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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A fellow LOTR fan. i knew i wasnt the sole survivor. or i was sure.
reasoonably sure.
not really sure at all.
id talk to people, but the last person i tried didnt know what a wookie was and didn't get my "May the forks be with you" joke.
IF there is anyone on this blog stupider than me, they wouldnt be able to type.
No I don't have a taken name, my real name is Samantha, but I like the name Tanith, because of Tanith Low! And I do write stories, I don't usually post them , but you never know, I might...
Hi guys!!*hugs*
LOTR? im slow at abbreviations or things like that..
Actually, I'm her cousin. Nice to meet you.
How are you all?
i do a bit of writing, more than i should
ive gotten pretty far, 50 or so scattered pages in no semblance of order
there is no way id post anything here, i just dont want anyone to read it
if possible, id lesson their opion of me
even i cant read it over.
you know something? im exaaggerating. its not that good.
hey lilie
cool sam
well nice meeting you marions cousin
Thanks.
I still can't believe that Derek Landy has a blog. So cool.
CATTY CAATTY CATCAT for some reason you think everyone hates you...
i gotta go for a shower bye
This blog is awesome!
It definitely is.
have fun
my shower scares me
once it started dancing...
what if it has eyes?
people do hate me- but not until they get to know me.
im not a good person. remember that.
im astonishingly self-centered. im a coward. thas just the begining
I don't hate you
you dont know me
so, I still don't hate you:)
I don't hate you either, even though I don't know you!
I don't know you but from what others are saying, even if I did, I wouldn't hate you.
HELLO BLOGLAND *grins wildly and runs round hugging everyone*
Others? others? never view the world from another person's eyes- even if you have none.
there you go. none of you know me. thats ok. we can keep it this way. can we move on to an interesting subject, one that doesnt make me sound like im looking for attention and being and all-around gitbrain?
Hi!*hugs back*
I have to go- see you later.
Bye Marian! What goes on people?
AAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH
what is it with you people and hugs.
*takes huge breath and pinches eyes shut*
augh!
Bye fellow-fellowship lover
hi Robin
Hi! *hugs Robin*
Ah, Cat, I nearly destroyed you last night *tilts head at her then turns to Lilie and Tanith* Is she okay? What's all this talk of lotr too?
more hugs.
What's wrong with hugs?* gives Cat huge hug*
Right. I'm there now CAT!!! *giant massive super hug!* GROUP HUG!!
YYYYYaaaaaaaaaaaarRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG
*flits awau to curl up in a little ball to watch youtube*
Hahaha :D Poor Cat...
my eyes!!!
hugs sound like average classical music.
i hate classical music.
Hugs sound like classical music, interesting.
The classical music hug?!
synesthesia
mild, but exsisting
Hug=classical music???
for everything cool like that, i have something like verbal dyslexia and Adhd
okay...
Okay...
Hello?
If there is anyone here, I won't be here for long, and I'll be slow to respond.
SPARKY!! *runs and hugs*
has anyone else seen the harry potter movie 7 part two?
well, id reamed that voldy hugged me, and i heard the mozart buzz and i told him i didnt do hugs
Yes I have! Okay so that made me laugh Cat.
Hey Sparky!
hows the site going? i couldnt find it again...
g2g, bye! *hugs every one, gives Cat extra long hug!*
Hi Sparky!
Bye Lilie
http://skulduggerypleasantrules.weebly.com
bye Lilie
bye sev
why the hug?
gives her an extra-long glare
That's a cool site Sparky. Who's actually still here?
Just me... wow.
you amme
maybe there is an echo..
*echo, echo, eco*
woah
Sorry Cat, I have to disappear to so, yeah, bye
Hello?
Oh. Wow, there's no one here to hear about my story of my losing my keys and swearing...
But hey, on the bright side, I'm about to claim my third first in a row!
The Death Waltz is AWESOME.
I'm about to buy it on iTunes.
I'm also sorry that I disappeared before, but my iTouch ran out of battery...
HD
XD
XDXDXDXDXD
well, I'm here until I forget to refresh the page. yay.
T.T
I'M ALL ALONE!!!
Oh HEY LEGO!
1st.
Yes.
I dedicate this page to everyone successfully finishing their stories/ fanfics!
That means fanfics for me, Rosella, ATB and bunches of other people that I don't know.
And stories for me, Val V, Amelie, Kim, ATB and countless others!
EVERYONE HERE HAS A STORY, GO AND SHOW THE WORLD!
OH HEY NOW TELL ME SWEARING STORY PLZ.
Here's what happened.
Three minutes ago I walked in said:
Home Sweet H- *kicks shoes off, drop bag and tosses keys at bookshelf*
*watches keys fall down the back of the bookshelf*
F***.
*can't be bothered to get keys back*
*plonks down on sofa with laptop, turns it on, opens webpage and almost installs Mackeeper*
S***!
