Evidence of a gloriously wasted Sunday afternoon with Maureen Johnson , David Levithan, E. Lockhart, Bennett Madison, and Libba Bray, in honor of John Green.
Two other things:
Yes, Justine and I are going to DragonCon in Atlanta on Labor Day Weekend. I’ll post our schedule soon.
New clothes in Wearable Extras!
Shay's Story, a graphic novel version of Uglies, is OUT NOW!
The Uglies series has been adapted into graphic novel form, with the events of the trilogy told from Shay's point of view in three volumes.
The first one comes out March 6, 2012!
Click here to contact Scott Westerfeld.
Jill Grinberg
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
info@grinbergliterary.com
August 24th, 2007 04:20
What? Was this Maureen’s idea? It’s totally reminiscent of her.
August 24th, 2007 04:23
That was extremmely funny, and yet again everyone in the office thinx I’m insane because only I understand who John is. This is sooo funny! Can I post it in my profile! PLEASE! Why wasn’t Justine in it?
August 24th, 2007 04:26
That was most definately the best video I’ve seen on youtube for a very long time. You win.
August 24th, 2007 04:33
very funny. i see no new clothes on wearable extras though…..then again, i have been checking it a lot. just a poke to author-person, we came up with a bunch of awesome tee shirt ideas in the comments for the last post….hint, hint….
August 24th, 2007 04:36
HORRIBLE! WORST FIVE MINUTES OF MY LIFE! THE COMPUTER OVERHEATED WHILE I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO FOR THE SECOND TIME! HORRIBLE!
August 24th, 2007 04:43
oooh….technical difficulties. i sympathize.
August 24th, 2007 04:44
yes, hillary!, i agree. it does seem to say “Maureen” to me…hilarious!
but the site isn’t opening for me…i keep getting that “the page cannot be displayed message after waiting 5 minutes for it to load.
August 24th, 2007 04:46
nvm, it’s working now. i tried for like the one millionth time (only a mild exaggeration) and it opened.
August 24th, 2007 04:48
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!
Well, not today here, but where ever you are it’s my birthday…on the 24th. =]
August 24th, 2007 04:48
Scott, are you wearing the Inside A Dog shirt?
August 24th, 2007 04:49
yay! there’s a juniors i don’t want to hurt you, but i will if i have to shirt, and a hoodie with that print. and—an added bonus—IT’S NOT PINK!
August 24th, 2007 04:52
making things not pink is always an improvement.
unless it’s food or something. then it might just be mold.
August 24th, 2007 04:55
I have always hated pink but HPATOOTP made it worse, makes me shudder all the time now.
August 24th, 2007 04:58
ok that took me a little while to figure out, but you mean hp5 right?
and i’m not too big of a fan of pink either. i wear a lot of blue. and maroon, which is kinda pink, but not really.
August 24th, 2007 05:00
pink=bad
black=good
i am not gothic. shut up.
August 24th, 2007 05:03
why did hp5 make you hate pink? (not that it isn’t a smart opinion) cuz of umbridge and her creepy kitten plates?
August 24th, 2007 05:04
Umm, Maroon is mor brown than pink but yeah HP5. I’m still gigg;y from the video. And I was the first to comment. YAY! ahhh! *sighs* if only I’d been a month earlier. =( Oh well, time marches on.
August 24th, 2007 05:05
Yup, man, everytime I see stuff like that I can’t help but cringe.
August 24th, 2007 05:05
DON’T SHOOT!
*puts hands up*
*backs away slowly*
i never said you were serafina!
August 24th, 2007 05:07
it’s okay……i’m not even wearing any black today. no, wait. yeah, i’m wearing all black.
this is the defensive attitude i get from hanging around people whose favorite color is pink. *shudder*
August 24th, 2007 05:11
yeah…as far as i’m concerned, gothic is a type of architecture lol.
August 24th, 2007 05:12
Taylor? what are you talking about?
Is it jsut me, or does that one part where they all slide down the stairs look painful? and isn’t it funny that you can see Bennett laughing in the back when Libba is acting all funny on the table?
