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it's also superbowl weekend! do you care? are you going? throwing a party? watching at home, or a bar? Which team are you rooting for? (none for me, because lol idc about football. and idek who is even playing. oops)

what are your favourite superboal commercials?

if you don't care about the superbowl - what are your plans for this weekend?

hey, did you click the ads? jw.

who is this girl, and why does she get to hug him and NOT ME?!

Okay, so this may be alittle strange but hear me out. How many times have you wanted to do something but couldn't find a wingman to back you up? Or you have friends that will not go to ONE MORE Cagethe Elephant concert with you (who me?!) no matter how much they love you. Here's your chance to put a request on line for a music festival, movie premeire, or just someone that has been dying to see Yellowstone National Park as much as you do. I'll start by putting my online request out there in the comments:   

Who Do You Think You Are? Tonight, February 3rd, NBC 8/7c

One of the best shows on TV, starts its 3rd season tonight with actor, Martin Sheen, looking to find out about some of his ancestors.  You don’t have to be a genealogist to enjoy this show; it seems now more than ever, people want to know ‘where they came from.’

If you haven’t seen the show before - each week they ‘help’ a celebrity research  one of their family lines.  They start with a search on Ancestry.com (I think their main sponsor) and then travel with the celebrity as they find out who their ‘people’ really were. 

The only downside to the show, and I’m speaking as a genealogist, is that people will think that the search is as easy as it looks on TV.  Believe me it isn’t, but I’m sure Ancestry.com has sold a lot of memberships since the show’s premier back in 2010.  (Oh yeah, and I might have a little envy because those celebrities are taken to places that we Average Joes can’t go and get to touch artifacts that we would never get to see let alone touch.)

So, I have 2 questions to make this CF interactive:
1.  Who do you think you are?  Do you know anything about where your people came from?

2.  Do you know of any good fics about our beloved characters immigrating?

Here are three fics that have Edward coming to America:

Displaced » by algonquinrt
Contest entry for The Age of Edward contest see notes . Edward is an Irish immigrant who steps in to assist a girl at Ellis Island to prevent her deportation. AU/AH, rated M for lemons.

Volition » by Rochelle Allison
It's Belfast, N.Ireland and the year is 1972. Bella's worried about her brother and his best friend, Edward, and their dangerous involvement in the Irish Republican Army. Is it really wise to fall in love with a rebel? Rated M.

On An Island With You » by MyTwiDreams
The path his life is going to take seems already clear to E. when his family immigrates from Germany to the States in 1903. But that is before a beautiful, dark-haired Italian catches his eyes on Ellis Island/ Written for the AGE OF EDWARD CONTEST
 

We are going here:

And I need to know: 

Which completely outlandish hotel should we stay at?

What shows should we see that are ok for the 13yo? (no bare breasts - poor hubs!)

Do you have a "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" story to share with the forest???

Or maybe some music I can put on my Vegas playlist? Here's a start:

Hmmmm......renew our vows in front of Elvis?! Great idea, thanks Katy Perry!

 

What are you listening to?

So when I woke up painfully at midday due to my swollen jaw and cramps, I prayed I'd find something good in my inbox and yes, my prayers were answered 

CLOSE YOUR EYES by CARANO !!!! 

 Close Your Eyes reviews
Bella barely remembers her godparents, but after losing her mom and dad, she's shipped off to rainy Washington to live with the Cullens for her final semester in high school. On the outside, the Cullens are perfect. Behind closed doors is another matter.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 623 - Reviews: 318 - Published: 2-2-12 - Edward & Bella

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7799137/1/Close_Your_Eyes

I'm obsessed already and only the Prologue has been put up!!! 

LETS DISCUSS!!!

EDIT: Have you come across any super angsty teen fics lately? 

My rec is Close Your Eyes ^ ^ ^   :) 

Go discover why Bella's birthday is on October, 25!!!

This chapter brought some tears to my eyes...you've been warned!

The Keepsake by Windchymes

Summary: Some things you never forget, they just hurt too much to remember.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7562914/6/

Have a great weekend!

- Raum from Italy

ps: Windchymes said that the next chapter might arrive within the weekend! It would really help to make this weekend special!

http://www.adifferentforest.com/Fiction/Title/920/Tender_is_the_Night/4

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7770738/4/Tender_is_the_Night

MEETING!!! TALKING!!!!

There be spoilers here...

Just got done watching Vampire Diaries and Secret Circle and was searching for some of the music I'd heard and came across this.

I just laughed so hard I woke up The Midget. :/

Chapter 38: The Title has been posted.

If you've read the chapter, let's discuss.

I'm not a big fan of Bella's, atm.

Stumbling around the interwebz today, I found this article:

If Famous Authors had Written Twilight

I confess that some of these, I can't judge, not being familiar with all the authors listed, but I did find it highly amusing.

Especially the poem in the first comment.

Do you think these summaries are accurate?

For fun, I'd love to see some of the summaries you guys come up with for Twilight written by your favorite author!

When I first checked out the Master Fic list here I immediately dismissed Cheaterward 'cause though I can enjoy angst, I don't want to read about cheating between B/E.  I know...it happens in "real life" quite a bit, but so do a lot of things I prefer not to wallow in.  I blame Lola Pops for my current dilemma.  Summer of Salt is one of my all time favorite fics.  I've re-read it twice and the waterworks flow in certain parts every time.  I love the Bella in it but it is her Edward that so moves me.  His choices were almost default ones because he didn't know himself or really what love was.  The work he did on himself and his desperation to make Bella understand what he'd learned about himself and his feelings for her were so beautifully done.  It was growth, maturity and redemption for both of them and sooo satisfying. 

