New Zealand, eh? Lovely country, full of lunatics...
I arrived on Tuesday, checked into my hotel and met up with a friend who's living over here. By nine that night, every time my eyes closed I was in serious danger of falling asleep right there and then. Only the fact that my luggage had been misplaced somewhere between Dublin and Auckland kept me from turning in early. It's not exactly a nice feeling, wondering if you're ever going to see your luggage again. You start thinking about all the clothes you packed, about the toothbrush, about the phone charger you might never see again...
I went to bed, then was woken at 2 AM by reception- my luggage had arrived. They delivered it to my room and I wept manly tears of joy. Or, y'know, I shrugged and mumbled a thank you and went back to bed. Whichever.
It's now Friday night, and tomorrow is my last day in New Zealand. It's been astonishingly good so far. Every school I've been to has been great- really enthusiastic people, ready to have a laugh. Two schools even did a welcoming Haka-type thing, which was awesomely cool.
The public signings have been great too. This afternoon I did one in the Children's Bookshop in Christchurch, where I met a load of readers, including Jordan, a girl who had kept me updated about her status after the recent earthquakes. It's always nice to meet people I only know online, and she had many, MANY questions to ask.
Tomorrow is my last day in NZ, and so the first chunk of my tour will be over. I've really enjoyed my few days here- this was a great way to kick off the tour.
EDIT:
I've just read over what I've just written, and it's all so sickeningly POSITIVE and nice. Bah humbug! There needs to be some grouchy stuff in here in order to be genuine- so I'll just say that I STILL haven't been able to see Katie Taylor winning the gold in boxing, and I am NOT happy about that. I can't even find it on YouTube.
Bah YouTube! Bah!
Every single Irish Minion knows who Katie Taylor is, and they're as proud of her as I am. What a girl.
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Anyone here?
Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi!
Hey All!!
hi! I want to be China's student!: (
HI!
hi! LOTS OF PEOPLE!
Hey All!!
How're you??
Good...getting more and more excited about KOTW. you?
SAME!!
Counting the Days!!
Watching the clock. I'm gfonna stay up all night, on the night it gets to zero.
I want the book now O.O
LoL
I am seriously looking forward to it!
I can already tell it is going to be awesome!!
I am curious about the Dedication in it!
Who doesn't want the book now?!
People in Australia and New Zealand. They already have it. Grrr
They don't count!!
We shall exile them until we get the book!
(Or not.)
bye i gtg
Bye!!
Nice to meet you!!
See ya!
I want KOTW I've reread DB over 20 times c'mon Derek, did you have to?
Fancy giving me my own copy? Just sending one to me. Just because I'm me and I'm awesome. Please?
Signed,
Dear Robin,
Stay Awesome.
Golden God .
Hello!
VALLLLL!!! *hugs*\
ADRAAAA! *hugs back*
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
Oh my god.... 3 more days....then I meet Derek.....
Eck. I don't know whether to bring Mortal Coil, Death Bringee and Kingdom of the Wicked OR the whole series. I mean, I don't want to be a huge bother, but...I don't want to regret not having all my books signed. I mean, this opportunity might only come once in my life.
(I gotta hurry hurrry hurry now quick quick quick ;P)
Hmmmm....
EVE!!!! *hugs*
The situation of trying to lend someone a book:
Dad: Ok, thanks for letting me borrow your book! I'll try to read it!
Me: Oh, wait, before you go, know that I will know everything that happens to it. I will notice ANYTHING that might have happened.
Dad: Okay.
Me: No dropping it. No sitting on it. No bending it, no spilling on the cover, don't leave it in the sun, no tearing the pages...
Dad: Oh, alright. *pretends to spit in it*
Me: No spitting in it, no bending the corners...
Dad: Geez, am I even allowed to touch it?
Me: Yes. But I will notice EVERYTHING. And don't smudge the pages.
Eve, bring them all!
YEAH, Eve!!!!
Lol there was a crayon smudge in one from a mate of mine... And a streak or chocolate.
I
was
SO ANGRY
Well, the only hardback copy I had to lend out was my collector's edition... It was SP, obviously. SO I WAS REALLY STRESSING IT.
I can see why...
Eve- bring 'em ALL!
Again with the coming on when I'm not here *forever alone*
*hugs Robin to make her feel better*
*then ties her to a tree*
*And throws her in a lake*
OH MY GOD DEREK YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
Sparky was just telling me about her handing you my letter.... I can't believe you remembered I was Ivy! YOU ARE SO AWESOME DEREK!
*is drowning in style*
*Is now being tied to a tree where Robin was*
Aawieyvn auybdhngmfciauyygjc
DEREK IS SO AWESOME
YES, YES HE IS! HE WOULD BE BETTER IF HE CAME TO AMERICA THOUGH.
(hint,hint)
I gtg people. BYE!
Yes, HE NEEDS TO COME HERE!!!
Bye Kestrel!
Bye Kestrel
HE'S COMING TO WHERE I LIVE AND WE ARE GOING TO KIDNAP HIM!
Oh oh oh let me help!