(Mackeeper is the ONLY virus for macs. I would kinda suck if I installed it)
*giggles* and yeah, mackeeper's scary. :/
So, I've lost my key to the house, which isn't such a big deal, it's the fact that I've also lost the AWESOME KEYCHAIN I had attached to it...
It's got Germany, Japan and Italy on it!
wait, you have a hetalia keychain? so jelly.
Oh of course I have a Hetalia keychain.
Hell I have three.
I've got that one, and then one of Holy Roman Empire and one of Russia!
I've also got a mini Finland, and a HUGE poster over bed with the allies on it.
I must say that poster is just about the only hot picture of France there is.
If you look at my blog you can see the poster!
Hello?
ghaaa, I must have all your things. but how is that the only hot picture of france?
France wears a cape.
Capes are *gets cut across by France*
F: It's a cloak no?
S: *puches France's fugly face*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b6aUiFA_Jg
It's the ENTIRE Zelda Ocarina Of Time theme.
Every last bit of music in it.
I love it!
aw, poor ittle fance. and brb.
I got a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very creepy Christmas present from Amanda today.
*pushes gift to the other side of the room, then sprints away from it and hides in the corner* Creepy... It's so creeeeeeeeepy....
Hate to ask the obvious question, but what is it?
Is it the two headed baby?
HEELO??????
Are you kidding? She'd never give me the baby.
It was....
A pillow. With Caelan's eyes drawn on the front, and some of creepy things he says on the back.
It says "MARRY ME" in huge letters in the centre, and I was WALKING AROUND AT SCHOOL WHEN I GOT IT, so people gave me some strange looks. I mean, not that they don't usually, but still.
Burn it.
BURN IT NOW!!!
I've been listening to Zelda for TWENTY MINUTES...
Check your e-mail.
HELLO?????
Hello?
Hello?
Anyone?
Has like everyone's internet except mine just exploded or something?
LUNCH TIME!!!
GRAH STILL NO ONE!!!!!!!!
Sorry for disappearing... I had to dry my hair, because I have a concert tonight....
Check. Your. E-mail.
Godammit stop leaving!!!
HELLO?????
Ooooh, someone's irritated at me XD
I had a video to watch, which takes a few minutes to load, and I also had to be my ridiculous self elsewhere (such as the kitchen, stealing food), and my stupid laptop wouldn't laod, so, as a result, I take a while to respond.
Anyway, my opinion is the general idea.
KK...
When do you leave?
For what?
The concert.
Ah. That's what I thought you meant, but I can never be entirely sure. I'll probably have to go in about 30 minutes, because I have to eat dinner, get ready, then leave at around 6:30ish.
KK...
Will you be on more tomorrow?
Er... Not really. I will on Friday, though, and for the two weeks that follow.... *grins* That's my winter break, which means NO SCHOOL! :D
SNd by the way, what was it that you were saying about me in the video? I mean, I heard the intelligence part (I could never miss that), but why were you saying it?
I was talking about me turd-head.
*And. That should say AND.
No, I don't necessarily think you were.
...
I am intelligent.
I didn't say you weren't. I'm just saying I am.
I would say we are equal in genius. That is to say, incredibly.
*grins evilly and cannily*
*is about to say, "No, I'm more intelligent, simply because I'm me," but decides against it* Yes, fine we're equal in our intelligence.
Me and Frog were walking and she saw the ad for Jack and Jill, and she said.
'OMG, They're the SAME PERSON!!!'
*looks at Val V*
Yes. EQUAL in intelligence.
*gives Sparky a look similar to a slight glare* Yes, sure, equal.
*pauses* Is it just me, or have been a little more... grown-up sounding lately?
You, me?
Sounding more grown-up?
We?
*have I. I forget the I, sorry.
*shrugs*
Doubt it.
Yeah, sure at times I think you could be in my Year, but really, I have moments of complete grown-upness.
Then I revert back to a normal 13-year-old.
It happens.
Well, in a way, I'm even more grown-up than everyone in my entire school, including the adults.
And that's because I be myself all the time.
...
I agree.
hi again!
also, curious what you define as grown-upness?
Mature, not reverting to violence and ignoring moronic moron annoying people.
*smiles*
But being myself isn't always a good thing to everyone around me, because I tend to insult people... a lot.
That too.
er...is that a maturity thing?
Lego, do you know anything about being mature?
^^ apparently not.
Bow to me lego.
I'll skip.
but I keep getting told that I seem older than I am on here. Seems to mostly have to do with general politeness and a tendency to not start screaming into people's faces unless strongly provoked. =p
Sorry I left without warning... BUT I HAVE TO GO NOW OR I'M GONNA BE LATE! BYE!!!
Bye Val V!
How old are you lego?
bye val!
and 14, sparky...
*hesitates for a split second before continuing to get ready* I'm. In. A. Dress. Grrrrrrrrrrr....
*thinks 'WOW' but doesn't say it*
Do you read my story?
me? yeah, I read it last night.
