Sunday, August 19, 2012

Ronda Rousey and the Atomic Armbar

Sitting in my hotel room in Perth, on the only day off I have on this tour, two days of events left and then I go home, and I'm smiling like a loon because I've just watched the Rousey vs Kaufman fight.

For those of you who have read KOTW, you may remember the mention of a certain Ronda Rousey and her now-legendary armbars.

THIS is the type of woman I want my nieces to be like when they grow up.


And now I must go. I have a lot of work to do on my day off...

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  3. Do you dedicate when you get first here, or not?

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  4. hey everyone! Normally I only make ti to the second page so I'm feeling ridiculously happy :D

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  5. DEREK!


    IMPORTANT!


    You remember my party for you last year, right? Okay, stupid question, of course you do.

    Anyway, I'm having another one! And this time, I want to OFFICIALLY invite you. So... D'you wanna come? If you do, just, you know, say something.

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  6. Sparky, already saw it...

    And commented.

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  7. Val, you should Buy skeleton balloons. Like each one has a different part of the skeleton, and you put them together to make one big one!

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  8. Hold on, U think Derek's watching the comments?

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  9. Derek-

    Unfortunately, that to come here you'd have to go through the effort of going all the way to America, and that may be a bit difficult...


    But hey, maybe you can ask someone for a ticket to America as a birthday present...?

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  10. Well, Derek just posted, so there's a chance that he hasn't left his computer yet

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  11. I'm following you now Sparky! *shifty eyes.....*. Ahem, that is to say, your blog. Heh heh heh.....

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  12. Nix- that would be cool, I hope he's watching us!

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  13. !!! I mean watching our comments- watching US would be kind of creepy.....

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  14. Hey Luna
    I've never actually met you. So Hi!
    I know have Mr Brightside by the killers stuck in my head :)

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  15. Yep
    Whooooooo's already a published author? Meeeeee

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  16. hi :) That's where I got it from :D Hi everyone! *passesd round empty packet of cookies*

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  17. oops....looks like someone ate the cookies! Eheh

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  18. Derek! Also!



    I feel the need to thank you for remembering me when Sparky gave you my letter.


    So, y'know...


    THANKYOUSOFREAKINGMUCHYOUARETHECOOLESTPERSONEVERANDITHINKILLDIEWHENIMEETYOUNEXTYEAR

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  19. Yes! I am a writer! Not published yet, but I'm getting there...

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  20. I have a short story published from a school competition waaaaaaay back in year five

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  21. oOOOO I am a writer, I am not a published author :( but I will be soon, I had a break through idea thing today, and I am going to start typing it tomorrow

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  22. And Awwwwww (Coz Derek is probably whatching)

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  23. @Nixion really? That is sooooo awesome!!!!!!!!! :D
    What is your book's title?

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  24. I vote that Derek should spend all day talking to us on his day off.


    WHO AGREES?

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  25. Yea, I'm writing short detective stories. Main character called Jonathon Moore

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  26. I've found that I don't actually have the patience to write anything too long, so I'm doing short stories at the moment, and if anyone reviews my fanfiction I'm writing that too.

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  27. I'm writing a story about a psychopathic murderer (Ivy Animosity) and her friend who is a good influence (Anomaly Despair).




    It concerns the people who know me.

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  28. Uh, book? Not as much
    500 words in a collection still counts as me being a published author

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  29. Oh sorry, I forgot to say hi to you, I have not met you before. Hi! Jonathon, I know some one called Jonathon, he is really really annoying.

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  30. Jonathon- that sounds....familiar somehow.....

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  31. Hi Lauren!
    @Dew I thought I should apoligize for being for awkward at school. Whenever we see each other we're just like "hi.............................................................................................................................."
    So, Yeah Sorry!

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  32. Jonathon- fanfiction.net. Look at it. NOW!

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  33. I am so annoyed, I WANT TO PUBLISH A BOOK! MEHMEHMEHMEH!

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  34. Luna, I have no read a good fanfiction on that website. Check out our blogs for truely good fanfiction, mostly SP

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  35. Oh golden god I completly agree Valkyrie!

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  36. *pokes Derek*



    Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? What better way to spend your time than talking to crazy people who just want you to accept their crazy obsessiveness over you and your books?

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  37. Hi Maya, I know, I am just so much ummmmmmmm ermmmm not shy when I am online. Its weird. Actually, I am pretty weird around my friends and I count you as a friend Maya, so I am going to be really well I am going to be like I am online at school. Can you handle that??

