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Again... This place is like a hydra.
Hail Hydra!
ATTACK OF THE MYTHOLOGY GEEK!!!
Hail!
I am a mythology knowitall
I know all. Norse, Greek, Egyptian, and a little Roman
Awesome movie, by the way.
I'm mostly into Greek mythology, I know a little Roman, and some Norse and Celtic.
Bye Lav and Birdy!
And a tiny, insignificant fraction of Native American, and Aztec, that is not even worthy to be counted as knowledge. I know, like, three names. That's it.
I'm not going anywhere!
:) You're not getting rid of me that easily!
*laughs*
City of Ashes extract:
By the time Alec came back into the training room, Jace was lying on the floor, envisioning lines of dancing girls in an effort to ignore the pain in his wrists. It wasn't working.
"What are you doing?" Alec asked, kneeling down as close to the shimmering wall of the prison as he could get. Jace tried to remind himself that when Alec asked this sort of question, he really meant it, and that it was something he had once found endearing rather than annoying. He failed.
"I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for a while," he grunted. "It relaxes me."
"It does? Oh - you're being sarcastic."
I obsess over Mythology. i did, anyway... i cant find too many good books anymore, you know? there are only so many variations, and i've never really read any Childrens books on mythology.
I know most of my mythology from Rick Riordan books . . .
Which oen's that from Star? I mean the number, I don't remember the titles
Not even three... Quetzelcoatl, name I can't pronounce, much less spell, name I can't pronounce, much less spell.
Hey Cat.
I first leanrt it from Rick Riordan, but then I got a bit from my history classes, then I decided to just learn the rest on my own
From the Rick Riordan Books!? You're missing soooo much. and NEVER
NEVER
watch the movie.
Oh, goddess, it was HORRIFIC!!!
Number Two, Nix.
The movie of Percy Jackson... just no
brb
I learned mostly because I was a geek. But if you ever really get into greek mythology, read a variation that is more suitable for children than the one I read. There was a good amount of castrating in that one.
My mum bought the Percy Jackson and rhe Lightning Thief movie once. I refused to watch it. Absolutely refused. Which made me feel a bit bad but oh well, she can give it to somebody.
Its become practically a verbatem word- that and the Inkheart movie.
Wise choice, Star.
Oh, I hated what they did to the Inkheart movie...
I liked the Inkheart book, but not the movie...
The Inkheart book was awesome. Did you read Inkspell and Inkdeath as well?
I really liked the concept.
Of course i read the whole series. only about a hundred thousand times! and the theif lord book.
The Theif Lord is awesome!
The Inkheart books ARE awesome. I watched the movie once before I read the books, and yes, it was pretty rubbish.
*wishes my mum would realise that movies of good books are usually rubbish and don't deserve to be bought*
It's almost impossible to turn a good book into a movie, you can't translate it properly. Harry Potter managed to do it...
I think that's why Derek's going to over see the movie. Rick Riordan sold the rights completley, and he had no say in anything. You know he didn't even know they were making the second one until he foud it on the internet? That's just wrong...
I haven't read the Thief Lord. What's it about?
In the Percy Jackson movie, they didn't look twelve...
Hi....bye
Seriously getting dragged to blody New York.
Kill me now
Certainly not.
You'll live, Zaf.
She wasn't blonde, he wasn't a timid satyr, daughter of ares wasn't in it (and she's a main in the second book) and there were no gods. No wine dude, no war god, only a death dude, barnicle beard and the crazy thunderer
Hey Zaf!
Suffice to say, it sucked.
This is the opening line to my new story
Nixion Strange walked through the cold night, silent as a truck blaring its horn. Only, of course, if the horn didn’t work. If the horn did work, Nixion would not have been anything like that.
Hey Zaf!
*laughs*
*inspects finger nails*
Damn I'm good. If I do say so myself. I'm not feeling very modest tonight
Its torture me no like upstate New York
Oh, wow.... That was STUPID.
Someone tell Derek I say hi if he comes xD
And find out how long I'd be in prison for blowing up the Irish Sanctuary
Upstate NY is awesome! Go see the Adirondack mts, Catskills... I want to go up there again sometime. They have falcons, too! Like Frightening!
