My God, what a day.  I did some scouting around and found a different entrance where people may or may not come out.  I’m not 100% sure, but it could be good.  So let’s cross our fingers and hope that no one has to pee, cause baby, there are no bathrooms here, and we’ve been here for almost six hours at this point.

7:31 p.m. – Well, there are about five of us at this small entrance…A car just pulled up… it’s Anna Paquin!  She didn’t sign and just darted right in…. I am sending Erica a text to meet me here!

7:33 p.m. – Taylor Lautner just arrived.  He signed like two and then darted in… Erica just got here, and missed him.  He really didn’t do a lot and I didn’t get him either…

7:35 p.m. – Alexander Skarsgard pulled up.  Before he got out of the car, his people said no autographs… bummer… He looked really pale, not just Swedish pale, but like Swedish Vampire pale.

8:01 p.m. – Someone is leaving… We can hear the screams from the theatre, it’s a girl… it’s Jessica Alba.  She is stopping to sign, but only at the very front of the barricade.  I don’t have anything for her, and neither does Erica so it’s not a huge deal. However, it’s disappointing cause we haven’t gotten anyone here yet.

8:05 p.m. – A limo just pulled up, the door opens, and it’s… it’s… dude, it’s J.J. Abrams, or as I call him, “the man who saved Star Trek.”  Erica yells out for him, “JJ!”  She pulls her poster out, and security tells Erica he doesn’t have time.  I got my poster out as well.  J.J. says, “I’ll sign this!”  He comes right up to Erica and personalizes her poster, and I got him on mine as well.  He is such a nice man, so fan friendly!  Security is insisting he goes in, and he takes off.

8:07 p.m. – We finally got one!  YAY!

8:15 p.m. – A new arrival… It’s the kid from Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, Josh Hutcherson.  He’s very nice, and takes pictures with some of the collectors.  John C. Reilly just stands by his car for a while and doesn’t say anything, or acknowledge the fans at all.

8:16 p.m. – Liv Tyler just arrived; she waved at the crowd, looked at Erica saw her book and just walked in.

8:17 p.m. – Holy crap, Keith Richards is leaving.  He did not come over though; well he did not even look at the crowd.  And now… it’s Johnny Depp!  People are going nuts for him.  He gets in the car, on the opposite side from where we are at.  The car pulls up and pauses before it turns.  Johnny rolls down the window and begins signing, but the driver takes off, and all we can see is Johnny’s hand out the window with pen in hand ready to sign as the car drives out of view.

8:19 p.m. – Christina Ricci, Who I adore, is leaving.  There are a few people walking with her, but she is refusing to sign anything.  Sigh… My Rolling Stone is destined to remain unsigned for even longer I suppose…

8:38 p.m. – Elizabeth Mitchell from Lost and V just got here.  She is wearing giant heels, and looks killer!  She is so nice and taking pictures with fans, and signing for the entire barricade.

8:39 p.m. – Oh, Morgan Freeman just arrived.  He waves at the crowd but does not come over.

8:44 p.m. – Elizabeth Mitchell is still signing!

8:51 p.m. – Some more people are trickling out.  The Big Bang Theory must be done with their presentation.  Simon Helberg is leaving.  He is cool, and comes over to sign for everyone.  I got him on my poster, but for some reason he misses Erica!  LOL…(evil LOL)

8:53 p.m. – One of the other collectors calls out to Simon and asks him to come over and sign Erica’s poster.  He actually runs back over and signs it for her!  How cool is that?

9:08 p.m. – And now here comes Jim Parsons, someone asked him if he could sign, and he says, “Absolutely!” Erica and I both get him on our Big Bang Posters.  Whoo Hoo, almost the full cast!  Three down two to go.

9:11 p.m. – The crowd has now grown, to about 30 people and the security, who are actually cool, set up a barricade to control everyone.

9:20 p.m. – Everyone keeps saying Harrison Ford is coming, but no one yet.  Wait, it’s Jaimie King.  She was in the Spirit, and Cheaper by the Dozen 2… She is actually really nice and signs for so many people and takes a lot of pictures as well.

