As was recently pointed out to me, "Nerdy Dalek" is an anagram of my name, so I suppose it's only fitting that my birthday should be the day my Doctor Who story comes out on ebook. The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage is a Tenth Doctor adventure and I had unimaginable fun writing it. For those of you who don't read ebooks, fret not- a physical book, containing all eleven stories by eleven writers, will be arriving late next month.
Ah yes, my birthday. I am 39 today. Some people might worry about reaching that age — just one more birthday till 40, after all. But not me. I shall live forever. And I don't mean in a metaphorical sense. I don't mean I'll live forever in the hearts and minds of my readers. I mean I will literally live forever, drawing as I do from your pain and suffering.
Your pain makes me strong.
Today is the day I knuckle down and officially start Book 9. I've been writing bits and pieces of it for the last few weeks — I've got close to 10,000 words done — but today it kicks off properly. October 23rd is, of course, the day Skulduggery died, hundreds of years ago. Once again, I think it's only fitting that I begin his final book on such a date. Poignant, even.
Sniffle.
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«Oldest ‹Older 4601 – 4800 of 4985 Newer› Newest»Hi Star!
Adra I'm scared for next weekend omg I regret nothing for Derek will learn the art of lunatics. East coast lunatics :D
If this doesn't work I'll murder someone.
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???
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. . .
Too dark.
DAMMIT.
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Star.... *laughs*
-*sits in a chair*
*pokes Adra* POKETH
DON'T POKE ME
@Adra: :) Sorry.
TESTING???
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Fine I'll tickle ((sorry gtg be miserable be back soonish))
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH STILL TOO DARK.
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*leaps away* Nooooo
((Okay *hugs*))
Star what are you doing?
?
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Are these actually fucking CHANGING????
I'm almost back to where I was before and it's way dark!!!!
@Adra: My hand picture screwed up and went way to bright, so I'm trying to get it back to normal.
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Goodness, Star
Ooooooooohhh poor Star *hugs* Sorry hun
Go back to the last time you used this picture here and save that
@Adra: *laughs at self* *hugs* *I mean, hugs Adra, not hugs self* :)
*watches profile picture*
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What *cuddles Star*
@Adra: Too far away . . . plus I copied and pasted from Google+ (I use this picture for Google+ and YouTube) and it went bright as soon as I put it on my profile . . .
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GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Excuse me for laughing but... :3
Sorry though *gives her a skulcake*
And as soon as I said that, the Internet disconnected completely. /
Msd! Yay!
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*hugs Fabi* that's frustrating, sorry.
@Fabi: :( I hate it when the internet bumble bee stupid.
@Adra: Laughter is good. :) Laugh all you like. Laugh your head off. Or don't, if you can't function without a head/without a body. Because you being dead would be bad bad. :)
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Indeed, m'dear
[hugs Star and Adra]
Yeah... It's annoying.
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I gotcha. Sometime my internet cuts out. It annoys me
Nobody start singing, but this profile picture either wants to look one way or another. -_-
It's fine until I upload it to my profile.
Then it goes ridiculously bright or stupidly dark.
It reminds me of trying to adjust the shower temperature. It either seems to want to be boiling hot or freezing cold.
*tries adjusting the contrast*
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*tries to hold it back*
I'm sorry I can't control it, star
One way
Or another
I'm gonna find ya
I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
?
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It's been happening for a month or so now. Dad switches around/fiddles with pieces of the wifi a lot, to try to get a faster connection. The one before this worked really, really well, but this one turns off a lot for ten seconds or so. You sigh and say it isn't as bad as the old old old old Internet connection. And then it goes out completely and you take that back. And then you rant in second person for no apparent reason.
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I rant in second as well, Fabi. *nods*
But that bites :/
*glares at Adra* :P
We parodied that song in science (I was in a group with three Directioners).
