LJ Summers

Forty & Further?

Saturday August 7, 2010 at 5:40 AM

Do you remember...

...Not having a microwave in your kitchen because they weren't available yet? And even when they were, they cost almost a thousand dollars for the behemoth that took up half a kitchen counter?

...Having only maybe five channels plus PBS on your channel listing?  And having to turn the knob to change the channel?

...Rotary dial phones that came in black, white, green, yellow and maybe red? 

....Eight-track players in the family cabinet stereo?  With the turntable? 

...Wolfman Jack?

....Rick Dees when he was in Los Angeles as the hottest disc jockey in California?

...Putting LEADED GAS in your car?

...Odd or Even days for putting gas in  your car? 

...Air mail paper to write to friends and famiy who lived over-seas?

...Using your skate key and fastening the roller skates to your sneakers?

 

All right. Roll Call for the "superannuated" amongst us.

I'm seeing a lot of awesome chicks on the boards who are my age and beyond and I wanna know who is out there.

This is not a clique.  This is not a club.

This is a campfire. Bring the Advil (for my aching joints, because I woke up with an OUCH this morning) your coffee/tea/beverage of choice, hide from the pets and kids and be COUNTED.

If you're forty or further, like ME!, I wanna know it.

Sign up and be counted.  Aliases are totally allowed.

 

I want to know (hey, I can be interactive) what memories you have from when you were, say, five that shock the kids and grandkids.

I want to know, too, if the kids and grandkids know you're into Twilight.

Can we do this?? Hmmm? 
 

 

For Your Time:

cary   newman

 

 

dragonfly98

HELP!!

Saturday August 7, 2010 at 3:44 AM

People, I need your help!

I'm chilean and I'm applying to my graduate program at NYU,  and for the first time in my life I'm been ask to write a statement of purpose letter.

I know that most of you guys are familiar with this kind of letter, but for me is totally new, and I need it to be goooood....

I would really appreciated your help! cause I don't even know where to begin :S

 

PS: sorry for the my english, there should be betas for this :D

slippin'onbananas

Music=Happiness

Friday August 6, 2010 at 8:53 PM

I wanna know what you're listening to....

 

or that one song in your head that just won't go away!!!!!

 

Tell Me Please :)

 

Here's mine!!

jenn.at.10

Make Up

Friday August 6, 2010 at 8:22 PM

I am always looking for a foundation that can cover my problem skin. Right now I am considering trying Bare Minerals and before I spend the money I was wondering if it works? Have any of you ever tried it? Also, what are some of your favorite make up and hair products?

lookingforhoofprints

HEY BABY, WHATCHA DOIN?

Friday August 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM

IS THAT YOUR BED?

 

 

 

CAN I SLYTHERIN?

 

 

 

THIS IS A PICK UP LINES CAMPFIRE.

BRING YOUR A-GAME BECAUSE I HAVE HARRY POTTER ONES.

 

PROPOSITIONING LOOKING GIFS ARE ALSO ACCEPTABLE

 

wonkeygirl

Pride

Friday August 6, 2010 at 6:52 PM

Last week I was a proud mummy. This week I was going through some old client photographs (I've been closed for over a year) and suddenly realized how much time away from something can give you a completely different perspective on things.

Today I'm proud of these

 

Show me some PRIDE campers! What are you proud of?

 

Baruka Athena

Drunken Campfire

Friday August 6, 2010 at 6:00 PM

Hi all you lovely campers out there!

This is my very first drunken campfire, so I'm quite excited. I've been out with two friends and the bf discussign the vacation we had in the US. It was great and I drunk too many Chimay bleus. So my question of the evening is: what's your drug of choice and where have you been on holliday or where would you want to go if you had the money?

 

PS: I love all of you campers and rangers out there.

PPS: Please join me in the quest to promote belgian beers all around the globe, or any other beers for that matter :)

PPS: Please ignore my drunken ramblings. I've never been online while drunk...

