A Different Forest issues you a challenge.

We have taken out a small ad on Google because they keep on and keep on offering us freebies and incentives and junk.

So, we were like: Nothing ventured, nothing gained, et cetera. We finally gave in, but still we started small.

The first camper to stumble upon the ad and post a screen grab of it wins a giftcard for Amazon or Starbucks (winner's choice), and we'll make sure it's good in whatever country the winner lives in because the ADF ad is running WORLDWIDE.

Here's the ad (so you know what to look for) with a word blacked out (so that some clever little minx can't just go shop a mock-up of the ad & trick us). Find the real thing out there in cyberspace on Google (please tell us what search word you used to make the ad come up, too) somewhere & post it without the smudge in order to win!

GOOD LUCK!

RANGER EDIT: Thanks to our incredible campers who noticed that the link wasn't working. Google fixed it for us. THANK YOU 

You must choose.

Alejandro

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård

Age: 33

Birth Place: Stockholm, Sweden

Height: 6'4"

Hair/Eyes: Blond/Blue-green

Status: Single (he says)

Talents: Plays soccer and speaks English and enough French and German to get by.

Personal Reputation: Sense of humor, sweet and admittedly very stubborn.

Roberto

Robert Thomas Pattinson

Age:24

Birth Place: London, England

Height: 6'1"

Hair/Eyes: I don't know, currently copperish/Green

Status: Single (he says)

Talents: Sings, plays guitar and piano, and composes his own music

Personal Reputation: Sense of humor, self deprecating, drinks a lot.

 PS: I like Alejandro better but I know I'm in the minority.

So, i just realised that the Eurovision Song Contest is today (the Europeans among us will probably know what i'm talking about). I know the whole thing has a slightly cheesy aroma these days but when i was a kid it was a HUGE event and discussed liberally by myself and my school chums. Tell you he truth, i kinda miss it now i'm on the other side of the pond.

This years host city is Oslo, Norway. There will be 25 countries participating in the final. Each country enters an original song. It's actually quite laughable because the whole thing has always carried the stain of Political voting for years. Judges giving points to their Allies. Old enemies snubbing each other during the voting round... you get the idea. Fun, fun, fun.

For those unfamiliar with this European oddity, Riverdance was a featured act during intermission of the 1994 Dublin Eurovision. And as we know, that went on to be a Worldwide success.

Participants at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Final

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)
01	Azerbaijan Ictimai	Safura complete participant profile	Drip Drop song writer(s) & composer(s)
02	Spain TVE	Daniel Diges complete participant profile	Algo Pequeñito (Something Tiny) song writer(s) & composer(s)
03	Norway NRK	Didrik Solli-Tangen complete participant profile	My Heart Is Yours song writer(s) & composer(s)
04	Moldova TRM	Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira complete participant profile	Run Away song writer(s) & composer(s)
05	Cyprus CyBC	Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders complete participant profile	Life Looks Better In Spring song writer(s) & composer(s)
06	Bosnia & Herzegovina BHRT	Vukašin Brajic complete participant profile	Thunder And Lightning song writer(s) & composer(s)
07	Belgium VRT	Tom Dice complete participant profile	Me And My Guitar song writer(s) & composer(s)
08	Serbia RTS	Milan Stankovic complete participant profile	Ovo Je Balkan song writer(s) & composer(s)
09	Belarus BTRC	3+2 complete participant profile	Butterflies song writer(s) & composer(s)
10	Ireland RTÉ	Niamh Kavanagh complete participant profile	It's For You song writer(s) & composer(s)
11	Greece ERT	Giorgos Alkaios & Friends complete participant profile	OPA song writer(s) & composer(s)
12	United Kingdom BBC	Josh complete participant profile	That Sounds Good To Me song writer(s) & composer(s)
13	Georgia GPB	Sofia Nizharadze complete participant profile	Shine song writer(s) & composer(s)
14	Turkey TRT	maNga complete participant profile	We Could Be The Same song writer(s) & composer(s)
15	Albania RTSH	Juliana Pasha complete participant profile	It's All About You song writer(s) & composer(s)
16	Iceland RÚV	Hera Björk complete participant profile	Je Ne Sais Quoi song writer(s) & composer(s)
17	Ukraine NTU	Alyosha complete participant profile	Sweet People song writer(s) & composer(s)
18	France France 3	Jessy Matador complete participant profile	Allez Olla Olé song writer(s) & composer(s)
19	Romania TVR	Paula Seling & Ovi complete participant profile	Playing With Fire song writer(s) & composer(s)
20	Russia RTR	Peter Nalitch & Friends complete participant profile	Lost And Forgotten song writer(s) & composer(s)
21	Armenia AMPTV	Eva Rivas complete participant profile	Apricot Stone song writer(s) & composer(s)
22	Germany NDR	Lena complete participant profile	Satellite song writer(s) & composer(s)
23	Portugal RTP	Filipa Azevedo complete participant profile	Há Dias Assim song writer(s) & composer(s)
24	Israel IBA	Harel Skaat complete participant profile	Milim song writer(s) & composer(s)
25	Denmark DR	Chanée & N'evergreen complete participant profile	In A Moment Like This song writer(s) & composer(s)

