Okay, I’m twelve days late, but I didn’t want to miss commemorating the 60th anniversary of the first publication of Uglies!
Here’s the novel in all its original glory, back in 1959.
In other news, I suck at Photoshop!
Happy belated April 1st.
That is all.
The Uglies series has been adapted into graphic novel form, with the events of the trilogy told from Shay's point of view in three volumes.
The first one comes out March 6, 2012!
Click here to contact Scott Westerfeld.
Jill Grinberg
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
info@grinbergliterary.com
April 13th, 2009 04:26
Very funny… I was actually taken in for a moment, trying to do the math and thinking, “But I swear my copy was brand new when I got it!” In other news… I am extremely gullible.
April 13th, 2009 04:26
firsttt…and happy easter everyone
April 13th, 2009 04:27
aw dangit someone commented right as i submitted it… oh well i ve been first before
April 13th, 2009 04:32
Hehe, awesome!!!
April 13th, 2009 04:33
HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!
April 13th, 2009 04:39
To add a little religious variety, since I can see the wave of Easter greetings coming – I hope all of my Jewish friends had a good Pesach!!!
April 13th, 2009 04:41
Whoo! sixth comment!
Happy Easter!
I kinda like the cover, but the new one is better. No offense intended!
Also, I think that a hoverboard would be possible, although the bellyring wouldn’t work well, it would need the board to have a sort of internal sensor, creating too much weight. However, I think the specials board with the fans would work better. I’m gonna start thinking….
April 13th, 2009 04:42
o no, i got 7th… o well, i get eigth too.
April 13th, 2009 04:49
Happy Easter!
new covers way better.
April 13th, 2009 05:21
Haha, that’s pretty great.
April 13th, 2009 05:40
HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!!
hehe thats a kool cover
April 13th, 2009 06:05
For a second there I thought that was for real . . .
April 13th, 2009 06:46
13! crap I am soooo close to #1. that is my ultimate goal in life, btw
April 13th, 2009 06:55
Heeey anyway… that is a sweet cover scott-la (you know what? in spanish, la is feminine and el is masculine, so it seems like you should be scott-el…) I think your photoshop skills are pretty good, actually. I don’t have photoshop, but I love picnik.com.
You know what? I kind of wish that I grew up in the 50s. They thought stuff like TVs were awesome technology, so it would feel like you were living in the future, if you know what I mean. I read this book once on people’s visions of the future from the 40s and 50s, and one said that they thought that everything would be made of plastic so that on cleaning day, you could just hose everything down, and it would drain out. I thought that was pretty cool.
And to keep the random thoughts flowing, is anyone out here, like, really into track right now? we had a meet yesterday and I ran the 4×8, 800, and 4×4. I usually do high jump too, but I didn’t. Also, our best sprinter was hurt, and so I had to take her spot as the 4×1 anchor, because there were no sprinters who weren’t in 4 events already. I was so freaked out because I’m used to distance relay handoffs, but it went okay I guess. Not like anyone really cares about my track schedule, but you know, whatever….
April 13th, 2009 07:12
That’s great, Westerfeld-sensei. XDD
I hope you have a great Easter!!!
April 13th, 2009 07:53
Hey everyone! I’m new to the blog but am a huge westerfeld fan.
Btw I totally bought the post, I’m so gulible LOL
April 13th, 2009 08:16
Oh, it was a joke? *Phew*! I was flipping out for a moment, thinking that Scott Westerfeld was probably too young than to write a book, that the book was new when I read it, and that all good things really did have to happen before I was born. And now I’m just thinking that I wasn’t going any crazier than usual and that I’m GULL-I-BAL!
April 13th, 2009 08:40
haha that’s a good one.
nice, scott-la.
i solved a 5×5 rubik’s cube without looking on the internet!! hooray!!
i feel so proud of myself…been working on that thing forever…
April 13th, 2009 08:53
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April 13th, 2009 08:54
i wated sooooooo long to comment. gr. and totally fawsome scott-la!
April 13th, 2009 10:17
i dont get it….uglies hasnt been out that long….?
oh! i get it!!!!!!!
sry that took a while
that was pretty funny(LIL![laff IN loud{very lame inside joke}])
HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!!!!
i feel really bad cause i didnt go to church this morning(even tho i dont usallaly go on sundays) but i felt i NEEDED to go since its easter……o well=.[
so now im just gonna force myself to read the easer story till like i know it word for word.jk. well i probably will make myself read it…..
im sry now im just being confuseing
im bored…..
ttyl!
April 13th, 2009 10:23
By the way, I don’t know if anyone’s heard about this, but Amazon has gone batshit insane.
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/amazon-rank/
Basically Amazon is stripping the sales rank of any books that contain sexual, GLBTQ, romantic, and adult content. This means that the books will not appear in Amazon searches when you do a search that might have one of their keywords.
It isn’t contained to adult books and novels; YA authors are being hit too. So spread the link around and join in on the google-bombing! You can just follow the instructions and process that they explain. We might be able to get Amazon to stop this complete brain-missing policy.
April 13th, 2009 10:29
i still dont get the joke?
April 13th, 2009 10:57
Haha, that was funny. I was like… what?! I could’ve sworn I knew him well enough that Uglies wasn’t that old!!
I dunno if this is just me, but it seems to be that there is still a trojan here…. =S
April 13th, 2009 11:04
lol, good joke. Happy Easter!
