Friday, December 2, 2011

Toys

Brrrrr it's getting cold...

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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Eve the ROCK said...

:D

Ebony Law said...

-Stares at Ink blankly-


Touché.

Star Inkbright said...

Yes kai, you can.

Ebony Law said...

OKAY! :D

Star Inkbright said...

Sorry.

Star Inkbright said...

Think i've adjusted to it now . . .

*brain is now locked in kai mode*

Sorry. It takes a while.

Ebony Law said...

Too many characters. >:(

































































































































































































































*imitates dinosaur*


RAAAAAWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!






























































*Spacebar* *Spacebar* DOING!





































































































Sorry...







































AHAHAHA!!

Star Inkbright said...

Post it in bits?

Ebony Law said...

Naah.

Eve the ROCK said...

What's with the spaces? Seriously?

Lynxia Lost said...

Kai, if you're still here...


http://bubblesforblood.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/kai-oblivion.html

Star Inkbright said...

Cool, lynxia!

Lynxia Lost said...

Thanks but I think Zath's will be better...

Ebony Law said...

I commented!

Lynxia Lost said...

I saw.

Ebony Law said...

*Epic Smiley Face Moment*



-Blushes bashfully-


I try...

Lynxia Lost said...

Try what?

Eve the ROCK said...

*is wondering if Mist is still here*

Lynxia Lost said...

He's probably making the picture. I can practically vow that it will be better than mine...

Star Inkbright said...

Not nessessarily!

Lynxia Lost said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcTLJ692F70&feature=endscreen&NR=1


^^^ Justin Bieber gets owned by Beethoven!

Eve the ROCK said...

Okay. *goes back to watching Real Steel*

Ebony Law said...

I made a post, Shads.

Eve the ROCK said...

Sorry, I can't watch that right now, Lynxia. What is it?

Lynxia Lost said...

K, will go see...

Zathract Mist said...

I'm making Dylan's book cover. Sorry.

Lynxia Lost said...

Epic Rap Battle of History. I love them!

Lynxia Lost said...

Commented.

Sparky Braginski said...

...Hello?

Eve the ROCK said...

Oh okay. *smiles*

Lynxia, I thought it was that! I haven't seen this one, but I love Mr T versus Mr Rodgers!

Eve the ROCK said...

Hi Sparrrrky!

Zathract Mist said...

Hi, Sparky!

Star Inkbright said...

Hi sparky! Hi mist!

Lynxia Lost said...

Hey Sparky!


Yeah that one is good! I like Chuck Norris vs Abe Lincoln.

Sparky Braginski said...

I missed all of Earth Hour!

Eve the ROCK said...

Ha. Yeah. He hunts sharks when he smells them bleed. :D

Lynxia Lost said...

What's that?

Sparky Braginski said...

What's what?

Lynxia Lost said...

Yeah.


'You may have freed the slaves but Chuck is everyone's master!'

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Lynxia Lost said...

What's Earth Hour?

Sparky Braginski said...

*arches eyebrow*

You're kidding.

Sparky Braginski said...

*pokes Shadow*

You don't know what Earth Hour is.

Google it.

Sparky Braginski said...

First?

Sparky Braginski said...

First?

Lynxia Lost said...

OK. To Google!!!

Lynxia Lost said...

Is it this WWF thing? Because we did something like this with Four Paws...

Eve the ROCK said...

WHAT. IS. EARTH HOUR???

Are you serious? I thought this thing was worldwide.

Star Inkbright said...

Nope. I've never heard of it either.

Eve the ROCK said...

*gapes*

Lynxia Lost said...

Guess it's an Aussie thing...

Sparky Braginski said...

That's what I though Eve.

Earth Hour is HUGE!

Lynxia will dedicate, as she has dedication rights.

*hands dedication right to Shadow*

Lynxia Lost said...

What?! Why won't you dedicate? *holds dedication in hand*

Sparky Braginski said...

But it isn't an Aussie thing!

THEY DO EARTH HOUR IN OVER 160 COUNTRIES, HOW CAN ENGLAND NOT BE ONE OF THEM!?

