Hi!

I know that a lot of us are Hunger Games fans, and today, word is out there that the first chapter of Mockingjay can be listened to here http://www.facebook.com/audible.com

Lovely, but... PLEASE DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!! Some people is waiting for the magic that happens when you open a real book and read the first sentence...

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

<3

ETA: It's gone!

"Sorry guys, the 'Mockingjay' first chapter stream went up a little too early. Don't forget that the book will be available next Tuesday, August 24th -- make sure to mark your calendars."

(Thank you goldenhair)

Since it's FFAF, I need people's opinions on whether I'm being unreasonable.

I've been scouting around for volunteer work for months. It's almost as hit-or-miss as getting a paid job sometimes; some of them are getting really picky about X years of experience and so on just to hand out fliers and stuff. Most act like they're doing you a huge favor by letting you work there. But this particular application for a children's shelter was just...odd.

The application was pretty standard; background check consent, ditto, since it's working directly with kids; statement of faith...well, I've seen those before for church-affiliated organizations. Whatever. It gave me a twinge, but I signed it. Then came the statement of morality.

I'm not going to post it here verbatim lest it be Googled and identify the organization, but it was basically a promise not to engage in sex outside of marriage AT ALL (and if you do and they find out, it's grounds for termination and presumably Hell, but I've already arranged for a condo and mail forwarding so that's no nevermind)...and a separate promise not to do said fornicating with the residents.

The residents, of course, being the tweenage foster kids.

I see so many things wrong here, but I just want to help the kids. I shouldn't be balking at signing this, right? And yet...I feel like by signing it, I'm basically saying that a) it's okay for them to dictate my love life that doesn't actually exist, and b) that I'm making a concession not to molest the kids even though I really want to. Why else would they even put that in there? If you have to make volunteers sign a pledge not to sleep with the kids, I think the problem is bigger than both of us. It's not the kids' fault. I just feel weird about letting it slide like there's nothing untoward about the whole thing. Would you sign it or just look for another place to volunteer?

And I also want to know for my own sick curiosity: What's the weirdest thing you were ever asked on a job/school application or during an interview?

Okay peeps I have a mission for you.

A big mission in deed.  You see Luna suffers from ADD and I think this only happens when I'm not listening to music while I work.  If I have background noise I'm totally fine.  When I don't have music that is when the voices start and I'm looking around the room like a crazed, mad person.  

So can I get some suggestions for some music to check out before I go insane.  I've been sitting at my desk staring at the screen for probably an hour now (Not for lack of work...trust me its there.) I can't focus and my brain is frying away with each second.  

Could you be dolls and help me out; I promise I'll get back to work after.  (ADF is my downfall on Fridays)

May I present you with Roy and Moss for entertainment:

EDIT: I love everything...by everything I mean everything. I can go for the sappiest love shit all the way up to the screaming gurgling stuff. Hit me with what ya got. I can take it. X D

We've done crushes of your youth.  Last week we tackled movies of your childhood.  Today I want to look at TV shows of your younger years.

What show did you just have to be home to watch on a Friday night? Did you wake up extra early on a Sunday to watch a specific cartoon?  Lets see them.

Campers, join me in wishing a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our very own BECKABOO!!!

Spam her with pictures of this guy:

Or him:

Or her:

Or them:

Or do something else equally special for her!

So yeah I'm in a desperate need of some good lemonny recs                                           Is there anything that you guys think I should read??????????

Often times when I'm reading a fic, I'll be *really* into it, but then the writer does something that turns me off. Whatever offends me is like the point of no return and I'll completely drop the story. 

I think there have been similiar campfires answering this question, but can we get more specific? I think a lot of people are like me in the this way - the story goes a direction you don't like and you refuse to keep reading.  I've noticed in the stats for my own fan fic, I'll get a lot of hits, but then I notice a drop off and that people stopped reading.  I'm curious - what turned them off my story?

So, my dear campers, what turns you off a story? 

You're reading it and totally into it, but then _____________ happens and you move on.

I'm so pissed.

I woke up early this morning (shocking, I know) for a job interview and was looking forward to getting my day started with the Epi of For The Summer.

And of course the link is wrong or doesn't work and FF.net feels like being stupid. 

So now I'm upset and am starting my day wrong. 

So eff you, FF.net. Fix your shiz! Pronto....

PS...this is a Eff You campfire. Use this an an outlet to vent about things and say eff you to things/situations/people (not other campers obviously.)

It takes me a year to write a single story, basically.  I'm slow.  Or busy .  Or both.  I can do a chapter a month if I am lucky.

Writers that get a chapter out a week... where the heck do you find the time?   Does it flow out of your head already formed and bee-yoo-ti-ful or do you spend hours and hours editing and rewriting?

How many hours each week do you spend writing?

Do you feel the urge to write every day?

And do you get antsy and cranky if you can't write for some reason -- like staying with the in-laws on vacation.

Hey, I've had 4 glasses of Tuaca and I just want to talk to someone.

So, last night, between the hours of approx. 1 AM and 4 AM central time, I sang to my Twitter followers.

And since it's FFFA, I kind of thought it'd be fun for all of us to sing (or type out the lyrics, LOL) together!

It can be the song you're listening to at the moment, the lyrics that are stuck in your head, your favourite song of all time, whatever! JUST SING WITH ME!

Here's my first lyric:

"Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world, she took the midnight train goin' anywhere.
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit, he took the midnight train goin' anywhere."

HOW ABOUT WE ALL GUESS THE NAME OF THE SONG WHILE WE'RE AT IT!

It's name that song time! 

For the love of God, somebody PLEASE help me pick a new cell phone! I'm about to drive myself crazy because I can not make a decision! 

