Yeah. We're back. 

Tell us something good. 

DISCLAIMER: DO NOT MAKE ME USE MY TEACHER VOICE. 

Christmas came early kids!

Hot on the heels of the WFE trailer, Tom Sturridge has his own movie coming out, WFF- Waiting for Forever in February and it looks goooooood.

What do you think of the trailer? How delish are these Brits and their American accents?

Random aside- watching this trailer made me think of half the fics I've read about Edward/Bella as kids...what do you think????

Thanks to littlesecrettt/littlesecret84 for approving! Will find a hot KStew pic to post to thank you :)

This year, I'm in a position where I have to make all my gifts because I can haz no dinero. There's a school of thought that handmade gifts are more thoughtful and meaningful than something bought, but I freely admit that for a certain couple of people, it's a case of: "Hey, last year I put a lot of thought and money into a nice you-specific gift and basically got handed some old stuff from the closet that you didn't want anymore, and now I have no $$ anyway, so here! Have a strangely-shaped knitted bag in the butt-ugliest color I had in stock."

It's hard to bring this up even with friends because some will say you should be grateful for any gift. Usually I am, and can find uses for almost anything. But I seriously think some people are passive aggressive or just plain rude about gifts sometimes--my father's wife giving me a book on job hunting with a note on how when I wanted to start looking, she'd help me (when I had been aggressively searching for months already and her "advice" was worse than useless) was a prime example.

Start looking, indeed. Kiss my ass.

Anyway, there are plenty of sites where people share "worst gift ever" stories, and a lot of them end up being a case of "your trash would be my treasure" and the gifts were nice, just not the recipients' cup of tea. But what I want to know is, which gifts that you've gotten clearly sent the message that the person a) just didn't care about how you felt, or b) was very likely actively trying to needle you or send a not-so-subtle message?

Shinzonx started a campfire about Jacksper looking like Gavin Rossdale. And so I thought we'd have a look alike campfire.

Because I CANNOT get over how much Zac Efron looks like Jared Leto. Like Zac WILL grow to look EXACTLY like that dude in the future. *gasp* I didn't even know who Jared Leto was until I was when did Zac Efron grow up? Where's hot4j--need her opinion here!

How about you guys. Got any look alikes?

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROL/SONG?

MINE IS "BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" AND IF SOME SUPER AWESOME PERSON CAN SOMEHOW EMBED A YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR IT. (when performed live, it is soooooooooo cute!)

Now that I have your attention.

Hello Characters, 

Today is a good day. I awoke this morning in my childhood bedroom 3000 km away from school and work to the dulcet tones of renovations and roofing. I couldn't even be pissy because I was so excited to be home! Home! I'm so happy! I've come to realize that school, work and finally being of legal age has taken away from the amount of movies that I watch. I barely saw any new movies this year, mostly reverting back to older movies that have been on my "to-watch" list for years.

So, campers, I want to know what you thought of the movie offerings this year. From Hollywood blockbusters to indie introspecs to international movies to the best new documentaries. What was the best? What was the worst? What made you think? What made you cry? What do you wish you'd never seen? What do you plan to watch when you have time?

I have three weeks of time off and I'm back in the middle of nowhere. Gimme some movies peoples. 

This vid is a mash-up of 270 titles from this year. Pretty freakin' amazing if you ask me. 

it's Friday night and being the lame person that i am, i'm sitting at home....

so what do i do? search youtube!!

mostly it's music covers but there have been others like this one:

Well, I'd better introduce myself.

I supposed you should just call me Sheeba, Queen of Taters. It will keep things simple.

I see this is a nice and shady forest.

Everyone looks so friendly. (I don’t get to the forest much. I prefer a drier climate and my nails chip easily. )

Excuse me while I brush the dirt off-When the Mominator called on me, I was in the middle of my mud treatment.

Potatoes are dirty?

What?

Like you’ve never had a mud facial?

Potatoes are lumpy?

Honey, one word: Cellulite-it doesn’t discriminate

There she was, The Mominator, pouring her heart out to me and bemoaning the sad state of Idaho’s economy.

Well! Let me tell you I had the answer for her faster that a potato sprouts in a refrigerator!

I told her I was in the position to help; I am The Queen.

And I know potatoes.

So help stimulate Idaho’s economy, and to soothe the poor Mominator's ills (and she is ill, it's so sad), I am taking time out of my busy queenly schedule to share some interesting facts about my subjects and a recipe or two.

I will be dropping by from time to time.

I look forward to meeting you all.

And remember:

"Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north."
                                                                       --Michael Pollan

Until next week, my little skin crisps...

I'm here to pimp a new BxE one-shot by MoDunk:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6546509/1/bA_b_bFork_b_in_the_bRoad_b

It's a great story, and I'm not just saying that because I'm her beta, sister, and BFF. It follows Bella and Edward on a long - and rough - journey to H.E.A. If you're like me, you'll be hating on this Edward until the end, when you'll fall in love with him.

This is Mo's first story, and she was pretty nervous to post. I'm so proud of her for putting herself out there, and I'm hoping all you campers will give her some dap by checking out her story! With a little encouragement, I'm hoping she'll go forward with the multi-chap fic she's been working on (and gotten me hooked only two chapters in).

Thanks y'all!