Star Inkbright said...

I have now read the first two maximum ride books.

Apparently, only the first three are any good.

Eve the ROCK said...

Exactly! It's like...EARTH.

Lynxia Lost said...

Because people overlook England because it's so small.

Star Inkbright said...

I dunno.

We ARE one the other side of the world.

Sparky Braginski said...

I don't have anything-

Wait.

*snatches back the dedication rights*

My precious...

Star Inkbright said...

*on

Lynxia Lost said...

*looks at Sparky* 0_o

Eve the ROCK said...

Awwwww! That's such a happy ending! *claps*

Eve the ROCK said...

*puts on Gollem voice* Sparky must have the dedication rightsez.

Star Inkbright said...

Now i have nothing to do except this and my story . . .

We are going to the library this holidays. I have decided. First morning, and i've alrrady finished both my books (although i started last night).

This is not good.

Lynxia Lost said...

I've never seen Lord of the Rings...

Read the Hobbit though.

Sparky Braginski said...

I DEDICATE THIS PAGE TO VASHTI LONSDALE!

One third coach, one third choreographer, one third performer and-

ALL MY FRIEND!

Star Inkbright said...

I read them all.

Once, two years ago. I think if i read them now i will get more out of them.

*adds lord of the rings to To Read List*

Eve the ROCK said...

Youve never seen The Lord Of The Rings? But...

Sparky Braginski said...

I've never seen or read Lord Of The Rings.

Read the Hobbit though, can't wait for the movie.

Lynxia Lost said...

Nope. Never. I'm more of a Star Wars fan. But Harry Potter is amazing. I loved the books first and then I watched the films...

Lynxia Lost said...

Me either Sparky!!!!!

Sparky Braginski said...

*high-fives Shadow*

Star Inkbright said...

To Read List:

Maximum Ride 3
HUNGER GAMES!
Death Bringer
Lord of the Rings
Clockwork Prince (aka Infernal Devices 2)
Harry Potter
Other, less important things which are hiding at the back of my mind.

Lynxia Lost said...

All I could think when I saw the trailer was 'What would Sherlock think?'

Sparky Braginski said...

To read list:















































Kingdom Of The Wicked.

Star Inkbright said...

I've never seen lord of the rings either.

Bb in 15

Lynxia Lost said...

I have to read... *sigh*

Artemis Fowl - whole series
Arrow
Swift
Hobbit - again
Last Maximum Ride
Cherub - whole series
Fear
Kingdom of the Wicked - when out
Mark of Athena - when out
Catching Fire - Can't remember what happened in the second games...
Kane Chronicals - again

And a bunch of other stuff...

Lynxia Lost said...

K Star.

Eve the ROCK said...

To Read List:

The rest of the HG books
The two short SP stories I haven't read yet
Divergent

Zathract Mist said...

*sighs*

Where'd Dylan go?

Lynxia Lost said...

*shrugs* No idea.

Eve the ROCK said...

Wait, I HAVE seen JB vs Beethoven!

"Id smack you, but in Germany we don't hit little girls."

Hahahaha.

Eve the ROCK said...

Yay! *hugs Mist*

Lynxia Lost said...

Sup, love that line.


'Spock beam me back to 1492!'

Lynxia Lost said...

'It's like someone put stun on you brain,
I'll shove a flag up your ass and claim you for Spain!'

Eve the ROCK said...

Naw, I just love

"Hi there, neighbour. I hope you don't mind if I change my shoes, I'll be rockin sneakers til this battle's over, so I dont get blood from your ugly face on my penny loafers."

Eve the ROCK said...

"there are ten million million million million million million particles in the universe, that we can observe." :D

Lynxia Lost said...

Yeah, ERB are amazing!

Have you seen any of Season 2?

Hitler - Who are you?
Darth Vader - Someone who despises you, bitch, now get up and rhyme! I only thawed your ass to beat you a second time!

It's so sad how I can quote this... Need to go now! Bye!

Eve the ROCK said...

Ultimate comeback line:

I'll put a slug between your shoulder blades!

Star Inkbright said...

Back!

