Get in the store just like anyone else. As a precaution though, they lower the blinds for the store. Now no one can look in. Heck, they even lock the doors. Cool. Blinds down, doors locked, no one will even know you’re in there. You suppose people can speculate, but you’ll be out of there in NO TIME. Let’s get some jeans!

Sounds pretty simple, right? WRONG. Somehow the word gets out that YOU are inside PPD, thus the lowering of their blinds. One person calls someone.

They call someone else.

This someone else calls a bunch of other people.

You have no idea, but TONS of people have gathered, and they are armed. They don’t have guns or knives, but they have electronic hand cannons – CAMERAS – and they fully plan on using them on you. How do you get out? Easy answer would be to walk out and into the car, but obviously, this is a BIT more complicated now.

So how do you get out? Well, here’s an option: Have building security secretly get your car ready. Have someone call LAPD to be Moses and part the red paparazzi sea. Jump in the car and BOUNCE. That’s exactly what happened. Not one LAPD squad car, but THREE arrived on the scene. That’s SIX officers and their only function for the next few minutes is to get you into your car. Fantastic use of their time right? Certainly there are crimes that need to be tended to, right? Well, that would be the easy way to look at it, but when you’ve got to deal with this:

the conventional sort of gets thrown out the window. I didn’t capture this, but some of these very paps surrounded the car when it was attempting to leave. CRAZY.

Ok. You’ve been Brit and you’ve gotten jeans. Can you even start to imagine what goes on in her head? I spoke to some people outside of the store. They asked me if I too was trying to get a picture of the ever elusive Britney. I said, “No. I’m trying to get a picture of the paparazzi trying to get a picture of her.” They then asked me why on earth would I want that? Well, here’s why: I know that I’ve had dreams of hitting it big somehow and all that great things that go along with that. If I had to deal with this EVERYTIME I stepped foot outside, much less more than ONCE, I’d be done. Sure, it’s part of the entertainment machine. Sure, someone MIGHT have tipped off the paps that she was going to be there. That still doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. At the end of this day as I was driving home I thought, POOR BRITNEY. Now, I don’t know if this sort of thing has contributed to her recent troubles. She used to be just fine with the same amount of attention, but something shifted and she’s where she’s at now. Everyone’s got a breaking point, and if I was in her proverbial shoes, it would have been AGES ago.

So… draw your own conclusions. For me, this just illustrates that everyone’s got their own lens, pun not intended, with which they see and experience things. I really can’t let myself be in a position to judge when I don’t have the same frame of reference. I have the odd experience of working on Robertson where I see this sort of thing happen all the time. Perhaps not to this same extent, but it happens literally every day. I was off work, walking to my car, and fell into all of this. Figured I’d share with all of you.

Friday Night Lights Renewed?!

NBC held its Upfront or “infront” today in NYC. One of the big highlights for me was seeing that Friday Night Lights is on their schedule! This past Monday at the Leatherheads Premiere I asked Adrianne Palicki, who incidentally is QUITE TALL, if she had any news about the show’s renewal. She said that we would know FOR SURE on Wednesday. Well, it’s Wednesday and it looks like the show is in Friday nights at 9:00 pm! It IS also coupled with “Deal or No Deal” at the same time. I don’t want to read to much into it as that could just indicate a few episode committment. Check out Hollywood Reporter for more detailed information coming out of the NBC upfront.

Random iPhone photo

In a conference room @ work…

Gossip Girl Paley Event

Tonight marked what would be the last night of Paleyfest ‘08 (might go to DSM) for me. Fitting that this years festival ends with by far my favorite show of this season, Gossip Girl. Splattered about this blog are things that I’ve written about GG. Don’t feel the need to re-hash all of that. Normally I’d get super in detail for any sort of GG recap, but I figure if you’re going to read all of this, you probably saw the live stream on paleycenter.org and got a good idea of what went on. For those of you who missed it, I’m going to hit you with the highlights of tonight’s event.

For each of the events, they start off with a clip from the Paley vault, from a show which they feel is similar. Tonight the clip was from My So Called Life. There was a lot of applause, though I’m sure none of the people applauding actually saw the show when it aired. I twittered that I was pretty sure I was at least 3x the age of everyone else attending. I was glad to see afterwards that wasn’t the case. After the clip moderator, Tim Stack, from Entertainment weekly introduced Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage who welcomed everyone and introduced the clip reel from GG.

After the clip reel and bonus outtakes, Tim Stack came back on and introduced the panel. In attendance were Jessica Szohr (Vanessa), Taylor Momsen (Jenny), Bob Levy (producer), Matthew Settle (Papa Humphrey), Kelly Rutherford (Mama Van Der Woodsen), Ed Westwick (Chuck), Chase Crawford (Nate), Penn Badgley (Dan), Leighton Meester (Blair), Blake Lively (Serena), Cecily von Ziegesar (author), Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz (Exec Producers).