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  38. Hmmm... (Smileing face) I think i like these people

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  39. Sounds like a lovely time to spend your day off

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  40. Ummm Jonothen are you talking to me? Cos I'm not sure. Some people call me May...

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  41. I was before. Lol doesn't matter, gotta go.

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  42. *turns to Jonathon, doing the famous evil-person sit*

    Yes, well, we are quite amazing.

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  43. I like some of the fanfictions there. They're funny :P

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  44. Hi Lauren? Have we met? no I think not *Happy to have unsuspecting victim* So, some quick questions, do you like doctor who, do you write stuff, do you like maths, is your favorite pizza margarita?

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  45. Yup :)
    Actually it's usually me being the awkward one and you just being normal. Did you see what D was wearing on Friday????? *fangirling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

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  46. BYE JONATHON, OF COURSE YOU LIKE US HAHAHHAHAHAHAH I agree with Val, We want Derek! We want Derek! We want Derek!

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  47. Hey Harmony ( what would you like to be called) No I don't recall talking to you. Nice to meet you *shakes hand* Yes I like doctor Who. I like writing and maths. I don't have a favourite pizza, I will eat pretty much anything.

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  48. Oh gosh I am commenting slow today, huh or maybe you guys are commenting fast, oh well I shall never know..

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  49. @ Lauren, cool! I really hate maths though, and you can call me any of the words that you can see in my name. Any of them. You can call me Dew pixie or ate of Sandwich harmony or okay you get the point.

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  50. Derek! Get on here! We want you to talk to us on your day off!

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  51. Ehehehe okay Dew ( I think I shall call you that)

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  52. You can call me "Okay you get the point" if you like, but that was a mistake

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  53. Cool, Dew is fine. Hey Lauren, have you ever met Vena of Trinity or Selena? CAUSE THEY ARE MEEEEE

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  54. When you guys say EHEHEHEHE I think of seahorses...

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  55. Yes in fact I think I have meet Selena. Or I might not have. Can't remember. EHEHEHEHEHEHEH SEAHORSES!

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  56. Oh poop Dinner in about 5 to 10 minutes, why did I make dinner a capital??

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  57. Dinner is a cool word. Ahem. It is indeed.

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  58. I am a green and purple sea horse with golden eyes!YAYAYAYAY EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

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  59. New post-diddly-do on my Blog... Even if you haven't read anything there before, you can read this!


    http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/




    GO LOOK AT IT. NOW.

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  60. 'Bout to watch the fight myself, thanks for no spoilers :) Ten

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  61. I want to be a seahorse. Never been one of them before. EHEHEHEHEHEHEH

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  62. BYe Dew and Lauren AKA Le seahorses!

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  63. I think I need to go now Byeeeee!

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  64. Hey Landy,
    Just wanted to note that KOTW was a darn good book. Definitely one of my favourites, so wow. Stunning work.
    (Kiiyashi sent me a copy over as a gift, that's why I've already been able to read it. Isn't that just kind of him?)
    Now I can't wait for the next book...
    Thanks for being an amazing writer.
    With regards,
    Liliana

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  65. Hello Nix!


    Did you like my post thingy? HMMMMMMMM?

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  66. Yaaaaay!



    I'm writing chapter two now... Ivy's perspective!

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  67. I might suddenly disappear, to those of you who care!


    *leaps on scary evil purple Necromancer unicorn while holding a sword and wearing a red cape and slicing the heads off of zombies*

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  68. Can't wait for kotw any longer spoiler websites looking so lovely I mustn't the golden god told us not to

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  69. I dunno, 14 I guess. He's not exactly the same Jordan in Stolen

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  70. AHHH!!!!!
    DEREK IS IN PERTH RIGHT NOW



    *runs around screaming like the fan-girl I am*


    I GET TO MEET YOU TOMORROW!!!!!!
    MY 14 BOOKS NEED SIGNING TO MY GIVEN NAME (so I can gloat at school :D) AND YOU CAN HAVE A CUPCAKE AND A PICTURE I DREW!!!


    *continues to run around and scream*

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  71. HAVE FUN MISS CAIN!! I ALREADY MET HIM IN BRISSY! GLOAT! GLOAT INFRONT OF EVERYONE!

