Friday, June 17, 2011

::Team Twilight:: Fan Fiction Friday



You’ve been so patient and waited for me to regain my wits, for which I’m eternally grateful!! I think I shall reward my lovely addicts with gifts of Dadward!! After all it, it will be Father’s Day on Sunday and our swoon-worthy Edward Cullen will be another year older on Monday. Therefore, I suggest you head to the Blue door at the back of the shack, knock the heavy beats of “Sleep Isabella” by Abney Park and the password is “Daddy”. Be Safe!

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Yet again, I open the door to the lab and out tumbles a stream of notes so beautiful, they make your heart melt at the sound. It’s the sort of sound that paints pictures with notes. It’s amazing and wonderful and so welcome that I can hardly stay focused on what I’m actually supposed to accomplish today. The amazing thing about all of this is that the notes sweeping me away from my currently reality are not being played my usual keyboard musician, but by the guitar strumming of his inherently talented offspring.

For the past several days, Jasper and Renesmee had been camped out in one corner of the lab preparing a song for Edward’s Father’s Day and Birthday gift. Edward had once made a passing comment to Renesmee that he would teach her how to play the guitar one day and lately he’d been asking if she was ready. What he didn’t know was that she wanted to surprise him and to do that she’d begged her Uncle Jasper to give her lessons in the lab. I didn’t even realize Jasper knew how to play the guitar, but I guess there are still lots of things I don’t know about them.

Renesmee was a natural at music though, just like her father. I’d watched it happen not long ago when Edward had sat with her at the keyboard and played Bella’s lullaby while the authors and I swooned from our seats. After he struck the final cord, she crawled onto his lap, placed her tiny hands on the keys and copied his movements exactly. It was a spectacular thing to witness and very entertaining to see Edward attempt to contain his complete and utter astonishment.

One of the recent side-effects of Renesmee’s songs was the imagery they conjured while she played them. It was almost as if the talent was an extension of her ability to project images by touch. All she really had to do was play a song and your mind would be taken over with pictures. I hadn’t noticed this effect when Edward was giving her lessons, but she wasn’t playing her own music then either. Right now she was composing and it really was magical, but unlike the images you saw when she touched you, if you managed to block out her music, you could block out the pictures too. Although, who’d want to? They were like little vacations without ever having to leave home.

And a little vacation was exactly what I needed. I think Alice could see that too. She’d popped in a time or two, while Jazz and Nessie were in here, but mostly she stayed away letting me get absorbed by the sounds around me. It was perfect and I knew that Edward would love it. So come Sunday, Renesmee would be able to dazzle everyone with her talent and it would be the most perfect Father’s Day ever.

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With Father’s day in mind, all the dealing I picked out contain fathers, some good, some bad, some who want to be better. I hope you enjoy.

My first tale, is a period piece titled “To Be in Her Light” by sunflowersongs Edward Masen, the Viscount Cullen, is not a very good man. Up until his father’s death, he has lead an incredibly sinful existence which has given him two illegitimate daughters. Despite the fact that he has no idea how to be a father to these two little girls, he’s not about to deny them either. So with the assistance of his staff, he employs Miss Isabella Swan to be his children's governess, but finds himself drawn to her in unreasonable ways. However, their stations in life and his past might not lead to happiness.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5905059

Next, I found this amazingly hot Dadward in “Playing Doctor” by lexiecullen17. Edward Cullen is a young, single dad, whose just been abandoned by his girlfriend with their infant son. This was not the life he had planned and it’s certainly not been easy, but he knows he’ll find a way to make it work. So, when his son's pediatrician, the lovely Dr. Swan, offers to help out, if ever he needs it, will he take her up on that offer? This short is a very beautifully long and slow burn of a one-shot, but completely worth it.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5424248/

Last, I have a long awaited mystery called “A Beautiful Lie” by Brindalyn. Edward and Bella have been friends since childhood and have shared nearly everything, but at the age of seventeen, they’ll find their paths go in different directions. He’ll become a star and she’ll stay in the sleepy town they grew up in, raising his son, a son he knew nothing about. A son she hid from him to allow him to live out his dream and protect them both. Will this secret be too much to keep from him when this is the only man she’ll ever love?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4605391/

Now to go along with these tales, I’m going to suggest a simple bottle of your favorite wine, just to soothe that craving for children.



I hope you all have an excellent Father's Day and until next week, Tweet (FanFicDealer), Message me on Facebook, or email (fanficdealer@gmail.com) if you want to talk shop.

