On Thursday night, I accepted the award for Best Children's Book of the Year (Senior) for Mortal Coil, to rapturous applause from everyone who loves me. Yes, fine, that means I was applauding myself as I made my way to the stage, but it still counts, dammit...
Here is the beautiful award on my mantlepiece...
I also picked up a SECOND award, for I am THAT brilliant- this time it was for the Book of the Decade thing I won a few months back. Here are BOTH awards on my mantlepiece...
Yes. I have a cool house.
Thanks to everyone who voted- it's because of you, my Minions, that the Skulduggery books do so well at things like this. And I just LOVE getting up on stage and making fun of everyone. Makes me so happy...
And, now that I've remembered how to post photos, I'll add a few random ones...
These are home-made jackets worn by two girls who came to signings a few months ago, one in the UK and one in Germany... Sweeeeet.
And here are two pictures of kittens I used to have, before I found good homes for them...!
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 1000 of 3976 Newer› Newest»I'm going to say a sentence that switches from Japanese to english to spanish to french to italian.
wasn't nice ... I nearly beat up my best freind because we were in school galloping across the feild arms linked ... as you do and I forgot everything let go of her and when she tried to link arms again I went to hit her ..... then I remembered again and felt terreble
Konnichiwa, how are you singor chien nero.
i only speak english and spanish
is that enought to understand whole sentance
stupid conflicting edits sign
ok, thanks Octaboona
hello, how are you mister black dog?
I am usually sitting in class when it happens, it'll feel like stuff is rushing at me...?...and I'll almost scream.
EEEK! Sorry Kallista
Yep! Good job for translating Octaboona.
why are you shuffling?
i can understand 5 languages!
if you know one word you know them all.
So i believe
*counts languages* I can understand ... 3
oooh that means I know *counts* 5 languages :D
and i know numerous
lol
but only 3 to any extent
How about this?
Konbanwa Octagoona-san! Ogenki?
I know...At least 7. 2 I know really well. 1 I know fairly well...A few others I know enough to get by...
i'm stumped
octagoona lol
lol ....
QUICK SOMEONE HELP THERE DROWNING!!
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... oh never mind
what does it mean
Good evening Octagoona. How are you. ;)
i'm good mary hiashe
Konbanwa Octagoona-san! Ogenki?
what does it mean- what language even
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babble bibble bobble tweet
ahhhhhhhh my stick man failed ...
HEYA HIT GIRL!!! are you new??
if life were a treehouse
i'm getting tired
i aadvise you all to back away
I just told you what it means...
"Good evening Octagoona. How are you?"
It's Japanese.
at what ever speed you wish
If life were a tree house I would cut down the tree and laugh ....
*stays where she is* I'm not scared of Vampires I'm not scared of you
oh right
my eyes are dying
i missed your post
japanese is one of my one word languages :)
tree hugger gives you evil stare
*laughs nervosly at tree huggers then throws chainsaw at them*
and which is the 0.2 language
jumps infront of chainsaw to protect the tree
and the huggers
nope
english
i'd like to be canadian though
eeek *grabs chainsaw from the air before it hits octaboona*
Sorry ... *goes to a alternate univererse where no one can ever find her*
HOLEY SWEET SKULDUGGERY HOOORAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEREK IM SO HAPPY THIS IS AMAZING I CANT STOP SMILING SERIOUSLY NO JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL COME ON SO I CAN GIVE YOU SOME SMORES AND SOME CAT SMORES FORYOUR KITTYS!
except the people who live in the alternate universe
English people are cool .... just my opinion ... not because I'm english of anything
*laughs nervosly as she hides birth certificate behind her back*
oh cool
Thanks. I know we're cool.
you come from north england right
cos north england is vampireland and you live near vampires
*does never eat shredded wheat*
nope south england ... HAMPSHIRE!!!
Comes back... KALLISTA!!! ahhhh I would miss you to
It's just my general opinion that people from Hampshire are cool ...