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  72. Has anyone here noticed that skulduggery is supposed to be 400 years old but how come on the uk website it says he was born in 1905 unless that's the day he came back or was turned into a skeleton or something

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  73. You would ve thought someone would change it

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  74. and I get to gloat

    GLOAT

    everyone shall fear my gloating at school
    I SHALL NOT BE QUIET ABOUT IT

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  75. Your lucky I don't get to see Derek till next Friday (I meant he 31st :(

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  76. Hello!
    I may suddenly disappear...

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  77. I can't believe this post isn't even on the 2nd page yet.

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  78. hi Maya!

    well, if a lot more Perth Minions were on, I'm pretty sure we would be on the next page, saying how much we will gloat after tomorrow

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  79. The conversation isn't brilliant and it's quite early in the morning (I'm having my breakfast as I type)

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  80. Second Page? Wheeere arrrre yoooou?

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  81. Mwahhhahhaa (as I run off with the second page throwing it into the faceless ones dimension)

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  82. 2nd Page Coooooommmmme Baaaaaaaacccckkkk!
    *shakes cat-food* Cos pages ALWAYS <3 cat-food

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  83. Youll never get it back ( closes the portal with my teleporter powers and throws maya into my pit of pet zombies

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  84. *gives zombies the cat-food and scrambles out*

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  85. 70 whole comments till next page!

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  86. Screams in rage as I command my personal army of rippers to rip you to shreds and touch release blue energy from my palms

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  87. Sorry that was supposed to symbols that release blue energy from my palms

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  88. Are you a teleporter or a symbolist?

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  89. Hello.

    I'm so tired.

    But I'm so fricking happy, still.

    That picture is amazing. *nods* Derek is perfect.

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  90. Yeah (as I teleport behind Nixon and pull down his pants)

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  91. Hi Luce!

    HA! You can't pull down my pants as I am not excisting at this moment!

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  92. I have symbols on me but I'm not a symbolist I'm a teleporter

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  93. Yeah, but I think that only a symbolist can use powerful symbols like that

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  94. Teleports to master Derek and receives orders to defeat Nixon. Oh and also hi luci

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  95. Derek, why don't you look like that? If you want your nieces to look like that, you should too!

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  96. Hel! *hugs*

    Anyone seen Hb? Or is he reading KotW, still...? *shrugs* oh well. ^-^

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  97. How come melancholia could use the symbols I know it's not the same you should be able to use them just not draw them

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  98. Melencholia didn't use symbols. She had them drawn on her, they acted on her magic, no added to her magic

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  99. Hi Helena!
    When you said "Derek, why don't you look like that? If you want your nieces to look like that, you should too!" I got a VERY weird image in my head...

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  100. Hey L and Missy. You *points*, Eden and Nix. Didn't say hello.

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  101. Fine then (teleports Nixon in front of master so he can sort this out)

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  102. Melancholia St. Claire used the symbols carved into her flesh to keep the level of magical energies in her body even after the surge. Right? So it's not exactly the same thing, my dear. ^-^

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  103. Fine then forget the symbols hi everyone

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  104. She didn't use the symbols. That implies that she had some degree of control. She had them drawn on her, and they looped har magic. She didn't use them, they used her more than she used them

    And you can't teleport me because at this moment I'm not real

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  105. I'm kinda just a figment of awesomeness at the moment

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  107. Yeah what's your book about and can I read it

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  108. @Nix The one we were slightly talking about before.

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  109. Okay, seriously, no one listens to me. I am really annoyed at being ignored so often

    I said it was a small piece in a collection. Not my own novel

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  110. Hey Nix, *grins mischievously* when your book gets published can I please have... *counts on fingers* 12 signed books please? As a favour?

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  111. If all goes according to pla, I'll have... at least 5 series

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  112. If it's got something of yours in it. It's counted as yours.

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  113. @ Nix How is anyone ignoring you?

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  114. Yeah, but then that means is's owned by over a hundred people

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  115. I mentioned this before Maya. I said right in this post.

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  116. Nix, now you're getting it. Yes. It's owned by over a hundred people.

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  117. *pokes Nix* I'm not ignoring you. I'm just distant. ^-^

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  119. Searches for ways to destroy figments of imagination

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  120. Y U defeating I.M.A.G.I.N.A.T.I.O.N

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  121. Bye Mademoiselle Threatening and Monsieur Nix.

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  122. Ehehehehe *Counts don days till 29th September* Soon....Soooooooon...
    ...
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    HI! :D

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  123. Your turn for dedication Helena!

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