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Saturday, June 4, 2011

::Team Twilight:: Storybook Saturday



You’ve been so patient. You’ve wait for things to come together and finally, you will be rewarded. Lab Tech Andi has just been swamped lately, but thankfully the Cullen’s know how important your addictions are and would never deprive you of the thing you desire most. So Bella’s dug through Andi’s computer to find to fics that could rival the promised trailer on Sunday. When you’re ready, make your way to the blue door at the back of the shack, knock out the sweet melodic guitar from “If You Find Her” by Future of Forestry, and the password is “Forever”. Be Safe!

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“Did your wedding look like that, Momma?” Renesmee asked beside me as she watched the short video Andi had playing on one of the nearby screens not that she was watching it.

“No baby, our ceremony was in the living room, not outside,” I explained and turned back to the computer.

“Was your hair like that?”

“It was close; Aunt Rose did a much better job on my hair than those stylists did on that actress’ hair.”

“Well, did they get any of it right?” She asked appearing to get slightly exasperated.

“We won’t know for sure until the movie comes out, but I’m sure it’ll be fine.” Then I heard Andi begin to stir on the other side of the room and I glanced in her direction for a second. She still appeared a sleep. So I continued on with my mission.

This week had been a complete nightmare for her; other obligations had been driving her blood pressure through the roof and I could hear it struggle to flow through her veins even from this distance. Alice had sent me here the other night, saying that Andi was in trouble. By the time Edward and I burst through the door of the lab, she was curled up on the floor in a sobbing heap.

I tried to ask her what was wrong, but she couldn’t even form a coherent sound. Edward tried to decipher her thoughts, but said it was all just ones and zeros; nothing that made sense to him. We eventually got her off the floor and Edward looked her over, just to make sure she wasn’t injured and then he sang just like he does for Renesmee at bedtime; like he used to do for me when I used to sleep. Eventually, her sobs calmed and then she was asleep. While she slept, Edward could better see her thoughts. He said it was just stress and sleep would help her.

“What about Friday?” I ask Edward. “I doubt she has anything prepared and she not in any condition to put anything together either.”

“Oh Love, we’ll just have to say she’s unavailable this week, I’m sure people will understand.”

“What if I put them out?” I asked. “We’ve all done it before, but it’s just that Friday is a little too close and I don’t have a clue what she has in that computer.”

“Bella, I’m sure it will all work out if you want to do it.” Edward reassured me. “I’m certain Andi would appreciate it.”

“Ok, then I’d better see what I have to work with,” I told him as I rose to my feet and he pulled me in close for a long lingering kiss. I opened my mind to him as we kissed, letting him know what he was doing to me and as I pulled away I simply whispered, “Later”.

He responded with a growl and as I walked away, he swatted my behind growling the words “wicked woman” under his breath. When I looked back at him, he had the most angelic smile on his face, which made me giggle knowing he was anything but.

I got on Andi’s computer and there was so much there, I couldn’t figure out how she ever found anything. I’d been sifting through files for a while when Renesmee popped in with Alice and she dragged him away to help with something. I hadn’t even paid any attention to what was playing on any of the other screens until Renesmee started asking me questions about our wedding. I stopped to watch it for a moment and remembered how nervous I was that day; how beautiful everything was; how perfect our wedding night was. I was still lost in thought when Edward came back through the door.

“Come up with anything yet?”

“Nope,” that’s when I noticed what he had in his hands. “Why did you bring our wedding album?”

“Alice said I should show it to Renesmee,” he said looking at her and she immediately jumped into his arms.

“Yes, Daddy! Please!” she exclaimed, “These wedding clips are so short. I want to know about your wedding!”

“Ah, now I understand,” he said as he glanced at the screen and then over to me and winked. “Let’s go over here and leave mommy alone. We’ll look at some real wedding pictures.” I giggled.

With my attention back on the screen before me, I suddenly knew what I had to find and my path was clear. They had to be here somewhere; I just had to keep going.

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So with my own wedding on my mind, I searched to find a few stories about weddings. I hope the ones I found will tide you over until the trailer is released.

The first wedding I found was a tale called “I Thee Wed” by SydneyAlice. Wedding planners, Bella Swan and Alice Whitlock, are hired to plan the wedding of the year. The only thing is that the groom has been mysteriously MIA for a while and the bride is going out of town for a few weeks. As final details of the wedding are coming together, Bella is going to have to work closely with this groom. What happens when she breaks the cardinal rule of wedding planning and falls for the groom? How will Edward be able to keep his promise without breaking the heart of the woman he truly loves?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6596606

Next, I found a wedding tragedy in a story titled, “Eight Years Later” by jmeyer. It’s been 8 long years since Edward left Bella on their wedding day. But after quite a bit of effort, she’s managed to fake her way into a normal existence. Despite the difficultly of coming back, Forks has always been her home and she misses Charlie, so she’s finally come back to Forks. Only when she arrives, she discovers Edward has also returned with a BIG secret. Everything is different and that really shouldn’t be possible since Edward was a vampire, right?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4428342