April 13th, 2009 11:05
Lol! Funny-making! Now I’m totally making these words up. I get it though! You know… April Fools day! Ha ha…
P.S. – You’re awesome Scott!
April 13th, 2009 11:06
I still don’t get it!uhhhh!
April 13th, 2009 11:07
He was joking Alisa… he was twelve days late? April 1? April Fools’ Day?
April 13th, 2009 11:16
Hahaaaa, that was so funny!!
I love April fool’s.
April 13th, 2009 11:31
It’s been a while 0_o
Can’t wait for the book tour, Scott–Capt. Cocketiel and I will be there FOR SURE!
Just a hello from rainy Seattle,
-Topaz
April 13th, 2009 12:01
o’zzzzzzzz!! i get the joke now! lolz. nice one scott-la. wowz. ur special.
April 13th, 2009 12:02
happy april foolz day to all and to all a good watev! ya.
April 13th, 2009 12:35
haha u got me good scott
i was all
“WUT???”
April 13th, 2009 12:35
huh?
its the 12th n its 6:35PM
April 13th, 2009 12:45
huh?
April 13th, 2009 12:53
Ally-wa: Yes, Amazon has gone insane this weekend. Certain books are being deleted from the sales rank database for being “adult.”
However . . . it’s not sexual content that makes a book “adult,” apparently. For example, the “Playboy Book of Centerfolds” still has a sales rank. That’s pretty adult, seems to me. And yet “Ellen Degeneres: a Biography” HAS had its sales rank removed. So that’s more “adult” than a Playboy photo book?
In other words, Amazon isn’t limiting anyone’s access to sexual content, they’re just limiting access to books about gay people, by erasing them from their sales rank database.
Hmm.
Now, perhaps you’re wondering why a book losing its sales rank matters. Here’s how it works: Sales rank determines how soon you get listed when a search term is used. If you search on “ugly,” the Uglies Box Set pops up quickly, because it has a high sales rank. So if your book suddenly has NO sales rank, it’s much harder to find. Such books aren’t really invisible, but they’re sort of transparent.
As I write this, there are rumors that Amazon is already starting to retreat from this insane policy, claiming it was a “glitch.” The web’s justice is fast and furious, I guess.
If Amazon doesn’t come clean and fix this crap by tomorrow, there will be more words about it here (and many changed links to buy my books). In any case, it’ll be a while before I send them any money.
You can see how weird this is, right? I mean, imagine if Amazon (or Google, or Facebook) just decided to erase you and everyone like you. Not happy-making.
April 13th, 2009 13:21
CANT WAIT 4 EXTRAS!
April 13th, 2009 13:30
Wow! Scott actually reads the comments on his blog. So now u wont be able to find the Twilight Series on Amazon?
That’s crappy, who’s STUPID MESSED UP COMEPLETELY BRAIN MISSING AND DUMB idea was that??!
Oh yeah, and I heard that it is now illegal to say “retarded”. which is sort of interesting…
oh, and hoverboarder, Extras is already out.
Happy Easter pplz!
April 13th, 2009 13:33
vintage uglies, ha! i actually believed it for a second, but 1959…that was waay long ago. lol. no offense if you were really born before that Scott. jk.
April 13th, 2009 13:46
omfg!!! ge wiz scott waz on and i missed it AGIAN!! WHY IS THIS?
April 13th, 2009 13:49
i AM ALWAYZ TO LATE! THE LEPRICONZ IN THE COMPUTER MUST HAVE A CONSPIRACY GOING ON ABOUT “GETTING RID” OF ME! I MUST NOW TAKE ACTION! I CAN NO LONGER PUT THIS OFF!
I CAN HERE THEM NOW!
April 13th, 2009 14:04
and scott-la im totally with u on that. think about it. its like being erysd like if u were never. there. i dont beleive its right to do that. its the readerz choice. doing that is not giveing the author its full credit! its like going up to some ones house and saying i dont like u so were wiping u from the face of the earth. wen im an author i dont want that to happen to my books. like at my school. they dont like twilight so they tried to act like it wanst real and if u brought it up u would get in trouble. i went alone with it till the “vote”. i dont know wat its called but ppl/adults picked books and then there were levals of age groups for serten books. teens would read at least 4 books then vote for there favorite. twilight was a nomine but in stead of letting stephenie get her credit they didnt let ppl read the book to vote. i was completely against it so i spoke up. i was almost sent to the princiblez office. it was as if they were saying stephenie wasnt a good author wen she’z my top tied wit u. ppl in my class saw i was rite and many didnt even vote. (know one really wanted to vote for anything but twilight) me and some friends tho went to a public libary to vote. i think every author and the books, that they have spent time to wright, deserve ppl to know, bye,and read and see there writing!
April 13th, 2009 15:17
wow lizzy-wa101102
that was a loong comment. i totally agree tho. cuz on a lot of websites/chat rooms who hate twilight (for some reason i hav no idea y, but some ppl r just weird like that) if u even mention the name of twilight, they ban u, wich totally sucks cuz then i get sooo bored…and then i hav to do homework. but y would u get sent to the principals office for saying u like twilight??? wat happened to freedom of speech and freedom of belief?! i mean, its not like twilight is against the law and is some sort of evil plan to destroy the world. (like hulu, i lov that commerical) even all of my TEACHERS read twilight. but luckily uglies isnt a banned book.
sry im such a hypocrite. i hav a loong comment too, wich isnt a bad thing, *shrugs*
April 13th, 2009 15:18
hey, how come so little ppl hav posted today? usually i log on and theres like 200 comments. maybe cuz its easter.
btw happy easter pplz! hav i said that already?
