Friday, August 10, 2012

NZ

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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Noelle said...

*raises glass*

To A STAPLES STORE!!!

Star Inkbright said...

Hi Kal!

*raises Fruit Shoot* I SHOUT!

Cat said...

Hello Kallista Pendragon- the beautiful Goddess Queen(and theif in black)

Cat said...

what's fruit shoot?

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

Im ok sry i think im back

Cat said...

Why do you keep apologizing, Zafira?

Noelle said...

KKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!*tackle hugs*

Star Inkbright said...

Hi Zaf!

Fruit Shoot, Cat.

S'a fruit-flavoured drink for kids.

Cat said...

Oh...
Thanks, Ink

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

I feel bad fir my unexpected poofing

Star Inkbright said...

S'okay. :)

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

Lol its hectic my brother came over to put a fan in for us xD least he didnt break a door

Cat said...

DOnt worry about it, Zafira.

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

Me not worrying. Im laughing at my brother's stupidity. He talked to the fan. Apparently it talks back then he referred to himself in third person. Maybe Derek too afraid of us Ameriminions and our insanity

Cat said...

makes sense. I have a fish who talks to my kitchen table all the time.

Cat said...

And my kitchen table isnt een In the kitchen! it calls itself a kitchen table, but i think he's lying.

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

It was entertaining. I never knew that the fan talked back. Though I'm not sure if Rob is ok....he wanted to send me to Australia

Cat said...

What? Didnt you want to go?

Star Inkbright said...

Australia is AWESOME!

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

No I wanna go to Ireland preferrably Dublin so I can hunt Derek down at a signing. But nooo he wants to hand me over to the Funny-Accented-Minions

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

Kal your comment poofed

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

BRB my shower calls me. I need an idea for my fanfic anyway

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Glad you're having fun, Derek!


Now you just need to come to America and see how insane WE are.


ALSO! I have my money to go to Ireland to meet you! Except I don't know when I'm going... You should help me persuade my mumzy into taking me this October. I'm saying YOU should, because figuring how you're super awesome, that would be a good influence.


Just a quick comment, bye!

Cat said...

See you Valkyrie V.

Mayan said...

My signing is in 2 hours
I'm so excited that I've kinda forgotten what to do...
Watching Breakfast as well

Cat said...

Lucky you.

Star Inkbright said...

Gtg. :(

Might bbl.

Mayan said...

Is your country in the down under tour?

Mayan said...

GTG
Byeeeeee!

Cat said...

Bye you all!
Anyone still here?

Laughs like crazy-person said...

I LUV SP Soooooooo much im rerdin de series 4 forth time nd ill b done jus wen new bk is oit YEAH its actually sunny in ireland nd derek * silently laughs behind back* ahahahha i luv sp every1 sud lk at phil is not on fire

ke dog said...

http://youtu.be/65dszuYox0Y the full katie taylor fight

Cat said...

EHm
Hello Laughs like crazy-person.

Cat said...

Hi ke dog

Laughs like crazy-person said...

Ahahahhaha i hav a belly button ahahahahahah

Cat said...

I would hope so. otherwise you'd have had sugery or you'd be a genetically engineered mutant.
or a fish.

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

My country is not in the Down Under Tour though it should be, America that is.

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

I know Cat. Its just...I dunno we and Derek got to work together to cause sense in the publishers brains. But eh least he's happy in Kiwi world

Cat said...

At least there's
that.

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

Kiwi land xD

Damn Kiwis oh wellz

Cat its just you & i

Cat said...

You and me. Again.
this is rubbish.
we cant get all his books, we cant get them signed, we cant see him at our schools,
but we get to read his posts
about other people getting to.

Cat said...

No idea...

Cat said...

do you have a strong internet connection?

Cat said...

Hellow?

Cat said...

All right, Kallista Pendragon, The Beautiful... ....In Black)
Im going to guess that you can read my comments, even if i cant read yours.

So , how are you?
Okay? annoyed a little, maybe? that's not so bad.

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

Your comments might be mad xD or just internet funny

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Unknown said...

Oh my goodness, Derek thank you so fantabulously much for talking with Molly and I at the bookshop yesterday!
Yes, remember me? The one who had the camera on record when I was trying to take a picture? The interview was an amazing opportunity and I would never have missed it for the world.
Thanks again!

Cat said...

Ehm...

Hi Romy Gellen.

Cat said...

Zafira!

Cat said...

your eyebrows look funny

Unknown said...

Hello...
I am still recovering from meeting The Golden God.
Heh....
Erm...

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

Romy DETAILS tell us what it was like! Please

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

Oook...

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

HELLO????

Cat said...

Not really here but hereish

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

Cat!!

*explodes Em*

Iriminion come!

Drew O'Connor said...

Iriminion busy lol

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

Awww :( can I actually video call you?

Drew O'Connor said...

yeah go for it!!! Baby is asleep tonight lol

Noelle said...

Hello Blogland!!! The Empress is here to torment you once again.

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

Yes brb lemme get on

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

*explodes Dark*

Noelle said...