The third wedding I found was also a small tragedy called “Picture Windows” by nerac. Bella has the picture perfect life on the horizon, but a week before her wedding, tragedy strikes and her fiancĂ© is suddenly taken. While recovering from losing the love of her life, she meets a stranger in a hauntingly familiar way. Could he have been sent by her late fiancĂ©?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5135527

Lastly, I found another wedding planner in a short and sweet tale called, “True Companion” by bellamarie117. Bella Swan always believed in happily ever afters. So, when she marries her high school sweetheart and starts her own wedding business, she thinks she's living her dream. Until it all comes to a rather abrupt end. Can it be possible that she was really destined for someone else all along and has worked beside him off and on for years?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6876336

Now because of all the excitement that Sunday promises to bring, I’m just going to recommend you pull out a bottle of Champagne to celebrate.



So hopefully, Andi will recover and all will be better next week. Until then, Tweet (FanFicDealer), Message Andi on Facebook, or email (fanficdealer@gmail.com) if you want to talk shop.

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Friday, May 27, 2011

::Team Twilight:: Fan Fiction Friday



OMG! Can someone tell me what year it is?? I just know the world had ended and I’ve been fighting my way back from hell ever since!! What a week! Thankfully, it’s a holiday weekend and I’m so looking forward to sitting back with a big drink and a smartphone full of fics. If you want to join me, race to the blue door at the back of the shack, knock the techno beat of Daft Punk's "Derezzed" and the pass phrase is “Start your engines!”. Be Safe!

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The week has been exhausting! The lab has had so much going on and still so much left to do that by the time I fell into bed, I began dreaming almost as soon as I closed my eyes. The dreams were so strange and real.

At first, I heard music, it played all around me and it was sweet. The voices that made up my dream song were smooth and lilting. Pushing and pulling me, in different directions and then lifting me. Then suddenly I was flying. I felt the cold on my skin, the breeze in my hair. I began to shiver and pulled my blankets tighter.

Eventually, I settled and rested my weary body on a cloud. The soft wispy mist surrounding me; embracing me, pulling me deeper into sleep. The scent of the air carried that of lilacs, lavender, apple, and vanilla. I smiled and breathed in deeply, taking in the scent, filling my body with its presence and giving into the weight I felt bearing down on me.

The weight holding me down began to lift and I was floating again. Flying swiftly towards somewhere unknown and landing on earth so soft, warm, and comfortable that I relaxed once again into its embrace and ever so slowly my dream faded into darkness.

The light was strange when I opened my eyes and everything was the wrong color. My brain wasn’t quite functioning, but while I continued to blink, taking in my surroundings. This was not my room, or at least not the room I fell asleep in. Where was I? Before the panic could completely take over, I felt the bed dip beside me and a hand on my shoulder bringing with it an immediate calm; I didn’t need to turn to know it was Jasper.

Alice appeared in front of me, “I’m so glad you’re finally awake!” she said bouncing on her toes. “Now get up and get dressed. I want to get to the track!”

“Whoa, slow down there pixie woman!” I told her as I sat up and look at the both of them. “I know I didn’t fall asleep in a hotel room, so where are we?”

“We are in Tokyo, my dear Andi, now get dressed!”

“Excuse me?” I continued to blink at her. “Did you say Tokyo? Please tell me that’s some random tiny town in the continental United States!”

“Nope, Japan. Now if you don’t dress yourself, I’m going to have to dress you myself. They’re all getting track time without me!!” she exclaimed.

“Ok, ok, not like I packed. What do I have to wear?”

“Here put this on,” she said as tossed me some clothes and left the room with Jasper. I shook my head and got out of bed to get ready for whatever awaited me.

Emerging from the bedroom, I was quickly pulled to a car and we were on our way to… “Alice, where are we going?”

“There’s a race track that’s not far from here and every once in a while we have our own little race. Most of the time it’s just us, but occasionally a random nomad will join us. That’s when Rose is really in her element! She loves to show off her tuning skills. Though, today we’re going against Jacob’s pack.” She smiled slyly.

I laughed knowing Jacob would quickly accept that kind of challenge. “So are you racing?” I asked her.

“Of course!” she said as if it were obvious.

As we continued on our trip to the race track, I wondered who else would be racing and who would win. “Hey Alice, can’t you already see who’s going to win?”

“Nope, because the wolves are here and too many decisions haven’t been made yet.”

Hmmm… Then this should be interesting…

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With racing in mind and it also being the weekend for the Indy 500, all my dealings came to me fast. They have fast cars, fast drivers, and a few have fast relationships. I hope you enjoy!