Bath. Thats where I'm going. Its nothing....nothing up there.
Well, obviously only me and Star thought it was any good...
*whistles smurfs tune*
Golden god damn it that's annoying
Gtg
Bye Zaf!
There was Poseidon
I'm getting scared , this boy who thinks he's a cat is really starting to freak me out.
I did say barnicle beard, didn't I eve?
Bye Zafira!
Fours Zafira!
OFFER YOUR OPINIONS, PEOPLE.
New York is a long way away from me. However, York is only an hour away, and Yorkshire is no distance away at all, coz I'm in it.
I STILL have to keep practicing the dance... It's so tiring. And I'm only I'm one dance, meaning I'm just sittin here till it's my turn. But I still have I be here. It's boring. So I'm here while I wait.
Be back later
Bye!
Oh right
Hades didn't look like a powerful god...except when he stood in the fire
Bye Nix!
Fours Nix!
Hi Lavender!
Hi Lav!
Bye Nix.
NOW it's my turn. Goin.
Bye Nix, bye Zaf!
Fours Lav! Hope you do well and don't get too bored!
I just got my butt kicked in chess... Then again, I was playing the computer...
Bye Lavender.
My grandma's partner is a Chess Champion. He's got, like, a certificate and everything.
My grandma's partner is a Chess Champion. He's got, like, a certificate and everything.
Ok, quick inventory: Star, Eve, Cat. Anyone else? Did Cat leave, or is she just being distant?
:) Playing the computer is really hard.
One stupid move, and you're done.
Dunno.
Finished my turn. Gosh, I'm tired. My friend asks why should I be tired. I only have to do one dance. Then I reminded her I still have jet lag.
Distant but back.
So the bit thinks he's a cat, and the girl is just a wise little monkey
*boy, not bit
WB:)
The Ciry of Ashes front cover is really pretty. I love blue.
:) Why?
Gotta go...
Why does Star love blue? Because the sky is blue!
Bye Birdy!
sorry i disapeared for a bit...
Hellow, Hope. Enjoy the trip?
THEY'RE MAKING A SECOND PERCY JACKSON MOVIE???????!!!!!
Bye Phoenix.
Hi Cat. Yeah, it's nice but at the moment, I'm tired.
*laughs* No, Eve, I love the sky coz it's blue:)
. . . And also coz I love the clouds. Clouds are AMAZING. Really they are.
Also, the Internet is a bit faulty on this floor. It'll stop for a second and you'd have to keep trying to connect to it till it accepts again. Msd.
*is being Grudged*
*holds head* I don't remember having a hand here...
Sounds annoying!
is being grudged? having a hand here? i dont understand, but you seem upset...
When I was younger, someone called me the Grudge cause I'd never brush my hair and it'd get all tangled. And I made the noise. Or so they said.
She's joking, Cat:)
Ooh. They brought drinks.
Hehehehe. Cat, I'm watching The Grudge.
And Lav, I can make cat noises too. :)
*Hisses*
i have spent years practicing that one. and looking at people until they look away.
Yay for you, Lav!
Never brushed my hair was younger, never was called the grudge. but i was called cousin It until i started putting my hair up and never letting it down.
Oh. It sounds like a cat? I thought it was like a croak or something. I freaked people out when I was younger. I could do a death stare. Or something like that. :P
*has no clue what anyone is on about*
*is humming the song they're dancing to*
It's catchy.
Catchy songs are annoying.
How many people have ever seen doctor who?
i know this conversation has come up before and probably bores all of you by now, but it matters...
Legolas or Strider matters too, and gimli is in his own class
Yeah, once it gets stuck in your head for a while. But this song's nice. Making me sleepy... -.-...zzz...
Joking. :P but it IS making me sleepy.
I bet you'd be surprised at the least to know that I have never watched Doctor Who yet.
I'VE SEEN DW!!!
i am going to go bury myself in a couch.
“I was trying to feel some kind of good-bye. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t you feel even worse.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
Or, as i prefer,
"Sleep tight, ya Morons!"