First it's radio
Lowest frequency
Then it's microwaves
Cooking up your tea, tea, tea
Infrared
Making you feel heat
Visible light
All the things you see, see, see
Ultraviolet
Giving you a tan
X-rays
Sees the bones you have, have, have
Gamma rays
Highest frequency
Shortest wavelength
These you can't see, see, see
Ionisation
We're missing one electron
To make an ion
Photons are little packets of energy
Photons are little packets of energy . . .
The Directioners did a dance, too. :) Me and the other girl filmed it.
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*hugs Fabi* :(
Well, here, we have old wires or something, so the ONLY broadband internet whatever we can get is Kingston Communications. No anything else. And because there's no competition, they basically give us the worst deals ever and we have to take them because that's all we can get. Our family pay for really fast connection, and watching things on iPlayer and such still doesn't work all that well. :)
But the wifi works fine, so you have it much worse . . . :( *hugs Fabi*
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Oh my gods that is perfect!
@Adra: Thanks. :)
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*giggles* eheh
*eats more of a lollipop*
Testing?
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-_-
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Omfg
Okay.
*tries to make it dark and then add more blue*
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*makes Star a tiny snowman with a mini-scarf*
*hugs Adra* *hugs snowman* *puts it in a freezer* *a big one* *a huge one* *with chicken nuggets and pea to keep it company*
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Yay! Snowman
XD Brilliant song!
Well, hopefully Dad will be able to fix it...
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*peas
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Maybe Blogger is converting it to a lower-quality format?
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@Fabi: Thank you! :)
And - hopefully. :) There is always hope. It's one of the va qualities.
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Fingers crossed, Fabru!
*eats more lollipop*
@Fabi: I'm pretty sure that's what it's doing. -_- It either goes bright or dark. Look above, and you will see me alternating between two pictures. Thta's not meant to be two pictures. That's meant to be a few billions varieties of one picture.
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*hugs Adra*
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-_-
Doesn't like that.
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*kicks down the door and leaps into this comment thread*
Is anybody home?
No?
*puts on a ski mask*
Then I shall THEIVE you blind!
Mwa ha ha!
It has yer prof.on it
One of the thousand pages I have saved 0.0
ANNI
ADRA
TESTING.
Hey Anni! :)
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AH FUCK IT.
THAT'S NOT GREAT EITHER. -_-
Sorry, Adra.
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*hugs* ANNI!
*frowns* Anni, uh... Oscar isn't here, yeah?
Hiiii Anniiiiii!
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Hey, Star!
Oh my god, STAR THATS WHAT IT HAS BEEEN :3
Hey, Fabi!
And I am Doctor Precocious, today. Oscar is at the unveiling of a new color of Windex.
See - - -- - -->
I'm the good Doctor today.
Though, I may disappear at any moment without warning.
Fair warning.
About the lack of fair warning.
Yes.
You only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love your profile picture when it fucks up and stops working . . .
Goodbye, profile picture. :) Have a fun life without me. Go off and have many adventures. Remember, this is not the end. I still use you for everything else. Bye. I love you.
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*gasp*
Goodbye, mysterious blue handprint!
Yes- hi. I see that.
I'm just making sure he isn't here...
Bye profile pic!!! *wipes tear*
That's okay. Nobody loves Oscar.
(Except meeeeeeeeeee!)
@Adra:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgXlm1HDSY7bTzS-Ph20cVQ/videos?view=1&feature=guide
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111982258417679155281/posts
*almost pastes a link to my inbox before going what*
IT LOOKS BETTER EVERYWHERE ELSE!!!!
IT HAD FUNNY FUZZYNESS ON IT WHEN I COPIED AND PASTED IT FROM MYSELF!!!
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Mein Gott, in Finland, they give you a top hat and a sword when you get a PhD . . .
SEE YA, LOSERS, I'M MOVING TO FINLAND.
It's probably just the blog, dear!!
Yeah you love him, Precocious
Bye, Profile Pic!
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Don't worry about the fuzziness of the pic . . . if need be you could find one in a higher resolution . . . or try Photoshop . . .
Or where you originally got it?
