Well, it's not actually FOR FFA...but I'm declaring it to be for FFA...so it is and so it shall be...or...something.

Anyway, this dude I know, Gary, from a WDW board (stop laughing...he's a hilariously funny individual who actually IS a rocket scientist LOL) wrote a book...It's called The Land of Nod, The Artifact.  

I guess it's something of a super natural story of sorts...a boy ends up on another dimension...but I'm a bad friend and haven't read it yet.  In my defense...I just got a Kindle last week LOL  And Merry Christmas to me!  The Land of Nod, The Artifact is FREE until Midnight tonight!

Won't you join me in supporting and encouraging this new author and download his book?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W4M6FW/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb

(btw, I also know the girl who edited it for him...also from the same board LOL) 

Just seen these two Vogue Italy out-takes of Kristen.

Share your favourite pics of this beautiful girl :)

Morning, Campers!!

So, since this whole fanfiction thing came into my life, I've really developed a love for writing. I've also read more wonderful stories than I can count thanks to reccomendations from fellow fandom people.

That being said.... I need your input. I'm going to graduate next year with my Associates degree in Liberal Arts. I was thinking, after that, to get my Bachelors in English. But I have NO idea what I can do with a degree like that!

Anyone in here a teacher? That was one of my ideas, but I'm not sure. If you're a teacher, do you like it? What kind of schooling did you go through and how did you like it? How do you like being a teacher? I was thinking of teaching high school, if that matters.

Anyone in here work for a publishing company? What can I do in a publishing company with an English degree?!!

I'm just looking for ideas here, I need to do some brainstorming. I figured ADF was the perfect place to go for some advice.

Thanks in advance!

happy birthday, jane austen

today would have been the celebration of that most excellent lady's 236th birth. let us rejoice!

come thither and post pics, gifs, and vids of your most beloved jane austen adaptations.

i shall be posting recommendations for my favorite pride & prejudice fanfictions in addition to anything else jane-related. come and celebrate what is perhaps the most ardently admired female writer in western literature with me!

Merry Christmas, you twos!

Thank you for asking, it made me feel special.

I picked three, but the waaaay oldest vids with the drinks and ties are on youtube still :)

these are the new moon re-do, joe reviews new moon and the merry drunken outtakes (nsfw)

the other two will be in the comments :)

Good morning!

Today is my son's last day of school before the holiday break.  This is the first Christmas in over 15 years that I won't be working and will be able to do all the holiday things with my child that I've always wanted to do.  I am so excited about that!  

My son love crafts, so I've been gathering ideas for some crafty things we can do together (I can no longer help him assemble models of war machinery -- I am drawing the line!!).  This is something I found that I think would be fun, easy, and something he'll actually play with).  

link

Do you do crafts with your children?  If so, what are your favorites and/or show off some of your creations!!  I need ideas, folks.  

I fully intend to make a shameless use of FFA. So, my fist post is dedicated to

Is anybody reading this story ? (well, somebody is - but I never saw anything on ADF). Here is the summary, which gives you NOT an idea of how challenging the story is.

Summary: Set at the start of Twilight when Edward first meets Bella.Edward Cullen needs help and there is only one person he trusts enough to turn to. When the heart says one thing, but the head says another what is a lonely vampire to do? Rated M  - 22 chapters so far

http://www.twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=13155

RedSummer imagines an Edward who is liberated enough to go first to Carlisle and then to his "mother" and his  siblings to ask for help when passion and blood lust create havoc inside him and he does not know what to do about Bella. And they tell him their secrets, they tell him how sex is for vampires, and what are the dynamcs of a coven - a family, yes, but one where the leader has, and must have, full dominance. We discover what a singer means and learn that Carlisle met his singer once, and the singer was a male and survived the experience, but ....

In this story vampires are different from humans (well, of course) but we tend when writing to make them far too human. There is an animalistic side that is explored here, and I can't start telling you how interesting and thrilling it is. Mind you, the story is not a smut festival where everybody f**** everybody else. That has been done by other authors, here there are very explicit passages, but the point is not that and it is not what happens. Please read it if you haven't, or, if you have, share your thoughts wirh me.

THE KEEPSAKE

UPDATED!!!!!

It's the one fic which I began reading when only the first chapter was posted. It's the kind of story that's just the right mix of elements for me. Right up my alley. And I love this author (Even though I didn't read The Decision).

So, anyone else read it yet? Thoughts? (Link to the update is in the Title of the fic)

I wanted to share this because of all the wonderful things everyone else here in the forest shares with mee.

Ok, so here's what I was wondering. How many of you have heard of the portable north pole thing? Have you used it. If so, isn't it awesome?!?!?

One of my good gals just told me about it and how she uses it for her kids, but you can use it for adults too. Its seriously hilarious! I wanted to share this with everyone. Please, if you haven't use this thing...DO. I think its the funniest/ sweetest things ever created (IMO). I don't celebrate xmas, but if you have friends who do you can send this to them.

Its this site where you can, like, send a message to someone from santa. You fill out all this information about the person such as their name and where they live and how they behaved this year. you can upload a picture of them too, and have santa tell them how proud/upset he is of them. Its looks so legit. If you have kids who are on the verge of not believing santa you can use this thing. It will totally get them to believe it for a while longer. You can upload a picture of what they want this year and a picture of them. It will psyche them out!

