Ok this is my second campfire this week but it's FF week right..lol. Plus the other was for help...lol. Any who, my son said the funniest thing to me today. Me: get dressed buddy. Kiddo: mom do I have to wear a bra Me: hum...no buddy boys don't wear bras. Kiddo: (long thoughtful pause) why do girls wear bras? Me: (oh crap I'm not ready to answer this)...(longer pause & short prayer) Well...bud...hum...hum...girls think they r pretty. Kiddo: ( pause... Wheels turning) Mommy, what if a girl doesn't wear a bra? Me: Don't worry about bras honey...they don't concern boys. So, how do u think I handled that? My last thought was mother bear like and very wistful that he never cares about bras...until I'm dead...lol. TO MAKE THIS INTERACTIVE TELL ME SILLY OR FUNNY THINGS UR KIDS OR KIDS U KNOW SAY OR SAID. WE NEED SOME HUMOR ON GOOD FRIDAY, I THINK GOD WOULD SAY IT'S OK.

HELLO! DOES ANYONE OF YOU KNOW WERE I CAN FIND THIS FIC CALLED... "SAFE HAVEN" FROM SNOWQUEENICEDRAGON....I WANT TO READ IT AND IT'S ALSO BEEN PULLED OUT OF HER BLOG....

thanx in advance..

Is anyone else having problems with TWCS?  I come back off hols ready to have a glass of wine & a catch up of my favs but I can't access anything. Grrrrrrr!  Everytime I click on a story it asks for confirmation that I'm over 18 but then just keeps returning me to the chapter list over & over again.  Any suggestions?

I've just got to talk about this...

Gigolos

This is a quasi-reality show about real male escorts/gigolos in Las Vegas. It is on Showtime and it is pretty graphic.

Has anyone watched this show?  I am still pondering after last night's episode - I find myself feeling alternately fascinated and uncomfortable. I am also completely puzzled why the women who have hired these guys want to be on camera.

To make this interactive, do you know anyone who has ever partaken of this particular activity?  Do you think you ever could?

My take on it inside -
 

To everyone out there who observes Good Friday, may you be blessed today. 

Come on in and share how you are remembering today, if you are recognizing it.

"Happy" is not the right sentiment and yet we call it "Good."  Ever wonder why we call it "Good"?  Feel free to come on in and discuss that too. 

Here's the EXTENDED preview for next week's episode.

After watching last night's episode, come in here with me and DISCUSS.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

WILL ELENA REALLY DIE?  WILL BONNIE BITE THE DUST?

WILL DAMON AND ELENA FINALLY KISS?  <- by golly she better do this before the season is over or i'm liable to throw something

WILL ELIJAH KILL KLAUS?

WILL KLAUS GET RID OF HIS RIDICULOUS SHORT HAIR?  BUY A WIG, MAN!  BUY. A. WIG.

TALK ABOUT YOUR PREDICTIONS IN HERE.

FYT:

I'm supposed to be studying, but, seriously, did Rob really need to tell us he's really good at unplugging toilets with his bare hands?? WHY are you talking shit, Rob??

I'm honestly wondering if he's doing it on purpose, hoping that all us crazy women will finally get off his dick. Or maybe I'm overreacting. idk. Scatology is a hard limit for me, even in fics I adore.

Do you have a best friend? 

Someone you can lean on? 

Someone to celebrate with? 

Someone you can always rely on? 

Someone to share a drink with? 

Someone to make you laugh? 

Someone to... get in trouble with? 

Tell me about them. 

i am looking for a fic called responsibilities, it edward and bella, i find it a long time ago and then forgot about it but now i tried to find it or even the author but with no luck , the author i think called ( i am not sure) serephimxox or seraphimxox  like i said not remembering the name but i think its either one of them.

it was about bella having a responsibility of a mother , and its tiring her until the cullen comes and help her, i am not sure the child is hers or just her baby brother , i know i am confusing u but plzzzzz help me , if anyone have or know what happen to it plz let me know

Someone rec'd me a great fic that is not available except on google dice. Now ladies I have tried & tried to figure out how to find good google doc fics but I can't even find any twilight fics. I'm clueless... And not like the awesome movie! Any help or tips? I would love to post a clueless pic or rob pretty but I still can't figure the copy/ paste for the iPad either... Lol Ur technically challenged camper

