Once upon a time in Internet-land there once was a blog entitled, Things that I bought that I love.  I loved coming to visit this site.  Unfortunately, the blogger is now too busy to update.  So what I want to know is...

What have you bought that you love?

It can be anything - shoes, clothes, makeup, CD, techie devices etc.

or if you haven't bought anything recently, what would love to buy?  What are you jonesing for?

This is a shopping post ya'll

< I'd love to own these shoes.  Unfortunately, they are $220.  boo.

Okay. So last year this game owned me:

I may or may not have spent 13 hours solid playing it. I also may or may not have cheated and used walkthroughs. But I completed it (who knew they were all robots right?) and carried on with my life pre-Professor Layton (which included playing Imagine Schoolteacher and Imagine Babies. Haha).

So I got bought the new Professor Layton game: Pandora's box. I got all giddy with excitement and settled down for a hardcore gaming session (cause y'know - there's nothing more wild than solving puzzles) only to find that they've recycled the puzzles. I cried. No I didn't. But I wanted to. I was super disappointed.

The last time I remember being this disappointed about a game was when Crash: Mind over Mutant came out. 

OKAY. So to make this rant of mine interactive. When was the last time you were really disappointed? It doesn't have to be a video game. But say - a sequel to a film came out and completely ruined a whole franchise for you? Or you bought a book thinking it was going to be amazeballs just to get home and struggle to get past the first chapter? Or you expected something from someone who let you down?

So it is National Blog Posting Month (click on like for more details)

I have read a few people tweeting about this and thought since it was FFAF, I would start a sharing campfire.

I know a lot of you have blogs so share you link here.

I just started mine in August. The Grass is Always Greener

Some pretty for you time.

So ages ago (like in May) I posted my first campfire asking for cookie recipes and I got some wonderful ones from all you lovely ladies.

And I'm once again in the baking mood so I figured we could share cake recipes...specifically cupcakes.

Today I made 'Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes'

Of course mine looked nothing like this, but the recipe will be in the comments.

So come share your FAVOURITE cupcake recipes with the forest :D

We haven't had a tattoo campfire in a while & I figured I'd start one up. Pics will be in the comments so I don't clutter up the home page.

I know I don't have to make this Twilight-related since it's FFAF, but I will anyway: do you know anyone with Twilight-themed tatts? Would you ever get one? I Googled "Twilight tattoos" & got some interesting results (most interesting will be in the comments with my personal pics).

okay so i cannot write to save the life of me, but i saw something that has sparked an idea in me

and i cant stop thinking about it.

wishing i could write it.

but i cant

So, my lovelies, do you have anything that you would love to see in a fic?

writers, do you need inspiration, or ideas?

lets share!

mine will be in the comments.

FTY:

Hello!

We're planning a Denver Twific meet-up for Saturday, October 16th. If you live in Colorado and are interested in coming, please feel free to post a note here or send me a DM with your email address so I can add you to our email list. So far, we have about 8 people and I'd love to meet everyone else that lives in this area. We don't really know what we're doing yet (Chilis? Dave & Buster's? Picnic? Thoughts?) but it should be a lot of fun!

Thank you!

So, I've recently (like, somewhere in the past year) read the Harry Potter books FOR THE FIRST TIME (yes, I was one of those people who refused to read them) (I changed my mind, obviously). And when I'd finished DH there was this big, gaping hole in my chest... etc etc.

Anyway. It's friday night, and I'm bored. Rec me some good HP fic? It doesn't have to be romantic, but if it is - Draco/Hermione, Lily/Snape or someone cocky/someone shy or inexperienced, no teacher/pupil. Slash is fine. I've read Finding Himself and its sequel by minisinoo, Tempora Abducto by Flaignhan and Claiming Hermione by ilke, and that's about it :) I've started some other fics today but they were really, REALLY bad. I have no idea where to start looking, honestly. Help?

FYT:

So, I'm sitting alone in my apartment, tweeting on twitter...and lets face it, their a little pathetic. I strive on venting. I think it's a very important means of life. So when your sitting around and feeling sad, I say it's good to share and get it out of your system.

So, I don't care if you think your problem is silly or random, I say share!

Mine will be in the comments.

