I got the idea for this campfire from another thread I was just in. 

Do you ever find yourself responding more frequently or in a different way to someone simply because of their icon?  Maybe you feel "connected" to that person for sharing similar taste/sense of humor etc?   Or maybe you just find yourself staring at that little picture box above their name for sick amounts of time?

That's right Capricorn75.  I'm CALLING YOU OUT!!!! 

Call out some of your favorite icons!!!  (Maybe you'll make a new friend.  It's kinda like saying "hey... cute shoes!")

I'm taking full advantage of the free for all for mostly selfish reasons.

Do any of you watch Skins?

What do you think of it?

Is the first generation better than the second?

Is the new season everything you hoped it would be?

Who's your favorite crazy, Cassie or Pandora?

Were you that crazy in high school/college?

If Effy the biggest slut-faced ho-bag you've ever seen?

But really, I only have one big question. Does anyone know of a place I can watch the new season online in the US? I used to get it from Chinese Youtube (you don't want to know) but they don't have it anymore. I'm dying from the suspense. If you know of somewhere send me a message :)

I am not sure if I got the link from here or another site I go to but this fic is IMO one to watch and read.  I was posting on an other campfire that this was on my TBR list and I just did.

The premise is shocking, and it is a dark story but not without hope.  There are a few typing errors but the story is tight. I cannot believe this one has slipped under the radar and not been noticed yet!  So I am sharing it with you all.   Happy Friday everyone. Hope everyone is having a great evening.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5625286/1/Ashen_Skies_A_Tainted_Genocide

post links to fics that updated.

i'mma keep this on top for your perusal.

that's what she said.

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So, Joe *simple stare* Yeah, we want your pictures.
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Hi everyone! Loving that it is Friday night. So I am going to ask the big question....................

What bugs you about the fandom?

I have quite a few things that really tick me off but I will just start with one.

Dear Flouncers-

If you make a big deal about leaving the fandom all over blogs, sites and Twitter, please do us all a favor and STAY GONE. Don't flounce and come back-over and over and over again. It's annoying and makes you look like a flaky, whiny loser who just wants attention.

So I am officially SNOWED IN in Western, PA and I am BORED outta my mind....My son is watching icarly...my hubbs WALKED to the bar...and I am sitting here looking at the green lightning...which is freakin me out a bit. I am reading Illegal Contact which is really good so I might just keep at it and finish it tonight...in my snuggie with a good cup of tea!   So what is everyone else doing???

EDIT: My son just came to me and said "Will you snuggle with me...I'll be your mini Egward" The kid knows the way to my heart!!  I was gonna post that on facebook , but quickly realized no one would get it!  They don't know my obsession. (and I know i spelled Edward wrong, thats how he says it)

GYNAZOLE just updated!!!!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5682539/7/GYNAZOLE

So Thank you Chicklet.

You've reminded me how much I love me some Billy Corgan.

Then I remembered this Smashing Pumpkins album I bought that was total shit except for this one amazing song.

The lyrics are staggeringly romantic to me. Makes me want to do my hubs. Here they are if you're interested.

www.lyricsfreak.com/s/smashing+pumpkins/stand+inside+your+love_20126547.html

What album would you buy just for that one song??

What are you reading, right now?  None of my alerts have updated today.  Is ff.net in fail again?  It's the snowpocalypse where I live and I'm stuck inside without anything good to read.  Also, I am injured and husband is afraid to touch me.  Save me from reading the rest of the Sookie Stackhouse novels please? 

One of our very own VIP authors, recognized by Twilightenabler on LiveJournal. Congrats!

• Feb. 5th, 2010 at 2:23 PM

ginny_weasley31
twilightenabler

I know, I know, I'm running a bit late this month. Shug & I have both been devoting a lot of time to the twi_exchange and this last week I've been working on one for the SSHG community as well. So, things have been a bit busy. Sorry about that.

We are slowly approaching 500 members and this post will be number 300. This community has definitely grown and we just wanted to take a moment to welcome all of our new members and to remind everyone that this is an open community and that we encourage all of our members to make recommendations.

For our Heroin(e) of the Month this month, we want to highlight an author who has not only written some stellar stories, but she is also a strong staple for the Twilight fandom community. She is a part of the team that runs the Lazy Yet Discerning Ficster blog and she is also the woman who started up The Indie Twific Awards with the help of Gustariana.

That makes our February Heroin(e) of the Month is HMonster4.

