Saturday, August 4, 2012

A Post Before I Go

I have a few random pictures cluttering up my desktop, so I shall intersperse them as I go...


I'm catching my plane tomorrow. An hour to London, then 13 hours to Singapore, then 7.5 hours to Sydney, then 3 hours to Auckland... I'll arrive in New Zealand a little before midday on Tuesday, mildly confused about whether or not I'm sleepy after spending a day in the air zipping across time zones. 

Oh boy oh boy.

I'm not packed, either. I know what I'm bringing- roughly- but I'll leave the packing until tomorrow. I'm bringing A Dance of Dragons to read, and I've already looked up what movies will be playing on the plane. Movies that I haven't seen but want to include Battleship, Dark Shadows, Lockout, Get the Gringo, The Five-Year Engagement, and The Woman in Black, and I'll also get a chance to watch The Avengers again. That's roughly 16 hours of movies... I think I should be okay...


Today, I am cleaning the house. Laura will be staying here when I'm gone so I need to have everything nice and tidy, or else she'll throw a mug at me. 

I fully intend to blog while I'm on tour. I know my publishers would like me to keep a Tour Blog, detailing how the events went and who I met and what the various cities were like- basically documenting the entire experience. Annnnnnnnd that's not gonna happen. When I get back to my hotel- usually at around 9 o'clock at night- I'm pretty much exhausted. But I'll do my best to keep my Minions appraised of developments.


I'll be gone for 17 days, during which time I'll be staying at 9 hotels and visiting 12 airports. 

The temperature in New Zealand is ranging from 1 degree (celsius) at night to 14 during the day. This, my Minions, is a temperature I can deal with.

The temperature in Australia is ranging from 7 to 23. 23 is a tad high. Please Australia, cool down a bit before I get there. Just a few degrees. Say, five. Thank you.

I've got my Sky box ready to record my shows when I'm away. Right now I'm recording Criminal Minds, Newsroom, The Mentalist, and Supernatural. I was delighted beyond measure to realise that I'll be able to watch the Ronda Rousey fight live in my hotel room on my only day off- Sunday the 19th. Thanks to the time difference, I'll just be sitting down to room service lunch when she fights...

And that's it. That's all. I have a house to clean and time is running out. I also need to write up instructions for Laura on how to use the TV (it's more complicated than it sounds) when I'm gone. All you Minions-with-funny-accents, prepare yourselves. I am coming. 




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Cat said...

they arent close. they're the same. almost and always.

Noelle said...

nice. That was Jekyll and Hyde also, though, so...

Oh here's one.

"The lies we tell other people are nothing like the lies we tell ourselves"

Cat said...

nothing compared, i thought

Noelle said...

to what

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

"Its the feeling of being Edward Hyde!!!!"

"Animaks trapped behind bars in the zoo wanting to run rampid amd free!"

"Just look what has happened here mix amger with a touch of fear the danger all too crystal clear"

"I will find the answer I promise you this til the day that I die."

Noelle said...

Awesome!!! boss quotes

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ooh i gits more

"Yes you can tell me if the rest if my face is still there."

"Little enough dressed like a lady sir."

"If we're not one but two are we evil or good?"

"Its a dangerous game"

Cat said...

All right... id like more, when i ocme back... but i have to go.

Noelle said...

I do too...

Sorry, Zaf!!! but i'm supposed to be getting back in the school routine.

Bye Cat!!!

*bows to all*

Catcha guys on the flip side

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Bye

Jakro Tintreach said...

gladius vat ignis!

Jakro Tintreach said...

le gladius aurum ipsum lorem excrementum. el taurus gladius vat ignis!

Jakro Tintreach said...

gladius aurum, suus excrementum. et taurus ignis habet gladius! est tempus tempus domini caerula buxum!

Nixion Strange said...

Ciao

Eve the ROCK said...

Hiiii!!

Nixion Strange said...

Heylo Eve!

Eve the ROCK said...

Heylo is for angelic horses!

Nixion Strange said...

But I am part angel, so I get to use them
No, not part angel horse. Just part angel

Mayan said...

Is anybody online?

Nixion Strange said...

Hi Maya!

Mayan said...

Hey Nixion!
Hows your day been?
(if it has been a day in the country you are in)

Nixion Strange said...

Eh

Mayan said...

I am internet-stalking Orangey. The cat who played Cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Nixion Strange said...

Ah...

Selena Gasp said...

Hi!!!!!

Selena Gasp said...

We are the champions, my frienddddd. And we'll keep on fighting, till the end!!!!!!

Mayan said...

Hai Selena!

Nixion Strange said...