I also know french. A bit of spanish, a bit of italian (I can read it better more than anything but I do know a few words or so.), I know one or two words in chinese, german, and...a bit of Romanian I think.
but the vampires i know come from newcastle
they live in hamphsire too?
ah i get it now! dont do that kallista! i was scared it wasnt you! and
@Derek Landy the most amazing author ever....
YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR PROFILE THINGY ABOUT YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE TWO OTHER BOOKS THAT ARE NOW OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i think it was MY vote that put the polls over the top.....
im thinking of starting to write a book.......whats your opinion about it??????
I'd like to visit England.
(whispers) Vampires live everywhere .....
oh no *gets dragged away* I have said to much already .... now i must be punished!!!
lol
don't get punished
No...French yes. (I'm Canadian), but besides that, no. I basically learned it on my own.
yeah but in not quite sure yet....it most likely wont have anything to do with the blog *sorry minions of derek* but i think i got a good inspiration from reading skulduggery and harry potter one too many times
uggg gotta do homework be on in like two hours or so!
Sure, write a book! I say aye!
What old name...?
You're not Kallista are you...?
...Maybe not but...I can guess.
*comes back rubbing sore wrist* Stupid vampires don't they realize I need my blood
i prfefered kallista
night all
Good night Octaboona
So help me god Kallista! If you don't change back your name I'll....
haunt you?????? were those your words mary??????
Kallista ... :{ please change your name back ..
Sure Skulgirl. I won't talk to you Kallista...mostly because I'll forget who you are.
Kallista you should lye down get some rest if your Ill ...
I have to go now so night all Byeeeeeee
KALLISTA!!!!! thats what im gonna say until you change your name back!
NIGHT NICOLETTE!
Here is the song Amaranth by Nightwish. I hope you all enjoy the song!
Lyrics:
Baptised with a perfect name
The doubting one by heart
Alone without himself...
War, between him and the day
Need someone to blame
In the end, little he can do alone...
You believe, but what you see
You receive, but what you give
Caress the one, the Never-Fading!
Rain in your heart, the tears of snow-white sorrow!
Caress the one, the hiding amaranth!
In a land of the daybreak!
Apart, from the wandering pack
In the brief light of time
We reach for the ones, whoever dare
You believe, but what you see
You receive, but what you give
Caress the one, the Never-Fading!
Rain in your heart, the tears of snow-white sorrow!
Caress the one, the hiding amaranth!
In a land of the daybreak!
Caress the one, the Never-Fading!
Rain in your heart, the tears of snow-white sorrow!
Caress the one, the hiding amaranth!
In a land of the daybreak!
Reaching, searching, for something untouched
Hearing voices, of the, Never-Fading calling
( Calling... )
( Piano Solo )
( Ahh...)
Caress the one, the Never-Fading!
Rain in your heart, the tears of snow-white sorrow!
Caress the one, the hiding amaranth!
In a land of the daybreak!
Caress the one, ( Caress the one! ) the Never-Fading!
Rain in your heart, the tears of snow-white sorrow!
( The one! ) Caress the one, the hiding amaranth!
In a land of the daybreak!
DAYBREAK!
Lye is actually a highly corrosive chemical that's used in soap.
strange and random mary i like that its like well....ME!
I was scrolling up, saw lyrics and thought 'hey, betch'a that's Sarthacus' and who's right? Moi.
Thanks, Hit.
The link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdZn7k5rZLQ&feature=related
I find it really sad at the end.
;(
The chorus reminds me of the end of The Amber Spyglass.
VERY sad.
Cool, yet very, very sad.
Hehe, yes, you are right, Mary!
Guys? Where are you?
sarthacus theyre all slow typers im doing homework so ill be in and out
...I was reading...
Yes...
omg im reading a book right now caaleed mr monster its the sequal to i am not a serial killer also a good book
but not as good as skkulduggery
Has anyone here read the Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale.
http://djmachalebooks.com/
no but i did read The light by D. j. MacHale
another good book
Updated my profile.
The Pendragon series was pretty awesome...
