Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Blogger Bah

Okay, I have done SOMETHING with the comments section...

Now when you comment, a new window should pop up. It isn't perfect, but at least there are pages now, and you don't have to keep reloading to get to the newest comment...

This is all VERY annoying.

4,714 comments:

  1. Oh no, it's much better this way. With the pop-up-ness, I mean.

    Kisses!
    xxx

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  2. sweet. go to me blog! nice comments section btw. oh and i did a book review for the death bringer! a good one too!(on me blog)

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  3. Dear me, this will take some getting used to...

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  4. pretty cool how you changed the comments, i think i should do this on my blog.

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  5. death bringer book review is on the second page, or "older posts"

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  6. Oh, look at this. Just like you said... well suppose there's always some kinks to work out when you change something drastically.

    So Derek, tell me about the various injuries as a result of martial arts. I'm currently sitting here with all the knuckes on my right hand bruised becuse I failed to wear hand gear when breaking a board. I was amazed how fast the brusises appeared. I'm talking seconds. So, I will go and ice my little hand now, meh.

    -Molly, shaking her hand trying to get it to stop hurting and reminding herself to tell all the little white belts to wear hand pads

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  7. Hi Derek! Will there ever be a global contest? I'm asking this because I live in a backwater country in South East Asia, where your only fans are people who had the unfortunate fortune to move here, and even though there are quite a few of us, were very little compared to practically any other country in the world. Due to that, we never really get to join contests.

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  8. Hey when will Skulduggery Pleasant book 7 come out in Australia?? Ive read the first 6 books too many times i think i know all the words! I love your books I hope you continue writing because your books are the only books I read. <3

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  9. The australian comes out in September. In some places, the'll even hand it out early

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  10. Do u know when he is coming to Australia?

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  11. No one seems to know
    Hey, u got a picture

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  12. yer i only just started with this thingy

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  13. I started a few weeks ago, and now i can't stop

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  14. haha ive always read Derek's blogs but ive only just had the enthusiasm to sign up today

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  15. i kinda think the comments thingy was easier before, but that's just me

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  16. Oh wow... This will take some getting used to.

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  17. Is my computer lagging, or is it silent

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  18. Don't worry, I'm now here to make noise. Hi.

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  19. Hey. Is your picture from alice in wonderland?

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  20. By the way, though it's sort of obvious, I'm Qaoteriity. Nice to meet you.

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  21. You don't get many Skulduggery books up there, do you?

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  22. Unfortunately no. I'm pretty sure it's only the first three books that are printed here. Everything else is imported.

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  23. Thanks. Yeah, it's pretty annoying, I've never met another fan in real life.

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  24. Thanks. Yeah, it's pretty annoying, I've never met another fan in real life.

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  25. Neither have i, but my friends don't read to much

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  26. Ah well, at least there's a lot of fans online. I'm afraid I've got to go now, it was nice meeting you. Hope to see you around the comments!

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  27. my friends make fun of me cause I read them :( but i dont care, I read them anyway.

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  28. I have one friend who read the first one then gave up. He said the next was to boring. He's not my friend anymore

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  29. Aww i cant believe he said they were boring! They are the funniest, most action packed book ive ever read

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  30. thats the same with me to, i have always read derek landys blog and do enjoy is books very much ( goes good with a scone) but i just recently got a blogger account so i might as well comment as i always wanted to.

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  31. who's your friend, probably a hater. dereks books are action packed, funny, and page-turningly awesome! all my friends love them, (probably because im constantly telling them to)

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  32. my firends weird. i don't mean us wierd, but weird

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  33. sure or just call me editor. ( sorry persnl info) i am an eastern person or is it westerm i forget.

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  34. i mean the country. I'm an aussie, through and through

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  35. thats a nice way to describe your friends lol

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  37. dude derek landy should to a blogroll, just for his blog fans who have blogs! like Fan Blogroll, and do something like, if you put me on your blogroll, i will put YOU on my blogroll. it would be great for advertising. it could be like the first 50 blogs.

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  38. ikr you said blogroll so many times i got really confused

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  39. dude a comment has been removed by the author? DEREK LANDY IS AMONG US!!!! watching...... ( a blogroll is a list of blogs that you like) like dereks list of links on the right hand bar.