*kills Yogi Bear while cutting down a tree with a herring*

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

*arrests*

Noelle said...

*throws in boiling oil*

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

*shadow walks*

barmybex said...

Glad you're enjoying yourself.

If you want to watch the Boxing it's on the BBC Sport website. If you can get onto it where you are, here is the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/boxing/20120809

Enjoy. (hope it works)

Noelle said...

*kills Zaf*

you can join Em

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

*doesnt die*

im saaaaaafe!!!!!!

Noelle said...

*sends to Valhalla*

yes you are

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

*eats Dark*

Cat said...

Whoa. Look at all these people.
Valhalla! I AM COMING!

Hello Emrald... missed you.
Im going to be super-distant, sorry

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

DEREK I KNOW YOU AWAKE!!!!

*throws Derek in lake*

talk?

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

AHHHHHH MY ARM HAS GLITTER ON IT

Cat said...

EHM

Random Comments said...

hello, Blogland!
Zafira, why did you throw him in a lake?

Random Comments said...

and why are you killing each other?

Random Comments said...

What did I miss?

Random Comments said...

as to the earlier America comments, (to which i heartily agree) even Rick Riordan wants them to be published in America.

Random Comments said...

So WHY AREN'T THEY!!!!!

Random Comments said...

In other news, I finally got Death Bringer yesterday.

Random Comments said...

*everyone looks at me in sadness*

Random Comments said...

*Poor Ameriminoin* they think

Random Comments said...
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Random Comments said...

I heartily agree

Random Comments said...

why am I talking to myself again?

Random Comments said...

Hello....Is anyone there....

Random Comments said...

anyone??????????????

Random Comments said...

Apparently not. :(

Random Comments said...

WHY AM I ALONE????? DOES NO ONE LIKE SP ANYMORE????? SAY IT ISN'T TRUE!!!!!!!

Random Comments said...

If everyone else has left and given up, then I'll be alone here, talking to myself. don't make me keep talking to myself!!!

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

Sry on Skype with Minions

Random Comments said...

Someone's alive!!! yay!!!

...

WAIT...

you haven't said "IT ISN'T SO" yet...

Cat said...

Hello Random comments...

Random Comments said...

Cat's alive!

You haven't said "it isn't so, either!

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

Uhm

Valkyrie V. - Ivy said...

Hello!



*arrests Zafira*

Random Comments said...

Stop fighting!!! and say "It isn't so!"

Cat said...

I shan't.

Cat said...

Hellows?

Random Comments said...

so you've all given up on SP. I knew it! :( why are you still here then? :(

Noelle said...

*murders Val*

Random Comments said...

or are you just too lazy

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

NOOOOO

Random Comments said...

Stop killing people! and say "It isn't so!"

Random Comments said...

Cat, why do you keep adding a w to Hello?

Cat said...

What? Given up on Skulduggery Pleasant?
Never.

Cat said...

You dont like
it?
How's Yello?

Random Comments said...

then say "it isn't so!" were you not listening for the past hour?

Random Comments said...

just wondering if there was a reason.

Random Comments said...

I shall return momentarily.

Noelle said...

Random Comments. I'll have you know that most of the people on the blog now is Ameriminion.

And this is from someone who is stalking the blog. She is angry with you comments. and thus-

*slaps RC very hard across the face*

Cat said...

I wasnt...
Sorry, i was trying to
bandage up
one
of my guinea fowl's
feet,
so i wasnt...

Random Comments said...

I have returned!

Random Comments said...

I'm and Ameriminion! Why are you angry with me?

Noelle said...

*slaps very hard across the face*

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

*blows up Random Comments*

Random Comments said...

*an*

Random Comments said...

stop killing me1 and everyone else!

Random Comments said...

*me!*

Cat said...

Oh... I figurred it
out,
Random Comments.

It isn't true.
Silly child

Random Comments said...

I have returned! again!

Noelle said...

We care about Skulduggery Pleasant very much and we are not lazy!!!

Random Comments said...

there you go.

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

Wheres Derek?

Selena Gasp said...

Yeah New Zealand, whoop whoop!
I met Derek today. I would like to say I had fun, instead I have to say the Golden God made me cry...

Noelle said...

AND WE CAN KILL WHO WE WANT

Random Comments said...

then get selena! she saw derek! In NZ! without us Ameriminions!

Cat said...

Why Did the Derek Make
you Cry,
Selena Gasp?

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

Why Derek make you cry?!

Random Comments said...

Evil empress whatever- then say "it isn't so!"

Noelle said...

THEN LIKE HELL IT ISNT SO

Random Comments said...

cat- yello sounds like yellow. hello is better, but hellow will do.

Random Comments said...

finally!!

Cat said...

How is
Hello
better?

Random Comments said...

Why did everyone just attack me, anyway. if you're going to blow me up, I at least deserve the long speech about your evil plan during which i can escape.

Cat said...

'what's so funny about
the way
i talk?"

Yep. I just quoted Rudolph the red-nosed reighndeer.

Selena Gasp said...

