Do you have half an hour to spare? This doesn't have anything to do with me or my books. This has to do with changing the world. This has to do with helping people you've never met. At the end of the half hour, you don't have to do anything. You don't have to donate, or sign, or even share the video. You can if you want, but you don't have to. I'd just like you to KNOW. I'd like us all to be a part of this, to know what's going on in the world and to know that there are people who are determined to make a change. And I'd just like you to know the name Joseph Kony, who is more of a monster than I could ever create in my writing.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Kony 2012
Hello there,
Do you have half an hour to spare? This doesn't have anything to do with me or my books. This has to do with changing the world. This has to do with helping people you've never met. At the end of the half hour, you don't have to do anything. You don't have to donate, or sign, or even share the video. You can if you want, but you don't have to. I'd just like you to KNOW. I'd like us all to be a part of this, to know what's going on in the world and to know that there are people who are determined to make a change. And I'd just like you to know the name Joseph Kony, who is more of a monster than I could ever create in my writing.
Do you have half an hour to spare? This doesn't have anything to do with me or my books. This has to do with changing the world. This has to do with helping people you've never met. At the end of the half hour, you don't have to do anything. You don't have to donate, or sign, or even share the video. You can if you want, but you don't have to. I'd just like you to KNOW. I'd like us all to be a part of this, to know what's going on in the world and to know that there are people who are determined to make a change. And I'd just like you to know the name Joseph Kony, who is more of a monster than I could ever create in my writing.
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1 – 200 of 4814 Newer› Newest»This is being spread EVERYWHERE! I'll watch it once school is finished today. :)
But I have heard of him...that evil African dictator...
This is everywhere.
I will watch it when I get the computer. I'm on my iPod right now.
Yay! First page!
hi derek ill lokk at this vid after i post this
hi other bloggers
Hello Derek! I would like you to know that I'm bringing Skulduggery Pleasant to the Lake District! So far I've made 20 people read your book in 2 and 1/2 years! I'm a good minion! Last time you toured you didn't come anywhere near me! :( So this year I'm determined to stay with my nan in Stoke-on-Trent so I can see you on tour! THIS YEAR I AM DETERMINED!!!
Also, my dear Golden God, I will show this video to my Citizenship class. We're doing about Child Soldiers! THANK YOU DEREK!!! You have helped me at school!
i wish my friends wud read it but they think reading in pointless and they watch tv instead
so i cant wait for the movie to come out
im going to lake district in summer!
That man is dispicable. I knew of him, I knew what he did, the time to do something is now.
He's a terrible TERRIBLE person! I say we string him up by his toes and let the blood flow to his head! Down with this git!
What an atrocity !!! You would think that we have the technology today to track the abducted children. We know that the monster takes them at a certain age, set a sting operation.Implant as many children as you can with a GPS tracking device. Perhaps there is a pill available to swallow before capture and we can track and capture this mass murderer of children.We can loan the Ugandan Gov. one of our DRONE surveilance aircraft,we can track a cell phone, why can't we track an abducted child when we know that it is going to happen. The abducted child will hopefully lead us to Kony's camp. I hope and pray that we can help these children.
I HEREBY DECLARE THAT ALL MINIONS MUST PUT SOME FORM OF POSTER ON THE WINDOW OF THEIR BEDROOM ON THE 20TH APRIL!
Need all the support they can get.
DOWN WITH KONY!!!
kk
felt sorry for jacob :-(
*sigh* What is wrong with people?
Lots of things Robin. Lots of things...
Why do they have to be so mean, why can't we all just have a world hug and love eachother... Or tolerate at least. Why is anyone supporting him. If they all turned on him he'd die
Things are messed up. Whoever said life would be easy. DOWN WITH KONY!!!
(BTW - Haven't seen you in ages!)
I know Lynxia! No one said life would be easy but no matter what there is always someone worse off *shrugs*
Yup. There always is and that's what makes this life so c**p sometimes. We've known about him but did nothing. It's pathetic.
