My editor has read the first (rough) draft of Book 9, and he loves it. I'm on the home stretch now — the end is in sight (in more ways than one). Over the next two or three weeks my head is going to be down and I'm going to working hard to fill in those gaps, to link up those scenes, to write those missing chapters. Right now I'm at 100,000 words. The end result will PROBABLY be about 120,000 words — maybe just slightly shorter than KOTW. Of course, in order to finish the book, I'll need to pick a winner of the Who Gets to Die competition we ran ages ago, and then that lucky reader will get to meet their grisly end...
And because I, and therefore WE, are on the home stretch, this blog is going to be choc-a-block with announcements and reveals over the next few weeks. By the end of THIS week, for example, we'll be revealing the cover for the Armageddon-Outta-Here short story collection. Next week, we'll reveal the full, WRAPAROUND cover for the collection (it's awesome). And the week after that? We'll be revealing the title for the ninth, and last, Skulduggery Pleasant book.
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*looks around*
Why are we in the middle of a forest?
Well, that's wonderful. Two in a row.
I dedicate this page to the song A Different Beat by Little Mix because, unlike, a decent amount of modern songs, it encourages you to be different and not to force yourself to fit in.
I also dedicate it to the Bloglandian Quotes Project, because it's awesome.
And to the 2nd Blogland Awards, in the hopes that it might actually happen :)
Because this is where the spider people want us to be.
Ahem.
What I meant was, because it's wonderful and pretty. Obviously. Why would the spider people-if there were any, which there aren't- want us to be here?
Ah...so we are here for the beauty. And NOT these "spider people" you are talking about which, of course, do not exist! ...Why do we mention them if they don't exist? Are they a figment of our imagination? Are we imagining everything right now? What is going on???
Yes. And to experience nature.
We are imagining everything, because nothing is real.
Except for the spider people.
In fact,t here is one behind you.
But don't turn- if you do, there'll be one in front.
...
*stands very still trying not to move and freak out*
Make it disappear!
*shuts eyes tightly*
*whispers* ...Is it gone now?
What do you mean, is it gone?
Is what gone?
What are you talking about?
*slowly opens eyes*
I'm not sure what I'm talking about anymore.
*looks around and sees forest*
*shrugs* Weird. What was I afraid of?
brb
Actually, I've got to go-bye!
Good morning, afternoon, evening, or other time of day, Blogland.
Bye Kestrel!
Hello Sir!
Good bye, Ms. LeStarre.
Greetings, Ms. Temerity.
Hi! How are you?
Standard, Ms. Temerity.
I hope you are well, Ms. Temerity.
I am :)
Wonderful to hear.
*sigh*
I never really know what to say after "Hello" and "How are you?"...
...
Quite.
WOOH HOO!! I am so excited!
I can't wait! :D
Indeed, though I am not certain that you should seem so enthusiastic for the inevitable parade of death that shall be the upcoming book.
Hello Arcanine.
...well, I guess it's silent again?
I suppose so.
Wow, I didn't even know that there was a new post! Oops!
I don't suppose anyone's here anyway. Not that that's a matter, anyway. Silence is nice, especially with how this place has been for the past, well, ever.*nods*
Ah, greetings, Ms. Dark.
Worry not, I make the same mistake, rather often.
Also-
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning-
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"
I finished The Great Gatsby. I didn't think that my books could get any better after reading The Awakening by Kate Chopin, but it apparently did! I adored it!
Habadabadaba. Talk about wanting to punch some people! Geez! Daisy is such a ditz! And Tom's a jerk. However, it was beautifully written and I would recommend it to all! I could really hear the cynicism that Fitzgerald felt towards the American Dream and the materialistic American society that was the 1920s. Fabulous :)
Hello, Sir! *hugs* How are you, despite the fact that I can guess your answer?
I enjoyed The Great Gatsby immensely, Ms. Dark.
And, as you may guess, I am standard.
How are you?
It truly was wonderful. However, I have to pity Gatsby at the end. Not by the downfall that came to him by what would be his fatal flaw, but because he still loved Daisy.
*Shudder* Ugh. She's revolting.
