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?

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...

Can somebody please make a gif smaller for me?

I'll be forever grateful :)

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. :)

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.)

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'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????

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!

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.

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:

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.

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.

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!
 

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?
 

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!! :]

I want to discuss this lovely book!

I finished reading it a few weeks ago and I loved it! Everyone should read it! Anyone agree? Someone who doesn't perhaps?

When I finished it, I had high hopes of checking out some fanfiction of it! But there was only ONE!!!! At least on ff. 

Um, yeah. I don't exactly know where I want to come with that. Maybe: Is anyone planning on writing ff about it? If so, I'm veeery curious about what it's about! :D

I'm sitting here at work on a sunny, hot Friday morning BORED out of my gourd.  I've tried to get on Fanfiction.net and it's down!  Gah!  I'm beginning to get the shakes since I'm jonesing for my fics.  Anyways, to distract me I figured I'd start a campfire dedicated to...

BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS....

Post some vids and pics of musicians and actors etc. before they made it big.

Here's my find:

Does anyone know when TLYDF will be up and running 100%?  I really miss some of their features.

So, I've spent this afternoon hiding from my landlord with my flatmates. Finally one of us escaped out the back and ran round to let him in, after he wouldnt give up, only for us to discover he wanted to get in everyone's rooms (where we were hiding). So after getting stuck in a wardrobe (and hurting my ankle in the process) and then having to climb out a window, we ran (or hobbled) round to the front of the house like nothing had happened.

So campers, whats the stupidest thing you've ever done? Have you ever done something that seemed like a good idea which then quickly became a very bad one?

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