 

So, is anyone watching this evening? Do you look forward to this annual spectacle? Who do you think will strike out this evening? Will there EVER be a winner as good as Bucks Fizz? Personally, i think not!

Music of past Eurovision.

 

   

I'm a very patriotic person. I don't know why, it's not like my dad's in the army or my mom's in politics. My dad farms, my mom is a homemaker... I'm just really, really into showing my love for my country, and my province for that matter.

HOW PATRIOTIC ARE YOU?

And, just 'cause I'm a sucker for a little Saskatchewan recognition...

Inspire by the campfire about coffee.

What is your favorite type of tea?

This is mine, mmm raspberry though I'm fond of lemon tea too.

Yikes.  I spent all night reading ELEMENTAL - it is AMAZING! 

It is soooooh good - I generally only like AH and not AU stories.  But this combines a human aspect in an AU and there is a very sweet romance storyline as well.  This is great.  I cannot wait for more. 

Has anyone else read it or anything like it?

Today I am home alone and I need to get a ton of housework done that I have been putting off for weeks. Tomorrow is my best friend's birthday and we are having our Memorial Day cookout. Then Monday I'll probably chill out all day.

Tell me your plans for the Holiday weekend. And if you are not from the The U.S., just tell me your weekend plans.

Also feel free to post pretties. I just got a new laptop and am in need of GREAT pics!!!

HAPPY SATURDAY RANGERS AND CAMPERS

FYT:

Other than his great acting, Sam Rockwell is one of my favourite actors just because of this

 he has skills on the dancefloor for serious

Why do you like a certain actor or actress?

SR updated the lastest chapter of The University of Edward Masen this morning.

Can't say I didn't saw this coming me, but she still caught by surprise..

What are your thoughts?

I love Iced Coffee. 

I cold brew my coffee with a Toddy maker and it makes the best iced coffee! Anyone else use the cold-brew method?

Come on campers...how to you make your favorite cup of Joe?!

I've been researching sex ALL night. Seriously, the history and evolution of it and it led me to wonder . . . .

The Seven Deadly sins.

Which one are you? Do you fall prey to just one?

• Lust – to have an intense desire or need: “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28).
  
  
• Gluttony – excess in eating and drinking: “for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags” (Proverbs 23:21).
  
  
• Greed - excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness: “Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more” (Ephesians 4:19).
  
  
• Sloth – disinclined to activity or exertion: not energetic or vigorous: “The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway” (Proverbs 15:19).
  
  
• Wrath – strong vengeful anger or indignation: “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” (Proverbs 15:1)
  
  
• Envy – painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage: “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation” (1 Peter 2:1-2).
  
  
• Pride - quality or state of being proud – inordinate self esteem: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18).

HERE'S A QUIZ IF YOU WANNA TAKE IT.  

And HERE is a great article about the sins and their opposing heavenly virtues as well as the evolution of their creation through time and culture.

How to upload your quiz results!