THE TRAP OF THE CROW
1
Snow
Dakota Lake was running. She loved running, especially with Cookie; her dog. Cookie was wonderful. He was a Border collie, young and fit. He had a ring of white fur just below his neck, and a white muzzle, the rest was black apart from his paws, which were also white.
Dakota had long black hair, and blue eyes. She was Scottish, and tall. She loved Cookie almost more than anything. She had been adopted by an old couple who loved her, and treated her like a daughter should be treated. They were called Mathew and Anna. They let her get a decent amount of pocket money, and let her buy anything as long as it was suitable.
Dakota had never known her parents. The only thing she had to remind her that she had once had real parents was a picture of a dark-haired baby, basking in the arms of a blond woman, who was standing beside a dark-haired man. All were smiling, apart from the baby, who was sleeping. She had looked at this picture many times, but couldn’t remember any of it happening.
Cookie barked. He wanted to play.
Dakota’s hand plunged into her coat pocket and came out with a squeaky toy. She threw it, and Cookie bolted for it. The ball landed in the deep snow, and Cookie couldn’t see it anymore. He stopped, as still as a statue, and his white tipped tail stopped wagging. He turned to Dakota and whined. Dakota smiled, and jogged to the ball. She brought it out of the snow, and Cookie bit it. He clamped it in his jaw, and dropped it at Dakota’s feet.
She laughed, and took out her mobile phone. It was 10:30 AM. She needed to get some breakfast. She whistled to Cookie, and started running. Cookie took the ball in his jaw again, with a loud SQUEAK! from the ball, and kept up with Dakota. They ran until they got to the house.
Cookie shook his body, splattering Dakota in wet snow. Dakota took of her boots, and her coat, and walked inside with Cookie, who went into his basket and curled up cutely. Dakota went into the kitchen, and saw Anna making a cooked breakfast.
“Hey, Anna,” said Dakota.
Anna turned around and smiled. “Hello, Dakota! You were quick today! Sleep well?”
“Yup. What are you making? Bacon or pork?”
“Bacon,”
“My favourite,”
“Yes, that’s why I’m making it. Now if you go along and play with Cookie, it’ll be done in a few minutes.”
“OK,”
Dakota walked over to Cookie’s basket. He sat up, and his eyes told her he was hungry. Cookie was still relatively small, so Dakota scooped him up in her arms, and stroked him, while walking into the kitchen, and pulling the dog food off the table.
She poured it food into Cookie’s bowl, and he dipped his muzzle into it, and began eating it. Dakota sat down and stroked his fur. When he was finished he jumped up to Dakota’s face and began licking it. She laughed, and cuddled him in her arms.
Then there was a call from the kitchen. “Dakota, breakfast is ready!”
“Coming,” Dakota called.
She got up, put down Cookie, and walked to the kitchen. Cookie trotted at her side. Dakota sat on a chair, and began to eat the bacon rolls Anna had made for her.
“So, what are your hopes for tomorrow?” asked Anna.
Typical Anna; start asking questions when somebody’s mouth was full. Dakota swallowed and replied. “I hope tomorrow is the same, no school!”
“I hope so too, Cookie hates it without you.”
“He loves me,”
“I know,”
“He loves me because I’m awesome.”
“He loves you because if we hadn’t bought him before that spoilt kid who kept on going on about chocolate, he’d be long gone in the dog basket of the sky.”
“Fair enough.” Dakota got up. “And I was joking about the awesomeness thing.”
“I kind of figured that bit out. Where’s Mathew, by the way?”
“Oh, he’s… either asleep, drunk at the pub or… somewhere else.”
“Right,”
Dakota clapped her hands, and Cookie trotted beside her, and they both went to her room.
... Is the start of a book I'm planning on publishing.
I loved how different and sad that series was. And how awesome Vo Spader was...
(I'm not saying Skulduggery Pleasant lacks these things, I'm just saying that's what I like about the books.)
Nice house indeed! I love the jacket. I wonder if I can make one. By the way, I got to the page where Valkyrie and Skulduggery meet Caelan and that other Vamp in Dark Days. The book so far is EPIC! OH, AND I VOTED!!!!