*shrug*
I'm distant, making a new profile pic, as there doesn't seem to be much for me to do here.
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Hello.
Okay, Fabi. *hugs*
Hey Dragona
*hugs her profile pic*
I like my profile pic and I don't want to change it.
So there.
I did make an evil version of the Oscar profile pic, in case he ever found his true name, but I haven't gotten around to making an evil Precocious one yet . . .
Oh, hullo, Dragona!
On my model Quarian I have now spent a little longer on it and have now built up to her knee.
Hey Annika and Adra!
Ah, true names are overrated.
Cool, Dragona
How does this look?
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*claps*
Ohhhhh, Star, that looks awesome!
Cooooll
@Anni: I was trying Photoshop. It didn't work. :)
Hey, Dragona! :)
@Fabi: :(
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I am no longer Ingrid Michaelson, but Henry the Owl, if my profile pic is to be believed.
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There's something about his kiss
Contaminates my lips
Our energy connects,
It's simple genetics...
Awwww, cute owl!
Hullo, Maralie!
Oh my god Fabru that's amazin
Ay mara
Thanks. :)
I might change about a bit for the next few days, experiment.
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MARAAAAAAA [tacklehugs]
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*husg Fabi* :) :) :) :)
Hey Mara!
*leaves - dinner*
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*begins to tap dance*
Ah ah ah ah
Stayin' alive
Stayin' alive
Ah ah ah ah
Stayin' aliiiiiiiiive!
Beegees!!
Bye star!
Goodbye, Star!
Hiiiiiiiii *hugs*
I'm doing embroidery on my apron
I did Hello Kitty and idk why and now i have to do her whiskers and her eyes and her nose and it's effort and why couldn't I have just picked a flowerrrrrrrr
Wbd
K Mara!
*eats tons of food*
At three I have to go outside and help Mum put big wooden stakes in the ground along the sides of our driveway so when we have to get three feet of snow off our walk later in the season we know where the edges of the driveway are . . .
Bye Star...
Internet isn't letting me participate in real time, so I may as well go.
See you...
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Ah- alright then, Anni!
DNA is such an amazing song because it's obviously a love song but it's so creepy and eerie as well and ah I love it a lot
Bye Fabru :/ I'm sorry *huggles*
*hugs Star* Bye Starrr
*hugs Fabi* bye.. :(
*dances*
Radioactive radioactive
Bye Star . . . bye Fabi . . .
Everyone seems to love Radioactive and I never cared for it . . .
*look a little wistful*
I feel like I'm missing something.
You are though, darling
This is it
The apocalypse
GAAAAASPPPP
*gives Adra a stern look*
Ah, well. Ce'st la vie, such is life.
*sits on creepy Tim Burton-y swingset*
*swings*
*pushes her*
This is Halloween...
GAAAAASSPPPPPPPP
What are we gasping about?
This is Halloween . . .
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night . . .
Radioactive
Yes
My oh my.
It got quiet.
Indeed it did. *drinks some tea*
*looks around worriedly* *sighs*
*smells Adra's tea*
Is that Sub-Prime Time Enveloping Vortex of Minty Sweetness?
It's peppermint
*looks a bit disappointed*
Oh.
Sorry I poofed.
That's okay, Dragona, it's pretty quiet.
*offers tea*
Would you like some tea? It's Sub-Prime Time Enveloping Vortex of Minty Sweetness.
Yeah. *laughs* just peppermint. Sorry. It's boring
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of doubt
I take a look at my life
And realise there's nothing left
Annika, unfortunately as I am non-human, I can't have a cup of tea. It would make me have an allergic reaction.
