New Update this morning - what do you think? Also, what questions have you submitted to the FAQ? Everyone has such great thoughts around the details!

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Well, she's finally showed her ugly face here in the northern suburbs of NYC.  

We are hunkered down here.  I'll be spending the night in the den downstairs myself.  We've got the flash lights and candles ready, as well as the cell phones charged.  I've compiled a list of phone numbers for hotels in the area just in case, as well as a list of what to pack, just in case.  Got a few new books today, as well as a couple of coloring books and a box of 96 Crayola crayons...just to pass the time (seriously...98 colors??)

Hoping everyone who is or was in the destructive path of this beast is ok!

To make it interactive...how are you planning on riding out the storm?

Not in the traditional sense dirty girls (and boy or boys). I saw Conan last week, it wasn't great but the whole time I kept thinking of who the main character reminded me of. Obviously my obsession with football was on my mind but this is what I came up with:

If:

and

had a baby, it would be

What's your made up babies?

Discuss. S'il vous plait.

I don't actually speak French. Not really. All-American girl, here.

Anyway. My first Campfire post. I'm a little nervous, tbqh.
I figure, since I just recently saw the movie, and this being Free For All and... all, what better way to pop my proverbial cherry and start a discussion?

So, have any of seen "Colombiana"? If so, what'd you think of Zoe Saldana?

Have any favorite actors/actresses?

Umm... I don't know what else to add.

For your time:

Oh, God. *fans self*

BTW - I don't if I did anything right in posting this, so... be gentle? :-)
 

It is more than half way through

Is anybody still doing it?

Are you ahead or behind?

What have you read?

What do you want to read?

What 2011 Releases are you excited for?

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7043140/1/Inside_Man

I know we discussed this on here a while back, about all the creepy twists this could have had, but didn't. I don't know if anyone is still reading from here, but Ch30 has just posted and features Charlie finding out about Edward.

Any thoughts??

I hope all campers along the US Eastern Seaboard are safe and ready for the coming hurricane.  Since I live in hurricane alley, I know how stressful and frightening these times can be.

I am very tickled this morning though because it seems that my fanfic reading and writing habit has paid off a little.

Last year, I started writing an AH, E&B fiction called Parma High.  It was set in southwest Florida and part of the story was about a hurricane that hits the area.

Bella finds herself alone with the storm coming upon her, so she uses a guide that was written by an old Florida boy to prepare for a hurricane and it is described in Chapter 19 of the story.

Through twitter and some websites, I have discovered that some of Parma High's readers who are in the path of Irene used it to prepare for her.  This thrills me to no end. (And also justifies some of the overly-detailed crap I write in my stories.)

I am so glad I may have helped some people. :)

So, in your opinion, how has fanfiction been helpful/useful/important?

Link to Parma High:  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6611650/1/Parma_High

I've been so MIA, but I just wanted to say how much I love the new look of the site. Even the Control Panel is so much easier to navigate. Looks awesome! Thanks for all of the hard work!

Hey Campers!

It's time for our first discussion fire for

The Port Angeles Players by WriteOnTime!!! 

Come on in and share your thoughts, feelings, etc. on Chapters 1-6.

No spoilers please! We've got lots of first time readers!

Come back on Monday to discuss chapters 7-12.

Thanks for participating!

Am I the only one seriously annoyed by summaries shouting that the story has LEMONS? My TBR list used to be huge, but I'm so damn annoyed by that I'm deleting those one by one. idk, in my sick mind it's like an indication that the author doesn't feel too confident in her plot or in her writing. Or is it an ff.net rule, yk, that the authors have to state it even if the story's rated M?

Please post your favorites for the other fandoms you follow (and don't forget to favorite this campfire so that you don't lose it).

Clicking the 'Notify me when someone leaves a comment' option is also quite helpful, if you're waiting for new recs to pop up.

Anyway, to keep things organized, please include the following:

1) Title of Fandom
2) Title of story, summary, and pairing
3) If you aren't going to link, please provide the name of the author and mention the website where it can be found (if not on ff.net)

So far, we have recs for:
-Harry Potter
-Sailor Moon

And requests for:
-Friday Night Lights
-Harry Potter (in which Harry is sorted into Slytherin and Hermione into Ravenclaw, as the Sorting Hat suggested)
-Harry Potter (in which Sirius and Remus are attending Hogwarts)
-Harry Potter (Harry/Hermione/Ron)

