SDCC Virgin... not for long! Comic-Con here I come

The past few years I have blogged about sdcc and wished I was there. This year... I will be!

My awesome friend @misstejota was there last year and got herself and me tickets for this year.

THEN... we all did the hotel lotto and she scored Hard Rock Hotel - our first (dream) pick.

I can't even explain how excited I am... I mean to be going period is amazeballs, but to be staying at the prime spot... it is close, it is known for celebrity spottings, parties and such, and it is awesome-sauce!

Anyhow, I am super excited and had to brag a bit about how amazing this trip will be and how I can't wait for July and about how FREAKING AMAZING @misstejota is - no joke!

Who else is going to SDCC this summer?

What dates are you there?

Where are you staying?

Any tips for my SDCC virgin self?

Lastly, you better plan on meeting up for drinks!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..............

November Twi-Trip

November is going to be absolute insanity. I have likely bitten off more than I can chew, but that tends to be how I roll!

I am drowning at work right now, not only is it the busiest time of year for me, my daughter has been sick, I am planning a trip next month and I just feel like I am going crazy... that is why the bloggy has been lacking...

I apologize! Real Life sometimes creeps in and kicks my butt!

More... So Basically the next week is absolutely nuts. Then after next weekend, I have less than a week, in fact, 3 or so days, to get packed and prepared for my trip.

Here is my plan (tentative and still working out kinks)

-Wednesday Nov 2 - Drive to Seattle and Fly to Cali

-Thursday Nov 3 - Check out Grauman's Theatre where a certain trio are getting their hand prints done in the cement.

-Check into hotel and hopefully relax, unless I have tix to a talk show, I applied for a few ha ha

-Friday 4th - Sunday6th is the Convention, Saturday the BIG day with a certain trio on stage in the early evening and most of the cast on stage throughout the day.

-Sunday 6th -Wednesday 9th- move to my cheap hotel ha ha relax for a few days with friends, site-seeing, talkshows maybe... open for suggestions

-Wednesday my buddies arrive and we check into new hotel and prepare for "premiere camping" this will be my first experience (ok WFE NYC but I have scratched that from my memory forever) so I am not sure what to expect but there IS a group of us who plan to do hotel/camp rotations however often permitted by security

-That weekend will be a blur of rotations, mingling, and likely some debauchery

-Monday 14th is the premier, I don't knwo what to expect but if things go well some red carpet action and maybe seeing the movie, to be honest, I would rather see it than red carpet it because I guess I am weird that way LMAO

-That night we have a hotel near LAX and in the early morning fly to NYC

-Check into Hotel, friend has classes while there, but I have other friends living or visiting NYC that I get to see, we have a few things planned such as a BD Screening and a BD midnight release and maybe take in some talk shows and/or broadway shows (I did rush seats in April and got $30 row 4 to How to Succeed in Business and then met Daniel Radcliffe out back... so worth it!!)

-Stay at friends last couple nights, just enjoy the city

-Sunday Nov 20 - FLY HOME!!!!

Tell me I am not crazy......... because I am feeling pretty damn crazy!

After this crazy October though, I deserve a break and this is a little bit more than a break but will be a blast!

When I return it is down to Seattle for USA Thanksgiving with the family and then December is staying home for recoop ha ha

I promise to take tons of photos and tweet lot's and blog lot's and share the experience for those who won't be there!!!

For those that WILL be there (or for at least part, be it the convention, the premiere, nyc, or where ever....) please let me know! I would love to meet up with as many people as possible during this adventure :-)

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Mandy

FORKS 2011 - Let the Recovery Begin

I have to say that this recovery may take longer than usual.

It isn't just the hangover that lingers, nor the aches and pains from beautiful hikes and my sweet dance moves.... no, this recovery is deeper than that.... it is that small piece of my heart that breaks leaving that amazing place and more importantly, the amazing people!

Last year I only stayed one night and the connections I made were incredible... This year, I stayed two night and had the most amazing time. The memories and friendships will last....