As I walk- down the streets- in the noon- day sunlight
As I look- at the sky- and I watch- the clouds boil away
I remember that time- when we- were together
I remember those childhood days
Of clanging clashing blades
This is not
A story for me
Or for my poi-soned rationality
This is not
A game
To me
This is not
Meant to be
Some kind of twisted reality
This is not
My claim to fame
As I sit- in my chair- and I look- out the window
And I see- a bird- turn its head- and look at me
And I wonder exactly what would’ve happened
If I’d bothered to see
Your tangled turning twisted reality
This is not
A story for me
Or for my poi-soned rationality
This is not
A game
To me
This is not
Meant to be
Some kind of twisted reality
This is not
My claim to fame
One time- you spoke- to me just- to hurt me
Then you laughed- and you said- “But you know you love me.”
And of course I turned around to be your lapdog again
(you knew I would)
This is not
A story for me
Or for my poi-soned rationality
This is not
A game
To me
This is not
Meant to be
Some kind of twisted reality
This is not
My claim to fame
I don’t want- to played with- or toyed with- or used
You don’t know- what it is- that you have- over me
(or maybe you do)
And I look forward- to the day
When you pack- your bags- and leave us for good
Like a gentleman would
But I’ll stay
And I’ll laugh when you go on your way.
This is not
A story for me
Or for my poi-soned rationality
This is not
A game
To me
This is not
Meant to be
Some kind of twisted reality
This is not
My claim to fame
This is not
A story for me
Or for my poi-soned rationality
This is not
A game
To me
This is not
Meant to be
Some kind of twisted reality
This is not
My claim to fame
*dances with the thermos*
I wrote that . . .
It doesn't work as well without music, but, eh, c'est la vie.
It's awesome!!!!
Thank you.
I write a lot of songs, but the problem is I can't play any instruments, or sing, or write music, or read music.
Meh.
I could do a piano and guitar for the background?
Anni, that's really cool!
I can play piano, recorder and kind of violin, I can ever so slightly sing, I can write music and I can read music :P
I prefer music to sports and stuff tbh.
I also tried writing a Skulduggery Pleasant musical, but I only got as far as the first song . . .
*sigh*
I'll be back in a few minutes, I suppose. Gotta go stake some VAMPIRES. No, I mean the driveway.
Alright, Annika. Dear
I'm a pianist!! Hollah
I'm a nothingist. My musical skill is absolutely nil.
Heh.
Musica!
Got a Distinction in my Grade 1 Piano.
Bitches be trippin'.
A what?
Sorry, I'm not sure what that means..
Distinction?
Like, the highest grade you can get in a music exam?
It might be different in different countries. *shrugs*
OOOH! Alright- yay, then!
Haha. The inspector dude was creepy. I think he was secretly a pedophile.
🌚
Hmm. Perhaps.
Perhaps
I can compose okay-ish music and write okay-ish words, but when I combine them, it turns to rubbish...
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Val and I tried to make a band
It failed
My sister and I were a band. We made an album, and then got bored of it.
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Life, yeah?
Me and my classmates were in a band
The Banana Punks
We made two albums
Change Your Life is onnnnn
Oh dear lord..
Yeah
We were 10 okay
We were really good though
I have to admit
Change change your life
Take it allllll
Brb
*facepalms* children...
I joke
Okay!
*throws magnesium everywhere*
What
Hullo. I'm back, but for most likely only a little while.
Hello! *waves*
Hullo! *waves*
Hi! *waves*
*sets fire to all the magnesium and there's a lot of flashes*
Hey! *waves*
Haidere DRAGONA WHAT ARE YOU DOING
*steps up on stage*
*wearing her magical sequined tuxedo jacket*
*turns on old-fashioned 50s microphone*
If I could love you
More than I already do
I think I should go mad
I think I should go mad
If I dream
And have them become reality
I think I should go mad
I think I should go mad
If I could know
God’s immortal plan
I think I should go mad
I think I should go mad
If madness
Is the place to find
The sort of stranger
Who’d smile and be kind
The sort of world
Like a clockwork dream
The sort of world that’s
Built on steam
I think I should go mad
I think I should go mad
I think I should go mad
I think I should go mad
But if I went mad
I’d go mad alone
You wouldn’t come with me
I’d have no home
Where you will me
There will be my heart
Will you go mad with me
If we weren’t mad from the start
Will you go mad with me
Could we do the things we do
Get lost in our Dreamlands
Down the rabbit hole to our Wonderlands
I think I should go mad
But if I can’t go mad with you
Then I’ll stay here
And go on loving you
And go on loving you
But if I went mad
I’d go mad alone
You wouldn’t come with me
I’d have no home
Where you will be
There will be my heart
Will you go mad with me
If we weren’t mad from the start
Wherever you will be
There will be my heart
Whatever you can see
You’ll see beside me
Wherever you will be
There will be my home
I think I should go mad
But if it will make you sad
Then I will stay here
You’ll always know I’m near
And we will be
Together and alone
*bows*
Thank you, thank you.