And I am glad that you are no less than standard. I am well, thank you for asking. However, I'm quite tired from a rather straining weekend that could possibly be extended into a straining month, so I'll be departing soon to get some rest.
Well then this is cool and scary.
Someone is on so I am leaving and its Tech Week and I'm tired
Ms. Dark, there is no accounting for taste, despite how revolting a potential taste for someone may be.
Well, you deserve every bit of rest, Ms. Dark. I hope to see you more often.
And if you wonder its Annie I'm doing. The show. Ok Zaffy cant type without falling asleep so goodnight
Good night, Ms. Kerias. Sleep well.
Moot point, Sir. Moot point.
I suppose I should say however that I was impressed by the amount of color symbolism and symbolism in general that there was in the story. For example, the T. J. Eckleburg billboard is described to have eyes that have an omniscient feel. To the Modernist eye, one such as Fitzgerald, that would be the eyes of "God", so to speak, watching and not doing anything to help the people. (Noting that the billboard is also int eh Valley of Ashes, where many people would undoubtedly feel disillusioned and abandoned by God).
I've thought a lot about this book.
And, I hope I do see you more often as well. However, things here got hairy, and I didn't feel comfortable nor safe here, so I've had to remove myself. It seems that things are more peaceful in my absence though.
I shall make an effort to come on more often when you are online, though!
Ms. Dark, things do indeed seem to have quieted down quite a bit. However, I honestly believe that the current situation is due to the passing of time more than your absence.
In any case, please feel free to come here, even when I am not present. You still have many friends here.
Real talk though; the green light?
*Small squeal* It was so ingenious! Oh, the humanity!
Perhaps that is what was the most sad about Gatsby's downfall. He is one of the most hopeful- if not the most hopeful characters I have ever had the good fortune to read, and he was so hopeful that he sacrificed his reputation for Daisy- and paid the price for it.
And to add to the wound, only Nick, Mr. Gatz, and the Owl-Eyed Man (who, by the way, could also seen as a "helpless omniscient/omnipotent) made an appearance at his funeral.
What a tragedy..
Ah, I'm not too sure by what you mean of that, if you'll forgive me- I have checked a few days ago, and it seems to me that this world has pacified itself. I don't want to risk coming back permanently again. I know that everything will only begin again, and I certainly don't want that for anyone, least of all myself.
Thank you for the offer, though- I shall continue to keep that in mind.
*Add insult to injury
^ I was trying to remember that phrase, and it wasn't until now that I did ~_~
Of course. In the end, you are more than old and mature enough to make your own decisions.
Indubitably so. The moment that I turned 15 at 6:32PM on March 9th, I wisened by a decade almost instantly.
A side effect of having your age become a multiple of 5. Some of the wisest people I have ever known were at the age of 10.
Curiouser and curiouser... As they say in every cliche detective tale, 'the plot thickens'.
Or, depending on if it is a literary pun, 'the plot Dickens'.
I'm rather proud of that one, methinks.
In any strange and unsolved case of age, I think I'm going to depart now and try to get some much-appreciated, uninterrupted sleep.
Therefore, I must bit you good night, good Sir, and leave you with this quote from the revered Mademoiselle Reisz:
"To be an artist includes much; one mus possess many gifts- absolute gifts- which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul [...] The brave soul. The soul that dares and defies." (85-86)
I think it's rather lovely.
*nods*
*Hugs*
*Whisks away*
That is a lovely quotation.
In any case, good night, Ms. Dark. Sleep well. And do not forget to awaken.
*dies* *comes back to life and puts the date on my calendar* *dies again*
*as a ghost* in other news, my school and laptop are confusing
I'm really quite excited for these covers
Very excited
Very excited indeed
You know, I don't think I want to read the final book. I want to live wondering how this and that happens, how these certain people accomplished these certain problems. I can't find it in myself to even think about the ending yet.
In these weeks I've been offline, I've discovered more about Dannielle than I thought possible. I know that she's happy again, for starters. I also know that her most hated colour is also her favourite, that she's an amazing person and that she probably can't take the pain knowing that Skulduggery kills Val's reflection after Valkyrie and her parents are safe somewhere.
Though, in some really, really sick and twisted part of my mind, I want to see the world burn.