Where do I begin....

The drive and ferry trip was beautiful! The sun was shining, my music blaring and I enjoyed the trip, even though I was missing @Lorabell who joined me last year.

I arrived Friday in Port Angeles for Bella Italia with some of the group.

Then it was off to Forks where I quickly changed and we went to the Elk's Lodge where the Twitarded Party was getting started.

My roomies were @red_bella @defenderofmice @starlitviolets and we had a blast..... our room was HUGE... it was a suite with two beds in the room, another bed in the living room and a full kitchen and bathroom.

It was a rather tame first night after a long day of travel and a busy Saturday ahead of me, but we visited, danced, giggled and caught up with old and new friends.

Despite my lack of social skills that evening, I did get to chat with @17foreverlisa - love that girl!

There was a photo op station and I let Eddie wear my Canadian beads to show his support.

Karaoke was in full swing and I have to say that there were some awesome singers... regardless of the skill level we had a blast singing and dancing the evening away.

There are more pics of this "Bloward" doll... he has a peen... and it came out.. a lot... I posted those pics on FB (Mandy S Mind)

There was corn on the cob and salad and pasta and other great food, but I had eaten at Bella Italia so I didn't get any... I heard it was delicious though!

I missed the shuttle home and got a ride with @Trixieandtess @allthingsHHH and @JiffSimpson who were heading to the bar.

I was sad to be so tired that night because it meant I didn't go to the bar to socialize more, I didn't really talk to many people that night and sadly some people were leaving... in particlar @misstejota but the good news is I did get a quick visit with her, got her the abduction t-shirt she won on my blog AND arrange BD tix for NYC this November... score!

When i got to the room I was exhausted and it didn't take long for me to crash - hard!

Saturday I planned to sleep in, but my body wouldn't allow it. I woke up and we went for breakfast. Here are my fabulous roomies:

Then we drove out to the Hoh rainforest (yes... the "ho" ) where we took the "Hall of Mosses" trail... absolutely stunning!

Again, I have many more photos of trees and moss and the beautiful trails on my FB album

After that @red_bella and @defenderofmice went shopping while I trained @starlitviolets on the art of jello shot making (she aced it by the way!)

then I went to do a bit of shopping before the Twilight Tour with Travis. Let me just say, last year we did the drive on your own tour, which was cool.... but Travis is so hilarious and informative... I highly recommend paying the money to take his tour! His humour and knowledge was so great. He had theme music, random Forks and Twilight facts, trivia, jokes, and even Quileute words.

I took a ton of photos on the tour here are a few...

I could do a whole blog JUST on the tour (maybe I will) but trust it was great fun and well worth the trip!

Forks 2010 Photo (with forks) on my phone...

I had a water bottle with me for the tour... only it wasn't water, it was Bacardi Strawberry Daquiri and I drank it all... so after the tour when i stumbled back to our room I was feeling pretty tipsy!

I was anxious to see if jello shots were ready.... they had been ready... and had been consumed... and had been ditributed door2door at the motel.... This made me sad because there was only one peach jello shot left... my fave flavour *gasp*

To be fair, I didn't ask them to save them for me, but that was because I didn't think they would be ready before I got back... ah well.. I gave @Starlitviolets shit... and plenty of it ha ha!

After far too many jello shots we shuttled to the Elk's for round 2 Twitarded Party... pizza, nacho-bar, salad, we snacked and danced and mingled and... drank.... a lot....

What was most awesome was that everyone got a string of tickets for prize draws (which when dropped on the floor apparently resembled a red snake.... ready to attack *ahem* anyways..) the amount of donation of prizes was epic.... unfortunately that meant we spent a shitton of time drawing prize winners... instead of dancing.... c'est la vie!

I am not complaining, I won a ton of cool stuff.. the trick was to put your tickets in the Jacob stuff because hardly anyone wanted that stuff tee hee... well a few of us did!

