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?

A professor at NYU is looking to start an anthology of fairy tales rewritten from a feminist perspective.  She is inviting submissions through her blog:

talesfromthevelvetchamber.blogspot.com/

We've got so much talent here...I know we can contribute!  Writers, start your engines....

At the insistence of a few Swirl and Daisy fans, I bring you... the worst manip ever.

May I see yours?

Greetings Fellow Campers!!!

Please bear with me as I am a-poppin-my-ADF-cherry today.  Yay me!  Anyhoo...just wondering if there were any fics that your are DYING for an update that has not posted in a LONG time. 

For instance....what the heck is going on with Vampire in the Basement???  Gah!  Michellephants got me hooked like a crack-whore and now I am dealing with all these unresolved BasementWard issues! 

Which fic updates are you not-so-patiently waiting for??? Thoughts???

WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE OF THESE IN AWHILE.

SO, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND BELIEVE YOU MAY BE UNFIT FOR MOTHERHOOD (OR JUST HAVEN'T REACHED THAT POINT IN LIFE YET), YOU LOVE THE CRITTERS INSTEAD. MY 4-LEGGED CHILDREN ARE SITTING HERE WITH ME, HAVING AN AFTERNOON NAP.

My Siberian Husky, LUNA, playing in the snow a few weekends ago.

This is SCOOTER, the family diva/brat/king of the castle.

SO CAMPERS, SHOW ME YOUR FURRY FRIENDS! 

Love a man in Army attire?

A lady in a French maid costume?

Whether it is sports, the military, a cop, or flight attendants, we love a hottie in uniform and we want you to show us your love for them too! Show us how a uniformed hottie gets their kink on!

Hosted by: 

EmmaleeWrites05 & HopelessRomantic79 & Kimbercullen

This competition is to explore the kinky sides to our favorite Twilight characters in – and out – of their uniforms.

For all the rules and requirements, instructions on how to submit, and all that mumbo jumbo…CLICK HERE!!

Winners:

Each will get a banner made by Kimbercullen for their winning story as well as their stories promoted on each of our current stories, through Twitter, the BFFFer’s of Twilight Facebook page as well as a multitude of other Twilight Fandom websites.

So, what are you waiting for?

GO! WRITE! WIN!

Ok, this is the 2nd time this week!

I just checked my faves and Expectations and other moving pieces updated....as well as Goodnight, Noises Everywhere.

Im here to pimp out the fantastic contest that is To Kill a Cullen.

Entries are still being accepted through SATURDAY, FEB 6TH 11:59pm EST.

THE VOTING DATES ARE FEB 9th – FEB 23rd. 

Official Rules can be found here

I know a lot of the wonderful campers here have entered this contest so here is your chance to come and pimp out your entries.

Please support the campers here and R/R their stories.

All entered stories can be found here

and omg here is my fic for the contest. sheesh. Her Love to Admire

John Terry axed as the England captain! Fabio Capello gets tough as Wembley box revelations prove final straw for shamed Chelsea star

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1248823/John-Terry-axed-England-captain-Chelsea-stars-12-minute-showdown-Fabio-Capello--reports.html#ixzz0egas1LRP

So, in case you're not familiar with this story, John Terry (erstwhile captain of the England football team-- who are set to go up against Team USA in the World Cup this summer) has caused quite the ruckus by being caught with his pants down... with a teammates ex.

SHOCK!

The affair with Wayne Bridge's wife/ex-wife/something-or-other went on for months and somewhere along the way, there was even a terminated pregnancy.

Now, John Terry is married with his own little bundle of joy at home. So all of this scandal is just too untoward for the stiff-upper-lip crowd.

The thing is, now that the team's manager has said "You are not fit to be captain," who is England left with? It seems like everyone else on the team has a rap sheet: Rio has a drugs scandal, Roony has a prostitute scandal, Gerrard has the bar fights...

This is screaming to be a fic.