Hey campers!

I'm a HP fanfic virgin (well, almost. I've fooled around with Finding Himself, but that's it) and would like some recs, because I'm more than a little confused. From what I understand, this fandom is scattered on archive websites, LJ communities and FF.net

What are the must-reads in that fandom? What is the Wide Awake of the HP fandom? What are the big Twilighted-like archives websites?

I'm asking for well-written stories with actual magic-related plot (meaning, not only focusing on whatever relationship is in it). Unless it's C/Hr. Then you can rec all the relationship-focused you want ;)

My OTP is Cedric/Hermione, but FH ruined that for me and I don't think I'll ever find something that good (I've asked, and came up short), so let's cross this one out. I'd prefer a Harry/Ginny pairing, or a Draco/Ginny one.

Also, I only read completed fics, so please no WIP

Thank you in advance! (Damn, it's weird to be back at square one and be the lost optimistic one asking for recs with wide eyes full of wonder)

 Also, completely unrelated but I can put it in here because it's FFFA

I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO THAT OMG

hey ladies.

ive asked for this before but i think i read all the recs you gave me so im looking for more

bella preggo fics

 i prefer exb but i would be open to a diffreint pairing!

thanks so much for your time! I love you all!

Question and Answer Time:

Anything at all we can help each other with in that department.

My question will be in the comments.

Now this is about sex, so if you don't want to contribute don't look in the comments. 

I'm a reading fanatic, so much so that I usually end up taking a carry on bag full of books whenever I take an unfortunate trip back home. Being in Australia there isn't really much market with e-readers here yet (at least not that I've seen).

But I'm looking at trying to save myself the back ache of lugging another bag onto the plane for my next trip home.

The question is which to buy? I know the ipad isn't specifically marketed as a e-reader but I've been told it supports pdf files (which a lot of my stuff is, not to mention I'd be able to read my fanfic updates whilst home - always a plus!) 

So campers- what is your opinion? What type of ereader do you own? Does anyone here use the ipad as a ereader? 

How easy is it to convert documents like html/pdf to epub or lit? 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
 

Keep this in mind the next time you decide to fudge the research on your next FF....

In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, officially two movies, Brazilians (and those familiar with the Portuguese language) will get a kick out of listening to Edward (Robert Pattinson) talk about the "Libishomem" myth.

In Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn, while Edward and Bella (Kristen Stewart) are on their honeymoon on an island off of Rio de Janeiro, a Brazilian couple arrive to clean their home. One of them, a small, dark-skinned woman called Kaure, is part Ticuna Indian; Kaure is visibly afraid of Edward.

"They have their own legends here," Edward explains to Bella. "The Libishomem — a blood-drinking demon who preys exclusively on beautiful women." Edward, with his pale skin and glossy, honey-colored eyes, apparently looks just like one of those "Libishomem."

What’s funny, of course, is that there’s no such thing as a blood-drinking "Libishomem" in Brazilian lore, and certainly not among Indian tribes. Indians (the relatively few that are left in that country) have their own myths and legends, but lobisomem (note the spelling) isn’t one of them. That’s an European legend — one that has nothing to do with vampires — the Portuguese brought with them to Brazil: lobisomem = Portuguese for "werewolf" (lobo, wolf + homem, man). That would be Jacob, not Edward. (I can’t figure out why Meyer didn’t simply use the Portuguese word "vampiro.")

As an aside, I also wondered what the heck a Ticuna Indian was doing in Rio de Janeiro. Since I’d never heard of that ethnic group (neither had any of my Brazilian friends), I did an online search that led me to a species of jumping spiders. I then wondered why in hell Meyer would use the name of a jumping spider for Breaking Dawn’s Libishomem-fearing Kaure. (Well, that’s because I typed in "tacuna" instead of "ticuna.")

