IS THIS REAL LIFE?!

First of all, I'm too excited to try to make this post in any way a literary work... so if any of my old English teachers are reading this, I'm so sorry.

Way under dressed...

Last night, six of us went out to Notting Hill to see if we could get near the red carpet for the world premier of "This Means War" starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, and Tom Hardy. Not only did we get near the red carpet, but I was on the very front row where I could see everything and everyone. Kathryn and I had worn our Tennessee sweatshirts since Reese is from Nashville we thought she might appreciate this, unfortunately they did not do too much to keep us warm. So by the time the stars arrived I could barely take a straight picture because I was shaking so badly. That didn't stop me from trying, though.

That's Tom Hardy...with my head...

Tom Hardy (you might recognize him from Inception or the upcoming Batman movie) showed up and went down the line signing autographs. We had learned our lesson last time to bring something for them to sign, but we are college students with limited resources so all I had was my journal...best journal entries EVER. He was so nice and when I thanked him for signing my journal he replied with a very chipper and very British, "Oh you're welcome!"

Chris Pine

Chris Pine (from Star Trek and the Princess Diaries 2) arrived and was rushed down the line. He stopped signing right in front of me, so unfortunately my journal didn't get to meet him. The security guard that was watching our section was very nice and I had been talking to him before the premier. When I didn't get Chris's autograph he came up to me and said, "But you were so close..." which made me laugh thinking about the Jimmy Kimmel Halloween candy video.





Reese Witherspoon (if you don't know what she has been in you live under a rock) came and was signing autographs as well. When she got to where I was standing and saw my sweatshirt our conversation went like this:

Her saying "Go Vols!" That's my head she's talking to...

"Reese, we're here from Nashville!"
"Oh really! What are ya'll doing here?"
"We're studying abroad."
"What school do you go to?"
"University of Tennessee, we wore our TN sweatshirts just for you."
"Oh! That's awesome, Go Vols!"
"You make TN look so good!" (Yes I said that. No shame here.)
"Aww thank you sweetie!"





Reese Witherspoon said "Go Vols." I thought my young life had peaked; little did I know that the best was yet to come. The head-honcho security guard came right up to me and asked if I wanted to go into the movie. Obviously I said yes, but I though that he was joking. I said, "you can't do that can you?" He replied, "can't I?" A minute later he was handing me 6 front-row tickets to see the movie in the same theater as the stars... They escorted us onto the red carpet and we walked right past Reese giving an interview and Chris Pine and Tom Hardy talking to the press and straight into the theater. Our jaws never got back up off the floor. And I swear we were smiling the entire movie.

The security guard giving me the tickets!

I was a little under-dressed for my first Hollywood premier, but it was magical nonetheless. I still can't quite believe that actually happened. It's a dream I've had many times, but I always wake up at the end...not this time. 

Us after the movie!

So Classy!