I wouldn't classify SoS as a "cheater fic" but I find myself a little open to them because I loved that story so much but it's like going for the cookie right out of the oven.  9 out of 10 times your fingers get burnt.  It seems so many are brutal betrayals in marriage (almost always on Edward's part) and so heavy on the angst.  As a reader there is so little satisfaction and I'm a glass half full kinda girl.  It's just so much easier to tear things down than to build them back up...in fic and real life.  I don't fault the authors of course--after all, I'm the one choosing to read.  But I do need to disappear from some stories and think I should probably stay away from those fics.  I just hate to think I would have missed Summer of Salt with that rule.   

Does anyone else sit in front of the computer and lecture themselves about the self-torture of reading certain kinds of fics?  What are your hard lines in fic reading?  Have you surprised yourself with a certain story?

My recs:

Summer of Salt

The heat wave lingers. Sweet, savory and slick. Jasper, Rose and I wade through the humid days, content in our relative isolation. We spend June through August at our family lake property, and this summer is like any other. Until it's not.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 26 - Words: 90,754 - Reviews: 3974 - Updated: 7-5-10 - Published: 12-18-09 - Bella & Edward - Complete

Unplanned Perfection

Bella and Alice were best friends, which made Bella the only girl off limits to Alice's brother Edward. When a party the summer after graduation gets out of control, Bella's world is turned upside down. "He doesn't know. I don't want him to." LANG/LEMONS
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 42 - Words: 434,427 - Reviews: 11997 - Updated: 9-25-11 - Published: 8-11-10 - Bella & Edward - Complete

WIP  Love this!--Original, Intelligent, Interesting and the best OC in Tony

Resent

There is no death certificate for Isabella Swan. Nor are there any official records of the existence of her children...but since when has a piece of paper meant anything when it comes to creatures of the night? After all, just because something has never been documented doesn't mean it cannot exist...
Embittered by the desperate state his father left him, his mother, and his sister in five years prior, Tony Swan yearns for purpose; an opportunity to let out who he truly is. No more lies. No more veils. He won't have to wait long-as his sister grows normally, he inches closer and closer to adulthood, mind and body rapidly maturing despite the few years he has walked this Earth. And yet, throughout all this, one key fact remains forgotten by the young hybrid: fate's plan is never simple.
And in a world where monsters of human and marble flesh exist, how can it be?

Anything by:

CaraNo

Nolebucgrl
 

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Also, feel free to tell a writer if you are reading them here. Tell us what you think of their fic, it is like a rec and a pimp in one! Yay!

IT'S ALMOST TIME!!!!!

(no banner this time... sorry kids!)

YOU KNOW THE DRILL. IF YOU CAN'T WATCH IT AT 8PM EST, THEN BE WARNED.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!

WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEK?

WHO CARES?  ELIJAH'S BACK!!!

So i just found out that one of our fandom authors had Her story not only stolen but Published and is now on sale on amazon.

Original Story Welcome  To Paradise By Suzie55  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6115911/1/bWelcome_b_To_bParadise_b

Story Being Sold on Amazon Just My Luck By J.D Thompson  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006YBTELK/ref=cm_cr_error#_

It just amazes me what people will do now of days i seen people story stole and posted on fanfiction again but this taking a story another author has worked hard on and then to sale it under your name this is taking it way to far

Dusty

She loves him. He loves her crazy. She's a hopeless romantic. He's just hopeless. She's afraid to let go. He won't let her. A story about a silly girl in love with a foolish boy. Here, forever is a lie. TeamBella23 - the realist and YellowGlue - the poet
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 60,595 - Reviews: 498 - Updated: 2-2-12 - Published: 12-21-11 - Bella & Edward
 

Link to chapter 1: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7659651/1/Dusty

Todays update: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7659651/7/Dusty

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Recommendaion:

BECOMING JANE by LoreliD

As Jane burns at the stake convicted of witchcraft; she vows vengeance upon her accuser. Once she joins the Volturi, Jane's sweet revenge is within reach - Indies Winner, 2010 Eddies Nominee M / graphic violence Canon
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Horror/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,628 - Reviews: 82 - Published: 10-23-09 - Jane - Complete

Essential Jane / Volturi reading. 

i'm gonna do a freecycle next week

so do some spring cleaning this weekend!

but wtvoc, what's a freecycle?

well, dear camper. it's a campfire in which you offer up something for free- it can be anything. first person to respond gets it.

there is to be nothing exchanged.

no money.

you include shipping. the person who receives can offer to pay for shipping, but you take care of that via PM.

let us know if you can't ship internationally.

that simple.

i've been doing these for a few years now, and i've seen all kindsa stuff offered. ipods, coach bags, amazing care packages representative of the country of origin, clothes, books, food, CDs, DVDs, you name it. 

it's a good way to get rid of that certain something that you don't want to just throw away but don't have a use for anymore. that pair of jeans that doesn't fit your ass anymore. that DVD that you inexplicably have three copies of. the gift you got that you keep forgetting to return. that giftcard or store credit to a place you will never go to.

anything.

or maybe you just wanna send someone something cool from wherever you live.

the possibilities are endless~

anyway, start going through your crap. i'll do the post next week.

questions, comments, isssues with my hippieness, whatever goes in here.

It is only 50 days until the Hunger Games is released in cinemas across the world and to mark the occasion they released a new trailer.  There is a lot of stuff we have seen before and some new stuff to.