9:21 p.m. - You can hear the crowd in the theatre erupt in applause, screams, yells, I mean it was sonic.  Wow… something cool is happening, and it ain’t Twilight people.

9:24 p.m. – There is a hush in the air… everyone is quiet… something is happening, you can just feel it.  I have my Indiana Jones poster at the ready, cause it just feels big.

9:26 p.m. – Holy crap, there he is, in the flesh Han Solo, Indiana Jones, The Fugitive… it’s Harrison Ford!  The crowd starts screaming for him to come over.  He smiles and looks at us.  He then walks to his car.  The crowd by the barricade gets louder and louder.  He opened the car door, and the crowd starts yelling again.  He is about to duck in the car, and then looks up at us again.  He has a wry smile on his face like he is thinking.  Then he ducks inside the car, and it looks like he is about to close the car door and leave.  He pops back out, closes the car door, and proceeds to walk right over to us.

9:27 p.m. – Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap.. it is pandemonium!  I pull my poster out.  He is signing for a lot of people.  Everyone is rushing the barricades, security is promising he will do the full line. I have my poster out and I don’t think he can see it.

9:28 p.m. – Erica sees my plight, and tilts the poster down at the corner slightly, and he sees it.  Harrison Ford signed my poster in blue sharpie.  I think I just peed.

9:29 p.m. – Erica is holding her promo Indiana Jones poster out and Harrison keeps missing it.  He finally looks down, sees Erica’s poster and takes a beat to examine it.  Then he signed her poster as well.

9:30 p.m. -  I am being crushed.  Crushed, to such an extreme I can’t even tell you.

9:35 p.m. – Harrison just left.  He did the entire line, and I am so stoked I can’t even tell you.  It was just rad!  So rad, I am using 1980’s slang!  This is so worth not eating, or peeing for 8 hours.

9:38 p.m. – There is an amazed glow in the crowd.  Everything else that happens is just gravy.  Even the hard core dealers are shocked and in awe.  Justin Long just came out.  He is really cool and signs a bunch.  I don’t have my Galaxy Quest poster with me (http://www.mishmashmagazine.com/tabid/106/itemid/437/ALAN-RICKMAN-DENNIS-LEARY-SIGNING-REPORT.aspx) but someday I’ll get it done. Lol…  Dude, Harrison Ford just signed!  Oh my God!

9:44 p.m. – Slash from Guns N Roses just arrived with a posse of people,  including Clifton Collins Jr. from Star Trek.  They are very… and how should I say this… I think they have partaken of some herbal refreshments in the limo.  They are all staggering around.  Still cool though.  I mean you know… he’s Slash for God sakes, do you want to see him sober?



9:50 p.m. – Kate Bosworth is leaving.  She is very nice, and comes over to sign. I got her on my Rules of Attraction DVD cover (where are you Ian!).  She is very nice, but she pauses when she sees the DVD cover.  I know it’s random!  LOL…

9:54 p.m. – Vampire Diaries must be done with their presentation.  Nina Dobrev is coming over.  She is really nice and is stopping to sign for everyone.    Erica and I have the cast, so we don’t try for her.

9:56 p.m. – Ian Somerhalder is coming out now.  He is signing a bunch of stuff, and sees my DVD cover and says, “Whoa.”  He’s very nice and is more than happy to sign for everyone.

9:57 p.m. – Oh my god, the True Blood folks are starting to leave.  Sam Trammell who plays Sam Merlotte is walking by.  Erica spots him right away.  It’s a good thing she’s in the front, not only does she look like a “regular fan” but she’s a hot mamma as well.  HEH HEH HEH… Erica calls out to him and asks him to sign.  He saunters over and is really nice.  Both Erica and I have True Blood promo posters and he signs them both.  Erica mentions he was really good in a play she saw him in forever ago called, “Ah, Wilderness.” He is so taken aback, and is genuinely happy.  He really appreciated that, he turns to her and says, “Thanks for that!  No really thanks.”

