Friday, October 21, 2011

Last Few Days...

Three days left for the Ameriminion competition, and ten for the Friend Gets Friend. Tension around Skulduggery Towers (yes, that is what I'm calling my house) is HIGH.

To spur you on, I now present to you a picture of a cute puppy.


All hail the cute puppy!

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  1. 1st!

    awww, that is such a cute puppy!

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  2. second!

    and that puppy is like happiness...but in a puppy. which is good, otherwise it would not be a puppy, and therefore less happy.

    And Mr. Landy, if you are still here, I was wondering how you feel about elricest. :) Ann marie is to fault with my recent obsession with it.

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  3. darn, fourth...

    hi destiny! *hands puppy*

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  4. Wow! i have never been even remotely close to being second before, I'm so proud. :')

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  5. Eh, I actually prefer kittens. Or platypuses.

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  6. This is my first time on the first page. I feel so accomplished! :3

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  7. my favorite animals are Skunks :D
    but i have a puppy so I guess puppy's are my second favorite.

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  8. @kimberly- kittehs are lovely, particularly when people manage to take pictures of them in nerdy halloween costumes.

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  9. im off to go pick up pumpkins :D will be back later, bye all

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  10. Your house has a cool name. My house is just House.

    Cute puppies are cute.

    You know, Derek, that picture reminds me of my science teacher. One the projector everyday, he has up what we're doing that day and a crazy picture of an animal. Once it was a kitten with a lime on it's head. Yesterday, it was a beagle flying through the air. Today it was an upside-down picture of a cat lying on it's back on the floor, so it looked like the cat was lying on the ceiling.

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  11. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    *Throws Skunk at nights.raven for good luck*

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  12. People can actually get a cat into a costume? My cat can't even stand a collar around his neck. :\

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  13. I'm allergic to Kitty's
    i love em an all.... but they make me itchy and all that crap.

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  14. my favorite animal is my brother! not that he's very animal-like, just in the way that all humans are animals. And I like him, so...

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  15. I call my house my Secret Hideout ^^
    But Shhhhhh
    ... it's a secert.

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  16. hi/bye kal

    ok, NOW im leaving lol
    had to look at the pic one more time, so cute!!!
    lol

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  17. KAL!

    *cuddles*

    @Thalia- Hai! *hugs* Your science teacher sounds awesome. And I wish my house had a name. Don't know why it doesn't, we've named everything else, including our 6 laptops. =p

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  18. Skulduggery Towers...

    This makes me want to come up with a snazzy name for ym house.

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  19. Hi again Lego!


    I'm not here for that long - just long enough to try to remember what I wanted to spaz about.

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  20. Hiya Kal!

    *hugs*

    How're you, my dear?

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  21. I'm still living. That's something, right? :D

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  22. @Destiny- hugs are awesome, are they not? *offers some more*

    @kal- yay! hope your weekend isn't too busy. :) also, I loved your story, I'm nearly exploding with laughter over here. Sorry I didn't respond via the email, gmail is not being very nice to me today.

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  23. *Sighs* I really need to update MY blog... Eh, I'll think about it.

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  24. Now, I need to print some stuff for my writer's workshop tomorrow and then go to bed. Bye all!

    *hugs everyone*

    *dashes off*

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  25. bye thalia! *hugs*

    and living is awesome. glad you're still managing. :D

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  26. Awww! That puppy is absolutely adorable! *tiptoes over and pats puppy, trying not to wake it up*

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  27. so what?

    also, FOXES! YAY!

    *cuddles*

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  28. Hmm... What are your thoughts on...er...Valduggery?

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  29. I am such a bad conversation starter. LOL

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  30. I like it. a lot. Vanith is still my favorite, though.

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  31. @lego- I know! I love foxes too! Such tricky, cute little animals!

    @Kimberly Vex- I honestly don't know. Is that something that happens in the newer books? Is it something they insinuate? Alas, I am only on the fourth book. I NEED the next ones! *eyelid twitches*

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  32. yeah. it's horribly underrepresented in fanart things. But they're so puuurrrfecccttttt...*swoons*

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  33. @ThiefQueen Eh, personally I think it happens in the sixth book just a little bit but that's my opinion. Any yes, you really need the next ones!

