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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Bye!
Byeeee Nixion
What a odd lamb............................
It should be called Harkness
Bye Nix!
BTW for writers group you need to write a story about a photo... or likewise I has forgot.
I know which photo I am using!
*fangirls!*
Why...........??????????????????
OH MAN I WENT TO ROOM TWO, NO ONE WAS THERE GRRRR can it be any type of story??????? And can I do it?
Because....... If everybody was named by whovians the world would be a better place. Anyway it is a goodlooking lamb. annnnnnnnd that is a good reason!!
I think so... ANd yes you can do it. I told Mrs C that you and Felicity meant to come but forgot.
Oh dinner, be back soon ish ly, be sorry to leave you :(
Oh thank you, thank you very much. so any picture, from anywhere? Or does it have to be yours?
k Byeee!
I think it is just a photo you like I'm not really sure...
Oh man, dinner is over, yet I am still not allowed. Grrr. I vill be back
Hai!
*sings* Ooooobamas Elf!!
Yay for blogland
D: So the tour finishes on Saturday?! :(. Forgot about it. Really wanted to meet Derek Landy. Good thing your having fun on the tour...well..at least that's what your telling us. Even though you know your amazing, let me say..YOUR AMAZING AT MAKING THE SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT BOOKS!
And now,I will wait until the next extra-extra-author does a tour in N.Z I'll probably be 13+ by then. Considering I'm 11. Visit Palmerston North if you can and have some of the food at the Hokowhitu winter bakery!
Yours Somethingly, Leonardo!
Hi Matex, hobbit!
heyy there
. . . OMGG that was a lot of comments to read.
If that arguement ever comes up in conversation.again, I have a few things to say to people, but if it doesn't, I won't say anything coz I don't want to be the one to go on about it.
HILO!
HELLO NIXION
I have to go now. Byeeee!
I may be back
. . . And now no one's here.
Unless someone pops up before I post this.
I should have got here earlier, but I was in that half-awake half-asleep state where you can start thinking of something and it turns into a dream, but you can stop and wake up fully at any point. I was like that for over an hour, dreaming/thinking about stuff . . . Then I woke up fully and was reading Hunger . . . Then I had breakfast, and after that I was reading all the comments . . . In fact, why am I writing all this?
Hi Nix! Fours Maya!
Because you are crazy, star :P
Ah, so everybody said hi to Nix, but nobody greeted ME? :(
It's my own fault really. People don't always notice you arriving if you don't say hi. And I didn't.
I am, Matex. I am IOUE.
And I'm an EIOUEMGG.
I didn't get your comment until after i said hi to nix :(
But yeah it helps if you say hi first c:
am i supose to know what those words means >.>
I even forget Matex, don't worry about it
IOUE = Insane Outsane Unsane and Exsane.
EIOUEMGG = Extremely Insane Outsane Unsane and Exsane Minions of the Golden God.
EIOUEMGG is pronouced I-owe-you-a-mug.
HEY! OUTSANE WAS MINE!
How come you stole it?
the sense behind that is practically virtually literally and almost certainly un-non-in-existant.
*sighs* You've know about EIOUEMGG for MONTHS. It combines all the version of . . . *thinks* all the versions of anti-sane that the Minions are and have come up with.
I'm talking about IOUE
Hmm.
I don't actually have a good answer for that.
Right
Bad.
^^^That was my bad answer. Coz I didn't have a good one.
Okay, I'll stop using IOUE.
^^^And that was my okay answer.
This place is too dead.
The comments use to fill up on the same day Derek wrote the post...
Speaking of which, where is Derek at? He should join in these conversations more often!
He never does
He's either on a plane of talking to some kids
He's on tour. He's too busy to blogspeak, I guess.
He does blogspeak occasionally.
He did for a month. Then he stoped
And I shall reluctantly leave my solitaire app and attempt to be less distant.
Yes Yes yes i know hes on tour but when hes at hotels and stuff he should come on here more often, not just when he is writing a new blog post!
Silleh Derek.
You dont have to quit solitaire :( I am doing other stuff too haha, we just need more people i think
Yeah. First he was busy writing his book, so he never blogspoke. Then he finished the book, and stqrted blogspeaking. Then he went on tour, so the blogspeaking shall end.
He stoped before the tour, and after he stoped writing
Wait until you come to Australia! New Zealand may be brilliant but we'll just blow your mind. Literally. So windy here at the moment; I'm afraid it's not very enjoyable.
Hi Cal!
I think I'm addicted to my solitaire. :)
Everyone thinks it's boring but I like it coz it helps me think. I can't sit still/stand still/lie still and think. If I fiddle I can sometimes think, but that's bad for my fingers (coz they end up getting chewed). Walking around is a GREAT way to think. So sometimes I just walk around my room in circles. But playing solitaire also works. :)
*laughs* Hi Cal!
Hello everyone! How are you all?
I don't like solitaire, ahaha but it's only because I'm dreadful at it.
Hey Cal :)
Star, walking IS pretty good, i like going outside for long walks :)
I like Forty Thieves solitaire best. But I like all solitaire. I have a solitaire game on my DS, but I prefer playing on my phone coz my phone has an online leaderboard.