Tim cracked me up when he started off addressing Blake and Leighton reminding them of the first time he interviewed them which was in bed. He exclaimed that this was the first time he had been in bed with a woman, much less TWO. Tim then started gushing about Blake’s “Gorgeous” hair. This was the first of MANY references to her fantastic hair. I swear, someone in the audience is going to get her a Pantene deal if she doesn’t have one already.

Tim asked Cecily about her books and how they compare to the show. Cecily said that the books were based on herself and her friends, kind of. Josh and Stephanie then fielded the inevitable OC comparison question. Josh said that he hadn’t heard of the books but was sent them. He read the first one and knew it was something he wanted to be involved with. Stephanie said that she experienced a bit of trepidation with having another teen show, but was confident it would be great. Tim joked about doing research a la “Never Been Kissed.” Josh said that was all on Stephanie cause he would have just been thrown in jail if he tried to pull that off.

Leighton talked about how she got involved with the project. She read for it and thought “I’m Blair.” Problem was that she was blonde at the time. Even the network said, “…but she’s blonde.” She read again in a wig and then eventually with newly dyed brown hair. Stephanie said, “That was a big deal because if you ask an actress to dye her hair during pilot season, you better have a good feeling she’s going to get the role.” Josh then talked about how every website that he came across during casting kept saying that Blake better be cast. He said he better meet her. Blake then talked about signing six years to play one character and how that was initially scary for her. She said she wasn’t even looking to go into TV. Blake then said she laid down some ground rules for her coming on: No snakes, no getting locked in a cage, and no pet monkeys. The monkey thing reared its head several times the rest of the night. More on that later… The rest of the cast talked about the roles that they read for. Chase said that he read for the part of Serena! Ed read for the part of Nate. Penn said that he really didn’t want to get into TV again after three other failed series. He brought up “The Mountain.” I think two people clapped. Penn pointed toward them and exclaimed, “See?!” In a case of “you really just never know in this town,” Jessica talked about how she went to a BBQ with friends and ended up meeting Josh and Stephanie. Stephanie immediately knew she was going to be Vanessa. Stephanie did say that she IMDBed Jessica to make sure she was an actress!

Bob revealed that GG was actually pitched as an hour-long to other networks and as a movie to Fox which obviously never panned out. He said that the key change happened when Josh and Stephanie got involved and gave Serena a drive. They both wanted Serena to play that she wanted to be better – wanted to be a better person. Josh then talked about how GG played at TCA. He got comments that it was all so depraved and that it was the end of Western Civilization!

The ‘rents got into the panel action. Kelly talked about shooting in NY. She said that the fans are very vocal. They walk by set in their own uniforms and Hermes bags and shout out love. Tim asked if it was hard to shut down sets. He thought that shooting on the steps of the MET would be especially challenging. Kelly chimed back in that the hard part was shooting in 22 degree weather and the paparazzi. One time in fact she said that paparazzi were following her around. She told them, “I’m the Mom. I’m not worth it!” Tim then compared Lily and Rufus’ relationship to the whole “will they and won’t they Ross and Rachel situation.” Matthew said, “Hey, it’s 2008. We should have a double date with the kids!” This garnered a huge “eww… no!” from Blake. Matthew finished by talking about his chemistry with Kelly and stating that their characters are “holding hands on the inside.”

Ed got into the action by fielding a question about the scarves his character wears. He started telling a story about he was just out and about in NY and saw a guy wearing a really cool scarf. When he was done Josh said, “All I understood was scarf.” We all found out that the actress that plays Cati went back to school at Brown due to the time off with the writer’s strike. Chase said, “No really, she’s brilliant. She’s a molecular biologist or something. I’ve seen her books on set.” Looks like Is is on her own now.

Taylor fielded a question about how Jenny usurped B’s throne. Tim hinted at her even going after Nate. She replied, “Well, he’s like the older brother not related to her that she MIGHT want to date.” Taylor then said that Jenny is learning her power, as evidenced by another girl taking her books in to the library for her towards the end of the last episode. Taylor said, “She wants to be in and she’s going to do things to be in.” To this Tim asked Leighton if it was more fun playing B as in control or less bitchy? Leighton said a little of both. Eventually talk came around to Blair sleeping with Chuck which Ed said, “Yes! Thank God for that! Two thumbs up!”

Blake talked about Serena and that “she is the way she is because she doesn’t have a proper role model – look at her mom.” Kelly coughed and said, “excuse me?!” Blake then said that maybe sleeping with Nate wasn’t the reason she left. Josh stopped that really quickly. I found that odd because the role that Michelle Trachtenberg just signed on for is supposed to shake things up AND possibly reveal that there was another reason why Serena left. It was all over the trades! At any rate, Blake said that we were in for more bad Serena, even if it might be in flashbacks OR NOT.

