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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Your laptop is dying!
... It actually is. How did you know?
That bites, Nix.
*looks at wrist*
I think I hurt myself while I was boxing yesterday...
You box?
I wouldn't call what I do boxing, I'm just violent and good at it
I'm a bit of a computer whizz
I don't know a lot but I know enough...
Have you cleared out the memory and storage memory?? Might give you a bit more speed.
Oh, no, I don't box, I just...
Learn how.
Yeah, Em, I'm what I call clueless when it comes to technology
I have no idea what that is
Awww poor Nix!!
I have to go guys, maybe I can help you out later on.
Bye xx
Yeah...
There was this guy in my class, kinda a friend, who's done all this fancy self defense since he was six. I can beat him. HA!
I've also got a pretty good right hook. This guy was annoying me, so I hooked him. HA!
I didn't hurt him though
Bye Em!
Gotta go!
Bye Sparky!
Hello?
Why hello there
Hi Nix. Haven't seen you for a long time
You haven't been on in a long time
I know that. I've been really busy with the ridiculous amount of work my teachers set me.
Same. I've mastered the art of winging it though
It's just that I kind of failed last year and now my parents want me to get really good grades
SO I can't stuff up.
I've always had a talent for winging it
Well enough about me. How are you doing?
I've already talked about me, I'm sick of me
Okay then.
Do you have to reload to get to the next comment?
Refresh, yes
Distant
Well I'd better start my homework. See ya!
Bye!
Ah, Facebook. What a lovely network. It actually wasn't hard to ask Mum, I thought she'd say no.
Me: B_____ keeps asking me to friend her when I get facebook.
Mum: Yeah, your brother friended her...
Me: I know! What the hell?
Mum: I'll unfriend her for you.
Me: Thanks.
Mum: *turns on TV*
Me: So...can I get Facebook?
Mum: *looks at me*
Me: (quickly) Coz, like, I'm 13 now, so...
Mum: *smiles and shakes head* You just couldn't wait, could ya? Alright.
Me: .... Oh. Cool.
Me on the inside: YAAAAAAAAAY!
Mum: Do you want me to help set up?
Me: I can figure it out. *leaves awkwardly*
= New Facebook Account
All I need is a picture of me.... Getting depressed because I'm not camera-friendly. :/
Anyone home?
Hello!
Ahlo!
The King Cobra, a delightful animal.
Meh? What do you mean 'Meh'?
It's a meh animal
True but I'm watching G.I. Joe, so it's cool at the moment.
G.I. Joe was a meh movie
It's pretty good.
The action maybe, but it's got a pretty weak plot
Derek said he didn't like it himself
I've only seen about 10 minutes of it. So far it's good. The woman almost stabbed the man in the eye and he almost cut her throat.
I don't remember that bit
This IS G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
The first one, I know
Is it? See, I don't know these things.
Going now
...Hello?
Hello?
oooh, PEOPLE!
Hello, Zath, I'm not entirely certain if we've met. Have we?
ZATH! *super mega jump hugs*
Kestrel!
See you Nix!
Hi Kestrel!
Have we met? You'll have to forgive me if we have, I don't bother to remember much when I leave.
Ah, you said it too. I don't think we have.
*extends hand*
How're you?
HEL! *hugs back*
YOU'RE INSANE!
Hi/bye, Nix!
Ok. Then.
Kestrel LeStarre, master of torture and all manner of unpleasant deaths at your service. *bows*
HEL!
I'm great. 2 new Skulduggery books arrived yesterday...
You?
I AM INSANE! TOTALLY INSANE. YOU NEVER REALISED?
Hey Kestrel! I forgot you, even though I didn't... *hugs*
I'll have to keep an eye on you then.
That's good. Skulduggery books are always good.
I'm alright. Ish. Not really, but I'll go with it.
?
*hugs back*
What's the 'ish' factor?
OF COURSE I REALISED.
I just had to state it again, because there wasn't much else I could think of to say, really.
The 'ish' factor is recent events that don't really matter.
*hopes that L won't see these comments...*
You could have said
"I have a crazy person after me! RRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"
YAY! I'm going to change my picture...