Eve the ROCK said...

Hi star!

Star Inkbright said...

I just finished reading AF yesterday.

And i didn't put KOTW and Mark of Athena on my wishlist because it's impossible to read them at the mo.

Sparky Braginski said...

Back.

But very likely not for long...

Eve the ROCK said...

Hi sparky

Sparky Braginski said...

Hi Eve.

*pulls out Magnum*

I love this thing.

*points it at myself, then Eve and then pauses*

Can you hear that?

*turns 180 degrees and shoots as a scream fills the air*

*sees Hunter land on the ground, dead*

That, could have been bad.

Star Inkbright said...

Hi sparky!

Sparky Braginski said...

Hi Ink.

Eve the ROCK said...

It COULD'VE been bad, we're it not for werewolves being awesome

...er.....

Sparky Braginski said...

*scowls*

Hunter trumps all.

*points gun at random things*

Eve the ROCK said...

No. Cthulhu trumps all. Don't deny THAT.

Sparky Braginski said...

I just did.

Star Inkbright said...

Wolf are better than werewolves.

Wat better.

No offense.

I don't know much about whywolves, so i can't offer you an opinion on that.

Sparky Braginski said...

Hey Eve, could you do me a favour?

Star Inkbright said...

*way

Eve the ROCK said...

*narrows eyes at Sparky and Star* you both sicken me. SICKEN! ME! LASAGNE!!!

Eve the ROCK said...

Sure, what is it?

Star Inkbright said...

Lasagne!

Hm. Cthulhu or hunters?

Umm . . . Let me think.

Star Inkbright said...

PIE!

Sparky Braginski said...

Great!

*hands Eve the Magnum*

I want you to shoot me.

Eve the ROCK said...

*strokes Magnum poshly* And what do I get in return?

...oh wait, it's a favour. Damn.

*aims gun at Sparky* Ready?

Star Inkbright said...

*stares at sparky, shocked*

(Btw, i love white magnums the ice lolly.)

EVE! DON'T DO IT!

EVEN THOUGH I AM 90% CERTAIN SHE DOESN'T WANT TO KILL HERSELF:

Sparky Braginski said...

*looks back at Eve*

Yup.

They aren't blanks by the way, solid lead.

It'll kill me.

But you do get something in return.

It'll shut me up.

*winks*

Star Inkbright said...

*! Not :

Zathract Mist said...

*tackles Eve and knocks the gun away*

Star Inkbright said...

NO! SPARKY, EVE, NO!

Hi zathract.

Zathract Mist said...

*takes the gun, stands up and turns to Sparky*

You told me to stop you or anyone else that tried to kill you a long time ago. I'm still doing that.

Sparky Braginski said...

*relaxes stance and scowls at Zath*

You have to ruin everything, don't you?

Zathract Mist said...

Hi, Star. I've been here for hours, just so you know.

Eve the ROCK said...

*sighs* Fine. *pulls trigger*

*puts gun on table*

Hi! *hugs Mist*

Zathract Mist said...

Yup!

Star Inkbright said...

Thank you zath.

Eve the ROCK said...

I was pulling an imaginary trigger then.

Star Inkbright said...

Oh. Right.

Sparky Braginski said...

*sits down*

You were too late Eve.

Star Inkbright said...

*glares at eve and sparky*

Zathract Mist said...

*tosses gun back to Sparky*

Consider that a favour. Don't kill yourself.

Eve the ROCK said...

Indeed I was. That was my plan all along.

Star Inkbright said...

Don't, sparky.

Val would murder us for letting you do it.

Sparky Braginski said...

Pfft.

You know I can't.

That's why I asked someone else to do it.

So close.

*looks at the gun*

Oh well.
























































There's always a next time.

Zathract Mist said...

Val'll end up murdering us all anyway.

Zathract Mist said...

And that's why I ended up giving it back to you.

Star Inkbright said...

NO, THERE WON'T BE!

NOT IF WE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT!

Eve the ROCK said...

*sighs* thanks a lot, Mist. Now I'll never get to use my Ressurrection Toolkit.

Sparky Braginski said...

