More inside.

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idk reese

idk

are stomachers coming back? that's really unflattering.

and robert, where are your new glasses? did the mean boy with the dreads take them back?

you should just go to skinny ties in addition to this monochromatic thing you've got going that almost works.

are reese's straps bugging anyone else? that would drive me crazy, like when you know you need to adjust your bra strap but can't because you're in front of people, so you keep straightening your shoulders in a desperate attempt to save your breasts from getting out of control

err, maybe it's just me

idk, tell me why or why not i should see water for elephants as i'm pretty much in the "lol no" camp

oh, and this is from the UK premiere.

ETA: lol at you all thinking i'm calling reese witherspoon fat. are you kidding me? i'm the last to talk. her body is amazing. use your eyeballs, campers. i typed the word "stomacher". not "stomach". "stomacher". the V-shaped thing you see on old european dresses ladies wore to flatten the front of their bodies and enhance a tiny waist and good birthin' hips. stomacher. sheesh. i'm not that much of a bitch.

Knickers, Panties, Briefs, Bloomers, Drawers....come and share your pictures. Jazzy and I want to know what kind of underpants the Cullen's wear. Who better to ask than the experts, you gals! Share your thoughts inside!

I think Emmett would wear these:

NSFW now

OMG, you guys, I just had a paradigm shift and I have to share it with you. Also, hi! I'm back.

So, I've always been a big fan of the Jane Austen mysteries by Stephanie Barron, and I've just been reading the latest one: 

Slightly disappointed by the ending of this one...but I digress. The point is, I realized about halfway through the book that I was essentially reading Jane Austen fanfic. Published fanfic!! And that got me thinking...

and...

All fanfic, really, when you think about it. Serious, read-it-in-high-school-english, award winning literature fanfic.

What other fanfics have become high literary fiction? How can we make sure our fics end up with the same glorious fate? Discuss!!

Will you read?

Okay, I may have had a few too many, but I just had to post this; where is grown.ass.woman?  I haven't seen her around here for a while and was just wondering about her.   And, I'm sitting here bombed off my ass and that made me think even more about her.  Does anyone know of her where abouts?

Ok, so I've been contemplating reading the Twilight Saga again, since it's been a while and I really have little to no recollection as to what BD is even about anymore.  I figured if I started reading like, NOW, then I should be able to get through at least the first half of my least favorite Twi book by the time the first movie of it comes out, right?

Ok, maybe.

But then I started to think about it...like, really think about it...and there are elements in these books that just drive me crazy if I think about them too much.  

Like, for instance, it makes me NuTs that there is virtually NO parenting done by the humans.  It's a really sad day when the pseudo~Vampire parents do more parenting than the human parents of underage kids.  Charlie is like...useless, and I really LIKE Charlie.  But, if my teen age daughter were to be so affected by her boyfriend's departure that she acted like a zombie for three months, I can assure you my way of snapping her out of it wouldn't be to threaten to send her to her father in Florida.  On the contrary, it would never have gone on that long.  And, once my teenage daughter married this boyfriend with the odd family, and they came back from their honeymoon but I was told I couldn't see her since she picked up some weird disease while on some tropical island?  Rest assured THIS parent would be busting down the Cullen's fancy front door with the State Police and the CDC right behind her.  I mean...no wonder she wanted to be a Cullen!  Her own flesh & blood human parents didn't seem to give a flip about her!  Did Renee even get involved in the wedding plans for her ONLY CHILD?

Or...and this is a HUGE issue for me...the feeling I got that Bella only agreed to marry Edward as a means to an end.  She wanted to be changed, and marriage was the only way he would agree to it.  I often felt that Bella wanted to be a Cullen more than she wanted to be Edward's wife, which I found sad, because Edward was really so in love with her.  I actually found myself feeling badly for Edward a lot.

Anyone else get these same feelings while reading?  Or, maybe there's something else about these books (other than the bad writing and the 'fade to black', which I'm sure bothers the heck out of most of us LOL) that drives you to distraction?

FYT...

Ok- So the usual place I go to for fic recs is not getting the traffic it used to. In fact,  I have a feeling it will not be around much longer.

Although I love ADF,  my computer does not. It often freezes when I am here. :0(

Where else do you guys go for fic recs/discussions?

I want to add a few more sites to my bookmarks.

****edit- Thanks for all the recs. I had no idea there were so many out there. I love reading a chapter and then discussing it. It is like an instant book club.  I miss that about the two places I usually go to. The traffic has slown on them and do not have near the fic discussions that they used to. 