I won a diary tin box, the jacob barbie (which I really wanted for my daughter), mascara (which I didn't even realize I entered to win make-up), then @mama_cougar had to leave, and everyone else who left had given her their tickets so she passed them onto me and I got some comics (which I may use as a giveaway in the future)

Anyhow, after what seemed like hours of giveaways it was time to clean up.... @Starlitviolet is so sweet she collected all the helium filled balloons....

then....

SHE POPPED THEM!

@alltwiedup has a great photo of my reaction to this horrifying occurence... Posted the photos from @alltwiedup... I wanted to bring them all in the shuttle home to our room... what a party that would have been... oh wait.. it was a party.. but I will get to that ;)

Anyways, @alltwiedup and I sucked some helium and talked dirty about beanie Rob... tee hee

Thanks @alltwiedup for these pics

I hopped on a shuttle and was educated on the fact that FSE is not an STD, but in fact an abbrieviation for "Full-Size-Edward" (almost lost my e-card for that epic fail - thanks @lindsayrae114)

Went to the room where I popped @ChloeCougar and @LoriAnnTwiFan jello-shot-cherry

Slowly more people arrived by shuttle and/or from their own rooms to our room. Since it was a Suite, and at the end, and had a fridge of jello shots... it became the go-to party spot and we had people coming and going all night... such fun! the majority of those photos I can't post... we were all intoxicated and there are some not-so-flattering-drunk-pics as well as some awfully-drunk-or-i-wouldn't-be-doing-this pics and the internet is simply not the place for some of those photos ha ha. Oh and @norcaltwitard said she would kick my ass if I posted some... ha ha

Speaking of... she @amandakmelby and me did some loving walkie-talkie style messages to @twikiwi50 Needless to say there was a lot of alcohol consumed and laughs had... It was awesome getting to know more people better and enjoy the last night.

My drink of choice was Orange Soda with Whipped Vodka, though I ended the night with Orange soda and cake vodka... ha ha...

By the time everyone left it was just after 4am and we slowly crawled into our beds to crash...

This morning I woke up hungover still drunk.... so I had some water and went back to sleep... the second wake up was not much better, but I had a shower and packed up then we went for breakfast before saying our good-byes.

There were tears and hugs and love all around as people left... such bonds formed amongst all the ladies... I drove home my mind full and heart heavy after such an amazing experience over the weekend.

No words can describe how AMAZING some of these women are... I only wish they all knew how absolutely beautiful they are inside and out....

So as Forks 2011 comes to an end (though some lucky ladies are still there a day or two more) the recovery begins... while the hangover and exhaustion will probably fade first, my full mind and heavy heart will last... I FLOVE THESE BITCHES!

MORE PICS ON FACEBOOK Mandy S Mind!

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Besides the mumerous wonderful people I already mentioned above, here are some other shout-outs:

Obviously @JennyJerkface @SnarkierThanYou @LatchkeyWife @Myg

@Jaymes805 (awesome chikita!!)

@DangrDafne (who I got to give her abduction pposter prize too finally)

@muffintopped (party girl)

@fatgirlslimmed

@Vitaminr70 (epic Rainier beer box hat)

@Twi_Lin (who made scrabble letter Rob pins that are awesome and I won't put in the wash this year)

@Double_Dippin (who was hair molested)

@tattoomickey (who organized a great bella italia trip)

@Rikki_DD (who has an unhealthy obsession with Michael Bolton)

@donnersun

@thePPMonster (who put me in my place when I made fun of my husband for pre-ordering an xbox game... "um, you are in FORKS right now" ha ha point taken!)

@LCM174EV

@twipolar_wife

(who has a master plan to be my bff and while i distract Rob with petty convo she indulges in other parts of him) @musingbella

@livingWEdward

@Sweden_Anna

@SwedenSara

@TheRugbyMom (who discovered "someone else's thong" ont he sidewalk this a.m. ha ha)

I am missing a ton of people... but I am horrible with matching twitter names to real names to faces... typically I can only get two of them not all three... add the amount of booze and hilarious incidents as well as how tired I currently am... yes, this list will be updated...but first.. I MUST SLEEEEEEP

Forks 2011 Trip

Last Year on route to Creation's Twilight Convention in Portland, I stopped by Forks for Twitarded's Forks Trip 2010.

