So, I need a title.
Most of you will remember the anthology I edited about Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Since then the same publisher (Teen Libris) has done a number of these collections, including this recent one about Stephenie Meyer’s Twlight series:
Lately, Teen Libris and I have been discussing a similar project for yours truly—a book about the Uglies series.
Of course, this is very different from Bubbly to Bogus, which is a behind-the-scenes guide to Tally’s world, with maps, diagrams, and such. This anthology will be a dozen or so other YA authors writing essays about the series, with subjects like:
“David vs. Zane”
“Shay: Evil Antagonist or Secret Hero?”
“Why do people get plastic surgery?”
“The dangers of technology and conformity”
“Slang and language use in the series”
“Radical Honesty versus being Pretty: are they the same thing?”
“The idea of wilderness in the series”
This is just a random list, but it gives you the idea.
So my question is, What do we call this book? Here are few lame suggestions of mine:
The Color of Cat Vomit
Adventures in Special Circumstances
Facing the Future
Skin Deep
Ugly Truths
Pretty/Ugly
Turning Pretty
About Face
Some of these are okay. But we’d really like to have your help this.
So comment away, and give us some good titles!
Note: This book won’t come out until 2009, but Bubbly to Bogus comes out October 23, 2008, and you can pre-order it now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Powells!
July 12th, 2008 03:49
How about dropping “Adventures in” and going with just Special Circumstances?
Also:
New Pretty Town
Mindrain
July 12th, 2008 04:09
I really like:
Facing the Future
Skin Deep
About Face
But I’m not clever enough to think of new ones.
July 12th, 2008 04:16
woot woot top three comments
it’s a first for me
July 12th, 2008 04:18
I like Dave’s “Mindrain” and I like your “Skin Deep” and “Ugly Truths,” scott-la.
July 12th, 2008 04:20
I’m also a fan of Mindrain and Skin Deep.
July 12th, 2008 04:20
Skin Deep is okay I guess. Mindrain is genious though
July 12th, 2008 04:40
Volt Face
July 12th, 2008 04:45
ummm….
hmm…
Tricky, Bubbly, Icy…something with the keywords?
Under the Knife? cuz, like, surgery.
okay, i had an idea and lost it there.
or, as i think you called it on this site before, The Makings of an Eco-Terrorist.
yeah, i got nothing good here…but i’m thinking…
July 12th, 2008 04:47
I really like Mindrain and facing the future and skin deep.
July 12th, 2008 04:52
Face It, which is lame, but thinking along the lines of “Face it, Tally-wa. You’re Special.”
Or, you know, CAKE!, which no one would understand.
hmm… Fireworks?
They were sort of a theme in Pretties, and sort of in Uglies too.
Hey Look We’ve Got Hoverboards?
I always thought Surge Monkeys was a cool phrase, but it doesn’t really represent the whole series.
Cat Vomit by itself is cool, but somehow i don’t think that’d be very well received/understood either.
WHY DO GOOD CHARACTERS HAVE TO DIE? Just kidding there…that’d be some pretty horrible spoilers for a title.
Explosions and Hoverboards: The Fall of A Dystopic Society.
July 12th, 2008 04:52
top ten cool
July 12th, 2008 04:52
wait top twenty
July 12th, 2008 04:55
I like skin deep and about face
July 12th, 2008 04:58
yeah, i’ve got nothing better to do than come up with lists of titles.
Hey Future, Don’t End Up Like This.
Get Bubbly
Stay Icy
The Smoke Lives (even though, really, it kind of doesn’t anymore, but whatever.)
Young Blood
Surge
eh, i’m going to eat lunch now.
July 12th, 2008 05:08
I like Mindrain, The Color of Cat Vomit, and Under the Knife… thats not really lame Serafina Zane….. Don’t Tamper With Mother Nature is kinda cool too tho…. hmmmmmmmmmmmm I’m now stumped!
July 12th, 2008 05:14
I vote “Spagbol”.
Kidding.
Zane-y Times with Tally? Again, jk.
Pretty Ugly (without the / ) is cute in itself- nice double meaning. But if it’s essays… not serious enough really.
The Truth About Ugly (Uglies?)
Surge
With possible bylines being: Uglies to Pretties, Changing Face, or one of your ideas on the list. They’re not lame. (most of them, anyway.)
I like Serafina Zane’s Explosions and Hoverboards: The Fall of A Dystopic Society. But I don’t know if hoverboards, cool though they are, fit in with what the book is supposed to be about. Or explosions, for that matter. But the format of it is cool, and the Dystopic. The fall can mean anything from Rusties’ fall to the mindrain, so that’s good too.
Good luck deciding, then! Hope you don’t get more confused instead of less because of all the suggestions.
July 12th, 2008 05:23
This will sound so stupid, but how about Pretty Faced, Ugly Minded, the truth about surge.
July 12th, 2008 05:31
*Hasn’t posted here in forever but I am officially back*
I love Serafina’s CAKE! That would be the perfect title and only the hardcore fans would even know what the heck it means. :]
something about special circumstances…The New Special Curcumstances. or The Price of Perfection…
I dont know, book titles dont come to me very well..no matter what its called though, I’ll still buy it
July 12th, 2008 05:47
Skin Deep seemed obvious to me before I even got to the list of titles you’d come up with.
July 12th, 2008 05:59
How about:
“The Extra Special things about being Pretty Ugly”
I don’t know. I thought it’d be cool to have all the titles in it. Good Luck. Maybe I’ll think of another one.
July 12th, 2008 05:59
I like the name Skin Deep or Ugly Truths. And I’ll definetly look at Bubbly to Bogus when it comes out, if I can figure out where my Barnes and Nobel is going to put it anyway…
July 12th, 2008 06:00
how about ‘open minded’?
i dunno… i’m not very creative when it comes to book names.
good luck!
: )
July 12th, 2008 06:05
ummm… idk.. i suck at this
July 12th, 2008 06:44
I really really like the suggestion MindRain. Ummm…yeah…I’ll think about it though….
July 12th, 2008 07:00
“The Wild Still Has Teeth”
July 12th, 2008 07:03
I like Surge or Mind Rain.
Young Blood is good, but I’d assume teenage vampires. Skin Deep is also good, but I’d assume either skin flick or slasher novel.
How about Too Pretty for Words?
Alternately, Too Ugly for Words?
July 12th, 2008 07:04
I DON’T think that there should be something like, “Zane vs. David” because they DON’T fight over Tally or hate eachother or anything.
Besides that, I like ‘Skin Deep’ and ‘Under the Knife’.
Skin Deep is my fav.
OORRRRR
something along the lines of, ‘This is a Special Circumstance’ because HAHAHAHA it is! Well, actually it’s quite radical if I do say so myself Scott-la.
July 12th, 2008 07:06
Sofar from everyone my top 5 would be, in order…
1. Mindrain
2. CAKE!
3. Young Blood
4. Pretty Faced, Ugly Minded: The Truth About Surge (or something along the lines of it- it pretty much covers most topics you’d talk about in the book.)
5. Price of Perfection
Hmm… actually they aren’t in correct order except Mindrain. But I expecially like #4 and #5.
July 12th, 2008 07:12
so in order I think it would be
1. Mindrain
2. Price of Perfection
3. Pretty Faced, ugly Minded: The Truth About Surge (or something along the lines of it)
4. CAKE!
5. Young Blood
But I think 4 and 5 are tied. Neither are very related to the book, but they’re cool and CAKE is something that is like an inside thing, only people who read the books would understand it… Young Blood is cool too.
July 12th, 2008 07:14
I disagree Lisa-wa, I think there should be. It’s a matter of opinion, like Edward vs. Jacob for Twilight series. It’s impossible for there to be a right answer, and I’d like to see the opinions and reasons of other authors.
July 12th, 2008 07:18
You know, scott-la should use authors like Stephanie Meyer, ones we all know very well. I don’t care about the opinions of authors i’ve never heard of… and face it- pretty much everyone who’s read scott-la’s books has heard of, if not read, the Twilight series.
July 12th, 2008 07:32
I personally like About Face and Ugly Truths. I also like Skin Deep but I have read three books by that same title already, so I have to say it might be overused.
July 12th, 2008 07:34
I just read some of the comments and have changed my mind. Cake is the best. XD
July 12th, 2008 07:52
i really like skin deep maybe something like “more that meets the eye” idk im bad at stuff like this
July 12th, 2008 08:47
I like “About Face” and “Skin Deep”, and it would be brilliant to have one of those no matter what the title was.
Actually… I’m partial to “The Color of Cat Vomit” and I have a friend who would, without a doubt, love that. (She’s the future Cat Lady).
I really loved the Twilight series… until I really looked at it. Then I realized that Edward was a Gary-Stu and Bella was the most annoying, bland person I have ever read about. All the characters were very flat. And (meant in *NO* offense to Stephenie Meyer) it seemed like it tried too hard to make Bella ‘different’, to the point where she was a wannabe rebel who acted like a [bad word] to all her friends after she got a boyfriend.
But this is not the “Fans Gone Wild: Twilight Bashing Board”, so I’ll stop.
I’m excited for all your upcoming books, Mr. Westerfeld! =]
<3
July 12th, 2008 09:00
Hi, Scott!! This is my first time on your blog. I just finished the Uglies series and am enthralled! It inspired me to write, and I’m working right now on a book! It’s funny because I read so much, but this is the first series that got me to write!!
Anyways, my idea is
Pretty, Ugly, and Everything In Between.
July 12th, 2008 09:01
i like:
facing the future
skin deep
and
ugly truths
mindrain is cool too
July 12th, 2008 09:02
i like mindrain, skin deep, facing the future, ana ugly truths
July 12th, 2008 09:30
i LOVE The Price of Perfection, Under the Knife, and CAKE! hehe. so much fawesomeness.
i havent been on in AGES! but now im hear to give my ideas! so…
Be Tricky, Get Bubbly, Stay Icy, and Kick It! (all one title)
Dizzy-making Truths (instead of ugly truths, even tho thats a fawesome title an all)
and im being really missing rite now. so i cant come up with any more. but i’ll keep thinking.
i really like The Color of Cat Vomit tho. even tho it may not have COMPLETLEY a whole lot to do with the series, it totally does. i mean, its like the color of cat vomit is just code for a look into the whole world. when you really look at it. ya no what i mean?
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 12th, 2008 09:31
I think David vs. Zane is a perfectly good essay topic, because even if they don’t fight in the books, you can still discuss personal opinions.
And somehow i doubt Scott-la’s the one who picks the authors to be in the book.
umm….other ideas….yeah, i used all mine.
CAKE!
July 12th, 2008 09:33
Life’s Not Pretty
hows about that?
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 12th, 2008 10:24
I love Lizzy-wa’s ‘The Dizzy-making Truth’ and I like Aubry’s ‘Pretty, Ugly, and Everything In Between’. Serafina Zane’s ‘Cake’ is brilliant aswell.
I have a feeling Scotts gonna have a hard time picking one; they’re all really good!
Heres mine:
‘The Truth in Perfection’
‘Hoverboards And Crash Bracelets’
‘Crims and Cutters’
‘Curing Lesions’
‘The Princess, The Dragon, and An Ugly Prince’
‘Lazy Vanity’
‘New System’
‘New Smoke, New Systems, and New Special Circumstances’
‘Bubbleheads’
July 12th, 2008 10:44
my favorite is The Ugly Truth or like you have it Ugly Truths.. since there is more than one… but i think it’s more powerful if it’s The Ugly Truth.
umm… yeah. i can’t think of any.. i’m not a very creative word person.. sorrys!
July 12th, 2008 10:49
Lizzy-wa! your finally back!
yays!
July 12th, 2008 11:00
I like Mindrain and About Face. = ]
July 12th, 2008 11:01
I like “The Color of Cat Vomit the most, but perhaps make it a bit more vague. Like, “What Color Was The Sky?” or something along that line. Something that only true Uglies fans would see and be like, “Hey! I get that!” Lol.
And while I like that title, and a few of the others up there, I also like my own idea-
“We Don’t Want To Hurt You”
That or something having to do with nanos. I love my nanos:D
Also, for a essay topic, I’d really like, “Can the sky really be the color of vomit?” to be one. Me and my friends actually got into a debate over that one time, because they said that cat vomit was multiple colors and I said that that was the point. They also said that the color ranges depending on what the cat has ingested, which is true. I suppose it just gives everyone a different image in their minds, and that’s why I’d love to see a few authors write their own seperate opinions and debates about it:)
July 12th, 2008 11:06
The Color of Cat Vomit
^-^
I love it!
Mindrain is pretty cool as well.
I like Lizzy-wa’s “Be Tricky, Get Bubbly, Stay Icy, and Kick It!”
It seems like most of your fans (especially on this blog) are in love with hoverboards! So I feel something to do with hoverboards would be cool…. only I can’t think of anything… hehe…
BUT there should be an anthology about Midnighters!!! (cause thats my fav…!)
July 12th, 2008 11:20
Oh! I just thought of something for the nanos!
“Nanos Are Your Friends”
It’s a work in progress. I almost though, “Do Not Run Away, Nanos Are Your Friends”, but I thought that was a bit too Mars Attacks:P
Also, maybe something having to do with Rusties. Like, a play on the fact that Rusties are the ones writing the essays for a book about the Uglies/Pretties/Specials/Extras.
July 12th, 2008 11:22
there shood DEFINATELY be an anthology about Midnighters!!!
there shood be sompthing about blowing up stuff! like…
Can You Say CRASH?
ya no… cuz theres like, millions of crashes. theres the Rusty crash. and the Smoke crash. and the Pretty crash. and all those crashes on hoverboards…. it totally makes sense! …kind of…
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 12th, 2008 11:32
i really like Mind Rain. it’s got a cool sound to it and it’s very future-ish.
my suggestion: Beneath the Surface
I fail at this game…
July 12th, 2008 11:34
Ugly Ideas
Ugly Thoughts
Ugly Futures
Reminds me of X singing “must not think bad thoughts” or Zappa asking “What’s the ugliest part of your body?”. He answers, “I think it’s your mind.”
Hmm, how about
No Crash Bracelets
There is always…
Hoverboard Derring-Do
The last has excellent Google fu.
July 12th, 2008 11:38
Scott-la,
You called your book Bubbly to Bogus in the entry. It’s the other way around.
Skin Deep is already a YA title (by E.M. Crane)
I suck at titles, but I suggest:
Uglies Gone Wild
Pretty Ugly / Pretty Uglies
Pretty-Making
The Hole in the Wall
How to Survive on Spag Bol
Extra! Extra!
When Hoverboards Attack
July 12th, 2008 11:38
Hoverboard Derring-Do
hahahaha! YES!
July 12th, 2008 11:52
P.S. If I begged and pleaded enough, would they let me write an essay?