With pleasure Val! We could put him in a crate and send him off to you to hide him!
Hi Kal!
*is dead due to overload of awesome*
Yes! That sounds like a PERFECT idea, Robin!
It would be the best package EVER!
*freaks out again*
I CAN'T BELIEVE DEREK CALLED ME IVY WHEN SPARKY HANDED HIM MY LETTER.
Haha! Happy Val? A smidge maybe?
I wonder if he'll know me when I go to see him in September... What do you think?
A tad more than a smidge.
Sparky called me Val V. when she gave it to him and he said, "Who, Ivy? I could never forget her!"
Awhhh that's cute! Hehe!
I think he will, Robin. Just be sure tell him who you are from the Blog!
When I called my mumzy to tell her that he remembered me she started screaming in excitement in her office at work XD
Oh jeesus I'll tell him!
Haha my mum would be like 'who?' she refuses to read them books.
My mum read the first one, but it Bliss scared her so she refuses to read the second one.
That doesn't mean she doesn't know what happens, though. I talk a lot.
I wonder if he'd sign all my books if I brought them... HEY DEREK ANSWER THAT ONE FOR ME WILL YA?!
Fair - I read the first one to my brother. He read the rest on his own/
My parents won't read them either. But my friend finally got her dad to.
YES! U.S. would be the perfect hiding place!
I'll make my mum eventually. I'll forbid her from the other 24 books of mine she wants to read until she reads at least 5 chapters of SP .
I got my mum to read it, my sister, my other sister (she's reading Death Bringer right now), my brother, my cousin, and pretty much every other member of my family. I insist they read it.
Derek will sign all your books. He always does for any fan.
Really Em? What if I took my Harry Potter book? No, no! In that case. I'll bring them all! YAY!
So if I took him 27 books he'd sign them all?
AWESOME. He'll have to double sign 8 of them.
Oh, I cannot wait for next summer... I'M GOING TO IRELAND
IRELAND!!
And England!!!
WOOOP ENGLAND my land B)
And possibly France on the way...
AND MEETING DEREK!
France is nice, just don't let them rip you off - they will try!
Who hates homework?
I DO!!!
I am so jealous right now. I WANT TO MEET THE GOLDEN GOD!
Yep, I hate it too. But school hasn't started for me yet!
MonsterMouse my friend! Hello! I'm agreed!
I will go this time. I'm resolved to.
Kestrell!?!?!
I met you earlier right? Its ok, we'll force him to come next year.
Or in the water, are you north south, east or west in america?
winter, not water, sorry.
I'm in Florida. So..south. And HI!
I'm east. Ive resolved to go however far it takes to meet him. And if my dreams come true, give him a hug.
We are so far away from eachother!
Yes, I will definitely hug him. And ask him repeatedly to publish the rest of them here.
Yeah...
I'm English It's almost 1am!
Sigh... When will he do a new post?
DEREK? You should give a shout out to us Ameriminions because we are all alone.
-Robin So why the heck are you awake?
-Monster He has, several times
I have all of them, special ordered from Ireland.
I WANT TO LIVE IN ENGLAND!!! YOU HAVE AWESOME HATS!
no, on the next one.
Because I never go to sleep before 1am. I went to bed at 4 last night, 3 the night before that and 6 the night before that and I'm gonna shut up.
I have 'em all too. Yeah...true.
Hats, MonsterMouse? What hats?
GAAAhahahahahahahaheheheheheehneneneneneenenahahahahahahaha
England people wear hats. well, sorry, Facanators.
Facanators right? or am i just nuts?
Um...ok...I have to go :( See you peoples tomorrow!
Fascinators? You don't wear them in the States?
Im nuts. and dont leave me becaus ewe are so close to a new page.
Bye Kestrel!
We are
NO! because we are stupid!
or they are.
Huh?
I still wear them because im odd.
I america, I would be normal in England i suppose
My sentiments exactly Zafira!
Is Zaf here?
Lol im happy
HIIIIII!
We only wear them on special occasions.
Why is it telling me to skype? Go away!
I dedicate this page to oddness. And hugs from Derek. And facanators. ANd cats.
Odness is amazing, because its more being different and individual than being odd.
Higs from the Golden God are just amazing, I cant garuntee that but Im just guessing.
Facanators are awesome, So are people form england, because they wear them. And the have awesome accents.
Cats are just weird.
Lol i just ran to iPad nobody bothers me here
Wow, I SUCK at typing,
Late response:
I wear hats! And I'm in America!
In order to be irreplaceable you have to be different. Odd is good. Nice dedication!
Your point being? Theyre still awesome. And americans dont wear them at all.
I didn't say hats weren't awesome, I said I live in America and I wears hats.
Homework time, Got to go!
Nice ded! Now I need a hug from Derek
I like hats and I do own a fascinator actually. And several flower hair clips!
Bye MonsterMouse!
Bye Mouse!
Bye Mouse
I go now see ya!
Byz....lonely again
Hi guys!
Anyone here....
Hello! I'm sort of here!
Sort of? That makes sense....
Well, I am slightly preoccupied saving the world with Skulduggery.