I'll be back in a few...
did you read page 81?????
that was for Anya
YES I DID!
dont you LOVE IT!
LOL it was pretty short but yes. Derek must have felt awkward when that happened because he didn't elaborate on it anymore. Will he in the rest of the book? What happens to FLETCHERIE?
youll see *smile wickedly looking like shes hiding something and is trying to tourture anya with the info*
Moracus Bleak had his magic at hand. Literally. His power was summoning splinters from his body, and making them come out of the skin of his hand, which made it look like it was covered in needles. He could, however, if he was touching someone else, make the splinters come out of them.
He was doing it right now. The man knew where the girl was. Moracus needed the information to get to her, and then kill her for his master.
AHHHHH WHY SKULGIRL?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Continues to read eagerly!!!!
lol you should it only gets better.... wait till mortal coil ooooooooo i can see the egar look on yoour face!
It's on my shelf!!! I can't wait to read IT! I GOTTA GO! LATER!
I wonder if the internet will work at all downstairs?
hve fun reading he he he wait till he reads the ending of mortal coil shell be begging fo rmore! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH
YEAH KALLISTAS BACK! *gives kallista major hug*
omg listen to never too late by three days grace
I love how cars aren't really safe anywhere...well at least not in Canada/America/etc. Because in the places that get a snowy, icy, winter...Our cars tend to rust. (Because of the salt used to get rid of the ice.) Cars in really hot places almost all year 'round. Their cars engines tend to blow up from overheating.
Yay, Kallista's back, and I'm typing horrendously fast!
Moracus Bleak had his magic at hand. Literally. His power was summoning splinters from his body, and making them come out of the skin of his hand, which made it look like it was covered in needles. He could, however, if he was touching someone else, make the splinters come out of them.
He was doing it right now. The man knew where the girl was. Moracus needed the information to get to her, and then kill her for his master.
Song...Is so...Difficult...
Hey Kallista! Thank you for changing your name back.
ack my fingers are frozen i cant feel them! YEAY CHANUKAH STARTS ON WEDNESDAY!!!
Yep. I forgive...and forget. (Literally.)
KAllista, I'm on the 5th page, and the nwriters block is starting to kick me... Goddamnit.
i feel like i cant type my fingers are sooooo stiff!
ok ive dicided that i will start a story and ill make a new blog so i can post it for you guys.........now to finish homework so i may start this new "book"
SARTHACUS!!!!! DONT GET WRITERS BLOCK!!! *hits sarthacus on the head with a mallet to try and clear the writers block accidently nocks sarthacus unconsious* oops....
Oh...
That makes sense...
I swear Alex is ignoring me...
Oh... my... GOD!!!
I JUST DEVELOPED A BRAIN CELL!!!
it seems to work fine when you wrote your fan fics POST THEM WOULD YOU/!//!??!!??!?!
@sarthacus
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Okay...I'm copying and pasting things, just so we know...
Some examples of why the human race has probably evolved as far as possible. These are actual instruction labels on consumer goods..
On Sears hairdryer:
Do not use while sleeping.
(Gee, that's the only time I have to work on my hair!)
On a bag of Fritos:
You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
(The shoplifter special!)
On a bar of Dial soap:
Directions: Use like regular soap.
(and that would be how?)
On some Swann frozen dinners:
Serving suggestion: Defrost.
(But it's 'just' a suggestion!)
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert: (printed on bottom of the box)
Do not turn upside down.
(Too late! you lose!)
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:
Product will be hot after heating.
(Are you sure? Let's experiment.)
On packaging for a Rowenta iron:
Do not iron clothes on body.
(But wouldn't that save more time?)Whose body?)
On Boot's Children's cough medicine:
Do not drive car or operate machinery.
(We could do a lot to reduce the construction accidents if we just kept those 5 year olds off those fork lifts.)
On Nytol sleep aid:
Warning: may cause drowsiness.
(One would hope!)
On a Korean kitchen knife:
Warning: keep out of children.
(hmm..something must have gotten lost in the translation..
