Happy Sunday to you Campers!

The 13yo & I are going to the Madonna concert tonight, and I'm kinda excited, kinda worried she'll be fairly average!

We're also hoping she does mainly the oldies, all the songs from when I was my daughter's age, like this one:

So, what song would you like to see Madonna perform live?

Have you been to a concert that far exceeded your expectations, or one where you felt really let down?

Plus!!  Special offer for campers in the DC area!

I have a spare ticket!!  FREE!  If you would like to go, pm me and we'll get our Material Girl glam on!!

Glory is forever (the whole quote is from the replacements, an awesomely fun football movie, btw)

Well, happy football weekend, football campers. Before I can continue, I am desperately seeking an answer: What is this thing over his face. What’s it for? Why? Anyone?

OK, onward, who you watching, what’s your picks, what are your excited about and all the usual.

A nod at my college boys

A nod at my future husband (again, I know but I can’t help it) and his judo arm flip tackle from week 1
 

I know , I know, we've had these kind of campfires in the past , but it's free for all and I'm feeling....jittery :)

So..tell me about when you felt the UST (Unresolved Sexual Tension). Was it with a co-worker? A friend who you suddenly couldn't see as a friend anymore? Did it lead anywhere or was it just a passing thing?

Flirt stories, hook-ups, times you pined for someone and someone pined for you, DISH IT OUT! Don't be shy!

FYT....

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Q: Have you read 50 Shades of Grey and did you know it was based on you and would you star in it?

I think the author has written me out of it. I saw some interview earlier and they went, oh, it could never be him. And I’m like ,’Hey, I’m going to make you pay for that.’ (laughter)

Q: She said you could never play the role that was based on you?

It’s funny seeing all these other actors so openly like vying for it. I’ve never seen that happen before. It’s so strange. I haven’t read the whole thing, I read bits of it, there’s a book called 50 Sheds of Grey, (laughter) have you seen that book? That’s amazing, just a picture book of 50 Grey Sheds, (laughter) and it’s literally on the New York Times Best Seller List. People have got the wrong read. (Laughs)"

Full interview in the comments

I just got the update alert that Ironic Twist has updated

The Harder They Fall!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5257177/56/

This got me thinking, what other stories have you been waiting ages for an update on?   Any word from MIA authors?

(or down, actually...)

Any campers in the San Franicisco Bay area?  I need your help!

It looks like the time has come for my husband and I to make a major life change.  His job wants us to relocate to San Francisco at the beginning of the new year.

And this is the journey we will have to take...

So...I guess I need some info.  I need a place to live.  I'm sure we can't afford to buy down there, so we'll be giving up our own house for a rented apartment/condo/townhome.  And I'll need to be near public transit (I don't drive).  I also need to be able to bring my kitties with.  So what are some good, affordable neighborhoods?  And lastly...WHO WANTS TO BE MY FRAND???

Everyone else--share your moving experience.  I don't know how to move any farther than across town!  I don't know how to sell a house!  I don't know how to travel almost 1,600 miles with two cats who HATE the car!

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sometimes, my family is totally awesome!

Sometimes, I feel lonely and invisible and they drive me to drink!

Come share your parenting OMGs, WOES, BRAGS, QUESTIONS.

At least 3 positive things about the people you pushed out of you.

At least 3 confessions about the little spawn.

Anything else parenting related.....

Yeah, this is TOTALLY my beautiful practically perfect family on any given day.

Since it's Free For All, I thought I'd use this time to put up a Public Service Announcement, in case we have campers (including lurkers) who need these services.

International Suicide Prevention Directory 
Find a hotline in your country, state, or province

In the USA:

National Domestic Violence Hotline
www.thehotline.org
Or, if you are afraid your internet usage is being monitored, call: 1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
www.rainn.org
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE

Feminist Majority Foundation
For a list of national and state crisis hotlines and resources
feminist.org/911/crisis.html

Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
24/7 service to the US, its territories, and Canada. All calls are anonymous and confidential.
1-800-4-A-CHILD

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK
For veterans press 1
En espanol oprima el 2 o llama 1-888-628-9454
 

In the UK:

National Domestic Violence Freephone Helpline
0808 2000 247
Also visit http://refuge.org.uk

If you need help, or if you're not sure you need help and want to know what signs to look for, please make use of these services.

To make this interactive: post contact info for crisis hotlines or women's shelters in your area. You never know who might need it!

We’ve had several CFs asking for Twitter friends but I don’t think we’ve ever had one asking for goodreads friends. That’s what this CF is about.

I’ve been a member of goodreads since last December but I’ve only recently started exploring and using the site. Sadly, I only have 2 friends there and I’m hoping this CF will help me find a few more. I’ve found many good book recs here in the forest so I’m hoping some of the people who rec’d those stories are members of goodreads.

Please, won’t you be my goodreads friend? (BTW, I’m CLHahny on goodreads too.)
 