In a far, distant corner of the forest shrouded in mists and surrounded by an anaconda infested moat that can only be safely crossed on a rickety old bridge guarded by a three-headed mime is a the fertile land of VIP cabins. Yes! You thought it a mere  a legend, but in fact the stories are true; there are author forums in the forest.

And this is how you get there:

Click on the cleverly disguised “VIP Cabin” button:

Scroll down until you hit the beautiful, shiny houses hand carved and painted by the talented Jennyfly:

When you find an author’s cabin that you like and want to be able to stalk with ease, click on the cabin, and in the right hand corner of the forum hit “Add to Forum Alerts” so that you get emailed when a post is made:

So, tell us, strange and wonderful VIP authors, what goes down in your Caves of Debauchery? Sneak peeks? Teasers? Rants? Alex Pettyfer pic spams? Profound intellectual discussions on bacon?

Campers! Which cabins do you comment in? Which ones have you lurking outside in the bushes? Which ones do you feel are wrongfully neglected by their owners?
 

I declare a Beauty Advice Post.

I need some hair advice! So anybody that is wondering about

hair make-up, nails...you name it and we’ll discuss it. Mines inside!!

sorry, im not to fancy with the pictures.... i need a rec, i want somthing good. im not one for fluff at all. im down for slash, E= J only. I love angst, the worse the better.... help.

ranger edit: Remember, no profanities on the front page. Swear like a sailor on the flipside ;)

I just had to stop by and leave these pictures of Kristen in NOLA here. She's lovely. Garrett's lovely. Everyone's lovely. OTR is going to be lovely.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Any fun plans? Any fics you think I should read while you guys are off doing awesome things?

More pics inside!

Hey campers!

Hope your having a swell Friday.  I wanted to see how many of you participate in writing contest that involve Twilight.  

I'm curious because I have some contest topics that might be cool to see different fanfic views on the ideas I have.  I'm thinking about starting a contest, I have no clue how to do it though but I'm sure I'll find a way.  I just didn't know if it was a waste of time or if people really do like having a theme and then writing about a certain theme...which then again probably depends on the theme.

ANYWHO, your thoughts?  Or hey is there a contest place here here people can submit stories that could be fun.

Here's some eye candy to look at:

Hello, people. :)

It's Friday, and most of you are gearing up for a nice, lovely, relaxing weekend.

Yeah, not me.

Because. I have SCHOOL. On a SATURDAY. Yes, I do. That happens where I live. India, by the way.

But. I'm determined to stay in high spirits, because tomorrow will be my third day of high school, so I'm resorting to music to cheer me up.

Right now? Coldplay is ruling me. Along with certain other songs. It's not relevant to anything, just that I like those songs.

So, anyway. Let's play that music game that has been played before, okay? Post the lyrics to the song you are currently listening to, and then let someone guess which one it is.

It's really fun. Come try it out! 

Also, if you have something to say about a particular song, do that! It's nice to have a HEALTHY DEBATE about songs. :)

Mine will be in the comments.

Please don't leave me hanging here, now that I'm making such a big campfire. ;)

Hey there, Ladieth! Happy Friday, all around.

So, I wanted to share this old guilty pleasure I have recently reaquainted myself with.

Historical Romances.

I'm talking authors like: Julie Garwood, Stephanie Laurens and titles like, "Gentleman's honor" and "Devil's Bride" and summaries like, "She was a stubborn English beauty. He was a stubborn and strong Scottish laird...they would come together in forced marriage but the biggest danger they would face is the fire of their passion." [not a real summary, but totally something I'd wanna read.]

Anyway, I LOVE these stories and books. In fact, before I FF came along, they were my only literary secret . However, I can't keep buying them and as I am in a teeny island in the M.E, I havent found any in bookstores.

So, are there any well-written FFs out there that would fullfil my need for a historical, romantic [also smutty] and intriguing tale of kindred souls?

C'mon Edward Cullen, laird of the Cullen Clan? Hello!

ALSO, I just realized Manips meant Manipulated Pics and not Man Nips...'cause I'd always look in Campfires thinking, "hmm...I don't see Rob's nips."

Since it's a free for all...

What's your weekend plans?

For us in the good 'ol US of A, Monday is Labor Day, which means LOOOOOONG WEEEKEND!!!

So, folks, what are YOU doing this weekend?  Short, long, normal sized, tell us yer plans, fools!