Ever since the un-contacted Amazon tribe was discovered, I can’t get Andrew Simpson Smith out of my mind…
July 12th, 2008 12:10
haha this is gonna be one of those times when I re read the series to catch up on good titles
(which is fool because I hardly ever re read books but I can always read these books seriously)
July 12th, 2008 12:39
I like cakes… because the last word of uglies was pretty, the last word of pretties was special, and the last word of specials was ugly. i feel the cycle needs to continue with Extras and the last word being cake…
July 12th, 2008 13:02
unless someone already has…..
someone should compile a list and create a poll. that way everyone can vote.
July 12th, 2008 13:06
i like mindrain but scott where did u come up with the color of cat vomit!
July 12th, 2008 13:07
500 Years of Evolution (or something with that in it…cuz, you know how Tally goes ‘You just took on another 500 years of evolution’?)
Pretty Evolution
I like the Mindrain one, too.
And I just forgot my favorite one! Great, just great. Awesome.
I have a feeling I’ll be back.
July 12th, 2008 13:08
i also like emilys title how to survive on spag bol
July 12th, 2008 13:10
The Smoke Lives! That was what I forgot, and also…
Two birds with One Stone (wait, no, was it the other way around…? Y’know, the name of one of the chapters in Extras…) I’ll go check it out, hold the phone.
July 12th, 2008 13:15
Joy Ride- another random title I just thought of.
And it’s…yeah, I was right, it’s Two Birds with One Stone. Ha! My memory rocks!
July 12th, 2008 13:28
i like ‘the color of cat vomit’…it’s rather funny!
July 12th, 2008 13:38
Hmmm….Skin Deep sounds best.
July 12th, 2008 14:20
What it means to be ugly ( in a pretties world)
the life and world of Tally youngblood
what it means to be tally youngblood
Ugly
mindrain
next generation : how it began ( if you don’t get this one its like explaining how extras came to be)
Tally youngblood : The truths, the lies, the answers
Are you ugly?
Pretties, make it happen
Zane or David, Tally or shea, and all the other questions we need answers
Uglies: how to live and love it
‘k thats all i got all have you know its 10 at night so give me a break
July 12th, 2008 14:22
yeah, Cake would be the perfect title, cuz only people who’ve read the four books would understand, and therefore…wait a minute…then the sales wouldn’t be as good…well, i like it anyways…
CAKE!!!!!!
July 12th, 2008 14:32
I was going to come up with something, but it looks like a lot of the titles people already came up with are amazing. I’m a fan of:
Mindrain
Pretty Ugly
The Ugly Truth
Pretty, Ugly, And Everything in Between
Skin Deep
Dizzy-making Truths
Be Tricky, Get Bubbly, Stay Icey
Pretty Faced, Ugly Minded
All of them are totally amazing. I love the ones that only people who actually read and know the series would get, like “SpagBol” or “Cat Vomit,” but it’s my personal opinion that the title should represent the series. (Although it’s pretty hard to sum up a trilogy that is nine kinds of fawesome in one phrase.) Somehow, I managed to come up with a few (bad ones) of my own:
Pretty Icy
The Ugly Side of Pretty
Behind the Eyes (Because the series has a lot of focus on eyes)
The Eyes Have It
Skin is Only So Deep
Skin Shallow, Mind Deep (Okay, now that seams REALLY lame….)
The Beginning of an End
Well whatever it’s titled, I’m looking forward to it, as well as Bogus to Bubbly (which, by the way, was accidentally called “Bubbly to Bogus” in this post)!
July 12th, 2008 14:32
I was going to come up with something, but it looks like a lot of the titles people already came up with are amazing. I’m a fan of:
Mindrain
Pretty Ugly
The Ugly Truth
Pretty, Ugly, And Everything in Between
Skin Deep
Dizzy-making Truths
Be Tricky, Get Bubbly, Stay Icey
Pretty Faced, Ugly Minded
All of them are totally amazing. I love the ones that only people who actually read and know the series would get, like “SpagBol” or “Cat Vomit,” but it’s my personal opinion that the title should represent the series. (Although it’s pretty hard to sum up a trilogy that is nine kinds of fawesome in one phrase.) Somehow, I managed to come up with a few (bad ones) of my own:
Pretty Icy
The Ugly Side of Pretty
Behind the Eyes (Because the series has a lot of focus on eyes)
The Eyes Have It
Skin is Only So Deep
Skin Shallow, Mind Deep (Okay, now that seams REALLY lame….)
The Beginning of an End
Well whatever it’s titled, I’m looking forward to it, as well as Bogus to Bubbly (which, by the way, was accidentally called “Bubbly to Bogus” in this post)!
July 12th, 2008 14:34
Whoops, posted my comment twice! My bad! (Now you people see why my username has “PrettyMinded” in it….)
July 12th, 2008 14:41
OHMIGOD! I was just looking at some of the earlier ideas and I saw that in one of Lizzy-wa’s post she meantioned an idea that a Midnighters anthology be made, and that gave me the idea that a Midnighters GUIDE should be made, just like Bogus to Bubbly! And the weird thing is, it took me a while to come up with a semi-decent title for this anthology, but a title for a Midnighter’s guide kind of just hit me:
Midnighter’s Lore: A Guide to the Secret Hour
I don’t know if it’s any good, but I kind of like it!
July 12th, 2008 14:57
I think Mindrain’s an awesome title, and Skin Deep and Ugly Truths isn’t so bad either.
And just for David, Five Million Years of Evolution. Though that sounds lame now. =P
July 12th, 2008 14:59
A Four Sided Reality(4 sided? Ugly/Pretty/Special/Extra, get it? Ya…probably not so good…)
July 12th, 2008 15:21
squee-making. very. but so hard to name!
I do like mindrain
The Rusty’s guide to the Uglies Universe?
or just for the sake of tradition and shameless copying,
be tricky,
get bubbly,
stay icy,
and kick it.
July 12th, 2008 16:15
Face the Pretty Ugly Truth?
i guess you could put a slash in there too, to turn it into
Face the Pretty/Ugly Truth
July 12th, 2008 16:20
OH. sudden epiphany.
how about
The Bridge That Can’t Talk?
the bridge that couldnt talk….
the only brigde left….
silent bridge…..
maybe the bridge could narrate the story? i dunno that seems kinda awesome to me, having the one old piece of history that CANT talk talking about the books.
….helpful, maybe?
July 12th, 2008 16:25
‘corse you cant have the bridge narrate the WHOLE thing, cause the point of the book is to have the opinions of other authors and such…..
yeah. okay im ranting.
shutting up now.
July 12th, 2008 16:30
hehe. non-talking bridges. hehe. much fawesomeness…
but i have some things that were bugging me:
PrettyMindedUgly, Serafina-la came up with the whole fawesome Midnighters anthology thing. hehe. probably doesnt matter, but that was bugging me.
and Lotti-la, i SWEAR i stole that frase from YOU. even tho i cant find where i saw it anywhere online…mysterious, i no…
hehe. oh. and i absolutly LOVE the Hoverboard Derring-do! hehe. memories…
and i am SO glad im not the only one that saw that Bubbly to Bogus thing. i read the paragraph over and over and kept thinking “i SWEAR the title was Bogus to Bubbly! shood i comment about it… but i dont want to seem all Sherlock Holmes…hhhhhhmmmmm… but then again. Scott-la’s the famous author. he must have just recently changed the title of the book and forgot to mention it or sompthing…” hehe. i feel really silly now.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 12th, 2008 18:34
Essays
July 12th, 2008 20:11
I think I may have posted it on my blog once. But I think I got it off someone on the Extras spoiler page… I don’t know who. Or maybe I’m thinking of something Sera Zanes said about the covers. I’m really confused now!
July 12th, 2008 20:13
I love the bit about “Shay: Evil Antagonist or Secret Hero?”
because we all know who REALLY started the mindrain, right?
July 12th, 2008 20:48
How about …… The uglies seiries under the knife. When does bogus to bubbly get realeased in Australia?
July 12th, 2008 20:49
sorry just realised I spelt series (seiries) wrong.
July 12th, 2008 22:26
i didn’t read the first sixty comments, so i dunno if someone’s already suggested this:
instead of ‘the pretty ugly truth’, i think it should be the ‘ugly pretty truth’….
i like ‘the silent bridge’, it sound ominous but interesting at the same time….
i can’t think of any good ones, cuz it’s 7:30 in the morning, i can’t think well….i had all these mosquito bite-ish things all over me, so i was like half awake and half asleep all night. talk about annoying.
July 12th, 2008 23:01
The color of cat vomit xD
Me, I would say ugly/pretty is the better one beause it reminds to the books..
July 12th, 2008 23:42
I liked Skin Deep. UMR-wa
, I sorta liked your “the silent bridge”. Mindrain is cool too.
July 13th, 2008 00:02
Face Value.
July 13th, 2008 00:45
just playin around but what about Extra Pretty Icy Uglies it has to do with all of the trilogy books
July 13th, 2008 00:49
or Extra special pretty uglies or Extra pretty, specially uglies i,m on a roll
July 13th, 2008 00:59
I like Face Value (above). How about Facing Reality?
July 13th, 2008 01:18
Pretty Lies and Ugly Truths
Or
Pretty Lies; Ugly Truths
Simple and to the point.
July 13th, 2008 01:40
My top three:
1. Special Circumstances (perfect!!!)
2. Mindrain (This one seems weird, I didn’t think it fit with all three stories)
3. Spagbol (such a soft spot for that one)
Hope you have an aha! moment and the right title is found!!!
July 13th, 2008 02:25
wow you can really tell that he’s just dying to write more about the Uglies world. 5th book!
July 13th, 2008 02:38
i rlly like the color of cat vomit one
or mayb u could do something like
Rusty…
Rusty Vs.Ugglie
or
just The Rusties
or yahhhhh
something to do w/ Rusties
cause thats us
and the book is our thoughts.
Good Luck!!
July 13th, 2008 02:54
rah i’m going to go mad reading all these possible book titles. I like alot of them, but one thing i don’t understand- what would About Face be for? I don’t understna dthat one, so anyone care to explain?
on another note…
I GOT A PUPPY! I GOT A PUPPY! She’s a rare colored Shih Tzu. My family loves Shih Tzus, they’re just the cutest little dogs. She’s not your traditional white with black or brown spots. She’s got caramel/golden fur and has black on the tips of her tail and ears, on the tips of some of her back fur, and on her face. She looks kinda like a pug, but… shih tzu-like. lol. I’ve got a picture of her i’m putting on my blog, it’s really cute. To get to my blog, click my name!
July 13th, 2008 03:05
oh, the ‘the silent bridge’ wasn’t mine….i’d read it in an earlier comment….wish it was mine, tho!
July 13th, 2008 03:06
and congrats, emily-wa on the dog!!!!
i have a cat, and i call him cleopatro (but his real name is rascal)
July 13th, 2008 03:07
Here’s one:
The Good, the Bad, and the Uglies
July 13th, 2008 03:09
I really like Mind Rain.
But I also think it would be pretty cool to have something to do with the series being under surgery because it’s being analyzed in the essays…
The Truth Under Surgery/The Truth Under the Knife
Surgically Extracting the Truth Behind Beauty (But maybe with another word instead of beauty, since all the essays won’t be about beauty) (I don’t know about that one, it seems kind of wordy) (Sorry I like parentheses =P)
OR you could do a pun on Tally’s name, maybe? Like, “Ugly Truth vs. Pretty Lies: Tallying the Score” (but better-sounding)
And last idea: “Diagnosing the Cancer of the Earth” (I’m thinking of Dr. Cable saying humanity is a cancer of the earth/world…sorry I don’t remember the exact wording!)
July 13th, 2008 03:24
i like under the knife and Ugly thoughts
hmm maybe….
Pretty to be Ugly
July 13th, 2008 03:30
i also got umm…..
nothing
i love the smoke though
i practically screamed out loud when the uglies wrote the new smoke in the sky in uglies.
ummm something with that???????????????????????????
*****************does anyone no the exact date bogus to bubbly comes out???
July 13th, 2008 03:31
I LOVE THE SILENT BRIDGE!!!!
SO COOOLLL
July 13th, 2008 03:37
yeah! im going to the beach tomorow!
July 13th, 2008 03:53
Half an hour of staring at my computer screen and the use of a thesaurus, and “The Constringencies of Perfect” and “Inadequately Beautiful” were the only things I could come up with. Oh, well.
July 13th, 2008 04:16
I’m sorry If anything i repeat has alreayd been said or thought of I did’t read all of the comments.
Pretty special for an uglie ok I don’t think that really works, but it’s kind of interesting I guess
The Ultimate face off Uglie vs. Pretty
Beaty vs. Brain
Blegh I’m bad at this.
July 13th, 2008 04:40
WHOOOOOOO! i got a laptop!
July 13th, 2008 05:49
hmmm. I like “Skin Deep”, “Ugly Truths”, and “Facing the Future”. Serafina Zane’s “Under the Knife” that’s cool. Oooh, and,uh, Shausto-la’s “The Price of Perfection”. Ummmmmmm, I can’t think of any myself but I’ll get back to you if I think of one.
July 13th, 2008 06:00
Oooh, uh, I just thought of one (or two). What about:
Pretty Special: A look into the Ugly future. (or something along those lines)
Ugly In a World of Pretties.
July 13th, 2008 06:21
skin deep is still my fav under the knife is good to
July 13th, 2008 07:05
eh idk. I just realized, only ONE essay topic scott-la gave had to do with the surgery. Shouldn’t the title be a little more… idk, broad-topiced?
July 13th, 2008 07:21
To Emily-wa:
But…Zane-la kinda died. (Very sad btw I loved him.) And Tally doesn’t nessecarily love David anymore like she use too.
See in the Twilight series, Bella has to chose between Jacob and Edward but in the Uglies series Zane dies and Tally can’t do anything about that…
July 13th, 2008 09:12
I was thinking “MindField”.
Because when your pretty, your brain is like a mine field, being triggered to do c and think certain things when certain situations arise.
Maybe?
July 13th, 2008 10:25
“Facing the Future” is undoubtedly the best. “Skin Deep” would work as well.
~i
July 13th, 2008 10:31
Hey Future, Don’t End Up Like This. is my fav. I should write short story called that! XD
July 13th, 2008 13:03
First let me just say I love this whole idea of analyzing the book. On a somewhat related note, that is the reason why I listen to Mugglecast since they analyze the book series talking about these little things. So I really hope this is real and not just some idea still being thought about. Anyways my thoughts:
The Color of Cat Vomit – No but I see where you are going with this title
Adventures in Special Circumstances – Kinda lame with Adventures (no offense)
Facing the Future – Okay title but others are better in my opinion
Skin Deep – I like this a bit more than Ugly Truths
Ugly Truths – This really stood out in my mind as one title
Pretty/Ugly – Okay, kinda cliche don’t you think?