April 13th, 2009 15:47
Scott: Yeah, the biographies being removed made no sense to me until I figured out how all the people were related. It took John Barrowman’s biography getting removed for me to get it.
I cancelled all my pre-orders that I have with Amazon… if this does get fixed I’ll probably place them again, but this really makes me angry. It’s like when LiveJournal and SixApart went around deleting peoples’ accounts based on their interests – interests all related to the gay community.
Thanks for responding! It’s good that authors are noticing this.
April 13th, 2009 16:29
Woah. That’s totally suckish. They’re going to make a lot of people Very, Very angry.
April 14th, 2009 00:13
i know right? i think most ppl should be at least partially against it.
April 14th, 2009 00:18
Riva-La – I think it *SHOULD* be illegal to use “retarded” out of its original context and with a negative connotation, along with the words “gay” and “fag”….. but don’t even get me started on that.
Would this be all books with LGBT characters? Because, with that heading, you’ve eliminated incredible books like “What Happened to Lani Garver,” “Naomi & Ely’s No Kiss List,” and, branching out to the fantasy genre, “The Mortal Instruments” series (No more Alec/Magnus!!!), “Skinned”, and “A Great and Terrible Beauty”… which comprise at least 65%, if not more, of my bookshelf. Would they even go as far as to ban Harry Potter? Dumbledore’s gay, after all. Or would they stand back and say, “Oh, well, those books are top bestsellers, and as long as his gayness is just implied, we’ll let it slide to make more money”?
This is entirely too far. If we ignore LGBT books, does that mean we can ignore LGBT people? One of my best friends, a boy, is the most talented artist, and fashion designer, I know – he’s going to be bigger than DKNY one day, mark my words – yet his family almost disowned him because he has a boyfriend. In what way is that morally right???
-Straight, but not narrow, Casie
April 14th, 2009 00:21
“Skinnedâ€!$#@%&!* I LOVE IT IT!!! THEY GET RID OF IT AND *BAM BING POP* GOES MY BRAIN!
April 14th, 2009 00:50
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=66825204726 <– the sparkly new Facebook group against the Amazon “glitch”, created by yours truly, who really is furious about it.
April 14th, 2009 00:51
omg that is sooo fawsome
i didnt know it was that old lol
and photoshop is amazingly difficult….
April 14th, 2009 01:03
gabi! its not that old…………………………. i dont even think scott la was born then! its a joke. dont u get it?
April 14th, 2009 01:27
Casie, I joined the group and sent invites to all my friends.
I think it might be good to post a link to the Amazon Rank google-bomb, so people can do something outside of Facebook. I’ve posted links to it on all my blogs and LJs and whatnot.
April 14th, 2009 01:28
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You say Britney Spears-I say Billy talent
You say little wayne- i say Sum 41
You say Jonas Brothers-I say Green day
You say Miley Cyrus-I say Man Bullet For My Valentine
You say rap-I say rock
You say pop-I say metal
You say hip hop- I say just about any rocker that sings better drunk or hi.
92% of kids have turned to rap,pop,& hip hop.If your one of the 8% who like to headbang and disturb the peace copy and paste anywere!
April 14th, 2009 01:37
The Google-Bomb link is just on your original link, right? I’ll be sure to add that to the group – thanks for joining!!! (I invited my entire friends list, too, and was wondering who that strange “Ally Wonderland” chick was that nobody knew… just kidding!)
April 14th, 2009 02:27
SCOTT WAS ON AND I MISSED HIM… so saddd
April 14th, 2009 02:38
Haha, yeah that’s me.
The google-bomb is here: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/amazonrank/
And there’s an Urban Dictionary article for it: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Amazon+Rank
April 14th, 2009 02:42
kewlz!
April 14th, 2009 03:15
Okay, now I’m PISSED. I didn’t think about it too much before Casie. I was just like ARgh, that totally sucks! But now that it’s dealing with The Mortal Instruments, A Great and Terrible Beauty, and HARRY POTTER. WTF?!?!?!?!?! Those are some of my favorite books EVER. That’s so so so so soooooo stupid. Other people should be able to find awesome books like those and all the others being banned and read them at their own will. Amazon shouldn’t be able to censor people. That’s their job to decide what is appropriate and what isn’t or whether or not they’d like to read it. JEEZ. And that’s awful about your friend’s parents. I mean, I’d understand if someone’s parents were a little freaked out cuz they didn’t know or whatever, but that’s just ridiculous.
April 14th, 2009 04:27
For the record, they’re not censoring TMI, AGATB, or Harry Potter now – these are just series with LGBTQ characters, like the ones that are being censored.
April 14th, 2009 04:51
HAHAHA they erased Twilight??? That is too funny
what I wouldn’t give to go on to the chapters site and not see Twilight adds everywhere, its bogus.
well anyway, they cant do that to Harry Potter, it is ….well Harry Potter, 400,000,000 copie sold probably more, it would be insane
but Twilight no one really cares hahahahahahahaha
to the one who said some blogs and what bot are banning anyone that says Twilight, Im pretty sure that is not true.
