The Twilight Saga: Eclipse premiered in LA this week, spawning a 1000-plus-strong tent city which we earlier dubbed “Lonesome Town.” There’s a limit to the number of fat jokes, cat jokes, and abstinence jokes I can make before it gets old, but it’s like they’re just rubbing it in my face now.  They’re like the kid whose strategy for dealing with bullies is to hope he’ll eventually punch himself out (it’s possible, but that’s why you bring a football buddy you can tag in).

AEG, which owns L.A. Live and distributed the premiere wristbands with Summit Entertainment, screened “New Moon” for fans Tuesday night. On Wednesday, the film’s actors, Peter Facinelli, Billy Burke, Julia James and Jackson Rathbone, distributed hamburgers, CDs and makeup in the tent city.

Walrus-Facepalm2Thanks, Mike Dexter!  The makeup got here just in time.  My mascara was starting to run from the hamburger grease.  Mmm, shame burgers. Delicious.

Stephanie Tregea, 19, drove 500 miles from Upper Lake, in Northern California, to attend the premiere. She wore a black T-shirt that said “Team Carlisle,” and held a sign that read: “My cat died while I’ve been in line. (Peter, comfort me during this sadness).”

Oh come on!  A dead cat? Now what am I supposed to joke about?  Wait, that actually seemed sort of clever and self aware.  Hmm, no way someone who reads Stephenie Meyer could’ve mustered that. Is it possible… she was serious?

Tregea said she is concerned about a Twilight jinx, because her dog died as she waited in line for the “New Moon” premiere last year. She debated not seeing the next installment. [AP]

Game over, man, game over.

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