Hey Selena

Mayan said...

Sorry I have to go!
Will be back v. Soon
Byeeeeeee!

Selena Gasp said...

Sorry, I am a major Queen fan, they rock! Ha, they rock, you know, they rock literally and they rock kinda not litterall- oh, doesn't matter.

Selena Gasp said...

BYE MAYA, Hi! Nix, whats happining??

Nixion Strange said...

Bye Maya!

Nixion Strange said...

Not much

Selena Gasp said...

Gah, my hand is shaking like a leaf, I wonder why...

Star Inkbright said...

Hi people!

You're part angel, Nix? Are you a Shadowhunter?

Star Inkbright said...

Oh, and brb, breakfast.

Selena Gasp said...

Um, well, oh here is a convo starter, are you watching the Olympics? It is quite cool how many connections I have to them:
My poppa went to the olyimpics twice and he was the best Hockey goalie in the world, my dads cousin was as silver fern player, then captain, then coach.( Okay, that's not Olympics)The black sticks coach's daughter is in one of my sisters class at school, my dad used to play hockey with some famous hockey family, my dads cousin (the silver fern) cousin is in the black sticks. Cool, eh?

Nixion Strange said...

Hi Star!

I'm both

Selena Gasp said...

I like cats

Mayan said...

Wow... Thats alot of connections
Anyone here watched Breakfast at Tiffanys?

Selena Gasp said...

Hi star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Selena Gasp said...

No sorry Maya, I have heard of it though. MY HAND IS SHAKING SO MUCH, WHYYYYYYYYYYYY

Selena Gasp said...

I am quite scared now, my arm is shaking to, AHHHHH

Selena Gasp said...

Distant, because I am on icanhazacheeseburger

Mayan said...

Ummm Selena... you alright?

Selena Gasp said...

Now the phone is ringing... Hey, where did everyone go? They where here, then poof, i alone

Mayan said...

Kind of distant as well because I am (as usual) doing homework

Nixion Strange said...

Seriously. Patience

Selena Gasp said...

Yes I am, oh you mean cause of the hand shaking thing, yeah I don't know why my hand is doing that, I am sure that I will be fine, I am not insane, do not worry.

Mayan said...

Are you an Ameriminion Nixion?

Star Inkbright said...

Back! *comes in humming Payphone*

Star Inkbright said...

No, Nix is from Aus.

Star Inkbright said...

And I am from England. :)

Mayan said...

Best Queen Songs
1. Bohemenion Rhapsody (ignore WORST SPELLING EVER)
2. I want to break free
3. DOn't stop me now

Star Inkbright said...

And all of our bridges burnt down,
I wasted my nights
You turned out the lights
Now I'm paralyzed,
Still stuck in that time
When we called it love but
Deep in the sunset
In paradise . . .

Eve the ROCK said...

Sorry, I'm back, but choosing subjects for Year 8.... This is much of a muchness...

Mayan said...

Sam Tsui (= awesome)does a mash-up thing of payphone and telephone

Star Inkbright said...

I'm at a paaaaayphone
Tryin' to caaaaall home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the tiiiiiiiiimes gone
Baby it's aaaaaaall wrong
Where are the plans we made for two?

Eve the ROCK said...

STAR! You got it wrong. It's 'even the sun sets in paradise'. You shall suffer the consequences...layer :P

Nixion Strange said...

You think that's bad Eve? I'm choosing for year 10. I have to choose ever subject expect for 5

Star Inkbright said...

Hi Eve!

CHOOSING SUBJECTS???? We don't get to pick subjects until at the end of year nine!

Star Inkbright said...

*expression clears* Ah, That makes sense. Stupid lyrica websites. They always get SOMETHING wrong, whatever song you look up. I was trying, at one point, to work out which ones could be trusted for their correctness and which ones couldn't, be non of them can be trusted, so . . .

And no, I CANNOT just learn the words from listening to the song. My brain doesn't work that way. Most of them just sound all mushed unless I've looked the lyrics up and can remember them.

Mayan said...

Hola Eve!

Selena Gasp said...

Sorry, I was on Icanhasacheezebuger

Mayan said...

Sooo Nixion and Eve are you both in Austraila. It is so weird thinking that you guys are so close to Nz.

Star Inkbright said...

Yes, Nix and Eve are both in Aus. Eve's from Adelaide and Nix's from Melbourne.

Nixion Strange said...

Yet words apart

Mayan said...

WAIT my list before was wrong!!!
****Another one bites the dust*** FTW

and under pressure ish

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Selena Gasp said...

I vill be very distant

Nixion Strange said...

FGHJ

Mayan said...