9:59 p.m. – Anna Paquin is leaving.  She looks incredible!  Wow… Everyone is going crazy for her.  She is totally cool, and is signing for everyone.  Anna is with Stephen Moyer who is, Bill, on the show and is also her fiancé.  He is just standing there, so Erica calls him over too.  I have a super cool individual mini poster of Stephen and one for Anna that I am ferreting through my bag to find.  I also have my red paint pen at the ready.  Ah, paint pens… anyway, Erica is chatting with Stephen over his new look.  He has a cane, and looks really formal.  Apparently, he had knee surgery, and is using the cane to get around.

10:01 p.m. – Erica just stabbed Stephen Moyer with her pen.  The trials of the new click Sharpie.  They are a new thing, and a 100 year old vampire apparently is just not used to them!  Lol… He has ink on his hand, and says, “Great indelible ink.”  Erica replies, “oh no it will wash out.”  He says, “Ahem, indelible is permanent and will not wash out.”  I now interrupt Erica’s chastising or as she calls it, her lesson in English and ask Stephen to sign my mini poster with the paint pen.  He does.  Paint pens are indelible!

10:05 p.m. – Anna is making her way to us.  I have my individual mini poster out for her, and she is more than happy to use the red paint pen on the mini poster.  However, when she switched pens, she missed Erica’s poster all together.  Oops… Sorry Erica.  Stephen walks over and pretty much fetches Anna.  They both are super cool, and signed quite a bit.

10:09 p.m.- Next is Rutina Wesley who plays Tara on True Blood.  No one sees her until one of the collector’s says, “There’s Rutina.”  Luckily we are upfront and we call her over.  She is really nice, and signs Erica’s poster and my poster as well.



10:11 p.m. – Woody Harrelson is about to leave.  People don’t like him.  I mean they really don’t like him because he generally is NOT fan friendly at least for the dealers.  I met him at comic con and thought he was cool, but that was a different situation. People are actually booing and hissing at Woody.  Poor guy.  Through all this Erica spots Mr. Alan Ball the creator of True Blood and Six Feet Under.  Erica calls him over and I make a fool of myself professing my love for Six Feet Under.  I’m going on about how it’s art and I really have no idea what is coming out of my mouth, but Alan is just thanking me and listening attentively. I’m sure he gets blathering idiots all the time, so I don’t feel that bad… lol.. Oh God, I said he creates art… This is why I freeze when I see someone I like, so I don’t babble… Ah… screw it.  We both get him on our True Blood posters.

10:14 p.m. – Alexander Skarsgard is leaving.  He is not looking over and just gets into his car.  Sigh… As he pulls away his publicist comes over and says, he is not feeling well and he will get us next time.  Next time, she doesn’t know me… How does she know there will be a next time.  She she’s right, but still… She doesn’t know me….lol… I also have an individual mini poster for Alex that must be signed… Harrumph.

10:16 p.m. – Here comes someone big… It’s Taylor Lautner, and he’s leaving.  He got in the car, got out of the car, and is now back in the car.  Hmmmm Nope, he’s leaving… bummer.  I really thought he would do it.  I mean if Harrison Ford can sign, Taylor Lautner can sign.  Am I right?  Come on now!

10:18 p.m. – Oh, here comes… here comes… oh it’s J.J. Abrams again!  God he’s so nice!  He is coming over and taking pictures and signing for people.  He is so cool.  I asked him for a pic, and he attempted a Vulcan hand salute.  It’s more like a wave, but still very cool!  I almost babbled again but stopped myself, and only tell him about my love of Alias for a second.  He thanks me, and seems so genuine.

10:22 p.m. – It looks like the last couple Big Bang cast members are coming out.  Johnny Galecki is first, and walks right over and signs for people.  He was cool about it. I told him how much a certain friend of mine loves Roseanne, and he seems blasé.  Erica and I both got him.

10:24 p.m. – Oh God, Kaley Cuoco is right next to him signing and I don’t even see her.  She is about to sign for us, and is really sweet.  She signed both Erica’s poster and my poster.  Dude, we got the whole cast!  Whoo Hoo!  Ha, we couldn’t get into the comic con signing, but still got the comic con poster signed… Oh yeah!