Truly, I love HMonster4's stories. She has a wonderful way of capturing the characters and making them come alive, including those that are typically nothing more than background caricatures. She gives life to the secondaries and portrays them in a way that makes them as important as the leading roles. She shows motivations for them. Rosalie isn't simply a bitch who yells at Bella in "I Know You." Really she is protecting her family and she's pushing Bella to understand how her own actions and behaviours that need to be reviewed. Rosalie's actions make sense and are explained, and HMonster4 does that with each of her characters. She answers the question of "Why?" when it comes to their motivations and thus draws the readers into the story even more.

I also happen to know that HMonster4 has written two of the gift exchange stories that are currently being posted on twi_exchange and I challenge you to figure out which two are hers. :)

You can read about which of HMonster4's stories have been recommended here on Twilight Enablers HERE.

Go check out all of the wonderful things that HMonster4 is a part of and don't forget to leave her some reviews!

What are you feeding the football fans in your life this Sunday?

I need menu inspiration!  I am hostessing a party for Dh and his friends.  They come here knowing I will feed them. Help me be a good wife a friend for once.   Food ideas please!

As a thank you, here is a wonderful football fic written by the very lovely MBella.  It has superbowl in it and lemony goodness.

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1925977/MBella

... but I do :)

Anywho, first campfire here. I comment and lurk but have never posted my own.  I feel like a big girl now.

My question for you:

What is your "writing inspiration"?

I work a full-time and a part-time job, tutor during the week and I'm fairly active in other things. 

I also write a little, teeny, tiny fic called Secrets, Lies, & Family Ties.

I love my story. I love my readers.

But sometimes I just can't do it.  I have absolutely NO MOTIVATION TO WRITE.

I see people on Twitter talking about writing all the time and I always feel like:  "WTF?! HOW DO YOU DO IT?!"

If I need to get into a mood I put on some music or a sad movie... but most of the time it's this: 

Trufax. Beer makes me smart.

SO WHAT MOTIVATES YOU?

I need some help and I'd love to hear from you :)

And I got these for you...

OMG PINKY RING *dies*

DB ala Angel. *sigh* I miss that.

OHAI DR. DAD. HAI.

OK, who's involved in an office/bar/school pool and what are your Super Bowl Box numbers?

I have the following:

Colts: 8, Saints: 2

Colts: 6, Saints: 1

(okay, and I know this is only relevant to the Yanks, so sorry about that everyone else.)

The title says it all :)

Im going all the way across the pond (my first trip to America) to see some Kellan-yyy goodness ;]

On this Friday free for all I would like your opinion on tipping.   I tip 20% at restaurants, and the spa.  When it comes to carry out and delivery. . . I’m so confused.  I usually tip 10%. . . but I either feel like I tipped to much or not enough.  For delivery do you tip a flat rate like $3.00, or do tip 10% on the total bill?  For carry out do you even tip?  I always feel like I have to tip for carry out, even if all they do it put the food in a bag.

This week we get a tour of Sundance, from Joe and his Family. 

What do you think of Aunt Jeanne's assessment of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart?  I think she's got a point.  Also, yes.  That is Celine Dion Karaoke.

It’s FFAF, and I’ve been curious.  It seems like so many of us are great lovers of music.  It makes sense – what is a story other than a really, really long song?  (Okay, maybe that’s a stretch for some of you, but I’m a little crazy like that.)

So what I want to know is…what’s your perfect album?  You know, those one or three or five albums that are perfect, from top to bottom.  You never skip a track, there’s not a single song that grates on your nerves, and you just let the music roll over you and it washes away your shitty day, your heartache, your bad mood, your unintended consequences.

(some of) Mine are:

Ben Folds – Songs for Silverman

Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

Nanci Griffith – One Faire Summer Evening

Alison Krauss & Union Station – New Favorite and Lonely Runs Both Ways

Phish – Billy Breathes

Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

Michael Jackson – Thriller

Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna

Smiths – The Queen is Dead

I’ll youtube some stuff under the fold.

 The kind of example some characters give to the youth has been plenty discussed, and although I think it's simplistic to blame the unraveling of our social fabric on two-dimensional images flickering across a screen or in the pages of a book, I do recognize admiring some not-so-positive models, for instance

 (I can't help myself) and  

So campers, who is the not -so- nice person you admire?

I want to know things.

Enlighten me:

tell me a random fact about yourself.

things you like/dislike.

heck, even your name will do.

or

entertain me

i'll settle for songs, or even crackfic

cheers.

Also, im curious..what exactly is superbowl?