The air in Canoga Park was thick with teeny-bopper pheromones this evening as the cast of the CW’s hit television series “The Vampire Diaries” swooped inside the Westfield Topanga Mall to meet-and-greet fans of the show.

(UPDATE: Want to meet the cast of “The Vampire Diaries” at Paleyfest 2010? Click here for more info)

Tween-retailer Hot Topic hosted the event which brought “Diaries” stars Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder face-to-acne-riddled-face with thousands of loyal viewers. Much to my dismay, I could not attend the event because I have a penis.

However, my good friend Girard from Hills of Woodland made it down to the signing in hopes of having Somerhalder autograph his chest, which coincidentally is adorned with a Dharma Initiative tattoo (Somerhalder played Boone on the ABC sci-fi series “LOST”).

Girard writes:

It looked to me like everyone was pretty excited, and the people coming out of Hot Topic with autographs and such seemed very pleased.  I didn’t get to see any of the cast members myself, which is a bummer. I didn’t stick around for A Fine Frenzy’s performance, but hopefully it went well.

“The Vampire Diaries” is writer-producer Kevin Williamson’s (Scream, “Dawson’s Creek”) adaptation of L.J. Smith’s popular novel series of the same name for the CW television network. The show follows high-schooler Elena Gilbert as she’s courted by two vampire brothers.

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