I'm going to banner it up on April 20th
martin luther king - i have a dream
springs to mind
Me too.
I'm writing right now. Me and you have to hold Ivy back.
DEREK! ARE YOU GOING TO COME TO GERMANY??? PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!
*mutters* You need an army to hold Ivy back.
If she says one more thing about murdering birds I'm going to murder her.
COOL top 100!!! yay! PLEASE GO TO MY BLOG DEREK!
I'm glad you like my fan fic Robin!
I adore your fanfic!
I'm watching this video now, Derek...
Hi Val! We're on about you getting held back in my fan fic...
Thanks Robin! *hugs*
Heya Val!
Look at some jack ass put on YouTube! I hate this person SSSOOO much!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCh8Tvr9lBA&feature=related
JACK ASS!!!
I'm gonna smack that man upside the head
I hate him!
I can just about understand him
Yeah, still. I hat what he's saying!
*frowns* We will find him, Shadow
Whoa... this video is crazy... I had no idea...
Before jumping on the KONY 2012 Bandwagon, I would suggest a quick reading of this http://purple-bones.tumblr.com/post/18895660571/kony-2012
Suggesting that the invisible children charity is not all it seems. As a charity worker myself, any charity that only supplies around 30% of its donations to the cause seems a bit wrong! Also I don't really support my money being used to buy guns to kill a child army.. food for thought..
Very crazy stuff indeed Val...
Hello everyone! I'll watch it over the weekend-- stressing with this science project due Friday XP
How are all you minions???!!!
Must go, dinner.
A percentage is better than no percentage at all SilentWitness
Must go, dinner.
A percentage is better than no percentage at all SilentWitness
... Hello? TT.TT
Bye Robin! Hi/Bye Ruby!
I need to go now too!
Awww... bye... Is anyone else here? *glances up hopefully*
I wanna punch the Kony guy in the face. REALLY HARD.
Hey, Val! ;D
Robin - I'm not disputing that any aid is better than none, far from it! When I watched the KONY 2012 video myself I was shocked and wanted to help (I even printed off a load of stickers to plaster everywhere!) which is why I looked into it a little more. Equally well, the information I have linked may in fact be the one which is incorrect! Just trying to provide a little more info!
Enjoy the dinner.. I'm just about to start cooking myself..I hope it's not too painful :S
Switching comps and working on science project-- I'll be lurking. O__________O
Has returned!
Silent - Just putting it out there, I don't want people to be put off, the more aid they get the more money towards the cause.
Me too Val!
hmmm... I'm gonna go back to watching Derek's movie, Boy Eats Girl. I've seen it before, but I think it's awesome, so I have to watch it for the fourth time.
hay !
Hi bluebird.
Sounds... interesting
Have enough time for one post, have just updated my blog if anyone cares! DOWN WITH KONY!!! Let's band together Minions!
Now must go - I can hear my Aunt coming!
Bye Shadow
*runs to Lynxia's bubble*
Who the hell does Kony think he is? A God, no, he needs to realise he's just a punny little man. Someone needs to slap some sense into his thick little head.
Yes, Opal he is a twosh
Indeed, a pompus ostentatous cretinous little imbicilic TWOSH!!!!!!!!!!!
Am sneaking on and will probably pay for it later. Would you like me to change it Robin before everyone else sees?
Nice vocab goin on Opal
If you wouldn't mind Lynxia
What to?
Robin? What to?
*is watching movie* Hehehe... Nathan just tried to drink water and spilled it all over himself...
Anything!
If you want the whole religous thing go for Athena
Athena? *shakes head* OK...
Done. Now you say "Dear Goddess of Wisdom!" That OK?
Much better
Oh and Val? Have you read my fan fic? You're in it...
Even if you don't lend money to this cause of Kony 2012 the word will still help their fight! The media is a powerful thing lest we forget.