Since we don't have cable, Netflix is my friend. (And we're good friends.)

Usually, I have enough in my queue to keep me entertained, but a couple of weeks ago, I was tired of scrolling through and just clicked on something in the "Popular on Netflix" column- Dance Academy. I know, I know. Teen drama? Yes, I'm too old to watch teen dramas, but I was bored and thought I'd relax with a little mindless entertainment. 

I loved it. 

Now that I have completed both seasons, I need to discuss. Please tell me someone else out there watches this show and agrees with me...

I hear that there are other lovers of "The West Wing" here in the Forest!

Do you wish President Bartlet was an actual President? Do you follow President Bartlet (and friends) on Twitter? Have an unreasonable crush on Sam Seaborn or Josh Lyman? Do you want to *be* CJ Cregg? Did you cry when Leo died?

Come on inside and have a nice chit-chat about it! What's your favorite season or episode?

Happy FFA Everyone!

So my dilemma: The past 3 weeks, I've been getting horrible scratches + bruises under my eye without making any changes in my beauty routine.

Since our skin changes as we age, I think I'm reacting to the Retinol in my undereye cream and night cream.

Are there eye creams for fine wrinkles +  under eye shadows that DON'T have retinol in them or are for sensitive skin? Have you used one in the past and loved it/hate it?

J

Since it's free-for-all and it was just SO darned exciting that I HAVE to share this photo taken by my neighbor (since I didn't have the foresight to take a camera, phone or other picture-taking implement outside with me...).  Seriously, I'm still pinching myself!

It took off from Edwards AFB and circled back twice before heading off to LAX, where it will be loaded onto a truck and taken to its permanent home at the California Science Center in Exposition Park, near the University of Southern California (USC). 

To make this interactive and fun:  Have you ever been right there at a very historic moment or event?    Attended Obama's inauguration, for example?

Recommendation, interplanetary style: Written in the Stars by Lissa Bryan

Edward is king of a dying race, his planet torn by civil war. Bella is abducted to become his bride. From college student to Queen... Can she learn to love this strange man and help save his people? AU/OOC, Rated M

Anyone know of other fics involving space, space travel etc.?
 

I'm taking off to Atlanta for the Midtown Music Festival this weekend. Gonna be hearin' FooFighters, Pearl Jam, Florence and the Machine, aww yeah! If any of the Atlanta campers are attending or want to meet up PM me and I'll be checking in on and off.

FYI to Shadowboxer: I'll be wearin' Jack's T's!

As for a rec, I always like to toot Juju's horn. Most people have read her The Red Eye. But she writes alot more than snarky humor. As I'll be going to listen to music this weekend I'll rec:

Edward Masen's 1918 Chicago Blues
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Author: badjujube PM
The last few months of Edward Masen's life prove to have the greatest impact on his future with Bella. It just takes 90 years to get there. Kinda canon except Bella who just is NOT herself. A love story, eventually. AU, Complete.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Drama - Bella & Edward - Chapters: 33 - Words: 50,700 - Reviews: 168 - Favs: 74 - Follows: 23 - Updated: 10-23-10 - Published: 05-02-10 - Status: Complete - id: 5941239
 

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5941239/1/Edward-Masens-1918-Chicago-Blues

I've been following @JMDarhower, aka Khar, author of Sempre, aka Emancipation Proclamation. For some reason that I can't explain, I have less P2P wrath towards her than I have for others, maybe because she stated quite clearly from the beginning that it would be P2P, and secondly because she donates a portion of her proceeds to organizations against human trafficking. Also, she was actually a nice person and was a great writer.

Anyway, I noticed a very interesting exchange between her and the movie producer GiovanniAgnelli (yes, the same Giovanni who defended KStew when the photos of her cheating around were published).

@GiovanniAgnelli: HEY @JMDarhower !!! Here we go…. You ready for this? This is going to be amazing! #SEMPRE

@JMDarhower: @GiovanniAgnelli I’ve been ready, mister ;)#YoureAmazing

@GiovanniAgnelli: I adore you! Cant wait to announce all of our exciting news soon

@JMDarhower: So many questions, wish I had answers right now… soon, though. I promise. Love you all. Humbled and honored by your #Sempresupport <3

This fandom won't survive the continued media attention surrounding another P2P. 

What do you think is going on? Will EP/Sempre be optioned for a movie? Would you like to see it as a movie?

My recommendation:

Story: The Affair by johnnyboy7

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8343731/12/

Summary: After the death of her father, Isabella Swan moves to the East coast where she meets dentist Edward Cullen. He's older, a father, and married. Sometimes, you can't tell your heart who to love.

Bella in the above story is such a selfish cow. I love to hate home-wreckers who feel entitled to someone else's husband.
 

That's no typo, kids.

it's the free for all!

keep your dirty nudes away from the pristine front page.

you can't put your filthy language on the front page, either.

you can, however

a.) feed the trees

b.) leave a song right here

c.) have general discussion here