Oh hell - here she goes again.

Yeah, I'm back - and I am on a tear.

We all have faults, bad habits we want to break, right? Well for me, I forget sometimes to say thank you.  I just assume (cough) that people know how much I appreciate what they do.

I'm fixing that today.

This one is for all the people that help, cause you know, people need people.  Let's make sure those unsung heroes get some love today.

Rangers - this one is for you.

Thank you for fostering a supportive community full of amazing men and women. Thank you for bringing together people of disparate backgrounds under the banner of fun and picspam.  You are tireless in your effort - and you deserve all the kudos in the world.

Okay forest - here is your challenge - in one quote, song or picture - give a heartfelt thanks to someone that has helped you find your way in fic land, who gave you a nudge when you were down, or made you laugh when you felt like you were going to cry.  And give up some love for our amazing rangers too.  As my mother likes to remind me (and I typical roll my eyes - who cares how old I am) You can never say thank you enough.

Happy Monday Campers!!

How are you today?  How was your weekend??

I'm waiting for the repair guy to come to my house since my garbage disposal BROKEN and I can't use it and now the water won't drain properly.  Also..for some reason the dishwasher is also connected to the same pipe so I can't use that.  SOOO ANNOYING!!

All I know is that if Edward Cullen were here, I wouldn't have this problem.  I'd just wake up to a newly remodeled kitchen.

So I had the WEIRDEST DREAM LAST NIGHT!!

First... I thought I was pregnant...so I took some weird pregancy test...then it turned out i WAS PREGNANT...but I decided to go out with some friends and since I couldn't drink I decided to STRIP at this bar.  I actually kinda enjoyed it.  But then I left, and I walked home...but not to my home, to these people's house who had a baby that I needed to breast feed (WTF)...so I do that, then someone was grilling chicken and hotdogs and stuff but they were doing it wrong so I got mad at the dude and go in the house and take a bubble bath. And when I got home ESME yelled at me for stipping in a bar. WTF?!?

OMG...SO STRANGE!!

Anyway...

Today is TKMOON'S BIRTHDAY!!!

Wish her a Happy Birthday here or in WTVOC's awesome campfire just a few stops below :)

Didja see these......

more here

guhh it was a good weekend...

Some Random For ya...

~Minnows have teeth in the throat.
~Porn star, Ron Jeremy, has a masters degree in Special Education.
~Women who read romance novels have sex twice as often as those who don't. does ff count? i think so!
~Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
~160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
~During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
~Only male fireflies can fly.

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD...

-about your weekend

-your weirdest dream

-something random!

Greetings and Other Expressions of Salutations!

Pursuant to the discussion on THIS CAMPFIRE, I thought to start the Fic Lists in earnest.  

Today's list will be AU (i.e. have a supernatural aspect or not all human, which is AH) stories that are remarkable for their lemony goodness (Thanks, Diana!)

Rules of the Fire:

(heh, let's see how this works, shall we?)

1.  KEEP IT SIMPLE  

i.e. no pimpage. Just the name of the story and the link and the author's summary as provided by FFn or Twilighted or TWCS or their blog.

2. NO DISCUSSIONS

i.e. no replies to each recommendation, whether in affirmation or WTH-isms.

* * *

Remember, the idea is to be able to mark these for yourselves so that you can find this list as a Favorite (hit that heart, remember!) AND to make this a search-able list (so someone can go to the compass icon and type AU FICS in the search field and hopefully turn up this thread.

Also remember this is a totally add-on-able campfire.  Keep tending it. :)  

Now...let's see how this works. I'll start off in the first reply.

ETA:  A reminder.. this is an AU CAMPFIRE.  This means Alternative Universe and in the fanfic world of Twilight, it means Supernatural Stuff. Like VAMPS, WEREWOLVES, and even ANGELS and OLYMPIAN GODS and ANY OTHER magic/supernatural stuff that y'all can dream up. :)

SOON SOON SOON there will be an AH campfire for lemony goodness.  That means ALL HUMAN, which means no vamps, et al.  For THIS CAMPFIRE, though, we're going AU.