Pinballwizard92

Please?

Friday August 6, 2010 at 5:38 PM

Can somebody please make a gif smaller for me?

I'll be forever grateful :)

ladyinblue6

I've been everywhere, man, I've been everywhere.

Friday August 6, 2010 at 5:26 PM

Where have you been?

Use pictures, list it, whatever! Let's just see where you've been in this great little place I like to call Earth!

Mine's in the comments, with beautiful pictures. :)

Jax

Procrastinators Unite!... later

Friday August 6, 2010 at 4:46 PM

NOW! NO! RIGHT NOW!

I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of never finishing anything I start. I'm tired of having unfinished fics, unfolded laundry, un-worked-off fat, unrealized dreams... you get the idea. The other day jandco made a post about wanting to quit smoking and putting it off. I've always wanted to run a half-marathon and I haven't because I don't actually think I can.

Well guess what. I'm going to. Nine weeks from tomorrow.

I got so into this that I started this blog. Three other gals from this site whom I've never met before in my life are going to join me. We're going to GET SOMETHING DONE in nine weeks. I'm not talking about a miniscule task, I'm talking about a huge challenge. Do you have a story to finish, a mountain to climb, or a goal to meet? Join us and do it. Do it now.

What is it you've been putting off? When are you going to say enough is enough?

(I'm looking for two more authors with various challenges. Are you one of them? Message me. Also I'm new. If this isn't appropriate Friday material let me know. It won't hurt my feelings.)

bloodlust

Love to Love you baby

Friday August 6, 2010 at 4:31 PM


Hello lovely forest friends. Welcome to the WEEKLY Karaoke campire. Are you excited? I know I am. You know why? Because this week there's a theme :D You read correctly, a theme. Just when you thought our weekly karaoke couldn't get more awesome. IT JUST DID.


You're probably thinking "What's the theme already bloodlust?" Well you're in luck, because I'm about to tell you.

LOVE SONGS

Ahh.... Don't you love a good love song? I know I do. Now remember, if you have a request, make it in BIG BEAUTIFUL COLOURS, and don't forget to add links to your Vocaroo


NOW LET'S GO MAKE SWEET SWEET LOVE....... SONGS :p

i_heart_the_doctor

ROLFrazzies

Friday August 6, 2010 at 3:46 PM

I'm kind of hooked on the things, it's one of those websites you go in to browse for a few minutes but find you're still there 4 hours later (lolcats are the same.. damn them and their cuteness)

Sooo do you have any funny ones to share? I especially puffy heart the anti-twilight ones that actually manage to be funny!

I'm going to put more in the comments :) 

 

pssst i don't make campfires often... like at all... but this is ok for friday right????

Aquaries

Fanfic reader app? Does one exist?

Friday August 6, 2010 at 3:19 PM

Do any of you lovelies know of a fanfic reader app for the droid x? I can't seem to find one anywhere.

Thank you!

DELETED USER

Your first love.

Friday August 6, 2010 at 1:22 PM

I know a lot of us are here because of our love for this man and the Twilight Saga.

 

But I want to see your first loves.  Your teenage crushes.  The person or people that you littered your walls and ceilings with posters and clippings of. (Don't even lie, you know you put them above your bed)

Were you a David Cassidy girl? New Kids on The Block? Nsync or Backstreet Boys?

Lets see them.

 

This is my first campfire.  Thought I would take advantage for Friday.

SubieC

Let you entertain me

Friday August 6, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Okay guys, I need some help. (Honestly, I'd rather maintain a bit of anonymity with all this twi fandom stuff, but I'm totally out of ideas.)

I am the Artistic Director for a not-for-profit group for performing arts. We have a cabaret coming up (A cabaret. We are not doing the show Cabaret- I work with kids.) and I am running out of ideas for songs. I pretty much have free reign with the music, since we have titled the event "From Billboard to Broadway" (catchy, I know). 