Let me tell you, it was AMAZING!

There were 150+ people there all for the trip. I only stayed one night but I had the BEST time ever! Got to meet so many other fans I knew from online from all over the globe, literally!

This year they are doing it again so I plan to go to Forks September 30 - October 2, 2011. I will be driving down if anyone local wants to car pool let me know. I hope to stay at the Forks MOtel, though it books fast so hopefully I can score a room... and am willing to roomie-up with peeps.

Here is the forum you can sign up for to get info and plan.

Last year there were activities and tours and fun. Lot's you can do on your own or with the group.

This post on twitarded has more on the trip.

Would love to see some of you there! Such a fun weekend to just be crazy-fun!

Last year was a blast, see Photos on my facebook - - - but 2011 will be even better!!

Robert Pattinson and Bear June 11

Sleep heads get some fresh air...

Rob was on the balcony with Sam and Dustin and Bear having a smoke and chatting.

See more here

Rob at the bar Christmas Eve in London

It’s from tonight, it’s London, about an hour ago (thats about 00.30 in London) N (the one on the right) spoke to him for about 40 mins, shook his hand, got a ciggie from him (she doesn’t smoke) and he KISSED her cheek! - Carol Saxon


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Sam Bradley Show Tonight in Vancouver

It was ladies night and we enjoyed ourselves.

The very talented Sam Bradley performed his last show of the tour in him (now) hometown. His mom, family and friends were in the audience.

Sam did a great show and was as adorably endearing as always. I would have liked a longer set and a few favourites to be played but overall it was a great show!

After we were heading out and Sam walked by, I told him I didn't have time to stay but wanted a wuick pic, he oblinged and we chatted. I gave him hello's from various friends (Melinda, Carmen, E/K, yes you!) I got a pic of Lorabell from TwiCrackAddict "pinching" his bum as per Carmen's request ;) too cute!

Those pics and more on facebook.... Videos Soon!

Facebook is being slow and silly but you can check the entire album HERE!!!!!!!

Be sure to add me on facebook if you haven't I have lot's of albums you may like.

Back in Business

Well, I am back from a wild and crazy - busy weekend....

What have I missed? A few things here and there, but in case you ,issed them also, I promise to post all the news and fun stuff tonight...

My weekend was insane, if you care to hear about it - Click More...

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Wednesday I took my kiddo to Disney on Ice - Fantastic Show! Anyone else in Vancouver check it out? If it comes to your city, I highly recommend it!

Thursday kiddo was feeling sick (too much junk food at Disney on Ice? Nervous for performance?) but she went to school and performed in CATS and she did fabulous - we are so proud of her!

Thern we hopped in our car, despite the heavy snowfall, and drove down to Seattle. My husband was a trooper handling the unplowed roads like a pro.

We got into Seattle a bit late to start turkey but hung out with family and enjoyed the evening until about 11pm when my hubby and I went to Black Friday Shopping! We got a ton of stuff and our lil girl will be slightly spoiled this year, but she deserves it!

Friday we were lazy and then we did our turkey dinner with family and watched the Criminal Minds marathon.

Saturday we went to Seattle Science Centre for Harry potter Exhibiton but also the butterfly habitat, the regular science exhibits and all sorts of fun stuff. After we went to dinner and the arcade with some friends and their kids.

We got home pretty late and were so tired!

Sunday was another busy day, my hubby and I went to the Seattle Seahawks game and after some tailgating enjoyed the game, even though we lost to Kansas City Chiefs.

We had such amazing seats, seriously we were practically on the field, it was so amazing!

Sunday evening we packed up and drove home.




I don't know how I am even at work today, I am so tired after that busy weekend... and after today's regular day I have a 2 meetings tonight so I will have worked 8-8 (with some breaks in between for lunch and drive to meetings)

GAH!