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  34. @Queen- It was always there, at least for me. But it is quite more obvious in the later books, particularly death bringer.

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  35. anyways, conversation....

    Neil Gaiman, anyone?

    Chocolate?

    John Green?

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  36. @Kimberly- I thought there was something, but tried to ignore it. Personally, I like the thought that he just kind of watches over and is like a second father figure or something. It just didn't really seem like they were heavily insinuating that he really liked her, or at least to me.

    @lego- Yes to the first two. Just a little uncertain as to the third. I'm dead tired right now and my mind is short-circuiting.

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  37. Neil Gaiman was The Graveyard Book right?

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  38. And omg!

    My Internet connection spazzed out and I almost lost a chapter I was typing up.

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  39. *is reading blog posts, eyes straining to be kept open*

    *sees the puppy, and colapses onto the bed, completely unconcious, mumbling nonsense*

    Can't wait...hope...golden retriever dressed as uncle sam...moustash...lost...I'm gonna get you...exploding...pie...

    *snores*

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  40. Are you writing a story? That same thing happened to me ALL THE TIME on my old computer. I still loved it, though.

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  41. I'm focusing on one story in particular. I'm almost done with it too! But I have a lot of other stories I'm jumping back and forth on.

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  42. I do the same thing. It's like, I'm just rolling out the pages one moment for one story, then I have to jump to another, because of light-bulb moments.

    I almost wonder if any of them will ever get done...

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  43. Same too...
    Well, I've got to go!
    Lates.

    (>^.^)>Kimber<(^.^<)

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  44. yes he did!

    and john green wrote paper towns and other things. and a zombie novella!

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  45. I knew I recognized his name! I've never read his books, but I've heard about them. Are they good?

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  46. EURGH! THREE DAYS!!
    ...
    I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full permission to take any of these lines and incorporate them into his wonderful, wonderful story.

    Tanith spun around.
    OR:
    Tanith looked around the eerily quiet street and drew her sword.
    OR:
    Something was wrong.

    TEXAS! WOOT!

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  47. they're awesome! they're all the same basic story line, but the characters are just...completely, completely wonderful.

    Oh, and he's the founder of nerdfighters, if you know what that means.

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  48. and now I must go to bed. goodnight!

    oh, and if no one's told you, this is the chat that loads of us use:

    http:/xat.com/aquilafelis

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  49. yes the puppy is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!! Derek is it yours?

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  50. Future, that's a good question! :P
    If it is, he can tell us what breed it is. It's so cute! :3

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  51. I think I'd only ever be able to take care of rodent pets. Cats and dogs are so high maintenance XD But if I DID get a cat or dog, I'd at least make sure it's happy and healthy :D

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  52. yes!!!! totaly!!! Visy i'm caling you Visy!!!

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  53. HAHAH that's a great nickname <3 Can I still call you Future? I'm no good at coming up with names XP

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  54. I'M ON THE FIRST PAGE!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!! PHOTOS ETC. FROM THE PARTY FOR YOU WILL BE POSTED @ http://bringingskulduggerytothemasses.blogspot.com/

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  55. Derek I can't believe you posted something right after I stopped looking at my computer! *wails like an idiot* I swear you do these things to make me mad!

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  56. I used to have fish but cleaning the tank was always a mess XP

    Yo Valkyrie, nice to meet you. I'm Fly, or Visy XD Good call on hosting a birthday party for our Golden God. I knew his birthday was in October but I forgot it was in almost 2 days.

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  57. oh yea i forgot about B'days. yay Visy is back hi Val

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  58. Hi there, umm, okay I'm gonna need some time to think of a clever nickname for S.P.B.FreakFan...

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  59. Hey Derek.... Just so you know I intend to take photos of my Skulduggery collection, which includes MUCH more than books, and I will post photos on my blog. And I don't know if you've heard yet, but we're having a picture of Skulduggery PRINTED onto the cake. Oh yes, we're just that obsessed. And at the party me (Valkyrie), as well as Amanda (China), Lizzy (Melissa), Signy (Desmond), and my little sisters Carissa and Jaida (Clarabelle and Madame Mist) will be attending!!!