On a string of Christmas lights:
For indoor or outdoor use only.
(As opposed to use in outer space.)
On a food processor:
Not to be used for the other use.
(Now I'm curious.)
On Sainsbury's peanuts:
Warning: contains nuts.
(but no peas?)
On an American Airlines packet of nuts:
Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.
(somebody got paid big bucks to write this one...)
On a Swedish chainsaw:
Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands.
(Raise your hand if you've tried this.)
On a child's Superman costume:
Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.
(Oh go ahead! That's right, destroy a universal childhood belief.)
ummmm
If your name is Mr. Crunch, and you joined the Navy, would you eventually be Captain Crunch?
ohhh lol
"When life gives you lemons, make grape juice. Then sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it."
Night, all.
"Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, "Where the hell is the ceiling?!"
It's always the last place you look...well of course it is, why the hell would I keep looking after I found it?
You wanna know why God created man before woman? Every masterpiece needs a rough draft!
There is no "I" in team but the is an "I" in PIE and there is an "I" in MEATPIE and MEAT is an anagram of TEAM...
If you can stay calm when all around you is complete chaos, you probably haven't fully understood the situation.
lollolololololoollololol mary i would be on the floor if i wasnt already
Whoever said nothing was impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
omg that last one is akiler!
1. at Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car with Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer at Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.
4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label it “In".
5. Put Decaf in the Coffee Maker for 3 Weeks Once Everyone has Gotten over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Smuggling Diamonds".
7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With the Prophecy".
8. Don't use any punctuation.
9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
10. Order a Diet Water when ever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go".
12. Sing Along At The Opera.
13. Go To A Poetry Recital. And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme?
14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and Play tropical Sounds All Day.
15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party because you’re not In the Mood.
16. Have Your Co-workers Address You by Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.
17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won! I Won!"
18. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling "Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!"
19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."
20. and the Final Way to Keep a Healthy Level of Insanity,
Send This In An E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile!
Hello and welcome to the mental health hotline. If you are obsessive compulsive press 1 repeatedly. If you are co-dependant ask someone to press 2 for you. If you have multiple personalities press 3, 4, 5, and 6. If you are paranoid we know who you are and what you want; stay on the line and we'll trace your call. If you are delusional press 7 and your call will be transferred to the mothership. If you are schizofrenic listen carefully and the small voice will tell you which number to press. If you are depressive it doesn't matter which button you press; no one will answer you. If you are dislexic press 69696969. If you have a nervous disorder please fidget with the hash key until the beep. After the beep please wait for the beep. If you have short term memory loss please try your call again later and if you have low self esteem hang up. All our operators are too busy to talk to you
OMG HELP IM DYING IN TEARS OF LAI=UGHTE!
I ran with scissors, and lived!
omg derek will CRACK UP!
lololololololololololollllolol
i would love to do that but idont know how XP
so
i guess
~Fun Things To Try At Wal-Mart When You Are Bored!~
1. Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten minute intervals throughout the day.
2. Make a trail of orange juice on the floor, leading to the rest rooms.
3. Walk up to an employee and tell him in an official tone, "I think we've got a Code 3 in house wares," and see what happens.
4. Tune all the radios to a polka station; then turn them all off and turn the volumes to "10."
5. Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift wrap.
6. Put M&M's on layaway.
7. Move "Caution: Wet Floor" signs to carpeted areas.
8. Set up a tent in the camping department; tell others you'll only invite them in if they bring pillows from Bed and Bath.
9. When someone asks if you need help, begin to cry and ask, "Why won't you people just leave me alone?"
10. Look right into the security camera, and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.
11. Take up an entire aisle in Toys by setting up a full scale battlefield with G.I. Joes vs. the X-Men.
12. Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon.
13. While handling guns in the hunting department, suddenly ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are.
14. Switch the men's and women's signs on the doors of the rest rooms.
15. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from "Mission Impossible."
16. Set up a "Valet Parking" sign in front of the store.
17. In the auto department, practice your "Madonna" look with various funnels.
18. Hide in the clothing racks and when people browse through, say things like "pick me! pick me!!"
19. If the store has a food court, buy a soft drink; explain that you don't get out much, and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it. And last, but not least...