• Hit the button at the end of the quiz that says "Get The Code Now"
• Copy all of that stuff in the box that shows up
• Come on over to ADF and hit the "Source" button on the reply/add comment box
• Paste what you copied and then hit the "Source" button again and it should show up!

I'm bored, it's 9 am where I live and I'm wide awake so let's talk about random facts, hit me with the best ones you got. Oh and some of you don't like my new avi, some of you want spike back this warms my heart.

Some of mine.

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"

Okay what I should be doing is studying for my finals. Instead I'm here, wondering around the forest, looking at smexy, nerdy Rob getting told by Tom Cruise he needs to stay very dirty, showing off my pervy gifs to Yasmina2005 (whom I ♥).

Since FFA is in effect until 5, I still have time, right? Sooo, I don't really have anything to listen to while studying (I just needed to insert this here for my conscience). I love my iPod but I can't bear to listen to the songs on it anymore. Please give me some good music that you like. It can be summery, in fact, I would love it if it were. I love me some indie rockers but I can't resist that gaga lady either, the only thing that I have difficulty digesting is country. It can be oldies as well, though I have recently ODed on Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin since I found out I had all their albums on my hard drive, so preferably not those. 

Please help out a camper in need.

I also wanted to say rain.soaked.hello rocks really hard. Show her and her fic, The Piano Man with a sexy Dadward some luuurve.

Thankgoodness for FFAF, so I can display how slow and technologically challenged I am.

I bought a Motorola Droid phone, so that I could indulge my FFn addiction anywhere that I can get a cell signal, and read at work (NOT on my work computer...).

I have learned how to sort of surf around and how to zoom or shrink the pages so that I can read them.

Then, today, on FanFiction.net, I notice a button at the top of the page     

   mobile edition

No more zooming in and out, and scrolling left to right and up and down to get to search functions or the arrow to go to the next chapter...  This  has made my day!   (it's been a slow day, folks...)

So, anyone have any other obvious (to everyone but me) helps and hints and shortcuts for feeding the FFn addiction pasttime?  Does Twilighted have a similar function? (I haven't been on twilighted in days...)

He is slowing working his way back into my life.

Seriously you guys, I've been watching Buffy and Angel and Buffy and Angel (back to back in order, don't you know), and there are many APOCALYPTIC NEAR MISSES that befall those poor kids.

And it got me to wondering what I would do if my house were suddenly overrun by monsters or something?

Sadly, I don't have a super cool fightin' axe.

In fact, the most powerful tool in the house might be the black and decker cordless drill which isn't gonna fend off any monsters, unless they're made of wood and I could perforate them with enough holes that they fall apart, but I doubt I'd be fast enough.

I do have a hardcore badass cast iron skillet, but that requires some pretty close range hand-to-hand action, and let's face it: I'd lose.

So, to keep some distance between myself and the potential baddies, I figure I should have a few things handy that I can throw, but I'm not really one for knick-knacks. All I've got is my antique glass gallon jar and a few cheap china cats from the fifties.

Too bad I don't have a handy sixth century stone baton of death to toss!

I could beat off demons til the cows came home with this puppy.

What've you got in the way of MONSTER FIGHTING GEAR? Show me.

Today I finally published the epilogue of Neon Moon. Also on LJ.

I feel like I just watched my daughter graduate, that's how much love I've put into this story.

Share your proud fic moments, your long-awaited completions, or any of your labors of love!

FYT:

Girl crushes. we all have them, mine is Rachelle Lefevre, who is yours?

Thanks alot, campers...

You are your darn pictures of Nutella.    I always thought it was composed of some sludge from the netherworld....well in Costco today they had  it featured when you walk in the door. It was taunting with it's evil double pack so I had to see what the fuss was about. What started this mess and broke the straw, so to speak was when it was featured in a pic that wtvoc a camper posted earlier this week.

Now I have something else I can't live without. Like my life needed more complications...

:)

After the second campfire within a week, i gotta ask....

Where is the Kristen love lately?

I think she's a cool chick.

So consider this a Kstew love in.

Post whatever you like pictures, video, music. Lets show the lady some love.

Just 'cos I have a strange addiction to behind the scenes at photo shoots videos. here ya go.