The one where I'm in prison? Yes, I read it! I told my mom that you had written a story about Ivy and she was in prison, and my mom said, "Wait, isn't Ivy based on you?" so when I said yes, she was laughing so hard...
Yeah, we broke you out of prison! We're gonna kick some bad guy ass later!
Yes Robin, the media is very powerful.
*glances at TV* Well, that guy just got turned into a zombie, that's for sure...
Kal - I'm with you on that.
Good luck with that, Kal *nods*
Well Val, it wouldn't surprise me
Ohhh, fairly high. Could be higher...
Definitely in favour of Kony 2012 - this sort of thing has to be stopped
It didn't surprise my mom, either, that's why she was laughing so hard at it.
Yeah, it's not surprising with you Val.
*is listening to John Williams CD* I love the music he's done, it's so fantastic!!! Hedwig's theme and Star Wars theme are my faves. The Jaws, then Shindler's List along with Imperial March!
*Then Jaws not The Jaws
Haha Shads
*starts laughing at the movie* Yeah, it's definitely smart to say the f word to your mom, Nathan.
The Jaws *giggles*
I'm watching Boy Eats Girl.
*changes CD to Has Zimmer* Yeah, he is defiantly my 2nd fave composer. *hums to Pirates of the Caribbean theme*
Oooh, I can play Jaws on cello!
*of course not defiantly
You play cello? My friend plays cello. I'm flute, saxophone and piano.
I play cello, and I can play viola and violin, but I can't read their music... And I can sort of play piano, but only if I'm doing it with cello notes.
I can play a little guitar a little piano a little anything really, I tried most obvious instruments and gave up, I was never a musical person
So you only read Bass Clef Val. I read both. And Alto and Tenor Clef! It's Golden God damn confusing!
Yaeh, I can only read Bass Clef... I've tried to figure out the others, but it's all two hard.
*sits on the floor*
Hi! i am obviously wisely using my time before school starts in four minutes. (:
Yes you are BM.
Robin, *sits by Robin* what's up?
@Val - Treble's easy, so is bass. Tenor and alto are hard though.
Hi Banana! My school starts at 8:00... I just stayed home today...
Derek, I know this doesn’t have to do with the seriousness of your post, but I’m on the first page and I have to say it.
I have a feeling of terror building up inside me – and that terror is that I’ll never meet you. The more I think about it, the more the idea gets stuck in my head, and the more I feel hopeless. I want to meet you so desperately that it’s practically the only thing I think about. A list of what goes through my mind most of the time:
1. Meeting Derek
2. The Skulduggery Pleasant series
3. Meeting Derek
4. Write more of the Ivy Animosity story
Honestly, that’s what I think about. If you add a hundred more little things, you might even find homework somewhere on there. Actually, no, I doubt you would. But still… Do you see how my thoughts work? Meeting you is the most important on that list. You should hear what me and my best friend Amanda talk about. It’s usually “Oh, hey, I just thought of a new way to meet Derek! We need money though…” or “I might be able to go to Ireland! We need to find some way to take you too so we can meet Derek!” It’s our main priority, Derek. We need to meet you. My mom is working to do everything she can to help us meet you, but it’s a lot of work for her…
Now, we aren’t the only ones who want to meet you. There’s tons of us. There’s an entire section of your army that I personally started here in Washington. In fact, yesterday, my sister Jaida told me that everyone in her class was reading Skulduggery (she’s reading PWF and said to me, “Tanith doesn’t really eat brains, right?”) and I said that was great, but they had better know that THEY don’t get to be Valkyrie, because I’m already her… But anyway, this part of your army is growing. And we need to meet you! We really do! Me in particular!
But you know what’s simpler than us coming to you? Is if you could come to us. Really. Why can’t you come here for a book signing or something? There’s so many of us! There’s more than 200! Can you please please PLEASE ask your publishers to send you to America? Or, rather, can you just COME here? You don’t even have to do a book signing or anything. Just come for, like, a vacation or something full of your fans fawning over you. COME HERE! PLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSE!!!!!!