20. Go into the dressing room and yell real loud..."Hey, we're out of toilet paper in here!"
ill keep going
until
You know you live in 2010 when...
1. You go to a party, sit down and take MySpace pics.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. The reason for not staying in touch with your friends is that they
don't have AIM/LiveJournal/MySpace.
4. You'd rather look all over the house for the remote instead of just
pushing the button on the TV.
6. Your evening activity is sitting at the computer.
7. You read this list, and keep nodding and smiling.
8. You think about how stupid you are for reading this.
9. You were too busy to notice number five.
10. You actually scrolled back up to check if there was a number five.
11. And now you're laughing at your stupidity.
12. Repost if you fell for it. You know you did.
I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.
omg mary just shut up im laughing tooo much!
An optimist is someone who falls off the Empire State Building, and after 50 floors says, 'So far so good!'
Nope!
YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN AUTHOR IF...
You talk to yourself a lot. (Alot meaning all the time...)
You talk to yourself about talking to yourself. (e.g. 'Why do I constantly ask my self random things?')
When you talk to yourself you often talk to yourself like you're talking to someone else. (e.g. 'Have you ever noticed that deliver could mean someone's liver?')
After uttering a profound piece of wisdom like that above, you stare at the cookie in your hand with awe and say, "Wow,this stuff is great for sugar highs...'
You live off of sugar and caffeine (the two greatest things ever discovered!)
You'll check your e-mail every day of the week and then disappear off the face of the earth.
You're e-mails tend to be pages long and incredibly random.
When replying to an e-mail, you'll never actually address the point of it.
You tend to collect Bic Stics off the ground like picking pennies off the ground.
No matter where you are in a room you never have to get up to find a pen/pencil and paper.
The letters on your keyboard are wearing off.
Your friends and family think that you have carpal tunnel syndrome.
People think you have A.D.D.
You think it'd be cool to have A.D.D.
You constantly start talking in third person, present or past tense.
You start thinking about making lists like this and start giggling for no "apparent" reason
Your friends stopped looking at you funny when you laugh for no apparent reason a loooooong time ago.
And FINALLY, the one way to tell if you're a good writer: You failed English 101.
"If I had a bookstore I'd make the mystery section really hard to find. "Excuse me do you have any mystery novels?" That's a damn good question."
~ Demetri Martin
You know you're obssessed with Anime when...
1. You own a shiny metal object of doom.
2. You and your friends have anime nicknames.
3. You know your favorite character’s birthday; favorite color food and animal, blood type, and you cant even remember your sibling’s birthday.
4. You are in multiple anime fan clubs (or own some!).
5. You almost die if you miss an episode of your favorite anime, or cant buy the newest manga.
6. Your friend shows you their manga collection and you drool all over there carpet.
7. You have dressed up as you favorite character on Halloween, or just for fun!
8. You have a picture of your favorite character in your wallet or purse.
9. You prefer guys with long silver hair and swords.
10. You write a story about your favorite character for English class.
11. You have pictures of anime all over you walls.
12. You have a dream in Japanese and you don’t even understand it.
13. You want to learn Japanese for no apparent reason, even though you have never been to Japan and probably never will.
14. Your knowledge of Japanese only extends to "hello" and "I will kill you".
15. You begin to learn Japanese through watching subs.
16. You use Japanese when in a conversation with any random person, and don’t realize you did until you see them looking at you funny.
17.You can't speak Japanese, can't understand Japanese yet you can sing along to the theme song of every anime movie you own.
18. You accidentally call a very unintelligent person Kuwabara by mistake.
19. You where a pink jewel around your neck and call it the shikon jewel.
20. You waste countless amounts of hair gel trying to that "goku" look.
21. (If you speak English) when English becomes your second language.