First in line, I have a speedy tale called “Up to Speed” by ericastwilight. Over-confident, playboy, race car driver, Edward Cullen, is just not having the best luck. Since wrecking yet another car, most of his sponsors are dropping him which is now leaving him and his team short on funds. At this point they need a miracle in order to keep Edward behind the wheel, and that’s when their prayers are answered. Bella Swan is one of the most brilliant engineers on the planet and she’s decided Edward Cullen is going to be her next project. Will she succeed in making him the best and help him win the Sprint Cup?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4486464

Next in line, I found “Feel Good Drag” by JasperSAYSrelax128. Bella lived in Phoenix with her mom and step-dad and unknown to them she’s one of the top street racers in Arizona. But when a recent race ends up in a police chase, Renee decides to send her to live with Charlie in Forks, WA, thinking that it will get her away from the racing lifestyle. What she doesn’t know is that is that there’s an underground racing site that only allows boys to race? Will Bella be able to resist being an active participant? How do you think she’ll get around their rules?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5299809

Third in line, I found something with a little wear and tear, but still pretty fast called “Chasing Victory” by mpg. Edward and Bella were high school sweethearts, but he still wasn’t sure he was ready for commitment. Until he overheard Bella talking in her sleep about marriage, he freaked out and broke up with her. Both have been trying to move on ever since. Then Edward’s career as a race-car driver starts to go downhill and he just has to get away for a while and Carlisle lets him borrow his place in London. Imagine his surprise when on his flight to London, he’s seated by none other than Bella Swan.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5687435

And Finally, I just couldn’t resist this Indy car tale called “This Year's Girl” by EtrnlPsyche. In an effort to find Edward Masen, famous Indy car driver, a date for a banquet and a little publicity, Jasper Whitlock creates a contest for some lucky fan to win a one night date with Edward. Alice is a big fan of racing and when she sees the ads for the contest, she just knows this is the perfect way to distract her friend Bella from her current destructive relationship with a guy named James. By some miracle she wins, but what should have only been one night, turns into something infinitely more.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4674144

And since racing really needs more of them, I suggest a little drink called a “Woman Driver”:

Ingredients
2 oz. Liqueur, melon (Midori)
1 oz. Schnapps, peach
1 oz. Vodka
1 splash Cranberry Juice
3 oz. Orange Juice

Mixing Instructions
Fill glass with ice. Add O.J., schnapps, and vodka. Tilt glass to side and slowly pour Midori down side of glass so that it sinks to the bottom. Splash with cranberry juice.



While I recover from my week in hell, I hope you all have a great weekend and until next week, Tweet (FanFicDealer), Message me on Facebook, or email (fanficdealer@gmail.com) if you want to talk shop.

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Friday, May 20, 2011

::Team Twilight:: Fan Fiction Friday



My Lovely Addicts, I’m so saddened that this may very well be my last post. It’s so difficult when things come to an end; it’s really been such a wonderful journey and I’m so honored that you have allowed me to be your dealer. With that said, if this be the end, I, Lab Tech Andi, have taken extra time to pick out a few that I know you would truly regret missing. Therefore, I want you to race to the blue door behind the shack, knock the melody of R.E.M.’s song, “It’s the end of the world as we know it” and the password is “Judgment Day”. Be Safe!

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Ever since I’d discovered an app for my phone that would read my latest obsessions to me, I’d listened to the monotone, computer generated voice stream through my headphones everyday on my way to work. So, when I pushed open the door to the lab and was assaulted by darkness and the smell of popcorn, I was completely unprepared.

As I reached for the light switch, I pulled the earbuds out of my ears and the mechanical voice was immediately replaced by the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger:

“Chill out, dickwad.”
“Great! See, you're getting it!”
“No problemo.”

I turned toward the flat screen to confirm what I was hearing and what I saw made me want to laugh. There was a mountain of pillows setup right in front of the screen, Emmett was perched on the top of the mound as if he were royalty and every single one of my authors were scattered around him passing around huge bowls of popcorn. On the screen, Arnold was talking to a young boy.

“Anyone care to explain what’s going on here?” I asked to the group who hadn’t even noticed I’d walked in.

“Shhhh,” Emmett said in my direction, looking slightly annoyed. “It’s Judgment Day and you’re about as noisy as a herd of elephants. We’re trying to watch the movie, Andi!”

“Well, excuse me, but last I checked, this is my lab and those are my authors and currently they aren’t doing anything.” I argued back at him.

“Awe, come on,” Emmett whined. “According to the internet, it’ll be the end of the world on Saturday and if it really is the end, what difference will it make if they take one day off.”

“Oh really?” I countered. “And what does Alice say? Does she think the end is near?”

“Well, no.”

“See! It is not the end of the world and my authors have things to do.”

