Happy FFA!

I am a pushover and have been coerced into being a convenor of the School Fair Sweet Stall.

I am more of a baker - so lollies and candy are not something that I have made much of before.

So I am asking a favour – do any of you have tried and loved recipes that you would be willing to share with me?

Google is overwhelming me with recipes but I find that tried/tested/family hand me down recipes work the best!

Cheers Janine

Some David for your trouble! 

Alright, so summer is around the corner and I need some good healthy food ideas or recipes. My summer starts in less then a week when I return home from college for the summer. I lost 26 pounds this year and want to keep on going strong over the summer. 

So something I love is Tuna and Cucumber Boats—> You just peel a cucumber, gut it, cut it in half and fill it with tuna. I love it! You can put maybe crushed up crackers or other things on top. It is so good though!

I also love salad with salmon on top and raspberry vinaigrette. Don't forget a cup of raspberry lemonade!

So give me some ideas! Lunch, dinner, desserts! Try to make them summery and healthy. Or if you want to give me a recipe for brownies go for it also! I can go to the gym some more lol

NEW MOVIE ROLE FOR KRISTEN + FIRST PRODUCING JOB OMG

“Snow White and the Huntsman” star Kristen Stewart is set to topline “Cali,” a gritty action pic set in Los Angeles that will be produced by Voltage Productions and New School Media.

Michael Diliberti (“30 Minutes or Less”) wrote the script, which follows Mya (Stewart) and Chris, a pair of San Fernando Valley lovebirds with a penchant for bad choices and dangerous behavior. After selling a fake snuff film featuring Mya, they ride off into the sunset with a bundle of cash. Years later, Mya must “return from the dead” to save the younger sister she left behind in Cali, where the young couple contends with angry former business partners, homicidal porn stars, stoner vet techs, an unstoppable killing machine in a cowboy hat and their own contentious relationship.

MORE IN THE COMMENTS! WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO PLAY CHRIS? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

ADF's own, VampsHaveLaws, has teamed up with iambeagle to write a brand new story that started posting today!

Stubborn Love

She'll lie and steal and cheat, and beg you from her knees. She'll make you think she means it this time, tearing a hole in you. But I still love her. I don't really care. A story from iambeagle and VampiresHaveLaws.
Twilight - Rated: M - Angst/Romance

Are you ready for the angst? :)

1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a pic war.  Or post.  :)

Come on in and show us your purdy faces, or your dogs, or your house, or your kids, or whatever you want to show us!  Is your yard a spring wonderland?  Show us!  

Come in and post to your heart's content and tell us a little something about yourself!

I don't *think* this was posted here before but if it was you have my apologies.

Stephenie Meyer options tome 'Dark Hall'

I actually didn't quite know what that meant when I first read the headline. I was like "She wrote a book we don't know about? She's going to be directing a movie?" I hadn't realized that she had actually created a production company called Fickle Fish Films. Kind of an odd name imo but hey, not my company. I had also never heard of this author. Am I living under a rock? She seems quite prolific. Here's the synopsis:

Suspicious and uneasy about the atmosphere at her new boarding school, fourteen-year-old Kit slowly realizes why she and the other three students at the school were selected.

So, any of you read it? What do you think of SMeyer producing films? I personally have to admit some skepticism but I also know I can be harsh sometimes.

And marginally related have any of you watched The Moth Diaries yet? (Also set in a boarding school with that whole teen girl solving a mystery kind of thing and also based on an older YA book.)

*source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052822

April is a month where more focus is put on people who are on the Autism Spectrum and their families.  I have noticed, during my years in the fandom, that there are a LOT of moms and dads involved in the Twilight fandom that have an autistic person in their family.  It might be a very mild presentation of Asperger's Disorder or a more difficult-to-manage, low-functioning autistic in the house, but they're all over. :)

I am the mom of a high-functioning autistic boy with real aggression issues.  My older son was never formally diagnosed, but the autism specialist in our former school district believed (after years of getting to know him) that he was just like her Aspergers students she worked with in the high schools. This would not surprise me.

So what I wanted to do with this campfire was invite anyone in the Forest to drop in and say hi if you are a parent or sibling or grandparent or friend or teacher... Anyone who is affected by or works with people on the Spectrum. 

I also invite anyone who has questions to bring them here, too.  

