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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*hugs nix*
*hugs Kallie*
Bye Cat!!!
Bye everyone else!!! My skype is adrasdos.dark
if you want it :D
*gets sad again*
Because I can't have skype
We should make a group for the non skype people
Who gets disgusted at you?
WOW, you guys comment really really fast. So to those who were asking - I'm from Melbourne, so yeah, I wanted to see him from there. With two friends. But alas, such is life, this too shall pass, life goes on, etc etc....
:/
Hi Laila!
Guessing you didn't get in
Going
Bye!
BACK
Come on, someone be on. During the night, when I can't be on, there's heaps of people. Now, ehn I'm on? No one. You're all avoiding me
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
Catch me in my Mercedes bumpin Ice Ice Baby screamin Shady til I die, like I have a pair of dice life's crazy
I saw your comment Kal!
Hi Eve! Even though you didn't say you were leaving
Hi Nix and Kallista!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aaaaaagh. I wanted to go shopping today, getting a present for Mont and getting something for the signing and stuff, but now I can't, because my little brother's friend is coming over and Dad's probably going somewhere with my older brother so Mum has to stay home so I have no one to take me -_-
You know me, always disappearing without saying bye, drifting in and out of conversation... It's not very polite, but at least you know when I'm BACK :P
Guys in Minion party im not by a laptop im on my iPad which doesnt have a camera, ill be on sometime tomorrow, oh EM!!!
*throws in lake*
Hi Zaf!
Hmph. I don't have Skype. I've found no reason to make an account. But Mum and Dad wouldn't let me talk to you guys. They keep saying "You don't know these people. Do you know who you're talking to?" and it's not like I can Skype in secret or anything. The laptop is the only computer I can use that has Internet, and EVERYONE uses it. They'd come in to my room, see me on Skype and make me stop.
:(
Hi Zafira!!!
I'm doing pretty goose, Kallista!
FACT: I have never EVER called you Kal :P
I can only do so much on mine once i get my iPod for christmas i will
I is doing good. Casually at my cousin's with wifi
Be back soon
NONE OF YOU MOVE!
Bye!
Kk Nix i only poof if i must
Kal, YAY!!!!! *noms ie cream*
im having interesting conversations brought on, family talkin...strange...they drunk.
Kk!!!
*wanders aimlessly*
aaalll by my selfff
KAL! YOU MOVED!
*hugs Nix*
nix get hug xD
Nix thank Zaf
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
I am going shopping! Yay!
:D
Sooo out if the Aussies on who going to meet the Golden God?
I am! Saturday!!!
I'd be going on Thursday night
It's so overbooked it has to be held in a church
Hmm you both have fun, and im counting on anyone going to tell Derek: Zaf says hi from America and awaits your arrival.
You'll have to tell me his reaction xD
Sorry Zaf, I have so much else to say that I probably won't have time. Like I say, it's very overbooked
Hmmmmm. I'm wondering. How do I greet the Golden God? Do I say, "Hi Derek!" or "Hi Mister Landy!" or "Hi Derekereno!" or "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!"?
I'll tell him Zafira!!!! I'll try reallllllly hard to remember! I will!
It's going to be held in a CHURCH? O_o Erm.
Want me to email you Friday morning? It'll be Friday night for you.
Yeah. It's that overbooked
brb
Kk Nix and that's scary. Poor Derek so many Funny-Accented-Minions no offense intended guys
Eve I'd be like, "Greetings Master Derek!"
AGH
Im sorry Nix! Ill make it up to you so you can hear my accent ill give you link to my video
What? No, I was annoyed at this mouse
But if you want
Here Nix here's my 'accent'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b15dDHMBUU
xD im on iPad i got touch screen
You have an american accent for some reason
Nix...is this not astablished i am American...im an Ameriminion
It's so odd how you have an American accent for some reason
What did you think I had? An accent like Derek?
I can't figure out why you have an American accent
Kal! For this treason you shall face... THE PUPPY OF DOOM
*throws puppy of doom at Kal*
*laughs*
nix im fully American I must have a Jersey accent. Thats the state im visiting right now. Im Pennsylvania though. :D
Now why have an American accent...
Do you mind if the Puppy of Doom eats your face for a little while?
Yep, email me Friday!!! So I remember!
Hi guys!!!
Hey Selena!
I meet Derek hahahaha
Kk Eve I shall! Im excited to hear what he says from my friends who can meet him
Um, I see you are very much in love with Octa, Kalli
It doesn't matter who's stronger right! lol
JUST BEAT IT! GO MICHAEL LOL LOL
I love rock and roll!
