I have to confess my complete and utter obsession with fanfiction.  It all started about a year ago and it just won't stop.  I'm guessing that there are more than a few of you out there who suffer from this addiction - I rarely read books anymore and I hardly watch TV that I haven't DVR'd.  Fanfiction takes priority.  Soooo....what I want to know is:  What have you done to help enable your addiction? In other words:  what is your fanfiction obsession confession?  

Mine:  One of the reasons I upgraded to a Blackberry (before my contract allowed it) was to be able to read FF while on the go.  Yes, I know. Shameful.  Anyone else care to confess? 

the campfire!

um, well, its nothing QUITE so large and important, I am afraid...

So my kids conned me into buying THESE:   ( <---that is not me)

and this:    and these: So we could sit around this    and make these

We wanted to tell scary stories, but honestly, I was at a loss, esp since we could hear the coyotes in the field behind our house... so we did "popcorn" stories instead of scary stories.  They were hilarious!  My 7yo was the star and wouldn't shut up.  I have to say that it was a WONDERFUL time just sitting there all warm and smoky listening to their laughter as they told about a boy named "Sam" who had a weird friend named "Harry".  Lots of fun stuff happened to that kid, let me tell ya!

So, for next weekend, will you arm me with THE SCARIEST SORIES YOU CAN THINK OF???  Little boys LOVE to be scared, so GIVE IT TO ME GOOOOOD!

 (jandco approved)

I was just talking to my best friend (we've known each other for fourteen years, so there's no one on this planet that knows me better than her, and vice versa).  She described to me her new stalkee crush and I said he sounded exactly her type.

"What? I don't have a type!"

Hmm.  Pale, skinny but not particularly tall, dark hair, sort of elfin features, a bit indie.  Also moody and a bit of a barsteward (although my perception may be skewed because all the 4am crisis calls I've had to deal with).  The perfect example would be TomStu, and I am trying to keep his existence a secret from her, because otherwise all our conversations for the next year will involve him in some way.

She conceded that I might have a point.

I am fully aware that I have a type - tall, lanky build, also pale with dark hair (by dark I mean not blonde or ginger), blue or green eyes, angular features, makes me laugh (v v important that last one).  You can see where my thing for Rob comes from.  Not all guys I've been out with or crushed on fit this description, but a high proportion hold one or more characteristics.

So, campers, do you have a 'type'?  Describe and post pictures of your ideal man (or woman).  You can also use the opportunity to introduce each other to men that fit your criteria :)

Love on Wheels updated!

On ADF: http://www.adifferentforest.com/Fiction/Default.aspx?Chapter=2613

On fanfiction: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5923428/4/

I am so loving this story! It's fun and silly and funky, baby!!! F'sho!

Must discuss!! Who is loving Emmett in this as much as I am? Can you pull off split jumps like Edward can? Do you own a pair of yellow short shorts? Is Jasper going to get in a jacuzzi nude à la AiC? (hint hint nudge nudge, Bratty-Vamp)

I'm suddenly in the mood for a cherry slushie.

I was just perusing the interwebs, and came across this trailer:

So I'm rewatching season one, and here's my question.

When Jason and Amy kidnap the vampire and take just that little bit of blood, why do they go all crazy freaky hippy high, but when Sookie drinks a lot from Bill, she just gets heightened senses? Because Sookie never gets crazy freaky hippy high, does she? Am I just totally overlooking the obvious answer?

So, it's Mother's Day tomorrow and I'm on the other side of the world as my mom.

I want to send something [via the internet] to my mommy to show her, just how fantastic she really is and just how much I miss her - every single day.

I haven't seen my mom in like 9 months and won't get to see her for another 1 or 2 [sad face], plus, my dad's away on a business trip - my sister's visiting me - so essentially, mom will be on her lonesome [brunch with friends won't be the same...]

So, ladies - I ask you - what shall I get her?

My mom works with grownups that have autism/learning difficulties...she's 49...and she works very very very hard to keep everyone happy. She needs something for HERSELF.