There is a saying I heard years ago, when my son was first identified as autistic:  If you've seen one child with autism, you've seen ONE CHILD with autism.  They're all different. There is no one common identifying factor that makes my son just like a kid in his class who is also autistic. 

Diversity is good. :)

So if you or someone you know is affected, come say hi! Share any resources you might have, or insights.  Or just cool stuff that happens in your world. :)

I've been writing some "autism moments of the day" posts on my website, if you'd like to take a peek into MY world. I try to put it out there, so that folks can read and get a feel how it is for ONE family, anyway.

He's either going to VC for the reshoots (weird that Kris is not w/ him though) either (as per PUNKD_Images the VC pap agency that's been known to troll us from time to time so they get arrivals exclusives) going to DC for some appearance (idek ab. this...the WH Correspondent Dinner is tomorrow but Rob's not on the lists)

EITHER WAY, HE LOOKS HOT! 

ETA: He is indeed headed to DC, he was on flight w/ George Clooney (who's on his way to the WHCD)

Happy Friday campers!!!

So, while pledging to feed the trees mabso mentioned how she's looked on CafePress for ADF merch. And this made me think how much I too would love an ADF shirt!

And it made me think of this shirt:

(yes, that's me)

Only it would say:

Vamps Love Bears

A Different Forest

(They Taste Like Human)

and just reverse that image and I thought it would be a fun shirt!

SO, what tshirt or other ADF merch ideas do YOU have!? What would you put on a shirt?

p.s. could a Ranger add some awesome tags for me please? Idk why I never can, but I just error messages. Thanks! :)

Welcome to ADF's FEED-A-THON 2012

In celebration of Arbor Day today, the US holiday set up to plant and care for trees, we are holding a very special event and we would like every one of you to take part. We are not asking for money, we are not even asking for your talents. We are asking for a little bit of time. 

We all love our forest. It is pretty, we get fancy new features and we are growing into a dense, beautiful ecosystem of our very own. But this type of thing takes care and nurturing. Trees need to be staked, they need deep watering and fertilizing so they can grow into solid foundations of our online community. 

So we are asking all of you who visit our site to help us take care of it. You can do this by making a pledge today to FEED THE TREES. A lot of you don't understand what it takes to make this forest. Heck, even I don't understand it all. But a lot of people come to visit and I would like to prove how many people love the forest RIGHT NOW.

Here is how it works. You make a pledge to help feed our forest a number of times, a number of days, a number of months, or whatever you can think of. 

There are many ways to do this:

1. Plant a seedling: by clicking on the side or the top

2. Stake a tree:Revisit more than once a day

3. Fertilize a tree: Take a little time meandering around your 'tree', seeing what it has to offer and looking around. You do NOT have to spend money. Just browse a bit.

After our recent forest fire, we really do need your help. If this sounds like a plea or begging, it kind of is. But it is heartfelt. Again, no money, no talents, just thirty seconds each time you visit ADF.

So in this campfire you will write:

I, (insert your user name here), pledge to plant __ seedlings a day for the next (time period...we want you to keep doing this indefinitely, but it is good to have a goal). I will stake __ trees a day and fertilize ___. 

That is ALL we ask. WE WANT THIS TO BE A LOVE CAMPFIRE. SHOW YOUR LOVE. After you pledge, TELL US WHY YOU COME HERE, WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT ADF AND WHY YOU WANT US AROUND!

YO!  VIP.....Let's kick it!

Oops.  Sorry.  Went a little off the rails there with my Vanilla Ice flashback.

Looking for some fun and unique gifts for Mom for Mother's Day.  We're not the overly emotional or heartfelt gift giving type of gals.  Nothing birthmonth-y or engraved to show our love.  I like to give gifts that I know Mom will use and appreciate, or at least will get a big kick out of.  Of course, my overachiever younger sister found a cool gift already. She always comes up with the best gifts.  (I can't complain too much, because I am often the beneficiary of such treasures.)  When we decide on a big gift to get her we'll usually split the cost, but she beat me to the punch and found these fun candles. Mum will love it.

http://www.diamondcandles.com/

Like to spend in the $25-$30 range, but will go higher if its worth it. Show me whacha got Campers!  Thanks!

How about some live music for a Friday?

Post your favourite live performances. The best concert ever! Something mellow, unplugged & accoustic. An awards show extravaganza! How about your favourite Broadway show tune - they're doing it live, 8 shows a week!