So Campers, here's where you come in: Rec me your favorite, "what I'd love to hear at a cabaret", family fare appropriate, from any decade or genre song. 

**we are trying to stay away from stuff they've done on Glee, so it doesn't seem like we have no imagination whatsoever, but that totally sucks b/c they've done a lot of great music on there

Also, if you have any vids of covers that you like, that would be great too!

I have a girly crush on Pixie Lott for some unfathomable reason, so here's a cover for you:

 

IdPattThat

C'mon, Get Happy!

Friday August 6, 2010 at 1:12 PM

 

This is early because I need some happy.

Give me your best!

 

Disclaimer: Any negativity in this post will probably make me cry. Do you want me to cry? DO YOU?!

 

Additional Disclaimer: Pics of Rob would also count as happy. Just saying.

latessitrice

ADF job hunters club

Friday August 6, 2010 at 12:47 PM

It has come to my attention through Twitter and the like that I am not the only camper currently seeking employment.  The job hunting process is a tiring, endless soul-sucking venture so I thought it might be nice to start up a little club where we can help each other and keep morale up (kinda hard to do when you're limited to 140 characters).

Tell me:

What are you looking for?  What do you think you're good at?  What's your ideal job?

What have you done so far?  How have you gone looking for jobs?  What sites have you been on?  What books have you read?

Do you have any tips for the rest of us?

Even if you aren't looking at the moment, feel free to share any tips and resources you've found in the past :).

My story will be in the comments.

We can run this as a weekly thing if people want to so you have people there to hold your hand and whine at when you get yet another rejection letter/email for the job you really wanted.

Approved by GrownAssWoman who will have to put up with me stalking her with campfire ideas forever more.

charlyfarly3

Your Zodiac

Friday August 6, 2010 at 11:35 AM

Ok, so i'm pretty much a lurker when it comes to lighting up my own campfire. I'm more of a commenter inside other people's campfires. It makes me nervous when i'm letting myself "out there".

However, today as it is Friday, I want to take advantage of it and talk about the zodiac and our signs and to find out whether your star sign matches your personality. You can find yours out by looking over the internet and finding details about your star sign.

Mine's in the comments.

Thanks guys!

 

thoroughlykissed

What's your contest and award fancy?

Friday August 6, 2010 at 10:41 AM

The fandom is being overrun by contests and awards. What makes you want to enter/be nominated/read /vote in one over the other? What do you require from a contest or award for it to get your attention/time?

I love contests where the author is anonymous until the winners are revealed. Or, ones that have an award for the most votes but also an award decided upon by the people running the contest. Often times, the two have very different results. I appreciate reading fics in contests that are judged based on the writing versus popularity. I’ve found some new authors that way.

The same goes for awards. I prefer awards where the voting is limited to one vote per person versus ones where there’s no limit on the amount of times someone can vote. To me that’s a more honest representation of a fic and it’s public appeal. It sort of feels shady when the voting isn't secure. I just don't trust any of the wins are honest so I tend to blow those awards off.

I'm also not a fan of contests and awards that set strict rules then don't even ensure their final entrants/nominees fit the criteria. It's sort of half-a$$ed and i just can't be bothered.

How do you choose?
 

intoxicait17

SURPRISES!

Friday August 6, 2010 at 10:30 AM

So yesterday in the "Dear ____" post I wrote a little note to my wonderful H to ask him to get home soon so we could go see inception and to bring me chocolate. So imagine my surprise when he walks in with the cutest little puppy ever. And I mean EVER.

I was so surprised, in fact, that I didn't believe it was an early birthday present for me for about 5 min. I even ran outside to look for one of his friends to see if they were hiding out there. But no. That adorable dog was mine, and all mine. 

 

By the way, her name is Dixie. :]

 

So have you been surprised lately?? Or have you surprised someone lately??

Come share!! :]

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