“But it’s The Terminator 2: Judgment Day and we still have 2 more Terminator movies to go.”

“Fine Emmett, watch your movies and the authors can stay with you, but I want them back to work when the movies are done.” I turned and rolled my eyes to myself. “I’ll figure out something else to deal on Friday.”

As I walked over to my desk, I heard Arnold’s voice fill the room, “Hasta la vista, baby.” I closed my eyes and shook my head.

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Well, since apparently the internet people are claiming Armageddon and Emmett has hi-jacked my authors in favor of The Terminator, I’ve picked out 10 complete epic tales because you obviously won’t have time to get any updates and if you haven’t read them yet, you absolutely have to read them before the world ends. So, here hoping you have the time to enjoy them.

In “Our Lives Unbound” by theladyingrey42, Edward is a socially awkward writer, that’s completely given up on finding the right woman and has convinced his brother to set him up. So, week after monotonous week, he stares into the eyes of a stranger, answering the same questions over and over again, until one day the eyes that look back aren’t so ordinary. Then suddenly he’s then one asking questions too. Will this be what he was looking for all along?

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6046442


In “Last Tango in Forks” by AwesomeSauce76, When Bella’s father is injured in the line of duty; she decides to move back in with him to take care for him. But the monotony of it all, along with her job, is slowly eating away at her sanity. Then, one day at the gym she sees an opportunity, she knows she has to check out, it’s an apartment. Some place she could be herself. However, what she walks in on, she would never suspect. Could a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger change everything?

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5918985


In “Parachute” by KitsuShel, Bella is an 18 year-old college student, simply going shopping with her friends when she finds a tiny 3 year old boy, dirty and hungry wandering around in an alley. In no time at all Bella completely falls in love with this tiny child and decides to adopt him, raising him as her own when no one steps forward to claim him. All the while keep up hope that she’ll one day find his family and after five years, her search is finally successful and they’ve been looking for him too. So, how did this little boy end up in the middle of two families? Will he be able to bring them together?

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6036478


In “High Anxiety” by EdwardsBloodType, to escape her nightmarish high school existence in California, Bella returns to Forks to live with her father. When she reunites with old friends, she hears about the Cullen boys that live down the block who have issues of their own. However after her first day at a new school, her stress level is up and she seriously needs something to relax. That’s when she finds out Edward might have exactly what she never thought she needed and they may have more in common than they ever dreamed of.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5222490


In “Hit By Destiny” by ocdmess, Bella wants to die, and almost gets her wish fulfilled when she gets hit by a shiny Volvo. She is left with serious injuries, and the only thing keeping her from dying is the person who hit her.



http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5463682


In “The Plan” by QuantumFizzx, Bella has held this job for just a little over a year and for during that year, she’s nearly been transparent, but all that’s about to change. She’s tired of going unnoticed so she puts a plan in motion to catch the eye of Edward Cullen. At least that's her plan, but what fate has planned is something entirely different.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6550419


In “Emancipation Proclamation” by kharizzmatik, set in 2005, Edward grew up in a mafia life of money, power, & respect. Isabella, born into slavery, has never known another way. When their worlds come together, will they be able to stay the same? Will he be able to give her freedom and still keep her?



http://kharizzmatik-ep.blogspot.com/


In “Confessions of a Nanny” by Melissa228 Dr. Edward Cullen, has found it difficult to trust anyone since his wife abandoned him and their 4 year old daughter, but the demands of his job require 24 hour help in the care of his daughter, so he looks into hiring a full time nanny. Bella’s looking for something better than bartending, so this opportunity is exactly what she’s looking for. However, living under the same roof may prove to be a challenge of restraint. Will they be able to co-exist without breaking each other?

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5051088


In “Taste of Innocence” by Nolebucgrl, Edward Masen has spent years devouring the tainted blood of the truly evil, ridding the world of monsters of the human kind, but he’s growing tired of his usual fare. He’s looking for something different, an innocent. This is when he stumbles upon his latest victim, Bella Swan, of course. In a last minute decision, he decides to change her instead of killing her. Will he regret his choice? Will she be accepting of this change or will she hate him for what he’s done to her?

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5412456


In “Harvest Moon” by content1, ever wonder what happened to the Cullen family after the Volturi left? As Edward and Bella finally begin a life together, their lives will change in more ways than they would ever imagine. Additions will bring them joy, loved ones lost will bring them pain, and just the act of growing up will change all their lives. Not to mention was probably not the last we’ve heard from the Volturi and the mess they left behind might not work out exactly how they expected it to.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5315616


Now if it the end if the world, there’s no way I’m making something complicated, so to go with these epic fics I suggest you make a large glass of Vodka Lemonade.