A Brazilian friend with better typing skills found the Ticunas: there are 40,000 of them, half of that number in the Brazilian Amazon. The other half is found in Peru and Colombia. Their tonal language is supposed to be unrelated to any other existing language in the world. Sadly, no word on their Libishomem tales.

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so, my best friend has said she will read some fanfic (probably because she wonders what the hell I keep talking about) and I just can't decide which one should be her first. we spend a lot of time together discussing books, husbands, and Twilight .... we also have a deep love of Supernatural. We are (ahem) mature, but enjoy a little trash and smut ...

Wide Awake? U of EM? I just can't pick ... although I guess it should be a completed story to start off ...

it's my first campfire, although I have been lurking and lingering since ADF started ...I have no pretty avatar, because my techno-savvy can just about wade through fanfic. Any directions just confuse me....

I really do hate it... But I'm drunk now, and my two gals I'm hanging with tonight are busy making out with their significant others.

So I'm thinking... Maybe being drunk i'd like crackfic? maybe?

So give it to me. Something short, and something cracky.

Please and thank you, luvvies.

hey y'all!  before FFAF is over for another week, i've gotta make a request -

i need some new music in the worst way!

i live in a pretty small area, and our radio station choices are pretty limited.  we can have classic rock, pop rock (consisting of ~10 of the top 40 replayed all day long), country, or golden oldies.  now, i've got nothing against any of those - i'm extremely eclectic in my tastes -  but i need something new.

i like pretty much all kinds of music.  and i'll certainly give everything at least one chance.  i still buy/listen to cds - i haven't switched over to the whole downloading tunes off of the internet yet.  so what i need is some recs for some cds i should try out. 

so...what are all you listening to right now?  what cd has just captured your soul lately?  what are the groups that you buy every one of their cds?  it'd be great if you let me know what genre of music your recommendation is, so i know what i'm getting into!  and cd titles, please.  i hate getting rec'd a group and going to the music store only to find that they've got a bazillion cds out and having no clue which one to get. 

help me flesh out my music library...pretty please?

SO. Something rather interesting happened today. I came home to a package - addressed to me - that i was not expecting. I didn't have anything on order, and it had an Amazon return address. Anyway, i opened it, and to my horror i found three (THREE!) boxes of Brazilian Wax for Private Parts... W.T.F? I knew i didn't order it. I groom in the shower and never needed to go down that road, so to speak. Since i never ordered it, there was only one other suspect living under my roof.

I called my husband - who i might add is currently in the doghouse for making me work today even though he knew i wanted to watch the World Cup opening match at home, but i digress - and asked if he order the wax. His response: "Well, i was thinking it would be fun to do it together sometime." 0_o 

Ok, stupid me assumed he meant waxing himself too, so when he came home i suggested we take showers and try it on him first, not that i was worried about the pain, and wanted to use him as a guinea pig, or anything. He baulked at that idea, telling me that he only intended it to be used on ME!

Now, my question to you is "should i kick him in the balls for assuming he could satisfy his kinky self at my expense?" I'll probably let him do it to me, but i'm not going to make it easy for him. He's still in the doghouse, and he didn't ask me first before he made decisions for both of us.

Am i being too uptight about this? Just to reiterate, he bought THREE! Presumptuous much?

These are the three he bought:

Who the hell did i marry?

Have a great Free-For-All guys!

I'm just sayin'

 Can't wait till tomorrow

C'MON ENGLAND

C'mon boys Its been 44 years.

No more losing on penalties.

This is the year Gerrard (or Ferdinand if he's fit) lifts that trophy just like Sir Bobby in '66!!!

(Think I prefer the original...)

So where are you guys watching the match? Any big plans? I'll be pubbing it like the rest of London.

Where ever you watch it enjoy!

I'm a design consultant for a painting company, so I spend a lot of time in other people's homes.  This morning, I met with a woman who had the new Bree Tanner book on her counter and I asked her if she thought it was any good. 

Her response:  *nervous laughter....*  "Well... Uh... I don't know if you know what fan fiction is...???"  Please say yes, or I'm about to look like a HUGE TOOL OMG.