August 24th, 2007 05:14
ohhhhhhhhh, your saying that you never sai she was goth! Im a dork. Yeah, people think I’m a punker! But I am SO not! Not that I have anything against them, my father was one, but I am not!
August 24th, 2007 05:14
just like Emo is an Irish oil company
August 24th, 2007 05:15
and gothic is also a very depressing type of literary writing.
August 24th, 2007 05:15
like the old gothic castles that they have in some place that i can’t remember. idk, it’s in some country. something i learned in social studies (history=social studies for my school) in 6th grade that stuck in my mind.
August 24th, 2007 05:15
oops late comment i’m slow
August 24th, 2007 05:17
goth isn’t even about what people think, the clique I mean. People are weird. It’s really about going back to that period of time, prefering the sombre way people dressed and the writing style that was popular then, but more modernized.
August 24th, 2007 05:18
Bennett is kinda cute…
August 24th, 2007 05:18
seriously. stereotypes suck.
August 24th, 2007 05:19
just to clarify, i was replying to number 28 there, not 29. cuz otherwise it sounds wierd.
August 24th, 2007 05:21
yeah there’s that whole “don’t label me” campaign now. but then again, it’s not just the people who get labeled as “goth” or “emo,” there’s still the people who get stuck with the label of like “prep” or whatever.
August 24th, 2007 05:26
yeah, but i’m horribly prejudiced against most of them because of those stereotypes (or thier own actions/personalies) so i don’t think about that as much
August 24th, 2007 05:28
haha yeah true…they usually do something mean/just plain rude to get that label.
August 24th, 2007 05:31
I love that all of you are ignoring comment 29. I’m already over and done with stereotypes. One day you’ll figure out that having a good friend is all that matters, not what category they or others fit them under.
August 24th, 2007 05:31
wow, i feel profound. i mean, in only 34 comments we got from discussing a funny utube video to the psychological implications of labelling.
August 24th, 2007 05:33
still ignoring com. 29
August 24th, 2007 05:33
actually hillary!, i went back to the beginning credits and yeah, i guess you’re right, but i have no idea who he is.
August 24th, 2007 05:34
neither do I! but my library has him! which is in and of itself. Ima go Google him.
August 24th, 2007 05:35
*in and of itself an oddity
what is wrong with me today?
August 24th, 2007 05:38
CLICK MY NAME!
August 24th, 2007 05:40
I HAVE WIKI!
August 24th, 2007 05:40
i did it! i’m reading the article now…
August 24th, 2007 05:41
i’ve always measured semi-success by having your own wikipedia page…..though you could technically create one yourself. but that’s not the point.
August 24th, 2007 05:42
i mean i clicked on the first one…what’s wrong w/ wiki? i know it’s unreliable, but…
August 24th, 2007 05:42
The above are two differnet sites, do not be confoozled.
August 24th, 2007 05:43
i didn’t say anything was wrong with it. i said it was cool. it is one of my personal markers of noterioty. wow, horrible spelling.
August 24th, 2007 05:43
No, wiki is fool, maybe not fawesome, but fool.
August 24th, 2007 05:43
Note the Rioty streets of Watts.
August 24th, 2007 05:44
Who do you guys think is the funniest in the video?
August 24th, 2007 05:45
oh nvm…i misread one if hillary!’s posts and i thought it said “I HATE WIKI!” instead of “I HAVE WIKI!”
August 24th, 2007 05:45
Serafina Zane, did you get the first half of your name from Serafina Pekkala?
August 24th, 2007 05:46
Whoa, I didn’t even that was what was going on.
August 24th, 2007 05:46
no. i have no clue who that is. i’m not really sure where it came from.
but hey, really hard. one guess where the zane part came from.
August 24th, 2007 05:47
ummm…the back of a cereal box? lol jk, jk.
August 24th, 2007 05:47
So, yet again, Who do you guys think is the funniest in the video?
August 24th, 2007 05:49
well i’ll have to rewatch it. be back in 3 mintues 49 seconds.
