Just wondering if any of you have heard anything how Sandi is doing?  I have been thinking about her ever since her husband took down her blog....

FYT!!!

so... i think this seems to have been beaten to a pulp in the last few months in regards to the twilight kids, but the topic of fame and its cost has recently hit home for me, and i want to hear thoughts on it. let's have a sociological discussion, if you'll join me. 

one of my friends from college is/was (look at me being nondescript) on this season of american idol. i'm not going to tell you who he is (well, you know it's a dude), because it doesn't matter. what i'm interested in talking about is the amount of fans he already has just thus far. there are already twitter accounts dedicated to him/his fans, and some of them are... unsettling. 

anyway, here are a set of questions i'd love to hear y'alls opinions on:

1. maybe it's just because he's a guy, but why are most fanatic things you hear about like this caused/started by females?

2. what is it about twitter that makes its users feel like they can get all up in other people's business? is it just that "celebs" (i'm not calling him a celeb... because eww) offer that kind of disclosure and therefore hand out an open invitation?

3. as is talked about frequently regarding R/K, if someone is going into a business to find fame, or maybe just a business that often results in fame, should she/he seriously think about the consequences of becoming widely recognized? is that even fair? 

4. do people try to get in good with upcoming "celebs" before they're huge and famous so they can somehow ride out the success? or just because they want to be able to say, "i was a fan of his since the beginning?"

5. why do people even do this at all (the twitter/fangirl thing)? 

this just.. really creeps me out. because he's not even "famous," yet, really. he's just on idol. and yet he already has tons of fangirls trying to become his best friend on twitter... or maybe trying convince him that they're soulmates? hell if i know. anyway. thanks, friends! 

Calling all Robert Pattinson fans! MTV News has a very special treat for all of you next Friday, March 18, when we'll present an exclusive sit-down interview with Robert Pattinson and premiere a previously-unseen clip from his new movie, "Water for Elephants."

Hosted by MTV News' Josh Horowitz, "MTV First: Robert Pattinson" airs next Friday at 8:56 p.m. ET on MTV and MTV.com. Fans can tune in to see RPattz introduce the new clip, followed immediately by a live 30-minute interview with Josh on MTV.com, during which the "Twilight" heartthrob will answer a few questions from fans.

Fans can begin submitting their pressing queries on Friday (March 11) on MTV.com or via Twitter (using @MTVNews/ hashtag #AskRob).

In order to properly prepare for this exclusive, must-see event, MTV News will also be pulling from its extensive Robert Pattinson library — dating back to the first "Twilight" flick — during a five-day countdown of our favorite MTV moments with the star. Fans should check in every day to see and comment on the latest clips!

Pattinson's eagerly anticipated "Water for Elephants" is based on the acclaimed best-seller by Sara Gruen. The story revolves around a veterinary school student Jacob (Pattinson), who meets and falls in love with Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), a star performer in a circus around the time of the Great Depression. They discover beauty amidst the world of the Big Top and connect over their compassion for a special elephant. Against all odds — including the wrath of Marlena's charismatic but dangerous husband, August (Christoph Waltz) — Jacob and Marlena pursue lasting love.

"Water for Elephants" hits theaters on April 22.

With Hawaii and the North American West Coast placed on tsunami advisories early Friday after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck in Japan, the Vancouver Island beach area in British Columbia where Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart and the rest of the Wolf Pack are filming the Twilight series' Breaking Dawn has been evacuated.

The actors are not believed to be in any danger, but for safety measures they apparently have been moved out of the region.

The town where production is taking place, Tofino, contains a long stretch of open coast on the furthest westerly point of the island and was seen in the earlier The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

sauce: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20472899,00.html

idek if this all that true, but I thought I'd post it anyways

While we're weeks away from the next episode of "The Vampire Diaries," we're even further away from seeing how another action-packed, lust-filled season will come to an end. When we caught up with the always-hot Ian Somerhalder earlier this week, he admitted even he has no idea how the season will wrap up.

"We have 29 days [left in shooting]. I'm just curious as to what the hell is going to happen," he told us on Monday at Cosmopolitan magazine's 2011 Fun Fearless Males party."I'm excited how we're gonna [end it]. Season one was such a great journey. It took us all for a ride. I'm excited to see what happens. I'm excited to see it because it's not as if you read a film and you've got the definite answer. I don't know anything, which is kind of like life."

Okay...Then we ventured to get Mr. Smolderhotter to weigh in on what he'd like to see happen if he were in charge of writing the rest of the season. "What I would like to see is, is I would like to see Damon kidnap Elena and then go to the Caribbean. Go to Paris first, then they go looking for her and then they disappear to the Caribbean for a season or something, while everyone frantically searches for them."

So, would things get sexy? "Why not?" Ian added.

Why not indeed! Count us in for that wild, sexy ride then!

Source: hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/03/10/ian-somerhalder-season-2-finale/

via ONTD

Hello Campers!