OK THEN. I am really nosy, so I'm going to have to ask: Why don't you want L to see them?
Why Hel?
Because it's vaguely annoying me.
I have to go, bye!
See you Kestrel!
Because she keeps asking me why what's the matter with me lately, and she'll start to worry again if she sees them. Unless she's preoccupied with pain, that is.
See you Kestrel!
Really? I think it suits you well, Hel. That rhymed...
Zath?
Hmm... I still need to edit this picture... It's not dark enough.
Yep, I'm alive.
I still thought the other picture was better, but whatever.
Just wait until I've edited this one.
Alright.
*sighs* I knew this would happen. Mum's all like "Why are you friends with so many people on Facebook, why did you Like this, how did you Friend this person?"
Oh. Poor, poor you Eve.
Hi Eve!
That's pretty much why I don't have Facebook yet. I don't think it's worth the bother with my parents. :P
I know right? She doesn't get it. If Facebook wasn't how it was there would be no point :P TALK TO THE PEOPLE YOU DON'T REALLY TALK TO IN REAL LIFE. That should be the motto :P
It really would.
http://www.facebook.com/caroline.dw.3#!/caroline.dw.3
There's my page. Ignore my photos though, I don't usually look like that.
Cool! Please don't be offended info don't friend any of you Bloglandians though. My mum...
Yeah sure! No worries!
:P
Okay, I gotta wash my hair now. Be back soon!
See you later.
I'm incredibly inactive, aren't I?
Bye Eve!
Incredibly. Hm... Incredibly, I love that word.
New picture testing!
Oooooh, I like that one.
Meh.
I'm back :) Hellooo?
I like the selfie, Helena :D
Heya everyone. Im here :) Did you miss me !?? :D
HellOOOOOOOOOOOO?
Hey Phoeb!!
Are we the only ones on?
Hi mist!
Guys I need your opinion. With valsnacks.... and for once nothelp with eating them.
If you were to actually MAKE valsnacks, how would you do it? Like, are they biscuits or what!!
I think so.
But THEN I dont know what they'd taste like.
How do you imagine them?
AND why does the SP website keep changing!!?
Hi Dark!
And I'm sorry, but I don't know what valsnacks are...
MIST!! YOU DONT KNOW VALSNACKS!!!!!!!!?
Well. Youmust know about skulcakes... but these are valsnacks instead :)
AND THEY ARE BETTER THAN MARRshmallows.
And they're super yummy. I think.
Ive only ever tried them in blogland :)
* hands out valsnacks * Om nom nom.
Oh, I know what Skulcakes are, sure. Hadn't heard of Valsnacks though.
No. They're new (ish)
:)
I thought they would be, yeah...
what do you think valsnacks would actually taste like!?! I have no idea. None. At all.
Not sure.
I think Valsnacks are cut up bits of Val....I've never attempted to eat one...
Blah.
I dont think they are that, just saying :)
I wouldn't be surprised if you had a hand in their creation, Eve, with all the blood samples you take/try to take.
Eve takes blood samples?
Shes never taken any of mine...
Not that im complaining.
It was just Val's, if I remember correctly.
Which I probably don't.
Gotta go guys bye :)
I sample blood not flesh, Mist. And MOSTLY Val's.
Yeah, Phoeb, maybe next time you come to Blogland....mwahaha.... Bye!
I said blood.
Bye Dark!
Msd.
Yeah, but Val isn't made of blood.
Ah, right. I gotcha. Yeah, wasn't listening/reading properly.
Lalalalalalala :P
*frowns* Idiot...*goes to e-mail Zath*
Hello?
FLAAAAAAMMMMEEEE! *hugs*
hey everyone howya
Hello.
I come baring homework.
wow so do i
I hate secondary school.
*mumbles*
*mumbles* me too
*shudders* Agh... I hate being sick... It makes me cold.
*puts coat on*
hey val i was just having dinner * taps laptop screen * val you still there
hello anybody here
anybody *hums terrible things*
anybody * starts to hum louder *
* starts to sing it softly *
* singing gets louder *
*singing gets considerably louder *
* singing gets so loud as i grab i microphone and an amp *
*walks back in*
You were eating dinner? Weird. I was eating a sort-of-but-not-really breakfast. You know, soup. 'Cause I'm sick.