Cecily said that, no offense to the cast and creative team, but her expectations were so low for the show. She said, “I’m a New Yorker. I wear tights. What was this going to be? Gossip Girl on the beach where Nate’s a lifeguard and Blair’s a mom by day and a stripper at night?” She then said that she was pretty pissed off about the changes from the book when she saw the pilot. By episode 2 though, she was fine with it all. The books and the show were two different entities – separate but both cool. Cecily talked about other changes from the book. Oddly enough, Chuck is gay and gets a pet monkey in the books. Blake quasi freaks out and shushes Cecily. Ed says that the monkey must have turned him gay. In the winner of the AWKWARD moment of the night, Cecily brings up how Jenny has huge boobs in the books. Taylor rolls with it and looks down at her chest and smiles. Cecily couldn’t leave it at that and says, “Well, you really haven’t gone through puberty yet, right?” Taylor seemed a bit OFF after that.

Tim asked Josh, “Where are the gay people on the show?” Josh said that the question he actually gets the most is “Where are the Jews? How are you in New York and there are no Jews?” Here’s where the monkey thing comes back again: Josh said that during sweeps they should have a Gay Jewish monkey on the show.

Blake talked about Guitar Hero in the show. Tim asked if she’s really good at the game to which Blake responded, “I’m actually pretty incredible at Guitar Hero.” Josh says that in the original script, Vanessa KILLS Serena at Guitar Hero. Blake said, “No, you can’t take away my guitar hero!” She proved her mettle and there was a re-write. Tim asked what her song was in GH. Blake explained that they are all her songs and actually the secret is that she’s AMAZING at MEDIUM. Everyone on stage and off is laughing. Tim says, “Maybe you’re not that good then.” “NO,” Blake exclaims, “I am good. I even entered a tournament in Brooklyn. I can even do flair like twirling the guitar around my neck.” Tim asked if her gorgeous hair flailed about when she did this trick. Blake retorted, “Would you even like me if I didn’t have good hair?!” This exchanged ended with Josh saying that Medium is the new standard for excellence!

When asked about what affect the strike will have on the show, Stephanie stated, “We’re ending in the same place, we’re just getting there more quickly.” Things to look forward to are: more on the B and Little J war, S and Chuck as siblings, Georgina (Trachtenberg) wreaking havoc and the fact that B FEARS her, and a wedding. I, along with the audience assumed that this was an allusion to Bart and Lily. Josh teased that the wedding might not necessarily be the one that we’re expecting. Tim then asked if we’re ever going to see GG. Penn says, “Yeah, Veronica Mars. Veronica Mars, right?” Josh then explained that Kristen decided that she was going to be GG. She read the script and she reached out to him and Stephanie.

One of the questions from the audience was whether or not Blake and Leighton get to keep their wardrobes. Both of them talk about how a lot of what they wear is one of a kind and thusly need to go back to the designers. Leighton then says that fans don’t really get to see the best part of the wardrobe – SHOES. Leighton said that they really get to wear some fantastic shoes. Penn chimes in, “Well, we should be lifting more legs then?” Hilarious. A bit off, but hilarious.

There was a bit more on the question front from the audience, but this is already getting quite long. I’m sure that a video will surface of the entire affair. The panel ends and there’s almost a hesitation from the crowd to approach the stage. No pause from me, but all of a sudden WAVES of people are trying to push past me. It’s time to pick my battle time. Oddly enough, Blake made the choice for me. She needed to go off to the ladies. Because of this, EVERYONE converged on Leighton and the boys. I just took some pictures and got out of the way.

I took time to see both Kelly and Jessica as I waited for Blake to return. I’ve got to say that the TV doesn’t do justice to either of these ladies.

Finally Blake returns. The masses that converged on Leighton catch wind of this and switch directions. I felt like I was in pre-pubescent rapids with no boat or paddle. Luckily I positioned myself well and got to meet Blake and talk for just a bit.

I then turned into everyone’s photographer as people used me like a fulcrum to get to Blake. I have to say that NONE of the cast was ushered off quickly. I’m pretty sure everyone that was there got stuff signed.

I was able to catch Taylor on the way to the “green room.”

Hope you enjoyed the recap. It really was a fun time and I’m sure everyone enjoyed themselves. Can’t wait until April 21st. I’m sure you can’t either. Go out and tell your friends about GG. Host viewing parties and get everyone caught up. As much buzz as there is with the show, at some point lack of viewers will come into play. Don’t let it go down the road of other prematurely ended series, AHEM, Veronica Mars! Get a move on. You’ve got almost a month. :)