You see out of all these crazed Twi-hards there are a good number of those who cannont stand it and they, unlike the fans, know that everyone has a right to free speech, and wouldn’t care what you say unless your yelling and swearing at them in a frantic way to defend your precious little book. If what your saying is true and not an over exsaggeration(wow how do you spell that lol I suck) like it probably is then it is probably the boy side of the hate……(there are a lot more boys then girls that hate it and they are just not as tempered as girls)
well anyways Im reading Narnia right now
The Horse and his boy. I read it when I was young but didnt understand it but now that Im a lot older it makes a lot more sense to me
well its a good book
April 14th, 2009 05:25
Amazon now officially says it was just a “glitch,” and all will be back to normal soon. But “Ellen Degeneres: A Biography” still has no sales rank . . .
April 14th, 2009 05:49
Ohhhhh…Okay. Some glitch. Glitch Glitch Glitch. That’s such a fun word to say.
April 14th, 2009 06:10
wow! there sayin its a glitch/?
Kristina!YOU DID NOT JUST DISS TWILIGHT DID U!?? THATS AGAINST EVERYTHING R KINGDOM BELIEVES IN?? DID U JUST DISS TWILIGHT? IF SO THEN WERE GOING TO HAVE A FEW PROBLEMZ………………………….
April 14th, 2009 06:11
and scott-la: im now confused. sooooooooo r they or r they not just saying that?
April 14th, 2009 06:47
Lizzy-wa, be CALM. You can’t yell at people like that! There must be a peaceful resolution. She can say she doesn’t like it. That’s not dissing it in a bad way, just an opinion. Opinions are still allowed, are they not?
April 14th, 2009 07:23
lizzy-wa: scott is checking comments so you should tell him about your kingdom and stuff while hes on
April 14th, 2009 08:23
LOL I love the vintage cover.actually not I prefer the us covers except i dont like the Pretties cover…
April 14th, 2009 08:31
ummmm….our kingdom?
whats that supose to mean.
one more thing
If our “Kingdom”(whatever thats supose to mean)
believes in anti- feminism, poor writing, and shallowness
then I want no part of it.
I dont know why you are getting so mad, the last time I checked this was a Scott Westerfeld blog, not a Twilight blog.
April 14th, 2009 09:10
yah i no it is out but wut i meant was that i cant wait 2 get my own copy cuz they ran out at my local bookstore n i wont b able 2 get one until the release of the paperback one
April 14th, 2009 09:15
i dont like the cover 4 pretties either
April 14th, 2009 09:15
Kristina-la, the kingdom, from what I understood was just us being crazy about Scott-la’s books and respecting other people’s opinions. But I’m a bit confused now…It’s not supposed to be pro or anti twilight(Although I agree with you completely on that) or any other books. Just pro Scott.
April 14th, 2009 09:22
yah i totally agree
this is the westerblog
if u wanna talk bout twiligt u shood go 2 intoxicating scent
thats the twilight fan site
April 14th, 2009 09:39
ok sooooooop plz if someone says something about twilight i will react so plz ENOR ME AND TRY TO PRETEND I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING!
and ok so the kingdome. while ppl were fuing about twilight and harry poter we tryed to band them both. then it was brought up that u cant band the 2 most popular series of books. so in a weird mideval times way i said we could now say both once again but u could not diss either series. i had a idea for a kingdom along with tally&zane and hailey. Scott-la is the king and many ppl said wat they wantted to be in this kingdom. u can be anthing u can think of. we dont talk much about it because the 3 of us are moving the westertopia kingdom to a new site.sooooooo
HEAR YEE HEAR YEE! LONG LIVE KING SCOTT-LA
(KNOW ONE IS FORCED INTO ARE KINGDOM. PLZ SAY IF U DONT WANA BE PART.)
April 14th, 2009 09:53
I had no idea that Uglies was that old!!!!!!!!! Omg that is like mind blowing I thouhg that it came out in like 2000 or something… CREEPY
April 14th, 2009 09:58
hehe it did
its a late april fools joke
April 14th, 2009 10:01
wow. of course the uglies ARNT that old.lolz
April 14th, 2009 10:04
I would just like to add something that I think needs to be said.
Harry Potter should not be compared to TW******
They are not the 2 most popular books. Harry Potter is one of the most popular books(with 400 million books sold) Twilight is a faze that will die away in the next few years.
Harry Potter is a classic Twilight is trash
(sorrey this is just something that rubs me the wrong way)
April 14th, 2009 10:17
Kristina-la, I totally agree (sorry, Twilight fans).
April 14th, 2009 10:20
I agree too. And before this happens, LIZZY-WA DON’T FREAK OUT. PLEASSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. CALMNESS.
April 14th, 2009 10:33
Please don’t call Twilight trash. While, from a technical, analytical standpoint, I completely agree with you, the term “trash” is pretty darned opinionated and can be insulting. (I was a little bit peeved, because it is an easy connection from calling a book “trash” to calling someone’s opinion of a book “trash,” like saying that their views are wrong/don’t matter because the book sucks anyway.)
“Poorly written”? Sure. “Grammatically lacking”? Sure. “Plotless”? Sure. “Character developmentally challenged”? Sure. Just not “trashy,” please.
April 14th, 2009 10:47
When I got my copy of Twilight signed, it was the worst signing I had ever been to.