Turning Pretty – Not really
About Face – Maybe…
July 13th, 2008 13:07
what about just plain “Special Circumstances”?
or my favourite motto, “I Don’t Want to Hurt You, but I Will if I Have To”?
lame as a book name, I know. But I like seeing it in capitals like that
July 13th, 2008 13:08
I love “The Good, The Bad, and The Uglies”
July 13th, 2008 13:16
***UGLIES SPOILER***
To Lisa-wa:
“But…Zane-la kinda died.” I still think Zane’la was better. David wasn’t as romantical as Zane. Zane-la’s dying was an accident, so it shouldn’t have anything to do with whether Zane-la or David is better. Besides, I like that Zane refused to get help for his headaches to help him and Tally-wa get out of New Pretty Town. It’s sweet, and he knew he was risking his health for her. David just liked her, and while he told her the truth about Pretties it just wasn’t as…idk, bubbly?… a relationship.
Oh, and will SOMEONE explain About Face to me?!
July 13th, 2008 13:19
lotti-wa, i like that too.
See, I want something a little more broad than something about the surgery, because that’s not what all the essays are about.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uglies is a title that is broad enough to include things from David vs. Zane to the Dangers of Technology.
July 13th, 2008 13:22
but it could be taken as
- David and Zane are good. which is better?
- The Dangers of Technology = bad
July 13th, 2008 13:23
- thanks to Milly-wa for “The Good, The Bad and The Uglies”
July 13th, 2008 14:49
I love Mindrain, Beneath the Surface, About Face, The Colour of Cat Vomit and Pretty Ugly.
can someone please explain to me what CAKE means?
July 13th, 2008 14:52
To Emily-wa: lol
I love David and Zane-la both with Tally-wa.
Hahahaha, that’s my story.
July 13th, 2008 14:54
Cake is the last word in Extras, Claire-wa.
July 13th, 2008 14:57
Lol cake is GOOOOODDD.
July 13th, 2008 15:02
hehe..Scott-la, I think you’ve got pretty good support with Cake. It’s pretty much perfect, disregarding the fact that it is probably the title that has the least to do with the essay topics.
…Cake is fawesome anyway.
July 13th, 2008 16:07
I really like the name “The Uncovered Ugly” for a book title. It kind of sounds… nice. I really am looking forward to this book. I’ve always had my concerns with Shay…
July 13th, 2008 17:11
i’m still rooting for “The Rusty’s Guide to the Uglies Universe”.
cuz, you know, we’re Rusties.
July 13th, 2008 17:29
wow
im a big fan of the uglies series, and to find out
that there will be more or something to continue makes me really happy
and im sure im not the only one..
ive been looking forward to somethig like the two books that are coming out.
i really love all this books
and for the title
of the book something related to the ones on the past
wouldnt be bad but skin deep and pretty/uglies sound really interesting,
hope they have they have something
with the model we all know..
because it was weird but while reading the books
i would look back to the cover many timess
and my imagination would take over
so it would be nicee
to know more about Tallys world.
July 13th, 2008 21:03
OMC. To have my favorite author (you) talk about my favorite book (Twilight). I think I’m gonna faint.
July 14th, 2008 03:04
you’re welcome, lotti-wa!
July 14th, 2008 04:42
“MindRain” is probably the coolest possible title.
“Cat Vomit” is pretty awesome too.
“Special Circumstances”
“Rusty Ruins”
July 14th, 2008 05:14
I really like:
About Face
Adventures in special cercomstances
facing the future
and
thought turning pretty is good I think it would be better as turning uglie.
July 14th, 2008 05:18
I like that, “The Rusty’s Guide to the Uglies Universe”, lotti-wa! AND WILL SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN “ABOUT FACE” TO ME? I DON’T GET TI!
good grief, that’s the third time i’ve asked…
July 14th, 2008 05:43
the ugly truth about being pretty
or
the pretty truth about being ugly
or
rustic pretty
or
Spagbol: sick of the truth (or something with spagbol)
or
Icy ugly love (dont ask where this came from Im out of it)
also I there should be a thing about how our world is slowly changing into the ugly world
oh got another one
our pretty ugly war
Im gonna stop now
July 14th, 2008 05:52
How bout, A Rustie’s Insight into The Not So Perfect Future…? Or it could be shortened…*shrugs* Just throwin’ stuff out there.
July 14th, 2008 06:14
I like lonng titles personaly
July 14th, 2008 06:17
I like the long ones, too. Like TZ’s and lotti-wa’s.
anyone here play gaiaonline.com? I just joined, thought it would be interesting, possibly even fun
July 14th, 2008 06:21
i dont even know what that is
elaborate?
July 14th, 2008 06:28
ok something kinda akward
in scott-sama’s shop I was looking to buy some thing and I looked at the brail one
now I like itbut wouldnt buy it because
it would be odd if someone tried to read it I think it would get annoying after a while you know
its a cool shirt though
July 14th, 2008 06:45
Hey, I play on gaiaonline.com! What’s your username Emily-wa?
July 14th, 2008 07:01
hhhhmmmm… i wood keep on trying, but it already seems as tho Mind Rain is the most popular. and while it is a totally fawesome title, i just wish i wooda thot of it. Dave, yur a genius!
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 14th, 2008 08:06
Idk. Im not good at making tittles. But my fav. out of the list is Skin Deep although Color of Cat Vomit make me laugh. Haha.
July 14th, 2008 08:08
You know whats really bothering me? Look at the Extras cover…i want to remove her freckle mole thing! Its bothering me. Its really dark. And out of place.
July 14th, 2008 08:25
Omg Bran-la I know exactly what you mean! I did too! I just wanted to rip it off but I couldn’t. T.T
July 14th, 2008 08:56
LOVE the idea, Loved Cake! and mindrain and skin deep, I was thinking…
1. Utterly Special
2.Extra Icy
3.Spagbol or bust
4.cutters 4 ever
5.The Uglie the Pretty and the just plain Special
July 14th, 2008 09:13
thought of another! Reality Kicking Bubbliness
July 14th, 2008 09:13
or kicking reality
July 14th, 2008 09:23
Lisa-wa – Its good to know their are people who feel the same way. i mean, they have special tools on the computer, they could have air brushed it! But no, they would rather me dye of trying to get it off.
Ok, i have a joke you should tell your friends. And this is no offense to you if your…blonde but you no, the jokes funny.
Ok tell your friend: “How do you keep a blond in suspense?”
Then she’ll say something or be like “idk” but dont say anything back. And let her keep being like “what” and then she becomes the blond in suspense. Its really funny when they keep rambling on about how you never told them and about how your not answering. But some get it right away. And they don’t have to be blond. Also go on youtube and type in Blond Star, its really funny.
July 14th, 2008 10:35
That is going to be so fool when it comes out I bet. Okay my top five are:
Mindrain
The Price of Perfection
The Color of Cat Vomit
Dizzy-making Truths
What it Means to be Ugly (In a Pretties World)
These are basically in order.
July 14th, 2008 10:42
LISA-WA:
on gaiaonline.com my username is acekittycatkitty
July 14th, 2008 11:43
hhhhmmm… i really like Nikki-la’s Kicking Reality. very foolio…
hehe. but Bran-la, if they took it off, she’d be too perfect. like, her only non perfect thing wood be her nose. and thats not enough to be ugly. so they had to keep it so she cood be more…normal. ya no? hehe. but i do totally get what your saying. it needs to be like, higher and more to the side and more freckleish and less blackish. hehe. yepyepyep.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 14th, 2008 12:48
best friends forever! That’d be a good title! Omigosh! I can’t believe I didn’t think of that one until now!
July 14th, 2008 13:28
too…many…comments!!!!!
July 14th, 2008 13:34
I really like Facing the Future. Maybe you can keep the effect by going with, “Facing Biology: 300 Years into the Future”.
July 14th, 2008 14:03
Ahm…
I’m trying to think of something that doesn’t point to anything specific, like JUST about Tally and Zane or JUST about surges…which is why I like, “The Color of Cat Vomit”…
I would probably need to re-read the series to get something REAL creative…
But what about…
Rusties
See, it could be interpreted as being only about, say, the Rusty history and other’s opinions on it…or it could be interpreted as the authors, who are, in fact, Rusties, and their opinions and words of the book…along with all the hot topics of the series.
I’m going to type random titles and see if I get anything out of it, now.
Extra Opinions
Skinny and Nose and More
The Secrets of the Pleasure Gardens
Pretty, Special, Ugly, Cake
Cake
16
Sixteen
Surged
Okay, I’m really digging that last one.
Youngblood
Radically Ugly (that was mixing the whole, radically honest with being Pretty – or, rather, Ugly)
Essays of the Rusties
I seem to have gone full circle…The only one I really like is Surged. Seems I can only come up with titles if I babble as I have…oh my.
July 14th, 2008 14:04
A Scar in the Palm
Scarred Palm
Covering Scars
nnnn!
July 14th, 2008 14:10
Two Tiny, White Pills
Nanobytes
317 (number of the “room” Zane and Tally were in to take the pills)
SpagBol
nnnn!!!!!
July 14th, 2008 14:11
The Smoke
Being Bubbly
Being Icy
(anyone else ever notice the three stages of water? intentional?)
July 14th, 2008 14:57
surged is actually real good. goodjob.
July 14th, 2008 14:58
I really like Skin Deep it seems to say it all. So much of the serious dealt with physical and emotional issues. I was immediately drawn to that title.
July 14th, 2008 15:00
water creates steam. not smoke.
July 14th, 2008 15:32
i think about face and skin deep are my favorites. it seems that they pertain to everything rather than just certain parts.
what about something like rewired?
cuz it seemed in all the novels tally was trying to “rewire” her brain.?
July 14th, 2008 16:14
Rewired
like it but could use more
like; The world rewired
or something along those lines, yes?
July 14th, 2008 17:02
Hmm, I like Rewired. Mindrain is still my fav. out of all the suggestions though I think. And on a more cheerful note, I just stepped on a freaking thumbtac and had to yank it out of my foot. Innit that just a lovely cup a tea?
July 14th, 2008 17:16
I like About Face and Ugly Truths if it’s a book of essays about the book. I have to say that the title Skin Deep really grates on me if it’s supposed to be an indepth look at the series. I understand why it could be appealing, but at the same time, it a) sounds like a teenage self-help book to me b) OR the title of a feel-good tv special and b) skin deep is traditionally shallow and we want deep analysis of the series. I could see a section of the book that examines the more straight-forward or basic ideas of the series being called Skin Deep (ex: Skin Deep, Dizzy- Making Truths and Rustie Revelations as parts of the book)
Actually, I kind of like Rustie Revelations as a title…
July 14th, 2008 18:05
rewired is good.
How did you manage to step on a thumbtac? youch.
July 14th, 2008 23:13
I think that “The Color Of Cat Vomit” is good. It’s funny, and face it… If I see a book on the shelves called “The Color Of Cat Vomit”, I’m going to open it up and see what it’s about. But maybe that’s just me.
July 14th, 2008 23:53
hmmm…….
i like Ugly Truths and Turning Pretty and About face
idk about other titles…..
i think it should have “Rusties” somewhere in it because that IS who is writing it.
Rusties Look on Pretties
pre-apocolypse
idk, all mine are bad….
July 15th, 2008 00:33
Mindrain and rewired are my favorities. Maybe even something like “The Cost” (like, the price they pay to be pretty) or “Price of Freedom”? Haha, I don’t know…
July 15th, 2008 01:16
Well someone already said the price of perfection.
July 15th, 2008 01:36
Bran-la – Yeah, I know. They could’ve airbrushed over it.
And lol I didn’t get that joke until the 3rd time I read it. lol
July 15th, 2008 01:57
How about
The Icy-Making Guide to Uglies
July 15th, 2008 02:01
THE ICY-MAKING GUIDE TO UGLIES
I love that one! If I saw that I would be like OMG!
or
UNCOVERING THE ICY TRUTH ABOUT UGLIES
or
UGLIES: THE TELL-ALL GUIDE
or
BUBBLY: THE TRUTH ABOUT PRETTIES
July 15th, 2008 02:09
how about just simply
“The Smoke Lives”
its simple and i love the phrase
July 15th, 2008 02:16
HOVERBOARDS AND LESIONS: UGLIES
CROSSING THE RIVER: UGLIES
A RUSTY’S OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE
FLASH TATOOS AND LESIONS
INTERFACE RINGS
THE CITY
UGLIES: THE GUIDE
LESIONS: THE PRICE OF PRETTY
July 15th, 2008 02:44
is there going to be an Uglies movie?
Doesnt say on the rights page but it does on IMdB
July 15th, 2008 02:48
OH I GOT ONE!!!!
The Side You Despise
see, it has to do with picking a side on the essay questions AND it’s part of the clue to get to the Smoke!!!!!
AH I’M SO PROUD OF MYSELF RIGHT NOW!
July 15th, 2008 02:48
We should use “guide” in the title: the guide is Bogus to Bubbly.
July 15th, 2008 02:48
i meant “shouldn’t”, not “should.”
July 15th, 2008 03:23
Is there going to be an Uglies movie?
SCOTT???? SOMEONE TELL MEEEEEEE!!!!
July 15th, 2008 03:53
i really like ‘the color of cat vomit’
July 15th, 2008 04:58
Um. . . . How about Pretty.Ugly. ? Well, i guess that’s kinda copying Panic at the Disco!, but its all i got.
And what the heck does ‘the color of cat vomit’ have to do with the Uglies?? JK!
July 15th, 2008 05:00
When Pretty Gets Ugly?
July 15th, 2008 05:00
gabi i like urs
July 15th, 2008 05:04
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Forget that one. Definitely forget that one!
July 15th, 2008 05:06
I meant mine, not Ali-wa’s. Sorry!
July 15th, 2008 05:11
what?
July 15th, 2008 05:23
Lotti-wa, I stepped on a thumbtac cuz like 3 days ago I dropped 1 putting up a poster and I couldn’t find it. So I was like watching where I stepped for the past 2 days cuz I didn’t want to step on it. But since I still couldn’t find it I figured somebody must have picked it up, so the first freaking step I take not looking it ends up jammed in my foot. I have all the luck in the world.
Emily-wa I love that!
The Side You Despise! That’s brilliant!
July 15th, 2008 06:03
OW! OW! OW! OW! OOOOOWWWW!!!! Tally/Zane-la, your causing me pain just listening to you! hehe. ouch. i hope your ok!
ok. i have some new favs.
The Side You Despise. ohmygosh! i LOVE that one! its so perfect!
Rewired. really like that one. i dont no, it just has some kinda ring to it. ya no?
317. do i really even have to comment on it?
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 15th, 2008 07:08
“Shay: Evil Antagonist or Secret Hero?â€
Secret Hero.
I like Ugly Truths and About Face as titles.
