Terminator, Governator -- Schwarzenegger's fans turn out

  1. Who comes to the Grove on a Friday night for this book signing? Your @latimescitybeat's here to see: http://pic.twitter.com/HBE8YEQp
  2. No more wristbands available for Arnold's signing. Standby is full, too. And he will not personalize the autographs.
  3. Could not for the life of me get a signal during the book signing. Will catch up soon.
  4. Before Arnold arrived, bodybuilders, cute kids, people in wheelchairs were lined up to pose with him: http://pic.twitter.com/zuGreNrw
  5. Schwarzenegger was nearly an hour late. Some fans passed the time reading: http://pic.twitter.com/lEQZcx8l
  6. Rhett Crosby, 37, drove from Phoenix to see Schwarzenegger, his hero. Slept in his car: http://pic.twitter.com/WGZ3DgaA
  7. "My dream comes true," says Austrian Johannes Bartl, 24, of the chance to meet Arnold, his idol: http://pic.twitter.com/PfNAoPaP
  8. Many in the crowd said of the housekeeper & the love child and Schwarzenegger's behavior to Shriver: Nobody's perfect.

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