Here's a start, Her Madgeness. Madonna is touring this Summer, hope it's as good as this!!

Kristen was at CinemaCon last night and as if it wasn't enough for one night, her Jalouse photoshoot/interview with Garrett Hedlund (for OTR) also came out while we were fast asleep.

The new song from Florence+The Machine for SWATH soundtrack (Breath of Life) inside.

ElleUK cover reveal (out on news stands on the 2nd of May)

ETA: Charlize talking about SWATH, Kristen and Prometheus:

free for all until sunday at 6pm

it's been a rough week here in the forest, man.

we were down for most of a day, i turned 33, james massone was eliminated over cheesa. MADNESS.

anyway, post what you want all weekend long. YOU DON'T NEED RECS DURING THE FREE FOR ALL, DUDES.

this is the time to ask your fellow campers what you should do with your life, whether fairy drops mascara is worth it, what to do about your no-account loser boyfriend, chee-tos vs. cool ranch doritos, whatever. anything you want. just no nudes or george carlin's 7 on the front page. and if you do post nudes in a campfire, make sure you send me links to all of them as i don't always check inside every post.

and please, make it a habit to automatically click up top when you come here. feed our trees! you don't have to go beyond that first click or anything. just the one time will suffice. and we thank you for helping us out!

anyway, use this campfire if you're too lazy to start one of your own. talk about whatever comes to mind.

fred armisen photobombing jimmy fallon on tonight's live episode of 30 rock fyt:

manners, a sense of fairness, kindness, and a HUGE talent in writing. 

At least, VampiresHaveLaws has all those things. 

Her writing is extraordinary, her passion towards the things she reads is inspiring, and she's made sure the keep conversations going throughout the day/night for our awesome campers not in the Americas. In addition to those things, she's available for "page a Ranger", she takes her turn making sure we all play nice, and helps run the place many of us didn't know how much we loved until we lost it for a few hours this week.

Wanna come in and love a Ranger? Come tell VampiresHaveLaws how awesome she is and how much you appreciate her. 

If you're a Slytherin and not raking house points for your house, then shame on you!
And if you're a Ravenclaw and not helping out your house, then also shame on you.
If you're a Gryffindor and not helping your house, then I'm perfectly fine with that. :P
And and... if you're a Hufflepuff, then... well, I feel for you.

So campers, the lot of you that are at pottermore, are you trying to collect points for your houses?

Well, I am, for--

Current points rally is really looking interesting as Slytherins are trying to keep in lead and the Gryffindors are catching up fast.

Ravenclaws are not that far either, but their lesser numbers are proving to be a hinderance. (Otherwise, seriously, the Ravens are damn scary, I tell ya. They duel to win.)

Gryffindors are now the house with maximum members-over 5,64,000.

Behind them is Hufflepuffs-546,121 members

Then come Slytherins-541,504 members.

Then Ravenclaws-513,544 members.

So it seems the world is stuffed full of Gryffindors and Puffs, and Ravenclaws are a rare specie. Oh but I have massive respect for the Ravens.

Are you scoring for your house? Are you registered yet at Pottermore? Are you sorted yet? Got your wand? Got a hang of the duels and potions? Come and discuss!

Don't forget to add in your ADFname and pottermore ID HERE.

PS- can anyone rec me some good Cedric lives fics (Other than Minisinoo's Finding Himself)? I'm in the mood. And yeah, please no slash.

Rec- Anything written by FantasyMother

Dual realities is supernatural, right?

Come in and marvel at Jason Isaacs!

Root for more nekkidness!

(OMG, is he wearing the same tie that's on the 50 Shades cover?)

I'm currently looking for a graphic designer to make a blinkie for my current WIP titled A Different Kind of Pain.  There is only one blinkie maker that I know of in the fandom, but she's currently on hiatus.  I'm know that there are some really awesome artists in the fandom, and I was hoping y'all would lead me in the right direction.

Any suggestions?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEK?

While we wait for the new episode to come on… I found this video on youtube last night, but the person who created it flagged it so that you have to be “of age” to view it. (IDK… it’s just the D/E kissing scene). So, if you have a youtube account, you can watch this… and I suggest you do.

FREAKIN’ HILARIOUS.

YOU KNOW THE DRILL, CAMPERS.

IF YOU CAN’T WATCH THE SHOW AT 8PM EST THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!