July 15th, 2008 07:08
Ha, yeah I’m okay. It was just a little poke really. I get hurt all the time, I’m such a freaking klutz.
July 15th, 2008 07:51
The Side you Despise
I like that one.
*thinks* ‘Finding the Smoke’ could be an okay title.
July 15th, 2008 08:00
Pretty Face, Ugly Mind
The Side You Despise
Skin Deep
The Ugly Truth
When Pretty Gets Ugly
Under The Knife
Face Value
I like these…
July 15th, 2008 08:30
hehe. im a klutz 2, but i dont go around stabbing my feet! hehe. cutter wanna-be.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 15th, 2008 08:57
My two ideas are:
“Face Front” and “Cracked Shell” or “Cracking The Shell”.
Can’t wait until more of your books come out.
July 15th, 2008 09:11
Cutter Wanna-Be? *gasp!* How’d you find out? I admit it, I am a cutter wanna-be that goes around stabbing her feet. I’m so ashamed! *cries* Why do you all hate me?! *goes to apply more dark eyeliner*(Rofl, please note mega sarcasm peeps.)
July 15th, 2008 09:51
thanks!
Face front is cool Catherine.
when is Bogus to Bubbly coming out???
July 15th, 2008 10:20
man! you foot-stabbing-cutter-wanna-bees…
hehe
July 15th, 2008 10:31
I think that Skin Deep.. one of Scott’s original ideas was really good. I doesn’t have a word in it that was used for a previous title.. and the title is compelling.. like.. Skin Deep on what? That’s the question that will get readers intrigued.
July 15th, 2008 10:40
haha I couldn’t get over how I ACTUALLY came up with a perfect title all by myself… thanks for the support guys! I think it’s cool. Now will SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN “ABOUT FACE” TO ME?!
July 15th, 2008 10:52
i like
the colour of cat vomit
skin deep
ugly truths
although theres a beauty place in the city of melbourne thats called “skin deep” sooo i guess their message is “we can cut your face up AND give you a facial
”
i dunno….either way i think it conveys the same sort of message. anything else is sort of eluding to just the one book in the trilogy.
must get these anthologys they sound so fawesome!
July 15th, 2008 11:26
Emily-wa, I don’t really know what’s up with About Face…*shrugs* Idk…
Oh ya and *says in creepy monotone depressed emo cutter wanna-be voice* If the world is so perfect then why do roses have thorns? *frowns* (Oh gosh, I’m having way too much fun with this. You can’t know how hard I’m laughing right now. Lame much, huh? LoL)
July 15th, 2008 11:58
meh! that’s funneh!
July 15th, 2008 12:07
Hello people. Miss me when im gone? (your probably saying no in your head but typing yes. Its ok, i understand.)
July 15th, 2008 13:55
I’M OFFICIALLY THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON THE PLANET.
July 15th, 2008 13:55
Yes, I’m deffinetly the biggest idiot on the planet.
July 15th, 2008 14:01
Yep. I’m an idiot.
July 15th, 2008 14:04
hehe. Tally/Zane-la, you may be the only person i no that cood have more fun pretending to be a cutter wanna-be than a three year old cood have pretending to be a princess. hehe.
as for Bran-la. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! YOUR BACK! YOUR BACK! YOUR BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKKKKK!!!! i dont no WHAT i wood have done have you not returned. *wipes non-existent sweat from non-existent forehead*. you have NO idea how much i missed you!
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 15th, 2008 14:05
why iz you an idiot Andrea-la?! i MUST no! the suspense is KILLING me!!!!!!!
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 15th, 2008 14:05
I deleted my blog and started a new really stupid one.
July 15th, 2008 14:11
I like…
The Side You Despise (very, very nice, props to you)
Rewired
and
Surged
July 15th, 2008 14:11
Hmmmmmm….
July 15th, 2008 14:11
also, smoke and steam are similar. sorry for the insult?
July 15th, 2008 14:12
Also, I agree that the phrase “The Smoke Lives” is amazing…however…I’m trying to figure out if that describes what the book is supposed to be, well…
July 15th, 2008 15:24
hi, interesting anyone on
July 15th, 2008 15:48
um…im on? but its a little late…your probably gone by now.
oh come on Andrea-la, it cant be THAT stupid.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 15th, 2008 15:50
I MISSED YOU TOO, BRAN-LA! Meh!
July 15th, 2008 16:28
Lizzy-wa I’m gonna take that as a compliment so thankyou! What can I say? I’m easily amused. Andrea-la, first step is to admit? We should all like have a metaphorical therapy session and like imagine eachother in a circle going around admitting stuff! Like “Hi, my name’s TZ and my problem is…yada yada blah blah blah…” HeHe, I think it’d be interesting. And Hola Bran-la! *throws virtual confetti*
July 16th, 2008 00:33
I really liked The Side You Despise…has a certain ring to it, and The Color of Cat Vomit is also funny but….i think it worked better as an opening to Uglies than a title hehee and i like the idea of using mind rain so….hmmm…
what about “Mindrain: When Pretty Gets Ugly”
Dont know if its been suggested yet or not! but there’s my suggestion. Had alot of fun reading this!
Good luck, Scott. I hope whatever title you end up with it’s totally awesome-making
July 16th, 2008 02:05
Pretties Uncut
that’s my new idea.
Pretties Uncut
July 16th, 2008 02:09
Abigail-wa, I already did check out your site….today in fact.
July 16th, 2008 04:30
hi yall anyone on on this lovely day? =D
July 16th, 2008 04:33
hi so many good ideas, good luck choosing one Scott-la!
July 16th, 2008 04:33
Hellos!!!
July 16th, 2008 04:38
yay people, HI!
July 16th, 2008 04:39
YAY!!!!
July 16th, 2008 04:40
still on! for a bit anyways. so excited cause i wrote a chapter of my book today.
July 16th, 2008 04:41
cool! today i woke up, kicked my brother off the computer, listened to depressing country music, and now this…
July 16th, 2008 04:42
listen to happy music, like mika, his musics really up beat, my favorite song is Grace Kelly
July 16th, 2008 04:44
hmmmmmm…i’m drinking tea and listening to christmas music now…
July 16th, 2008 04:45
ha, i don’t listen to a ton of music, part of my differentness.
my brother is threatening to play happy brithday really loud at 3:30AM tomorrow
July 16th, 2008 04:46
okay….i like music….i love music….i think…..hmmmmmm…..
July 16th, 2008 04:49
it just doesn’t apeal to me much. i have one band i like, and that’s it. skillet. yeah, the birthday thing isn’t too random if u know that’s my birthday time and all.
July 16th, 2008 04:49
I listen to a varity of music
Mika
Under The Influence Of Giants
MCR
Kenny Chesney
Mindless Self Indulgence
and so on
July 16th, 2008 04:50
and Reel Big Fish, The Films, Goldfinger, Alkaline Trio
July 16th, 2008 04:51
never heard of any of them. man. i am a wts worm to society
July 16th, 2008 04:52
hmmmm…GUESS WHAT??? No one is home right now but me so guess what that means? That means that I can sing all I want and no one can hear me!
July 16th, 2008 04:54
wooo!! gotta love singing like that! ha. well g2g. bbl. have a great day!
July 16th, 2008 04:55
O.o never heard f any of them! You must look them up now!
Im gonna go find the links for my favs and post them…RAWR……to infinity and beyond!!!!!
July 16th, 2008 04:57
cool…i’m just gonna sit here singing the song i made up a couple days ago…
July 16th, 2008 05:00
oh post lyrics, i want to read and interpet
Im good at reading people through writing to posture
July 16th, 2008 05:00
OH BYBYE Abigial-wa
July 16th, 2008 05:01
byes Abigail-wa….
July 16th, 2008 05:02
i really like my song…it actually started as a poem, believe it or not…then it desided that it wanted to be a song…i’ll post lyrics later…
July 16th, 2008 05:03
July 16th, 2008 05:04
i’m just so tierd right now…
July 16th, 2008 05:05
why
Im exited
July 16th, 2008 05:07
i’m still in my pajamas…i haven’t eated breakfast or lunch…
July 16th, 2008 05:09
I had a bit of french bread for breakfast, I hav a weird liking for good bread, I juat changed out of my ppajamas but they were comfy, hm, oh well
July 16th, 2008 05:10
LaLaLa, hola peeps. What’s shakin’?
July 16th, 2008 05:13
i like my pajamas….
July 16th, 2008 05:14
aw crap, I was singing too much and now my tea is cold…
July 16th, 2008 05:14
not much disussing what we have done this morning
tryng to cordanate with friends to go see Wall-e which makes me excited
having my puppy inmy face and knocking my ipod off the table grr
July 16th, 2008 05:15
I want to see Wall-e. It sounds cool…
July 16th, 2008 05:16
i like mine too
my fav are a pair f boxers and an old sweatshirt of summer
for winter i have red and black flannel bottons and a old black shirrt
July 16th, 2008 05:17
Mine are brown with blue poka-dots…so comfy…
July 16th, 2008 05:21
I love flannel its s comf, or silky satin stuff like my boxers, hehe is it wierd I wear boxers, oh well they are so nice, so i dont care
July 16th, 2008 05:23
yeah…mmmmmmm…dill pickle chips…
July 16th, 2008 05:24
mmm pretzle chips *drools*
July 16th, 2008 05:25
tea with milk and sugar…..*stares at suddenly enpty tea cup*
July 16th, 2008 05:29
yesterday at Borders I got a tazo classic iced tea with raspberry flavor, now thats yum
July 16th, 2008 05:29
HeHe, sorry I kinda left. I had to clean up. Hmmm…I’m like really bored…
July 16th, 2008 05:30
TEA!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2008 05:30
Ooh, that is yum. I want a tangerine right now. But there aren’t any here…*pouts*. Oh well.
July 16th, 2008 05:32
mmmmmm…
July 16th, 2008 05:32
Tazo tea is by far the best
I can get it at any coffee shop around here which means alot since Im in washington
Im in walking distance of at least 5 coffee shops
July 16th, 2008 05:33
I’m not in walking distance of ANY coffee shops. I’m in walking distance of a ice cream place though.
July 16th, 2008 05:36
Me too
Im in walking distnce of our mall so *shrugs* Im close to alot of things
but the funny thing is there will be a Starbucks in the grocerie store, then pne RIGHT outside of it in the parking lot
that happens to at least 4 stores i know of
I lov coffee shops
July 16th, 2008 05:38
Dude, my city isn’t very big only like around 70,000 people I think and we’ve got like 6 starbucks not to mention the random coffee shops that compete with it.
July 16th, 2008 05:40
MOUTAIN BEAN COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2008 05:41
Eh, I don’t like coffee at all. I’m good with sticking with tea.
July 16th, 2008 05:42
Yeah, tea is actually much better. Dr. Pepper is still my favorite though…
July 16th, 2008 05:43
my towns really small too only about 40 ,000 people
but my towns growing
and we prolly have about 20 starbucks within an half an hour of my house not to mention all the little coffee shop, we have a high demand for coffee
July 16th, 2008 05:43
I don’t know how many people live in my city…hmmmm…
July 16th, 2008 05:44
I looked it up lol
July 16th, 2008 05:45
the wonders of google…
July 16th, 2008 05:45
Ha, yeah. Apparently “everybody” loves coffee. We have to take my dog to the vet again today. It’s a checkup to see if the medicine she’s been taking is working. I hate that vet though, something about him bugs me…
July 16th, 2008 05:46
OH! my city has a population of about 650,000…apparently…
July 16th, 2008 05:46
coffee is kinda odd…it tastes odd. But Tim Hortans is way better than Starbucks.
July 16th, 2008 05:48
Wow, Kenz she’s totally got us beat.
July 16th, 2008 05:49
lol…
July 16th, 2008 05:49
ANDREA KK I’M GONNA KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RAWR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…i don’t like coffee. I think today’s youth is too obbsessed with coffee for their own good. I’m not much of a tea drinker, either, I kinda like the Lipton’s green tea with citrus but i think it gives me headaches….
July 16th, 2008 05:51
Oh crap…so, how are you going to kill me?
July 16th, 2008 05:51
I like coffee and tea, depending on the weather
I like from a little coffee shop called forza
July 16th, 2008 05:51
Oh no! Emily-wa’s gonna kill Andrea-la? What for? And who should I place my bets on for coming out alive???*giggle snort*
July 16th, 2008 05:52
Emily-wa wants to kill me due to the fact that I deleted my blog.
July 16th, 2008 05:53
HAHAHAAH….giggle snort…HAHAHAHAHA
too bad I snort too….my laugh sounds like a hic-up
I dont know who I should bet on
July 16th, 2008 05:53
Oh yeah…that wasn’t your brightest idea….I g2g be back later!
July 16th, 2008 05:56
BYEBYE TZ
*virtual hugs*
July 16th, 2008 05:57
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July 16th, 2008 06:01
hehe
July 16th, 2008 06:02
It’s not funny!
July 16th, 2008 06:03
yeaah it really isI have a sick sense of humor(in more way than one)
July 16th, 2008 06:04
IT’S NOT FUNNY!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2008 06:06
July 16th, 2008 06:06
sorry
July 16th, 2008 06:07
WHERE DID EMILY-WA GO????? It says that she’s signed onto gmail, but she isn’t answering me when I give her instant messeges…
July 16th, 2008 06:08
uh oh i exspect GIANT lecture
July 16th, 2008 06:09
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July 16th, 2008 06:10
July 16th, 2008 06:12
IT”S NOT FUNNY. Look, right now I can’t even BREATH because I think that Emily-wa must HATE me now. Once second I’ll be not able to breath, the next I’ll be hyperventalating…IT’S NOT FUNNY.
July 16th, 2008 06:13
I doubt she will hate you
just be dissapointed
July 16th, 2008 06:13
BUT THAT’S WORSE!
July 16th, 2008 06:13
… I don’t hate you.
July 16th, 2008 06:14
i updated my blog…
July 16th, 2008 06:14
there see
July 16th, 2008 06:16
okay….i like you’re blog….i just read it…and i commented…
July 16th, 2008 06:17
i’m going to stop hyperventalating now….
July 16th, 2008 06:22
im good
July 16th, 2008 06:23
i’m still in freak-out mode…i really regret deleting my blog…
July 16th, 2008 06:27
=(
I have a doctors appointment today, I might need shots and I hte needles
July 16th, 2008 06:29
i hate needles too……….
July 16th, 2008 06:31
I dont even have y ears peirced, and I refuse to do so
the only needles I dont mind are tattoo needles their small and I cant see them when their in use
I watched my sister get hers done
July 16th, 2008 06:32
I have my ears pierced…
July 16th, 2008 06:35
*shakes head* I cant Not only am I afraid of needles but also a table fell on my ear and It made me prone to ear infectionsI cant watch my sister get her ear peirced or her navel or anything
July 16th, 2008 06:35
that sucks.