Also, what do you think Edward and the gang got Esme? Do you think they celebrated it?

I just finished reading the latest chapter of A Rough Start by ItsMegan73 (Amazing story btw, if you're not reading you're definitely missing out) and I just realized how much I enjoy reading fics written from the third person point of view instead of first.  I think it's because I find some characters slightly less annoying but I guess it depends on how good the author's writing is since there are a lot of amazing stories written from first person too.

So do you prefer one POV over the other or is it just me? Does it matter to you as long as the story is good?

Here are some of my favorite stories written from third person point of view:

A Rough Start by ItzMegan73

Out of Her Head by 1Blue25

Devil's Pitchfork by 1Blue25

FYT:

Hope everyone's having a great weekend :)

(sorry, I'm having a craving for Chick fil-a and their silly signs. I think I'll go get some.) But this is just a reminder to all that :

is accepting votes through tomorrow night, 5/9, at 11:59 EDT.

The fics in this challenge have been, IMO, amazing. The response was above expected, and the range of POVs and missing moments that came out is astounding. So if you want to read some canon that is unlike what you've read before, hop on over. Then click on the "vote" link and tell us what you think.

To make this talky, what missing moments or canon back and side stories do you still feel are missing from our fandom? and/or what are your favorite canon compliant fics. (If you like mine, great, but this isn't me fishing for compliments, so please tell me about ones that I don't write. :) )

 It's Saturday and here you are on

A DIFFERENT FOREST

WHAT SHOULD YOU BE DOING

RIGHT NOW?

What have you done instead?

Do you have big plans for the day/night?

I really really need to clean my kitchen and do two loads of laundry before I go to a little league baseball game in the freezing cold. Instead of laundry and cleaning, I am under a blanket slaving over making my new chapter perfect....which it is far from. I also read a fic that grown.ass.woman recommended to me a few days ago.

I am being LAZY. I am a sloth. Seriously, I need to get my butt moving. This is really sad.

Im wondering if any body has read these books??

My brother just bought me the first two books from Target, "because they were cheap and said vampire on the cover" his words, and I did some research and there are like 8 of them. I want to know honest opinions, are they worth getting into? Im already involved in a series of books that I dont really like but cant stop reading. So I really dont want to get sucked into another. 

Thanks for any opinions offered. But please NO SPOILERS just incase I do decide to read them I dont want to know what happens. 

See inside, too long for the front page...

I do.  Well, I mean, I have a LOT of theories, but this one doesn't involve a tin-foil helmet, so I'll share it with you.

My theory is that James Macavoy and Rob Pattinson are secretly brothers.  Setting aside for a moment the fact that Rob was CLEARLY greedy when it came to the Jaw and the hair, there's a familial familiarity going on that's downright creepy to me.  To wit:

James + Ann Marie on the set of "Shameless" - look at how that turned out

Rob + Kristen on the set of "Twilight" - ummm, checking with their new BFF and nosey-parker Oprah, but I'm pretty sure FLYING TO FREAKING BUDAPEST FOR A WEEKEND QUALIFIES AS CONFIRMATION OF SOME KIND OMG ALREADY

Both of them smoke.

Tell me I'm wrong.  Go on, tell me you don't see it, too.  Fine.  I should be asleep now, anyway.

Where the hell is wolvesnvamps? She needs to see this!

*****SPOILERS. OMG DON'T READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED*****

I just finished Dead in the Family.

if you don't know what that is, it's the 10th Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood book. It was just released on Tuesday. 

I'll post my thoughts in the comments. 

I'm watching my Suns play the Spurs tonight and I see another commercial for the 2010 World Cup.

I GET GOOSEBUMPS!!!!! I'm SO excited . . . and it brings tears to my eyes, nothing MEANS more to me every four years in June/July---NOTHING.  The WORLD is waiting. Is anyone ELSE excited? Where are you gonna to watch from? Who are you going for? Or tell me HOW much you love these commercials and if they give you goosebumps too. Let's talk FIFA!

