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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«Oldest ‹Older 3601 – 3800 of 4853 Newer› Newest»Hello RIM-Willow Suede-RIM
I gots Skype xD
is everyone "Skyping" or is no one talking?
Nah I don't skype anyone but my cousins. I'm watching field of dreams.
I'm not Skyping.
okay...
I am trying to procrastinate here
someone start talking
Anyone watching the olympics??
. . . Occasionally. Not much. My family is.
iwatch it at night, not rightnow, though
You're not heloing me procrastinate here.
I'm not good at starting convos!!!
How is your cat?
I don't have a cat, I don't like cats much. How's your cat??
Don't have a cat. :)
He's Adorable.
Do you have a dog, or any other pets?
I have
a bit of
a collection
of animals
some guinea fowl
chickens
a rooster
fishes
I've always wanted a dog, though
and a hedgehog
I don't have any pets, Do you live on a farm or something???
Do you do any sports or have any hobies??
A few...
You?
Same.
Why are you so shady?? It's like youre in the police protection programme...
I just
dont really
like
myself
talking about
Im just
i dont
i guess
i dont really
Ah thats fine then! I thought something was a little wierd... But it's fine :D
I have a rabbit.
thanks.
Although
i should tell you
i guess
that if you
think im shady now
in real
life
its a little worse
in real life
no one knows
how many animals i own
or that i like writing
i just dont tell people
things like that
i hate talking about myself...
hard enough being in my head all day
i say more on this blog
than i do all day
all week, sometimes
O.o
Is your profile pic of Marcelin, Willow suede?
Yup KOmodo :D
@Cat, at least you can talk here :)
How o I get to Aquila's blog?
I like rabbits.
Gotta go!! Bye!! *hugs*
BYE!
Cat, have you read dreaming of amelia?
I think so...
Amelia and Reily, right? those
where a few charecters, right?
Ashbury School?
I was wondering because your typing looks a bit like that of amelia's in her blogposts.
i havent read
it in
years... But i didnt like it
much,
so i dont really remember
what
that was...
Hi Komodo! And, no idea how you get to Aquila's blog. If you follow it, you can click on your display name to view your profile and then click on the name of her blog, which will be under "Blog I follow". If you don't follow it, sorry, can't help ya.
I dont know
who that is.
Well, it turns out that Aquila's not on her blog.
SILENCE!
Why is everybody all quiet?
Mustache
I lost the game
Because Silence has fallen. :)
Who here plays Temple run?
I played a handful times... I dont know what a good score is though.
I got to around three million last time, but...
That's a really good score.
Hmph.
I don't hink I've ever gotten over 2,000,000
oh.
sorry... i didnt mean to
brag or anything...
sorryy
uhm... maybe its easier
on an iphone than... something else?
Since I can't lord over people with temple run skill, how about, Mariokart?
i dont have
a, ehm...
Game thingamajigger
fir whatever that is, so...
yeah. lord over
me!
It doesn't work if the other person doesn't play the game.
oh.
Sorry...
Ehm
Alchemy?
I dont have the last harry potter game?
Lolwut?
I'm goig to play temple run now.
I'll still be on like, but distant.
SHIT!
I DIED!
And I only got 578,272 points.
HAH!
was you eaten by evil demon monkeys?
How about chess? do you play chess?(jk- i only ever play with myself)
Cat, what's your username on game center?
Try just not checking your score during the game.
game center?
I try not to.
Yeah, wityh the leader boards.
And the friend requests.
I dont know... technically,
Its my dad's
Iphone...
Oh!
Have you ever played Zombie Highway?
NOOOO! 1,000,000 POINTS!
Nup
do you go for the coins?
My brother is ACE at Mariokart Wii. He's unlocked Mirror and everything.
OH GOD DANGIT!
I've unlocked mirror too.
Does he play online?
Mirror?
WHen the courses are inverted.
Oh. Are the controls inverted too, or...
Who here plays minecrafr?
The controls are normal.
Well, does anyone here play minecraft? And is the blog normally busier than this?
The Blog can be Really busy...
but sometimes
its just me, or me and Zafira, or,
like now,
me and
you...