Hi Selena! This strange! Its 4 minutes til midnight and....im up
I LOVE THIS SONG
Hummm who? Sry as i established its like....on the dot midnight xD
Im up laaate
It's funny how you say 'alluminium', Zafira :P I would do something like that, except I don't have a YouTube account, and have no intention of making one
Hi Selena!
I wonder if there's another way...
xD i made my videos unlisted so that my parents wont see. I gave you guys the link so you guys can see xD but yes i pronouce things defferent
I have to go now, I vill be back in about 3 to 5 hours or more bye!!!!!!!
Bye Selena!
C yall later lolololkdfougosguerogu
Bye Selena may StarClan light your path
Bye Selena!
@Zafira
You call it a cart? We call it a trolley. And we call jelly "jam", and we call gello "jelly", and we call cantaloupe "rock melon", and we call peppers "capsicums", and stuff xD
Actually around here we still call it cantaloupe
*looks at Nix* Really?
Well, SOUTH Australians call it rock melon :P
I can never generalize with Aussies, so I have to say "South Aussies" :P
xD Aussies loco xD
TES DEREK I CONVERTED ANOTHER AMERICAN INTO AN AMERIMINION!!!
Hellloooo??
*runs in circles*
am I the only Ameriminion stupidly up?
Yes
Yesss!! It strange talking to me today at this time?? What time is it in Aussueland?
2 25, and I'm meant to go somewhere
WHERE'S THE CAR?!
Wow Nix you just about 14 hours ahead of me! Isnt that weird? Aaand everyone drunk over here im under age so im sitting here not drunk
Michigan?? OOOH
COME TO ME CAR
xD
I gtg..l..ttyl
Gotta go
Be back later
Bye!
Anyone here????
Thankyou so much Mr Landy for coming to Christchurch! Was a honorable pleasure meeting you at the bookstore and getting Kingdom of the Wicked signed, my inner fangirl was squealing the whole way home. You are very approachable, not to mention funny and although you probably won't remember meeting me, I will always cherish the mere moments of meeting you.
Thanks again.
Emily (:
RAH
Oh my god.
Tanith Low = blonde x perfect Tanith face x attitude x looks good as fighter
Therefore
Tanith Low = Teresa Palmer.
Not kidding. Teresa Palmer is the PERFECT Tanith.
Hi Eve!
Hi Nix! :D
...Oh my god. She was born in Adelaide and she is the exact same height as me. :O
Anyway, Tanith Low = Teresa Palmer. Def.
How?
Um, everything. Her face, her hair, her ability to pull off Tanith's character. If Teresa Palmer is made Tanith, I will die happy.
:)
Now, onto Valkyrie.
Oh, you mean as an actress if a movie is made
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umm, Derek, yeah
did you pack your raincoat and a really good umbrella??
yeah, weather warnings in Perth
ok, like i said, 1 comment
i will be back!!
hi/bye!!
Bye Miss!
Oh right. Yeah, I mean that :P Shoukdve just said that when I started talking :P
That would've helped
Yeah it would have
Hello Misssorrows!
Hi people! I'll be here later, but now I'm going to the beach, each, so yeah. :)
Only for an hour though. Which probably equals three hours if you count the car journeys . . .
AGH! WHY DOES NO ONE STAY?!
I stayed!
Did you?
ARGH! SO BORED
I HAVE TO WRITE SOMETHING. BUT WHAT?
No, I didn't stay. :P
I knew it! Seriously, how hard is it to say
Going now
Before you go?
Well, it takes more than a second to publish a comment, and then mum shouts at me. I want to let her know that im not completely absorbed in the internet. Or she'd ban me or something.
Just say hang on, type it and click publish. It's what I do
Yeah. I say that and she gets mad. I used to do that. Those were the times when she kept demanding to know what I was talking about, and around that time I just couldn't couldn't do that, or I would be in humongous trouble.
I like it this way. Surely you can endure a missing head every once in a while. Im good at fading out like a ninja :)
No, it seriously annoys me
Well, I'm sorry :(
I mean I'm sorry for being that little bit selfish. It's just better for me. I know it sounds mean that I like being more detached from this place, but... I do :/
No one's really on in the day anyway except you, and I talk to you by email
Yeah, but still, I prefer this place to email, or chat, or skype, or anything
It is friendlier here, yeah, but...
But?
But...it's the waiting. I used to spend half an hour waiting for someone to arrive.
I spend all day here
And like.... I'll tell you later, I have to go to dinner now.