Hypothesises of the book 9 title:
-The End (meh)
-Darquesse (following the trilogy pattern of The Faceless ones and Death Bringer)
-Your Tears (because, metaphorically, it is)
-.... Uhh, that's all I got... Looking at them, those titles suck and I hope none of them actually are the titles because they are TERRIBLE titles.
Although, knowing Derek, he will have an absolutely awesome one that he has kept to himself since 2007.
HEY DEATH!
I wouldn't be able to live with myself having read and re-read this series so many times and not knowing how it ends.
When I get my hands on that book, I will completely devour it.
I'm off now anyway.
I"M FORCED TO STUDY!!!
My thoughts on the title?
-Darknes (idk why... it just seems... fitting *shrugs*)
-*stares at the books, thinking* *will post another in a sec*
*hia*
See, I'm trying to put myself in Derek's shoes... and all imcan think of, though jts not very Derek, is: "Skulduggery Pleasant: It's Not The End" and thats just because of irony
*just realizes this page is dedicated to The Bloglandian Quotes Project*
*grins wildly* THANK YOU KES!!
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*realises how annoying the lengthened words are*
I swell at the moment, Snow. Simply swell!
And you?
Good. Annoyed, but good. Stupid education department.
*decides it needs to be said why I am annoyed*
So someone in the education department decided it would be a good idea to change all the kids usernames to there actual names instead of their profered ones and didn't tell anyone at the school. This didnt affect most people, but it affected me, as I go by Jenny but its actually Jennifer. So all day I was having trouble with may laptop, getting on the internet and the like. But I could still log on to my laptop. Turns out, they changed everything bar my laptop login over to Jennifer. So I have to now badk up everything on my laptop so the teck guys can delete th3 Jenny account and put in Jennifer. And it is just so annoying. *mutters other stuff*
Also, my math teacher is a moron. But I wont go into her stupidity right now.
*decides to talk about my math teacher*
So she came up to me today and looked at my work. She stared at it fir a bit then hunched down in front of me and said, like I was 5, "now this is wrong, isn't it?".
The "it" she was referring to was 20 × 4 and I had it down as being 80, which it is. But she said it was wrong. I swear I felt like saying "no,no it's not" but I didnt. Instead I just looked at her. Well, more glared.
But do you know what she said?
"Now, you need to do this again, okay? And make sure you show your workings." And she said it like I was in pre school.
And I am the smartest in the class.
I. Want. To. Kill. That. Bitch.
Excuse me.
TWO MORE WEEKS!
I'm going to count down the days now.
It would be pretty funny if the title was And The Darkness Rained Upon Them. Or Skulduggery Pleasant: Horace.
I BET YOU THAT"S IT!!!!
I BET YOU IT"S "THE DARKNESS RAINED UPON THEM"!!!!
THE IRONY IS UNFATHOMABLE!!!!
IT"S SO UNFATHOMABLE THAT IY HAS TO BE THE TITLE!!!!!!
That would make me laugh so hard
Seriously I'm scared for the book to come out. I don't want to die. Not at all. Msd in school
OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. My. Golden. God.
I can't wait for all those announcements!
Here in Germany, we're still waiting for book 8 but still...
I'm done when I just try to understand that the end is coming closer and closer...
*sighs*
Derek, I know you are going to be evil.
So... Please, do your worst.
Mithira, you still here? Anyone?
Derek i'm warning you, if you kill the people i love i will cry. A LOT. Please don't kill me feels, please no, i did well surviving the 8th book so please don't trip me up for the last one. I know you're going to be mean, you've said, but TRY to be kind of gentle to my little heart.
my*
Hey anyone on? :-)
I'm going to be on late Silente, cya
I'll see you later then! Hurry back!
I don't want to put up with this.
With the people I love, gone.
I don't know how to fix it.
#ChaseForBook9
I saw a grave
Brushed off the face
Felt your light-
I remember why I know this place.
I saw a bird
Closing her eyes
One last time,
And I wondered if she dreamed like me.
As much as it hurts, ain't it wonderful to feel?
So go on and break your wings
Follow your heart till it bleeds
As we run towards the end of the dream.
Why must we fall apart
To understand
How to fly?
I will find a way,
Even without wings.
Follow your heart till it bleeds
As we've come to the end of the dream.
#ChaseForBook9
Hello
Woooo lyric spam.
I used to be a regular here, you know. There was hardly a second I wasn't on. Everyone knew me, and I knew everyone, and we told the most magnificent stories together. Most people here now barely know me. I barely know them. I haven't written a story with or for them in an eternity. I feel like I've lost so much, but I can't take it all back now, and I'm so afraid that once I'm able there won't be anything left for me to reclaim. I don't want to become a stranger here, but I fear that I ready have, and so many of the things and people I loved about here are gone. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth the effort to not be a stranger. But I said I wouldn't leave- couldn't leave forever, and I don't intend to. I still can't. I just hope that I haven't already left in spite of myself.
#ChaseForBook9
@Ari: :( :( *hugs*
I don't think you have left.
Have you left in my mind?
No. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Aretha just cause your not on all the time or VN everyday doesn't mean you've left! And it doesn't matter if you barely know the people here. That's an easy thing to fix. You'll never be a stranger here. Even new people aren't strangers her, not really.
*nods at Silente* :)
Listen to her, Ari. :)
Hey, btw!
#ChaseForBookNine
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out???
And in a way it seems there's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb and our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you - can't - win - this - fight
Look inside
Where nothing's fine
I've lost my mind
You're not invited
So step aside
I've lost my -
Deep inside
Where nothing's fine
I've lost my mind
You're not invited
So step inside
I've lost my -
#ChaseForBookNine
Sorry was having tea :-)
Sorry- I'm going to be distant and msd pretty much constantly, since I'm in school. I just have a free period now, so.
Anyway. I very much appreciate the senitment, both of you. Just... Even the fact that I feel like a stranger and so many of the things I loved about here are gone makes me a relic, in a way, I think. And the fact remains that so many people I love have left, and the roleplaying seems mainly gone, which was never the only reason why I love this place, but it was still really fun, and I felt like it was a great way to bond with other people and develop characters. Also, it was good for me as a writer to have the practice with plots and things. It'd be fun to reintroduce myself and all my plots and things to new people- see how I can effect people who don't already have formed opinions of the characters- but meh. I'm probably just lowering the mood by being all nostalgic, anyway- sorry...
#ChaseForBook9
I don't mind nostalgia. Its fun to remenise. Plus I would love for you to introduce some rp! I mean people do their own rp like Annika but since that started before I joined I don't really follow it. And its mainly just Annika in that one too...
Rhydian started one but that might have come to an end now...
@Ari and Silente on the subject of disappearing: Okay. :)
@Ari: It's okay. :/ To use Adra's phrase, I feel ya.
*grand voice* I am old, people, and I have seen generations rise and fall, like yo-yos, except the yo-yo kind of gets bounced once and then gets replaced, and what I can say is . . . er . . . well, what I can say it what I always say, which is that although my friends leave, and it sucks, and Blogland changes, and it sucks, and I have to be all human and go missing everything, and it sucks . . . well, what happens is that I miss the old Blogland for a bit, and I never really stop missing it, but after a while, I come to see how awesome the new Blogland is and get attached to it as well and make a whole load of new friends and get used to a load of new awesome stuff.
I have been here when people blogfought
I have been here when people just chatted
I have been here when people roleplayed
and now I am still here, for better or for worse. I like to think it's for better. :P
. . .
I have a feeling that little speech was meant to actually say something.
OH SHUT UP I'M ILL MY MIND IS ALLOWED TO WANDER ABOUT LIKE IT'S HIKING.
Um . . .
Well, what I can say I'm saying is this -
Missing things is a part of life. You will always have to say goodbye to people and awesome things. You will always have to move on. And it will always hurt.
But you will always find something awesome when you do move on. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Yeah, Annika does solo rps all the time- she was more or less the first to do that. Roleplaying without anyone else- specifically stating that no one else can join you- was basically a foreign concept before her. Before that, every person on the blog would be involved in one or two main plots that we all rped together.
#ChaseForBook9
*nods at Ari*
Yeah . . .