I just like random walking. *laughs*
I got your email, Star. With the 'Keep calm and...'
It was amazing - honestly just absolutely brilliant!
Thanks! :)
Silence has fallen.
YoU sHouLd KiLl uS AlL oN sIghT.
Not the Silence!
Where did Nix disappear?
*shrugs* Dunno. He might be . . . He might have . . . Um . . . I dunno.
He might have a keyboard face again. *explodes into giggles*
Hello!
*tries not to blink*
when you think about it weeping angels and silence are similer-ish
Actually, I finished season 5 of Doctor Who yesterday. Lots of tears were involved; but aren't they always.
My favourite episode so far has to be Vincent and the Doctor; there's just so much... emotion in there.
What about you?
Hello Maya!
IM IN THE BUSINESS OF MISERY
Hi Maya!
*sets Star on fire*
I don't have a fav epispde . . .
I like lots of them best.
The lodger! :)
*starts laughing again irl*
*jumps in lake with hiss of steam*
KEYBOARD FACE.
Ah, I liked that one.
And the ones with the weeping angels.
And the star whale one.
And . . . I like a lot of them.
*uses air to pop Star's lungs*
The star whale one was was really good.
The weeping angels were so scary; it was such a good idea that Moffat had but d'arvit; it was terrifying.
I didn't really like the beast below episode. Not sure why though...
*stops laughing due to not being able to breathe*
*uh-oh*
*dies*
I like scaryness. :)
*people, who would lile their identities to remain secret so Nix can't hunt them down and kill them, come along with masks on and cut my brain out of my head. They attach the brain to a machine and fiddle around with a few knobs. My brain is now working again, using the machine to give me a voice*
Hi.
OMGG my new voice is weird.
*finds machine*
Odd looking thing
*is using cameras on the machine to see* It's freaky, seeing in so many directions at once.
T'is, innit?
*'Tis
*clicks fingers and summons flame*
Hmmm
*uses wheels under machine to slide away slowly*
*follows*
I wonder...
*sliiiiiiiiides the left*
*sliiiiiiiiiides to the right*
Criss-cross! Criss-cross!*slides quickly to the left then right*
Ev-ry bo-dy clap your hands! *realises the machine can't clap* Aw.
brb
One hop this time! *realises the machine can't do that either*
Stupid song. It has no considoration for machines.
Back
*shurgs and sets fire to the machine*
So I'm thinking of Necromacy as well as elemental. What do you think?
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
*sliiiiiiiiiiides to the lake*
*puts fire out*
*tries to slide out the lake*
*realises the water broke the machine* Ah. That could be a problem. *is immobilised under water*
Well, at least I don't need to breathe. :)
*mechanical voice echoes up out of lake* Good idea Nix.
Where'd everyone go?
Into the lake. *gazes at the tiny fishes swarming around me*
*sighs*
*dives into the water and looks at machine*
No, I'm not in the lake, I'm watching your every move, hiding in the shadows, reporting to my leaders...
*creeps back into the shadows and leaves*
Hi Val!
I told you to go with necromancy!!! :P
I'm not really here, I just felt like saying something...
*backs away and shadow walks somewhere else*
*uses water and own strength to push mahcine out of lake*
Yeah, but I also like being an elemental. I might do both, but it's so cliche
Hi Ivy! *goes flying out of lake* WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
*smashes against cliff with sound of breaking metal*
*staticy, crackling voice* Ah. Not cool.
*rolls eyes*
...
*sets fire to remains of machine*
Least my brain wasn't harmed. It's in the centre of the machine. *tries to point, but fails coz I have no arms*
Hey Derek, remember me from Wellington? :) I pointed out that horrid mistake by the publishers. Page 30!
AHHHHH!!! *tries to wheel away but wheels aren't working*
Noooooo . . . *turns to ash*
dinner
Bye!
Have you still got my notes?
*people in masks come and place 2cm by 2cm by 2cm cube on the ground*
*mechanical laughter comes from box* Mwah ha ha . . . They took a copy of my brain! :)
*looks through miniscule camera* Huh? Why is everything so big?
. . . Oh, right, I'm small.
*looks at retreating masked people* Whyyyy? Me no like being small.
Fours Nix!
Now, I wonder if I have wheels . . . *tries to sliiiiiiiide to the left*
*hasn't moved* Apparently not.
Erm... *Uses Tardis to undo all this crap and bring back the original Star*?
*claps for Matex*
YAY! *hugs Matex* I mean, the machine was cool, but that box was just . . . :/
*returns the hug* :)
Agreed!
DOUBLY agreed! I couldn't even slide. *shudders*
i'm an Irish minion so i know who Katie Taylor is wish i could fight like that
*pushes air and sends Star flying*
Hi all!
Hello?
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
HELLO EVE!
Hi Eve and Nix! *turns into puddle of ink* Mwah ha ha. You cannot get me now. :)
*pushes air to push ink into lake*
Sorry for disappearing. Had to walk to the post office and post a few letters.
*disolves into lake* I AM THE LAKE!