What!? Not fair! Although I AM being trained by China..
Well, I'm his combat accessory, I have to do these things!
*heroic pose*
True.. And he probably hates me cause China is my mentor...
Always a possibility.
Sranger things have happened...
...And do, with alarming regularity.
I sy that randomly to people and they kinda look at me weird and then back away slowly..
Ha! That's what happens when ever I quote Skulduggery!
*frowns*
Which means an awful lot of people back away.
Lol. My friend and I have entire conversations consisting of quotes. People get VERY confused.
Us Ameriminions must stick together.
It's true.
And I do that too. Except I'm the only one who gets the quotes right.
Well my friend is almost as obsessed as me. And she is literally begging me to let her borrow KOTW once I get it.
My friend Amanda is begging too... I laugh at her! MWAHAHAHA! SHE WILL NEVER BORROW MY BOOK!
I said she could once I had read it 50 times. She almost cried.
Ha! Yes, being evil is fun.
I'm going to read it the instant it comes out. Literally.
I preordered it, so the instant I get Im gonna read it.
IM A BUTTERFLY! AND BUTTERFLIES DON'T NEED TROUSERS!
You still there?
I'm doing an SP fanfic...
Anyone here......?
I'm here now, but I left and went to a surplus store...
*sighs* My mum wouldn't let me buy a machete...
*gets to work on making a KOTW shirt*
I am so happy for Val, she got gold!
...?
OHHHHH I just realized that that is going to be confusing cause of Val the blogger and Val the epic crime fighter and older sister and a fictional character. I meant Valerie Adams, the shot putter from N.Z, she got a gold medal because someone cheated and yeah. Why did I say she got gold? Why not gold medal? AHHHH well.
Sorry for that.
*was
Ah, yes, that makes much more sense.
WOW, You opened up my eyes, you really are amazing!
ARGHH! THAT IS SUCH AN ANNOYING SONG, I HATE HIGH FIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mmmmmm, it does. I am leaving for a short period of time and will be returning. I may be a while.
Ah, okay then. I'll be making my KOTW shirt.
Hi, I am The happy one, nice to meet you.
Darn it.
Hi again
Oh nooooo My pic didn't work, oh stink.
Sorry, I was doing something...
Hi I'm back.
Hi I'm back.
That's okay, so I am new to this, what do you talk about around here?
I changed my name, I am more of a Harmony kinda person
I am so happy, I am making a blog right now! It's fun.
I take it you're new, then? Well hi! I'm Valkyrie V. and I'm certifiably insane. Nice to meet you!
We talk about pretty much anything, as long as it has some or no relation to Skulduggery Pleasant. So, basically, you can talk about whatever you want! But personally, I am not one for talking about romance. But that doesn't happen very often.
So, whatever you want to talk about we can talk about!
Okay, my first post was a fail, oh well.
Cool, thanks! I am not inclined to talk about romance either, I am just going to stick with good old anything else.
Hilo
Nix! *throws squirrel in his face* Hello!
Val, I have a confession to make, I am Selena.
I AM SO SORRY, I WAS JUST MAKING A WHOLE NEW BLOG ACCOUNT AND I WANTED TO BE SOMEONE COMPLETELY NEW, CAUSE I THINK AS SELENA I AM KIND OF ANNOYING AND I WANTED TO START A FREASH. Now I feel sad, cause that was tricking you. I am going to chat now as either Harmony or Selena, but I am not going to pretend. I am soooooo sorry.
Please forgive me.
Hi Nix. Um I am Selena.
I am going to shun myself. Goodbye.
I feel so sad, I can't shun myself, I have to wait to see what you say.
Why are you shunning yourself?
Please forgive me......
Because Val thought that I was a whole new person and that I was new and she was so nice and I was obviously not new or a different person and I feel terrible.
ARGHHHH why do I do things like this!
Oh, it's fine! I don't mind!
I will leave. No I won't, I know I won't. I can't.
No, don't leave! It's fine.
Are you sure???? Really? I feel terrible...
Heaps of people have done this. I've done it. Eve's done it. Mist's done it
Honestly, it's fine. It's not like you made a new account to be jerk to me or anything. So it's all good!
Oh, I've done it! *evil grin*
You have?
Okay, cool, thank you. Alright, so what's happening?
But I'll never tell you who I was! And it was only for a little while.
You have? WHOOOOOO WERE YOU????
I just made a shirt that says, "Good Morning. I see the assassins have failed."
...Is that concerning?
*waves hand airily* It doesn't matter who I was. It was no one important.
Come on, please.... I have done it before, I went from Vena Coil to Trinity Green, I forget that some people know Vena and some people know Trinity but don't know that I am them, anyway come on!!! Pretty please......????????
No it is not. Oh, dinner, bye!
Okay, don't tell me, but tell me this, have I met them?Tell me when I come back actually tell me now, quick, quickly I tell you!
QUICKKK
To late, I gotta go. bye! BE BACK IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR I GUESS
No you have not met them. It was when no one else was on. I think.
Well, there was more than one. But I don't do it anymore, it takes too much time.
False alarm, sorry :)
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