After a bizarrely warm November, it's starting to get pretty cold indeed around these parts. Christmas decorations are everywhere. Shopping queues are getting longer. This morning I heard "Merry Christmas (The War is Over)" on the radio- the first Christmas song I've heard in 2011. And a few days ago I posted a TON of cards and letters to readers who had written to me- so it is OFFICIALLY close to Christmas. I can now safely announce it.
You may rejoice.
And the competition winners may ALSO rejoice, because the books I have to sign have finally arrived. I'll sign them all this weekend, have them ready to be picked up on Monday or Tuesday, and then hopefully you'll be getting your prizes over the next few weeks. It'd be cool if you could get them BEFORE Christmas, so that's what we're working towards.
There's still a lot of work going on in my house. I'm getting one of the rooms refurbished- COMPLETELY redesigning it- as well as the kitchen redone, and that's been going on since the start of October. Basically, it means a lot of noise and hassle and interruptions, so I haven't been able to focus on Book Seven, which I really would have liked to have started by now. But hey, I'm not worried. My house is going to RULE when it's all finished, because finally I'll have a proper place to store my toys.
A lot of you may not know this, but I love toys. I collect movie memorabilia and props and stuff, and also comic-book statues. To give you an idea of the kind of things I'm talking about, here are a few action figures...
... and a rather large Iron Man (I've put a book beside him to give you an idea of scale)...
Oh, and here's a 12 inch figure of Sweeny Todd about to give a 12 inch Ichabod Crane a very close shave...
Boy oh boy do I love toys...
As you can imagine, my place is full of equipment boxes right now, so I'm going to leave you with a picture of one of my cats- Pooper- doing what cats love best: clambering into cardboard boxes for no apparent reason.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1801 – 2000 of 4817 Newer› Newest»I walked around a store filled with old people with a slashed throat. Some old lady walked past me, staring, saying something like "Shheeeeshhheeeeshhhe..." And the night before, Amanda and I started screaming Christmas songs, dressed as zombies, then took a walk and went to the grocery store, which was packed with people. As you can imagine, we get lots of strange looks.
lol fun!!!
It was XD
We usually get odd looks even when we don't dress up as zombies, though, because we'll use english accents and make weird faces or we'll just stare at people to make them uncomfortable or we'll start screeching like banshees or we'll burst out laughing in a quiet room...
lol u sound like my friends!!!
tehe yea we r a funny bunch!!!
ha yea fun times!!!
Do we? Well do you're friends dissect helpless objects for amusement, think about throwing people, particularly small childrern, out of windows, and smack each other in the face when they're irritated? Because that's some of our favourite things XD
*wrings hands*
Hey Val V, have you shown Amanda the vid? And will you be here tomorrow, because I want to send you some more vids...
I'll be here for a few hours tomorrow.
AND THIS WEEK IS THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL BEFORE WINTER BREAK. And you know what that means? It means I can be here as long as I want.
*giggles with glee*
*slaps Val V for no apparent reason. Now.*
lol cool ... and no my friends don't think like that ... or at least that much but we have thought of touring the cool girls if that counts and it sounded painful!!! ... i thought of 1/2 of the stuff ha yes fun that was!!!
*slaps Sparky for slapping me* I only slap Amanda sometimes. It used to be all the time, but... Well, she figured out something worse to do to me, so I kind of stopped...
lol not touring! tourchuring! (i can't spell that well!!!)
Torturing?
Misty, I believe you are trying to say torturing.
DAM U SPELLING AND GRAMMAR!!!
Speaking of torture... DO NOT WALK AROUND LOOKING FOR CHRISTMAS TREES TO CUT WITHOUT RAIN BOOTS. I learned that the hard way earlier...
oh what ever i am bad at spelling and i know it!!! and that's what counts!!! ... that and that people understand what ur trying to say!
oh didoms!
I'm good at spelling... In fact, I'm great with my spelling and grammer, but I sometimes I make typos...
I have lost the game.
Thanks Starkid.
Hey Derek! I've found another spelling error in Death Bringer, aside from the one on page 294! First sentence of the second paragraph on page 109!
Hey Sparky... I HATE PAGE 121 ALSO. It's even worse for me, though, because Amanda has gotten to that part in Death Bringer, and I'll never hear the end of it... And that was the first time I screamed during the book. I screamed. And my mumzy, she understood why I screamed.
helloooooo!
oh peeps soz but i gtg bye!!!
Brb
Seeya Misty!
I WAS SO FREAKING ANGRY.
The teacher literally asked me to leave and have a drink of water.
I WAS SHACKING WITH PURE RAGE.
So freaking angry...
I felt like breaking a window.
I felt like reaching into the book, grabbing Caelan by his dips*** hair and throwing through a window into a vat of salt and water. and then, while he's dying, pulling him back out again, decapitating him and then pulling Val out of the book and biting her, pulling her hair out and kneeing her head, I was so FREAKING ANGRY.
well, that's lovely.
That day, I swore. A lot.