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  60. Oh God, my room is freezing. WINTER IS COMING.

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  61. HI FREAKFAN <3 I couldn't come up with a nickname. sorry >.<

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  62. Future, I'm going to call you Misty from now on, ok? GOOD.

    Alright, I'm going to bed. MOAR MIDTERMS, YAAAAY. I honestly wish I could just go to the exam and flip my chair/desk/exam like:

    (ノ ゜Д゜)ノ ┻━━┻

    But alas, I must pass these silly exams....

    GOODNIGHT EVERYONE!

    And a special goodnight with a heart to Derek. GOODNIGHT DEREK <3

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  63. hi SPBFF how r u? u can call me Misty

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  64. Hi I'm leaving but I had to say this my blog is http://skulduggerypleasantsawesome.blogspot.com/ and I'm Valkyrie V's friend Amanda who's going to the party


    So bye and HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!!!

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  65. yes some i'm never on the first pag

    soz i gtg bye peeps

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  66. Derek what's with the puppy? XD is it really so lonely that it needs to cling to a teddy bear? Or is it so you can hypnotise us so that way when you pay Sanguine to come after us we wouldn't suspect a thing? Is that what you're doing???

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  67. It'd be funny if every time a comment was posted Derek's computer made a beeping sound. He'd lose his mind! :D

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  68. Guess what? I'm posting this HERE as well. Ha! I'm so very clever...

    I hereby give The Great Derek Landy full permission to use these lines and incorporate them into his wonderful, wonderful story.




    #1: When the man had screamed his final scream and breathed his final breath, Tanith Low laughed, pulled her sword out of his back and slid it into its scabbard.

    #2: Bella fell from the impact of the blond woman's kick, guessing a few ribs were broken, then looked up through a curtain of dark hair and screamed as the woman's sword slashed Amanda's arm.

    #3: Kill, slay, murder, slaughter, execute, destroy, exterminate, assassinate, massacre... Tanith Low's most recent acts could described in any of these ways.


    #4: Tanith Low was a bad person, she certainly knew it, and it brought a smile to her lips.

    #5: The two girls gasped from their hiding place as the Texan with no eyes and the young woman with the sword disappeared into the ground.


    Isabella Votolato, at your service, from Washinton State.



    (Note: If you were to pick #2, Amanda would generally have red hair, but she says it's ORANGE. And I know I didn't say exactly what you told me to because I can't for certain reasons... But either way you have my permission, and you know you do, so just accept it. I improvised.)

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  70. Coooooool. *hugs back* I love the first page!

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  71. The world must know of Derek's party in Washington! And the best way is for me to post it on the first page. *acts smug*

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  73. Completely random thing to say right now, but I honestly just love these lines Skulduggery says in Death Bringer:

    "Look at the face I don't have, Craven, and tell me if it looks like I care."


    "My, my, what dashing mentor has been teaching YOU to be a detective? Oh, that's right, it's me."


    "I feel we've become friends in these past few seconds."


    And I love so so so many more, but if I posted them I'd probably have the whole book here :)

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  74. Wow... It seems I'm alone ON THE FIRST PAGE?! That's really weird...

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  75. Ohhh shit! I was watching My Chem videos! Damn!

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  77. Awwww puppy!

    kitties are better though.

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  78. Raven, I'm swelly-grand. And I've just been thinking of cool character names...

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  79. Here's what I have so far (Derek you'd better read this): Ivy Animosity, Anomaly Despair, Bonny Aspire, Audacious Beguile, Asininity Blunt, Bezel Bonafide, Artifice Cadaver, Saturnine Bilious, Zinnia Batty, Bier Arbor, and Basal Appease.

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  80. Thanks. Now I'm coming up with descriptions for them.



    Derek, if you ever want to use these (not that you'd need to because you can come up with your own names) you can use them!

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  81. I honestly just sat down with a dictionary and starte writing down words with cool descriptions :D

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  83. Thanks :) this is my first time actually attempting to put the words into names

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  84. ur doing a good job :) i like the names, they are really cool

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  85. -Has noticed a distinct lack of there being EVERYONE on the SP Forums-


    Skulduggery Fans!
    That's everyone here if you hadn't noticed.