Ive done a little
minecraft, but...
ive done ddo, wow
runescape
My brother is really into that kind of thing
so i try a lot
of games
Are you in
America?
Nope, me don't play minecraft.
Sometimes it's busy. It's usually busy for more than it was today, actually. *frowns*
*is an Englandiminion*
Sorry guys, got to leave now! BYEW!
Bye.
Ink, do you have any writing on a particular blog you wouldnt mind me reading?
Fours!
MY BLOG! inkystar.blogspot.com, it's at.
Wait! am i all alone now?
Hello I am Chloe, do yoi have a fan mail address. I would love to send a personal letter to you. If. You do could you please share it:)
Thank You
I really want to send a letter... dont know how though.
Hello my name is Chloe and I was wondering if you had a fan mail address ? I so, what is it ? :) Thank You
Don't think he does, Chloe. Sorry.
Oh :/ that's a shame
It is. :(
*grins evily* I shalt not get first.
Yeah, well...
what is there to do?
Emrald and iriminions are so lucky
And those New Zealanders. Austrailians.
grr.
I Dedicate to Ameriminions, who, of course, diligently follow The Derek and Order the books from overseas and try to send letters
and to Derek, who wrote the books in the first place, but -1 for not telling us how to send letters...
to Skulduggery, Cuz he's a skulduggery who is so hard to be...
to bloglanders in real life, because its so much easier to be here
than to be in real life
and for stories again, because no one could see...
Derek, why dont yyou post an adress we can send you letters to?
To musicians, who write the music, to toes... so much to say.
But I'll stick with stories
and people who need them.
*smiles* Good ded..
*looks mournfully at the yellow pages of my Gone book, which my inky fingers ruined, and my attempts to get rid of the inky fingerprints ruined further*
I'm mortified. I ADORE my Gone books.
Hellows?
Is anyone alive...?
I am alive.
Barely.
I'm confuddled.
Blogland..
Just died.
Like there was quick-lime..
I know, this place has become more boring the last few weeks.
It's like everyone has just lost their... their... pisaz!!!
I was just going to come in and say bye...
Why are you saying bye Lu?
Leaving.
Leaving everything apart from my Facebook page.
At least for now.
They betrayed my trust.
Shattered me.
Changed me.
Betrayed me.
After fixing me.
Played with me.
Just broke me.
I give in.
Until I can fix myself, I don't want to bring everyone down.
And I definitely don't want that constant reminder that they don't even seem to regret it.
Who did what to you Lu?
*Hugs*
Want me to kick their face in?
You don't even know them. It's okay.
I just don't know who to trust.
I guess this is goodbye to Blogland. Or, at least for now...
Bye, Em. Thanks for everything, it hurts to be leaving you. To be leaving all of this. *gestures round to Blogland* I know I look weak and cowardice right now, but I don't care. I am weak. I'm not bothered who knows it. Oh well.
It's been an honour knowing you all. *hugs* Goodbye. X
Hi Emrald
Lucy? What happened?
Lucy, If your still reading this...
you could never bring me down.
I am at the bottom already...
and you can always stand on me
to keep yourself a little higher.
And Im sorry if i was the one
who did this to you
Im sorry
and I dont know what i did
but whatever it was i wish
i could take it back.
You cant leave me now
not now, not after that
someone come back! i cant
keep listening to my own echo
i cant
someone has to come back!
someone?
please?
There are six billion people and how
am i the only one here??
I'm here. I was the first comment, so i guess this counts as coming back.
And there are now over SEVEN billion on the planet.
I'm here Cat sorry, I'm just fecking around with the laptop.
fecking.
very delicate.
Hi emrald.
So will you ask the Derek my
question?
or do you think he's fed up with me all ready?
I havent seen you too much, recently. :(
but i'm re-reading your story, from chapter one through...
seven billion now? when
is this happening?
Last year, I think.
What ho, comrades!
Cake man!
Cake man? Why is he cake man? or was that completely off-topic?
It's relatively off topic. Actually Cat, I believe that treat you are looking for is pie.
Have you ever heard of Pieromancy?
By the way, it's a pleasure to meet you.
He said that i could call him
Cake man...
See,
I call you Random Comments
i call l Lucy
i call Kallista Pendragon Queen... ...(and theif in black) that.