Thanks so much!!

~LJ

Does anyone know where I can watch the most recent episode of True Blood for free?

Usually I use yidio, but the only links they have right now require a subscription.

(Also, I live in canada, so that also complicates things.)

Please help!!!

For your trouble:

Thank you forest!

happy birthday, my darling tkmoon

if you live under a rock and/or you don't follow @tkmoon712 on twitter, you may not be aware that it has been 46 minutes into sasha's birthday

so get in here, wish my darling a good one

spam this campfire with pictures of david boreanaz, mark salling, buffy, glee, sexy sexy pictures of waffles and other foodstuffs, and post other delights you think she would enjoy

or you could make a bunch of drunk tweets in her honor, idk idk

k back into my hole to cram study

In case anyone wants to add these to their RobPorn library. Also, I won't get to post in the morning before work, so I'll just say now HAPPY MONDAY and HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE!!!

The rest of the shoot is inside.

That's right Campers, grab your sticks and marshmallows,

it's time for our

Sunday* Fireside Chat.

Anything goes. Just put what you want to talk about in

BIG COLORFUL LETTERS

and if you want to talk about a fanfiction, for the love of Rpatz, put up a SPOILER WARNING!

I have a spot next to me on the blanket and a bottle of Sancerre chilling....let's get to some girl talk....

*yes, yes, some of you live in Tomorrowland. Happy Monday!

Hey, ladies, I've got a question for you:  do you think that even old injuries are completely repaired in the transformation to vampire (in SM's created world)?  I read (and loved) "In the Blink of an Eye" by that_writr, and that story pretty much landed on the idea that old, healed injuries wouldn't necessarily be healed (fyi, she used the issue of circumcision to debate it, which I thought was brilliant). 

However, we don't really see vamps in SM's world with any tatoos, human scars, or residual weaknesses, so that makes me think that her original intent was that you just become your super-self when you change. 

My story's next chapter is set in China, and I wanted to make a significant character have bound feet, as would have been appropriate for her human self, but as I was writing it, it occurred to me that maybe her feet would have been healed in the transformation process.  What do you think???

So I have no idea how this works. I've been working on a story and I really want to post it. I just don't want to go head first and put it out there. If someone could please Beta my story for me it would be highly appreciated. I don't know how the selection works either. If you have some experience with it, that would be great! If no one does, that's also fine, I just really want someone to check it before I post it. Note: I am not a scholarly writer this is just something I do on my downtime just incase you have expectations...maybe I shouldn't put myself down like that....anyway!!  just someone who is kind enough to help and keep me going!! 

thankie tankies!!!

FYT:

So I used the searchy tool and couldn't find this so I'm guessing it hasn't been posted

But I know we've all see clips of this interview, people have the sparkly lube hand as avis all over the place

However I found the whole ten minutes :D and it was one of those interviews that I enjoyed - even if they talked shop a lot, most the time I simply can't watch them, but this was good.

Anyway just thought I should share :)

Brace yourselves for one helluva useless campfire, ladies!

For the past three years, I've been living abroad [Europe/ME] with the hubby - it is exciting and all that jazz, but it leaves me out of the loop frequently when it comes to pop culture. I do visit the good ol' USA every summer but that time is all about family.

So, naturally I wasn't in the know about just how BIG Twilight is. I mean, it IS big in the ME...but, with the younger crowd [literally 11-17]. I'm 26 and my Twi-related convos go along the lines of, "Oh, you know this book - blah blah Twilight blah blah RPattz blah blah HE IS A SERIOUS ACTOR"...

Back in the UK [hubby's a brit] no one even really cares about Robert.According to my sister-in-law, "he looks like every other English guy"...so, not anything really special, I guess.

I thought I was like, one of the few in this lil' community on ADF that loved RPattz. All quirky and cute.

Anyway, I just got back to the USA and I went to see Eclipse and was shocked to see the LINES...in the middle of a WEEK day.

I had to give up on trying to get tickets after waiting 15 minutes!