August 24th, 2007 05:49
i dunno who’s funniest. i think it’s funny as a whole.
and maybe i got it from Hawksong by amelia atwater-rhodes. zane cobriana is awesome too
the world will never know its true origins…
August 24th, 2007 05:49
Serafina Pekkala is a good witch from the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman, now being mad into a fexcellent movie.
August 24th, 2007 05:50
How about Zahler? i felt sorry for him in the end.
August 24th, 2007 05:51
huh. cool. i never got around to reading those…i meant to though.
August 24th, 2007 05:52
i totally remembered, wasn’t reason’s mother in the magic or madness trilogy named serafina too? or wait, that was sarafina. same thing really.
August 24th, 2007 05:52
ok i had to pause it in the middle to announce that WOW i just realized that when they were all lying on the floor it spelled out JOHN! yeah i’m kinda slow but at least i found it now.
August 24th, 2007 05:55
hahaha! yeah that part was really cool, and yeah Sarafina is Reason’s mother. And the hole punch tried to eat my stack of papers. So I stabbed it with pen.
August 24th, 2007 05:58
OK, I’m gonna go eat Quiznos even though I’m more of a WrongWay person.
August 24th, 2007 05:59
ok i watched the whole thing and i have to agree w/ serafina: it was just funny as a whole.
but i noticed ANOTHER thing that i hadn’t the first time around: when maureen was doing that little dance thing on the table at 3:05, scott asked “have you ever ridden a mechanical bull?”
i just thought that was funny
August 24th, 2007 06:00
i agree, it’s just ttly funny. now back to the math packet….
August 24th, 2007 06:13
… wow, that was kinda disturbing, but it was funny
August 24th, 2007 06:25
I absolutely luuv the shirts
althougyh they might look weird if someone didnt know what the shirt was about i would still totally wear them
expecially the one that says “The Smoke Lives”!!^_^
August 24th, 2007 06:27
Yay, Happy Birthday John! Nerdfighters!
That was an utterly amazing movie. I laughed the whole time.
August 24th, 2007 06:36
That was hillarious! It seems like it would have been Maurens idea.
Nerdfighters Rule!
August 24th, 2007 06:37
It was Maureen’s idea.
August 24th, 2007 06:41
that’s one of the most beautiful nyc homes i’ve seen the inside of!
August 24th, 2007 06:51
yeah i almost bought a “the smoke lives!” shirt but i asked my mom’s opinion to help me decide between that and “Team Aya” and she was like “‘the smoke lives’? people are going to think you mean something about smoking or drugs!” but to the person who hasn’t read the uglies trilogy, i can see where she was coming from.
and i just thought of something that would be pretty weird: what if like someone bought a team zane shirt, and then someone from the same school bought a team david shirt, and they wore them on the same day…it’d be like the showdowns in those old cowboy movies. i don’t know what made me think of that!
August 24th, 2007 06:53
we were right! it was from the mind of maureen!
August 24th, 2007 07:11
Ahem…I was the first to mention this so therefore the award goes to me….Just kidding! I wanna be a Nerdfighter too! I didn’t miss much while I was at lunch.
August 24th, 2007 07:14
Taylor…back with the Goo Goo Dolls I see.
August 24th, 2007 07:23
yup i’ll probably change it again sometime but not yet. i was listening to some of their older stuff and idk i decided to change it again!
i should link abercrombie.com for like a week and see what people say. experiment!
August 24th, 2007 07:31
OK, so I tried to keep a straight face throughout the whole of the video…I think it is physically impossible, I can’t help but giggle hysterically. And what does Scott mean when he says ‘the chairs are backwards’? They don’t look backwards…and is MJ trying to pretend that she is ridimg a mechanical bull, cuz if so I gotta agree with Scott, she obviously has never ridden a mechanical bull before. And who is he saying wasn’t in his ‘dream’? E. Lockhart or Bennett Madison? Man! this video is SOOO scrumdidleyummcious! And what is that song, both the one during the video and the one in the backround when MJ is riding her imaginary bull? I don’t think anyone will ever answer my stoopid little questions.=(
August 24th, 2007 07:33
well i’d answer if i knew!