I dont change names unless
they say i can,
and he said that
i could call him cake man.
it fits, doesnt it?
No, Sir
I suppose, Cat
Of course I'll ask him your question Cat lol
And thank you for re-reading my story. You don't have to :) That means a lot.
I know i dont have to.
Ehm
*whistles, bored out of my mind*
Well, I'm going swimming for the next hour.
Have fun being bored!!
I dont want to keep writing- i mean i do, but
i cant. so.
ive got, two minutes, maybe? and then im off
but re-read book two as skulduggery,
you know
read how close to home
its hitting
read how afraid he must be
of what will happen
when he finds his armour
hi peoples of the world
Hey !!!
Em, can you give me Chatzy link??
?hm?
IM HERE
THE EMPRESS IS IN LE HOUSE!!!
Hello, the Empress
Hello, Cat.
How art thou doing today
Not well at all, monseir
but thanks for asking.
You?
monseir? I'm a madame, ta :D
And I'm being American.: P have anything you want to share? It's alright it you don't want to, you don't have to... But you know
Oh... the usual
my life, pain, my life
the rest of it doesnt matter
Sorry...
I use monsier, never madame
Madame is a word that freaks me
out
Ah I see...
*laughs* okay, whatever floats your boat ;D
*dances around*
Tick tock, goes the clock
he held her and he rocked her
tick tock, goes the clock,
even for the doctor
Hi
How are you, Flame Pheonix?
AHHHH ITS JEYSUS
Why you screaming,
the Empress?
Hello
VALLL!!! *tackles*
ADRAAAA! *tackles back*
Ehm, Hi Valkyrie V. Cain.
How are
you?
I STILL GOT MY LUNCHBOX
Hi Cat! I'm good. I'm trying to find the link for the T-shirt I wanna buy. It has a giant picture of Matt Smith's face on it :D
OMIGODMYFREAKINGMOTHER
Apparently
she's had
The End Of The World
for a month
now
and she HASNT TOLD ME!
SHE HASNT EVEN READ IT!
SHE LOST MY BOOK!
Why Matt Smith?
Christopher was a WWAAYYY better
Doctor.
David Tennant
was a better doctor.
DAVID TENNANT IS MINE
Well, Matt Smith is my favorite so I pick him. You guys can like the other ones better but I like him best.
The fury of a timelord...
Yes, Matt Smith DOES have a helluva lot more anger than other Doctors
Okay.
But can we
agree
on my mother
being cruel to me?
I luv the anger
But I cant
furget
my furst
i've got to goooo... Sorry yall
*hugs*
Bye Adra!
Wbd
I am ALIVE!!!!
Good for you.
I broke the internet today xD
I was in the mall at the Blog REFUSED to load even though i got wifi
Okay, im gonna go cook dinner for myself...
Brb
See you when you return.
Im here eating xD
Em must be stalking us
*throws Em in lake*
Lakes are so boring.
*Takes Em out, dries her with a volcano, and feeds her to a flying monkey*
I think I need to rewrite my letter to HarperCollins
Im ready to KILL....
My dad hasta proof read it so i sound smart and dont curse them cuz i nearly have several times
My point PROVEN i walked into Barnes & Noble today and checked everywhere for the SP books. Just to see as i own all that are piblished (minus KOTW). Not one trace. I played dumb and asked for help and the workers couldnt even figure it out. They prove my bloody point
How do you send a letter to the Derek?
Give me a sec. I'll give you address. Its not his obviously but you send to author mail then they send to Derek over in Ireland. I think Derek loses things easily. If he lost mu letter I'd virtally bite him
Here ya go
Derek Landy
C/O Author Mail, 7th Floor
HarperCollins Publishers
10 East 53rd, New York , NY 10022
Hey hows everybody doing? I havent been on in like a month because my laptop broke (Toshiba so it shouldnt surprise anyone) and i had to send it to get repaired. So I sent it to toshiba to get fixed and after two weeks i got it back. However when i got it back it still wouldnt work properly so i had to send it back again. when i got it back it was about three weeks to a month later. This time however it seemed that they fixed the original problem, but now my keyboard was all screwed up (not typping letter had to press a letter somtime 5 to 10 times to make it work). I just got fed up so i opened it myself and cleaned the whole thing and made sure everything was functioning.(Lesson learned, dont buy cheap korean electronics)
So... will you be here often, now?
