what was your first __________?

ask about people's firsts and they'll answer in your thread.

mine is inspired by the fact that emibella saw her rebound husband in concert this weekend, and they ~connected.

so... what was your first concert?

mine: SILVERCHAIR.  I WAS SIXTEEN AND IN LOVE WITH DANIEL JOHNS.

So ive just finished the latest chapter of hit by destiny and i was wondering if anybody could rec me somthing similar ?

Forgive typos ive just finished a 6 hour journey :|

Good Morning Campers!

Did you all have a great weekend?  Did you watch the Oscars?  I didn't because my mom came over to watch it with my daughter and their commentary was so annoying, I pretended to do "work" on my computer with my headphones on :(

But I saw the results....so awesome about The Hurt Locker!!

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A few Random Facts, the MOVIE edition....

~Walt Disney holds the record for most Oscar wins and nominations. He was nominated 60 times during his lifetime and received 22 statues.
~The stunt double for Bernie in the movie "Weekend at Bernie's" suffered a few broken ribs while filming the movie, due to all the pitfalls and stunts of playing a dead man; most notably in the scene involving Bernie being dragged around the surface of the lake, bumping into metal floating obstacles.
~David Alan Grier, Ice Cube, Dave Chappelle and John Travolta all turned down the offer to play the role of Bubba from Forrest Gump. Chevy Chase also turned down the role of playing Forrest.
~During the filming of Fight Club Brad Pitt chipped his tooth , but waited to have it capped until after filming because he felt it added to his character.
~During World War II, in support of the American effort, the Oscar statues were made of plaster and were traded in for gold ones after the war had ended.

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Some PRETTY to start your week off right...

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THANK YOU to everyone who responded to my survey. 

I am completely floored by the response.  WE are such an incredible group of women.  So far, I have learned that we range from age 18-51; our income varies from NONE to over $100K/yr; we are ALL over the world, inlcuding MOSCOW, Brazil, France, and the Czech Republic.  We are lawyers, students, writers, artists, software engineers and consultants, moms, married, single, Black, White, Asian, Latina. 

I'm so proud to part of this group :) 

If you haven't done my survey yet, you can so HERE.

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PIXIEVAMP~~  I love you, bb <3

A lot has been made about SM's Twilight saga being pretty similar to other books out there...like CH's Southern Vampire Mysteries and LJ's Vampire Diaries....

And I wanted to throw another AH Edward into the fire.

Richard Gere's Edward in Pretty Woman

Now stay with me...

Exhibit A.) His name is Edward. Duh.

Exhibit B.) He's a picky, lonley millionaire that's never known true love. 

Exibity C.) He never sleeps.  Techinically he finally sleeps towards the end but you see what I'm saying.

I wasted my entire morning yesterday watching this on Lifetime and wanted to tell someone how SM must have ripped Twilight off of this cinema masterpiece...but alas...my family is over my vampire rantings.

Interactive: 

Can you think of any other characters/books/movies that are rip offs or have been ripped off in the Twilight series?

I can't promise jewelry but if you're ever in Texas we can have strawberries and champagne. : )     

 Me again!  I can't sleep until I  know one thing: How long was Bella actually pregnant with the Demon Spawn?  Does anyone know? TIA!

Peter Facinelli was at the ERIE MALL TODAY AND I FECKIN' MISSED IT.

F. M. L. 

HYDRAULIC LEVEL 5 UPDATED BITCHES!!!!!

www.adifferentforest.com/Fiction/Default.aspx

Does anyone have a copy of In The Land of Milk & Honey?  It was on my list and then it was pulled and it haunts me...it haunts me. Ooh, Suicide Kings too? PM if ya do!

Gifties--

So I had my first official FanFic dream, i'm not talking Twilight dreams (I've def had those too though, mostly when I started reading the books), but a full on fanfic dream:

I was (of coarse) Bella, it was set in NYC ( I live here) and i was living in a shadey part of Chinatown, I met Edward due to he was a bartender in my neighborhood (I'll have you know, I was lucky enough to have Rob Pattinson guest staring as Edward in my dreams)

I was an addict and used alcohol when i couldnt get my drug fix so we bonded during the days and odd nights I stumbled into his establishment. Turns out Edward had an addiction to drugs as well, we cultivated this need together and we soon found our selves addict to one another as well. Loveing and making love to one another like we would go after any other addiction. Soon Edward felt he needed to get clean, and much like a new moon esque twist he left me, first begging that I too go to rehab as he was going. But I didn't get help, instead I fell into deeper into addiction, dealing drugs to help make up for my drug debt to this awful and evil drug dealer...Jacob.

Edward returned to find I was very sick, but was afraid to see me again, afraid to risk his own sobriety, Finally I believe he was going to break through it and save me (I was living at Jacobs) but I don't know...My sister woke me up!!!

Any how, have you ever had a fanfic dream???

My friend and I are looking for something a little different, does anyone know a good alice/bella romance?

 FINAL

Hey Everyone!