Just saying…
April 14th, 2009 11:34
I was extremely confused for a second. xD Nice one.
Now, for my two cents, I think its extremely ridiculous to remove the sales ranking on ‘adult books’. Whats the point to it? Save the kiddies from learning about Lesbians and Homosexuals, but it’s alright if they click on Playboy? Smooth one, Amazon. I hope said ‘glitch’ [pfft.] is fixed soon. …Now if you excuse me, I’m going to go read ‘My Point… and I do have one’ Again.
April 14th, 2009 13:04
My thought process in the last 30 seconds:
First thought: Holy crap! Did not know that Uglies was that old! How did I not know this sooner?!?!
Second thought: I must spend my splurge money on finding that vintage copy!!!
Third thought: Wait… Is Scott Westerfeld that old…?
Fourth thought: I feel slightly confused.
Fifth thought: I think I’ve just been April Fooled…
Sixth: Damn.
April 14th, 2009 13:12
OMG!!!! Lizzie-wa calmed down im excited to and i dont think its that old well can you guys Tally&Zane up date me since im knew?
April 14th, 2009 13:14
do you know where tey sell scott-las knew book caues i want to buy it
April 14th, 2009 13:25
I thought that realy was made then but then I’m all there is no way that can be true. Just no way. Then I looked at the date it was posted and saw were he said I’m 12 days late. Then I felt like but drpiession.
You should know what that word means with a little brain power and a 7th grade science class on the earth.
April 14th, 2009 13:27
I thought that realy was made then but then I’m all there is no way that can be true. Just no way. Then I looked at the date it was posted and saw were he said I’m 12 days late. Then I felt like but depresion.
You should know what that word means with a little brain power and a 7th grade science class on the earth.
April 14th, 2009 14:33
WHOA. Wow did I miss alot! Someone tell me what’s happend…
April 14th, 2009 14:44
Tally-wa 7, what do you need me to update you on? Just stuff going on the site or the kingdom thingy or???
April 14th, 2009 14:47
wow… interesting cover… no wonder why i never heard of your book (no offense scott-la). i only started your books because the cover for EXTRAS looks like the one for the HOST. plus the girls asian and i HEART asians!! (dont ask why, cuz i dont know). but im glad i picked them up this year because i would have gone NUTS if i had to wait for the next books… but i heart your novels even if your first cover was SO not the biz.
April 14th, 2009 14:50
DAMNIT. thats what i get for not getting the previous comments, i have been april fooled whatever. ugh. i hate april. its cold, wet and people always pull jokes on the gullible one. ME. scott-la i still heart you but i usually believe EVERYTHING you say. now i feel like a moron.
April 14th, 2009 14:50
I completely fell for that at first! Wow I’m so gullible. I’m glad that amazon has rethought this ‘glitch’. As for the Twilight/Harry Potter clash, it’s stupid. The books are both awesome and there ends the similarities.
Love you Scott! Love the books! Thanks for everything!
April 14th, 2009 16:27
I wish it was that old
then it would probably already be a movie
April 14th, 2009 22:45
Scott-la is dork tastic. But in a good way.
Peace.
April 15th, 2009 01:17
GRRR!!!!! FINE! U KNOW WAT!!! GO AHEAD AND CALL IT TRASH!! I DONT GIVE ACARE ANY MORE!! GOD DANG IT WAT IS IT WITH U PPLZ? PROBLEMS MUCH?? THERE BOTH JUST BOOKS~!! THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE KINGDOM IN THE FIRST PLACE! I HAVENT BEEN CALLING ALL OF UR HARRY FLIPIN POTTER BOOKS TRASH WEN THATS WAT I BELLEVE? IVE BEEN RESPECTING UR OPINONS AND I HAVENT BEEN SAYIN ANYTHING BAD SO WHY CANT ALL OF U DO THE SAME? IZ IT THAT HARD FER SOME PPL?@!#^!*&%!
April 15th, 2009 01:20
OH ANA , ANDDDD TWILIGHT SHOULDNT BE COMPARED TO %$##@__ *&%%$% CAUSE IT SOOOOOO MUCH BETER!!!! HOW WOULD U ALL LIKE IT IF ALL I DID WAS SAY EVERY THING BAD AND GOOD ABOUT BOTH SEIRES? CAUSE I COULD RIGHT 1,000,000,000 PAGES ABOUT BOTH!
April 15th, 2009 01:22
Tally-wa 7 HELLO. and would u like to join the kingdom?
April 15th, 2009 02:52
Um…Lizzy-wa….Ummmm…I think we need to learn to be calm possibly? I hate to sound like a nag, but you’re gonna scare people away from the kingdom by tweaking out then being all nice, Hey wanna join the kingdom??? I know it pisses you off, but if you deal with it calmly and intelligently(not saying you’re stupid) then it’s much more rewarding and you get your point across much better. At least I think so….SO, this is where we stand on the fact. Lizzy-wa is a Twilight fan. I am a Harry Potter fan. Anybody else, whatever you are, who CARES? Cuz apparently, we’re ALL Scott-la’s fans. Correct?
April 15th, 2009 03:42
ok. and correct. calm. somethin i will work on. promise. yay.scott fans.
April 15th, 2009 04:23
scott rox pplz socks!
April 15th, 2009 04:48
Woo! hi5
April 15th, 2009 05:04
April 15th, 2009 05:31
I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Tired.
April 15th, 2009 05:41
whyz?
April 15th, 2009 06:06
Sleeping problems…but oh wells. I’m really bored…
April 15th, 2009 06:42
same here. did u have school today?
April 15th, 2009 07:13
Nope. I’m on Spring Break this week. You?
April 15th, 2009 07:20
oh boy. i feel so gullible right now. i didnt even understand that this was an april fools day trick! i had to look at the comments to see what it was all about. hah.
April 15th, 2009 08:18
to days my last day of spring braek. most schools went back yesterday.
April 15th, 2009 08:55
Oooh, ya we just got off on friday. HeHe, my dog just scared the heck outta the ups guy…He came to the door and she starts barking and he jumps and then she walks up and he sees she’s just a fat little bassett hound and he’s like…Oh. It sounded so much bigger! I thought a german shepherd was gonna come after me! Ya, she has a man bark…
April 15th, 2009 09:18
Oh dear, I can’t believe I fell for it hehe. I almost got up to get my copy and check the information xP.
April 15th, 2009 09:34
Cool. I’m guessing that’s a hoverboard.
April 15th, 2009 09:54
…i searched on google before i read the April first lol. i feel stupid
April 15th, 2009 10:25
bogus to bubbly is so cool
i luv the hovernoard instruction manual
n the maps were bubbly 2
April 15th, 2009 10:27
my frend is readin my copy of uglies
im just waitin till i get off of spring break so i can get specials 4m my skool library
April 15th, 2009 10:37
Lizzy-wa, exactly. They’re both just books. No need to get all supercrazed about it. Twilight fangirls… sheesh. I’m sideing with Harry Potter, sorry. I think they’re both good. But J.K. Rowling is just a better author. She’s had much more experience, that’s the simple reason for this. And the whole HP story came all at once when she was on a subway. Wheras Stephanie Meyer only had a dream, and it was simply one little small scene. See? They’re both good, okay? And they’re both just books, K? And Twilight WILL die out soon. VERY soon. As in, when Half Blood Prince comes out. Or when Maximum Ride the movie comes out. Or when HoN the movie comes out. Or when the Ugleis movie comes out. Oooor, when the Warriors movie comes out. Ooooooooooooooooor, when the Vampire Diaries TV show premeires. See? There are just too many things that can easily destroy the Twilight hype. Okay? So that’s it. And folks, DO NOT CALL ANY BOOK “TRASH” BECAUSE IT IT’S WORTHY OF BEING PUBLISHED AND MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT’S NOT TRASH. No more “trashing” books. Tha’ts that.
April 15th, 2009 10:39
Ooh, new people! I remember when I was new… it was funny, like I looked up to Andrea-la, and T&Z, and like everyone else… I was all excited when Andrea-la replied to my VERY FIRST COMMENT as Alex-wa… I commented like 2 times before, but as “alex”. Hehe. And that was not even a year ago! Wow… it feels like it’s been a while…
April 15th, 2009 10:51
Okay no lauging… But I went to my book and checked to see what year the book was written. Then was like what the heck he’s not event that old… I feel like a complete idiot… lol wow I’m not usually not that gullible but you know He made it convincing…
April 15th, 2009 10:53
Alex-wa: me too I used to look up to everyone too lol
April 15th, 2009 11:14
Umm….I would just like to appoligize
I got a little mean about the trash thing,
that was unfair, Meyer probably wasn’t ever prepared for her book to get so popular(for good reason)
but its not trash(as much as I would love to believe so)
……..yes well, I can’t believe you’re on Spring break still
ours was like a month ago.(I wish it was now (warmer)
it is so hot out here right now!!(its been so cold for a very long time(surprisingly not that wet though…..its Vancouver though so we still have a lot of rain)
well Im bored
April 15th, 2009 11:15
Alex-wa, you looked up to me???? WELL…I mean I know I’m awesome and all…Lmao, Just kidding.
April 15th, 2009 11:53
tally&zane i want to be updated on everything on the kingdom,and im beenbusy and its hared gatting to use a computer. thanks Tally&Zane for answering me when im new here i totally look up to you guys.
April 15th, 2009 11:56
scott-la i totally want to speak to you. can you guys help me?
April 15th, 2009 12:00
Ha ha hey now I used to look up to you guys too lol
April 15th, 2009 12:13
reagan where do you live?not that i want to hit on you but your answer will help me be very less confused and im only asking for a city…….
April 15th, 2009 12:19
Everyone else seems to remember when they started commenting here. I have no idea when I started commenting, or even when I strated reading this blog (which was a while before I started commenting). I used to comment as PeaceReaper, but then me and Orchid thought of this club thing that we haven’t done anything with, which is where our flower names came from.
Maybe I’ll go through old posts until things stop looking familiar. That should give me a good idea of when I started reading Westerblog.
April 15th, 2009 12:33
Oops, turns out I never commented on here as PeaceReaper (I used that name on some other blogs, just not this one). After scrolling through a bunch of comments, I realized that I only ever commented on here as Lady Dahlia, Dahlia-wa, and my current name which is too long to type again (though saying it’s too long to type takes more time than typing it). It looks like I started commenitng sometime in September of last year. So, I really haven’t been here that long.
April 15th, 2009 12:52
anobody there you guys think im weird right?