Hello?
BRB? BRB? YOU'D BE BACK BYE NOW!!!
So Sparky, you wanted to bite me, pull my hair out, and knee my head? That's always lovely.
Even though I believe you to be Val, in this situation, you are in no way the same person BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT DO THAT.
I wanted to slap myself senseless after reading it...
I MADE ME SO ANGRY.
I know I have said that repeatedly for the last hour, but that really does not portray my never-ending fury.
*sighs*
*It. It made me so angry.
That whole conversation in the book was way too... flirty. I WAS ACTUALLY SCARED OF READING AFTER THAT.
It made me feel sick inside. It's making me feel sick inside. How about we change the su-
Tanith?!
What the hell is going on h-
*gets dragged through floor by Sanguine*
*resists urge to kick him in his ugly face*
And earlier, my mom... She said, "You know what would be funny? If I put a poster of Caelan in your bedroom." And then Peren started begging for her to do it... WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER?!?
A little while ago I bought some mint Altoids (which is a type of mint candy, if you didn't know), and there's always some weird message thing when you open it. But when I read mine I hesitated before eating one. It said:
"The strength of Altoids comes from the use of real peppermint oil and the dreams of pregnant mermaids."
Sparky where'd you go?
Sorry, my internet died. I brought it back to life.
I miss your old profile pic...
Ah. Well, I want to murder my computer. It won't let me watch Alice in Wonderland on it with out adapting the settings or something.
*grabs random computer that looks suspiciously like Val V's and drives a piece of wood through it*
I'm considering changing it back, you know. I meant to do it ealier, but I had to leave to cut down a Christmas tree... So I'll brb...
KK.
It's been 5 minutes!
It's been more then 15 minutes!
Sorry I took a while. I was sending you an email as well.
That, that made me laugh.
It was meant to. My mission succeeded. XD
Tomorrow my ambition is to make you fall off you chair with laughter, shock and the fact that I'm REALLY sick right now. BTW SEND ME A VIDEO.
No camera, remember?
But check your email. WARNING: It is a long email. READ THE WHOLE THING, then reply IN AN EMAIL.
Sent an e-mail back.
Saw it already. And replied. (I know the instant I get an email...)
I am...
Honoured.
Truly Honoured.
That means... so much...
I just laughed at your comment XD You're pleased with me right now, aren't you?
*grits teeth*
I was being sincere.
*grabs Makhaira and cuts half of Val V's hair off*
And I found your sincereness (that is now a word) amusing. *claps hands and hair grows back*
Sincerity Is. Not. Amusing.
WARNING: I will be scolding you tomorrow.
Is it not amusing? I apologise. But a certain murderer doesn't... *calls you-know-who-I'm talking-about*
Well, I have magic, so she can go-
I: What can I go do?
S: Holy S- Don't do that!
I: *grins*
S; Wait, wait, I'm not scared, I'm really not.
I: *keeps grinning*
(I'm not refering to Voldemort, just so you're aware)
http://www.viruscomix.com/page329.html
You are scared... YOU ARE TERRIFIED....
Am not. I'm scared of what she'll do if I annoy her, and that is why I'm not doing anything.
Yeah, I'd be scared too. She has to obey me, though, so I don't have to fear her. And I know her terrifying history and what she did... *laughs evilly* I'm so cruel to my characters...
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Okay...
YES! THAT IS OKAY!
...Uh...Not weird at all...
I know, right? *is insane*
DELETE THE LAST COMMENT! NO ONE CAN KNOW HER NAME!!!!
IT'S GONE IT'S GONE!!!!!!
*sighs in relief* Good.
Check your email...
*peeks over top of window*
Is she still there?
Yes, very cool.
Wait, WHAT?!
And now, after that sentence, is what would be considered INTERESTING.
Centimetres away from whose neck???
(I will delete any comments at you wish on this topic BTW)
The one who the murderer was hired to kill.
KK...
*gets excited*
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Now the main character is in so much confusion her mind isn't working correctly and she can't focus on anything...
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Well, yeah, I don't think she would be used to having her wrist grabbed.
*thinks how much easier this would be if we were actually talking*
She isn't. She isn't used to meeting anyone that fast.
*drives Makhaira into ground*
Like Tanith and Tesseract!
*places jacket on hilt of sword*
Release...
*electricity crackles into air from chest*
*breaths out deeply*
*electricity stream moves down chest coming from belly*
*winces in pain*
Ow...
*shuts off electricity*
1st.
1st.
I dedicate this page to the wonderful world.
The wonderful world of each of our minds. Each is special in it's own way, and everyone here has achievable ambitions, so work at them.
DINNER TIME BYE!!!
BYE!!! COME BACK AFTER YOUR DINNER!
Well what?
Well, I'm eating.
Is your food pooisonous?
Noooo..... But I've finished eating!
Hello?
Sorry. I was writing more of my story. There's currently 3,694 words in it. I think that it might be the longest story I've written...
Well it's good so far!
Thanks :)
And you haven't even read what I've added, which is about an entire page...