Kk...
Where did you get up to?
um....I don't remember.
I'll post the entire thing so far now!
TELL ME YOU HAVE FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*when
When you have finished.
OOH I FINISHED I LIKE THIS A LOT.
Thanks!
It's obviously set after book six.
What was your favourite bit?
Hello?
lego?
Well, I'm alone.
Again.
hello anyone here
YES YES I AM !!!!!!!!
yay someone to talk to
Please stay.
im gonna stay what you doing
Trying to get someone's attention.
who ??
Boxer.
huh
She's a friend.
oh im watching glee
Sparky, you still here?
HOW WAS THE CONCERT??????
Val V?
Butter...
I scared you away...
*thinking how it's possible to do that to Val V*
HOW?! We commented AT THE SAME TIME.
The concert? It was good. This is what happened.
So I had to rush out of my house, holding a giant instrument in a heavy case (the case is like ten times heavier than the cello itself). Once I got to the church (it was at a church, obviously, because the play/musical thing was for what Christmas means) and the second I walked in the door, people started staring and coming up to me and telling me how I looked gorgeous (I really did; I was wearing all black, and the dress I was forced to wear went down to the floor) and people kept saying how excited they were to see me play. So then the three-year-olds did their couple of songs, which was pretty amusing, because this one kid kept yelling all the words. Then I played, and I think I messed up at the end, but no one noticed because everyone in the audience was smiling the whole time. Then they started the performance, and after I'd put away my cello I had to sit with the third graders, and I was terrified because little kids are my ultimate fear. So I directed them to where they needed to go, and brought them their little drum things, then the grown-ups started pointing out how great everyone did and saying how great the musicians did. Then there was cookies and candy in another room, so I went there, and was there for an hour because my mumzy loves to talk. Then she said, "You guys wait outside, I'll be out in a minute." So, knowing it would be at least TEN minutes, we decided to play Infection (it's like tag, but whenever someone gets tagged they stay a tagger and have to find the last remaining person). I was the survivor, but I got tagged because I CANNOT RUN IN A DRESS FOR A LONG TIME. I think it's impossible. Then we played hide and seek, and about 20 minutes later I left, but by then I thought I was going to pass out from running. So I went home, got out of that dress as quickly as possible, and now I'm here.
So that is how it went.
Great, hey, LOVE your ultimate fear.
I'm trying to convince Frog to come on.
She is refusing, but RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!!!
*sighs*
No one on Skype love SP as much as you do.
Let alone how much I do...
Little kids are freaking scary. They stare at you with their eyes, which always look all glassy, and then they tug at your clothes and say something you can't understand, and then you smile and try to back away, but they're persistent and follow you ask you to play with them and if you don't they start screaming and if you play they get really hyper and start slapping you or something. IT IS A VERY REASONABLE FEAR.
Actually...
*remembers family 'friends'*
OMG, THEY'RE FREAKING SCARY!!!
Val V?
Sparky, family friends aren't scary unless you've met the Votolato family. Then they are.
BUT I WANNA MEET THE VOTOLATO FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the slow responses, but I feel like my limbs are going to die.
And there are two kids in the family I'm thinking about, one is two years younger than me, and can't bloody READ. The other one is three years younger than her and has a problem.
I'm not kidding he actually does. It makes him want to f**king attack me all the time. I don't want to do anything to him back because he's FIVE YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME. If I wanted too I could smoosh his hands....
*smiles* You say that now, but if you met Peren, Carissa, and Jaida.... You wouldn't want to meet us so much. Peren takes his shirt off and pretends he's Iggy Pop or something, Carissa is really grumpy, and Jaida likes to fart on people, and I suspect her farts are toxic. We are an odd bunch of people.
So mant typo's...
*checks time*
4:30? I'm WAY too tired right now...
Must keep writing fanfic.
Nah, I'm weird, I could spray water at Peren whenever he took his shirt off, avoid Carissa and... Do you actually think Jaida would manage to fart on me and live?
Sparky, go to your email... I'm going to talk to you there....
Oh, and she would be able to live, because she has Mumzy for protection... AND I SWEAR MUMZY IS THE SCARIEST PERSON ON THE PLANET WHEN SHE'S MAD.
Gotta go to bed. BYE!
Hi everyone!
Hi!
Any one hier?
Hello?
*glares at Tanith Low The Awesome's introduction*
NOT TRUE.
And , just for the record, Flame and I had a HUGE fight over who loved Tanith Low more. So we came to an agreement. We are joint Number One fan's and everyone else must bow to us.
My first impression of you is that you are a prick.
Change your description to change my mind.
AND I have a taken name. Beat that.
Hello?
Anyone?
Being alone sucks thoroughly...
A LOT!
There is normally someone here...
WHY MUST I BE TORTURED SO?????????????????????????
Naw...
STILL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!!?!?!?!?!?!!!?!?!?!?
GRAH WHY ME???????????
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