So, I've recently started using Twilight Fic Database to have stories sent to my Kindle and it's been the greatest thing everrr. Yesterday, I decided since I'm one of the last 8 people in the TwiFic world who HASN'T read Emancipation Proclamation, I'd download it to my laptop, convert to Kindle format and read it on the 8 hour drive I have in order to visit my family for Christmas.

But I hit a problem. IT DOESN'T WORK. As I said, I have six or seven fics on my Kindle and they all look and read wonderfully. It's just EP that's all wonky when I open it. 

All that shows up is this...

on each page. There are no written words or anything. This shows up for 14 or so page turns, then that's the end. I've tried sending it to myself like 5 times, but this happens no matter what. I even downloaded a program for my computer where you turn the PDF into kindle format and that didn't work either.

Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know how to fix it? I'd appreciate your input sooooo very much!

For your time :)

I know, it's FFAF and I should have a snazzy title but I'm too lazy to think one up, so no complaining or as we say in Scotland, "Haud yer wheesht".

Time to give me those rec's.  Link me baby.

What was the last fic that you reviewed (feel free to include the review if you like.)

What fic are you NEEDING an update from?

Come in and discuss the stories holding you captive and stealing you from loved ones.

FYT.

****** Remember there could be spoilers in the thread. ******

so...I am rereading Spanglemaker9's Faking It for about the umpteenth time and I got to wondering about how many Hollywood relationships are real and how many are faking it.

I think Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were faking it.

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansen...faking it

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens...fake

Britney and Justin...fake

Who do you think is faking it?

Special Occasion recipe.

I thought that some of you might be looking for something different to try for the hoildays or just because. Maybe even something suitable for a hostess gift or something to take to a last minute party.

I'll share some of mine; feel free to share some of yours. Pretty please.

PS I'm probably going to be a horrible camper for doing this, but I'm pretty much lighting the fire and running. I feel terrible about that. Enjoy the fire!

Now where did I put the tissue paper?

Ahh! What happened to Revolve? It's been on my list to read and now that I finally want to read it, it's gone! Does anyone know what happened to it? 

ETA: It was a one-shot entry into the Age of Edward Contest with a 1690's Pirateward.

And I was like, "What."

Read it folks.

It's been so long that I need to re-read it from the beginning, again.

She was on a hiatus, I believe.

Wild Swan by ScarlettLetters

Rating: Rated: M
Summary: Bella decides that it's time to find out who she really is and that
means stepping out of her privileged life as a Cullen and taking flight on her
own. Can different paths lead two people to the same destination? AH

I read Just One of the Boys by TKegl the other day and now I am hankering for some more fics where Bella is pretending to be a dude. I just love my Edward confused and questioning his sexuality what can i say! I've already read Portrait of a Girl by Zors (is this on hiatus?). Which, by the way, totally reminds me of the ill fated WB show Young Americans.why oh why did this show get cancelled?! it has a young pre-vampiric Ian Somerhalder!

 

watch from 6:23.....sigh Jake and Hamilton.

Sooooo, I feel off the face of the earth and havn't been frolicking in the forest (or anywhere else online) since Chapter 10 of Bratty Vamp's Green was posted. I remeber because I was reading it when my computer bit the dust. So I am very much out of the loop, and am working with a broken laptop screen here, so really don't wanna sift through hundreds of old campfires, so could somebody give me some highlites please???

What fics should I be reading? I'm not reading any at the moment. What is going on in the fandom in general. I feel like I have been gone 5 years, not a couple months.

Please bring me up to speed. I don't even know what's going on with movie BD movie production.

Thank you Thank you!!

And for your time:

/I am super excited for the extended FFAF...I'm doing nothing this holiday, no family and not particularly interested in "friends", so I will be on ADF a LOT...yay..\

Right so, I may [God willing] be moving to Chicago next fall. So far - no prospective job, no prospective place to live [Wicker park seems nice], absolutely no knowledge of Chicago [except that it has had an alarming number of serial killers *ahem weirdchicago.com ahem*.] and no immigration filed for my British hubby - I am ready to get back home. Haven't lived in the US [born n raised] for four years and I'm originally a Jersey girl.

OK, long story short...I badly want to move to Chicago [or subarbs] to be closer to my parents and I ask you, campers of ADF, about your knowledge of Chicago.

..yes, I know Edward's orginally from there and that has no influence on my desire to move there...

OK, maybe it's kinda cool.

FFAF...woot!

Okay, so I caught the trailer for Tree of Life today, I'd been waiting on it for a while (I maybe, kinda, sorta, obsessively follow movie news) and God it is so damned beautiful looking...

TREE OF LIFE

(I hope this link is right, I can't embed youtube at wrk)

Sooo, since it's that time of year when all good movies are at least limited released for award purposes: Post some of the trailers you're geeking over, think we all should see, or think Ryan Gosling looks hot in...idk it's happening a lot lately.

So occasionally a chapter of my fic receives some strong reactions -- in opposite directions.  

Some of them say:  OMG how can you let Bella be so awful to him and then others say Poor Bella Edward needs to get a grip on modern times.

I enjoy these responses, some are even long and angry -- occasionally readers even flounce because of it and I wonder if I pushed them too far.  Edward's in the lead for sympathy in my latest chapter, but at other times it was Bella.

Anyhow, is there a story where you couldn't stand Bella or Edward drove you nuts 
but you stuck with it and they either grew on you, or they changed in the course of the story and you realized 'Aha, that's was the author's intent'.  Mine is in the comments.

For your time.  He looks so.... undressable

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