Me: "Heh... oh yeah, I've read a few stories online..."  I mean, I've written two one-shot contest entries (they won some awards!) and have a full length multi-chapter that I'm working on.  I'm also a member of several online communities that are SOLELY DEVOTED TO TWIFIC.  In fact, you might read the campfire that I start about this tonight.

Her: "Well... it kind of reminds me of some of that."  Like... it reminds me of the stories that aren't as well written that no one cares about.

We then proceeded to discuss the Twilight series and it's new addition, and it was a very pleasant conversation.  We talked about the first time we read the whole series - we both finished it in under a week - and how women identify with Bella's fangirling over Edward because ALL GIRLS DO THAT.  You know you had a NKOTB poster in your room... don't even try to lie.

Now.  I know there have been other campfires about this... but it's Friday and this is my first experience with 'Real Life' and the 'Twific Life' colliding, so I'm going to write about it. 

WTF was with that?!?  Why couldn't I tell her that I write TwiFic?  In all honesty, it probably would have made both of us more comfortable... but it just came out of left field!  I was totally not expecting that to come out of her mouth.  Am I worried she'll think I'm a loser?  I don't even know.

Has this ever happened to you... and WHAT DID YOU DO?!?  OMG I choked

Everyone's heard of this, right? There are, like, a million groups about "The Six Degrees of Separation." I don't really understand the entire concept, but basically, it's saying we're all connected to everyone in some way or another.

For example, I "know" Robert Pattinson through the degrees of separation. A girl I went to Kenya with last summer told me this story. Her friend asked her to go to NYC with her for the weekend 'cause her friend works with musicians (my friend's an aspiring singer. she's amazing). Anyway, my friend's friend ended up stuck in a taxi with Rob that weekend. So by three degrees of separation, I know Robert Pattinson.

Also, I know Oprah. I've met both Mark and Craig Keilburger, the founders of Me to We and Free the Children (google it), and they've been on Oprah twice, I believe. So, by two degrees of separation, I know Oprah.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE. My younger cousin's friend got paid $2,000 to skate by in "Just Friends," a movie that features the ever gorgeous Ryan Reynolds. So, by three degrees of separation, I know Ryan Reynolds.

Do you know anyone famous by the degrees of separation?

FYT:

I like to play with pretty boys that aren't involved in Twilight. :)

it's a bit early for this... but.

what are your predictions for the movie? 

 I now have a webcam. Bad idea, whoever decided that macbooks should all have them. I'm having WAY too much fun taking silly pictures of myself.

So now....it's YOUR turn!

Using a webcam or camera...take a picture of yourself, serious or silly...RIGHT NOW.

That's right...I said RIGHT NOW.

Do it....then come share and have a laugh!

One of our lovely rangers (show yourself) is in need of giggles.

so, i want you all to play the game I've found.

to make it interactive, post a picture of your final results.

and for all you twihards out there, you can dress up Edward &bella!

normally, i doll up mah campfires, but the comments shall suffice (i hope).

ENJOY :)

www.stardoll.com/en/dolls/1104/Robert_Pattinson.html

EMOTICONS! I love them. Especially when they're all you need for a reply.

Show me what you've got!

Can anyone exude annoyance? Represent rolling eyes? 

What is your favorite face? Mine is this one o_O ----I may use it too often.

WHICH DO YOU PREFER:

:)     :^]    ^_^    %^)

So, I'm snuggled up in bed, glancing through my youtube recommendations and it strikes me that most of them are from various sci fi series... over the past year and a half, I've become a litle obssessed with the following.

And this... to the extent of having written multiple fanfiction

And a show that was struck down in it's prime:

Have you seen any of these shows?

Do you love sci fi too? What shows?

What about 'alternate' stories (tin man = alternate Wizard of Oz, Alice = alternate Alice in Wonderland)? Any you'd like to recommend?