Zath knows.

*thinks and tosses the gun at him*

Though I think it would be for the best to keep that away from me for a little while.

*pulls out Glock*

Zathract Mist said...

*nods*

Okay. *takes gun*

Sparky Braginski said...

Which gun?

Magnum or Glock?

Zathract Mist said...

Hey. Put the Glock away.

Zathract Mist said...

...That rhymed...

Eve the ROCK said...

*hums Talkin To Myself*

Sparky Braginski said...

*points the gun at Zath mockingly*

*points it at my own foot*

What if...

Star Inkbright said...

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. . . That song has an annoying habit of sticking in your head . . .

Star Inkbright said...

SPARKY, DON'T.

JUST DON'T.

Zathract Mist said...

*looks at Sparky*

...Why are you doing this?

Sparky Braginski said...

*looks at Ink, eyebrows raised*

Why do you people CARE so much?

Sparky Braginski said...

Why am I doing what?

Zathract Mist said...

And just so you know, I wouldn't shoot you if my life depended on it. Meaning that if you did point that gun at me, I'd let you shoot me without doing anything.

Zathract Mist said...

Why are you trying to get people to shoot you?

Sparky Braginski said...

Because....

I don't know.

*lies on the grass*

It's just....

*nods*

Star Inkbright said...

Why are you doing what?

Messing around with guns. Trying to get shot.

Why we people care?

Because you're our friend, sparky.

Eve the ROCK said...

*raises hand* I wouldn't let you shoot me. Don't shoot me.

Sparky Braginski said...

I'm not going to shoot anyone.

Unless you're a zombie.

I wouldn't recommend being a zombie near me.

Star Inkbright said...

I wouldn't let ANY of the minions get shot.

Sparky Braginski said...

Friend.

*has that word crashing through my head*

No.

Star Inkbright said...

The only people in blogland i would let get shot are people like that calumn. Who isn't a minion.

Sparky Braginski said...

*thinks*

I know what it is.

But it's fairly-

Actually, it's huge, but...

Eve the ROCK said...

*shakes head and goes back to reading*

Star Inkbright said...

*looks concerned* i hope it doesn't vrash into anything vital, like your brain.

You are our friend, sparky.

Sparky Braginski said...

*shakes head*

No.

Zathract Mist said...

Look, Sparky, no one wants you to die. That's obviously beyond our control but none of us are going to kill you.

If you're going to tell us what's wrong then tell us, if not then don't.

*goes back to making Dylan's book cover*

Sparky Braginski said...

*laughs*

Zathract Mist said...

Gah! Finally! Done!

*looks at work*

Sparky Braginski said...

Y'know what's sad?

When I get like this, everyone is stopping me, but when Flame shot himself in the head, no one batted an eyelid.

That makes me feel loved.

It also makes me feel empty.










































But mostly empty.

Star Inkbright said...

. . . Sparky, i think you might have gone slughtly more insane than you usually are.

Sparky Braginski said...

*shrugs*

This is an emptier, colder version of me.

Eve the ROCK said...

Can I see it, Mist?

Zathract Mist said...

...

For crying out loud.
the difference between you and Flame is one second he was fine, the next he had shot himself.
With you, you're trying to get other people to do these things for you. You drag it out and give people TIME to stop you. Flame did everything in one comment. No one had any time to stop him.

Now stop being like that and give me feedback on the cover I made for Dylan.
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff372/NeoZathier/KaiOblivionCover.png

Star Inkbright said...

I CARED WHEN FLAME SHOT HIMSELF!

AND NOBODY YELLED AT HIM COZ HE WENT AND DISAPPEARED IMMEDIENTLY AFTERWARDS!

Sparky Braginski said...

*is still lying on the grass*

*turns my head and looks down the barrel of the Glock*

*sighs longingly*

One day.

Sparky Braginski said...

It's cool Zath.

Eve the ROCK said...

*makes 'aaah' sound* that is so cool, Mist.

Eve the ROCK said...

*points to mists long comment and speaks quietly* that's exactly what I was going to say.

Zathract Mist said...

