I'll get straight to the point:

How to Paint a House is the latest victim of plagiarism.

I've never read the story, but I know there are a bunch of campers here that love it, so I thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention.

Here's the original: Maggie's Gutter

Here's the imposter: vampshavefangs

So far, only two chapters have been posted under the plagiarist's account, but imo, that's two too many. She didn't even bother changing the name. SMH.

So, are there any of you out there watching the glory that is Game of Thrones?

I love the arc this lady is on. GRRM better play nice with her-she gets my vote for the Iron Throne.

Come inside and squee with me or tell me what Iron Lady has captured your love and devotion. And I mean by Iron Lady, a strong willed woman character who's not afraid to kick some butt.

this is a 90s campfire.

feed a tree before you do anything else, won't you?

so the other day, i wandered into hot topic because i had some time to kill. the song "rooster" by alice in chains was playing and it took me a second, but i commented to the employee, a young-looking lad of about 19, that i didn't think i'd heard alice in chains played in hot topic when it was the 90s. he laughs and goes, "yeah, they let us pick out a playlist, and i made this one all pearl jam, nirvana, stone temple pilots, hole- that's courtney love's band. she was married to kurt cobain. from nirvana."

i blinked a few times and went, "honey, i looked like courtney love for an entire year in the 90s. you don't need to tell me who she is. i'm a lot older than i look." then we talked about 90s music for a while and i had to leave because he got so super stoked that i knew who sonic youth was and wanted to know what it was like seeing pearl jam in the 90s, and i suddenly felt very, incredibly old.

so yeah, my teenage years are making a comeback, apparently. hot topic guy told me that he's had to educate a lot of "kids" about good 90s music. 

whatever, man. i'm just stoked because apparently, overalls are coming back in.

so let's talk about the 90s in this campfire. post your all-time musts from the 90s. if you were a teenager during the 90s like i was, i'm assuming your go-to songs will be similar to mine and i look forward to your mix tape selections.

tori covering kurt fyt:

oh, and every song i'm posting up in this campfire is dedicated to my jandco.

Welcome to the Monday Morning Hot Guy Campfire. What better way to start your week than a hot guy?

Every Monday, I'm going to dedicate a CF to the Hot Guy of the Week. The catch? The CF can ONLY be about the current nominated guy.

We all have different tastes in men, so please don't yuck anyone's yum. If you have a man you'd like to see crowned for the week, PM or hit me up on twitter (@ffcherry) with his name.

Do you write fan fiction?

Give us a little peek!

excerpt / pictease / music / poem / banners

~ Don't forget to include a link to your story! ~

Pleasant Earth Day, Earthlings

So, here's the deal:

I'm writing a story about a girl with schizophrenia who goes to a mental institution and finds solace in, that's right, the rain. She dances in it and learns to accept herself overtime.

Sound familiar? That's because I've written it before. As a fanfiction, with all the Cullens.

Now, I know how everyone seems to feel about p2p. I've heard the arguments and I even am somewhat against it myself. But the thing is, I'm literally taking the title, the very basic plot (girl with schizophrenia who dances in rain) and completely and entirely rewriting the rest. No Cullens, no characters who seem like Cullens, no evil doctors, no original character that I called Confetti.

Yes, the rewritten one will be called Counting on Rain. No, the mother will not be dead. The parents will be involved in the story, blah blah blah - you get it.

My question is, can this work or will you all dislike me? The thing is, I'd like to keep the original up, but really I can't if I do this. For obvious reasons. I guess what I am wondering besides will you all hate me is where is the line drawn with this kind of thing?

(And if you're wondering why I'm doing it at all, quite simply: it was literally my story. The whole thing was about my real life, basically. Maybe I shouldn't have written it as a fanfic in that case, but I did.)

Rec: The HomeGuard by TheDoctor http://www.twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=12885

I'm moving ADF from one server to another, you may have or may see some error messages.  85% of people are already hitting the new server from what I can see, I'm just waiting for the DNS changes to completely propogate.

Come tomorrow I will be disabling the old server, if at that point you can't get the site to come up just hit us up at @differentforest on twitter.

You should see a good speed bump from this upgrade as the other server was starting to get a little overwhelmed.

Just saw this mentioned on Edwardville and, yes, it's true. Author says she can email her story for free to those that still haven't read it. You can read what she says on livejournal HERE

IMO the author's quite talented (she's great at writing humor too). However, so far none of the P2P fics are stories I could get into. I can handle, even like, crying fests, but, idk, this was far too supernatural/sad maybe? Did you guys like Sleepers, Awake? Do you think it can be successful as a published story?

