Yesterday was wear your costume to work day and I decided to dress up like a Buy More Nerd Herd Employee.  It was a total costume fail, you guyz.  Only 1 person knew what I was and I had to lead him to figure it out. 

I had the tie, Nerd Herd badge/lanyard and one-star chucks and everything. 

What I want to know from you is, have you ever experienced costume fail?  What did you dress up as? 

Or, did you experience the opposite?  Did everyone gush about your costume?  Was it all sorts of awesome?  Share some pics. 

Hey campers, tell me I'm not the only one out there still working on Halloween costumes?  I'm recycling one from Dragon*Con for me (HitGirl) but  need to do one small repair to it still.  And hubby's costume still needs sewing:

...and the prop that goes with it still needs painting.  Thankfully we don't have kids, otherwise I'm sure I'd be pulling an all-nighter to get their costumes done too!

So how about you guys?  Anyone still rushing around to finish?  Anyone just getting started?  Post  your pictures, gripe about your sewing machine, bitch about the crowds at the local costume store!  I wanna see what you're working on at the last minute! ;)

Last night was the end of Project Runway Season 8 with the usual runway show at Fashion Week. I've already heard some rumbling but now I want to hear your opinions loud and clear-

Do you agree with who won?

Who would you have liked to see win?

My comment will be inside so I'll just shake my head out here with Tim

***This campfire will contain spoilers****

P.P.S.S.-This is not my first campfire, please feel free to harass me

We did this last week and I got a few wee gems to add to my TBR list.

Give us the story name and link you left your last review for.  If so inclined feel free to leave the review as well.

Mine will be in the comments.

For all you Los Angelenas:

YOU GUISE!     

I am having a Halloween party Saturday night.

My friend Jacob, who works in special effects, is co-hosting with me, so there will be body parts and blood everywhere. Oh yeah, and spiked punch and some junk.

I thought that I would take this chance to open up my house to all you fabulous foresters out there. PM me if you'd like to come and I'll give you the deets.

I'd love to meet you guys  while drunk in person!

PS-Shhh! Don't tell anyone I like Twilight. You can just be "My friend from the interwebz"...

FYT:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5683993/1/All_At_Once

Can we please discuss this fic by our very own ranger GAW.

It's nearly finished.

I want your theories on what is going to happen.

My theory will be in the comments and there will be spoilers!

(Please bear with me, this might be a little heavy for some.(?) Also, I'd like to blame Halloween, Ghost Hunters & Cemetery research for this one)

I've always been genuinely fascinated by a person's answer to this:


 

How do you want your body to be disposed of when the big sleep comes?

Donated to science?
Cremated?
Regular 'ol burial?
???

ALTERNATELY (and to lighten up a bit):

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR HALLOWEEN?

Any yearly rituals?
Scary-moviethon?
Dressing up?
Trick-or-treating?
Party?
Haunted House/Hayride/Boat/etc?
Play it by ear?

I'd also like to note that i'm not this morbid all the time. ;]

*answer inside! /creeper mccreeperson out!

So, I just finished this trilogy. Yes I know I am late to the game, but I finally got a Kindle and could download them! Anyway, I am dying to discuss what everyone/anyone thought of these books. Did you like the ending? Who Katniss ended up with? Which was your favorite book?

Who would you want to see cast for The Hunger Games movies?

Lastly, does anyone know of any decent fanfics for The Hunger Games? I am not picky about pairings. :)

Thanks for reading!

Let's make a list fics that are male friendly. I need to distract myself from the Project Runway ending rage I feel bubbling.

If the man in your life said "okay convince me, gimme something to read" what would you have him read? What fic would convince him that Twific isn't all that bad?

What fic would appeal to a man? Do you think you could ever get your man to read fics? Does he read your fics?

What would make your man look like Rob right here....sitting down reading a fic?

I "unstickyed" the post about my birthday. Thank you all for your pictures, gifs, comments and best wishes. I have been buried at work for the last month and much to my dismay haven't been around ADF as much I want to be but I am still here in glimpses.  This project will end soon and I will be back full-force. I want to thank all the wonderful campers for remembering me and reaching out and being supportive. I can't describe how much it means to me.

As for my fellow Rangers, I am speechless with gratitude and admiration. Thank you for your passion, your ideas, your humor and your endless dedication.