August 24th, 2007 07:36
I think the people would freak, from the sounds of it these people are the ‘if I could buy clothes at B&N or Borders, I would’ type of people. And I’d agree with them. Isn’t it FOOL that Justine was here?
August 24th, 2007 07:36
THANK YOU!
August 24th, 2007 07:40
i know, it’d be as a joke…jeez who pays 80 bucks for jeans anyway?
and yeah it is!
August 24th, 2007 07:41
Another question, why was Scott only a ‘Special Appearance’?
August 24th, 2007 07:51
AHH!! That was SoOoOoOoOo FuNnY!! Was Scott the camera guy? Bc I didn’t really see him in there that much… but it was EXTREMELY funny!! lol lol lol lol lol…you get the idea
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 07:53
Yeah, I love nearthe end when they throw the socks at him, andthe the black thing were he got all ‘huffy’ and walked away.
August 24th, 2007 07:55
I agree Hillary!!!! I’m still laughing. I WISH SO MUCH that I could see him in person. Hey! Scott, you should ask the producers of the movie if you can be in it!!!!! THAT WOULD BE FAWESOME!!
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 07:57
omg! that was so pointless.
August 24th, 2007 07:58
omg that would be sooo cool, like once they start production of the movie he should like make a cameo appearance even if it was just for like 5 seconds.
August 24th, 2007 07:58
I JUST FINISHED *GIRL AT SEA*! I LOVE AIDAN!
August 24th, 2007 08:00
he should sooooooooooo be like a crumbly or even a Special Circumstance! That would be so fool! He can give the evil eye really well.
August 24th, 2007 08:01
that was…interesting. very interesting. hhhmmmmmmm.
August 24th, 2007 08:05
and these are the people i look up to. kind of…dizzy-making
August 24th, 2007 08:09
lol i’ll laugh so hard if scott comments and says something like “who are you calling a crumbly?”
but yeah he should do something like that…he would be great as a special but i’ve never seen scott act (except for that wonderful tidbit we just watched!) that’d be cool to see him try a hand at it.
August 24th, 2007 08:18
I think that he should be David’s dad!! Or what was that guy’s name from the Uglies…was it..oh yeah! He should be the boss!!
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 08:19
Ugh…I’ve been trying to find my first post for like an hour!! I don’t know why I wanna find it but I can’t!! Ugg….
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 08:21
#85, wasn’t it, kadie-wa?
August 24th, 2007 08:24
Or he could be a Warden! or Tally’s dad…no he’s not shown in the book. Yeah Lizzy-wa, I know what you mean, these are our role models, but I don’t think it’s bad that they like to have fun, do you? MJ just wanted a silly-making video for Johns b-day.
August 24th, 2007 08:24
yes, it was Kadie-wa.
August 24th, 2007 08:32
yay! i’m #100!
August 24th, 2007 08:35
No, no, I meant my VERY first post like a few months ago. Lol, I guess I didn’t make that very clear. Sorry!
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 08:36
Man! that is kinda difficult to look for! Why are you looking for it?
August 24th, 2007 08:36
I was the first! pshaw to the hundreth!
August 24th, 2007 08:38
I just wanna see like…I don’t really know…I just wanna see what pplz were saying then. And I remember my first post was extremely long and I thought I was talking to Scott, not everyone else. I was kinda clueless then!
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 08:40
Wow, I was also the 5th, 10th, 25th, 35th, 40th, (yay!) the 50th, 60th, 65th, 90th, and a whole buch of others.
August 24th, 2007 08:40
Huh?? OHHHHH, lol I get it!
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 08:41
yay! I’m the 105th! Really? what made you think you were talking to Scott?
August 24th, 2007 08:42
Because I clicked the contact thing and it brought me here (only because my computer was totally messed up).
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 08:48
hahahahahahaha! well i just watched the video again and am I the only one that noticed the HUGE stacks of books?
August 24th, 2007 08:50
And at the beginning they were all wearing normal clothes, then at the end they were still wearing their dance clothes. I ESPECIALLY love Bennett’s! those are some whit legs!