OK, so my phone isn't THAT old. But still!  (This was the first cell phone my family had growing up though, so I had to put it on here! My dad still wishes they made "bag phones"!)

Anyway, currently the hubs and I have AT&T. We have family plan + unlimited txt and THAT'S it. Yet our bill is still ridiculous.  What we WANT is an additonal line for calls and texts for the kid, and internet on our two phones.  We aren't committed to staying with AT&T either.  If we do, I'm torn between the I4:

and the Blackberry Torch: 
 

My hang-up with the iphone4 - is that I hate iTunes. No real reason, I. Just. Do. I don't want to like it - KWIM?  But at the same time, I think if I put my big-girl panties on and just do it, I'd <3 it hard. Ugh.
 

I have been thinking of asking you guys for weeks, but then don't thinking I'll just decide, but then I don't do that either. (You see the pattern here?)

Here are some of my questions:

Do you like your provider?
Love/hate the phone you have?
Think one provider is significantly better than the others?
Help me campers. Pretty please?

FYT:
a little JR love
 

And of course

some RP love
 

Hello everyone. My coworker and I have decided to enter a contest with the Hunger Games series. We have to make a display and the best one wins a visit by the author.  So we need helpful ideas. As of now we are thinking and making a Cornucopia to place weapons and such in, having little silver parachutes falling down. But anything else you add would be great!

Mockingjay will be here in less than a week!! Isn't the waiting just torture!

Thank you again for your help

EDIT: I work in a bookstore, so the display needs to be able to show off the books and other product.

oh..is it true Summit has the movie rights to The Hunger Games?? This has me worried :-/

I'll admit it. I've gone off the deep end. All this media in the last week has pushed me off the edge.

I need more RobSten. preferably in fic or video with angsty love songs in the background format. For example:

Friday Free For All!!

You know what this means, Campers.. right??

Last one guys, I promise.  I just wanted to get this up before free for all and before I leave for the weekend.  

First off, thank you to everyone who has been participating in my recent campfires.  The discussions have been really interesting.  When I come back from my trip I'm going to collate the data from the last post and see what we ended up with.  Yes, I'm anal and weird.  I like data.  This one too (sorry, couldn't help it):

Okay, so.  The second thing that seemed to come up frequently in my recent posts was author/reader responsibility so let's discuss that shall we?  In the context of fic though as I think in the 'real' world it's probably a little different.

What responsibilities does the author have in regards to the content of the fic?

What responsibilities does a reader have when it comes to what they read?

Personally?  I think fic authors (and I say this as a fic author) have a rather large responsibility for a couple of reasons.  For me the biggest one being that I know for a fact my fics are read by underage people, some as young as 12 which just makes my head spin sometimes.  Yeah, sure, if I wanted to be super responsible I simply wouldn't post anything at all with the content that I do but I do and therefore I try as much as possible to be responsible about it.  For me what this means is long A/N's with disclaimers and definitions and links out the wazoo.  I don't mean about just any old thing.  There's no horticulture lessons or anything like that.  But for my BDSM fics?  You bet your sweet *ss.  And that's where I think the responsibility with an author lies.  When they are writing about something that could cause potential physical or emotional harm.  If I say penguins live in the desert I'm probably not going to hurt anyone.  But if I say insert bleep into slot bleep hard and fast I damn well better talk about how it's actually done imo.  Just my two cents.

I think readers have a responsibility too especially to heed the warnings of the authors they are reading.  If an author says a story should not be read by minors I think minors should respect that.  It's not that I expect minors to be angels.  I know they aren't going to be.  I also think readers of all ages should pay attention to the warnings authors offer.  On more than one occasion I've seen fics with rape warnings very clearly labeled and yet readers still ended up flaming the author.  I felt like saying "Um, did you not see that ginormous warning saying rape?".  I don't think it's fair to flame an author for something you've been warned about.

Anyway, I'm just curious what you all think as both readers and writers.  As always, play nice and respect everyone's opinions please.

Does anyone know what happend to the author Addybrowneyes? She wrote the story Canzoni D'Amore. Its about Edward as a  Professor for piano and he falls in love with his Teachers Assistant and best student Bella.

It's gone! On both Twilighted and Fanfiction.net and both those profiles are blank now. Also her twitter is gone too!

I haz a sad : ' (

IDK GUISE... I'M IN A MOOD.

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I DECLARE A GIF WAR!

Now, there must be rules.  This will be like the GIF WAR post I made eons ago.  First, if you'd like to hold a personal war with someone on here, simply state their name and post a gif.

For example:

BRATTYVAMP:

*cough* i <3 u *cough*

Secondly, if you'd like to just make a public war, then post a gif and see who comments you back!  This is a good way to have fun and incorporate everyone on here.  Besides, if you've had a shitty day like me, then this will be a good way to laugh your ass off. 

Thirdly... PLAY NICE.  NO SRS BSNS ON HERE.  UNDERSTAND? My gif to Bratty may not seem nice, but it's not SRS BSNS.  MKAY?  MKAY.

with that said...

MAKE IT HAPPEN CAMPERS.

*EDIT: SO DID NOT SEE THE GIF POST DOWN BELOW... MKAY... JUST ADD MORE GIFS GUISE.  ADD MORE GIFS.*

I had to post this after a friend showed it to me.... I can not stop laughing... enjoy!

This lovely piece of artwork was commissioned by Jandco. jandco edit:  the blame for this goes to wolvesnvamps. So I'm blaming the campfire on her too.

I call it "The Appeal."  (I'm bad-ass with a Sharpie, yo.)

Just to make it interactive.... come on in and tell me your favorite dirty joke.