*claps proudly for her* YAYYYY'
*bows again*
No, no, don't throw roses at the stage, please, please, stop applauding. No, my good man, I simply can't bear your children, I'm sorry . . .
*strolls off the stage*
I wrote that one too, incidentally.
Oh dear...
*winks* lemme guess, that guy was Oscar?
And it's rather good!
Thank you for liking my song!
And no, Oscar is still at Clean-Con. It's a sic-fi and fantasy convention for Obsessive-Compulsives.
*sighs wistfully at the crowd clamoring for her autograph*
*sci
*laughs harder*
Oh my *laughs* gods
*laughs*
I feel like I am now honor-bound to write Oscar at Clean-Con now . . . Ha!
Some other day, perhaps.
*wipes her eyes* Oh my god...
Remind me to her him a jar of dirt for Christmas
As you know, I am actually OCD, so I think it's hilarious to imagine a convention full of OCDs. 500 OCDs in one room together and yet nobody is touching anyone else . . .
*falls over laughing*
*wipes eyes*
Oh gosh . . . I'm only allowed to think this is side-splittingly hilarious because I'm OCD . . . it's like homeschooling jokes . . .
*rolls around on the floor laughing*
*they brush hands*
*ear splitting screams are heard*
I've not met many OCDs, but I did know this one guy who actually quite liked being OCD. He took a great pleasure in shaking someone's hand and then very obviously taking out a moist towelette and wiping off his hands in front of the person, just to see their reaction . . .
*laughs* That's brilliant..
Hey, Adra, how long have you been a part of Blogland? I mean, you seem to be one of those folk whose been here for a long time. And how did you start? Did you just leap in and start RPing with a stranger like I did?
Ah, officially about a year and a half but I've been reading for about three years.
Yeah, I mean I've only been commenting for, what, a month or two? But I've been reading the blog for around three years.
Oh!
Oh oh oh!
I wanted to ask you something. About the history of Blogland.
Yeah?
I've been on the blog for like 5.
Okay, in Derek's very first blog post ever, he was making a big deal about how he didn't want to write a blog, and he was talkin' about some sadistically cackling fellow with a golden crossbow, standing behind him and forcing him to write about happy things like rainbows and unicorns.
WHO IS THAT GUY.
HE'S GOTTA BE A THING.
HAS HE BEEN A THING YET IN BLOGLAND?
[Silently watches]
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Aw, c'mon, talk to us, Fabi! We're not RPing.
Well?
DANGIT.
I dedicate this post to Glen Coco.
You go, Glen Coco!
Or page, rather.
Ohmy god.
And uh
I think it's his publisher or somethjng
But he's got a golden crossbow!
That is what we in the business call a Thing That Is Cool.
I'm sick today. Epicness...
I will have to disappear soon, just a warning...
On Derek's birthday, I'd been on the blog for ten months...
I feel like such a newbie sometimes, still, tbh.
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Lord, woman
Hoya Rose
I am not sick today. Epicness . . .
Okay Fabru :/
I have to go. No, please, save your tears for things that matter. Like when your whole family gets murdered, or when you run out of tea, which instills the same feeling in ones tender little heart muscle.
Goodbye . . .
I'm sort of sick sort of not... I have a little bit of a cold, but not much.
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