I am currently 4 months pregnant with my first child and since this is FFAF..I was wondering of you all had any advice, recommendations or tips for me??

- Do you have a diaper cream that is the absolute best?

- Tips about breastfeeding?

- What products could you not live without??

- You favorite place to buy baby clothes?

Spread your knowledge!

I'm clueless!! ;)

Thank you!!

Happy Birthday to the always lovely, ever fabulous Wonderwall!!

Come on in and help her celebrate this special day....

...by leaving her some love (and Rob, Colin, or any kind of pretty) and birthday wishes!

Thank you! :D

Please, could somebody tell me how to unsubscribe from a campfire?  My e-mail is continually inundated with e-mails from the *Pulled Fics* campfire back in November.  I'd like to *unsubscribe* from that campfire, if possible.

TIA!

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

Please keep us posted.

Yes, I am a dork, but also a worry wort who cares about all of you.

No really, I have a friend who thinks because of a certain Fanfic that is to be published. (50 shades of Grey) That Twilight fanfiction is done.. Too much attention is going to be put on it, and Mrs. Meyer is going distroy the house we built. What do you think? Is it the begining of the end .. or is there nothing to worry about?

We're all connected by our love/hate relationship with Twilight and ADF.

But what about the worlds we're not directly connected by? 

What worlds, hobbies or careers are YOU - secretly or otherwise - a part of that might surprise some people? 

For example, I'm secretly part of the Twi-world, but I'm also a part of this world:

Let's make it a memorable one!

Remember this ridiculous moment?

Hey Campers! 

Share with the forest  3 things that you've most recently hearted  

If you don't use We♥It, use your tumblr, etc!

*FFA late thursday- saturday afternoon right?

Yep it's that time again!

So stop by to share a though, a picture ,or GIF related to this good looking fellow and the actor behind him: Ian Somerholder!!

 You know what to do...

a wee bit early today because I have a meeting tonight 

What fics are YOU reading right now?

What fic makes you drop everything to read the update?

What fic do you think MORE people NEED to be reading?

Here is the place to put your weekly recommendations for the fanfictions that you love most.

Don't forget to link up the fics! We love to click and read!

For my recommendation, I suggest you read some of the fics that are going to be battling it out via their Edwards in the ADFFC Championship next week! A good vote is an informed vote!

so.... adf and ff are online communities.  my question is..

how internet safe are you?

as in, are you trusting? wary?

 personally, i'd like to think i'm careful.  but, i've realized, that on adf, a lot of ppl know a ton of personal stuff about me, like

1) my name

2) my email

3) my age

4) where I go to school

5) the area I live in

6) my specific address (with those freecycling campfires yall)

AND THIS SCARES ME.

because anyone can be anyone on the internet. and while adf is the only place i've ever shared so much info, and yall are a pretty great group...

it's scary.

SO SHARE, PLEASE.

other questions to consider... 

what do you do to keep internet-safe?

tips?

how much do you reveal of yourself?

what things are okay to tell?

what things you NEVER SHOULD?

this comes for a conversation with my dadda and me, where i was telling him about this awesome online community that i visit everyday called adifferentforest, and he warned me to be careful... and it just gots me all panicky and paranoid.

A Quiet Fire just updated.  Oh my jeebus, I can't even...

Spoilers will be inside.  Be forewarned.

Howdy Campers....

It's time for the last read a long fire for Abbracciare Il Cantante by Bratty Vamp. 

Everyone who has ever read it - even if you've haven't participated in the read a long - come on in and discuss this amazing fic in its entirety!!!

On Monday, I'll announce the next read a long fic - Stay tuned! 

Big thanks to Bratty Vamp for being a great sport, and to everyone who has participated!! xoxo

Thank you, wonderful wtvoc, for the sticky.

Perhaps he is as smooth as James Bond. Perhaps scrappy, like Vinny.

Perhaps he is into corporate maneuvers, perhaps he's a Public Defender.

Maybe he's an Attorney General, or perhaps an ambulance chaser.

He's Edward Cullen, Esq., and he's a lawyer. Attorney. Solictor.  Barrister.

Have you seen him?  Wouldn't you LIKE to?  So would at least one of our campers...

So come on, share with us your favorite Lawyerward stories!  He might be finishing law school or an experienced pro...we just want to SEE HIM IN ACTION.

And...

If you have a few moments...

Take some time to check on the Master Fic List.  Any new one-shot you've read recently?  Add it to one of the lists!  Any newly completed fics?  Check it into the AU or AH fic list compilation.  Our Master Fic List is meant to be a work in progress, so please consider it when you're going through your new favorites or TBR's!

Thanks! :)

happy birthday, ohaleno4!

please come in and wish felicitations to one of the original campers here in the forest- my darling ohaleno4.

i've met this broad in real life, and she's just about the nicest person you'll ever meet (but then again, if you're standing next to me and erica_lopeezy, i guess you would have to be).

have a good one, my darling!