Nothing *raises eyebrows* I just like the floor
Yes, the floor is nice... *is now lying on belly hugging floor*
Need to go now. Bye! *hugs*
*trips* OW! I mean... the floor looked loonely so I was trying to give it a hug...
Hello???
DEREK!!!! KATIE MCGRATH SHOULD PLAY CHINA SORROWS!!!!! AND FIX BLOGGER!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!
I'm doing homework so i will be a slow commenter
WE <3 THE FLOOR
Okie Star
Hello???
This is Star Inkbright, btw. I'm on a computer:D
Hi Star *waves slightly crazily*
Hi robin!
Yeah. Lovely lovely floor. *strokes carpet lovingly*
Yes, i did in real life actually do that.
Hi opal!
Hey Star, I saw the comment you put on my blog, and I wanted to say that the reason Ivy acts like Valkyrie is that I act like Valkyrie, but Ivy is based off me, so now she does, too.
Grr . . . I can't refresh . . . This is so annoying . . .
Hey, today, i got a parcel. And it was clothes. So i quoted that entire convosation sp+vc had, then when i opened it, i went: "Surprise! It's the clothes!"
Well, it was still pretty cool.
*scowls* i hate homework.
I love quoting Skulduggery in real life! I do it a lot... Like when I went to the mall, the person needed to know my name, so I said, "My name's Valkyrie." And the lady said, "Valerie?" and I went, "No, Valkyrie. With a K."
KATIE MCGRATH SHOULD PLAY CHINA SORROWS!!!!
BLOGGER SHOULD BE FIXED!!!!
Hey Derek, me and Amanda are thinking about entering a 3 minute film contest and it has to be about a book that is in the library... And Skulduggery is! So, when we have made our little movie, I will post a link for you.
*grins* Cool. I would tell people my given name if they asked it in real life. Not very adventuroous, i know.
Once when i was playing netball, my shoelace came untied. Guess which part i quoted then?
And, later on, when i was wearing DIFFERENT shoes, my shoelace came untied again. Not fair.
I'm watching two Irish movies in a row..
I love the shoelace part!
I'm going bye bye!
Bye Robin!
byebye Robin.
I am making this comment to refresh since it is the only way of refreshing the first page that i know of.
Bye robin!
I love the shoelace part too.
And i love the part in death bringer with des trying to get melissa to let him pick up alice.
You can right-click the mouse and hit refesh, Star...
i can't believe he dropped Valkyrie in the penguin enclosure...
Refreshing.
Look at my post, peoples!
http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/2012/03/who-wants-to-be-in-story.html
You can? *blinks* K. I'll try that.
I also like the sparrow flies south for winter bit, including the pretentiousness of death bit in the middle.
YAY! I WORKED OUT HOW TO REFRESH THE PAGE!! *goes to post* Brb, people.
okay Star.
*groans * I need to make up some of that stuff . . .
Like, the last two . . .
good boy derek. i'll have nick give you a dog buicuit as a treat.
i had already watched and shared this video before i read this blog post.
you are exactly the kind of person they want on bourd spreading the word, the more authers and writers and actors and people wiht an audiance mention it the futher it will spread the quicker this monster will be dealt with.
Hello, tombydand.
Right . . . Personality . . .
I dunno! Guys, what personality do i have???
Okay. Random. And daydreamy. And . . . I don't hold grudges. And . . . I . . . *thinks* I DUNNO!!!!!
Well you have to know!
I DON'T!!!!!!
Can i wait till i've done my hwk?
*hurries up and gets on with hwk*
Of course.
Well, from this conversation I'd say, you are a happy person Star.
And I have to leave now, byebye.
Bye opal! And thanks!
Okay. So far i have happy, random, daydreamy, non-holding-grudges-y.
Bye opal! And thanks!