10 oz Country Time Lemonade Mix
1 oz Vodka

Mixing Directions

Mix two together and serve with ice or no ice



So, I guess we’ll see if the world really does end tomorrow and if it doesn’t, you’ll find me here next week with a few new tales to deal out. Until then, Tweet (FanFicDealer), Message me on Facebook, or email (fanficdealer@gmail.com) if you want to talk shop.

The deal has been made. ;)

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

:: Team Eclipse :: Twilight Music Featured on Dancing with the Stars

So here is Sia's My Love. It is amazing what this couple did with the music and the Waltz. It sent chills through me and made me love the song even more!!

Hope you enjoy it!!

source You Tube

:: Team Twilight :: Blue Foundation's Eyes on Fire featured on Dancing with the Stars

Twilight is EVERYWHERE!!!!!!  My sister brought these two espoides of Dancing with the Stars (I don't watch it) to my attention last night.  This one, the couple danced to Blue Foundation's Eyes On Fire from the Twilight Motion Picture Soundtrack.

After watching it, I had to post it!! It sent chills through me as they danced a Rumba to it and really told a story with the movements and music!!!

Hope you enjoy!

source: YouTube

Friday, May 13, 2011

::Team Twilight:: Fan Fiction Friday



In the twi-universe this day should practically be a holiday for today is Mr. Robert Pattinson’s 25th Birthday. All over the internet you’ll find twi-blogs celebrating in their own ways, but since it’s Friday at the Love Shack, Lab Tech Andi has found a few marvelous fics that demonstrate just how great it really is to be 25. So, head to the blue door at the back of the shack, knock 25 times and when you’re asked for the password, in your best breathy Marilyn Monroe voice, sing: “Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday Mr. Pattinson, Happy Birthday to You!” Be Safe!

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On this day 25 years ago:
  • “West End Girls” by The Pet Shop Boys was number one on the Billboards charts.
  • In the United States:
  • The Average Cost of new house was around $89,430.00
  • The Average Income per year was about $22,400.00
  • If you rented where you lived, you might have paid around $385.00 per month
  • If you bought a new car it was around $9,255.00 and a gallon of gas was only 89 cents
  • A Casio Portable Color Television would have set you back around $249.99
  • If you were lucky enough, you might have had a Tandy 600 Portable Computer which would have cost around $1599.00

In the United Kingdom:
  • A house would have cost around 44,040 pounds
  • A Gallon of Petrol was an astonishing 1.89 pounds
  • And in a hospital in London, a tiny Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson was born.

So, considering that none of the Cullens could even remember the age of 25, I knew they wouldn’t be any help to me on this one. Turning 25 is a big step and although we all want to wish Rob the happiest of birthdays, I wanted to take the time to tell our darling man all the things that are great about turning 25, so earlier this week I asked “What sort of things do you think he should look forward to at this age? What's great about 25?”

Well, for one, dearest Rob, your car insurance will go down, because now they’ll finally consider you a man. To celebrate this little milestone, I truly feel you should take a road trip. See the largest ball of yarn, the biggest bottle of ketchup, sleep in a teepee, just hit the back roads and let the wind whip through your hair.

Next, you’ll be able to rent a car without an underage surcharge. Not really sure how much of a concern this was for you, since I doubt you rent your own cars, but hey there you go.

Then one of our lovely members on our Facebook page, a Ms. Jennifer, commented, “You really start discovering who you are. Things that used to seem soooo all-important suddenly aren't that important in the scheme of things. You start to worry less about gaining other people's approval and more about achieving what you want for no reason other than fulfilling your own self.” You might not be there yet, but these are wise words and I know you’ll get there once you finally get the chance to breathe.

Once you reach this age, (assuming they’ll let you) you’ll be able to celebrate your birthday with a very small group of people without all the fanfare, if that’s how you want it and no one will fuss at you for it.

You’ll soon come to understand why investing in good shoes, good sheets, and good tires is completely and totally worthwhile. You can finally make peace with your quirks and understand that people love you because of those things.

It’s finally acceptable to buy good quality furniture for your house without feeling like you’re only “pretending” to be a grown-up.

And of course there were a few suggestions of looking forward to sex with older women. However, I’ll leave that one up to you to work out with the Cougars. ;)

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In celebration of our fun recommendations, I thought I’d find a few tales that play off our list so I visited some fellow pimps at The Lemonade Stand to help me find tales that were road trip worthy and Cougarlious. Enjoy!