Lol hey i wrote out mu letter to HarperCollins if i post will you give me feedback
Derek if you read you can tell me your thoughts it'd help...
Of course, if you want.
Hopefully but i wouldnt be surprised if my computer kicked the dirt again anytime soon. I would go out and buy a new one but i have to go to college in a year and id rather wait till then to get one im just confused on how this whole situation occured in the first place.
What happened with you and Harper and Collins?
Just read xD
Dear HarperCollins,
I am writing this in regards to Skulduggery Pleasant. I am an American fan of the series. I have participated on Derek Landy's Blog and have come to find an issue. There has never been an American Tour. I am fully aware that there are less American fans then other countries. Though there are reasons. First off three of seven books are currently sold in America. If people are going to read the series they'll want to find the whole series. Not just three books. It is expensive to buy overseas. It was cheaper to buy the books sold in America then the ones that were not. Not everyone owns a Kindle or Nook. Next there is no advertisement of the books. I walked into Barnes and Noble the only local bookshop by me. I searched high and low and found not even one of the books. I asked a worker for help then. Even they did not know what I was referring to. If Mr. Landy was sent to America that problem would be fixed. If he went to different schools across the country children would hear of the books. I did a report on one of Mr. Landy's books in the series. My teacher showed it to all her classes. Most of the students in her classes went straight to the library for the first book and immediately began to read. If they had not heard of the books they would never have read. If one person managed to get a lot of stidents reading imagine what would happen if Mr. Landy himself spoke to an entire school. America is a pretty big country and the books could do so well if only there was effort made. Even if the rest of the series cannot be printed in America at this time please at least consider sending Mr. Landy over on tour. There are fans here in America who are dying to meet him. There are plenty of people who are clueless of his books that can be enlightened. I hope you will take this into consideration,
Sincerly
Erin Tortora
I know commas are missing strangly the comma button died after my first use
Wow that sucks and i understand where your coming from completely. Im from Canada and i to really wish their to be a whole continental tour of North America, which in it self would be a great way to advertise Dereks works. However one thing that seems strange to me is the availability of the books in Canada compared to America. Whenever i go to the bookstore in our local mall (Smiths books, owned by chapters) The Skulduggery books are all their, every single one including the ones with the new covers as well as the old ones. The books are also ussally their the day of its world wide release or a few days afterwards. This seems really weird because America has a much larger population than Canada.
I've died several times due to lack of Derek Landy in the U.S.
See the first three are sold in America. If you wanna read the rest you gotta go off Amazon. I have no problem but,,,its EXPENSIVE to buy overseas
I found one spelling mistake, which was stidents instead of students, but i read it really fast so their may be more.
Well, Val do my idea and WRITE
Please don't take anything I say
as an insult...
but there are a few things iwould touch on
The reason the second trilogy
isnt released, is they cant make
enough money here.
because ther are not enough
books in the stores
to attract attention
to the series, ergo,
more books here is like
an investment, so they
will still keep their pockets deep.
*insert glare here*
try combining sentences, mentioning
thta the only reason Derek has
less fans here is there is less publicity...
and they can figure it
from there
oh! kind of unrelated.... but i got Death Bringer before
a friend of mine...
she kept sniffing it as i read it...
smelling the irish.
there, not their, Maxis raymont
You know their is a easy solution to this problem guys. You can after all move in with your friendly neighbors, Canada. :)
Ya they are Cat? I got all the books from them except deathbringer which i got on kobo but i did see it their. I live in Ontario which is the most populated province in Canada so that maybe why but they do sell them here
Lol! N'aww. Its just WEIRD how we cant freakin buy the books
Hearing this i feel real bad for you because its been really easy for me. I definently think you should send the letter and to all the other American fans you to should voice your opinion concerncing this matter, who knows maybe you can change something.
we should write a basic letter to the pulisher and anyone can copy it and add anything and send it in.
but can you get a letter to the actual Derek?
like a petition, only more annoying
Cat the address i posted is for mail sent to Derek. But my letter i have just posted is going to the publishers
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