That being said, I will try to update tonight but by tomorrow morning you can expect updates on everything i missed as well as some local Breaking Dawn news ;)

Check Back tomorrow - and thanks for your patience!

- Mandy

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart our for dinner with a friend Oct 10, 2010

Look who's out together enjoying a good laugh?

What is this funny when you are sober??? not much LOL ;) #justsayin'

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart share a hearty laugh as they pile in the back of a taxi in Beverly Hills on Sunday night (October 10).

The duo, who were out with a friend, grabbed a bite to eat at Marsuhisa Japanese restaurant.

Kristen and Robert, who are set to start filming Breaking Dawn in the next couple of weeks, were spotted out last week at Ago restaurant.

Read more: http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/10/11/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-taxi-tickles/#ixzz1228HFyNh


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True Blood Wedding - Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin tie the knot

Seem last night as the sun went down True Blood stars Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin got married at an intimate ceremony at a private residence in Malibu.

After, some of the boys went for a dip in the ocean...

More Celebration photos Here (Larger sized).

Lot's of familiar faces from True Blood and otherwise eh? Looks like a very romantic ceremony with lot's of fun after!!

Here are a few ceremony pics...

More Ceremony Photos Here (Grainy)

Read About the details under the cut...

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True Blood News:

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer got married today.

What started out as a chemistry read for roles in True Blood bloomed into romance for Anna and Steve. They fell for each other the same way we fell for Bill the first time he walked into Merlotte’s. The chemistry and electricity between Steve and Anna was apparent from the start.

They flew back to their respective homes, far from each other, after filming the pilot. Steve realized how much he missed Anna: “During the show’s first season I had to go back to London and she went back to New York. I wish I had bought shares in Skype, because we Skyped every night for three or four hours. It felt as thought a part of me had been removed when Anna and I were apart.”

True Blood fans were aware of their relationship even before it became public. We watched with joy as Anna won the Golden Globe in 2009. Steve’s eyes never left her as she gave her speech and there was no doubt, he was madly in love. Photos of the event depicted Anna staring lovingly at him; it was clear how they felt about each other. Maybe they were shy about making their love public, but you can’t fool the fans … Their first appearance as a couple at the Vanity Fair party brought the excitement and joy of seeing them together in pictures, interviews and videos. Steve and Anna always show a good sense of humor, charm, and fun-loving natures. They’re real people and what you see is what you get. This is why we’ve come to love and adore them and find them a perfect match for each another.


Just Jared:

The newlyweds (and True Blood co-stars) tied the knot at a private residence in Malibu on Saturday evening, August 21. Anna paired her gorgeous white halterneck three-quarter length gown with platform shoes.

Anna, 28, and Stephen, 40, then headed across the street to a beach house for their wedding reception. Congrats to the happy couple!!


People:

The actors wed Saturday evening at sunset, a source confirms to PEOPLE. Paquin, 28, and Moyer, 40, exchanged vows at a private residence in Malibu.

The good news comes after a year-long engagement for the stars of the hit HBO series. Moyer proposed with a vintage-style ring on the beach last August.

"It’s great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind," Paquin says of the couple's relationship. "It’s a pretty sweet setup."



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Thanks @Robbedmyheart for heads up this early Sunday morning :)

Photo of Robert Pattinson with Tom Sturridge and Lee MacDougall

New/old picture of Robert Pattinson with Tom Sturridge and Lee MacDougall!

Everyone is posting this so I suppose I will too LoL

[Via Eclipse Movie though it is literally all over the net currently]

The Grove - Sunday in L.A.

We went to The Grove and Farmer's Market Sunday and saw aMartin Sheen and a Ben Affleck Look-alike... there were a few other celebs we thought we recognized but no names matched up except the Party of 5 guy... um.... anyways... we had breakfast, shopped, went into the coolest hot sauce store and just enjoyed ourselves.

Here are some photos: