The folks over at Twilight Fan Trips have extended an opportunity to Lexiconers.  How would you like to beat the crowds and get a guaranteed, up-front seats to see Taylor Lautner, Edi Gathegi, and Rachelle LeFevere when they make their appearance at the Hot Topic Twilight Tour pitspot in the Seattle area?

Go here to enter, and mention the Lexicon as the source of how you heard the announcement to be entered.

While you are at it, check out some of the other amazing trips Twilight Tours (the same people behind the highly successful Harry Potter Tours) has to offer.

Premiere Seating at the Twilight Live podcast

Sneak Peek Movie event

Volterra and Romania

Shopping Alice Style

Vampire Baseball

Our eagle-eyed friends over at Twilighters Anonymous spotted a Twilight Billboard in Santa Clarita, California.  Anyone wondering if it’s causing a traffic back-up?

A variety of Twilight sites such as His Golden Eyes and their Carlisle Would Approve (CWA) project sponsor events to encourage blood donation. 

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article on the efforts of one local fan. So if you live in the area, consider driving by and donating to a good cause.  Blood donation is especially critical during the holiday season.

Here are some interesting facts about blood donation (source The Mayo Clinic)

• Only 5 percent of eligible donors across the nation donate blood, but the number of transfusions nationwide increases by 9 percent every year.
• Blood donors can donate as frequently as every 56 days. A benefit from donating this often is that you receive a mini-physical once every two months.
• Each whole blood donation can help as many as three people. One unit is divided into three parts: red blood cells, platelets, and plasma.
• Whole blood donation only takes approximately 45 to 60 minutes.
• Blood cannot be manufactured. It can only come as a gift from people.
• The need for blood increases during holidays and summer months. People are more apt to be traveling and active during these times and thus are at an increased risk for accidents.
• Statistics show that 25 percent or more of us will require blood at least once in our lifetime.
• You burn about 650 calories by donating one pint of blood.

Just Jared has early coverage of Rob Pattinson’s appearance at Planet Hollywood last night. We’ll edit this entry as more comes in.

E! online asks if you are ready for Twilight?  We’re assuming the question is rhetorical.

In today’s LA Times Twilight Countdown, they talk to Catherine Hardwicke about the meadow.

USA Today will be interviewing Rob and Kristen and they want your questions.

Hot Topic has a new feature called Shock Hound where you can get music including the newly released Twilight soundtrack.

Popstar has a poll asking which star you would most like to have lunch with and for some reason Rob is running at only 7%.  Surely Twilight fans can correct this travesty :p

So Rob and Catherine are doing the whole NYC media blitz thing. 

Yesterday Rob gave his interview to the Twilight fansites just before making an appearance with Catherine Hardwicke at the Apple Store in SoHo.  Just Jared had photos. USA Today also covered the event. Vanity Fair has the video (TY to Bella and Edward), and now EW has added their coverage, but if you really want to know what it was like, you need to go to the average obsessed fan.

Now, today, Rob started bright and early with a call in to Z-100 radio and a chat with Elvis Duran and crew. Right now he’s at Planet Hollywood doing a memorabilia presentation.

Moving on to Thursday, Rob will be doing TRL…and in between all of this we hope Rob is getting some sleep.

Summer school really sucks–especially when it’s in Forks, Washington! 
 
Literature Inspired Fandom Events, Inc. is pleased to announce that registration is now open for Summer School in Forks: A Twilight Symposium. 
 
Join us at the Forks High School for 3 days of events, presentations, and panels: 
-meet the "real" Principal Greene and Chief Swan during our Pizza with Charlie Orientation Dinner;
-participate in a Live Podcast with The Bloodsuckers aka The Girls Necks Door;
-show your team spirit during the The Bella Swan Memorial Volleyball Tournament; 
-warm yourself by the bonfire during our Field Trip to La Push;
-chow down at a Texas-styled BBQ with Keynote Speaker Kaleb Nation;
-peruse Twilight Art in our Art Room;
-purchase Twilight goodies in our Vendor Hall including Stephenie Meyer-approved merchandise from TwilightTeez;
-enjoy fan-made shorts during our Twilight-video-athon;
-and possibly be crowned Prom Queen or King at our Real Forks High School Prom featuring Twilight Bands such as The Bella Cullen Project and Bella Rocks!
 
   These are just a few of the tremendous activities available when you attend
Summer School in Forks:  A Twilight Symposium.
 
Space is limited, so enroll now at
http://www.litfanevents.org/summerinforks/

This weeks Twilight Tuesday is focused on Kellan Lutz. 

 "I’m gonna be doing [a movie] in Connecticut in December, it’s called ‘Warrior,’” he revealed to us. “It’s a sports movie about a lacrosse player whose dad dies in the military.”

Check out all MTV has to offer on Twilight.