**special thanks to Jennyfly and Tor who tracked me down at work to make sure that I was above water. To them I say, "true friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient, it's about being there when it's not." Incredible love going out to both of you.

that's right, kids!  free for all is extended until midnight EDT on sunday, october 31st!  i expect to see campfires with pictures of your halloween decorations, jack o lanterns, and kids/dogs/selves in costumes!  

for those of you who don't celebrate halloween, please post away!  we've been having increasingly more and more campfires during the free for all, and that's what the rangers like to see, so have at it!

partytime gifs (and one pee your pants gif) for your time:

I want some mafiaward.

Sort of like kharizzmatik's. I lied.

Mostly like her's.

Indulge please?

meanwhile... here's some inspiration

This is my first campfire in MONTHS...I know I have been flying under the radar as of late...but I want something from y'all....

Gimme you favorite non-canon pairings and maybe even some of your favorite one-shots that include said pairings.

I know a lot of you are E/B shippers all the way but I also know a lot of you are closet non-canon shipper :)

So please help a sister out

FYT:

I'm not new to ADF, but I've never started a Campfire before so I guess I'm popping my own cherry now!

I fic dive A LOT---literally, there isn't much of anything I won't read or at the very least, try. I don't always find things I love, but more often the not I stumble on an amazing story that just doesn't get the exposure it should!

So I'm curious what everyone considers their Under-Reviewed Favorites? I noticed my list of things to read is dwindling and I have a hella long car ride to look forward to this weekend so I need more rec's!

I'll start off. My Top 4 Favorite Under Reviewed Fics right now are:

1. Confessions by morethanmyself: They've been best friends almost their whole lives. Bella has been his fierce protector; Edward has been her safe haven. Can their friendship survive his changing feelings and her screwed up past? What happens when she forces him to walk away?

I seriously love the writing style and angst, I'm not normally an angst h00r, but in this case I became one!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6198159/1/Confessions

2. To The Highest Bidder by RainyGirl1978: 1849 CA "Bella he loves you! He'll make sure you're taken care of!" Bella runs from an arranged marriage to make her own way only to wind up in something much more sinister. Can she escape & find love & purpose? Mature themes, minor violence/abuse.

I found this one in the ADF sneek peak and CAN NOT put it down. I looked at the reviews and my eyes bugger out, for it being so awesome, the number is WAY too low! This story is AMAZING!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6018429/1/To_the_Highest_Bidder

3. A Room With A View by ShortHappyLife: Endless scripts to read, a tyrant boss to tolerate, and a rather lackluster personal life. It was a good thing Bella Swan's office provided the perfect view of the building's hotshot lawyer. Now if only they'd share more than a glance each day. E/B

I saw this rec's on twitter a lot by GuardingKatsMom and I fell in love. It's a nice fluffier read that is my new go to read when I want something lite and funny!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6326472/1/A_Room_With_a_View#

4. Love's Little Book by LittleStar300: Bella's looking for a fresh start and one day it comes to her in the form of a flyer about the Boston Book Exchange. Can she help the reclusive owner Edward Cullen into the land of the living, and can he help her make the changes she needs in her life.

I've been looking for a new Geekward for a while and fell in love with this one! The mystery of Edward's character keeps me coming back for more!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6344201/1/Loves_little_book

So fellow campers let me in on your best kept secrets! For real, I need new stuff to read!

... ok they're doing some inside joke thing for some school that none of us really care about.

All I care about is that OMG ROB IS HOT and creepy and appears out of the woods..... (and Peter Berg is kinda hot too...omg remember him from that hospital show like 10yrs ago?  gahh)

Anyway...here:

i'm off work for a week.  which i should enjoy, except i just feel guilty sitting in front of the comuter getting caught up in fics when i should be doing housework or something equally boring.  anywhoo, i was checking out some of my favoite authors trying to find something new when i decided to re-read LaVie Pastiche's outtake "Nobody Sleeps When I'm Awake" (which is a lovely bit of smut if you're interested). 

To make a short story longer, it's an outtake of her story "Three If By Fire" which i haven't read and can't find on her profile.  Anybody have a copy of it any information as to where it went? 