July 16th, 2008 06:39
yeah
July 16th, 2008 06:40
sooooooo…i’m not dead yet, i suppose…
July 16th, 2008 06:41
wonder what kind of plan Emily-wa is making to kill me…
July 16th, 2008 06:41
yet…muhahahahahaha*cough cough cough*
July 16th, 2008 06:44
huh?
July 16th, 2008 06:44
>.>
nothing
<.<
July 16th, 2008 06:46
oh great. so today is “kill andrea-la day” and no one told me…
July 16th, 2008 06:47
Maybe…..
its also be very vauge day
July 16th, 2008 06:48
hmmmmm…i think Emily-wa is really really really mad at me…
July 16th, 2008 06:50
…………………i’m not planning on killing you. What good would that do?
July 16th, 2008 06:51
good point. plus, you don’t really know where i live…I’m really really really really really sorry.
July 16th, 2008 06:53
yeah…
July 16th, 2008 06:53
my happiness is back!!
July 16th, 2008 06:55
why’s that?
July 16th, 2008 06:59
no doctor today!!!!
They dont have my records frm my old doctor so they need those first
July 16th, 2008 07:00
That nice…i’m depressed because i don’t think that Emily-wa is speaking to me anymore. i think she is just really really really mad at me.
July 16th, 2008 07:03
Emily-wa
are you mad?
July 16th, 2008 07:04
i think that Emily-wa just vanished off the face of the internet…
July 16th, 2008 07:04
She just made a very dramatic exit from discussing this with me…
July 16th, 2008 07:18
lol
July 16th, 2008 07:18
BRAIN BLAST!! lies, cures and deception:the unanswered questions
July 16th, 2008 07:19
I feel like I might barf right now…
July 16th, 2008 07:19
why thats sad making
July 16th, 2008 07:21
wat? srry, i’m haf asleep…again…and talking to someone on msn.
July 16th, 2008 07:22
why are you gonna barf
July 16th, 2008 07:23
Emily-wa is mad at me. I can’t stand people being mad at me.
July 16th, 2008 07:28
she’ll get over it
July 16th, 2008 07:29
WHAT IF SHE DOESN’T???
July 16th, 2008 07:37
*sigh* just trust me…..
please….?
July 16th, 2008 07:40
but we don’t know if she’ll ever get over it…what if she’s mad at me for forever!
July 16th, 2008 07:41
just trust me
Im sure she will
July 16th, 2008 07:43
how soon though?
July 16th, 2008 07:44
only time can tell
though I doubt it will be long
July 16th, 2008 07:44
why do you doubt it will be long?
July 16th, 2008 07:45
its not like you dissed her or anything
you just made a mistake
July 16th, 2008 07:46
I lovve “Be Tricky, Get Bubbly, Stay Icy, and Kick It!†and “the dizzy making truth” they r both totally creative & fit really well with the story.
However cool having an inside title would be, that might ruin sales as sum readers are not tru fans as we r and would not get the tittle.
I also like “freedom has a way of destroying things”
Good luck picking a tittle Scott-la! After all u hav a bunch of great 1s 2 choose from!
<3
July 16th, 2008 07:46
I know, but stilll….I had even talked to her about deleting it before I did, and she told me not to, but I still did anyway…
July 16th, 2008 07:52
its just mistake, nothing more
July 16th, 2008 07:53
it’s still a mistake!!! i make way too many of them…
July 16th, 2008 07:53
And I’m not even sure if I learned anything from it.
July 16th, 2008 07:54
so do I
yesterday I forgot to turn on the dryer for my sister, it happens to the best of us(though Im not saying Im the best)
July 16th, 2008 07:55
BUT I DIDN’T LEARN FROM THIS MISTAKE!!!!! I still am totally lost and don’t know what to do.
July 16th, 2008 07:56
BTW like that title
Be Tricky, Get Bubbly, Stay Icy, and Kick It
because it goes through all the books
be tricky=Uglies
Get bubbly=Pretties
stay icy= Specials
And kick it=Extras
very good order and such
July 16th, 2008 07:57
I think you did because I doubt youll do it again
July 16th, 2008 07:58
SO WHAT????? I doubted I’d do it once, but I still did.
July 16th, 2008 07:59
Maybe youlearned something and have yet to relise it
July 16th, 2008 08:00
All I learned is that it sucks to have someone mad at you. And I kinda already knew that.
July 16th, 2008 08:02
give things time
July 16th, 2008 08:04
but TIME is stupid…
July 16th, 2008 08:04
then forget it
July 16th, 2008 08:05
forget what? i don’t do well with forgetting…
July 16th, 2008 08:07
just forget
July 16th, 2008 08:07
Emily-wa just emailed me. I had asked her to go to my blog. Because I had just posted a public apology to her about the whole blog deleting thing, and she said that she had already been to my blog. I don’t think she went to see the apology.
July 16th, 2008 08:20
Im sure you two will be fine
July 16th, 2008 08:21
i hope soon.
July 16th, 2008 08:23
Im sure it will
July 16th, 2008 08:24
yeah…
July 16th, 2008 08:27
=)
put on a happy face
July 16th, 2008 08:28
sure.
July 16th, 2008 08:32
good
July 16th, 2008 08:36
lol. i don’t know how long i can be happy though. i mean, i want to be more than a happy person. i’ve never particularily cared about happiness.
July 16th, 2008 08:37
meh
I just try and look on the little funny ness of everything
July 16th, 2008 08:38
lol…yeah, i like laughing. especially at nothing or everything.
July 16th, 2008 08:39
yeah
I just try and accept anything that comes my way
July 16th, 2008 08:40
but i seriously don’t care about happiness. most people think i’m insane because of it, but really i don’t care about happiness. i try to accept everything, but i have the tendancy to overreact.
July 16th, 2008 08:42
yeah
my friends think its weird I dont want to be famous
but its never appealed to me
July 16th, 2008 08:43
I’ve wanted to be famous, but not for regulare stuff.
July 16th, 2008 08:46
yeah
I want to be famous on only the pastry world
that would be cool
but not like a movie star or rock star
July 16th, 2008 08:47
I would like to be a famous author or something. I would want to be famous for writing a cool song. Or poetry or something. I want to be a famous person who can actually get their messege out. I want to be able to say what I think and get people to listen to me. I want to be quoted years from now because what I said ment something. I don’t want to be famous now, I want to be famous later for something I said.
July 16th, 2008 08:51
that would be cool
now for a happy song to cheer you up more
though the video is kinda trippy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak2ZJXL_tBA
July 16th, 2008 08:53
Oh wow…that was kinda…
July 16th, 2008 08:54
I CAN’T WATCH IT ANYMORE!!!
July 16th, 2008 08:56
yeah trippy
Grace KElly is good too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrguFFXccSI
all around hes a weird singer
July 16th, 2008 08:57
I’m perfectly content listening to Black Eyed Peas right now…I’m not quite sure if I trust your judgment in music anymore…
July 16th, 2008 08:57
when did you stop?
July 16th, 2008 08:59
Im not sure on yours black eyed peas their only ok
I like The films
July 16th, 2008 09:01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=236Zo_6Cx9M&feature=related
the films
July 16th, 2008 09:02
hmmmmm…that song is okay…the second one that is….not the third, i haven’t listened to that one yet…
July 16th, 2008 09:06
I wrote a story for core. Its amazing! It’s called Belladonna.
Belladonna
I felt something missing. This isn’t strange because I’ve noticed it for weeks. I thought maybe it was my out-of-style room. But I’ve had the finest fashion designers in all of France to decorate my room twice now. The same empty feeling remained like a hole. I’ve realized now what I’ve been trying to avoid realizing. It’s not the room, it’s the memory.
The cradle had been removed. Along with the soft, baby pink color paint on the walls, and all the toys I had bought her to make her happy when she finally arrived. But the memory still haunted me, like a ghost. Like the ghost of the baby I lost, and the ghost of my sweet husband who was already as close as anyone could get to an angel before he died.
I had scarcely noticed until then that tears were streaming down my cheeks. There were two holes, one for my baby, and one for my love. I knew my love, Brody Smith, had to go to war, but I was so excited by the thought of having a family, that I didn’t even think of the possibility he could die. I found out while I was going through my delivery from my little sister, Lizzy. The next thing I knew, my dead child, my dead baby, was in the doctor’s arms. He said the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck to tightly and…
now a huge blonde jumble of knots on my head. My usually flawless face was wet with tears, and so twisted with grief that I barely recognized myself. My eyes were not only tearing, but blood shot from my tears, and lack of sleep. I quickly looked away.
Brody used to tell me that my eyes were a deep, never-ending pit of crystal blue, and that they put the brightest stars in the sky to shame. I was about to start sobbing again when my little sister knocked on the door. I envied her right now. She looked so beautiful in her midnight blue gown, with her (washed, combed, and
(curled) blonde hair, and huge dark brown eyes. She looked beautiful right now, she was married right now, and she wasn’t in deep depression.
“Hello? Darla?†she said this in a carefully way, in a tone she had never used with me before. “May I come in?â€
“Yes.†I said. I hadn’t heard my voice in so long. It sounded hoarse and distorted from crying. I didn’t really want anyone to come in, but I didn’t want to disappoint her, again.
She walked in with a glass of her secret recipe, homemade juice. Ever since we were little, we told each other everything. That juice is the only thing she’d ever kept a secret from me. “I made you some juice.†She said in the same careful tone as before, “My secret recipe.â€
“Thanks.â€
She knew me well enough to know I wanted to be alone. So she put the juice next to our mother’s favorite pot of belladonnas. But, when she turned to leave, she knocked the glass over, and it drained into the plants.
“Oh no, Darla!†Alice shouted her careful tone now a worried, high pitched tone. “Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! When mother sees that her belladonnas didn’t bloom, she’ll be so sad!
“She could get new ones.†I said.
“Yeah, but she’ll know one of us did it!â€
“I’ll say it was me. She most likely won’t punish me.â€
“No.†she said, “Don’t take the blame. It’s made of all natural ingredients and unfertilized fruit. It might bloom. Just be positive.â€
Being positive is the reason for my down fall, I thought. “I hope you’re right.†I said.
Two weeks have passed since Lizzy spilled her juice into the belladonnas. I was just staring at them, trying to keep my mind of of…
I walked over to my closet. I’ve been wearing to same nightgown for three days. As I was looking through my over-stuffed closet, I heard a little girl’s voice from behind me say, “Hello?†The voice was a childish, high-pitched sound that almost broke my heart all over again, but in a good way. The voice made me feel happy for the first time in one and a half months. But then, I got scared. What if that was my baby’s voice, haunting me. Her ghost coming to punish me for having her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. Or maybe, I was going crazy! I turned around and saw a little girl, no bigger than a thumb, standing in the middle of the fully bloomed belladonna plant. She had long, silky, red hair, with curls that were almost as curly
as ringlets. She had strikingly bright green eyes the color of oak leaves, and was so petite! She was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! “Are you my mother?†She asked.
I thought about that for a few seconds. The hole in my heart that my baby left, like scar, that always reminded me of the depression was gone. Not healed, but as if there had never actually been a hole in the first place.
“Yes.†I said, “I am your mother.â€
She smiled the biggest, cutest smile I’ve ever seen after I said that. Then, for the first time in what seemed like centuries, I smiled too. I’ve realized after that day, that amazing smiles like that are contagious. It’s impossible to not smile after seeing Belladonna’s smile.
That’s it! I thought. “Belladonna.†I said aloud.
I woke up with a long yawn. I walked out of my flower two weeks ago, and it seemed like the whole world (that I knew of anyway) knew my name, and my story. My mother told me I should never go outside the castle. I don’t know why. She’s read my so many stories about life outside the castle, it sounds amazing! I’ve dreamed about how it would be like to go outside the castle. To run in the bright green grass, to dance along next to flowers, and maybe, I’ll even find someone my size!
My mother walked in. “Are you all right?†My mother asked me.
“Yeah.†I responded. She was about to walk out when I shouted, “Wait!†She walked to my side.
“What is it?†she asked.
“Are there other people like… like me?â€
She thought for a second, the way she did when she wanted to find the words for something. “Sweetie, there are stories of fairies; they’re supposed to be your size. Only, they have wings, like a bird, only… no… like a butterfly. But, no one knows if they exist.â€
“So, there’s no one like me that you know of?†I asked. I wasn’t expecting that. I just assumed that there must be. I mean she’s not the only human. “Then what am I?†I asked.
“A miracle.†She said. “You are a miracle.â€
“I don’t want to be a miracle if that means I have to be the only miracle in the world.†I said. I didn’t get this at all. “If I’m the only miracle, how do you know what a miracle is?â€
She laughed. “A miracle is a gift from God.†She explained, “And you are my miracle.â€
I didn’t know who this God person was, or why everyone talks about him so much, but I didn’t want to argue. “Okay†I said, “I’m going to get dressed.â€
“Okay, Bella.â€
“Wait. I thought my name was Belladonna! With a donna at the end! Where is this Bella come from? I’m Belladonna! B-E-L-L… What’s the rest?†I asked.
“B-E-L-L-A-D-O-N-N-A.†She said. I’m sorry, Belladonna.â€
“Thank you very much.†I said.
“Good bye.†Darla said.
“I love you!â€
“I love you too.†She said back.
I skipped over to a pile of dresses on my bed. My grandma, Queen Lizzy, was still trying to find someone who could make one so small. I picked out a dark red one, with a big bow in the back (I really like big bows) that made my eyes stand out. My mother told me once, ‘Your eyes put the brightest stars in the sky to shame.’
Then I got an amazing idea. What if I snuck out of the castle and found the fairies! Then I could fly with them, and fall in live like I always dreamed I would! Yes, I thought. That’s a perfect idea!
That night, I held on to opposite sides of my blanket, and jumped out my window. I was scared at first, but I managed to make it to the ground safely. It was night, but not necessarily dark. The sun was going down, but there was still enough light to see clearly. The sun looked beautiful! It made the sky turn the prettiest shade of pink I’ve ever seen! As I walked, I started wondering about what the sky was made of. Was the sun a miracle like me? What happened next was to fast for my mind to comprehend at first, but I understood later.
All the sudden I was soaring above France! It was so beautiful, with its couples walking in the moonlight on midnight strolls, and lights glowing everywhere. Wait, I thought. Lights? It was dark! I was flying! Who? What? When? Where? HOW? I looked up a saw a fairy with dark hair, and a beautiful face that should belong to a doll, carrying me through the night. It was amazing, flying. I felt no worry, or stress, or anything.
Finally, we stopped on a tree branch. The fairy asked me in a harsh voice that almost hurt my feelings, “What were you doing? What were you thinking! You know you shouldn’t walk along humans!â€
“Why not?†I asked.