I'll read that tomorrow.
Yes, you will. And you will be surprised if I can manage to get to the surprising parts.
Is that okay?
I am open to you updating it regularly.
BTW is the movie Puss In Boots worth watching?
Puss In Boots is awesome. I loved it.
Great.
I'll need to be going soon...
So will I because I'll probably fall asleep...
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The commencement of the self- destruction has begun.
The comment has been destroyed.
I think she fell asleep...
Yeah. She did.
hi
am thy alone now?
i guess soo.... Why?
as system of a down would say...
WANNA SPLENDID PIE? PIZZA PIZZA PIE
EVERY MINUTE EVERY SECOND
PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE
random
again, so lonely
achooo *sniffs* guys gotta go although no one is here, im comin down with a cold
now seems like a good time to advertise my forum based upon this amazing series of books
http://s11.zetaboards.com/The_Santuary/index/
please join, skull-men (and women)
Hello, Mr. Landy.
I have no clue how one might contact you, so I'm just posting this here, in the hopes that you will read it.
I am a huge fan of your books. I also happen to live in the US. I have only read books 1-3. I did a little research on an upcoming Book 4, since The Faceless Ones was published in '09, and I thought the gap was too long. To my surprise, I found that a 6th book had been published. I looked a little deeper and found out that the books have not been published in the US. I don't have any interest in paying $40 to read Book 4 alone, despite my great love for the books. I would like to know why the books remain unpublished, and if they will be in the future.
I collect books.
:3
But not to the China Sorrows extent, unfortunately.
However, I scream if I drop any of my books, ever. Or if they break. Or if I get dirt on the page, rips on the dust cover, creases on the spines etc...
Also, Zelda games. HELL addicted. I was screaming last night because I accidentally drew on my Skyward Sword box! Ahhh!
I used to collect rubbers. God knows why :3
hi
i collect coin
huph, Why is there no one here?
Seriously. Nobody's here?
Bored... 0_0
Hello?
Any one on?
Hi Lilie!
Finally, someone to talk to!
Are you still there?
Hi shaddow!
How are you?
Good, you?
Hello peoples
I'm good!
Sorry for slow replys, this isn't easy with a black berry
Hi Val! I'm on a HTC and my spellchecker is gay! I can't turn it off either! That's why had to delete that comment!
Hey Val, are you still being stalked by that Caelan guy?
Am I on my own again?
Hi val! *Hugs*
What's a HTC?
A kind of smartphone, no idea what it stands for.
Still here?
*mutters, almost to self* I'm always being stalked by Caelan...
*glances out window* CAELAN GO AWAY!
LOL! Poor you! I feel your pain, there's this creepy boy down my street called Frank. *shudders*
There's this annoying guy at my bus stop who practically follows me home... So, I got angry. And when I'm angry, I'm pretty scary. The kid literally sprinted to his house.
Ha, serves him right! On our bus there's this little year 7 who always trust to act big. That was until I kicked him in the, well you get it.
So, then what grade are you in? I'm in 7th, but I'm easily considered one of the scariest in my grade...
'Trust to act big'? Curse the spellchecker! I meant trys.
Right, seventh grade? I'm English do that'd be year 7 I think, but I'm in year 10.
my profiles open my 1st post up! its rubbish
Lol, sorry. mom took her phone back and now am on my kindle.
And g2g because its supper time. will try be on later
Hey, your 1st piece was quite good!
So then here you'd be a tenth grader, I suppose. I'm not surprised that you're older, though... So far, as far as I know, I'm the youngest person who comes here.
kk bye *hugs*
thnx
Oh well. I'm 15 on the 6th of January! YAY!
cool, not long till ur b-day then!
I know yay! *hugs back*
Val? You still there?
oh eh oh ah ah
ting tang
walla walla
bing bang
Not really... I have to go somewhere... Bye!
It's bing BONG!
bye
got 2 go, my warm bath awaits *blows imaginary trumpet*
Bye! I gotta go now too! If you see Sparky Braginski tell her hi, and then shout at her 'WHY THE HELL HAVEN'T YOU BEEN COMING ON!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!'
Anyway, bye! *hugs*
hi peeps
anyone here now...
why, this is a worldwide thing, there must be SOMEONE there
fine im off might not b here 2 moz, go somin on. byii
Hello again, Blogland.
When I left earlier, it was because I had to go to a pactice for a Christmas play, so originally, I was just going to play cello, but now I have to play cello, sing all of the songs, and sit with my worst fear: small children.
*appears magically in front of Val V*
Check your e-mail.
*grins*
Ah. Okay.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
It's a Carrot Cake!
Now delete the e-mail!
Is anyone still here?
I'm here again....
Did you like the cake?
Yes, I did. I was (and am) on the phone with Amanda and I was playing the "China Pleasant" thing for her >:D
OMG WHAT???
*laughs maniacally* Hehehe...
*is to used to it to notice Pine leaving*
Amanda gonna kill me...
More fun...
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