August 24th, 2007 08:50
yes! hmmm…let me check and watch it again…
August 24th, 2007 08:51
ooh, yay! #111! ok my day is complete!
August 24th, 2007 08:55
WHAT! 110 is the better #!
August 24th, 2007 09:10
111 is ALL ONES! it’s like commenting at 11:11! except not as cool…commenting at 11:11 would be FAWESOME!
August 24th, 2007 09:16
lol! I like your thinking, but 555 is better, like commmenting at 5:55.
August 24th, 2007 09:21
oh well! i have to go backpack shopping now, so tt4n!
August 24th, 2007 09:32
I am now all on my lonesome.
August 24th, 2007 09:46
I was a bit scared watching that video. Good job.
August 24th, 2007 09:46
I’m here…but I bet that ur not…WELL…..
602,101 bottles of pop on the wall 602,101 bottles of POP…take one down pass it around 602,102 bottles of pop on the wall!!
I noticed that huge stack of books too!! I wonder what books they are…hmmm…
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 09:47
Why were you scared?
August 24th, 2007 09:47
ME TOO!
August 24th, 2007 09:47
Umm, I too wonder what books they were.
August 24th, 2007 09:51
At 2:05 you can see Scott videoing MJ and Libba doing the wierd danceing thing.
August 24th, 2007 09:55
I love the way he says ‘You weren’t there’! where’d everyone go? Man you guys always leave when I show up.
August 24th, 2007 10:06
Hehe, Sorry! And then, I left and u showed up. And now i gotta go
Kadie-Wa
August 24th, 2007 10:37
HA HA HA!! You weirdos! i watched ur viedeo and i was afraid that my dad was gonna come in and ask me what on EARTH i was watching. Old people can be so strange sometimes. at least we young people are a little more mature. jk scott. u know i luv u all. but uh if any of u hope to become actors or dancers id advise u to stick to ur day jobs (as writers)…
August 24th, 2007 11:14
wow that was so funny….
yes so…
random
August 24th, 2007 11:33
definitely random…i just watched the video for the 14th time and when i turned around my little brother and sister were behind me with the most hilarious faces! talk about a photo op. then my sister said “i don’t even want to know” and left. bubbly-making.
August 24th, 2007 13:33
damn, scott, all of y’all are amazing. i’m rolling on the floor.
August 24th, 2007 14:21
That was too funny. xD
Nothing is better then watching your favorite authors dance to ABBA songs. David’s expression while sliding down the stairs had me cracking up.
Watch out for those socks, Scott!
August 24th, 2007 14:24
which one is libba bray in the video? is maureen the one in the pink? and is e. lockehart the one in the “FRESH” shirt?
August 24th, 2007 14:27
olivia:
libba bray’s the one who says “how come i’m the only one who looks like a freak?”
yes.
and yes.
August 24th, 2007 15:10
watched it 26 times now! rotflol (rolling on the floor laughing out loud)
August 24th, 2007 15:48
that is completely and utterly made of awesome!!! go scott and friends!!! john green is definitely worth tribute, happy birthday to john and mad props to you guys!!!!!
August 25th, 2007 00:48
This is completely out of the blue, but I just saw the Wearable Extras store, and holy smokes, BRAILLE?! Being a blind person, I was rather taken aback by that one. And, egads, it’s been so long since I’ve had to read grade one (just the letters and punctuation; grade two is all the nifty contractions, whole words, part words, etc…all the spiffy things that make it an actual code of sorts).
Dang, now I really wish I had access to the Uglies trilogy in braille, but, alas, I don’t.
And that video was very touching and also very hilarious. You guys are cool.
August 25th, 2007 01:30
the wierdest thing about that video was that i was singing mama mia all yesterday because it randomly popped into my head. coincidence? i think not!
August 25th, 2007 02:33
lol i totally love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 25th, 2007 03:21
I’ve watched it so many times now I think I know the song by heart now.
August 25th, 2007 03:58
OK, people click mt name to hear the coolest song EVER! it’ll take a second to upload I think.