WHAT THE WHAT?

On top of that - my mom [who has NO interest in Hollywood] goes, "Well, of course - everyone loves Robert Pattinson". WHAT? Why does my mom know RPattz. Why does my dad know about Team Edward?

I feel betrayed. I feel overwhelmed. I feel very insignificant.

I am no longer a unique snowflake who has a penchant for overly made up and strangely stoic vampires in teen love triangles.

I think I'm going to stick to FF for a while.

The 2010 World Cup Final

Netherlands vs. Spain

Are you ready? Come in here and talk about it with me. Talk about!!!!

2010 World Cup Champions SPAIN!

*approved by super awesome Jennyfly*

I just finished reading the Sanctuary epilogue and I’m feeling happy and sated and melancholy, all the same time. I almost never feel this way when a story reaches its end, but Sanctuary is different. That story has had a special spot in my heart for a long while now: it was one of the first fanfics I ever read, and Jennyfly was the first writer to respond to one of my reviews (in which I brazenly corrected her about a passage that mentioned Chet Baker, and she graciously replied.) Back then, I wrote stupidly long, analytical, gushy reviews for Sanctuary, because reading it made me feel like I was back in college, sitting in one of my American Lit classes, mulling over characterization and the use of symbols and imagery and motif. (Why, yes ... I am a geek.)

As writers, we all come across exceptionally well-written prose, stuff that’s so good we want to close our notebooks and just give it up. But we don’t; instead, we use those authors and those stories to push ourselves to keep improving, to keep reading and learning and trying. And that’s what both Jennyfly and Sanctuary have done for me.

Thanks, Jennyfly. :) <3

So, in the comments, tell me what Sanctuary has meant to you, and then tell me what inspires you to keep doing what you do, and to keep trying to do it better.

 

I've started reading "The weight of words" by georgeygirl and I'm stuck at chapter 22.I usually read every story til the end,but I'm thinking of giving up.It really isn't a bad story or anything.It is well written,but I somehow can't read it as fast that I'm used to and get distracted too easily and I don't really know why.

So please give me reasons why I should read on,without giving too much away.

Ohai.

Is me again. goldenhair. I'm bored & I'm trying to get someone *cough*silver*cough* to comment here (omg don't ignore me)

Anyway.

I want to talk about this

& this & this!!!!!!

I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS OMG.

First off, if you haven't read it: why the hell not? I know the plot might put off some people, but I implor you to try it. For my sanity. And then come harass me on twitter about your theories about Peeta & the Capitol

Here is my Peeta (v. original)

& here's my Finnick

I have no Katniss & no Gale. I am open to suggestion.

Give me your theories. I want to hear what you think about how CF ended (omg I threw my book against the wall). Also, I am going to ask, because I need to talk about it and I'm crazy: which team are you and why?

Come defend your man. I'm Team Peeta.

Also, about the movie.

DID YOU KNOW SUZAN COLLINS (who's also the screenwriter) HANDED OVER HER SCRIPT TO THE MOVIE PRODUCTION? HOW EXCITING IS THAT???

Aaaaand at last because I can't seem to be able to shut up, give me your favorite HG fics.

To me, these o/s are a must read Three Seventy One & Burning Alive & The Cave  And this story is a post-CF fic that's absolutely gorgeous and very well-written. It will quench you MJ thirst (a little) Scars

Remember, I'm team Peeta, so if you're team Gale don't click on those. But please do give me your recs! I was Team Switzerland (aka fencesitter) until the quell, so I'm not opposed to Gale. Convinve me. Or come swoon about Peeta with me. Idk.

Approved by grown.ass.woman

Just one last thing: while I am all for collective swooning and playful team wars, please remain civil. I am not here to create drama.

Hello campers!

Lately I've been seen a lot of campfires and I've been getting quite a few PM's about people wanting Gif avatars/icons, but can't figure out how to shrink them/upload, etc.

A GIF ICON ARE THE ANIMATED ONES, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW THE TERM GIF

So, I've decided to help out.