Thanks bunches!
dmd

Well, what RANGER JENNYFLY really asked for was Bullseye, Quick Draw, or Bang Bang fics.

"Yanno," she posted in the Master Fic List campfire, "where the deadly weapons are guns rather than sharp teeth."

(Of course that's a direct quote! I don't use those "marks" lightly!)

Taking my clue from the "Quick Draw" term our Ranger used, I also felt like this was a good place for WESTWARD! Because, of course, it is highly likely that we'll find a gun-toting Edward in The Old West or a reasonable facsimile thereof.

So! Share with us your favorite Westward fics OR favorite fics wherein the weapon of choice is a gun. Dangerous!

I'll poke around and see what I can find!

Thank you for sharing your favorites around the fire!

ETA:  RANGER JENNYFLY WANTS to SEE some GANGSTERS!  Any of THOSE in the HOUSE?

Tomorrow...a surprise new category. :)

Hi everyone!

I am freaking out here because I have my first job interview in a million years tomorrow!

I had a teeny tiny interview when I left school and started my first job, worked there for 6 years then left to go work for the hubby, which I have been doing for the last 3 years. Now I am bored and going off to try something else, and to make it worse this interview is at a super huge corporate company and I am terrified!

I need advice people! I am ok with all the common sense stuff for the interview, dress smart, be polite, etc.

Can anyone offer up 'typical' interview questions to prepare me? Any advice on definitely what cliched things to avoid saying and what are good answers? Any advice on keeping calm? I need help with that?!

The position is for an Executive Assistant to the IT Outsourcing Department!?!?

If you can't offer advice I will take gifts of pretty pictures to distract me from my panic for a while!

*This campfire is sponsored by the awesomeness of GrownAssWoman*

ABOUT A HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO

A  VERY SPECIAL LADY WAS BORN. WITHOUT HER, ADF WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

YOU KNOW HER AS WOLVESNVAMPS.

I know her as something else. she's one of my very dear friends, and i miss her a whole lot, since she lives in a different country than me. :(

COME IN HERE AND WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

SEND HER SOME LOVE.

POST SOME ERIC. OR ROB SMOKING. TOMSTU. DIRTY JOKES. FOOTBALL! LOTS AND LOTS OF GLEE! LOL JK. WRITE HER A DRABBLE - IDC, JUST COME AND MAKE THIS POST AS OBNOXIOUS AS POSSIBLE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BIG SISTER - I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUU <3 I WISH I WAS THERE WITH YOU RN DRINKING SOME CLUB SODA.

autoplay because it's her fucking birthday and one of her favourite songs

Random, I know, but I was watching Rick Steve's Europe, featuring Slovenia and I had a moment of word-association of a story that included the city. I've got fragments of it in my head and it's driving me insane. I think it was a break-up fic. I remember that Edward had caused some emotional distress in Bella that caused her to flee to this city. I don't know it was for an actual misdeed or misunderstanding. I think it had something to do with Tanya?! I know that he chased Bella across Europe and finally caught to up to her somewhere.... and I think she was pregnant?? Maybe they were married? I'm pretty sure it was never finished and the reunion scene was one of, if not the last chapter updated. I've racked my brain for a long time now so for the good of my sanity, please help? Thanks. (And oh, first post, yay!)

ETA: Ok, I went to bed last night, thought about it some more and I remembered some deets that would maybe help ping someone's memory (cuz it sure as hale ain't pinging mine). It was fairly popular I'm sure so I hope it'll ring a few bells. Here goes...

Edward and Bella are both insanely wealthy; Edward's a playboy and Bella is a top exec in some company. Edward's grandfather (?) died leaving him a trust fund should he get married and BFF Bella comes to the rescue. There was this scene where Bella kicked Emmett and Jasper's asses in GTA and/or Burnout and through some light PDA with Edward, conned everyone into thinking they were in love for real. I think they also grew up together. As fandom cliche's go, real feelings develop and though I think it went on undeclared on both parts. The misunderstanding happens, something to do with Tanya, just as Bella was about to tell Edward that she's pregnant. Cue the escape to Europe, sending Edward on a wild goose chase in order to grovel for forgiveness. Please, please, please let someone name this fic?! My OCD tendencies won't let this one go! 

FOUND! Thanks guys, you're the best.