Sad.
Got to go. Bye!
This time I'm leaving for the night. So yeah, night guys!
Oh, I meant the boy's meowing
Bye Lav!
May the fours be with you Lavender! Hope you get a good sleep!
Oh!oh! oh!
honestly leaving soon, i swear- have any of you seen Hugo? I read the book, and i want to see the movie... is it any good?
I saw the movie
It was okay, I'm not really into that stuff
Did you read the book?
The book is called
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, not Hugo
Hmm. My phone occasionally says there aren't any new comments when there ARE. I WONDERED why nobody appeared to be commenting.
I haven't seen the movie, Cat. Sorry.
Round we go,
The world is spinning,
When it stops,
It's just beginning...
Sun comes up,
We laugh and we cry,
Sun goes down,
And then we all die...
Hehehehe. I freaked my brother out. I was a standing in front of the door waiting for him to come out, and he came out and jumped coz my hair was all messy and in front of my face and I was singing the song.
I just meant to throw fruit chews at him. :P
*frowns* Why would you throw fruit chews at him? It's a waste of fruit chews.
I don't like the red ones, and I could hardly care for the pink. I like the yellow ones, but orange is the best. I'd throw the red and pink at him
Okay, guys, I need you to keep me distracted from the after effects of a scary movie until I fall asleep. Please?
But reds are the BEST!
Least, me and my sister always think so. I don't believe we've ever really discussed it, but there has always been thos unspoken agreement between us that, sweetwise, reds are the best and are worth more in sweetie trades.
DISTRACTIONS!!! Okay. *starts thinking*
*is about to tell Eve about when I really badly needed the bloglandians to distract me but thinks the better of it*
I used to like red. Then I remembered I didn't like them
Tell me!
Oh! It wasn't that. Let ne type it out.
Okay :)
*shrieks* It's spiky!
Oh wait, it's my pyjamas
HAY
*attempts to walk down to bathroom to brush teeth irl*
Damn, I couldn't even brush for 2 minutes. But shush, mum doesnt need to know I'm scared. Or she'll ban me from any movies above G. ;)
Nix, I'm terrified!
You know, I'm also laughing at myself for thinking that there's something out to get me ONLY after I watch a scary movie, but I'm still scared
Well, I'd invest in a platypus. It'll protect you
I'm only scared when I'm alone. It's worse when I'm with an animal, because i cry at the thought of an animal dying in front of me, so I need a PERSON IN THE ROOM WITH ME. Right now it's my big brother. When he goes to bed, I need one of you to crawl out of that well over there (flight-attendant gestures to well) and then crawl out of my iPod. It's a tight squeeze, but you'll get through it, damn your skinniness (whoever I'm talking to I don't know anymore :P) and then keep me company
Oh! And the phone calls are a small part of the movie!
Here's how it works.
You watch the cursed tape. It's like something you'd see in a nightmare. Its weird and creepy. Basically just random things mashed together. Gross. The ring is one of those things. When you finish watching it, you will get a phone call. When you answer the phone, you will hear a voice say "seven days". Seven days later, the TV near you will turn on and it'll be showing an opening of a forest with the well a few meters away. Samara will climb out of the well, and slowly walk closer with her hair on front of her face, and that Japanese-motion way (jitter girl). She'll then climb out of the TV, crawl then stand up and look at you. Her hair will part and you'll see her face. You will die.
Unless of course, you show someone else the tape before the seven days is up....mwahahaha
Hi Nix! Eve asked me what freaked me out, coz I remembered asking to be distracted like she just was, so I did. Did I do a good description?
DON'T SHOW ME THE TAPE, please.
Ugh, that's freaky, Star. :/
Imaginary sweets give me nightmares. Ugh.
Oh, TYPICAL. Whenever I do a long commeny, it disappears. Luckily I pasted it. If anyome wants me to repost my brilliant description of the part in Fear which made me want to tear at my wrist, please ask.
Yeah, I was thinking of another movie Eve
I don't get what you mean by description Star. What description?
Do it Star!
