I'm back home for a bit before my last weekend away, and I've spent today wandering around the house staring blankly at things. It's only when I'm back for a few days that I start to decompress and behave normally, so it looks like I'll have to wait a while for that to happen...
My few days in Ireland were awesome, as usual. I signed in Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Drogheda and Cork. The Cork signing was probably the longest, because I haven't been there in a while, but everywhere there were enthusiastic readers laden down with books. Some truly bizarre and cool people.
Then I had a few days off before my event at the Mountains to the Sea festival, where I chatted on stage with Dave from Eason bookshops about movies that have influenced the series, and we even got to show clips.
Dave showed bits from Starship Troopers (awesome!) and A Nightmare Before Christmas (amazing!) and It's a Wonderful Life (uhm... what?)
I showed a few trailers for a few things, but I don't think I'll tell you what they were... In fact, it might make an interesting blog post, discussing these movies and showing clips... Oh goody, I've worked out what I'm going to be talking about next time!
I headed over to the UK on Friday- just in time to experience the heat- where I signed in Southampton, Bournemouth, Dulwich and Bluewater in London. Last year, I was signing in Bluewater for four hours. I figured there was no way I'd be signing for any more than that this time. Five hours later, I had changed my tune. From people coming in costume- I'm thinking of a skeleton morph suit in particular here-
to people who had made their own Skulduggery T-shirts (and a certain tall blonde with the most awesome T-shirt ever, festooned as it was with lines from the books)-
there was no chance of my smile ever dipping. It's the sheer enthusiasm and energy of the people who turn up to get their books signed that energises me every single time.
And the hugs...
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«Oldest ‹Older 2001 – 2200 of 4885 Newer› Newest»I don't have it on my laptop... And I can only get it if it's free or something.
AND I've only played on Xbox before.
Shooters on PlayStation/Xbox platforms are terrible.
Srsly.
Get Steam, get twenty dollars, buy it, add me and Zath, learn how to play on a computer.
Dadaaaa!
Well, and the Xbox is broken, so... Yeah. I can't play :(
And I'm absolutely AWFUL at it.
I can sort of play Halo. I mean, I can last about 3 minutes before I die.
And I don't have twenty bucks... I spend it all on SP books, so...
Shooters on other platforms are terrible! You can't aim properly!
By the way, Sparky, next year I'll probably be able to play it freely.
*thinks* I wish I had Skype to use all the time. It would be so fun.
I'd call Sparky even more often than I do now to bug her.
Helloooo I haven't been on in ages! I am back from the dead MWHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
lol, okay, I am good now. I am good :)
* Gives everyone an green apple.*
With great power, comes great need for apples*.
Am I alone..............???????
Why did I say everyone? There is no one here..... Ah well
Brb, no one.
OTHER PEOPLE ARE GAMERS HERE?
GOOD.
STEAM ACCOUNT: SGT_JOE63
UNLESS YOUR NAME IS OBVIOUSLY RECOGNIZABLE, I PROBABLY WON'T ADD YOU.
IF I /DO/ ADD YOU, THEN AWESOME. LET'S PLAY SOME L4D2.
I'm back!! :)
Hellboy, my account name is NegativeSanity. I just added you.
HELLBOY!
You officially rock.
I have two reasons to back that statement up.
1. You play L4D2.
2. Lu seems to think you're pretty cool.
Fav Special Infected?
Hello, person I have never met before.
Hi Sparky
Who, me?
Hi Dew.
I think she meant me.
Sorry I vanished... I left to watch Doctor Who.
And I'm probably going to vanish again... about... now-ish.
Or maybe Hellboy.
Alright. Hi/bye, Val!
Well, I don't know her...
I think.
Hey Val!
Later Val!
...
Why has there been another comment change...?
*sighs*
Gah. It defaults to the text box!
It what?
Yes! It changed back!
O... Kay....
...
The comment layout.
It changed.
...
And then it changed back...
It used to do that all the time?
I...
Don't think anything happened...
It did.
You just didn't reload/comment when / it changed.
Where did that second slash come from...?
Zath...
I think your computer is trying to kill you...
Do you?
But that's impossible.
Because I'm using a laptop.
Which means it can't kill you?
On the contrary, that means its mobile.
Oh, whatever. *throws the stick I earned in the Comp at her*
*ducks*
What's up with you?
Oh, nothing. That was just playing around.
But I just ate a lamington that was full of mold...
GROSS.
I didn't know!
My mother just drove off...She's going to the shop I think. She looked pissed.
...
That's just gross.
I know.
I think I might vomit soon...
Hello Aussies it is I
Oh, be careful Sarge.
I'll try.
Hi Zaf...
Heya Zaf.
Hiya! I rarely see any of chu thanks to school. Casually up waaay to late but idc
Yes this is odd im awake. Usually im not but i just saw a movie xD
What movie was that?