If you have a boyfriend or fiance you can send a slightly racier message. I think. I haven't tried it but that's what my friend told me. So go do this and come back and tell me if they liked it or not. Hurry before xmas is here.

LINK:   http://portablenorthpole.tv

Happy Holidays to ALL!! *kisses and hugs* 

A lot people enjoyed this last year. I know that there were some parents who were away from their kids and whatnot. I thought I'd bring it up again. I believe you don't have to pay anything unless you wish to keep the video.

I want to get my son's 1st grade teacher a Christmas gift but I'm not sure what to get her.

What are some of the good and bad gifts that you have gotten?

A little background on her:

She's fairly young

A new mommy

Has a dog

Non-teachers can chime in also

Someone give me the low down - the ugly and the dirty - I am too scared to read. I'm too scared to even open it in order to copy and paste the link here. So who has read it and wants to tell me about it?

SPOILERS INSIDE

FORTY FIVE MINUTES UNTIL THEY ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE ANGST CONTEST

THIS WOULD BE ME RIGHT NOW:

While inside, I'm all:

And then they're going to announce the winners and we'll find out who wrote what and... and....

SERIOUSLY, COME INSIDE AND BE EXCITED/THROW UP NERVOUS WITH ME!!!

I've been waiting for free for all for ever to share LOVE for this amazing show.

BUT what you may not know, is that this show is also AMAZING to it's fans. 

How you may ask?

Well what about fan interaction!

Did you know that EVERY Thursday after a new episode of Criminal Minds aired of Wednesday nights, they have a chat with the actors or the writers or the producers? Did you know that the actors do tons of fan giveaways and interviews?

If ever a fandom to join, this would be the one!

Come in here and share some Criminal Minds love. 

I'll leave site information for all of the above goodies inside :)

ah, the holidays. from here on out, i declare a FREE FOR ALLLLLLLL. until 2012!

but that's not at all, dear hearts! oh, no. 

we'll be having contests any time from now until the end of the year. easy ones, hard ones; ones to inspire, ones to ignite; ones to fill you with holiday cheer (or possibly abject horror idk idk)

check back every day to see what's going on and what rad prizes you can win. 'cuz remember, the forest doesn't give away banners, we give COLD, HARD CASH intheformofgiftcards

so, to kick off this freeforall announcement, i declare the first contest:

comment somewhere in this post. anywhere, as many times as you want, with anything you want. rangers, you don't get to win. it's prize enough getting to talk to me via email daily~

i'm keeping this up until we decide when to post the next contest, so come back often. once that happens, i will pick a random number and whomever is that numbered comment (i actually count D: ) wins a $25US gift certificate to amazon.com.

so get to commenting, and good luck!

love, your ranger friends in the forest and mr. neil diamond

all right, because it's the holidays, i'll be nice. no more autoplay. this one's for you, katinki, spanglemaker, and LJ

 

Today's flory_p's birthday. And I wanted to make her a campfire so that we could all spread the love for this awesome girl. Seriously, if you've ever had the pleasure of talking to her then you know what a genuinely caring and wonderful person she is. She's THE nicest person I've ever met. EVER. There is no one in this world quite like this girl. She brightens everyone's day just by being you're friend. AND the best part is she'd be everyone's friend if you just talked to her. So feel free to come in here and spread some birthday love, and make a great new friend!

If you need advice of what she loves, cats, lolcats, Andrew Garfield, Harry Potter, Robert Downey Jr, Ryan Gosling, Hunger Games, AND she's from Argentina, so any futbol or Argentina love is ALWAYS appreciated.

Is it really that bad?   Lettuce discuss

http://movies.uk.msn.com/the-worst-movies-of-2011-voted-by-you#image=11

START NAO!!!! plz :D

I have been SO out of the loop lately that I have NO idea what's going on in the merry old land of Rob. PLEASE rectify this for me IMMEDIATELY!!!

I need pics, news, and whose seen Bel Ami, is it good? *sigh*

FYT.... OH HOLY CHOCOLATE FUDGE HURRY UP 2012

Talk. Now. Spoiler's to come...

Once upon a time, I used to like anonymous reviews. They were usually nice little care packages left by reviewers who didn't have the time to sign in.

NO MORE.

Now I get my first review. It's succint, vicious, derides my story as being morally bankrupt, rushed and a re-hashing of the source material it's based on, all the while claiming I didn't even understand the original movie.

Now I don't mind the review.

It raised some valid points. Points I would be happy to discuss in a calm, pleasent fashion with the reviewer. This would help stem my hurt and anger.  But I can't because they didn't even have the cajohnes to sign their own name.

If you can't say it to my (virtual) face don't say it at all.

So, Foresters, what are you angry about right now?

And here's a wonderful rec for your time:

Spider Loves Butterfly by nosleep3 reviews

You always think that because you read minds, you know everything." Edward/Bella, one-shot. A description of what it might have been like, had Edward had his way.
Twilight - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,946 - Reviews: 49 - Updated: 4-1-09 - Published: 4-1-09 - - Edward/Bella - Complete