“Because they’ll keep you hostage and…†she left of. “Don’t you know? You
are a fairy aren’t you?â€
“Well, I don’t have wings.†I said.
“How long ago were you born?†she asked. Her voice went from mean, to curious.
“Two weeks ago. Why?â€
“Then you’ll have wings in the next few days, young one. Did you come from a house? A house with a human?â€
“Yes.†I said. “What’s wrong with that? Humans aren’t bad. They kept me safe.â€
“Well, did you sneak out, or did they let you out.â€
“I snuck out, but-“
She cut me off, “See? They wouldn’t let you leave to be with nature! With life! How could they do that?â€
“I don’t know.†I said, “My mother said she was trying to protect me.â€
“A human? Your mother? No, no, no, nature is your mother. You were born out of a plant.â€
“Oh.†I was so confused. Why doesn’t she like humans? “Well, can you take me back to my not mother? I don’t think I want to be with fairies as much as I thought I did.â€
“No!†she shouted. “Not yet! I used to live with a human, and I’ve found that here, is a lot better. Maybe you could try it out for a few days and see if you like it. Then you could decide.â€
“Well, Darla would be worried.â€
“Incase you haven’t noticed, I’m the one with wings, who can take you home, and even when you get wings, you wont know the way.â€
I shrugged. “Good point. I mean, this is what I’ve always dreamed of.â€
“You got it!†she said. Her voice was happy now, and I could tell by how it sounded, that she usually was happy. “What’s your name?†she asked
“Belladonna. Yours?â€
“Thumbelina.†She replied. “Now let’s take you to your bed.â€
I woke up the next morning in a bed with a wood frame and cotton bed sheets with a silk pillow. It wasn’t very colorful, but it was comfortable. Thumbelina was right. I realized I had wings! It didn’t even hurt like I expected it to. I felt dirty without bathing, and I was wearing nothing but a white slip, because wearing that dress
While I slept would be very disturbing. But, I didn’t feel like waiting, I quickly put on a simple dress and went to explore the tree where supposedly all the fairies live. I got the hang of my wings on the first try, as if it were a hidden second nature I had no clue I had. I flew up to the top of the tree to see the view.
The sky was the most amazing shade of blue, with trees as far as the eye could see. It was the most beautiful sight I’d ever seen. Then I felt something warm touch my elbow and I jumped around to see what or who it was.
“Oh!†said a boy with red hair and light brown eyes the color of the tree bark. “I’m sorry if I scared you. Are you the new girl?â€
“’The new girl?†I repeated stupidly.
“Yeah, the new girl.â€
“Well, for your future information, I’m not new; I was born two whole weeks ago. If I were new, I’d be smaller, and I am NOT small!
“Alright.†He said. His voice was like velvet, so soft and smooth. And he was so handsome. “Then, are you new to the tree?â€
“Yes, in a matter of fact I am.â€
“Sorry, I don’t like it when people say I’m small either. I think as humans are just-“
Then at the same time we said, “Freakishly large.â€
We both laughed then he asked, “What is your name?â€
“Belladonna, what’s yours?â€
“Belladonna,†It sounded as if he were trying the name on his tongue. “That’s a pretty name. My name is Jasper.â€
I laughed. “That’s a silly name!†I said. I instantly felt bad. He just complimented my name, and I made fun of his. I tried to fix it, “I mean it’s perfect.†I said quickly. It seemed to have worked. He laughed. Then he smiled. His smile made me smile, then, I seemed to realize what life was about.
“Belladonna’s gone!†I could hardly believe it! I thought I was going to have a mental break down.
“Yes,†Alice said. “She’s gone.â€
I couldn’t believe it. I fainted.
I spent all day telling Jasper my secrets, my desirers, and my story. And I learned his. He told me how Thumbelina used to live with humans, and that she thought they were trying to keep her from her real family which she decided was nature.
“I think she was foolish.†Jasper said. “It’s hard to live out here. It would be safer with humans to protect you from birds and things that can hurt you. I’d do anything to have a human family like you.â€
Just then, an idea came across my mind. “Jasper?†his name used to sound funny to me, like a foreign language. Now I felt… I don’t exactly know. I just never
felt that way before.
“Yes?†he said.
“Do you know how to get to where the humans live?†Saying “humans†felt weird. I mean they’re just people like us, only bigger and who’d adapted to not need wings.
“Yeah, Thumbelina took me one time.†Then I knew we both had the same
crazy idea.
Next thing I knew, we were flying, hand in hand, back to the castle. When we got there, we saw Darla. Her back was turned to them.
“Look!†I said. “That’s my mother. Our mother.†Then she turned around. She was crying. “Oh no! Mother! No! Don’t cry! I’m right here! I pounded on the windows with all of my might.
“Who’s there?†mother said. She turned around and saw me with Jasper. “Belladonna!†she shouted. She opened the window and made so many observations. “You have wings! You met a fairy! You are a fairy! You left me! You’re back!†She paused. “You’re holding hands.â€
We quickly released each other’s hands. I felt my face get hot. I wondered why. “You’re blushing.†Darla said.
“I’m what?â€
“Blushing.†She said. “That’s what happens when you get embarrassed. What happens is your cheeks get reddish temporarily, and your face feels hot.â€
“That explains it.â€
Jasper joined our family, and we eventually got married. Darla was so proud of me.
And we all lived happily ever after.
July 16th, 2008 09:07
? what ?
July 16th, 2008 09:08
I made some name mistakes. OOPS!
July 16th, 2008 09:09
What id this for
Im confused
July 16th, 2008 09:11
Its random
July 16th, 2008 09:15
I like it…
July 16th, 2008 09:16
my brain wont process it all sorry
but the parts I read were nice
July 16th, 2008 09:16
my brain processed it…
July 16th, 2008 09:17
Holas peeps I just got a really weird text message from a blocked number asking me to go onto some website called matchsauna.org and I swear the person was creeeeeppppppyyyyy…
July 16th, 2008 09:18
lot’s of people are creepy…
July 16th, 2008 09:18
whats the website about
that is creeeeeeeeeepppppy though
July 16th, 2008 09:19
creeeeeeeeeeepy…
July 16th, 2008 09:19
I like that word…
July 16th, 2008 09:20
yeah
but weird
July 16th, 2008 09:21
lol…now i really want to go to that website…
July 16th, 2008 09:21
I have no clue what it’s about, but they said they wanted to meet me online, and I’m like nooooooooooo waaayyyyy.
July 16th, 2008 09:22
but doesn’t that make you CURIOUS???
July 16th, 2008 09:23
That sends warning lights come off in my head
July 16th, 2008 09:29
Ya it makes me curious but major warning lights too. I have no clue who or how they could’ve gotten my number, I only give it to my friends. And they wouldn’t give it away. But seriously, they said that I’ll never guess who they were but maybe I’d recognize them online. But I’m not even gonna go there, I’m not stupid.
July 16th, 2008 09:30
July 16th, 2008 09:31
yeah
people can buy calling lists
thats how tellamarketers work
it could be a virus or something
July 16th, 2008 09:34
Yeah, which would really suck cuz I just had to get a new phone cuz it went bonkers. Oh well…I’m bored again…
July 16th, 2008 09:34
yeah
thats why Im gonna make cookies
July 16th, 2008 09:38
Hmmm…I could make brownies I guess…but that would mean I’d have to clean up the mess after…I’ll think about it. Oh that reminds me! The other day we went to the bakery to pick up a cake for my Dad’s birthday, and that place is like total awesome. Like the dentists worst nightmare. They had a freaking CHOCOLATE MOUSE! Seriously, it looked hecka cool! I wanted to get it, but I didn’t…*cries* I want an army made out of chocolate mice!
July 16th, 2008 09:42
AW THAT WOULD BE BOMB.ORG!!!!!!!
We have alot of nice little bakeries down town
July 16th, 2008 09:45
Yeah…I still want a chocolate mouse though…I think we’re gonna have to go back and get one. They looked really yummy, but they’re like too freaking cute to eat! I’d probably just end up keeping it for as long as I could LoL.
July 16th, 2008 09:49
chocolate mice… hehe… I’d rather have a chocolate cat… or have both and maske the cat chase the mice…
July 16th, 2008 09:55
Don’t you dare let that cat touch my little chocolate Mousey! LoL jkjk…
July 16th, 2008 10:05
My dog has finally warmed up to my puppy, and ti waws adorable- they were chasing each other around the yard, with the dog, Makenzie, like 5 times bigger than the puppy, Madison. It was funny, because the puppy kept tripping but kept running, and even barked at Kenzie once. Kenzie pretty much growled at her the entire time but playfully.
July 16th, 2008 10:08
Aw, how cute! I have like 50 different songs stuck in my head at the same time and they’re all merging into one and its weeeeeeiiiiiirrrrrrrddddd…
July 16th, 2008 10:32
first batch in the oven wooo
July 16th, 2008 10:56
*Throws confetti* YaY snickerdoodles! LoL that is such a weird word. I g2g peeps, ttfn.
July 16th, 2008 11:01
ttfn
*virtual hug and snickerdoodle* lol
July 16th, 2008 11:02
I’m definately all for The Color of Cat Vomit. That’s plain awesome lol that’s one of my favorite first lines ever
July 16th, 2008 12:57
anyone on?
July 16th, 2008 13:28
ohmygosh! i was just on here yesterday and now theres like, 200 more comments! like what the heck?!?!
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 16th, 2008 13:39
lol…yes, we talk a LOT!
July 16th, 2008 13:42
I’m getting weird prank calls! It’s saying things like “You can’t hide from me.” and “I know where you live.” I’m really freaked out!
July 16th, 2008 13:42
HI
July 16th, 2008 13:43
Howdy!
July 16th, 2008 13:44
Thats really odd
whats the number
July 16th, 2008 13:46
It’s restricted.
July 16th, 2008 13:47
Thats creepy
what did you say to them?
July 16th, 2008 13:48
I didn’t say anything! I was too scared! I called my bf and he’s scared too.
July 16th, 2008 13:53
you shood tell them you no where THEY live. ya no. if they call you again.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
July 16th, 2008 13:53
talk to them next time
July 16th, 2008 13:55
Ok. LOL Lizzy-wa! Yeah, I’ve asked EVERYONE about it (That’s like 40 phone calls) and No One has a clue about it!
July 16th, 2008 13:56
It might be my arch enemy, Brooklyn. She’s really really jelous of me.
July 16th, 2008 13:57
That would be creepy
if it is sue her for harrassment
July 16th, 2008 13:59
hmmmmmm…ask the metiphorical acorns what they think…
July 16th, 2008 14:00
They know all
July 16th, 2008 14:01
duh.
July 16th, 2008 14:01
yeah! I would sooooooo do that. She can be a real ***** sometimes! One time, she tried out for a play and got like 4 lines, so she went bragging to everyone! And I’ve been in 6 musicals and ALWAYS got an amazing part, and when she made up a play for her stupid video club she gave me the SMALLEST role! (Which ironicly had 4 lines.) How bogus is that?
July 16th, 2008 14:02
Go metiphorical acorns!
July 16th, 2008 14:03
hmmmmmm…the metiphorical acorns could help…
July 16th, 2008 14:04
lol
very bogus i hate when people brag because they did something just a little better than you
July 16th, 2008 14:04
All hail the metiphorical acorns!
July 16th, 2008 14:05
I wish I could turn her into a metiphorical acorns then wack her with a sledge hammer! muhahahahahahahaha!
July 16th, 2008 14:05
acorns don’t brag…that’s part of their awesomeness.
July 16th, 2008 14:08
THREE CHEERS FOR METAPHORICAL ACORNS
HIP HIP HORAY
HIP HIP HORAY
HIP HIP HARAY!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2008 14:08
Oh yeah! Then I should turn her into a metiphorical David! So I can beat him up for trying to steal a dead man’s (Zane (may he rest in peace)) girl!!!!!
July 16th, 2008 14:09
Sorwie David fans….. I’m with Team Zane!
July 16th, 2008 14:10
rolf
July 16th, 2008 14:10
lol…g2g…it’s bedtime…
July 16th, 2008 14:11
Bedtime? **** Bedtime! Stay up! PPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! We’ll miss you if you leave!
July 16th, 2008 14:11
BYBYE
*Virtual hugs and cookies*
July 16th, 2008 14:12
yeah I agree
but sleep is importaint
July 16th, 2008 14:14
I go to sleep around 3 am and wake up at like 10.
July 16th, 2008 14:16
What time is it there?
July 16th, 2008 14:16
I’m gonna take a shower.
Luv ya!
You know you love me!
XOXO Amanda-wa!
July 16th, 2008 14:17
P.S 8:16PM
July 16th, 2008 14:18
hey same here
Go west coast!
July 16th, 2008 14:28
i just finished hawksong–serious ventation needed!!! i mean, srsly. it’s too confusing. i mean, so this one girl loves this one guy, then she has to get engaged to this other guy to save millions of lives, and the guy she’s engaged to says he could never love her because of the hatred between their two people, but he will marry her for peace. but the he was in love with a guard, she turned out to be evil, then the two main characters realize that they love eachother!!!! all of this after someone tried to kill them twice. i mean, i srsly needa vent some energy. one second….
//goes to corner, screams until all glass shatters, comes back//
i’m ok now.
now i hafta wait for the second book to arrive…GRR!
July 16th, 2008 14:33
Yellow peeps. What’s up? I can’t stay on for long though…stupid eyes…*mutters to self*
July 16th, 2008 15:11
?eyes?
July 16th, 2008 17:21
i like skin deep. but i think that going with some sort of oxymoron world be cool too. something like (well this one is lame) “I’m Pretty Ugly” or something. but like i said that ones kinda lame.
July 16th, 2008 23:28
not lame I like it
July 17th, 2008 00:39
hehehehehehehehehehehe…
July 17th, 2008 00:46
What about “”Face Values”" for the title of this book?
July 17th, 2008 01:22
I think the title could be Informed Consent. That’s been a recurring theme in the series, IMO, what with how the uglies /thought/ they were giving informed consent to have the pretty operation, but how they were having their brains tampered with. On the other hand, Zane is an example of how even giving one’s informed consent doesn’t always work out for the best–most notably in the operation that led to his death, but also when he took the de-lesioning pills with Tally. The Smokies represented distributing knowledge, but even by Specials, they were trying to change Tally forcibly (though Fausto had given his informed consent at the end of Pretties).
July 17th, 2008 03:40
hi all
July 17th, 2008 03:47
HELLOOOOOOOOOO!
July 17th, 2008 04:03
yay someone is on!
July 17th, 2008 04:04
YAY!!! I have macoronie…
July 17th, 2008 04:08
mmmm I just had cereal
July 17th, 2008 04:10
mmmmmmmmmm….cheeeeeeese…
July 17th, 2008 04:11
mmmmmmmmmmm…..snickerdoodles….