People are usually just solo-ing until someone else shows up they can talk with, but Anni is just - well, I don't have a word for that, I AM sorry. Maybe it was carved out with the fluffiness.
#ChaseForBookNine
@aretha that sounds like fun! And like something that would help bring blog land closer together again.
@star that speech. Was amazing. And suprsingly made complete sense to me.
Thank you for that, Star- I can agree with you, but what bothers me the most is that it's not like my friends just drifted away. Most of them were essentially pushed out, and only left because they felt they had to. I just can't stand that.
#ChaseForBook9
@Silente: THANKSSSSSSS! :) *yo-yo tacklehugs*
Ahaha, I'm hyper now. XD
It's a shame I have homework. D: I like being online in this kind of mood. -_-
#ChaseForBookNine
*tilts head at Ari*
Well
yeah
that kind of sucks.
And unfortunately, I only have so much awesomeness to spend in one day, or whatever other theory you want to come up with, so no good reply is forthcoming.
I'm sorry.
#ChaseForBookNine
*is yo-yo tackle hugged*
Just because some of your friends arent here doesn't mean you can't make new ones though. Much like what star said times change and along with it people and places change to. Sure some have left and you don't forget them. And its worse if they were forced to leave. But don't let them leaving force you to leave to. Because much as blog land feels different and possibly worse off without them it would feel different and worse off if you left too.
Hey dragons. How are you?
**dragona
I'm fine thanks Silente, you?
Hey Dargona :)
@Silente: I think it's more that like, you know, no one should be forced to leave here.
Like
no one.
But that's true, what you saidle. :) :) :)
#ChaseForBookNine
I'm fine thanks Dragona
@star no one should be forced to leave but unfortunately you cat change the past but you can...persuade....the future.
Life is full of changes but the important things never change. Even though they've left I think that they'll come back at some time.
Hello, Dragona!
See, now I feel like starting one of those whole-blog-involving plots, but all complications of my own plots aside, I don't feel comfortable enough with the new people to just force everyone into it.
#ChaseForBook9
@Silente: *nods*
@Dragona: Uh. No. Of course important things change. :P
And all the people who left last year, have they come back? The year before? No, they haven't.
Sometimes, people leave.
:/
#ChaseForBookNine
*nods at dragona's comment*
I agree in this context.
Aretha, I'd join in if you started one. :)
@Ari: . . .
*no advice*
#ChaseForBookNine
Star, yup. But your friendship with them hasn't.
My French question is asking what I did at school yesterday.
I don't know, what DID I do? I went to lessons, I went to a few more lessons, I went to lunch which I've already talked about, I . . .
What do you even DO at school? :P
#ChaseForBookNine
Aretha I feel I should point out something that is true about me:
I will ALWAYS role play. Unless my tablet is dying or I need sleep or something if I'm allowed I will join rp.
And if your not comfortable with a whole-blog rp you could do a two-or-three-people rp and see if anyone else asks to join :-)
Hiya peoples
@Dragona: But I rarely speak to them anymore because I'm crap at staying in touch, so that has died, hasn't it?
I used to speak to people like Ieni and Luci every day.
Now how often do I speak to them?
Once a month, if that?
#ChaseForBookNine
I found out today that my welsh exam is a week today....fun
Two or three people would work.
*looks around Blogland at amount of people*
Yeah. :)
Hi, Chloe! :)
#ChaseForBookNine
@star at school you sit around and listen to a teacher say some complicated words. You then repeat this occasionally with some breaks. And now or then you actually enjoy a lesson
@Chloe: Wonderful. -_-
#ChaseForBookNine
Hello, everyone.
hows everyone???
lol, my dog is trying to rip its bed to shreds and is crying out of frustration
Hey Chloe. I don't believe we've met before. Just in case
*clears throat*
Why hello there! How are you? I'm Silente Tempest! (Aka Sil, Si, Tempest, Ms Tempest, Miss Tempest and Storm) Its a pleasure to meet you!
Hey Au! How are you?
@Silente: I quite enjoy my lessons, really. XD
I mean, science is ace, because it's a good lesson anyway and I sit next to my friend.
English is interesting
maths is boring but I like the people I sit with
history is okay
German sucks but I have a cool time talking to people
RS is okay
PE sucks but I only have it once a week and it's warm weather now so it's okay
same for Games
IT sucks but I only have it once a week
art is good (I sit near good people, and plus, you know . . . you draw whilst listening to music. It's just like being at home, really. :P)
SO ALL IN ALL I HAVE GOOD LESSONS YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
I may try and repeat what you just said in French, though. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
Its a pleasure to meet you Silente :) How r u ?
Hey Auburn! :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Hello Chloe, Star, Silente, Dragona, Aretha and anyone I unintentionally omitted.
I am perfectly well, thank you, Silente. Yourself?
I am absolutely splendid Chloe! Wbu?
I'm absolutely splendid Au. Thank you for asking!
Regarding the earlier conversation, I am not in a position to speak of what this place was and has become, but I would most certainly be willing to join in a group roleplay, if no one has any objections, of course.
That sentence was somewhat poorly worded. Apologies.
You're quite welcome, Silente.
Star, at college I do lessons, revise for exams, talk to my friends, play a card game, go to town, eat, drink and stuff like that.
Well I play both normal card games and this weird magic card game which is quite good.
I beat my friends in poker, earlier today. Won 10p. Just because we all put a few pence in.
im great, listening to glee's new songs
@star according to Google translate its-Bien à l'école vous vous asseyez et écoutez un professeur alors qu'ils disent des mots compliqués. Vous continuez à faire cela avec quelques pauses entre les deux. Occasionnellement, vous pourrez profiter d'une leçon
Then again I don't trust Google translate..
hmmm, I came up with the best name for my kik,
death the kid
then I put his picture on aswell :)
Google translate is bad for everything but Spanish. Spanish works perfectly with it, but everything else is just crap.
Oh and Dragona, I took that character quiz you put on and came up with Ashley Williams. I was wondering what that actually means...
Google Translate is generally, in my experience, quite unreliable. That may, however, be due to the fact that not everything translates perfectly and smoothly, especially between languages with completely different roots.
Im not suppose to use it for my welsh. however with welsh it is ok for the odd few words
http://www.rarityguide.com/articles/content_images/5/MassEffect3/ashley_williams_.jpg
That's Ashley Williams.
And if you want to know about her:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Ashley_Williams
A lot of things which happen to her depend on what you choose. She can die on a planet called Virmire in Mass Effect 1, she isn't really in ME2 but she survives an attack on a planet... then you CAN kill her in Mass Effect 3 if you want to be a total badass but yeah. That should sum everything up.
The hour of my departure is fast approaching. I shall return at some point, certainly, though I cannot say when.
Er bye then au?
@Dragona so she gets into a lot of fights? And nearly dies often. Yup sounds like me
byii Au
Well she IS a soldier. A very good soldier by all standards. However, she does have a little bit of racist tendencies. Not as bad as Cerberus who are like a terrorist organisation, but her experiences of other races are a little off so it's understandable. She's not REALLY one of the most interesting characters in Mass Effect, but she is in no way the last interesting.
She is a potential romantic interest in ME1 and ME3, but I never did it. I don't generally romance anyone in Mass Effect. Especially not if I'm being evil. I think I've only romanced anyone twice, and it was the same person. The first time was by accident, the second was because of the fact that I realised it was the best person to romance after making the mistake.
hwyl fawr pawb, ive got to revise dwyieithrwydd for cymraeg
So she can usually hold her own in a fight and isn't too boring however she's a bit racist...
That sound good to me!
Was that going into Welsh?
Only SLIGHTLY racist. Like, very slightly. And yes she can hold her own in a fight. She survives an attack on a human colony called Horizon. The rest of the colonists are paralysed by these insect things called seeker swarms but she survives.
I'm sorry, Silente, but I don't trust Google Translate either. :P
I'm pretty good with forming French sentences, I just need vocab and to avoid more complex structures, and I have WordReference.com (one of the best websites ever) so I'm basically good, thanks. :P
Fours, Auburn! :(
#ChaseForBookNine
Hwyl fawr Chloe. Mwynhewch eich adolygu!
@star I don't trust Google translate either but only school me knows french and she's locked away in my head by now. She only occasionally escapes.
