veronica mars premiere

My sister is obsessed with Veronica Mars. She tried getting me to watch it for years, and I finally caved about a year and a half ago and became obsessed myself. (If you haven't watched it, take care of that. You'll thank me.) Not long ago I realized one of my friends is the wife of the creator and writer! Rebecca and I got excited, and I loved getting behind the scenes scoop. Because of their big kickstarter campaign, they had a big premiere and party in Austin during SXSW to thank the backers. They took over an entire Alamo Drafthouse and had the movie on every screen. Katie was able to get tickets for me to go to the premiere and after party. I was pumped!!!

Some other friends/parents at the school, along with Katie and myself.

Before each movie started the cast came in and thanked everyone for their help in making the movie. As they waited to come in I had a prime seat to take pictures of the cast. When Logan (yes that's his character name and I will only ever call him that) saw me he started posing and making funny faces at me. Unfortunately this was the only one that came out. 

I apologize for the not so great quality, these are zoomed in from my phone. The entire cast was there (minus 2 that were there to walk the red carpet and do some interviews before the movies, but for some reason didn't stick around for this part)

I'm definitely team Logan...but Piz was really cute and nice! (As I'm typing this I realize the majority of you have never seen this show and don't know who I'm talking about....That just gives you more of a reason to watch the show so you can come back and reread this post and understand everything.)

I was somehow able to convince David to come. I think knowing we were getting free food and drinks (the studio picked up the tab) helped convince him.

After the movie we were able to get a picture with the entire cast! I was super jealous of Evangelina there on the floor. I should have joined her! I only really talked to Dick and Keith (guy on the floor and Veronica's dad, also the womanizer on Just Shoot Me. Ridiculous reference. I know.) Dick was hilarious and I wanted to be his best friend. Keith was really nice as well!

We hung out for a little after this and finally left when it seemed like the cast had disappeared. The night was so much fun!! I like hanging out with the fancy people. Ok, now go binge watch the series and then catch the movie when it comes out next week! You're welcome!

sxsw

SXSW is always going on during my Spring Break. It's really fun, but you sometimes have to wait in line forever and may or may not get into the movie or show you're waiting for. That part I hate about it, so I avoided most of it this year. I went for a run on Friday and experienced SXSW in my own little way. I first saw Brad Womack from The Bachelor. Not too exciting because he lives here, but still, a semi-celebrity sighting. I then hopped off of the trail and ran downtown some. At one of the stoplights a homeless man serenaded me. It was lovely. When I jumped back on the trail to finish my run I saw Howard Stern! It was funny watching him run because he's so tall and lanky. My guy friends are super jealous that I saw him.

That night I went to Auditorium Shores with some friends for their free show. The headliner that night was Counting Crows! I love their old stuff, even though one of their songs was a source of name calling for me. One of their big hits was Mr. Jones, and Rebecca loved calling me Mr. Jones because of my ridiculous short hair. (Picture a boy, then put my face over theirs and you have a pretty good idea of what I looked like back then.) They put on a great show! I was jumping up and down when Mr. Jones came on. It was a great night!

I heart Austin!

Round Here

Mr. Jones

See you next year SXSW!