July 17th, 2008 04:13
mmmmm….
July 17th, 2008 04:14
mmmmmmmm
July 17th, 2008 04:16
mmmmmmmmmmmm…
July 17th, 2008 04:17
I watched a really funny/creepy movie last night*shudder*
July 17th, 2008 04:19
Lots of mmmmmmms…going around eh? Yep. Yeah, my eyes have been bothering me lately. I apparently strained them from being on the computer too long and reading too long and reading in the dark(which was totally not my fault, if they’d have just let me finish the dang book I wouldn’t have had to read in the dark, lol jkjk) but ya, so I’m not supposed to be doing those things a lot till they stop bugging me, but dude might as well suck out my soul. Especially for the book part. So what’s up?
July 17th, 2008 04:20
What movie?
July 17th, 2008 04:21
hmmmm………….
July 17th, 2008 04:22
i like reading books upsidedown…it’s fun…
July 17th, 2008 04:24
Umm…never tried that…sounds interesting.
July 17th, 2008 04:24
its called Teeth
its a funny movie for girls
and a horror for guys
lol
July 17th, 2008 04:28
lol…….reading old msn conversations is depressing…
July 17th, 2008 04:30
why?
July 17th, 2008 04:31
it just is………just like reading old blog entrys that i can’t read anymore because i deleted them….
July 17th, 2008 04:31
i’ve never read upside down but once I read a page backwards, very fun
July 17th, 2008 04:31
So… is anyone here right now? No ones on on my neopets guild and my mom and sister are playing Trivia Persuit, so I’m bored…
July 17th, 2008 04:32
Oh, nevermind..I guess people are on.
July 17th, 2008 04:32
hi
July 17th, 2008 04:33
Hi!
July 17th, 2008 04:33
Yo. How are you?
July 17th, 2008 04:34
Neopets…i can hack into my brother’s neopets account…
July 17th, 2008 04:35
…you know his password I would think then right?
July 17th, 2008 04:36
Im good still creeped out
but good
July 17th, 2008 04:36
I made his account for him…
July 17th, 2008 04:37
I might be able to get on mine too
July 17th, 2008 04:38
hmmmmmmm….he changed it…
July 17th, 2008 04:38
Hmmm…I used to have a neopets…haven’t been on it in like over a year though.
July 17th, 2008 04:38
Oh, well that would explain that…
So, Kenzie-la, what’s the movie about?
July 17th, 2008 04:40
how about, Radical Bogusness
July 17th, 2008 04:40
Well, I basically only go on it for the guilds, and space to practice html/css, and it something for me to do all day long.
July 17th, 2008 04:40
I’ll just get it to email his password to me…
July 17th, 2008 04:43
stupid computer…
July 17th, 2008 04:45
I got my password for neopets emailed to me too
and its really weird its about a girl who is tryinng to have abstanence but all this crap goes down where that doesnt happen and she finds out she has vagina dentata<—-you can look that up
Im not going anymore into it because its rated R and I have no idea why I watched it
July 17th, 2008 04:48
I can’t hack into my brother’s neopets…this frustrates me…
July 17th, 2008 04:50
Kenzie it sounds like that movie is totally TMI for my clean little mind. Rofl. I g2g now guys, ttyl.
July 17th, 2008 04:51
yeah it was for mine
lol
ttfn TZ *Virtual hugs*
July 17th, 2008 04:53
Hey guys! New blog is up!
July 17th, 2008 04:54
blog…hmmmmm…
July 17th, 2008 04:54
Sorry I was gone, my computer froze up.
July 17th, 2008 04:54
Scott blog..
July 17th, 2008 05:06
Why is the times like at 5:00 am. Is that like where he is or something?
July 17th, 2008 05:10
hmmmm…time is stupid…
July 17th, 2008 05:12
weeee!!!
anyone on neopets or did I find my username and password for mnothing
July 17th, 2008 05:13
I’m on Neopets!
July 17th, 2008 05:16
yay! whats you username???
July 17th, 2008 05:17
It’s Kalifrigle
July 17th, 2008 05:20
I sent you a neofriend request && message
July 17th, 2008 05:27
I’m on neopets…
July 17th, 2008 05:36
username?!?!?!?
July 17th, 2008 05:49
I figured out my password! Huzzah! I was wrong, I haven’t been on there in like 2 1/2 years. Danggggg…mine’s Pearliegirlie11.
July 17th, 2008 06:24
my neopets username is andreakate225.
July 17th, 2008 08:25
Cool
July 17th, 2008 11:07
Wow. This is REALLY off-topic. I hope you all don’t mind if I reply to the original topic here…XD
These are ones that I’ve read that I like:
Mindrain
Under the Knife
Skin Deep
Ugly Truths
The Side You Despise
The Color of Cat Vomit (teehee)
Rewired
Also, I like this combination- Mindrain: When Pretty Gets Ugly
I have a few of my own ideas…
Staying Icy or Becoming Icy
Ugly Mind or My Ugly Mind or Your Ugly Mind (..?)
Things Might Just Get Ugly (from the last line of Specials)
Pretty Special (get it; haha. lame I know)
Behind the Pretty Face
do you like any of those?
July 17th, 2008 11:21
I really, really like The Color of Cat Vomit. Mindrain and Behind the Pretty Face are good, too. How about “We’re Getting Rusty” or “After the Rust”. I DON”T KNOW. I’m awful at this kind of thing.
July 18th, 2008 02:22
Oh my goshhh
I completely loooove
Skin Deep
&
Ugly Truths
Pick out of one of those. They’re relevant to what inside the book and i think they suit the complete point to the Uglies series really well!
Alisha-la xo.
July 18th, 2008 07:34
Alwyn, i agree.
“Aftyer the Rust” is a
slammin title.
July 18th, 2008 07:35
Although
Mindrain
is
good,
too
.
July 18th, 2008 08:40
Okay…I don’t want to sound stupid or anything, but…I don’t really get Skin Deep…
July 18th, 2008 09:55
Cake would be brilliant. Do it for all us fans Scott-la!
July 18th, 2008 12:54
Hmm I’ll think of some titles……..
meanwhile I like
Skin Deep
Ugly Pretty
The Side You Despise
The Silent Truth
THe Color of Cat Vomit
and of course the absolute favorite
CAKE
personally I think its should be all Caps.
I thought of
The superficial truth
A Strange Beauty
Rewiring
Rewiring the World
CAKE and Destruction
July 18th, 2008 14:48
Oooh I like Rewiring the World! That sounds awesome!!
I thought of another one:
Last Words: Pretty, Special, and Cake
teehee
July 18th, 2008 14:48
Whoops, I meant:
Pretty, Special, Ugly, and Cake
July 18th, 2008 15:21
I would say
Skin Deep.
but what about
Two Faced
Or
Behind Their Eyes
July 18th, 2008 15:26
Hm…how about:
Facing the Truth
OR
Facing the Future?
July 18th, 2008 15:37
Amanda-wa, you have a few typos. Do you want them to be corrected?
Also, CAKE is good.
July 18th, 2008 15:39
I wish I could take the credit for the title “Cake”, since it was in my post, 155, and I had posted it before I had read any of the earlier comments…
but I see now that I had simply thought of something that others had, too. -_-
July 18th, 2008 16:28
The problem with pretties or pretty problems, otherwise I like the ugly truth.
July 19th, 2008 02:12
*has another idea*
Kicked
July 19th, 2008 03:25
I like Young Blood and Cake.
July 19th, 2008 14:05
HAHAHA comment 10, I totally get the cake thing. OMG. It’s brilliant!
July 19th, 2008 21:25
vacant house day sun speed america german speed
July 19th, 2008 22:26
Ooh I got a few more ideas…
“Cutting the Cake”
or…
“To Cut or Not to Cut the Cake: That is the Question”
(yeah lame, I know.)
July 20th, 2008 06:37
As much as I would love to suggest some fantastic original idea … I think that Mind Rain pretty much fits the idea perfectly. It’s short, people who have read the series will probably do a double take in whatever book recepticle they are wandering in, and it really seems to fit with the other titles of the series.
Buuuut that’s just one bubblehead’s opinion.
July 20th, 2008 07:39
I like:
Pretty Perfection : Behind the Face
or something like that… I don’t know
July 20th, 2008 09:17
OMG! what about
Bubbleheads: A Pretty Ugly Circumstance
Idk what you guys think… but I think it catches the three books…
so yeah but I also like Mindrain
July 20th, 2008 11:38
I got another idea…
100 Ways to Not be a Bubblehead
or
How to NOT Be a Bubblehead
July 20th, 2008 18:06
hmm…
How to Lose a Bubblehead in Ten Days?
July 21st, 2008 11:09
My currently favorites are…
Destructive Freedom
Nobody’s Special
Rewired
The Ugly Truth
The Aftermath
Rustie Revelations
Whatever you name it I’ll buy it. Just reading the blog makes me want October to hurry up!
July 21st, 2008 17:31
Hehe, SurgeMonkey, that’s funny…
July 21st, 2008 17:55
All of these titles are wonderful…
It’s so hard to come up with my own!
Hmm,
How about “How to Crash a Hoverboard 101″
It’s kinda got a double meaning.
There’s a lot of hoverboard crashing in the books and then there all the societies that crashed too. I dunno.
Kind of lame idea.
July 21st, 2008 20:39
No, shannon-la, I love it!
July 22nd, 2008 07:04
Pretty, Special, Ugly, Cake
(the last words of all the books)
Harry Potter, Eat Your Heart Out! (I suppose this would be better for a similar Twilight series book.)
Scott Requests: Help me Make Money! (Hey, it’s honest.)
Saving Face
I like Pretty Ugly.
July 22nd, 2008 12:34
How about… “It’s Just a Little Surgery”
or “Totally Crim”
July 22nd, 2008 12:41
also…
“Semi-casual?”
“1000 Faces”
“Pretty… With a Price”
July 22nd, 2008 23:21
Lets see, there are 564 comments ALREADY so I’m not sure if this has been said or not, but why not just, Cat Vomit?
Its simple, and anyone who hasn’t read the books will most definitly be interested in something called cat vomit. Anything to do with that first line in uglies, because its pretty much the best opening line and where it all starts.
Other than that I like Mind rain the best.
July 23rd, 2008 01:37
cat vomit is cool
July 23rd, 2008 02:51
I’m all about “Facing the Future”.
July 23rd, 2008 04:59
thats cool
July 23rd, 2008 04:59
I like Utterly Crim
July 23rd, 2008 08:42
I like “Cat Vomit”
July 23rd, 2008 12:31
Cat Vomit it is!
July 23rd, 2008 21:24
Well, I’ve only read the midnighter trilogy so far-don’t worry, I’m currently trying to find a decent book store that has THE UGLIES in stock-so I might not be very good at this. But, this is me trying:
“Difference” or
“Out-Casting”
I know they’re silly, but HEY, I wanna feel like I contributed.
July 24th, 2008 02:18
ha! I come here and what do I see? my second favorite author’s book on my first favorite author’s website! how cool and random is that?
anyways, I really like the titles Skin Deep, Ugly Truths, and Mindrain. those are really good ones!
oh and I also like this one: “That’s Some Pretty Special Cake”
I don’t know, it’s kind of silly but I like it!
July 24th, 2008 02:48
I realize that I’m waaay late in commenting on this, but oh well, I don’t care.
How about “The Beauty in Ugly” as a title? I was listening to a song that almost sounds like it was written by Tally and Zane in New Pretty Town — Entropy Reigns (In the Celestial City) by Kelley Polar, if you want to know — and that title popped into my head.
July 24th, 2008 11:43
I looooove the Ugly Truths title…i’d buy that
July 24th, 2008 12:06
ooh I like that too
July 24th, 2008 12:57
Here are a couple of suggestions:
-Underminded Beauty
-Beauty’s Way Of Destroying
-The Change After 16
-Special Destruction: Going Underneath
-Turning Icy
-Behind the Surge
I hope this help..
July 24th, 2008 13:03
Heres some reading suggestions:
Vampire Kisses
Evernight
Gossip Girl sereies
TWILIGHT (favorite)
Vampire Beach
Romeo and Juliet (make sure there are notes with it)
Pride and Predidce (however you spell it)
Wicked (Not the musical)
All of Scott-la’s books
Bad Kitty
The Juliet Club
Vampire Diaries
I LOVE vampire books they are soooooooo romantic!
July 24th, 2008 14:20
Hm…I’ll give it a go.
Cliques
Mind over Matter
In the Eye of the Beholder
True Beauty
Pretty Ugly and Extra Special
Two-faced
Center of the Universe
Gosh…I’m brain-dead right now. Oh, there’s a title: Brain-Dead.
I also like Special Circumstances, Pretty Ugly, and Skin Deep.
July 24th, 2008 23:34
I still really like Cat Vomit .. Its for the true fans who know what it means and for the people who think the title is interesting
July 25th, 2008 08:10
I LOVE pretty ugly and extra special, thats genius! LUV IT
PS: SCOTT-LA WRITE A NEW POST!! PLEASE!!!
July 25th, 2008 12:36
…ya know wat? I HATE PUBERTY HOROMONES!
…’nough said.
July 25th, 2008 16:12
i like the the beauty in ugly. very good.
July 25th, 2008 18:11
Okay I don’t really get what Skin Deep means…(yes I have read all the books) can someone PLEASE explain what it means?
July 26th, 2008 07:35
Okay… well first i wanna say im a HUGE fan of uglies & pretties. Im in the middle of pretties and really hooked. I like Adventures in Special Circumstances, Skin Deep, and Ugly Truths. Or you could name it Crims.
July 26th, 2008 08:00
I just realized… Uglies, Pretties, and Specials kinda remind me of The Giver by Lois Lowry
so if you like these books you should probably check that one out…
Hmmm..
Saving Face
Cake or Death?
Best Friends Forever
thats all I got today..
July 26th, 2008 08:01
oh and Sella-Wa Skin Deep I think is based on the old saying
“beauty is only skin deep”
July 26th, 2008 09:36
Oh, okay, that sort of makes sense now…thanks!
I agree, SurgeMonkey, this series does remind me of the Giver trilogy by Lois Lowry!
July 26th, 2008 10:39
and then it sorta branches out like The Giver series does with Gathering Blue and The Messenger… its crazy
hmm… but I like them both so it’s all good lol
July 27th, 2008 16:52
Wow! I’m in the 590s! Guess it doesn’t matter. I’ll throw in my two cents anywhoo.
-Tallying Evolution
(I HAD to come up with some play on the word Tally…)
-Radical Rebellion
(Using a bit from Radical Honesty)
-The Tally Transfiguration
(…even though this doesn’t encompass everything the book would be talking about.)
-Crims, Cults, Cutters and Cures
(Yeah, take some, leave some, add some. The “C” words just worked here.)