*unplugs the amp*
now son im only telling you this
damn yu val i was in a mayday parade mood
*gets rid of amp* happy now
Too bad.
*starts listening to music*
*freezes*
That line sounds like it could be talking about Skulduggery, even though it isn't...
yeah its a sad love song and yeah its kind of like what happens to skulduggery but only because his wife or girl who he wants to marry dies
its called terrible things by mayday parade it will make you cry unless of course you dont want to or cant because you have no tear glands
oh and *teleports in a heater*
who needs a hand full of fire
*gives Eden the crazy look*
*gives val the crazy smile*
*and laughs the crazy laugh*
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
i dedicate this page to death rose who is being held hostage on a house boat in lake eildon australia just kidding she there with her family which is ten times worse
cool one of my dogs just caught a rabbit and now they are eating
Last time I went on vacation I was attacked... by a ball of twigs.
And I could've died.
That's disgusting, Eden.
well its kind of cool and id say a ball of twigs couldnt of caught a rabbit *smiles*
my last vacation was to cork and i didnt get attacked it was more of a rlaxation holiday come to think of it thats the first time i met death when i was in the hotel restaurant
they had wii in every room you see
Hey, in my defense, the twigs lunged at my face and I almost stepped though the railing and smashed my head into rocks.
It was a very rude ball of twigs.
sorry thats wi fi not wii
im sure you gave it a firm talking to
Actually, I ran off the dock thing because I thought it was cursed. The thing flew at my face when I was muttering something about the dock being a bit crummy.
wow it must of been an evil posessed ball of twigs *nervously* not that i have anything against evil posessed balls of twigs *looks around nervously * some of my best friends are evil posessed balls of twigs
*awkward silence*
Me: You know what I don't have?
Emily: What?
Me: Friends.
well thats just mean and i do have friends their names are neil kelly and francesco pons
No, it was funny.
But really, I have no friends.
*adds it to the Valkyrie similarities list*
well thats bad for you i have friends like eden threatening see thats the good thing about having your own made up character you can make up things about them
and ill be your friend
*thinks*
If I think about it, I've just remembered that my character Ivy has no friends either.
well there that should keep your spirits up
Oh, wait, I have person I consider an actual friend. Amanda.
thats even better
And she's psychotic.
and thats even better oh wait what
She cuts apart dolls, soak them in fake blood and hangs them up in her room.
She's lovely.
i know and she in no way needs psychiatric help
I know, right?
If we had a penny for every time one of us did something disturbingly weird we'd have enough money to pay for the mental help we clearly need.
*laughs * and anyway why would you need the money because you are clearly not mentaly disturbed *mutters and you thought the rabbit thing was disgusting*
*pokes Eden in the eye*
* covers poked eye* * punches val in the arm*
*pokes Eden's other eye*
dear god your evil and disturbed are you sue your not daquesse
I am Darquesse, the most awesome person you'll ever meet.
*bows and kicks Eden in the shin*
oh dear god that hurts *cradles injured shin then throws a ball of twigs at vals face*
*shrieks and dodges the cursed twigs*
mwahaha an evil villain brought down by something so harmless as twigs
*scowls and crosses arms*
* smiles and imitates vals movements and shrieks*
*hits Eden upside the head*
Don't you mock me. Only I get to mock me.
*snaps kicks Eden in the head*
I. Needed. That.
okay if you say so
FLAME! *tackle hugs*
*is really disappointed*
okay flame if you say *mutters a curse about flames parents being married or not when he was born*
Why are you disappointed?
*kicks Eden in the stomach*
That's rude.
and im glad you disappointed flame you hit me in the head no one gets to hit me in the head but me my mom and death
Eden, my dad left when my mother got pregnant. Fuck yourself.
*turns to Val*
I just got my haircut. Meaning all my hair is cut off. It was LONGish... And now it's.. Ruined...
USE PROPER ENGLISH YOU LITTLE BRAT!
*slams the door on his way out*
Oh. I hate getting haircuts. I got my hair cut up to half way down my neck once. It was awful. It's taken me three years to get it as long as it is now.
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