My first little road trip took me to “Running for Home” by ooza. Edward has never really felt loved or wanted and upon the deathbed of his last known relative, he discovers why. Now all alone, he sets out on a road trip to self discovery. A simple wrong turn leads him to cross paths with Bella, a young woman looking for a break from the expectations everyone else has for her. She’s always been the responsible one, making decisions to please everyone else, but she just can’t take it anymore. By risking it all and joining together to travel a path that’s a little unfamiliar, they may come to find that the destination really isn’t so unknown, but not exactly what they expected either.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5792699/

Next, I ended up spend time in “Cougar Town” by OzellaMarie. Where Bella Swan is 42 years old and recently divorced from a man who couldn’t stay true. Now that her 25 year-old son, Jasper, has a thriving auto repair business of his own and is about to tie the knot, she feels like she’s starting over again. She’s completely free and the only person she has to take care of is herself. So when her son’s business partner, Edward Cullen, starts making regular appearances in her fantasies, will be open enough to make these fantasies real? What if she’s not the only one with fantasies?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6809492/

Once I escaped their clutches I was on the road again in a sweet little one shot called “Free” by GreenEyedGirl17. Bella and Edward have spent every waking minute together in the same tiny, boring town all their lives as best friends. However, graduation approaches they can’t stop talking about taking one last adventure before the distance of college separates them. So with a great deal of planning, they embark on a road trip that may possibly change everything they thought they knew about each other.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6197524/

But the cougars finally caught up to me in this lust one shot titled “In The Light of Day” by TKegl. Here, Bella Swan just found out that her ex-husband is engaged to the woman who broke up their marriage. In an attempt to self medicate her woes, her well meaning friends decide she needs to get drunk and get laid. So, when Mr. Right Now shows up and turns out to be half her age, she’s just a little leery, but three orgasms later and age is no long an issue. Knowing that she’d never intended this to turn into anything; she was out of his bed before dawn. But karma had other plans and when Mr. Right Now turns into Mr. Boss Man, will they be able to get passed this?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5860538/

Now I was also informed by Ms. Anja, that in Denmark, it’s a tradition if a person isn't married before turning 25, they get lots and lots of cinnamon. So instead of cake I think all these fics should have “Cinnamon Rolls”

Ingredients
2 packages dry yeast
1/2 cup hot water
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp sugar
4 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs

Filling
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon

Icing
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons hot milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix bread ingredients in food processor. Let rise. Roll out. Spread with butter. Sprinkle rest of filling ingredients over. Roll up. Cut into slices. Place

in greased pans. Let rise. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cool and ice.

But if you’re not the baking type, here’s something to help quench you’re thirst, it’s an “Apple-Cinnamon Martini”

Ingredients
3/4oz Apple Schnapps (Apple Pucker)
1/4oz Cinnamon Schnapps (Goldschlager)
2oz Vodka

Mixing Directions
In a mixing glass filled with ice, combine vodka, apple pucker, and goldschlager. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.




So, Happy Birthday Rob and until next week. Tweet (FanFicDealer), Message me on Facebook, or email (fanficdealer@gmail.com) if you want to talk shop.

The deal has been made. ;)

Friday, May 6, 2011

::Team Twilight:: Fan Fiction Friday



Oh Darlin’, are you looking for that perfect gift for that wonderful lady in your life, the one you call Mom? Maybe you want a gift to give yourself? If that’s the case, Lab Tech Andi might have something just in your size. All you have to do is find the blue door at the back of the shack, knock out the guitar riffs from ELO’s song "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" and the password is “Momma”. Be Safe!

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I swirled my brush in the yellow paint and then swept it over the clay mug I’d been handed. While I loaded my brush with more paint, I took in the vision before me and it made me smile.

When I got up this morning, the only thing I had planned was to get up, take a shower, get dressed, and head to the lab, but as soon as I’d opened my door to head out to my car, there stood Alice, beside a silver Volvo, in my driveway.

“Give me your briefcase and get in the car, you’re coming with us.” She commanded, grabbing my things from me and racing to throw them in the trunk. I bent down to peer inside and saw Rose sitting behind the wheel and Renesmee waving wildly from the backseat. I laughed a little as I stood and heard a car door open. “Come on, slow poke! Get in the car already!” she whined as I slid into the backseat with Nessie. By the time I heard my car door close, she was sitting in the seat in front of me.

“Well, this is an interesting surprise!” I said to no one in particular, “Any special reason you’ve come to drive me to the shack this morning?”

“We’re not going to the shack this morning” Nessie answered bouncing in her seat. “We’re taking you to paint pottery!”

I raised my eyebrows and looked around the car, “Pottery?”

“Well, you know Mother’s Day is coming up and Bella is so funny about gifts,” Rose began to explain, “so we knew that Nessie couldn’t just buy her mother something.”

“However, if she made something for her mother,” Alice continued with a mischievous grin. “Then Bella would have no reason to refuse it.”

“Okay… so why am I here?” I asked.

“Because, Andi, it’ll be fun!” Nessie replied as though it was the most obvious answer in the world. Alice and Rose just laughed and we continued on to the pottery place.