*copied
Thank you, Eve. That brings my total of people I've made feel urgh by telling them how I got freaked out up to three. Blue, Eve, and Ink. If describing it in your head counts as describing. Otherwise it's just two.
I wanna read!
Oh yeah, I remember that
I like how when Penny tried it on Lanna, nothing happened.
Blue went and looked it up on the internet at home to find out if Cigar died. The next day I had to explain to her what zekes were.
The Ring Pranks
Prank #1: Samara
1. Dress as Samara and make sure you have the long black hair in your face or wear a wig
2. Wear a freaky mask underneath or paint your face freaky if you're a make-up artist. Conceal your face
3. Stand still in a hallway in a public place and enjoy the reactions :)
4. If someone gets too close, be a dear and let them see your face...;)
Msd
I though he would be important... i guess not
I can't wait until the barrier comes down. Half the kids will be happy for a few minutes, then be taken away either because of their powers or the get help, and the other half with curse the world and get taken away.
*scowls as it disappears again* I was trying to paste a poem here the other day (no, I didn't write it), and it was a two-sides-of-A4 poem, and my comment of it kept disappearing. (It was too long for it all to be in one comment, I was TRYING to post it in two parts). Eventually, I posted it two stanzas at a time. Took me eight comments, and one of those had three stanzas on, so there must be 17 stanzas.
Then I tried to save it in my phone's notes, but it was too long! Had to put it in two notes.
I was DESPARATE for the parents to meet the kids. Although parents seeing the kids was good enough:)
I WANT TO READ WHAT CONNIE THOUGHT WHEN THE BARRIER TRANSPARENTED!!!
Remember that couple who made the "Have you seen our cat?" sign? That was just SAD. It really showed how different life is inside and out the FAYZ.
If you see me in fifteen/sixteen hours, remind me I need to tell my dad to buy more rasins. Just shouting RAISINS! at me will do.
Yeah... some of the kids don't seem to get that life can't go back to being the same
I reakon that the barrier going clear was the worst thing that could happen. The kids are distracted from jobs, parents see people who they used to know, but have no idea what they've gone though, and now some kids that had the hope that they would be able to go back to their old life are realising that it won't happen
Forever alone:(
(Joking. I know you're TH-ERE . . . )
It's so nice to chat to all you aussie people again. I need to stop reading before school so I'll be here. It just always seems so pointless coming here before school coz I have barely any time . . .
*hears people downstairs using digestives for cooking*
*eyes digestives beside me guiltily* I kinda stole a coupla digestivez when I went and stole the raisins. I wasn't hungry but I was saving them for when I WAS hungry . . . Plus digestives and raisins make my room smell nice . . .
Stole them from the cupboard, I mean.
I don't like raisins
Those kuds are just so STUPID. But they're kids. You can't blame them.
Of course it was the worst thing that could have happened. It's the FAYZ, the worst things always happen.
Now, inky me reckons they'll put 24/7 surveillence of the dome. They can video everyone, what they do. They won't get sound, but then they can lip-read everyone. They'll probably get lip-reading experts/computers. They'll totally spy on their lives.
One of my guesses about what will happen^^^
Will anybody be here in 45 minutes or so? Coz I need to go now fours sorry.
I think that Sam will try and move everyone away from the barrier, but satilite will continue. Then, using paper as comunication, Connie Temple will finally tell Sam about the mutants, and how some were taken away... and maybe a few other secrets
Oh my God, my veins are making my skin look blue...
Hi Val!
Maybe you're a smaurf, or a frost giant
No! I don't wanna be a smurf or frost giant!!!
I wouldn't mind the frost giant...
8 ways to mourn the ending of Harry Potter
1.Release a bred-in-captivity snake into your neighbourhood.
2.Cry while hugging your neighbourhood cat-lady who you call Figgs.
3.Lock yourself in the cupboard under your stairs.
4.Set a box of canaries on fire them let them fly free, phoenix, FLY!
5.Rename your family after members of the Weasley family.
6.Get the entire ‘Tales of Beedle the Bard’ book tattooed on your body.
7.Send JK Rowling a single sock in an envelope.
8.Ruin your dad’s beer by pouring melted butter in it. If you can’t have any more, neither can he!