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  40. Hey derek landy is reading my random posts. WHEN R U COMING TO AUSTRALIA?

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  41. i read your nobody blog, im am a follower of that blog! ( you just got your first follower! (me)

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  42. yer that 'comment has been removed from the author' ment it was removed from the person who wrote it lol

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  43. Whoa, someone actually read my rambleing blog? And i read your blog eddie. When did u write that daniel x thing?

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  44. Oh, so someone wrote something, then deleted it? that's kinda reduntant

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  45. when i finished the book, lol. did you watch the funny videos? or become a member of my blog> or comment? or vote on the amazing poll????

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  46. i can't watch videos on this computer, or comment on anything but this blog. and what poll?

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  47. SPARKY HAS ARRIVED MOMENTARILY!!!

    (For, like, twenty seconds.)

    MY MESSAGE, EVERYONE JOIN THE STRAIGHT JACKETS!!!!!!!

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  48. Sunday, 15 January 2 i posted the daniel x yknow a poll? survey? questionare? it was on the right hand side of my blog??????? ( must make that thing more visible)

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  49. Hey sparky. The straight jackets? is it some cult?

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  50. Some cult? It's a guild.

    THE STRAIGHT JACKETS!!!

    It's one of my blogs. Sign up, and you can join.

    THE STRAIGHT JACKETS!!!

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  51. hey editor, that blog you wrote about where daniel x is from terra firmia, that place spound like terra nova

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  52. indeed, that's what i thought
    i will be home in time for the asparagus

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  53. and edddie, you can add my blog to your blogroll, and i'll add you... as soon as i figure out how

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  54. copy and paste the link onto your blogroll (aka bloglist) its on add gadgets ( in layout) just press add link and copy and paste my link.

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  55. this video should help not exactly the same but it should help
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Ur3ZwjB3g

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  56. were is it on your blog? did you forget to press save arragement or save?

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  57. It's on the right side, near the top

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  58. If Derek Landy does read these, i just would like you to know, that i actually perfer the old comments thing

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  59. And eddie, have you read the new daniel x? i have

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  60. no, not yet im going to look to the library for that, ( i have a kindle)

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  61. Hi. This new layout is okay... But we will just have to get used to it.

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  62. i see you follow the straight jackets. my computer won't let me at the moment, but i will

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  63. Okay, really, not to be picky, but I liked it better with the 'Load More' button...

    LONG LIVE THE OLD BLOG!

    LONG LIVE PAGES!

    AND FIRSTS!

    I will never forget firsts...

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  64. No one could forget all your firsts Sparky.

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  65. Got to hell Izz.

    (Not literally)

    Check out The Straight Jackets, I think we need a motto.

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  66. Thing is I've already been there. It's terribly hot but good old Aus tops it.

    hmmmm. I'll think on it.

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  67. Well of course you've been there, you're a ghost.

    PICK A MOTTO, ANY MOTTO! Especially the second one.

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  68. Well of course you've been there, you're a ghost.

    PICK A MOTTO, ANY MOTTO! Especially the second one.

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  69. Well of course you've been there, you're a ghost.

    PICK A MOTTO, ANY MOTTO! Especially the second one.

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  70. Why'd that post three times?

    Anyway, gotta go.

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  71. Right then. I stick by the first one.

    Servus.

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  72. Yes Izz, I do know that skullduggery is underhanded, sly trickery. And it is a skill that only the truly insane can master.

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  73. I guess that makes sense, considering sociopaths.

    But I still like the first one best.

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  74. FIRST COMMENT FOR ME YAYZERS


    goldengod... u look like my dad....



    but u are better of course......




    (whimpers) if u come to aus any time soon, make SURE you come to adeliade coz we r mad 4 u trust me!!

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  75. It's a pity there isn't a way to combine the best features of both comment modes - the reply feature of the new version and the separate pages (and better spacing) of the old one. Still, I do like this one better, even with having to use the pop-up!

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  76. DEREK YOU ARE BRILLIANT!! YOU BRILLIANT MAN YOU!!
    Right off to school with me!!
    Bye!!

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  77. How odd. The text on the pop up is blue, but on the log it remains black.

    Intriguing...

