Do you know those feelings of complete loss and helplessness after finishing a fic that was so perfect that you don't quite know how you can continue on? Well, that is how I'm feeling right now.

After over a year of putting it off I finally read Firefly in Summer, and it reminded me of what I loved about fanfiction to begin with. But now I'm in that rut where I don't know how to start something new after that.

I'd love to hear what fics that have made you feel like this, and how you usually cope with the aftershock of it ending?

Do you just give up on fic for a while, or dive right back in?

<3

Rob buys groceries:

OMGOD, Henry Cavill buys groceries too!   And he enjoys it!

Apparently Leo diCaprio was also buying groceries at Ralph's supermarket earlier in the day.  But the pictures weren't hot enough to make this campfire.

Have you ever had a celebrity encounter in a mundane situation?  

I was on a flight with Robin Williams once, and I saw one of the Golden Girls (the one who sprays herself in that gif) at Central Market in Austin, Texas. YEAH.  See if you can top that, lol.

Hey friends,

Does anyone have a copy of a story called "Dangerous Affections?"  I remember it loving it years ago and really want to read it again.  I think the author is wishimight.

Thank you!!!

please PM this camper for her email as we do not post our private emails in public on this website! 

My heart is actually broken. I started reading a Harry Potter fic (The Life and Times by Jewels5) without realizing it wasn't complete (shame on me!). It hasn't updated since October 2012, and all I can think about is what's going to happen.

What fics do you guys want to update? Also, the rec should be obvious. (The Life and Times by Jewels5), and if you wanted to help me encourage Jewels5 to update in the near future, it'd be greatly appreciated!!

No, this isn't a relationship campfire. Heads out of the gutter, ladies. ;)

So my Toshiba of nearly five years is showing signs of kicking the bucket, and I've been contemplating on a replacement. Trouble is, I can't decide on which. I've narrowed it down to either a Mac or Dell.

To all my tech campers- SOS!!!

TBH, I'm leaning towards a mac. Windows always seemed to cause problems in the past for my family, mostly virus-related, and I want to try a new avenue.

So give it to me straight! Pros and cons, personal experiences, anything you can think of! I'm looking for travel durability, strong resistance to viruses, long battery life, fast internet, and reasonable cost. Lay it on me!!!

Got nothing and just want to pop in and say hi? That's alright too! I need to chat. This is the first time in days that I got internet connection for my laptop and I am taking full advantage of it! Ask me anything: how operational  Air Force life is, how things with the bf are, what crazy shit has happened with bro in the last couple of weeks, (seriously, this one takes the cake. It's...bad.), how the Resent re-writes are going, etc.

Talk to me :)

When I mentioned in an earlier campfire that I was doing this business trip/vacation combo to Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna, ranger LJ Summers said I should take pictures and post them in a FFA campfire. So that’s what I’m doing. 

Come in and see my European vacation.  (Hopefully this won't be too boring for everyone, lol.)

To make this interactive….tell me about or post pictures of your favorite vacation.

Ah, so I was thinking someone would have put this up there by now, as I am not a huge Kristen fan.  However, I looked, because I want to observe her every facial expression and see if she is yearning for Rob see what she was wearing.  She likes this designer, Zuhair Murad.

And this one, the other day at the Chanel Show.  I really liked this one, gloves included.  It was discussed below in the daily gossip campfire if you're interested.

So, to make this interactive:

Do you wear strapless tops/dresses?  Do you feel self-conscious and are always checking for a nipslip? Or are you cool with it?

Maybe it's a sore subject that so many fics are now bestselling "real books." But here's one amusing side effect-- the publishers have provided pro audiobooks! I discovered some sample clips on amazon, and at times it's quite silly that fic-language is being spoken aloud by voice actors. Sometimes the things that grace the pixels of fanfiction.net sound a little funny when said by a real human voice.

Disclaimer: no real criticism from me. Just a giggle. Here are some gems (just from the samples):

From Beautiful Bastard (Formerly The Office):

From Gabriel's Inferno (Formerly The University of Edward Masen):

ADF swap

hi. don't forget, it's still the freeforall. and feed a tree as long as you're here!

so, let's try something new. a swap!

rules:

• start a comment with something you'd like to swap.
• respond to comments saying "i'll trade that _____ for _______."
• you have every right to say "nah brah". you don't have to swap anything.
• you take care of shipping whatever it is you've decided to swap.
• no money is to exchange hands. this is for tradesies only, please.
• only swap things with which you are willing to part.
• please state if you are unwilling to swap/ship things outside of your country.
• PM me with any questions or concerns.

i'm envisioning like items swapped for other like items (gift cards you won't use, books you won't read again, maybe even tins of cookies) or maybe you just wanna swap like... postcards, or pen pal letters, or something like that. idk, this could be fun!

good luck, have fun, and behave!

People, there are no words. I had VERY high standards, and they totally exceeded them. I remember reading posts (including on ADF) on how good they were, and thinking people were exagerating.  For that, I publically apologize. There's no way these people, esp. of course Matt, could be overrated. I can't believe I've gone from thinking Muse must be a very boring band (I hated Supermassive Black Hole, and that was their only song I knew, all because of Twilight) to stressing out about how to gather money to go see them again. I want to take my 10 and 8 year old children too. Even more spectacular than Disneyland or Universal Studios or whatever. But, really, don't let the pics and the special effects fool you. It's this guy's talent, voice and guitar and piano playing skills that give you goosebumps. I'm in AWE. And they didn't even play any of my Top5 Muse songs.

To make it interactive, has anyone seen such spectacular special effects in other concerts as well? The only one I can think of is the opeing of the Brits awards this year, and even that was done by Muse. Also, from what age could you bring children to such shows?

I'll post the songlist in the comments for those of you who know songs by Muse and want to say if that list would make you happy or if there are many good songs missing from it

Sooo how's everyone doing? 

As the title per say, how do ya'll feel about fics where the romance between E/B develop as a subplot as a result of the main plot? Where there's a more pressing concern driving the story, and E/B gradually happens as they spent more time together/get to know each other sort of thing. Personally, I love those kinds of fics! I've read a lot of fics where the main focus is just getting those two together or about their romantic relationship, and while loved a lot of them, I'm looking for something different now. And I mean sort of like in "And With Thee Fade Away", "A Thousand Leaves", "Breaking News", "Empire of the Minds", and "Elemental", where they do get together eventually, but in essence, that's not what the story is about. 

So in the comments, tell me about what you think of these types of fics and what "genres" would you like to see more in the fandoms. And if you could, please recommend a couple of fics that has romance but has a greater purpose to the fic also (I will love you forever ^^). I'm a big fan of mystery/suspense with romance attached, but opened to all other genres! AH or AU doesn't matter, as long as it's well-written and completed (or on the road to being completed in the future). 

Thanks everyone!