I may need to find some new playgrounds.  I am almost tempted to get a better computer so that I can navigate this site more often.

Thanks Guys!!!

you're welcome~

I can't believe I haven't seen this before...ya'll check it out it's priceless!

http://lion-lamb.livejournal.com/1651773.html

permission granted by wtvoc.

Do you write fan fiction?

Give us a little peek!

Post excerpts from your upcoming chapters here!

~ Don't forget to include a link to your story! ~

I recently entered the "O is for Originality, C is for Creativity" contest.
I was attracted by the theme of the contest: they required to write a canon O/S, from the point of view of a character of the original saga, but using 25 items (objects, verbs, phrases...) provided by the contest committee.
It's been a very interesting challenge and...surprise... I won the contest!

(Second surprise... mine was the only entry, but this is another story... :) )

If you want to read the story, here it is:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6921947/1/TheCliff

I think that a prompt, such as an image or a phrase, can be encouraging because sometimes an (aspiring) author needs not only a launching ramp for his/her creativity, but also a boundary to mark a territory; in this case, the "rules" of a contest provide exactly this "boundary".

Rules could be interesting also because they offer the opportunity to...break them.

For example, I entered another contest, "Behind the lyrics"; I was given a song from the Sixties (Crystals, He's a rebel), while the o/s I submitted deals with Carlisle in 1798... different ways to be a rebel, in different times... If you want to check the story, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6872281/1/The_Moon_over_Volterra.

What is your experience about contests and, in general, about "writing with rules/ prompt"?

- Raum

Happy Monday, Campers!

Today, we're discussing Chapters 9-18 of Faking It by spanglemaker.

Come in and share your thoughts, feelings, predictions, etc.

No spoilers please - we have lots of first time readers! =)

Next up - Chapters 19-26 on Thursday!

Thanks for participating!

MONDAY.

it's raining here.

it's Monday.

I'm cranky.

there's one cure for cranky!!

PICTURE POST.

but not just any picture post. in honor of cranky Monday and Twilights Leading Lady...

show me your best bit--cranky face.

So, lets talk about hair.

I have long dark blond straight hair.  

However, its time for a change. And as I am jealous of her hair.... how do I get that messy beautiful look? Or visit a hairdresser?

BREAKING NEWS: OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD. 

campfire chat

pull up a log, bring your own marshmallows, sneak in your flask, and come sit around my campfire.

what'd you do this weekend?

how are you holding up?

anything new going on that i should know about?

see any good movies/tv shows/books lately?

got a tumblr you think i should be following?

come chat with each other, campers. you pick the topics and respond to others accordingly.

hipster darcy and hipster miss bennett for your time:

The Cullen Campaign

only one more chapter to go followed by an epilogue.

I just started reading it today and I am hooked :)

so what are you waiting for, get to it!

What's this?

There are rumors that it's our beloved Katinki's birthday today.

The great Katinki, creator of The Legendary Robporn Folder, author of Dark Games & Twisted Minds, Night Must Fall, Renfield & Chicklets and more.

LINK to Katinki's Robporn folder here

Let's post our favorite Rob pics, or anything else you'll know she'll like to show our love.

Here's my version of Night Must Fall Edward:

Get on in here and wish her a happy birthday!

no, not that tab up at the top of the Forest.

I went on a day trip with my dad and uncle yesterday out to a place their mom painted back in the 60s.

i mean, the painting is on the living room wall where i'm sitting now. it's an autumnal landscape of a CCC era bridge. we went TO the bridge because since about 1970 the land has been closed to the public and for some reason it was open yesterday for a fee of $10 per person.

Anyway, I saw two hawks dancing in the sky, and later when we went to grandma's house, I saw a redbird as red as a crayon and then two fat mourning doves who didn't even care about my presence. I had walked a way up the hill behind her house & was secluded amongst the mesquite and wild mustang vines, but they saw me.

this morning i am watching birds skitter around the lake as a storm approaches. a formation of ducks just flew low over the water, an arrow pointing directly into the wind.  mockingbirds and chickadees are busy battening down the hatches as the morning sky darkens. there's no sign of the heron or the egret that usually roost in the cattails right behind the house, but there are larger colonies of both birds about a mile from here. perhaps they seek safety in numbers. as i typed, a falcon passed close by the window.

show me your birds. no really. if you don't know, go to wikipedia, your state, your locality, find your bird, post the pictures. i want to seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. thank you.