Imangine, you have been waiting in line for two hours, you haven't had breakfast and your patience is dissolving. Then, suddenly, the line shifts and you can see the Golden Gold, three people later and then, Hello Selena, how are you? I am good thanks, you reply, stuttering and going red. Would you like your pic taken?

Oh sorry,I have to go, I will tell you why later, bye! (this is not part of my story)

Random Comments said...

it doesn't sound like a color (or colour, for the british people who aren't here)

Random Comments said...

*reindeer
nothing, i wanted an explanation.

Cat said...

I say
colour

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

I want to see Derek

Random Comments said...

oh. well then: (or colour, for cat)

Random Comments said...

say or write?

Cat said...

Hello is pointless and
conformant of the standards of the
sheeple of the world.
Where is the soul in that?

Cat said...

Say, Random Comments

Random Comments said...

was sheeple intentional? then use hellow or whatever. I just wanted to know the reason, which you finally gave me.

Random Comments said...

is that a reference to being followers or just because you felt like it?

Random Comments said...

and where are the people who keep killing each other. i need my evil bad-guy monologue!

Random Comments said...

I'm still waiting!

Random Comments said...

Where is it! outline your reasons for attacking me and your plot for world domination (or bunnies, I don't know, which is the POINT!)

Cat said...

*Evicerates Random comments, Jack the Ripper Style*
You bore me.

Random Comments said...

stop trying to kill me!

*dodges, trows acid at Cat*

Random Comments said...

*throws*

Cat said...

*Eviscerates

Cat said...

I didnt try.
* Pushes the acid away*
That went well.

Random Comments said...

where is everyone else. a fight to the death without spectators/participants isn't any fun!

Drew O'Connor said...

Now your just being a whingebag Random!!!

Either shut up and start having a normal conversation and stop wasting comment space or just get off the blog!!!!

STOP.... WHINGING!!!!

Random Comments said...

*shoves Cat under open window from which piano is conveniently falling.

Cat said...

*Takes Random Comment's Thums and fingernails before removing his scalp and prodding his eyes*
This is Fun!
*Takes Vertibrae*

Random Comments said...

and where were YOU!

Random Comments said...

*dodges, wonders how she survived piano, conks her on the head with a fire hydrant*

she, right?

Cat said...

HI Emrald!!
I havent seen you...
How are you? How
are the Daes in
Dublin nowadays?

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

Random Comments.....ENOUGH

Noelle said...

LOl CAT YOURE EPIC

Random Comments said...

Emerald-then say something! start a normal conversation!

Drew O'Connor said...

Going slowly but getting there Cat.

Random Comments said...

well, now that you're back...

Cat said...

That wasnt even a real Fire Hydrant.
That's a rubbish name,
anyway.

*Strangles Random with Random's liver*

Noelle said...

Nope

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

Daaaark

Derek get your Irish self online

Random Comments said...

have to get my liver first. that's cheating.

*impales cat upon a wooden stake*

Cat said...

That's brilliant, Emrald...
My Brother is being
a blob of glup.

"Hark, hark, the dogs do bark,
But only one in three
They bark at those in velvet gowns,
They never bark at me.

The Duke is fond of velvet gowns
He'll ask you all to tea.
But I'm in rags, and I'm in tags,
He'll never send for me.

Hark, hark, the dogs do bark,
The Duke is fond of kittens.
He likes to take their insides out,
And use their fur for mittens."


Hark, Hark, the Dogs do bark,
the cravens are going to bed,
some will rise and greet the sun
but Whisper will be dead.

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

I want Derek on...:(

Random Comments said...

not you, zafira, I mean to cat

Cat said...

*Dodges the Stake, snaps neck&

HEllo, the Empress

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

I actually enjoy conversing

Random Comments said...

cat, you can't recite poetry, you've been impaled!

Cat said...

Hellow, Zafira

Drew O'Connor said...

Well if you want to make conversation, don't come on accusing us of not being Skulduggery fans!!

Your starting to annoy me Random, either play nice or get lost.

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

Hiya

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

Me

Noelle said...

n

Noelle said...

JERK

The Boy With the Book Bag said...

Haidere! >:)

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

Love you Dark

Cat said...

I dodged your stake, My... friend?

*Removes lungs and chokes you with them*

Cat said...

Hellow SamE

Random Comments said...

then converse, zafira!

*jumps, backflips, kicks Cat in the nose, and uses fallen piano as a defensive perimeter

Noelle said...

WHO THE HELL IS SAME???

Noelle said...

nevermind

The Boy With the Book Bag said...

Hello Cat, you sexy kitten, you!

Random Comments said...

and I jumped over your attempt to steal my lungs...friend.

*flips on balconies, drops on cats head, gives her a concussion and retreats to the rooftops*

Cat said...

Her hands are as cold as her smile and almost as cold as her heart...
Her nights were spent in evil dreams and her days were given to wicked schemes.
Wickedly scheming, hse would limp and cackle through the cold corridors of the castle/

This is me^

Random Comments said...

cat,"you can't win this fight!"

The Boy With the Book Bag said...

ACTUALLY RANDOM COMMENTS YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

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