The place was deserted when we got there, but I knew that was probably only because it was so early. I walked around the studio looking at the items that had already been painted, glazed, and ready for pick up. I also saw several interesting glass pieces, some made into jewelry. “This is very pretty. Is it painted?” I asked examining one of the pieces.

“No, that’s fused glass.” The proprietor stated. “We have several kits over there.” He pointed to the back wall.

“Oh, I’m going to do that!” Rose said grabbing a kit from the shelf and then settling herself at a table. The rest of us wandered along the back wall looking at all the things, just waiting to be painted. Renesmee carefully selected a trinket box with a beautifully sculpted fairy sitting serenely on top.

“I think Momma will like this, don’t you?” she said as she skipped over to show me.

“I completely agree!” I told her looking at the box.

“Hey Andi! Here’s what you need to paint.” Alice said as she crossed the room clutching the largest coffee mug I’d ever seen.

“What on earth do I need that for?” I asked laughing.

“For fun, what else?” she told me as she handed it to me. “Now let’s sit down and Nessie, I’ll help you with yours.”

Now, I knew there was no way I could create a design as intricate as the one Alice was trying to help Renesmee paint on those fairy wings, so I just kept it simple and they were right, this was really fun!

It took all of the morning and a good part of the afternoon, but by the time we left, Nessie had painted a fairy with wings that practically appeared transparent even though they weren’t; Rose had created some amazing glass earrings for Esme for Mother’s Day; and I had painted a gigantic and completely impractical coffee mug. As we handed over our creations to be glazed and fired, the shop owner told us we could pick up our things in a couple days.

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As we headed back, I thought about all of the wonderful mothers in our lives, the ones that love us beyond reason. And so, being inspired, all my tales today feature our two favorite mothers. I hope you enjoy!


My first little motherly tale is something all mothers learn to put up with “Six Interruptions” by Brynna. From the moment Esme and Carlisle came together, it was destined that at some point, each of the Cullen kids would intrude upon at least one intimate moment for the first time. Throughout the many decades they’ve been together, this is a peek at each of those interruptions. This tale is cute and a few of the reasons behind those interruptions may just surprise you.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4686034




My next motherly tale is a bit like life, titled “La Dolce Vita: Hollywood Living” by johnnyboy7. Bella is taking her son and starting over in Los Angeles, leaving behind an abusive past and a dark secret. But just because she had a plan, that doesn’t mean that’s where she was destined to be. Edward is a widowed mega movie star, with two children and the insane notion that he’ll never fall in love again. However, when their sons’ become fast friends, they’ll find themselves being hurdled into a frenzied Hollywood romance. Will they burn out as quickly as the rest of Hollywood? Will Bella be able to keep her secrets forever? This is a wonderfully complex story, with a plot that always keeps you on your toes. For a change, the Edward in this tale has dealt with most of his demons and doesn’t feel unworthy of Bella’s love. He just wants something honest and true, but can he handle the truth?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5865291


My next tale may not have kids in it, but is a wonderfully light Esme piece called “Guide to Losing a Player in One Date” by sleepyvalentina. Set in 1986, Carlisle Cullen, a first-year med student, was not only at the top of his class, but he'd also been rumored to have been on top of the majority of his female classmates. Now, in a gross anatomy lab, Esme Masen, has found herself stuck with him as a lab partner. Will she be able to resist his smooth player moves or will she find a way to beat him at his own game? This story is actually a series of dates and not just one, but the titles for each chapter will have you laughing all by themselves.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5915660


And lastly, I had to bring back Mom-ella in this little tale titled “Play Dates” by SarahCullen17. Bella is a young single mother of a five-year-old son, Emerson. She doesn’t have much, but she’s smart and manages to make due. Because her son has kept her so busy, a love life has never been high on her priority list. That is until her son becomes slightly smitten with little five-year-old Emmy, Edward’s only daughter. He too is a young single parent, just trying to make ends meet, so the idea of dating has been the furthest thing from his mind. But what if your kids insisted? Play dates could be a lot more interesting.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6502829






So, I think to go along with these deals, we need a mom-worthy drink, so I suggest a “Blushing Lady”

Ingredients

1 oz PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur
2 oz vodka
1 oz pink grapefruit juice
lemon wedge
coarse sugar for rimming

Mixing Instructions

Rub a wedge of lemon around the rim of a martini glass and dip the glass into a plate of coarse sugar. Set it aside. Pour the remaining ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into the garnish martini glass.



I hope you all have a marvelous Mother's Day and until next week. Tweet (FanFicDealer), Message me on Facebook, or email (fanficdealer@gmail.com) if you want to talk shop.

The deal has been made. ;)