FGHJ to you too Nixion :)

Star Inkbright said...

You vill, Selena, you vill.

Mayan said...

When is it the next page???

Star Inkbright said...

In over 60 comments. There's a new page every 200 comments.

Mayan said...

*shakes cat food* Next Page Where are yoooooooooooooooou??

Selena Gasp said...

Ug, I have to go soon.

Selena Gasp said...

DAS VIGHT STAR, I VILLLLLLL!!!

Selena Gasp said...

Sorry, I gtg, c yalllll

Mayan said...

*hands Selena a cup of blood*

Mayan said...

Byeeeeeeeeeee :(

Nixion Strange said...

Bye Selena

Star Inkbright said...

Fours Selena!

Mayan said...

GTG now
Farewell!

Nixion Strange said...

be back soon

Star Inkbright said...

*frowns* Where did my comnent go? I said fours to Maya, but then it disappeared!

*sighs* Fours, Maya: K, Nix!

Mayan said...

Annnnd I am once again B.A.C.K

Eve the ROCK said...

Okay so I'll do...

Italian
Music Technology
Drama
Geography
ICT


And something else....maybe Dance...nah....

Star Inkbright said...

WB Maya!

Nixion Strange said...

Okay, back for now, but then I have to go again, then I'll be back

Eve the ROCK said...

It's so weird, getting ready for high school....I'm too comfortable in primary school. Familiar teachers, familiar kids, familiar surroundings, familiar lessons.... Now it's all going to change. :(

Mayan said...

Hey, I was thinking, maybe we should make a kind of "class photo thing" for the Bloglandian Minions of 2012. Like if everyone just drew a pic of themselves then just edit all the pictures together on to one page. sounds weird now that I type it all out

Eve the ROCK said...

Ha! Tibi wants me to delete the picture I showed her of Slender Man and I don't know how to. She got nightmares, she said. I did too...then I came to stalk you guys at 5:30am to make me feel better. :P

Nixion Strange said...

I can't draw things on computer

Eve the ROCK said...

Not a bad idea, Mary Jane! But I can't draw.

Nixion Strange said...

Why does EVERYONE ignore me?!

Eve the ROCK said...

Actually, that's an AWESOME idea. Buuuuuut I still can't draw.

Eve the ROCK said...

Because you don't add 'Hi'!

Mayan said...

I'm not ignoring you
I am researching Hogmanay in another tab

Nixion Strange said...

So you'll welcome back Maya, but not me?

Mayan said...

Sorry Nixion I was distracted with homework
Ello-hay Nixion Strange!

Mayan said...

Silence fell when the question was asked

Mayan said...
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Nixion Strange said...

There was no question

Anonymous said...

Looking up random photos and here's a good one.
P.s I'm not going to stay because the random amount of homework my teachers set me
http://perfectlytimedphotos.com/perfectly-timed-photo/popular/21739-global-warming-the-birds-a

So hi and bye!

Nixion Strange said...

Bye Viv

Mayan said...

Hi Vivstar lol
@Nizion There kinda was a rheatorical question
"So you'll welcome back Maya, but not me?" :P

Nixion Strange said...

Gotta go again
Be back soon

Mayan said...

Bye Nixion!

Mayan said...

ANyone still here?

Mayan said...

Guess Not... So Byeeeee!

Eve the ROCK said...

*frowns* Nix, I didn't welcome back Maya. Or anyone, for that matter.

Nixion Strange said...

Why didn't you?

Star Inkbright said...

You didn't say BACK, Nix.

Star Inkbright said...

And anyways, I distonated. My sister was asking my questions like "why is the sky purple?"

Star Inkbright said...

*me

Nixion Strange said...

I did say back in my sentence

Drew O'Connor said...

Oh Nix, I think it's your turn for the Pleasant Dae story.

Lol, I've only realized that now.

Morning all!

Nixion Strange said...

I know it is, but I have too much on my plate
Hi Em!

Drew O'Connor said...

Oh alright,

I haven't really been paying it much notice either lol

I'm writing Deacon and Drew's big fight in my next chapter. I hope I can get it just right.

Drew O'Connor said...

Stress!! lol

I've never written a proper big fight scene in anything before.

Nixion Strange said...

Oh, I so want to write right now...

Drew O'Connor said...

Lol you can write my fight scene for me

But then... Yeah I know that's cheating

*sulks away*

Nixion Strange said...

*looks at Essay and bites lip*
I could... take a break, couldn't I?

Drew O'Connor said...

Of course ya can!

Essay writing can't happen unless you allow breaks for your brain to get creative.

Nixion Strange said...