Paranorman
*retrieves stick*
Huh.
Scary?
*runs up to Zath, steals his stock and runs away again*
Scary but funny. Imagine multiple Scapegrace's trying to stop a witch's curse.
*hangs from tree*
Ok before Derek ends up in a lake...
GOOD NIGHT MORNING NIGHT AFTERNOON WHATEVER IT IS
Hey! *sends shadows after Sparky*
Ah, alright. Bye Zaf!
*runs behind a tree, stopping the shadows*
*blurs around behind Zath and throws the stock at him, hitting his calf*
*giggles and runs away again*
You keep saying 'stock', by the way.
*spins and catches the stick before it hits*
*shadow walks in front of her*
I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!
Hey Sparky, do you remember that song I sang about Napoleon? It was funny.
Hi Val!
*shrieks and doubles back*
Damn my iTouch's autocorrect!!!
*charges into him*
*picks him up and chucks him in the lake*
*runs away again*
Merry Christmas.
Hi Mist!
You two are reminding me of Kitana and Solomon Wreath. One hyper and excited, the other…
*floats back to the top and spits out some water*
Hacks! You Gmod too much!
*throws a fireball*
*halts*
SPDirectioner, did you just liken me to Kitana?
...Did you just compare me to Wreath?
Yes. But just because you're hyper. But, you know, everybody gets hyper.
Yes, but he's one of my favorite characters. Plus you were using shadows.
*climbs out of lake and shakes hair/head bangs*
Right...So you likened me to him because I used Necromancy...?
*shrugs*
I wouldn't take being compared to a character from SP being bad, even the bad guys- they are all part of the Golden God's mind- they're his creations, and part of his brilliant mind.
You likened me... To KITANA!?
Here we go...
Just the hyperness! I couldn't, at the moment, think of another character that is really hyper.
Hi/Bye
I'm not arguing anymore. You can say all the comments you want, but I won't even bother to defend myself.
Ohhhhh, I meant Hellboy, I have met you Sparky and you Mist, I am Vena/ Trinity/ Selena :)
I wasn't criticizing you, Directioner, just surprised.
Sparky, chill out. Kitana's not that bad.
Except that I want to break her face.
But as SPD said, you're not like her, you were just being hyper.
SP. I have never met you before. Hi! :)
MY EARS ARE SORE
This is cool. People are defending me.
Oh, that's who you are, Dew! Okay, I have met you then!
*shrugs*
Hey, just out of curiosity, how old are you, SPD? I'm thirteen.
Hello person with the really long name.
Turning twelve on the twenty-seventh
I had surgery on them, and now I have to wear a head bandage. Apparently, behind them, they are yucky and purple and bleeding
And I am sure that you want to hear about the state of my ears, so to change the subject............
Derek Landy is very, very epic
Cool. My sister's turning twelve tomorrow.
Eeek. That sounds unpleasant, Dew.
My sister turned ten yesterday.
Weeeeird.
Eugh...Hope they get better soon, Dew.
Say happy birthday to her for me if I don't see you tomorrow, Val. Actually, I don't even know her, so that'd be weird.
Never mind.
I had surgery on my ears..
@SP, yes, yes I do have a long name. You can call me Harmony.
@Mist, yes, yes that is who I am.
@Val, Hi :)
Distant again now.
It's not THAT weird. I say happy birthday to you people and I have no idea who any of YOU are.
Well, except Amanda and Ariana.
I know, its grosssss, hey I am not the youngest YAYYAYYAY!
I am 12, I turn 13 next year :)
I don't recall Kitana being at all hyper.
OH, tell her happy birthday from me!
HEHEHEHE!
Its say happy birthday to random people! YAYAY
Victory for me today! I got my reading teacher addicted to Skulduggery Pleasant! Yay! More minions, loyal to the Golden God!
Grrrr Kitana. She angers me, we are talking about the one from SP, right?
She was very excited to have her new powers.
@Harmony: Yes
But not... Hyper.
Ugh! I already said that I'm not defending used anymore! You should look up hyper in the dictionary.
Your reading teacher? Nice...
*shrugs*
Oh well.
*pushes Zath into the lake*
Gotta go!
Bye!
Hey, SP, are you going to get a profile pic?
It disconcerting talking to a blank space...........
Damn it, Sparky!
*splashes water at her*
Bye!
Bye Sparky.
She loves how Derek wrote SP. Very good vocabulary.
Her favourite character is Ghastly. She loves his last name.
Bye Sparky!
I can't figure out how to upload a damn picture on it. I tried but the computer had difficulties.
I'll try tommorow.
*takes medicine for cold/fever or something* *gags*
Oh my God, that is the worst tasting medicine I have ever had... Ewwww.