To late for moi
Bye!
Hello Blogland!
WESTLIFE!!!!!
I DEDICATE THIS PAGE TO THE BUTTERFLY AND THE WOLF AND TO THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY MY PHONE'LL ACTUALLY LET ME READ IT!
BANANA GUARD! *hums Banana Guard song*
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*smiles satisfiedly and deletes last few comments*
*yawns* Well nobody's here and my feet are hurting from crouching on the floot next to the charger, so I'll bbl.
'Ello
bored.
Anybody???
Hey Flame!
STAR
I COMPLETED THE SECOND CHAPTER OF THE ORIGIN.
ITS AWWWWWWWWWWESOME.
*Ps. I am going to repost chap 1 cos i added loads of things to it.
EXCELLANT! WELL DONE!
They are on my blog. NOW!
Read and commented!
Well, not on chapter one. There didn't seem much point in it, seeing as it's the same story . . .
did you like it?
Fours! YES, I liked it, didn't I say so???
*mumbled
*stories
WHAT??? *is livid*
MY ENTIRE SPEECH DISAPPEAEED!!!
Well, it does count as a long comment . . . *mutters*
Okay. I'll post it in two comments. This better work.
Grammar Importance Speech:
I have something to say.
I really hate it when people don't write things properly. I'm not talking about abbreviations, I'm talking about correct use of commas and full stops, and so on. You see, if someone writes a long parargraph like this without using commas, it makes it harder for me to read, and often I reach the end of the paragraph without really taking in the words and have to go over it again. Also, it affects the way I imagine people saying things. I get everything I know about you from the words you type. I hate to admit it, but the impression I have of people DOES partially rely on how carefully you type things. When I read textspeak, I imagine it said with the words sort of running together, like if I read together in textspeak I'd imagine it tugevhr said really fast, rather than toogezzer said at normal speed. Textspeak, not using capital letters at the start of sentences (yes, that affects the way I read things too) and ESPECIALLY comma usage, really does affect the way I think of you guys. Just so you know.
Also - your storys. I don't hate it when people don't use as many commas in their stories as they should, I HAAAAATE it. It really, really changes the way I read them, and remember what I said up there about not taking it writing properly when it isn't grammatically correct? The same applies to stories. I try, but I the words just seem to me to be mumbled and rushed. I'm trying to help you guys here. Say things however you want here if you must, but PLEEEEASE don't use it in your stories, because it totally ruins your brilliant writing.
If you think I am being at all hypocitical in the speech above, please inform me of how and I will try to change the way I do things, because I really, really hate being a hypocrite.
If I have offended anyone in any way, I apologise. It needed to be said.
Thank you.
And . . . ignore the Grammer Importance Speech title at the top - I just put it there when I saved it in my phone's notes.
*stories
WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY, IS IT BUSY WHEN IT'S AUSSIEMINION TIME, BUSY AT AMERIMINION TIME, BUT NOT AT EUROPIMINION TIME???
*is bored enough to go and look at Australia on Google Maps*
*raises eyebrow* New South Wales???
*gasps* THERE'S SOMEWHERE NEAR MELBOURNE CALLED MELTON???
My school's in somewhere called Melton. There is a Melton near me and also a Welton near me.
DEREK IMMA KILL U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I'M SO MAD RIGHT NOW
32 DAYS
32 DAYS TILL KINGDOM OF THE WICKED
NOW IT SAYS 67 DAYS
Y U PUT MY HOPES UP LIKE THAT
THE WEBSITE LIIIIED
Well I knew it couldn't be 32. When I saw someone on here saying so, I thought it must've been a typo or summat.
Hi.
OH MY GOD DEREK THAT IS SOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
Why do we have to wait till september! :'o And us in scotland can't even get the book early like last year at Edinburgh Book Festival! aw!
Okay, even with all this complaining I'm just reallllly excited :D Cannot WAIT for the book!!!!!
Oscuro Dream has arrived! *Strikes dramatic pose*
No one cares?
....
Fine. Be that way.
*Sobs*
*Sobs louder*
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