10:28 p.m. – So, there is someone coming out… We don’t see who it is…. Wait… it’s Elijah Wood.  The dealers are yelling for him, but he’s chatting with some people.  Erica calls out to him, everyone calls out to him, and finally he makes his way over.  Erica doesn’t need him, but I have my Faculty DVD.  (http://www.mishmashmagazine.com/tabid/106/itemid/651/Shorts-Premiere-Signing-Report.aspx)I know I know… I ask him if he would sign the Faculty, and his publicist looks over and made sure I actually had the Faculty.  What, no one watches this movie!  It’s good!  It’s not Lord of the Rings good, but it’s good!

10:29 p.m. – Elijah makes his way down, and signs my DVD.  Erica asks for a pic, which he does. It’s an interesting pic… very interesting. Uh… That’s all I’m going to say… interesting… pic… interesting….

10:33 p.m. – My God, this is turning out to be quite the day, and… Oh crap, it’s John Cho!  Another surprise.  Erica did not bring her Flash Forward poster.  But I do have my Star Trek posters.  Anyway, he doesn’t seem to want to sign.  People keep calling him anyway, and eventually he gives in.  I got him on my first Star Trek poster, and then I flipped it to the other poster and ask Erica in a calm manner… “ASK HIM TO SIGN THIS ONE NOW!”  Erica’s like, “What?”  I look at her and go… “He’ll sign it for you!  You’re a girl!”  So she asks him and sure enough she got it signed.  YES!  Both posters!  He was very nice, not like the last time I ran into him (http://www.mishmashmagazine.com/tabid/106/itemid/623/Chris-Pine-John-Cho-Star-Trek-Signing-Report.aspx).  He was not a douche this time, and if I was a little harsh for calling him a douche last time… No he deserved it last time, but I’m glad he was in a more fan friendly mood today.

10: 35 p.m. –  Eliza Dushku just walked by and did not sign for us.  People are really almost begging for her, but she just gets into her car, and drives off.  She did sign though when she left originally from what I heard. I just heard from some other collector’s that other people exited another door.  This is where Karl Urban, most of the Galactica cast, Stan Lee, Julie Benz, and more left.  It’s hard to know where to stand because there are so many different exits.

10:43 p.m. – There was a lull and we were able to catch our breath.  Whew… what a night… I have to say… Oh wait… Quentin Tarrantino is coming out… I’m trying to find my Kill Bill poster.  He heads to the other side… Man!  Erica has a Reservoir Dogs mini poster/postcard for him.  He signs and takes pics, but not on our side.  Erica and I are calling for him.… Erica has her pen at the ready, and he turns and sees her, and comes RIGHT OVER TO HER!  I think it’s cause she looks 12, and is shorter than everyone around her, cause we are on a curb and she is on the flat pavement.  It’s really funny actually.  He signs her poster, he signs my poster, and asks Erica if he can use her pen.  LOL… She says, “sure… it will find it’s way back to me!”  That is the one thing collector’s are good at passing back pens.  They will throw crap on top of you, push you into a railing, hit you, but take a pen.. Hell no!  We have some morals!

10:51 p.m. – Quentin is about to leave but realizes he has Erica’s pen.  He walks back and looks for Erica under all the mountain of photos.  He bends down, and hands her the pen, and says, “Here you go sweetheart.”  Erica says thanks, and Quentin takes off….lol



11:01 p.m. – It’s pretty quiet now.  Erica and I are exhausted.  One of the security guards just told me everyone left.  All the cars seem to be gone.  I’m bushed.  He said Liv Tyler left, and so Erica and I decide to make the long… long… long… trek back to the car with our magazines, posters and such.  This has been the best night of collecting I think we have had on our own.  We are going to celebrate by eating and peeing at the Mobil station.  Ah… A Snickers bar tastes so good when you haven’t had food or drink in 8 hours.  What a night, Watch the Scream Awards on Spike TV and see some of the amazing night we had for yourself!

Check out the full set of Scream Awards Part Deux pics!

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