Yeah, and a creative writing break is what I need

Drew O'Connor said...

Then go for it Nix.

You deserve it.

Nixion Strange said...

I do
I'm overworked

Drew O'Connor said...

I'm glad I could help lol

Mayan said...

Heelo again
I'm onluy here for a few minutes
watching the shotput

Mayan said...

Pretty quiet eh?

Drew O'Connor said...

Right I gotta head before the baby hulks out of his highchair lol

I'll talk to you all later on.

Nixion Strange said...

Bye Em!

Mayan said...

k Bye Emerald!

Star Inkbright said...

Fours Em!

Mayan said...

Hey Star!
Are either of you watching the olympics?

Nixion Strange said...

dinner
Bye!

Mayan said...

Bye! Have a nice dinner Nixion!

Mayan said...

Have to go now. Fare thee well!

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

*coughs then sneezes from inside a bubble*

its my quarantine bubble
dont want anyone else getting sick like me

oh, hi *waves*

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

hey L!!

oh god, i really am truely sick

*sneezes then pulls out tissues*

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

...and my spelling aint too good either

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

oh goodie!!

ive finished Deathnote!!
all of them!!

there is only 4, i think...

anywho, new book time!!

*pokes bubble*
it pokeish

Nixion Strange said...

I've had my cold for about 2 months now

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

i got my cold last night
i think its getting worse...

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

hmm
i have a lot of things to do but i just do the things that i WANT to do which is nothing that im meant to be doing

Nixion Strange said...

Try playing Slender

Eve the ROCK said...

Slender took AGES to load for me

Nixion Strange said...

It may have, I don't even remember...

Luciana said...

I dedicate to trust. It can sometimes take years to build up a true trust, but mere seconds to destroy it.
Though my trust has been obliterate more times than I can count, I still find that I can trust some of you here and the fact that I can do this shows that the world isn’t all bad. Love is trust. Trusting someone with your heart. Trusting someone with your very being. Trusting that they won’t break you and allowing them to know the real you. That is love. That is what real trust is.
Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it when it’s broken, but you can still see the cracks in the reflection. Trust is a gift. It’s essential in life, just as love is. Without trust, you’d get nowhere. Despite my trust issues, I manage to find that trusting the right people can change you as a person. I trust three people, right now…Kallista, Hellboy and Ellie. I know it may sound peculiar, but when one person betrays my trust it makes me feel like everyone will.
That’s the problem with trust. It’s all a game. A game of luck. If you’re lucky enough to find someone that will stop playing the game you know you’ve found someone you can always trust. I find that the best way to trust is to be yourself…
And so, I also dedicate to you. The person reading this. Not the façade that you may wear. Not this person you pretend to be. You. Because you are the best person you can be. I don’t like that people pretend to be someone they’re not. That’s why I hate myself. Because this person you all seem to see isn’t always me. I’m not always this person. Sometimes it’s me. But sometimes it’s not. Sometimes I am the person you want me to be. And I have decided it’s the end of that.
I am going to be me, from here on out. No taking crap from anyone else. No listening to these insults, because I am perfect just the way I am. Love me or hate me, I don’t mind. But, I do mind if you’re going to hate on yourself.
Ask yourself this question, why do I think so little of myself, sometimes? you might get closer to the problem. You might actually find the answer. Then you can learn not to hate yourself. Because all of these hateful words you tell yourself you are…They aren’t your words. They’re some jealous idiot that enjoys making people feel bad because of their own insecurities.
Don’t let people dictate your life. Trust in yourself. Find yourself. Derek’s so right and he has been since the beginning.
“The only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.”


Don't let anyone change you. You've got to love yourself. <3

Nixion Strange said...

You don' trust me? Why not? It's not like I was plotting to destroy you all, and I'm definatly not close to actually doing it or anything. Nah, pfffffft, I'm fine, I'm a good guy
*thumbs up*

Luciana said...

Sorry..

Star Inkbright said...

. . . I think that might have been your best ded yet. It links into what I was talking about yesterday.

Yeah. Be yourself. I'll try to be myself. I find it easier here. Easier than at school. At school I'm rarely myself. About everyone but my friends think I'm real quiet and barely ever speak. :) I lizten, though. I listen to all their conversations. I just don't join in much. I'm like that sometimes. But I love here. Here just feels so safe. And I don't really know how to put what I want to say into words. But thanks for that ded, coz you put some of it into words for me.

Nixion Strange said...

Jeez, nobody can't take any jokes no more

... That sentence made no sense, but I think it's meaning was as clear as mud

Star Inkbright said...

Of course it was, Nix. And what could be clearer than mud?