In this campfire comment with a gif that you want as an icon, and I'll make them for you! (it'll take me awhile, because I'm slow as molasses)

Make sure that your gif is uploaded to an image hosting site like photobucket (you have to register), tinypic (you don't have to register, but sometimes it's in German.), or imageshack ( I think you have to register, but I'm not sure as I don't use that particular site.). Please, be warned that with photobucket, you only have a certain amount of bandwidth. What that means is that if a lot of people view that image, and it's hotlinked (i'll tell you what that means in a sec) your account will be suspended for a short while, and all your images will say, "This image has exceeded it's monthy bandwidth, or something along those lines)

Hotlinking is when you take an image that's not from your account, and you link it everywhere. Some of you might have seen some pictures on different sites, and they have underneath them all, "You can take, but please don't hotlink."

~THE MORE YOU KNOOOWWWW

I didn't mean to be this chatty, I swear.

As I was saying, make sure that you image is uploaded somewhere, and then post it in this campfire. ( if you don't know how to post the image after it's uploaded, find the direct link. I think John has made commenting with images fairly easy with his comment box things. If you're still stuck, then PM me, and I'll help) I will be adding this campfire to my favorites by clicking the heart at the top (omg my best idea for the site yet) so that I can come back to it easily without going back 4567800794993 pages.

Make sure that when you comment you click on the button that says, "Notify me when someone replies to me" that way when I finally get to your comment/gif, you'll know when you've recieved it!

I think that's it!

Oh, and to ensure that you have a clear icon, please make sure that your gif is in good quality, and isn't choppy. By that I mean, make sure there's no extra text on it, because when the image gets smaller, the text will be distracting and will make your icon look like shit.

So you know those gifs of Rob/Kris and they've come from ET, or fanvids? Yeah, no.

Okay that's really it.

For this tl;dr(too long; didn't read... look at me educating you) campfire I'll leave you with:

For those of us that find Xavier Samuel attractive, I'm just going to leave this link here:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gayspy/gayspy/a241637/twilight-star-gets-his-bum-out.html

NSFW.  I swear, it's like Christmas come early.

Now Rob, if you're feeling a little frisky after seeing those pictures (heaven knows, I am), feel free to do something similar.

So, I went on holiday to the States - Yes, I did go to Nokia Plaza and Rob looked absolutely delicious!!! And yes, I went to see Eclipse twice while in NYC, and the second time Xavier Samuel made an appearance. And yes, will be going again next week with a friend who was so busy writing her thesis that she hasn't been able to go yet - with dark auburn hair (check my avatar) but the sun bleached it to a lighter auburn/copper-y color.

Then, upon returning, I visited my cousin, who just had a baby boy. The cutest little thing! And her two-year-old is too adorable for her own good. She also likes me a lot and totally owns me! I took some pics and there was one of her and me which was so cute, I made it my profile pic on FB.

Then a friend started commenting that she looks so much like me that she really had to remind herself that I do not, in fact, have a child. Okay, so far, understandable. But then other friends started agreeing with her.

Okay, I get it, somewhat: same eyes, similar nose, similar wavy auburn hair (though mine is a little artificial, it's as close to my natural shade as I can get), same big grin and damn, does she nail my lip-bite!

So when she's gonna visit (I told her mom it would be okay once she's completely potty trained) I'm definitely gonna show her off in town and with my friends.

Wanted to share this with you guys. And my question for the campers is now: has stuff like this ever happened to you? Share with pics and stories!

Oh and by the way, I totally think she could pass for Renesmee, too! What do you guys think? Do any of you have kids in your social circle (or old pics of yourself) that could really be one of the characters - or even actors?

One of the best AH Fics in this fandom.  Ever.  And if you haven't read it yet, it's finished now and daayum, what are you waiting for??  Click here. 

Oh yeah and these pictures appeared.

I am giddy with squee.

COMMENT ON EITHER the wonderful-ness that is Sanctuary or the hawt-ness of these photos.  OR BOTH.

More photos in the comments.  And one more from jennyfly in the post below too.

it's saturday night. show me something.