Previous Campfires:
-March 26, 2011
Includes recs for: Daria, Doctor Who, Glee, Harry Potter, Jane Eyre, North and South, One Tree Hill, Pride and Prejudice, Roswell, Sailor Moon, Shakespeare, Star Trek, Star Wars, Teen Titans, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Office, The Time Traveler's Wife, Vampire Diaries
-April 2, 2011
Includes recs for: Doctor Who, Doctor Who/Glee Crossover, Glee, Harry Potter, Merlin, Naruto, Prison Break, Sailor Moon, Vampire Diaries
-April 9, 2011
Includes recs for: Aliens, Glee, Legend of Zelda, North & South, Sailor Moon, Star Trek
-April 16, 2011
Includes recs for: Glee, Labyrinth, Pride & Prejudice, Ramona Quimby, The Phantom of the Opera, Vampire Diaries
-April 23, 2011
Includes recs for: DiscWorld, Fever Series, Glee, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Pride & Prejudice, Vampire Diaries, Veronica Mars
-April 29, 2011
Includes recs for: Glee, Hawaii 5-0, Pride & Prejudice, Red Riding Hood, Star Trek, Vampire Diaries
-May 6, 2011
Includes recs for: Harry Potter, Merlin, Star Trek
-May 14, 2011
Includes recs for: Doctor Who, Pride & Prejudice
-May 21, 2011
Includes recs for: Doctor Who, Glee, Harry Potter, Sherlock, Sookie Stackhouse Novels, Thor, X-Men
-May 28, 2011
Includes recs for: Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Glee, Doctor Who, Glee
-June 4, 2011
Includes recs for: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Glee, Harry Potter, X-Men
-June 18, 2011
Includes recs for: Doctor Who/Supernatural, Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Smallville, Pride & Prejudice, X-Files
-June 25, 2011
Includes recs for: Glee, Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Firefly, InuYasha, Naruto, Spirited Away, X-Men: First Class
-July 16, 2011
Includes recs for: Fever Series, Harry Potter, Red Riding Hood, True Grit
-July 23, 2011
Includes recs for: Harry Potter, My Little Pony
-July 30, 2011
Includes recs for: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Glee, Harry Potter, Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel, Roswell, Vampire Diaries
-August 13, 2011
Includes recs for: Harry Potter, Hunger Games, X-Men
-August 20, 2011
 Includes recs for: Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Sailor Moon

(I haven't linked all of the past campfires this time, but if you click on the previous campfires for which I did provide links, you'll find that the rest are still there)

My ADF profile said that my bio is not completed! And it has a sad face:( How do I make the sad face go away? Its making me a sad puppy!

Ok, I need to have a pity party and I've decided to invite ADF to join me.

I sit here, in a suburb north of NYC and wait for Hurricane Irene to come blowing on in. 

My primary concern?  That one of my neighbors gargantuan Oak trees come tumbling down onto my poor little Kia Sportage...which, if badly damaged, I won't be able to afford to replace.

Why, you might ask, will I not be able to replace a cheap car?

Because I'm unemployed.

Yes, I'm unemployed...and single.  Have I mentioned I'm single?  Yep...I am.  In fact, I'm so single I'm willing to bet that I've single handedly been responsible for countless men changing teams.  

And two days ago, my beloved MacBook Pro decided to kick the bucket.  Because I'm unemployed and broke, instead of replacing my best friend of 4 years, I need to have the poor thing repaired (for $310) .  But first?  I have to bring it somewhere for data recovery, since I never backed anything up and ALL of the fic's I'm working on are on it (along with all of my ROB!!)

And have I mentioned we are awaiting the arrival of what could possibly be a devistating hurricane?  (I think I did...)

It's gotten so bad that if I had a dog, he'd probably run away.  

So, as I sit and dwell on this with the Weather Channel droning on in the background, I realized something, and it depresses me...because my life has become a country song...

So...What kind of song is your life right now?  Humor me, please...I need all the laughs I can get until the power goes out and I'm unable to get online for the next week....*sigh*

FYT:

A happy Saturday evening to you all...

Here is your humungo Chapter 11 ("Glacies et Flamma"). Thanks for your patience!

RANGER EDIT:: FYI CAMPERS: Mondays we will be bringing back the PIMP CAMPFIRE. It is the best place for self love like when you update your fic, etc. Please join in, we would love to see you there!

I have three sisters that I have invited to be bridesmaids.  We will call them Missy, Olive, & Gertty. Olive and Gertty have not spoken to each other in over four years, but I could not invite one without inviting the other....My first mistake.

Olive often refuses to even be at the same function as Gertty, so when I asked her to be a bridesmaid, I warned her that I had asked all three sisters. Her first response was that she would do it if, and only if, she was not put behind Gertty in order of importance. She said if I could not do this, she would gracefully sit out.

Gertty has no care in the world about where she stands, and has no problems with Olive so, even though I was annoyed, I let Olive have her demand.  

The next demand from Olive came a few days later when she informed me that she would not be taking any pictures standing next to Gertty. Again she also told me that if this was a problem, she would gracefully sit out. I told Olive that I could not predict what the photographer would consider aesthetically pleasing, and therefore could not guarantee where she would be asked to stand. She said that if the photographer asked her to get all cuddly with Gertty, she would decline to take that pose and that if I had a problem with that, she would sit out gracefully. 