August 25th, 2007 04:17
Wow, I think I just died of laughter. How long did you spend making that?
August 25th, 2007 04:35
making my profile or the songlist?
August 25th, 2007 04:46
Uh Hillary!, it won’t work. It’s privet.
August 25th, 2007 05:05
OH! hold on! I’ll change it!
August 25th, 2007 05:08
OK, I think I fixed it now.
August 25th, 2007 06:31
LOL that was HILARIOUS!!! lol luv it! They were dancing, then there was Scott, with a “geez, these people need help” expression. LOL!
YAY!!! FLAMEBRINGER SHIRT! I’M SO BUYING ONE!!!
August 25th, 2007 06:36
Those socks that are thrown at Scott are the ones that David was wearing.
August 25th, 2007 06:39
Hahaha! Priceless appearance, Mr. Westerfeld. Superb video.
August 25th, 2007 07:53
I have to say. I love you guys. That was hilarious.
August 25th, 2007 08:37
I LOVED it hillary!!!!
Kadie-Wa
August 25th, 2007 08:45
YAY! and has anyone acyually watched Brotherhood 2.0? I have been for the last hour and let me tell you.. this is better than reality T.V., which admittedly isn’t fair b/c reality T.V. tends to rot brain cells, but B2.0 doesn’t, it makes you laugh and think. I am ADICTED!
August 25th, 2007 08:45
*ADDICTED
August 25th, 2007 09:12
Wanna know somthing scary?? Well, if you said no, I’m still going to tell it anyways.
So today i was going to go play with my dahlings. (The kittens) And when I got in there, there was only Zane and Tally and The mom. I paniced a little, and then started serching the room for them. After an hour and a half, I looked for the 20th time in the corner of the room and guess who was there–Shay. She was sitting there all cute. So I picked her and Tally up and I put them in a kennel so I could keep track of where they were. And I threw a toy in there so they could injoy themselves. I started looking around again and…wait, where did Zane go? Great, so now I found one and lost the other. Perfect. So I start looking for one of the boys. After another half hour of serching, i looked at the corner where I found Shay. And guess who was there…David. I put him in the kennel with the other ones and he plays with them. So, I’m only missing Zane when I hear a faint meow. I go back over to the corner where i found the other two and guess who was there? Zane. It was C-R-A-Z-Y!!! I swear, they just fell out of the ceiling and landed in that corner
Wow, sorry that was so long!
Kadie-Wa
August 25th, 2007 09:12
scented candles!
August 25th, 2007 09:35
What’s with the corner? and the scented candles?
August 25th, 2007 10:12
Me? My corner…Idk…but it’s strange how all the kitties were there….hmmmmmmmm.
Kadie-Wa
August 25th, 2007 10:39
Wow, you must get really bored…
August 25th, 2007 11:27
Me? Yes, I DO tend to get bored extremely easily. And then all of my soccer teammates say, “Only the boring get bored!” But I hate that quote.
Kadie-Wa
August 25th, 2007 15:12
ahahahah that was great!
Aww but Scott why didn’t you join in with the dancing? You deserved to have stinky socks thrown at you in the end you spoil sport! hehe j/k
That was a good watch, definitely made me laugh
August 25th, 2007 21:05
is this thread mainly made up of three people?
haha scott. great little cameo there.
August 26th, 2007 02:55
And what three would that be? *whistles*
Kadie-Wa
August 26th, 2007 13:40
g…idk…
September 1st, 2007 12:25
that is so amazing. 5 of my favorite authors (including you) in a movie dedicated to ANOTHER of my favorite authors.
that is so awesome that you are all friends!
September 2nd, 2007 06:04
i don’t know all of them.
September 30th, 2007 08:58
Wouldn’t it be awesome if all the people on this site who are as crazy as them met eachother in some *ahemhemhemcoughchokeiminnocentchokewheezesputter* coincidence? We’d probably make the randoms’* eyes pop out.
*I use random to refer to the normal, boring people.
October 7th, 2007 03:09
whoa……i dunno if i entirely got that….hmmm….gotta ponder on that…..
-riderchild-wa