@Dragona: Seeing as how it would take us forty minutes to get to town (assuming we went by bus) (and it would take about the same amount of time if we walked all the way to the train station at the other end of a nearby village), and even longer to walk, I don't imagine many people going to the college at my school go into town whilst at college. :P
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Perfect cover. If I were you (which I am not, of course) I wouldn't change the cover not the title. 'The End Will Come' is menacing and leaves room for a sequel ;)
Hellew. :)
Distant. Getting down some rough goldfinch sketches, for no reason other that its own sake.
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"at school you sit around and listen to a teacher say some complicated words. You then repeat this occasionally with some breaks. And now or then you actually enjoy a lesson"
At school, I went to lessons and listened to a teacher say some complicated words. I did this repeatedly with a few breaks, and every now and then I actually enjoyed a lesson.
Au college, je suis vais au mon cours et j'ai écouté un professeur pense quelques mots parlés compliqué. J'ai le fais à maintes reprises avec quelques pauses, et de temps à autre j'ai vraiment apprécier un cour.
Something like that. :P
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(I love WordReference.com so much. :) :))
(It's like a really, really detailed dictionary.
I mean, you put in 'what' and somewhere down the line you get a translation for 'what the hell?', or you put in 'every' and get 'every now and again', and . . . :) :)
It's ace. :) :))
Hi Taia! :)
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*collège
Sorry, autocorrect. -_-
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(I may actually put that little paragraph in.
Haha. XD
I have to actually email it to my teacher, though, so I get nervous doing that. :P)
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You should totally put that in! Or not if that unsettles you.
I think I'll put it in. XD
*goes to email it*
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Hey Star! :)
I like it when you get things like idioms involving a word at the end of its dictionary section.
I also really like seeing the origins of words. idk why. I like seeing that tiny journey the letters had to go through. idk. It's just :).
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Oh, wait - I shall include other people and make it more high-level!
Mon amie fait la même chose. Mon autre amie aussi fait le meme chose, et mon autre amie. C'est juste comment college est. C'est ennuyeux, oui.
*facepalm*
*confidence in accuracy of French decreasing, but hey, that's why it gets marked, yeah?*
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@Taia: Yeah. :)
The origin of words is fascinating. O_O
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Tu rigoles. -_-
I went for dinner and came back and nobody's commented?
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@Star: *cheers for etymology* :)
*Which which is derived from the Greek etymon, meaning 'true sense', and the suffix -logia, meaning "the study of" :P*
Gotta poof. bbs. Probably.
Bye~
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@Taia: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ace. :) :)
Fours! :(
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It's snowing :,(
Totally didn't poof!
Star I love my french lessons normally. I have an absolutely great teacher who actually manages to make it fun. But unfortunately she got pregnant and gave birth and is on maternity leave..so we've had row after row of substitutes. Aka idiots. One lady was real nice but we only had her for two lessons. Now we have an idiot who thinks he's sooo smart and thinks he knows how to handle us. Hell he tried to bribe us with 'shiny stickers' cause we /totally/ care about shiny stickers.
Hey Adra. Why are you upset with the snow? Snows great!
It's almost April, snow is the last thing we appear to need, especially considering how the warm weather was tantalizing and almost mocking us for the past several days.
*Sigh*
Curse the sky
@Adra: YOU WHAT. O_O
@Silente: Yeah, you didn't. XD
-_- Substitues can suck . . .
We have a couple of cool ones at my school, though. :)
In fact, I think we have three cool ones. And one of them used to be my rockclimbing instructor. Er. So I kind of know him by his first name, but yeah. :P
And - -_-
Yeah . . .
He should bribe you with edible prizes. XD
@Silente: Snow is great until you get sick of it. And Adra's had tons of snow this year (we had, like, one day. Haha. XD And it didn't settle), so . . . yeah. :P
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(We have this languages sub though, or used to, I haven't seen him yet this year, and he SUCKS. -_-)
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@star we in the west haven't had snow either. I still have my fingers crossed for march/April. We normally get some Easter snow..
Back. It's supposed to snow later today in my town, too, but I'm excited. Even though the past few days have been beautifully warm, I love snow. :)
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Web Aretha!