Next we have the sash of wrath, as my father has now named it.. I had let the bridesmaids choose all of their attire, asking only that they wear a black dress that I could put a sash on. Olive, of course, had already refused to wear a sash saying that it would cinch her waist. I had agreed to let her wear a shawl, but on the day of the shower, tried to simply show her what a sash would look like.  Having had several glasses of champagne, she proceeded to yell at me, calling me bridezilla, and telling me that I could not demand she wear a sash.

I had enough at this point but wanted to not cause any drama, so instead of kicking Olive out of the wedding, I told her that I was going let her wear a shawl, and put Missy between her and Gertty so they did not have to be close in pictures. I was however, mad enough to tell her that I was not putting her first. Upon telling her this is what I was doing, she told me she had to think about whether or not she could be a bridesmaid. 

Several hours later, she calls me and tells me that I should make that decision for her, knowing what I was putting her through. So....I booted her. (She was far from graceful about it.) I had enough of the drama and was tired of having my intended watch me cry over the situation.

My mother is trying to convince me to let Olive still be a bridesmaid, should I do this? And how ridiculous was I to kick her out in the first place?

This week I had an appointment. 

You know what appointment I'm talking about. 

The yearly one that no woman looks forward to. 

This visit left me with some questions the doc couldn't answer for me (or wouldn't, I couldn't tell if she was really that excited over it or if she was trying to sell it to me) about birth control. 

So, I'm asking you lovely ladies for some feedback and stories, and in return I'll do my best to help you out with your TMI questions, etc.

Details inside!

LADIES.....and gentlemen???  any gentlemen in da house????....GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS??

you guessed it (or maybe you didn't, but even if you didn't don't worry - i'mma tell you!) it's drinking with dawnmarie dreaming time.

hellish work week - left the place feeling like i'd been hammered on for the last 3 hours of my shift, and NOT in a good way.  but i'm home.  i've shitake mushroom, showered, and shaved...actually i didn't shave, but i'm not really very hairy anyway.  I've had dinner, cut my mother's nasty ingrown toenails, and caught up with my fic updates (Words With Friends FTFMW!!!).  To make a long story longer, i've taken care of all my responsibilities and can finally relax.

I've got my computer in my lap and an amaretto sour in my hand.  The kindling is catching on nicely...just waiting to add a few logs and get this campfire a'blazing.

so come on ladies, bring a beverage and step in side.  tell me about your week.  or about your night.  or about that night that you got so drunk you scorched your butt-hole trying to light your fart.  tell me about anything really, just don't leave me drinking alone.

and let's make sure we raise a glass to WTVOC and toast her a very speedy recovery!

ps...i'd like some porn recommendations....more details inside....

pps...i almost forgot my drunken rec!  i got all caught up on How to Paint a House last night (thanks for the rec, Ruby!!!).  It is awesome.  any of you considering life as a house painter after this fic? 

So it’s the last weekend before football THANK GOD. Is anyone interested in some weekly football posts? We can talk up our teams, trash other teams, get into spirited but respectful debates. I’m addicted to both college and pro (addicted to does not equal an expert in!) so we can discuss all/both/either. We can even come up with different topics like commentary that sounded dirty, ref call that sucked the most, etc. If anyone else is interested or has an unhealthy obsession and wants to comment weekly, let me know and I’ll make sure to post once every Saturday morning. If no one is interested, no promises but I’ll try not to post every weekend :)

In honor of football, I give you two of my favorite football pics ever from my college team WVU (West Virginia University). For those that don't know on the first pic, we have a habit of burning couches when our team wins big games. It's an actual warning sign.

And the second pic is two player from a couple of years ago that sat together all the time for S's and G's.

Has anyone noticed the fashion worn on TV shows lately?  For a fashionista wannabe like me, it's like pron.  I drool over the fitted dresses on Mad Men.  I lust after Neil Caffrey's slick suits on White Collar, and I covet Shauna's outfits on Entourage. 

I want to know what shows or movies do you think have the best styling/outfits.

I 've got a question :

Why does fiction-moms and fiction-friends always side with the poor Bella hurt by the horrible Bad Edward?

Example : Chasing Victory (Nice story, with Hot-Ed)

They loved each other. He loved cars, and wanted to be a racer ; she hated cars, never went to one of his races and wanted him to go to uni with her. One night, after hot-sex, she get asleep and say what she sould have never said : "we're gonna get married". Him, 18 and full of dreams, freaks out and run away. (I would have too).

3 years later, after he cut himself from his family and all, he saw Bella again, and discover they have a baby girl. Bella tried ( not to hard) to tell him, but she couldn't ever reach him (uhuh).
And Esme (who knew all along) takes side on her, his friends agree with Bella : "you've hurt her so much blablabla".

Seriously?
She never respected his love for cars,
she never respected the fact that he didn't want to go to uni,
she didn't told him he had a baby ,
and HE'S THE ONE WHO HURT HER???

More generally, why do authors have this need for a poor Bella everybody takes side on no matter what (when clearly Esme should at list defend her son)?
Why is it never Bad-Bella who hurt Edward and pays for it??