    JOIN THE FORUMS!

    http://www.skulduggeryforums.co.uk/forum/index.php

    Discuss the series with other members, discuss ANYTHING with other members. Well, almost everything. Anything within reason.

    Go Forth Minions of the Golden God!
    GO FORTH AND JOIN!

    ~Kiiyashi

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  87. The problem now is, I lost my good dictionary and now I need to find it but I think its hiding from me.

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  88. Hi blubber2000! I don't know if we've met...

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  89. Most Adorable Puppy Ever. I Will Worship It Until Next Post. In the meantime look at my website that I have updated:

    http://skulduggerypleasantrules.weebly.com

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  90. my comp may be lagging again grrrrrrrrrrrrr

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  91. lol isabella

    hi blubber2000, nice to meet u

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  92. Hi Sparky! I honestly don't think WE'VE met... *shakes hand* I'm Valkyrie V, an insane Skulduggery fan who acts even odder in person.

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  93. Hiya Val V (Can I call you that?) I'm an even bigger born in America, live in Australia random weirdo SP fan. Check out my website?

    http://skulduggerypleasantrules.weebly.com

    I did for ICT and I got an A+.

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  94. You know it took me awhile to gather the courage to talk here, and now I'm really enjoying myself.

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  95. Val V is splendid :) will you look at my blog?
    http://bringingskulduggerytothemasses.blogspot.com/ and if you like reading fanfic scroll down to "Halloween with the Detectives and the Sanctuary"

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  96. Okay, time for descriptions (more like personalilties):
    Ivy Animostity - dark, clever, scary
    Anomaly Despair - interesting, witty
    Bonny Aspire - quiet, pleasant
    Audacious Beguile - straight-forward, stubborn
    Bezel Bonafide - kind, sneaky, suspiscious
    Asininity Blunt - another Scapegrace type of person
    Artifice Cadaver - clever, tricky, skilled
    Saturnine Bilious - dark, gloomy, depressing
    Zinnia Batty - crazy, odd
    Bier Arbor - hard to out-smart, sneaky
    Basal Appease - simple, average, polite


    Note: They're ALL sorcerer names

    And I know I already posted this but I had forgotten a name so I re-did it.

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  97. Val V Your FanFiction is SO AWESOME! You included my very favouritist line in the entire sixth book 'THE SPARROWS FLY SOUTH FOR WINTER!' THANKS FOR A GREAT TIME.

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  98. Hey raven what time is it for you? It's 10:52 here

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  100. *awkward silence* not trying to sound creepy, was just wondering

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  101. ok... and the time there is 10:55pm/11pm?

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  102. *closes eyes* I am predicting the future... my friend Amanda Moore may be arriving here shortly...

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  103. Derek, not to be rude, but that puppy actually looks kinda creepy.

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  104. Does calling people and demanding they come here count as reading the future? XD

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  105. *chuckles* i dont think it does, but nice try

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  106. :)

    Did you read Death Bringer? Because Val calls a certain vampire "Chuckles" at some point

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  107. Do you remember that though? I thought it was, in a number of ways, kinda creepy :D

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  108. *does a victory dance* I can read da future...


    Hi China! Earlier when you sent me that photo of an old lady I got angry because my phone wouldn't let me see th picture and when it finally did it wasn't even worth it!!!

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  109. We know. Caelan's tapping on my window and I'm trying to ignore it.

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  110. Raven! Don't wave to creepy stalker people! It' rude to the stalker!

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  111. how is it rude to the stalker? i am simply awknowledging their presence, is that a crime? btw should i order a pizza for us and the creepy stalker? :P

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  112. Can vampires even eat? They're dead. And of course it's rude! The point of stalking (in most cases) is to be SECRETLY watching people! Waving tells them they aren't secret!

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  113. Cheese?!

    And I honestly have no clue amelie; where'd you go?

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  114. well, if their supposed to be 'secretly' watching people, they need to go to stalker school :P lol

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  115. I like to decapitate people!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :- ) :-) :-) :-) : ) :-)

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  116. Caelan's pretty good at hiding. And stalking, for that matter.


    Who's the page dedicated to? It'd better not be Caelan.

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