*rolls eyes*

I've had enough. This is stupid. Get someone to kill yourself then, if it means so much to you. I mean, after all, it isn't as though you think anyone will CARE, is it? Let's see, you only have all of blogland as your friend, a boyfriend who loves you and Derek already knowing you on a first name basis.
Go ahead and kill yourself via blogland and never see us again. ^I'm sure you won't be missed.^

*rolls eyes again*

I'll be on email for anyone who wants to talk to me that isn't feeling suicidal.

Zathract Mist said...

Thank you people who like it.

*vanishes*

Star Inkbright said...

I know this is provs a bad moment, but . . .

Bbl

Eve the ROCK said...

*goes to email*

Sparky Braginski said...

*reads the comment Zath posted*

*picks up the gun and chucks it into the lake*

*sits down shakily and holds head in hands*

Eve the ROCK said...

Sparky, mist is just frustrated. I am too. We don't want you to kill yourself. We don't come here to watch you try.

Sparky Braginski said...

I closed the comment window by accident.

Sparky Braginski said...

*looks up at Eve*

It's there Eve. It's twisting up inside me. Tearing me to shreds from the inside out.

Guilt.

Eve the ROCK said...

Guilt for what, exactly? You're not doing anything to anyone. You're doing this to yourself.

Sparky Braginski said...

Guilt for behaving like this.

Why should I be allowed to behave like this?

It doesn't make anyone any happier.

Eve the ROCK said...

*raises hands and drops them* if you actually started liking at the good things in life, we wouldn't have this problem.

Eve the ROCK said...

*looking

Sparky Braginski said...

*nearly sobs*

What good things?

School? Nope.

Trombone? Nope.

Skating? Hardly.

Is there anything else? No.

Zathract Mist said...

Okay, Sparky, I'm back.

But now I have to go. Be back in five.

Zathract Mist said...

And don't feel bad please.

Star Inkbright said...

*starts pokemin platinum on ds*

*grins* i haven't played this in, what, a year?

*savours every sound of starting music*

Oh pokemon platinum, i have missed you so much, and never even realised it until now . . .

Zathract Mist said...

What about Flame?
Friends?

...Uh...
Left 4 Dead? Writing?
Sleep?

Sparky Braginski said...

Thanks for coming back Zath.

Mt iTouch is going to die any second now.

Before I vanish, I want to ask if anyone recalls me saying that I hate depressing people.

I wonder if you guys can but two and two together.

Star Inkbright said...

*stops grinning*

Us? Are we good things?

Zathract Mist said...

Wait...You thought you were depressing us so you were going to kill yourself to stop that, but in turn that would depress us more creating a paradox?

Or is that completely wrong...?

Star Inkbright said...

Sparky, all this depression is really yeaching me stuff.

Seriously. If you want, i can even write a list

Zathract Mist said...

It's probably wrong.

Eve the ROCK said...

1. You have your own character in a story written by Derek Landy because he looked at your entry and saw your talent.

2. You have 30 odd people following your blog.

3. You have squillions of friends here.

4. Val came back.

5. Phoenix.

Sparky Braginski said...

Flame: Never met him.

Friends: Just too complicated.

Left 4 Dead: Video game I've never played.

Writing: Mum's starting to bug out at me for writing too much.

Sleep: I NEVER GET ANY.

Eve the ROCK said...

Im not confident with the laws of a paradox, Mist. It seems like something tricky though. :)

Zathract Mist said...

*sighs*

I'm out of ideas...What about Derek and Skulduggery?

Sparky Braginski said...

*reads Eve's comment and smiles weakly*

Those are good things.

*scowls at self*

See? You're wasting energy trying to make me feel better! Wouldn't you rather be doing something else?

Eve the ROCK said...

Yeah, I think you misunderstood me when I said LOOK AT THE GOOD THINGS.

Sparky Braginski said...

Don't go into paradoxes.

I hate depressing people.

I am a depressing people.

Can you tell now?

Eve the ROCK said...

Oh, we'll there you go. I'm final succeeding. Sparky, good thing: I AM TRYING. Stop it with the why.

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