And this one brought me to my knees it's SO moving!

 I'm SO EXCITED!!!!!!

I don't know if any of you are still reading this, but Master of the Universe just updated.    I'm posting this because it's only on her blog so far.    She left quite the cliffy last time so I was super anxious to read this!!

http://50shades.com/?p=1086

Who has read the Blackdagger Brotherhood series?
And, which one of you got me hooked? I don't know whether to thank you or blame you for my pain...

Since the first one showed up in the mail last saturday, I've been waiting

for the mail man, who now knows me by name and spared me the pitty look yesterday as he hand delievered a nice thick package, to

arrive every day so I can either:

A.  Lock myself in my room for the rest of the night and read until the book is finished 

Or

B.  Mope around because I have to wait another day.

It's been TORTURE.

I just finished Lover Awakened and am about to go insane for Lover Revealed.

So, my questions to anyone and everyone is:

Have you read them? 

Which brother is your favorite?

Where can I find fanfiction that J. Ward doesn't want around?

P.S: It is still free-for-all Friday right? Delete if you must.

RANGER EDIT: Blackdagger Brotherhood conversations are allowed all the time-not just on Free For All. They are vampires. :)

Okay so I asked this a few weeks back and thought I would ask again… My bestie (EmmaleeWrites05) and my fellow ff pal Lisa (HopelessRomantic79) and I are going to San Francisco on Memorial Day weekend (Saturday-Monday) just to get away from everyday life and thought we would extend the invite to other campers and/or rangers in the area. We plan on doing all kinds of awesomeness…like the Academy of Sciences, the Exploratorium, the Warf/Pier 39, maybe check out some art museums while we’re at it…there was talk about some bar hopping but if you are interested hit me up on here or twitter ( @LittleLea05 )…it would be awesome to get some girls together on the West Coast. We need a West Coast FF Union already

I'm a big fan, but I would never go this far.  No tattoos and no naming rights for my first born.  Would you?

Has this occured in other fandoms?  Harry is on the list, but not Siruius or Hermione.

A Name for Newborns Thanks to the Undead

www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/us/08names.html

By JESSE McKINLEY

Published: May 7, 2010

For baseball fans, 2009 was the year of the Yankees. For job seekers, it was the year of the Great Recession. And for people who track baby names it was the year of the vampire.

The Social Security Administration released its annual rundown of the most popular names for newborns on Friday, and flying up the list was an ancient name with modern fame: Cullen, the surname of one handsome bloodsucker, Edward, in the frighteningly popular vampire series “Twilight,” based on the best-selling novels by Stephenie Meyer.

Cullen materialized at 485, leaping almost 300 spots from 2008 for the biggest increase of any boy’s name; it wedged firmly between Braiden and Kason.

But the nation’s fascination with the undead may not end there. The most popular boy’s name was Jacob, an eternal favorite that happens to be the name of the buff rival of paler-than-thou Edward: Jacob Black. The most popular name for girls was Isabella, the progenitor of Bella, the love interest of both Edward the vampire and Jacob the werewolf. Just plain Bella logs in at 58.

Mark Hinkle, a spokesman for the Social Security Administration, said that about 22,000 children were named Isabella, out of 4.1 million babies, and nearly 21,000 new Jacobs are toddling about. Mr. Hinkle noted that Jacob had held the crown for most popular boy’s name for 11 years — something he suggested Ms. Meyer might have noticed.

“Maybe she got the name from checking our Web site,” Mr. Hinkle added, pointedly.

Cullen was the choice of an eerily repetitive 555 couples. They included Brad Lafferty and Michelle Mikkelsen, who live in the Bronx. Ms. Mikkelsen said she read the last book in Ms. Meyer’s series, “Breaking Dawn” — which includes the birth of a half-vampire, half-human child — while pregnant.

“I like old names,” said Ms. Mikkelsen. “And most of those characters in there are vampires. So they are really, really old names.”