Or part of it, anyway. *makes a wave and splashes down on Nix's head*
*uses magic to spreed the water right where I am*
Not a drop on me
*trickles back into lake* Okay, okay. New plan.
*uses fire to turn water slowly into steam with one hand, and the other hand is pushing the steam away, until it's completly apart*
*turns back into human and climbs onto dry land* Are you steaming the whole lake?
*frowns* Nix, are you an Elemental now?
Next time, make sure you have your name and address written on a couple sheets of paper, and stick those into the min pockets of your suitcase(s)
BUT WHY WON'T YOU COME TO AMERICA? *cries*
Oh, and that match was epic, by the way. I stayed in Malahide on my trip to Ireland and she fought on the last day of our trip, so we went to Gibney's, got fries with bacon and cheese, Cokes, and for my mom, a Guinness. Sit down and do the same for yourself. Then scream at the match like you have no clue who's going to win.
It's fun.
:D
Hi Finoa!
Who I thought was Taia for a moment
Yes Eve, I am now an elemental
Hi Fiona!
@Eve: Yeah, he kind of is.
its blogland, we can be whatever we want :)
Cool :)
Yeah, I know, Matex, I was just asking because Nix was talking about changing his magic before. Just catching up on things :)
Kayzo.
well.
its so loud in this comment section that i can barely hear myself think...
IS IT?! I HADN'T NOTICED! EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE TALKING AT NORMAL VOLUME TO ME!
PARON?
So Nix, you're not Adept anymore? Or are you both?
WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT ADEPTS, EVE?
Just elemental for the moment, but I may also be a necromancer
@Nix: ELLIE-WHAT?
....but don't you hate necromancers?
No Eve, his CHARACTER hates Necromancers.
My character hates nercromancers
Lets all calm down I was totally using a heavy load of sarcasm there -_-
Yeah, but aren't you changing your character to Elemental/Necromancer as well?
Course I'll calm down. *runs around in circles screaming*
Of course not. I would have to change Nix and Mist compleltly, my history compleltly
Oh, okay. I gotcha. But if you were to use Nix in any future stories...?
He'd still be a bonebreaker
*stops running and screaming* Lynxia's using Nix in a story.
*nods* Okay then. So it's just Blogland Nix who's an Elemental.
Exactly!
*taps head with 1 meter ruler* I'll keep that in mind, Nix.
*metre
*opens door in side of head, folds up one metre ruler, puts it in hole, and closes door*
And I'll keep THAT in my mind, too.
:(
*is left with 30cm ruler*
*munches it*
*smiles and offers Eve 2 metre ruler*
Yay! *munches that too*
AGH! I JUST SAW THE TIME!
Wow! The time is a ninja!
*sighs, opens door in head, rummahes around, pulls 1 metre ruler out, unfolds it and hands it to Eve*
*looks at clock* It's nine thirty pm for Eve and ten pm for Nix?
MWAH HA HA.
I am a time ninja munchkin.
Star, where are you?
England.
And it's 1:15 pm.
Going
Bye!
*taps head with ruler*
Fours Nix!
*taps head with gluestick*
GOOOOO KATIE TAYLOR! Derek, I assure you, she was fantastic. My friend Jack was over, and he went all pale and I started stuttering (stuttering? ME?!?!) when they were announcing who won. When they said Katie Taylor we started screaming and throwing popcorn in the air. A momentous occasion that will be treasured forever :D
Hi IloveValkyrie! I'm guessing you'll ded the page to Katie Taylor???
Hellow, ILoveValkyrie and Ink.
Hoe are you all?
Fine. Hi, Cat!
Hello Ink :) Yup. THIS PAGE IS NOW DEDICATED TO KATIE TAYLOR, WHO DID IRELAND PROUD IN THE OLYMPICS 2012 WHICH WAS IN LONDON, ENGLAND ON THE 8TH OF AUGUST 2012, ON A THURSDAY (I THINK) FOR IRELAND. I SHALL STOP NOW.
Heh heh. Me and my messed up sense of humor :)
hello Derek!!! Just back from France, literally. you posted that blog on my birthday!!!!! i am thirteen now and i saw Katy Taylor's boxing match was brill!!!!! G2G got to unpack!!!
Hello Cat. I am tired because I was up all night screaming about Katie Taylor to my Ameriminion cousins. :D
Hello Sky! :) I loved Katie Taylor's match too. She is an INSPIRATION to me. Yay, new word! xD
O.o
Awwwwwww, poor doggy :( it was a good dog before it started killing people :(
Can't decide which one I liked better...Pet Sematary or Cujo..... Probably Cujo....
Im confused
As am I
But hey,
stephen king, right?
Its too damn early
Aaaaallllll byyyy myyyyssseeeellllfff!!!
Zaf.... get on skype
PPSSSSTTTT.... ZAF! MINION CALLL
Yup. Two Stephen King books in a row. I have to admit, I skipped a dull page or two, but they were pretty good. Gonna watch the Cujo movie tomorrow, apparently they changed the ending :/
Daaaark meh lemme eat!!! Is Em on?
Stephen King is pretty damn good :)
But i've never skipped pages in a book before, didn't think you could even do that
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