Bye! :)
Bye Eve!
My mom just got proposed to by her boyfriend! Whoo hoo!
Hi Val!
Hi Nix!
I now almost have 3 more siblings... that makes 7 of us kids now...
Yes, very wow.
It was very good timing, though. We had driven out to a quiet area to watch the shooting stars tonight (It's some special thing where they're better than usual for a few days) and he proposed... Very good timing.
Well... Yes, hm
I'm in a bit of shock right now.
dinner
Bye1
Bye Nix!
*tosses pie at the back of his head*
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
DEREK-LIZARD!
WEATHER WARNINGS!
Hi Eve and Miss Cain!
yeah, Derek
as i was saying before, Perth has had some weather warnings
i dont know if it will be raining when you come... wait, i can check
...
hmm, no, i cant check
so, just be prepared
Hi Val! Hi Miss!
HELLO EVE!
*attempts to hide blood*
*sees something red*
Eve, what do you think that is?
*points at blood Val is attempting to hide*
I won't sample your blood, Valereno!! Want done ice cream??
*hives Val a bowl of ice cream with syringes and knifes in it*
Hmm. It looks like.... FRUITLOOPS!!
DEAD MUFFIN BABIES! IT'S ALMOST THREE IN THE MORNING!
i love Fruitloops!!
and Val, its not 3 in the morning, its 6 in the evening
It's three in the morning over here.
Wow. Three is a magic number.
I dedicate this page to my dinosaur puppet, Derek the Landysaurous Rex.
awww
wbd
Going to bed now, bye!
bye Val!
Anyone here?
Why didn't Derek come to Edgewater??
Hello Luciana
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
Hello Eve.
Hello.
Hi Gabriel! Hi Lucy Anna! How are my fellow munchkins going today?
Okay, distant.
I think I'm fine/ You?
I'm pretty goose! I just bought a skull to add to my small but precious Skuldugery shrine!
So yeah, feeling pretty good about that :P
I hate there being no post on Sundays. >.<
Msd...
That sounds cool, Eve.
I have to go. Goodbye.
Bye, Gab.
Okay Lucy
Bye Gab!
Hi people!
Hello, Star.
Gotta go bye!!
Bye, Eve.
sorry, i poofed
i was being distant, then i ate dinner, then i started playing Mario Kart Wii
yeah, but, im back now!!
Hello, Cain.
Fours Eve! Hi Cain!
i ordered my limited edition SP books online from Dymocks last week and they STILL havent arrived
i can check tomorrow, as today is the day of the week where no post comes
*sighs*
5 ish hours...
NO POST ON SUNDAYS.
*sobs because she wants her post*
*starts sobbing as well cuz i want my post as well*
I WANT MY SP BOOKKKKKKKKKSSSSSS.
SAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMME
*sobs into a baguette*
Going to go play Spyro.
Might cheer me up.
Talk to you later! *hugs*
Fours L!
bye L!!
*is eating a cookies and cream ice-cream*
i feel much better now!
Ello
hi Rose!!
NOOOOO!!!!! I FINISHED MY ICE-CREEEEEEAAAAAAM!!!!
Hehe
Hey Miss Cain!
*sighs*
its still Sunday, the day of no post...
dammit
i have to go
goodbye fellow Bloglandians!!
*shadow walks out*
Bye!
Hi Derek,
That sounds irritating about the luggage...
You probably don't remember me and thats all right but I am Milly (Milinator) and you hugged me and I was talking about how I could get your opinion on my assignment?? Anyway I was just wondering how I could do that...
By the way I think you are possibly the coolest man who ever lived and I don't ever want to wash my coat EVER AGAIN but no doubt my parents will force me into it. Just to let you know my favourite character BY FAR is Darquesse as she is just indescribably cool. Don't get me wrong I don't think she's nice so don't kill her off, but I like how purely evil she is if that makes sense...
It was my dream come true to meet you (In Brisbaaaane today) and I am surprised I did not kowtow at your feet :D
Haha thanks
Yours in honor,
Milinator
IS ANYONE EVEN HERE?!
I am, Nix.
HI EM!
Lol heya Nix.
HOW'RE YOU?
I'm ok, still bashing my head off the wall with this torture scene but I'm getting there.
You doing ok today??
I'M DOING FINE.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
HELLO EVE!
I SEEM TO BE STUCK ON CAPITOLS
SAY THAT AGAIN?
I'M NOT REPEATING MYSELF I'M NOT REPEATING MYSELF
*sighs* My friends are so quiet.
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