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  78. Derek Landy you are a genius for coming up with skulduggery pleasant!!!

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  79. oh well by everyone or no one anyway BY DEREK GOLDEN GOD :)

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  80. this is both strange and fun at the same time
    ........
    too bad my pop-up blocker doesn't like it XP

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  81. Youpoor thing having to organise your fan mail, so hard but the effort is appreciated

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  82. This is fantastic!
    ...Now, how'd you DO it?

    This is probably really ungrammatical. I think I should go to bed now...

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  83. It's so much better now, but I do miss the old blog! :L oh well thanks Derek for making it better than how it was before! :)

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  84. So, I'll be able to see new comments without re-loading? Cool.

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  85. well this is slightly confufling you know but oh wells.
    well tiered and my eyes are itchy :O
    oh and what the hell are HTML tags??????? still confufled.
    ahhhhh bloody red squigly lines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who cares about spelling outside of school
    *scowl*
    so hi derek haven't been on for ages (excluding yesterday and some other times)
    I will leave on a happy note for some, the rain has stopped (the not some are ducks, frogs, and all things that like rain)

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  86. Oh gosh. New technology. SOOOO not my strong point. But anyway, hi everyone :)

    xo

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  87. Yes, I think thats better than the load more thing.

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  88. Wait- there is a newest button! Not here, because there are just 147 comments yet, but at the blog entry before! YAY!

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  89. Hmm.... I've seen this around before.

    Anyway although I prefer the old system at least I can actually comment now.

    So that's a great postive right there.

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  90. HI all- I prefer the old comments section too, but Blogger may have thrown that out. Pity.

    Molly asked about martial arts injuries. Thankfully, I've really only had the usual cuts and bruises that come from getting punched in the face, and nothing more dramatic. Apart from a broken tooth. Which was HORRIBLE.

    Milo, a global competition isn't a bad idea at all. It'd have to be later in the year, though. I'll look into it.

    Kallista was asking what I'm going to write when Skulduggery is over. To be honest, I don't know. I doubt I'll do a prequel, because I just don't like them, and as for a spin-off featuring another character... The fact is, I don't know if the world I write about will even be around after Book 9...!

    One good thing about the new comments section is that now the little pictures by your names are bigger, so for the first time I'm realising how pretty Suzanne Korb is. Hi Suzanne!

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  91. Oh my goodness I'm on line when Derek is!

    That's like the third time ever.

    HI DEREK! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY!

    THE OPPORTUNITY IS HERE BUT I'M CEASING TO TAKE IT!

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  92. Oh. Yes. Let me tell you something amazing.

    You Oh Wondeful Golden God have brought about love through this blog of yours.

    Two bloggers Niall and Ven, met through this blog, fell in love and now they are meeting up in real life at ComicCon this February.


    Doesn't that make you feel warm inside?

    Also umm.... things to say things to say...

    I watched the Lion King today... no not that interesting. I set fire to a work bench accidently in Chemistry.

    OH! OH! YES I KNOW! I GOT A POEM PUBLISHED IN A REAL ACTUAL BOOK!

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  93. Octaboona.. impressive! Both about the poem and about setting fire to your chemistry lab!

    And Niall and Ven, eh? Ah, I do what I can to facilitate young love but who knows what good I TRULY do? Finally, I have proof...

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  94. DEREK, HI!!
    How many words now (in book seven)
    And do you know a title yet??

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  95. Valice, I shall let you know when I've reached 25,000! As for a title, I think I may have one... But I'm not telling!

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  96. Cool! Derek, i've read your books since Playing with Fire was released, but I think that the books keep on getting better!

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  97. Whilst we're on the topic of love you have brought into existance through your blog not one couple but five.

    Although Niall and Ven are the only ones who live close enough to meet up.

    Just for your information the five couples happen to be

    Niall and Ven
    Kallista and myself
    Lego and Genesis
    Pyro and Red
    Aquila and Dragona

    Also repeating the request of Lego and Gen, they are getting blog married some time this summer and they would love it if you could give one of them away.

    I really am just speechless right now.

    Also I now have been referred to by name by you eleven times now.

    I do indeed keep a list of your awesome comments. I treasure them dearly.

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  98. By the way, I think this new comment section is great!