Pic from Eclipse 'cause he's looking like he's about to cry and I'm rewatching it rn. It's probably the last time i'm getting interested enough to rewtach the Twilight movies. Makes me so sad :(

Btw, no What the fic weekend edition? I want to discuss the great Bad vampire handbook update!

Okay, so I finally got my computer back and my old flight mate was awesome enough to let me borrow her wifi. Here are the pics I promised from graduating basic military training….(inside :p)

Ughhhhh. my web browser isn't cooperating! if you want to c the pics, find me on fb I guess...

So tech school has been eventful. I’m materiel management, which means I’m going to be in Texas for not too long…I’ve already had a couple of tests, hung out and met some cool people, met a boy and dipped my toes In the thrills of dating (and the crappiness that is breaking up. Ugh, that was just a couple of hours ago.)

So yeah, eventful. ?

I need some advice. Mostly on the last mentioned event. Even though he had good intentions, it still hurts, and I feel really…ugh. I don’t even know why I’m feeling this. I’ve only known him three weeks (and to my fellow military campers, don’t worry, I didn’t do anything stupid. Not being able to do anything stupid was actually a factor in why he wanted to call it quits.) Details will be inside. If I don’t respond tomorrow, expect a reply next Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

Does anyone use Mary Kay products?

I have a health concious friend so I'm hearing about chemicals in everything; therefore, I'm now paranoid.  I don't use much make-up but I loved how I loved in our make-overs.

In addition, I'm having issues.  I'm having backaches and cramping with this and I honestly can't remember if my last pregnancy was like this (though, because of the last one, I'm more afraid than ever).  I'm also having a hard time getting a doctor, as each one I called were either a little rude or didn't have the information I wanted/needed.  Doesn't help that our insurance is in the middle of a huge changeover to a newer company.  I'm trying to make sure I don't get a doctor nearest to me as my last experience was horrible and I refuse to have the same doctor and refuse to have my baby at the hospital near me.

Thanks!! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

So. Two things: 

1. I NEED HS/college fics. I know there was recently a cf about this, but I have a fairly specific requirement that's kind of hard to find: 

          No drugs. A vague reference here and there is okay, or maybe a chapter in which it happens, but in the majority of well-known HS fics, Bella and/or Edward are complete pot heads. There's a lot of in depth descriptions of them getting high, like it's completely okay, which makes me uncomfortable. I'm recently out of high school, pretty young, and I NEVER touched crap like that. I'm not judging if you did, I wasn't a saint either, I just don't like that people expect it out of teenagers/young adults, or act like it's an essential part of high school. Not everyone was into that. Ya know? 

2. I need advice about some high-school girl drama. Again, another cf recently, but I thought I'd throw in my own.  Put it inside. 

To make it interactive: 

What was YOUR high school experience like? Bad? Great? Eh? Did you have a lot of friends, or were you a loner? Drama kid? Band nerd? (guilty.) What's your story? 



 

Happy Saturday!

Today I got a new puppy. She's 8 weeks old and is poodle/spitz and a total love bug. I had been planning to get a companion for my current dog, but had not narrowed it down to any breed or rescue group. I knew I would eventually find the right puppy and today it happened.

She needs a name and I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas? I want something unusual, but nothing way out there.

Here's a photo of my friend holding her.

Welcome back or just Welcome if you're new! As always, newcomers can join in at any time!

How did we do this week? Week 2 of the mini 8 week challenge!

This week's challenge:

EITHER: Tell me something new to try this week. A recipe, an exercise, a food substitute.

OR

Rec me a fic with a weight loss challenge!

Courtesy of Robert Pattinson Life

the caption on this picture says KS and RP with their dog Bernie.

my question:

What happened to Bear? does anyone know?

or, is this in fact Bear and the reporter got the name wrong?

a concerned dog lover.

Are there times that you think "Wow, I really need to cut back on that"?

I have a very addictive personality. I drink at least a litre of caffeinated product a day (Diet Coke, Coffee, Red Bull, take your pick), I smoke, I drink a lot of alcohol and I read a LOT of fanfiction. Luckily, I am aware of my tendancy to get addicted to things and have kept it on the legal side.

I realised my addiction to caffeine when I counted 4 litres of Diet Coke on one work day. I can easily alternate it with three double macchiatos (real ones, not the Starbucks crap). I smoke half a pack a day. I can easily polish off two bottles of wine without feeling tipsy. I know how bad it all is for me, but figure it is better than heroin!

What are you addicted to? When have you realised that you may imbibe a little too much? Share your guilty shame pleasure with me... PLEASE!

P.S. Is it wrong that I feel better knowing Rob shares my vices?