22. You name (or plan to name) your children after anime characters.
23. You buy shuriken or kunai.
24. You speak in subtitles.
25. You prefer anime over real life.
26. You begin to think that blue or pink (or green) is a natural hair color.
27. You continually buy and eat ramen, even if you don’t like it that much.
28. You suddenly decide to study a random martial art.
29. You cosplay daily.
30. When you get a crush on an anime character.
Now to make you guys cry...It made me for sure...
Please read-true story (not me)
I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.'
Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?''
The old lady replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.''
Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look a round. She left quickly.
The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.'
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
But he replied to me sadly. 'No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.'
His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.''
My heart nearly stopped.
The little boy looked up at me and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.'
Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won't forget me.'
'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.'
Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check
Again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?''
'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!'
Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!''
'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose.''
'My mommy loves white roses.'
A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started.
I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.
Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.
The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
Was this the family of the little boy?
Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine.
And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
can barley type laughing too much ahhhg!
awww i didnt read that until now.....now im sad...
MARY WHY DID YOU POST THAT!!!!!!!!!!!
You mean 'barely'. Barley is a type of grain my dear.
Because I did...It made me cry.
Aren't I mean?
well im almost intears too unfortunatley i cant cry when i read anything or watch a movie
*takes out a broad sword and starts chasing mary around for making skulgirl and kallista sad*
*still chasign mary she takes out a banana gun and starts shooting bananas at mary*
*arm shifts suddenly and a stray banana hits kallista in the face*
Monkeys away!
OMG ITS BEN FRaNKLIN!!!!
GET BACK HERE MONKEY! *runs like the dickens to get precious hat back*
*grabs onto a vine and does a tarzan call snatches the hat and rams into a tree dropping hat and falling to the ground hard*
*sensing the big fluffy pillow around her her subconciousness trys to take a bite of the pillow thinking its a marshmallow wakes up to find self chewing on a pillow and not a marshmallow looks frantically around for her hat*
*sees kallista running away with heer hat AGAIN! and starts to almostly drunkly run after her*
*skulgirl jumps into the water finding the sea monster opens the mouth and chases kallista to get her hat back*
*goes into monsters brain and controlls it to go to dinyland to find kallista looks around to find her wayyyyy too many people there and in winter no less!*
*quickley snatches the disney mad hatters hat and runws back to home happy*
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DERREK GET YOUR BUTT ON HERE I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*SCREAMS* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH KITTENSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I have a kitten. Her name is Duma (Doo-mah: Swahili for Cheetah. also the name of an amazing Movie) she's an awesome possome fluffball... thing.. BUTANYWAY She's cute. Also, CONGRADULATIONS ON YOUR WINS!! YOU ARE SO COOL!!! I NEED TO MAKE A SHIRT LIKE THE FIRST ONE!!! *runs off to brain storm the amazing pics on the site.* AAAAHHHHRRRRGGG TO MANY CHOICES!!!!
lol mom wont let me do it she says its too much money *curses mom for not letting skulgirl fofull one of her many many many deams*
Yaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNEW you would win, for your books ARE the GREATEST books of the decade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations!!!!
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P.S. Awwwwwwww!!! Those kittens are So cute!!!!
i know right!
Hey!!
TOTALLY!!!!
How are you??
:]
im fine a little sad but good how bout you
kallista she would be back so dont worry you havent missed her yet
as if on que
Yup! Still here :]
Why're you sad, Skulgirl?
Well, I'm here for about 15 minutes because House comes on at 7 :)
im only sad because i cant do some things and the fact that i dont get school off for chanukah wich is 8 days yet we get 10 days off for christmas which is only two days! it just hurts!
OMG I LOVE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!......wait 7??? its 743 here...
Aw man! That's really annoying!!
Hey!
I had to help with brining in groceries and making dinner. But I'm back.
*Calls monkeys back, and one monkey who steals Skulgirl's Hatter's hat hands it over. Mary stands proud/tall/beautiful/and dangerous with the hat atop her head.*
I LOVE HOUSE TOO!!!
Ummm
Well your time must be different. It probably comes on at 8 for you!
Hullo Mary.
Like your hat :]
MARY! *tackles mary and they start fighting causing the hat to roll towards skyrils feet*
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