April 15th, 2009 12:55
I don’t and why would knowing where I lived confuse you less? lol I live in St Johns very small town
April 15th, 2009 12:57
Tally-wa7, that was random.
April 15th, 2009 13:18
i know that was random but have been dised alot and i diddnt want to have it happen again regan this time says 12:57 after i cheked the time and it was seven something.how old are you.
April 15th, 2009 13:19
DUDE i didn’t get it for a minute i was like…he’s not tat old is he???? but then i saw happy late april 1st i realized i’m really as gulliable as my friends say i am…
April 15th, 2009 13:20
sorry last one was mine but i forgot to put the seven…………………
April 15th, 2009 13:21
so out of the 4 books in the Uglies trilogy (never get tired of sayin tat) which was your fav and why?
April 15th, 2009 13:22
i im so nosy you guys dont have to answer that one
April 15th, 2009 13:23
not tat you asked me…but i’m 15…and bored…and don’t want to do my hmwk
April 15th, 2009 13:24
silly schaza my fave is speciels its so mind raising book of all
April 15th, 2009 13:25
i know im bored to but im in spring break
April 15th, 2009 13:25
i ♥ uglies because it’s b4 her image of david was shattered bcuz in the end it was never the same intensity in passion as it was b4
April 15th, 2009 13:26
lucky you ours was last week but i have wednesday schedule where we don’t go in until 10:35 opposed to 7:35
April 15th, 2009 13:27
can icall you s.s because your name is long but awesome?
April 15th, 2009 13:27
AH and i can’t believe zane died…after the crappy stuff she said to david the scars are still there and the person she said them for is gone
April 15th, 2009 13:27
thats cool but im stuck baby sitting
April 15th, 2009 13:28
ya idc really but lol the schaza part is my actual name and it amazes everyone my friend told me if you say it like scha-za it sound like a magician
April 15th, 2009 13:28
wat time is it there?
April 15th, 2009 13:30
i know how could he die after all the things they went through
April 15th, 2009 13:30
i know how could he die after all the things they went through
April 15th, 2009 13:30
i know how could he die after all the things they went through
April 15th, 2009 13:30
i know how could he die after all the things they went through
April 15th, 2009 13:31
i know how could he die after all the things they went through
April 15th, 2009 13:31
i know how could he die after all the things they went through
April 15th, 2009 13:31
i know how could he die after all the things they went through is it okay that your talking to a twelve year old?
April 15th, 2009 13:32
its 7:30 and the computer just sent the same answer like seven times
April 15th, 2009 13:33
lol it’s ok dude when i was 12 was like let’s see 3 yr ago 7th grade i was reading high school books read half the high school library in 7th and 8th grade…
April 15th, 2009 13:33
oh yeah i saw tat lol here it’s 10:30
April 15th, 2009 13:33
bye
April 15th, 2009 13:34
sorry but got to go
April 15th, 2009 13:35
ok bye!
April 15th, 2009 14:25
awwww
now im the awkward convo starter=/
(cuz they just ended thier convo and i cant think of anything to write….?)
so i went back to school today(after break) and the STAR(thats the CA state testing) agenda came out
but it was really onfuseing
all my teachers called the office so they could tell us what to do tomarrow….
so anyway…….
uh buh bye=D
E-la!!!!
April 15th, 2009 14:48
Ok guys, it’s 10:41PM, so I’m going to try to start going to bed early… my doc emailed my mom (I had an app. sorta recently) and she said that the doc said quote “I cannot stress how important sleep and diet are”, so I’m going to work on that. Honestly, I’m going to REALLY try hard to start getting more sleep instead of wasting time like I am now for instance on the computer doing usless crap… oh, and Tally-wa7, I was 12 in… yeah, 7th grade… oh wow that’s actually when I first discovered the Uglies series! Lol I remember when back then I used to think that Uglies was a HUGE book… lol, that’s sooo funny! I’m almost 15 now, and a Freshman in High School… well, I’ll be 15 in July 28th…When I looked at it for the first time in forever, it was all small and stuff… now it’s like gotten bigger again… lol it’s like it keeps on changing sizes! I think it looked small cuz I was readin Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix then, and you all know how emensly HUGE!!!!!!!! that book is… but anyways, I’m going to hit the sack now so good night, ya’ll! I’m going to update my site in the next couple days, so watch for that… I’ll announce it here of course… bye!
April 15th, 2009 14:48
Oh wow that was loooooong! I talk to much sometimes………
April 15th, 2009 14:49
Someone has a fondness for “I Can Read Movies?”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacesick/sets/72157614482499746/
April 15th, 2009 15:49
*Yawns* Still Tired. But finally I’ve got my power back. It’s been on and off all day cuz of crazy wind storms and everything…It’s totally sucked. That’s why I didn’t reply earlier Tally-wa7. Okay, so the we were all arguing about books we like and dislike, and me, Lizzy-wa, and Haley-sensei were just talking about it and we decided we should be able to speak our opinions in a…civilized way, without dissing the heck out of eachother and Lizzy-wa said it in a funny Medieval way and basically we just made it up that Scott-la was the king of Westertopia(? I think that’s the name we decided. I was opting for Westerfeldianiatopiataniaofawesomenessania or something like that, but it was too long.