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

great ded L!!

wbd

Luciana said...

It's my second least favourite dedication.

Sorry, Nix. I'm just not in a joking mood, right now..

Nixion Strange said...

... Sand?

Star Inkbright said...

*scowls* I was playing badminton in my garden without shoes on and now my feet are all dirty.

Gabriel said...
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Nixion Strange said...

Hey Gab!

Gabriel said...

Anyone heard of Aus Zealand?

My friends are pissed.

Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

alright
ive got to go now

i should be back, if not, oh well

bye!!

Gabriel said...

Hey guys.

Nixion Strange said...

Bye Miss!

I've never ever heard of Aus Zealand
What does it mean?

Star Inkbright said...

Huh. Getting sand all over your feet is worse than getting mud all over your feet. Mud washes off easily and sand is irritating.

. . . But it is remarkably clear, yes. *peers in grain of sand* Wow! The future is sand clear in it! Who needs crystal balls???

My grain of sand says that I will eat a banana in less than a second. :)

*starts nomming banana*

*mumbles through mouthful of banana* Shee? My pwedishtion wash wight!

Star Inkbright said...

Hi Gab!

Fours Cain!

Nozo, Gab, but then, I'm Engalish.

Gabriel said...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/7425117/Aus-Zealand-currently-tenth-on-medal-tally

It's about something. Australia claiming NZ or something?

Luciana said...

Bye, Cain.

Hello, Gab.

Star...How can you ever say I am funny? Especially with some of the things you say.

Nixion Strange said...

Claiming?
Okay, I've got a solution to this problem... burn it
We are not one country. I will burn whoever said we are

Luciana said...

I have to go.
Bye.

Gabriel said...

Blame the Telegraph.

Well, I want to hunt the guy and then kill him.

Some people actually believes this Aus Zealand crap.

Gabriel said...

Bye Luciana!

Nixion Strange said...

Burn it
I will burn the Telegraph

Star Inkbright said...

Fours L!

*is hyperlinking it so I can follow the link on my phone*

Because you are funny?

Star Inkbright said...

*can't get there so is trying again*

Star Inkbright said...

*scowls* It keeps Page Not Founding me.

Nixion Strange said...

Not working Star

Star Inkbright said...

And, gtg, bb in 30 ins or so.

Eve the ROCK said...

I liked the first part of that dedication. The second part meant absolutely nothing to me because I am me, and I have always been me. You've never seen a lie. I'm me, and you all can always trust me to be me :)


Oh my god you are so right, Nix! NO ONE is taking jokes anymore! No one!

Nixion Strange said...

We come from the land-where-no-one-takes-a-joke!

Eve the ROCK said...

I bet it's the freezing cold they live in. Putting them in a no-jokes mood. *shakes head sadly*

Nixion Strange said...

It's summer though

Eve the ROCK said...

And how hot is it in their summers?? I bet it's, like, 22 degrees C

Nixion Strange said...

Yeah, but for them that's tropical

Eve the ROCK said...

Haha xD

CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT? WE GOT IT 40 DEGREES HERE DOWN UNDER!!!!

*looks up at sun* BRING IIIIIIT!

Nixion Strange said...

Give me your best shot

Eve the ROCK said...

If it weren't for us, yer wouldn't have yer Crash Bandicoot or yer Finding Nemo or yer Grease or nothin'

Luciana said...

Sorry for not being able to joke...*frowns* I don't mean to be like this..

Luciana said...
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Nixion Strange said...

Hi Luce!

Eve the ROCK said...

Talking to absolutely no one about nothing. What I do best

B. R. BEEEEEE!


That reminds me of the bee that flew out of the desk next to me. Ma buddies squashed it before I even knew there was something wrong, the little ninjas.

Luciana said...

Hello.

I need to finish Mockingjay.
I just can't bring myself to accept Finnick is going to die...And I cried because Cinna's 'I'm still betting on you' thing.

Nixion Strange said...

Two bees once flew into both my ears, and made me deaf for the rest of my life
Then I woke up

Nixion Strange said...

Mockingjay...
Have you read it before?

Eve the ROCK said...

Hi Lucy Anna!


Wawwza sain? Uhyeah, Be right back

(that's how me talks a lot)

Luciana said...

Nope.
I've not read Mockingjay before. ):
I just know what happens.

I think Catching Fire will end up being my favourite, though. Because Finnick and Haymitch and oh my god Everlark. <3

Eve the ROCK said...

I'd actually say berrabahk

I had a dream a bee stung my toe.

Luciana said...

Hello, Eve!

Eve the ROCK said...

Who's Everlark?

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