Edit: I mean google doc not dice. Me + autocorrect = fail

While looking through the reviews for WFE, there seemed to be a pattern, and not a good one. The movie, at best, has mixed reviews. The general consensus seems to be it's boring, plodding, dull, lifeless... And they are laying blame at the feet of Rob, and Reese. Don't get me wrong, there are a few nice reviews. Nobody shouting their praises upon high, but... nice. Generally those reviews are complementary of the sets, and score, Christoph Waltz, and of course, Tai!

This was a big test for Rob, and it seems like he may have eeked 'passible' at best. I'm a little disappointed.I wanted so much for him to have 'hit this out of the park'.  I'll still go see the movie, but after reading the book, i had high hopes, which don't seem to have been realized.

Here are a few of the less than complimentary comments about Rob's performance:

"As sadists go, this guy's an amateur next to Waltz's "Basterds" bad boy, but the actor is so talented, he commands every moment that he's on screen, further highlighting how dull fellow Oscar winner Witherspoon and "Twilight" heartthrob Pattinson are."

"The romance is utterly predictable and uninvolving, with barely a spark igniting between Witherspoon and Pattinson." --David Germain/Associated Press

"Pattinson, freed of his "Twilight" skin glitter, doesn't seem entirely freed of his "Twilight" persona; he's filmed here like a teen idol (the sunlight always seems to be uncannily caressing Jacob's cheekbones) and spends most of his time picturesquely brooding."                                       --Moira Macdonald/Seattle Times

"His main problem seems to be his leading man, Pattinson, who, at least in this early stage in his career, doesn’t have the screen presence to hang with Oscar-winning co-stars Witherspoon and Waltz. As a result, a film that aims for epic is for the most part inert, ambling along slowly for the better part of two hours before collapsing upon itself in a brief, gloriously overwrought finale."          --Thomas Leupp/Hollywood.com

"You know how they say to find one thing and do one thing well? Well, Pattinson's thing is glowering."

"But the problem isn't just miscasting or the cheesiness of the material. It's Pattinson's increasingly predictable, dour persona."

"So what's going to happen to Pattinson, who these days seems well on his way to becoming the most tiresome leading man since Kevin Costner? " -- Mary Elizabeth Williams/Salon.com 

Two campfires in two days. I'm starting to annoy myself lolll

So the second episode starring Will Farrell (who is to replace Steve Carell when he leaves the show) airs tonight at 9 PM eastern. 

What do people think about DEANGELO VICKERS?

Are people still watching the show now that Michael Scott is leaving?

Is anyone else as heartbroken as I am?

I could very well use this time to rant about how much Will Farrell annoys me. Maybe someone can try to change my mind...??

i already miss him...

Spelling & Grammar Help Desk:

Hey, we are all human. And if you're like me, you make the occasional mistake in spelling or grammar.

I mean, English is hard. What words give you the biggest trouble?

What tools or mneumonics mnemonics do you use to help you remember how to spell a word? Let's share our tips.

THIS IS A HELP DESK. THIS IS NOT A FORUM TO JUDGE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORSE AT SPELLING & GRAMMAR THAN YOU ARE.

Examples:

For the life of me, I can never remember how to spell reminisce-I always want to put an e after the m. But I've found that if I visualize myself reminiscing at my high school reunion in a MiniCooper, I'll know that the word "mini" appears in this word.

I tell myself "tomorrow" rhymes with "borrow"

I remember that the word "finite" appears in the word "definite"

I have learned that "embarrass" has both two r's and two s's. 

dessert has 2 s's and desert has only one because you always want more dessert!

Share with me your tips and methods to spell correctly.

FYT: Nerds are Sexy!  Who is sexy!

i got accepted to medical school today!

yay!

so, i realized that i probly won't have time to waste copious amounts of time reading ff... or doing anything generally fun. 

so guys, what should i do with my last couple of months of freedom before i start school in september?

what fics should i read? is there anything in fandom i should check out? is there someone awesome out there i should introduce myself to and have a sordid summer fling with? should i dye my hair a different color every week?