A few of you know that I write fan-fiction.  Even fewer know that I write…other stuff.  I’m currently working on a piece for a (non-twi) online magazine called “Redefining the Twilight Fan”.  There’s a rather unpleasant stereotype about us out there, and I’m going to try to do my small bit to dispel some of that.

WE know who and what we are.  We’re smart, well-read, interesting, educated, strong, professional women.   We’re more than the screaming hoards (though we can sometimes be a bit of that too).  We’re mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, business owners, writers, etc..

WE KNOW THIS.  But the rest of the world doesn’t.  Especially when so many of us are in the closet with our obsession.

So help me out ladies.  Let’s crack the stereotype and show the world WHO WE ARE.  Take a few minutes to answer the questions below.  You can be as elaborate or as concise as you want.  If there is something you are not comfortable with answering, then don’t!  If there’s anything you’d like to add, please do so.  If you’re not comfortable sharing this information here, then feel free to PM me.

I appreciate your help…and I’ll post a link to the article once it’s published.  

Thank-you :)

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1)    Are you in the closet with your twi-obsession?  If so, WHY?
2)    How many hours a day or week do you devote to your twi-obsession, whether is reading websites, reading/writing fan-fiction, or interacting with other people in the fandom?
3)    Who in your real life knows about your twi-obsession?
4)    What is your impression of the terms “Twi-hard” or “Twilight-Mom”
5)    When you see the stuff on TV and the internet about the screaming fan-girls, how does it make you feel?  
6)    What’s your appeal to fan-fiction?
7)    Why are you in this fandom?  What keeps you here?
8)    Are you active in any other fandoms?
9)    Tell me something about you that makes you different from the stereotypical twi-fan. (one or two sentences)
10)    WHO ARE YOU? (Names not necessary)
-are you a student/do you work
-if student… what’s your major?
-if employed…what do you do?
-your age
-married/single/children
-income level: <$20,00; $20,000-50,000; $50,000-80,000; $80,000-100,000;  $100,000+  
-where do you live (country, state, city)

11)    Can I contact you for further information, and possibly use your real name in the article?

**please note, some direct quotes may be used, but no names will be used, pen name or otherwise, unless you give me permission!

 yep thefinal round nominees are up...and there are some familiar names.

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You can watch PRE SHOW streaming here:  mymovees.com/oscars/watch-oscars-online/

Enjoy!

I've been currently reading "Scotch, Gin and the New Girl" -thank you SO much wtvoc and jandco for writing this!- because I truly love a badass Edward. I don't know what it is, but there's something so sexy about Edward being a jerk.

I know there's LOADS of you that think the same as me. What is it about him being badass that makes it so much sexier? Yeah, when he's all romantic it's sweet, but it's not that adventurous. For me, it's gotta be the wit.

Any suggestions? Or just feel free to pour your heart out about how much you love a badass Edward. I know I want to! So where shall I start...

so i just finished reading what has been posted of eight days a week and am in the mood for something similar until it gets updated again. does any one have any suggestions?  i want something happy-ish it doesn't have to be all sunshine and rainbows... i just love edward in that fic!

Because I'mma true Nessie hater, I never in my life thought I'd request something like this. But, here I am.

So reading A Rough Start has got me craving--

Uhh...ahem...I mean...

I am craving DILFward and MILFella.

Ground rules--Must be all human and at least one of 'em has to be a parent or soon-to-be one, anyway.

Anything else I ain't bothered.

C'mon and help a camper out. Smokeward agrees.

Yea yea yea-I know it is Sunday afternoon and we should have asked earlier in the weekend. But better late than never right?  How is your weekend going? Are you doing something fun tonight for the Oscars? What did you do last night?

Yesterday I ran around my neighborhood. I got my eyebrows done, went to Whole Foods and Barnes and Noble and we met up with some friends in the park. I love my park-I think it is much better than Central Park.

We also went here:

Little Pie Company-for some pie slices and cupcakes....nom nom nom

and then we walked along Hudson Street in our neighborhood because it was a pretty day-this is what it looks like (to the left-see the windows with the white curtains? That's Nobu)

then we walked pass HERE Locande-Verde(memories of chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream overwhelming me) which is a restaurant in our neighborhood. (My new favorite restaurant because of above mentioned chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream-and red wine with fingers over the glass-ok I will stop)

Then we came home, made some dinner, chatted on the phone and played on the Internet last night. Oh and we watched some movies.

So again-tell us what your weekend has been like!

What are the top ten most infamous twi-fics?

Not the top favorite.

Not the most hated.

Just the most infamous.

You can put up your top ten or offer suggestions as to what should be on the list.

ready...set...go!

Please don't hate me for the Cobra Snake - the song is catchy!

So, cutting to the chase - anyone have any recc's [check me out with e-slang!] with bad boy Edward turning good girl Bella bad....but not like, Mutual Assured Destruction bad - I'm a sucker for happy endings.

Robs loves you all long time!