Go Taylor Swift. I am to tired to use caps lock, so meh.
HEY, you have not been tired unless you have been under general anesthetic for 2 and a half hours.
I am still tired, even though it was two days ago.
I woke up, and Had nooo idea what was going on. My hand eye coordination left me, and I was to tired to speak.
I like Taylor Swift too.
I don't like her all that much, to be honest...
That's cool. Not everyone likes everyone. For every person who likes you, there's bound to be one who doesn't.
I quoted that from... I don't think I quoted that from anyone. Maybe I made it up. *Shrugs*
Damn this stupid piece of technology! I can't get a picture for my profile.
I am..................................................................................................................................................
COOl.
You sort of quoted it from Death Bringer.
For every person who likes me, in particular, there's about a bazillion who don't like me. Probably because I stab them with stuff.
Oh, that is a shame. Profile pics are cool :). lololol
Ah...
I knew it was too good to be true.
The quote from Death Bringer was something along the lines of, "For every smile they got, there was at least one scowl."
Goodbye, butterflies.
I LOVE that part. So I really didn't quote it. I took the idea and wrote it in my own words. Like Suzanne Collins did with the Hunger Games.
Except, I didn't claim the credit.
Ah, Slipknot awesomeness really helps with writing.
Hmm...
I dedicate this page to Luciana getting better very quickly.
Think about how sorry you are for all of those children out there who are named Kitana. Now think about all of those who are named Nerfarious Serpine.
Poor little children.
I doubt there's anyone named Nefarious.
You never know. There might be.
Good bye! I must be getting some sleep now.
Which is why I said "I doubt".
Bye Directioner!
Exhausting day, but at least I found a dress...hello??
Hi Eve!
Hello, Person. Are you back because the end of the term?
Nope. I'm back because I got bored earlier and I figured I may as well because it's almost end of term anyway.
Wonderful.
Wonderful?
Wonderful.
Right..
When will you leave again?
After the holidays end.
Give or take a few days, maybe.
*nods*
How're you? Other than exhausted?
Bored.
Same old, same old, then.
No. I'm not normally bored. Life's a rollercoaster.
Hi Nix!
*throws an oven at Nix*
Hi Nix!
You okay?
I amish
Hm?
You're an Amish? What?
You asked if I was okay, and I said I am...ish
I amish
Ah, makes more sense. Okay.
Anything particularly wrong?
Wrong?
The Monty Hall Problem
*sighsss*
Flame, what's wrong?
Monty Hall Problem?
Hi Flame? What's up?
That was meant to be a full stop after 'Flame'...
Hi Phoenix! Sup?
My hair is stupid -.-
I got it cut and she cut it really short and I look like a girl who's taken a razor to her head -.-
Divergent Movie in 2014!
I hate hair
Life would be better if we were all bald. No one would think it looks weird, because we'd all have it, and it'd be simplier
I haven't read Divergent
Oh, that sucks...
I loathe hair cuts.
Don't worry, it'll get longer again before you know it.
Yeah. I had longish hair. I was called gay and Justin Bieber.
I just can't wait till Monday morning.
Imma punch this one guy.
And Nix?? WHAT? READ IT NOOOWWW!
Does your hair grow back fast?
Yay, that'll give me an excuse to read the book!
I had that thick long hair that always looks stupid and gets in the way
So I cut it
Then it grew back
(insert sad face round about...
here.
..No, here)
I have really thick hair. Really long hair too. Well, longer than normal. Just a little behind Dan-Donegan-long.
I have to use hair straightener because it curls like...tusks...
Oh, and read it?
I haven't got the time. I have so much other stuff I want to read, and from what I've heard of this from the blurb, it doesn't sound like my sort of thing
It better, Eve.
I just... Hate it..
I really want to kill this one guy in my year..
I want to kill nearly everyone
... Yeah, I got issues
Have you read the hunger games?
Haha. I really just want to punch him and slam his head through a window.
Yeah, I read the Hunder Games
I once slammed this guys head on his desk... I said I have issues, alright?!
I don't want to kill anyone in my year. But I want to seriously hurt almost all of them.
Killing them would be too easy.
Well, Divergent is a gazillion times better.
Maybe water it. It should grow back.
My hair grows quickly when it's cut short, but slows down at shoulder height. Which is convenient. But it gets really oily...have to wash it often. That's the only thing I don't like about it. Otherwise, my hair's gorgeous xD :P
I want hurt most of them.
And Nix, dud you get in trouble?
What is the blurb for Divergent?
What's it about?
OPINION ALERT!!!!
*runs around*
I don't want to kill or hurt anyone. It's just not cool, you know? Besides, everyone would block me on MSN and Facebook.
I read a few pages of Divergent...I'll have to read it before the movie do I can say "I liked it before it was cool"
In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
The longish blurb..
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