My English teacher is currently bribing us with edible prizes.
Easter eggs, actually. O_O O_O
Our group's no way gonna win, though. XD
SPEAKING OF THAT, I told my group I'd do the powerpoint BUT NO ONE'S EMAILED ME ANYTHING YET so yeah. *frowns at inbox*
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I'm okay without snow, I guess. *sighs*
I adore snow for like the first day. XD
(It's actually rather nice. It's just so COLD and WET. When you have to walk to school in it . . . even just ten minutes to the bus stop . . . :P)
WB, Ari! :)
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WB, Aretha :)
(And then you have to put your shoes on again the next day and THEY'RE SO COLD AND WET AND URGH and it's just like . . . D:)
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Snow ~_~
(Don't you put your shoes on the radiator if they get wet?)
I adore snow. I like snow as much a I like the warmth of sunlight or the vibrant colours and new animals in spring or the orange and red and yellow leaves in autumn or lightning or a sunset. But I don't really like rain much..
Rain is my Favorite :) storms in particular- any kind of storm, save the kind that kills people.
@Silente: I should start doing that . . . :P
But often, no. -_-
I like rain when it's not cold.
Which is usually is.
There's just something about being pelted with cold wet stuff that inevitably makes the air colder and everything is grey and gloomy and like the colour has been bleached out and you have to have your lights on in the middle of the day because it's so dark -
yeah, not nice. XD
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I love basically every sort of weather, so. ^.^
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Back.
ok fine. The Armageddon-Outta-Here cover should be amazing. And I think I know the title of the Ninth Book. It's......that's it I'm not telling.
I don't like weather, I guess. :P
I don't like standing there shaking and shaking, and the wind is like a knife, and whatever you do, whichever way you turn, the cold is still there, and . . . you know, now it's warmer, I just love the feeling of being able to MOVE. I'd never realised before how tensed up I've been because of the cold, standing there like an icicle - frozen and rigid. Now it's slightly warmer, I can actually move with fluidity, and it's nice.
However, I hate being too hot. XD I'd pick cold over heat, I think.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLdhFVzqt4
I really like that.
The cold never bothered me much- I just need to mentally prepare..?
The hot, humid weather is the worst, I feel..
I live in a cold place. I'd rather be cold than warm. I'd rather freeze to death than boil. I'd rather visit Switzerland than dunno, the Caribbean?
I don't like cold. -_-
I think I feel cold slightly more than the average person, but not massively more.
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Me and my friend came up with an awesome weapon (in like medieval times).
It consisted of like a gauntlet and a thick leather glove (maybe with a thin layer of metal between the layers of leather - just for added protection). It'd have spikes on the palms of the gloves (not like sword spikes - like kind of either little bumps or like needles), just for one hell of a slap. The reinforced leather would mean that you could like catch swords in your hand, and you could have attachments on the gauntlets like daggers or swords for blocking, or a hook kind of thing to punch through armour and drag people off horses.
It would reduce the need for conventional weaponry, which can be easily countered if a castle is built a certain way. If the design is good, the corridor will be narrow and curve to the right or something - so the enemy would be unable to swing their swords, whilst giving your soldiers full functionality from the other direction where they wouldn't be hindered.
I mean, a guy running around slapping everyone would be pretty cool.
Sorry bout poofing, my brothers are being annoying.
I like the idea of warmth and I like the sun in spring, when its warm and there but not TOO warm. I don't like it in summer when its burning hot and your melting and its all goey and fat men take there shits off (never the skinny muscly ones who are manscaped) and just ew.
That sounds ace, Dragona. O_O
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@Silente: *nods*
The other year, I experienced forty-degrees-Celsius weather.
It majorly put me off heat. :P
It's nice when it's warm, but really hot . . . ? No. I die. :P
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Another idea I came up with was to have small dagger blades on the outside of a sword, just so if the enemy was charging they'd be impaled on your shield wall. However I deemed it impractical because you'd kind of have to push their corpses off the blades, and it might be too heavy.
So yeah.
Crap. Thought someone would have commented then.
Sorry in my other comment I meant to say shield, not sword. Now I need to think of a dedication...
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