) and we just chose random things we’d like to be. I’m like the ninja faery princess of awesomeness on ice(lol) and Haley-Senei’s the head ninja and Lizzy-wa is the Royal Advisor. And All kinds of other stuff. Alex-wa’s partly in charge of it too, they’re making a website for it and everything but I’m not sure when it’ll all be finished. It’s just us being random and stupid and having fun and all. Just say whatever you want your title to be, it can be whatever you want!
April 15th, 2009 15:51
Oh, I was 12 at the end of 7th grade and beginning of 8th. I have a late birthday…But now I’m in 9th and am 14. I can’t believe the school year’s almost over, it’s gone by so quickly! So far, freshman year’s been pretty shweet. Can’t wait till I’m a sophomore.
April 15th, 2009 16:32
wow you girls are so young… I just started reading the series this year. My baby sister, ( who isnt a baby, looks like shes twenty and acts likes shes 25), read them last year and didnt tell me about it!!! So i wasnt happy when i had to find out randomly on my own. Thats what i get for being old…
April 16th, 2009 00:38
That cover definitely freaked me out a little!
Scott-la you need a forum for the Uglies series!!! I was looking on Google and there’s NOTHING I want to join one!!
April 16th, 2009 02:09
hwy i’m a freshman tooo ! but i failed a grade ( b/c of hearing difficulties i swear!) so i’m 15 in 9th gade and i found Uglies wayyyy back in 2007 like 7th grade
and the glitch thing was just wrong, wrong i tell you – how could they do that it’s just uneverythinggood and i thought people who provided books were nice, guess i was wrong
and wow a nice dibate over twilight and harry potter
welll i have read both and give a nonbias opinon on both
for me, Hp lacks in hte grab-you-in factor like i never really got fully draggged into it by the story but that miight just be me but i can honastly say that the plot is amazing
twilight was my first love, the first reall book outside school i read ( i did read as a child but mostly goosebumps) so the story really pulled me in. Though i know the plot isn’t good AND the last book is just rubish. So in the end, i Hp towers over twilight with an iron fist
oh and i wasn’t fooled for a second scott is only like 40 impossible for Uglies to be that old and i knew that it came out in like 03
anybody on here has read a great and terrible beauty, way better than twilight imo
oh and scott i can’t wait that logn for liviathan
when do we get to see the cover ?
April 16th, 2009 03:58
Yep, I read A Great and Terrible Beauty! I think the series gets better as it goes along though. I thought the first was a bit on the boring side, but I liked Rebel Angels better and loved The Sweet Far Thing.
April 16th, 2009 04:47
Yes! im number 170! my fav number! does anyone here have bogus to bubbly? i do and its FANTASTIC! i had no clue neofoodies existed.
April 16th, 2009 05:34
wow you guys are like older than me thanks for the update have benn in and out to because of the power
April 16th, 2009 05:38
silly schaza well again ill call you S.S i also read highschool books right know. this is so awesome to talk about a uglies trioligy that the books are awesome
April 16th, 2009 05:58
well catch all you guys later i have to go bye
April 16th, 2009 06:02
No problem. Power outages pretty much suck.
April 16th, 2009 06:02
I’m so embarassed I actually fell for this at first! Here I am trying to calculate how old Scott-la must be….
April 16th, 2009 06:20
i know thats what i thought first marisa-la
April 16th, 2009 08:32
i really fell for that….i looked at the scott facts, and saw he was born in 1963…lol i’m gullible!
April 16th, 2009 10:16
Dont you think that the Twitter is just like face rank in Extras…. People have fans and its even making CNN on how many “followers” this actor or famous person has….
April 16th, 2009 10:53
selena whats twitter? i tnik i know but im not sure…..
April 16th, 2009 10:55
im booooooooooooooored and staaaaaaaaarving to ,what time is it there you guys ?and whats this knew book thats better than uglies? i talk to much……………
April 16th, 2009 11:03
halo anobody on line? this computer as a glitch.glich glich glitch glitch.wow tha is a fun word to say
April 16th, 2009 12:17
hashaahahahaha glitch is a funn word to say…………… why do i always miss the good conovs… damn it i always do
April 16th, 2009 12:36
Twitter is this website where people have followers and the just post whatever they are thinking and it lets other people know on their pages. It tells you how many people are following you like Ashton Kucher is going for a million people. I thought it was like Face rank because face rack tells you how popular you are… go to cnn.com they have a whole story running about it
April 18th, 2009 09:09
dang! go on vacation &miss two posts…
haha bubbly Scott-la!
April 19th, 2009 15:17
oh yeah… &just wanted to say Ellen Degeneres is the best talk show host ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 10th, 2009 06:27
Omigawsh Scott-sensei u scared me!!!!! I was like, “How dare everyone else got to enjoy the Uglies series when I wasn’t born yet!” Heehee.
I ABSOLOUTELY LOVE THE UGLIES SERIES…i can never help but wonder if anyone else really GETS the series as much as i do, or if they’re just taking it in lightly. I guess I’lll never really know for sure…
May 10th, 2009 09:04
Look at the bottom it says This is silly text .Evil silly text
LOL scott-la
May 10th, 2009 10:15
lol I noticed that!! thats really funny
May 10th, 2009 10:23
This was funny
May 17th, 2009 01:30
Wait… Oh I get it! It’s a joke. Right?
August 2nd, 2011 08:31
What is really telling is how private people take the whole lot you write as seen in their comments.