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  99. By the way, I think this new comment section is great!

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  100. Me reading the previous comments:

    DEREK'S TALKING TO PEOPLE!!!

    COME BACK TO AUSTRALIA!!!

    The last time you came my librarian developed a distaste for you, because you wouldn't come to my school, on account of it being an all girls high school.

    BUT I GO THERE!!!

    And trust me, if you say ANYTHING about coming back, I will begin each school day on my knees, BEGGING HER TO GET YOU TO COME.

    SO PLEASE COME BACK!

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  101. Octaboona, it warms my heart...!

    Melanie, you have wonderful taste in writers, you know that??

    Hi Pink Rose!

    Hi ShayShay01- welcome!

    Ok, now I'm going to spend an hour with my nieces, and then I'm going training. Later on tonight, I'll be back writing.

    Probably.

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  102. Sparky...! I don't know WHY there was a problem going to an all-girls school. The fact is, I prefer going to all-girls schools. They're just so much more FUN, and I have such a laugh.

    I think, for my next Australian tour, whenever that may be, I ought to make it clear to my Australian publishers that I rather like visiting all girls schools, thank you very much!

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  103. Oh! I know what I should have said when I had the chance.

    Should I be worried that my Friend Get Friend books haven't arrived yet? Because I am.

    Have fun with your neices. I'm sure they shall fall over a lot and you will be amused. At least that's how it normally goes right? :D

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  104. Oh Mr Landy! I'm glad you got your blog sorted!

    Please say you read my handy advice on your last post (it was rather handy, wasn't it?)

    If not, it's coolbeans too :P

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  105. Yes this comment system is definitly WAY better :D

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  106. Heya Pink! Hi Octa (if you're around)!

    How are you two?

    I wonder how long it is before they update the popout window too...

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  107. Hullo!

    *wonders if Derek did read her little post*

    Ah well, it matters not :P

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  108. I'm good.

    I think you know all my current news. At least you have read all my new posts.

    Did you read about Top Hat Tuesday and the setting fire to my workbench with cyclohexene?

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  109. Bye Pink!

    Also which little comment is this?

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  110. Actuall I'm gonna stay here cuz NO ONE is on chat.

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  111. I did read Top Hat Tuesday etc. T'was all very exciting but my fingers were frozen at the time so I couldn't write a comment very well :P (What? It's cold, don't judge me :P )

    And it was a comment describing the changes to blogger etc. and a way in which he could fix it (this way, actually :P )

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  112. Dammit. In the short 5 minutes in which I ate my dinner, Derek Landy left. :(

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  113. Awww :( That's a shame, Rose. Well, maybe he'll come back, some other nice little day.

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  114. (Sorry I keep switching names with you... I haven't been on in a while)

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  115. It's fine really :P We've been experiencing the cold weather too.

    Ah. Derek must either have read it or you are just that awesome :D

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  116. Welcome back Pink!

    That's a shame :(

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  117. Welcome back Pink!

    That's a shame :(

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  118. Also this new comment system is much more prone to double posting.

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  119. Oh, there is actually people on chat.

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  120. brb

    I feel like that comment was a bit to short to qualify as a comment. So I wrote this bit.

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  121. Yeah, I double posted on your blog by accident, and now I've deleted it :P Now it looks like I said something fishy in your comments section :P REG

    (Do we still REG? We should so bring that back)

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  122. Okilee dokilee.

    I'm gonna get started on some work, will check back here occasionally.

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  123. I am returned. For a short time atleast.

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  124. Ooops. Forgot to go back to my Octaboona account.

    As you are aware I was March's Secret Santa.

    I saw it when it was a double post so I knew it wasn't fishy :P

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  125. Oh and yes REG is still a thing.

    Thriving and happy it is too.

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  126. Hmm... that made no sense as it cut out the first bit of my comment.

    Never mind. Twas an attempt at alternatism.

    Also have to go now and eat supper.

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  127. Hmm. Well, have a nice supper. I must be off to play piano and stuff- sorry I missed you- I got caught up :(

    Sorry to leave you The Shadow Ripper (Rim) *hands him/her a cookie because I've never met you* I'm going to call you Rim, okay? It was lovely to meet you, but farewell, Rim!

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