Tonight I plan on having one of these at my house

With some of this

Probably some of this

Some of these

I have to work tomorrow and then I get to (yay) help out with harvest at my father-in-law's farm Sunday and Monday...

Lettuce discuss!

Are there any other ADFer’s out there who are someone’s supposed “Fic Wife”? When I first got started in FF I had no idea what that term meant until I started fangirling my favorite author and found that she responded in kind to my crazy passionate rants. Within weeks a friendship was born and we were soon taking the short walk down the aisle to become wifeys.

As a fic wife, pre-reader, and admitted review stalker, I get jealous and possessive and…defensive. As an author, you’re expected to sit back and take the reviews, the flames, the rants about your characters doing, or sometimes not doing as the case may be, something that has pissed the reader off enough to just let loose on you. You’re supposed to roll with the punches, brush it off. Or if you feel you must respond to them, you feel obligated to do so with a calm, clear head; to take the high road while stating your case against their remarks.

But as a fic wife…I feel it is well within my rights to just sound off!

For anyone reading “Through the Flames” by SparklingTwilight, you can probably guess why I’m here today.

***SPOILER ALERT***

Edward and Bella have come to their first bump in the road. This “bump” came before these two have even had the chance to “admit their feelings to one another” ….or so many a reviewer has commented at one point or another.

He’s had all of 28 damn days after waking from a coma to come to terms that he may never walk again. Half of which he spent only mildly coherent from being drugged up while his body is recovering from that fall through the floor that nearly cost him his life. And readers still think that he needs to be whopped upside the head before he’ll ever admit to himself that Bella might be good for him? HELLO PEOPLE…is there nothing else on his mind at the moment?

Edward is in the hospital, and he’s pretty much paralyzed from the waist down. He’s regained some sensation, but it’s not like it’s something he can even remotely control at this point. I can’t tell you how many crazy reviews I’ve seen mentioning naughty nurse sex in the hospital. Do they have any idea how gross that might be? If you want the truth of the matter, since the author didn't wanna completely scare off her readers by going into the ewwey gorey nitty gritty and she hasn’t pointed this out in layman's terms....here's the blunt reality this man is experiencing.

Before the day he cried out in pain at the first sign of regaining feeling in his lower extremities, he didn’t even know when he’d shit himself. There it is! The stone cold truth. How romantic is that! Lean in for a little smoochy smooch and *sniff sniff* what’s that smell?

Yes definitely. Please write me some hospital bed sexy times!

For someone to go through that amount of humiliation in front of someone they don’t even know, the last thing to cross their mind would be, hey maybe I should ask her out. Heck, the fact that there are even any signs of a slow burning build of a romance at all at this point is a freakin miracle.

I’m just curious why we, as a fandom, expect that every Twilight fanfic is some sort of tale of romance. The fact that you label your story as an Angst/Tragedy does nothing to deter readers from assuming that romance will be a key factor in the story. Can we not just enjoy the story for what it is, and not constantly push for more romance and smut? Sometimes a tale of friendship is more romantic than a tale of romance.

Okay so I'm a HUGE Disturbed fan totally not ashamed to admit it.Like ridiculously so. Squee I'm soo excited!! And well this week the latest, Asylum (5th album), came out:

Disturbed talks Asylum

This is, hands down, my FAVORITE song by them (coincidentally off my fave album as well):

So come in here and talk Disturbed with me! OMG I can't be the only nut in love with them. Also if you know what song the lyrics to the title of the campfire came from I'll profess my undying love for you.

Okay seriously tell me if anything great has happened to you lately in the music world! Going to see your favorite band in concert? Check out the local music scene? Discover something new and great you want to share?

To me it's friendship, communication with family thousands of miles away, it's a way to find my way around a strange city where I don't speak the language, it's a place where I can blow off steam, where I can dream, where I can play, laugh, be free. It's where I find books I'd love to read, recipes I'd like to try, that perfect gift for my best friend who I haven't been able to see in 6 years. It's where I cry, it's where I offer a shoulder when others want to cry. It's an unimaginably huge library where I can browse topic after topic after topic and learn something new every day to feed my busy brain. It's my link to the world when I can barely move from my bed.

What is it to you?

And how do you feel about this?