-Challenging the Gods
(You go Andrew Simpson Smith!!)
-Insight into the World of Beautiful, Useless Things
(“The world needed more fireworks–especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.” Specials pp. 370.)
-Revolution Rewired
(This one’s a bit self explanatory…)
Yeah, I’m a bit of a nut for alliteration. ^_^ Some of the other ideas were great, too! Can’t wait to see what it’ll be called!
-Soph
July 30th, 2008 11:27
ooh i know how about “Randoms” u know i mean in speacials they talk alot about randoms so the book could be called “Randoms”.
July 30th, 2008 11:58
ZANE NEEDS TO RETURN!
July 30th, 2008 12:18
NO HE DOESN’T HE NEEDS TO ROT IN HELL!!
Sorry. Erm. *clears throat* Yeah, SurgeMonkey, I like both…
Soph, how about you add ‘Cake’ to the title with c’s? (Crims, Cults, Cutters, Cures, and Cake)
August 2nd, 2008 04:10
I am really confuzzled with cake. I read the series sooooo many times, but confusion still strikes me. TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!! There should DEFINATELY be an Uglies movie. I would see it 5,000,000 times!
Challenging the Gods ROX MY SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 4th, 2008 11:24
Cakes.
August 5th, 2008 13:34
Did u pick yet?
August 7th, 2008 08:52
Well, i really like the titles Mindrain, Skin Deep, Uglies: Truth revealed. But whatever title you choose, i’ll still read it anyways.
and i agree with Rain-la there should be a MOVIE. the whole world would be excited. OMG!!! can you imangine that: the whole world would be excited. when you finally make up your mind Scott be sure to tell us.
August 8th, 2008 12:50
i like the ugly truths title because it fits the dystopian literature genre and the main theme of the books… its too bad this isnt coming out till later because im doing my paper this summer on these books and others in the genre and this would help me out with writing it. i think the book is a good thought for future reference on other papers and for the interests of the fans of the series!! cant wait!
August 11th, 2008 12:57
I really like About Face, haha and Surviving on Spagbol.
Someone said ‘Face it’ I like that one. Like “Face it Tally-wa you’re Special”
August 14th, 2008 09:05
Rewiring?
Specialized?
CAKE! (Scott-La will have to end this book with a blank space)
This is sort of silly, but…
To the Wa and La?
Obliviously Beautiful?
August 15th, 2008 09:26
Facial Structure. XP
idk why, just it sort of implies an explanation. And the facial is in there cuz of the series
August 18th, 2008 00:40
I like Skin Deep:Price of Perfection: & um so heres mine,
*Enter the Eyes of Shay (just cause she’s my favorite character I might be alone on that?)
*Into a Dystopic World
*How Tally’s world works (I really don’t know just woke up[yea I know i need to get a life])
*From a Cutters Perspective
*Cake (yea no i did not come up with that i like it though & then that should end with Extras HA!)
Also I would like maybe a few little extra medium sized books from Shay and Davids point of view I mean we were never informed alot about how they saw the world so we always saw it from Tally’s eyes.Just a suggestion.
August 19th, 2008 11:43
I like “skin deep.”
“About face” is a little too military.
Might looks like a manual of arms or something.
hahaha.
:]
Though, come to think about it, the military is sort of a conformist thing.
Was that perhaps the thought train behind that one?
August 20th, 2008 01:56
“Skin Deep” is a perfect name !
But how about “The Ugliest Truths”
Hmm… here’s some more !
~ “Dark Truths”
-or-
~ “Ugly Secrets”
I know these are not the best, but why not put some titles in !! (:
August 20th, 2008 13:33
A Rusty View of Pretty Place.
August 20th, 2008 13:34
…of A pretty place
August 26th, 2008 06:40
I like “Face Value” and “Skin Deep,” although Spagbol is kind of fun, actually.
August 26th, 2008 10:13
how about “Face Lift” but i like skin deep…
August 26th, 2008 16:05
how about ‘challenging the gods’? did someone already suggest that? :/
i also like ‘be tricky, be bubbly, stay icy’ or something along those lines…
or ‘The New System’
but ‘Skin Deep’ is waaay over used…just my opinion
‘The next time we meet, it might get ugly’ <–baha im a sucker for last lines in books
‘Do i LOOK like a bubblehead?’ <–and i loved that line
‘Welcome to Diego…’
ok i suck. I know. Dont attack me :/
September 1st, 2008 07:05
rofl, i like “adventures in special circumstances”: ITS HILARIOUS!!!!!! but i also like “the color of cat vomit”. i can just imagine the look on my moms face when i tell her the new book i want is “the color of cat vomit”. lol
September 2nd, 2008 12:10
I say….
“Hey You With the Face!”
September 21st, 2008 05:53
Bubbleheads is genious. Also,the coler of cat vomit,and my idea, How to Crash a Pretty Party.I mean,come on,that`s one of the things tally is known for,and all the fans would totally get it
September 21st, 2008 06:24
Oh yea.. haha.. How to crash a pretty party is funny.. Tally crashes one in every book
October 5th, 2008 09:30
um when will the Uglies movie be out?
October 5th, 2008 10:18
late comment but watever. ok i have some that i just thought of:
1. A TYC (Tally Youngblood Circumstance. kinda plays off my name only the last word is different but it still works)
2. How to Take Whole Cities Down
3. Bogus, Bubbly, Icy, and Everything in Between.
4. Double Sided Beauty (dunno if anyone said that. it sounds familiar)
5. The Art of Betraying Your Friends (Tally does that alot)
6. What Being Used Feels Like
7. Beauty=Bubblehead (ok not my greatest idea)
8. Cut Out Beauty (works with cutting and beauty)
9. SCARS
10. Until the Fireworks Burst (wow that felt deep. maybe coz i just read a really deep, sad, and thought provoking book)
October 8th, 2008 15:03
Ooooh, I like the 1st 2nd and 3rd one best!
October 8th, 2008 20:30
I like 2!
October 9th, 2008 00:36
what book TYC Leader-la?
hehe. i agree with 5. tho i dont think its a good title cuz… we dont wanna be MEAN to Tally-wa… tho sometimes i wanted to…
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
October 9th, 2008 08:18
Lizzy-wa: the book is the analogy other authors are doing on Uglies. they’ll be answering different questions and stating their opions on the books. also i really didn’t just mean Tally coz Shay sorta betrays her too and Peris coz he just lets there friendship die. soooo ya it’s kinda like all the characters, but mostly Tally coz she does it the most even though she doesn’t mean too.
Thanx for looking at the titles. sorry for being like a pain bout it. i just wanted to see if my ideas were good enough for other people to like. and i agree the first three were some of the best i came up with especially #1 i just really love that name. and #2 just makes sense for Tally and the Cutters. #3 also works with everything.
GREEN DAY!!!! <3
I sit in the state of a day dream.
With all of ur words flying over my head.
Even more time gets wasted in the daze
It should seem obvious to u
Ur screams and cries are never going to work.
And all of ur time gets wasted in my daze.
October 9th, 2008 08:33
fun………………………………………..yeah.
October 9th, 2008 12:19
more ideas!!!!!
1. Brainwashed
2. A Pretty Ugly Circumstance
3. SUPER (Special, Ugly, Pretty, Extra, Rusties. ugh.. not my best)
4. Celtic Swirl (Tally’s flash tatoo. kinda dumb and only obsessive people would get it. like me)
5. I Had to Hurt You, But I Didn’t Want To (Tally does that to a lot of people. and let’s get this clear Tally is my favorite character but all the titles i think of have to do with her so i’m not dissing her the titles just make sense)
i have another one but it’s only joking. i seriously wouldn’t want this to be a title of ANY book. ok here it is: S.T.D.Z (sounds like STDS ugh… but it means Shay, Tally, David, and Zane. but when i thought of it i started laughing…ya…my mind is sick sometimes)
GREEN DAY!!! <3
Where have all the b*****ds gone?
The underbellie stacks up ten high.
THe dummie failed the crash test.
Collecting unemployment checks.
The flunkie went in along for the ride.
Where have all the riots gone?
As this city’s motto gets pulverized.
What to love is now in debt.
On ur birth certificates.
So strike the f***ing match to light this fuse.
October 14th, 2008 08:37
1. Take Care of the World and What You Do With It
2. Radical Circumstances
3. Nanos of Destruction (there are nanos in every book that cause destruction)
4. The Next Time We Meet
5. The Ugly Things About Beauty
6. Cable Cutters (Dr. Cable’s Cutters. sounds better shorter)
7. Beautiful Destruction (Pretties turn agains the city and the white orchid killed all the crops but it was still beautiful)
hmmm…maybe i should start using this creativity on something else….huh.
October 14th, 2008 09:01
ooooh!!! i like number seven!!!
October 14th, 2008 09:27
OOH! OOH! OOH! i LOVE number 3 on comment 621 TYC-la!!! SUPER!!! that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cool!
Special
Ugly
Pretty
Extra
Rusty.
HOW FAWESOME IS THAT?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
October 15th, 2008 07:12
COOL!!!! some people actually looked at my ideas! THANKS!!!! and the comments are nice too. i mean i wasn’t sure how other people would feel about the titles. i wasn’t sure if they were dumb or if they would make u wanna read the book. coz i know some of them were kinda stupid but others…i was just like “BRILLIANT!!! I AM AMAZING!!!” ok so maybe i wasn’t totally that cocky but i thought some of them were good. mostly the ones everyone else thought were good too. all i want to know now is if a title was already chosen or if i’m just wasting creativity on nothing. hmmmm…it’d be really cool if one of my ideas was chosen, but with my luck probably not. *SIGH*
October 16th, 2008 07:02
hmmm…it’s fun making up these titles (even though one was probably already chosen,but….watever)
1. Smokies: Rebels or Heroes in Disguise?
2. Keep Challenging the Gods
3. Sayshal
4. The True Shape of the World (Andrew Simpson Smith learns that the earth is round. and everything else plays with it)
5. Beyond the Little Men (sounds familiar…hmmm…i dunno. kinda cool though.)
October 16th, 2008 10:31
I like 2 and 5! Hehe, beyond the little men…
Although, I still like the only one I could think of: The Good, the Bad, and the Uglies.
You should be a professional book-namer or something. c:
October 16th, 2008 11:38
Milly-wa: that’s a good title. it makes sense and it’s creative. and uh… THANX!!! for saying i should be a pro book-namer (hopefully that was a compliment coz i took it as one) u made me blush… ok not really but that was nice to say!!
ya 2 and 5 were good but i liked some of the others i came up with too.
October 19th, 2008 05:52
How about something with Brain Damage? like… idk…
“Enforced Brain Damage”
or
“Brain Damage: The Truth Behind Pretty-Making”
idk… but definately something having to do with that, turning their brains to mush and whatnot… but yeah… i also like “Ugly Truths” and “Turning Pretty”
October 19th, 2008 08:40
I also like (this is really long cause im taking about every title in this that i like plus a few i came up with or added to sry…)
“Mind Rain”
“The Price of Perfection”
“Staying Icey”
“The Extra Special things about being Pretty Ugly”
“Pretty, Ugly, and Everything In Between”
“Be Tricky, Get Bubbly, Stay Icy, and Kick It!”
“Dizzy-Making Truths: Brain Damage” (i added “Brain Damage” but I think there should be a subtitle there Lizzy-wa… hope you dont mind”
“Two Birds With One Stone”
“Joy Ride”
“Tally Youngblood: The Truth, The Lies, The Answers”
“Beginning of an End”
“Four Sided Reality” (Tally & Zane? Awsome title… u seemed to think it was lame… but its not)
“Rusty’s Guide to the Uglies Universe” (no “The”)
“A Rustie’s Insight into The Not So Perfect Future”
“The Uglies the Pretties and the Just Plain Special”
“Best Friends Forever?” (with a question mark… not an exlamation point or no punctuation at all… it needs the ?”
“Rewired”
“Skin Deep: Dizzy-Making Truths and Rustie Revelations”
“Rustie Revelations”
“A Rusty Look on Pretties” (i kinda stoleish it from Abigal-wa… hope you dont mind… but i like that idea)
“Lesions: The Price Of Pretty”
“When Pretty Gets Ugly”
“The Side You Despise”
“Freedom Has a Way of Destroying Things”
“Rewiring the World”
“Bubbleheads: A Pretty Ugly Circumstance”
“Pretty… With a Priceâ€
“Brainwashed”
“Special
Uglies
Pretties
Extra’s
Rusties”
“Hey You With the Face!†(just find it amusing… and it definatly fits…)
So yeah… (btw, yes i did read the entire thingish… i skipped over the conversation part of it and only read the parts about the actual books/titles… but the story intrigued me and i read that… very interesting btw…)
October 19th, 2008 09:25
out of the ones lexi-wa mentioned i like:
“The Price of Perfectionâ€
“Pretty, Ugly, and Everything In Betweenâ€
“Rusty’s Guide to the Uglies Universeâ€
“Rewiredâ€
i like some of the other ones too, i just don’t feel like finding and typing them.
~Aryll-wa
October 20th, 2008 09:06
thanks Aryll-wa! i kinda killed an afternoon reading everything and putting down the ones that really stood out! but yeah…
November 15th, 2008 07:39
mabe…
December 19th, 2008 21:12
Well about Shay… do talk about her!
Many times I found her more the protagonist.
She believed in the Smoke, in David, she was against the Pretty operation on her own.
She didn’t need Tally, Tally needed her.
Tally always needs Shay.
Shay’s more genuine.
Even up to Extras, Tally needs Shay for stability…
But I like the Colour of Cat Vomit or Pretty Ugly or Mindrain
can’t wait!!!
March 10th, 2009 19:10
i like adventures in special circumstances. it has lots of nice long words in it! when in 09 does this come out?????
August 12th, 2009 20:08
Serafina Zane’s idea for “Cake!” Is totally awesome. I also really liked Skin Deep and Under the Knife. Oh, and The Price of Perfection, The Color of Cat Vomit, and The Ugly Truth.
Also, you should totally write a fifth book. In which Zane is discovered to be miraculously alive and cured. And the he and Tally live happily ever after. Or, you could do that in this book. Like write an epilouge or somethng. With Zane. Alive. Please????
November 27th, 2009 03:22
I like, Cutting Through( like from hazy to bubbly or icy,and as in the knife cutting through you
And……
What the knife holds
and…. It’s YOUR face
March 15th, 2010 03:10
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July 10th, 2010 07:59
so….does the book have a title yet?
not so updated but i look forward to
these books bcuz they’re great. it’s
pretty creative. btw, i do like some of
the ideas they have going there. especially
serifina zane’s own. interesting stuff you
(the author) have going here!!
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February 6th, 2012 01:07
I really like the color of cat vomit.
PS yes my name is Talie. It’s just spelled different then “Tally”.
Also maybe another title could be: Life in a Godly World