WHAT WILL I BE MISSING OUT ON??

also, to not make this all about myself (because that's not cool), what's on your pseudo-bucket list?

(how funny is it that about an hour after i got my acceptance i asked myself WHAT ABOUT FANFICTION AND THE FANDOM?!?)

it's that time of the week again.

the vampire diaries 2x19 is on tonight. 

in a couple hours we'll officially meet klaus. and see elijah again.

i have a singing gig for easter stuff today, so i won't be around. but you guys have fun and leave me some good conversation to come back to :D

what are your predictions?

was there a love triangle between elijah/katherine/klaus way back in the 1400s?

the official synopsis for the season finale was released today. have you seen it?
ARE YOU AS TERRIFIED AS I AM?

attention west coast: SPOILER ALERT - stay away for a while, but make sure you come back to discuss the episode after it's aired!

So, my story is being featured in a read along tonight on Twitter. I hadn't really heard of this before a few weeks ago and was interested in the concept.

Basically, they set a time to start and everyone logs onto Twitter as they start to read. You post thoughts or comments or anything you want about the story as you read, along with the hashtag  #readalong. You can then search readalong and see what everyone is saying. How clever, right?

Anyway, The Wayward Pushers are hosting Slaves to the Moon tonight at 8 p.m. CST, 9 p.m. EST.

Make sure you are following @WaywardPushers and/or @jaimearkin if you'd like to participate.

Authors, ever had one of your stories hosted? Did you participate in any way or sit back and watch?

Readers, ever participate in a read along? Did you enjoy it? Did reading along with a group of people make the experience better?

Hi everyone this is my first time starting a campfire so bear with me.

Master of the Universe 2 posted the final chapter and I wanted to know what everyone who reads it thought about it. I have some opinions but I want to hear thoughts and start a conversation about it.

http://50shades.com/?p=2015

So last night I was browsing around the Master Fic list like I had nothing better to do (which isn't exactly the truth, so let's pretend) and ended up looking through the crossover list. If I remember correctly, there are 25 stories listed on it. However, it got me wondering. How popular are crossover fics? Are there any good, completed and canon crossovers?

For example, as far as I know there are stories that are still E&B, but with the difference that she's a Salvatore. But this campfire isn't limited to recommendations; I would also like to hear everyone's opinions on crossovers. Have you read any? Does the idea interest you? Please share your thoughts.

The Master Fic Crossover list link >>>   Click Here

So last week I was wandering around Target pretending like I didn't have the Official Twilight guide in my cart (trolley, buggy, basket whatever you call it in your neck of the woods). Honestly, I don't know why I was embarrassed about it, but that's not the reason for this campfire.

I got thinking of other strange things I've put in my shopping cart before. Okay, not so much the individual item is strange but the combination is a little odd.

I'll reveal mine inside.

So what's the oddest combination you've had in your cart? Or if you're a cashier, have you wondered what on earth someone was going to do with that combination?

Most times I don't care what I'm getting, but sometimes I do realize that some of these items form a strange combo that make me look like a freak.

Anyway, this is just a campfire to distract me from doing anything productive. Feel free to join me.

Disclaimer: Some of these items may be adult content.

I've never seen a post on this- so if its old news, just move along.

I LOVE books on cds and tape. I spend my days doing data analysis and for some reason having a book on tape helps me concentrate. (I think I am wired strangely, because my brain needs to multi-task to stay on task! Music just doesn't do it for me when I am conjuring numbers.)

Anyway- audiobooks on tape are usually pretty expensive- especially if you go through them the way I do. Ocassionally I go to youtube and pick one there and let it run in the background all day. So yesterday I was trolling for my usual background noise and came across this site/channel:

Audio FanFiction Productions

http://www.youtube.com/user/AudioFanFictions#p/p

Imagine my surprise when I found that the entire text of Wide Awake is on there! There was also a one-shot contest and some other things.

The quality is awful- since the works are clearly uploaded through some sort of speech replicator called yakittome. Edward is referred to as "ed-WORD" which makes me giggle.

Just wanted to share if anyone else needs this kind of distraction. I was also wondering if the authors knew about this?