Okay. So far i have happy, random, daydreamy, non-holding-grudges-y.
Does anyone know any interesting facts about england in the early 1900s?
I have to go, bye!
Bye val!
Still here, people . . .
HEY THERE! WHAT KIND OF SMITH & WESSON DOES SKULDUGGERY HAVE?
Hello, royal.
The chances of getting your question answered are about . . . *thinks* 753 to one. No kidding.
oh my god, i totally just saw this about an hour ago in my class at school and i'm definitely going to donate
it's amazing how fast this is spreading, especially since this was posted about 2 days ago
anyone here?
This Is The Most Inspirational Video Ever! Im Getting As Involved As I Can! An So Should You, Find Them On Facebook. They Are Attempting To 'Paint The Night' On The 20th Of April And Everyone Should Help, Wherever You Are!
*wails*
I can't watch the video yet, I'M AT SCHOOL!!!
...Now I want to watch it with all my heart...
SPARKY!
Awww... I guess you're gone...
Derek, thank you for posting this. No child should live in fear of being murdered, or abducted and forced to murder their own parents. Many places have been saying that Invisible Children is not completely credible, and that we should focus on Joseph Kony, not the Kony2012 project. Not having done my own research, I am not taking sides here, nor am I ever going to. This is an important issue in our world today and everyone should know about it. We need to do something. We need to take action, and this currently seems like the best option. Despite the rumors going around, I do believe that these people honestly care about stopping Joseph Kony. I will work to raise awareness.
- Thalia
Derek. This is overwhelming, and it made me cry. This video proves that the world is never what we want it to be. This way, the demise of humans will be caused by humans. The Armegeddon stuff about the Mayans is crap. [Not TEOTW]
I want to create world peace. I want to meet this person who made the video. I want to stop all wrong doings, including Joseph Kony. I'm highly catholic, and he thinks God is telling him to kill people or something? Rubbish. Absolutely crap. Here is the info I got:
Joseph Kony (born 18 September 1964[4] in Odek, Uganda[1]) is a Ugandan guerrilla group leader, head of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a group engaged in a violent campaign to establish theocratic government based on the Ten Commandments throughout Uganda.[1] The LRA say that God has sent spirits to communicate this mission directly to Kony
AHHHHH! I got first page! Derek, now you know me!!!
hi Eve!
Please come to Adelaide!!!!
Munchkin army for anti-bullying! *insert battlecry here*
Wooo! First page too!
And great post...it opened my eyes a bit more because they were...well...sealed shut asleep on my laptop. XD I'm tired.
-Gives bracelets to everyone-
I'm buying one as soon as I can!
*regards Dylan warily* Have you read my comment on your blog?
Yes, Val. And now is not the time.
Just saying.
Hello to all and, because he will see my comment, Derek Landy, golden god!
Yeahyeah.
Today's my birthday! Whoo!
Hi Mist
I gtg to class now, Derek please say hi to me and to Eve the ROCK!!
Derek, are you on right now? If you are, PLEASE respond to my comment.
It's your birthday? How old are you?
Post it here, and I'll copy and paste it for you.
That was for Star.
Actually, nevermind, when you posted your comment was emailed to me, even though it disappeared of the blog itself.
I got it.
Going for a little while... Bye!
This is disgraceful
I expected at least 500 comments by now
Disgraceful that we haven't filled the page yet?
we're not even off the first page
Hey, did you see my post?
Quite Val
Oh, no Val
*raises eyebrow* A fanfic hmm
Not necessarily. Just a story with lots of people. Wanna be in it?
Sure thing
Then... Tell me what your character looks like, acts like, etc.
Am doing it now
Can I be in it? I'll create a proper biography.
Excellent.
LEMONS ARE EVIL!
Dylan, no, you can't.
I dedicate this page to Kony 2012
Okay, Val. Fair enough. Could I make a mini dedication?
It depends on what it is.
hi.
Hi Thrust.
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