German Comics

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I’m literally blogging from the lobby right now. The hotel has forced us to check out (we’re flying to Detroit tonight) and we haven’t been picked up for the appearance at Pooh’s Corner in Grand Rapids yet.

So I’m sitting here on a couch next to the gift shop and remembering that the wonderful German publisher of Peeps, Kosmos, have been sponsoring fan-art comics contests lately.

I don’t have all the info about these contests, but down below you can see a few of the wonderful efforts they’ve inspired. They prove that manga and western-style comics are going strong in Germany.

Click any of these images to make them bigger.

This one’s from Sandra Chemnitz. Great use of layout and frames.

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And here’s one from Rita Folduari, who made her own paper for the comic! There’s a cool mixed-media thing going on, using both pen and watercolors.

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And this one from Daria Jurek, which looks somehow very German to me:

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All of them very awesome, as are many of the others submitted. Once I figure out where these contests are being held, I’ll let you know. (My German is shaky.) I think more might be coming in.

Oh, and here’s the cover of the Kosmos version. A special non-existent prize for the first commenter to translate the tag line. (It’s from the book, and I figured it out on sight.)

And click here for the scoop about Justine’s appearances.

210 thoughts on “German Comics”

  2. (early comment! so early this entry hasn’t shown up on my LJ RSS feed yet!)

    These may be the most awesome things ever. Comics…fan comics rock.

    Ummm, I guess nothing, because I can barely speak languages I’ve been studying for 4 years. (French, I’m looking at you.) Ummm, something with “under”?

  4. Umm… so sweet I just had to eat him?
    Seems like, cause it’s written in gory blood-like letters, and all. Plus, just the kind of creepy thing that you would put on the cover to hook a kid. Well, it would hook me, at least.

  6. Oh, erin got it first. Didn’t realize. Good job with convincing your english teacher! I wish I was still in high school. I miss the days of teachers actually acknowledging my existence. Well, it is kinda nice when they don’t care if you’ve slept straight through their class, because they were busy dealing with the 600 other students in the room. College can be fun, when it’s not killing you slowly.

  7. That is cool. I am not good at drawing to comics is marked off my possible-future-carrers-in-future list. And yes, i know i said future twice!

  11. uh… i’d just like to point out that the line is actually “So PRETTY i had to eat him.” soooo if that’s right then…. cool!
    sweet comics!

    GREEN DAY!!!! <3
    See a young girl soft and blonde
    Doesn’t attack me but she did once.
    Intoxication’s in her veins.
    Sweet Young boys play with her brains.

  12. hmmm… it actually might be sweet on the cover, but…. in the book it’s PRETTY. great…now i’m confused!!

  16. Tally&Zane: Love ur name!!! I dunno why i do that. i just love GREEN DAY and think that i should help other people fall in love with them too. it’s also fun coz i can put a different song for each topic and most of them make sense! soooo… ya if it bothers u i’ll stop, but if it doesn’t i’m gonna keep doing it. and just for the sake of this post i won’t do it.

  17. I’m so happy to be in the top 20 😀
    lol I have been for the last couple posts
    omg. I read peeps and I totally freaked out from the grit thing…. I couldn’t sleep for days!

  18. I convinced my book club last year to read Uglies. And I got a couple people hooked on the series. I also got a friend of mine to read Peeps for a book project, and he’s hooked now. =]

  19. Thankyou! I’m not sure if you explained it before, but what does TYC stand for? And It totally doesn’t bother me! It was just kinda random, so I was wondering. LoL, I love Green Day, they rock.

  20. Tally&Zane: it’s cool that the lyrics don’t bother u, i know it was kinda random but as u said GREEN DAY ROCKS!!!! my name: ur the first person to ask about that. well… ok u can’t laugh coz seriously i think it’s cool (and i’m OBSESSED with Uglies). TYC stands for Tally Youngblood Cult/Club. i know that sounds extreme but let me explain. see the way i see the world right now is not in a good way. i think that something is gonna happen and there need to be people who will still be around or sane after everyone has gone crazy or is just gone. TYC is a sort of rebel group or just a group that will survive thru watever happens. i’m trying to start it and i know it’s kinda dumb, but that’s how i feel. also another name for the group could be WRATH (why rebels are the helpers. ok that one is really dumb…i know) OK so now u all know that i’m just as crazy as u are and maybe MORE. *sigh* that was one post i wanted to avoid, but i guess it couldn’t be avoided.
    and for this post a SPECIAL GREEN DAY song

    GREEN DAY!!!! <3
    She’s a rebel.
    She’s a saint.
    She’s the salt of the earth,
    ANd she’s dangerous.
    SHe’s a rebel, vigilante!
    Missing link on the brink of destruction!!

  21. Ha, sorry for being nosy! LoL. DARN! I can’t be in it! I don’t think I’ve ever been quite sane…..lmao. That’s a cool name though. Very creative! I was just staring at the computer for a while thinking, Dude, what the heck does that mean?! Oh I’ve got it! Wait…no I don’t…aw, what the heck, I’ll just ask! Yep yep yep. I’m listening to Boulevard of Broken Dreams right now…I think Green Day’s awesome, but I must say that Panic at the Disco is my favorite. I’m a die hard. And there’s no reason NOT to be obsessed with Uglies! The series is pure brilliance incarnated!

  22. Hey! Anybody on? Probaly not, because it’s late. Okay, I am going to change my name to be Twilightish, because I am now a dedacated Twilight fan! Otherwise known as a Twilighter.

  23. T&Z: when i said sane i actually kinda meant like people who are creative and read books and know almost every type of situation that could happen to them (from reading, of course) i really didn’t mean totally sane coz i’m sure as heck not. i mean i’m not insane, but i act crazy. so u can still join as long as u can keep cool under certain situations such as… let’s say… the nano that makes all oil explosive on contact with oxygen. so ya as long as u can keep cool, want to live in the wild, and adore all of Scott’s books then ur in. also, i agree Panic! At the Disco is a good band, but GREEN DAY is my one true band love. seriously it gets scary. and being nosy isn’t always bad, sometimes it helps, other times it pisses people off. but don’t worry i won’t call u Nosey-chan. oh and since u know u’ve never really been sane just test it out. GOOGLE “insanity test” and u’ll see a picture of a racecar, click it, make sure u have ur sound on, and try not to laugh. if u do u are legally insane!!! haha! it’s really funny, i laughed so i guess i’m insane… but watever!

    GREEN DAY!!!! <3
    My mental stability reaches its bitter end.
    And all my senses are coming unglued.
    If there’s any cure for this disease someon call up.
    Not as long as there are girls like u.

  29. T&Z: ya it is mainstream, but the way i see it is that if everyone was sane then life would be boring, but now that everyone is becoming insane life is getting interesting. it won’t be long now that insane will become sane and if ur sane u’ll be considered insane. (ok that hurt my head typing it soooo sorry when ur reading it)
    Alex-wa: HEY!!!!!! ya i’m sick too. it SUCKS!!!

  31. i was sitting here reading that, and thinking, ‘He’s dating his entries wrong..’
    then im like, well, maybe he’s somewhere where its already October 2nd!
    well, if its true, then happy october a day after xD

    i like the manga drawings.
    ive always wanted to draw like that.
    to bad i dont practice enough.

  34. Alex-wa:
    being sick.. stinks majorly.
    i was sick a few days ago.
    had to get my throat checked out cause my mom thought it was strep.
    turns out it might be mono .-.

  35. Alley: the date is Australian time.
    Alex-wa: i completely understand wat u mean. i feel the same exact way, but sadly i still have to go to skool where everyone has a cold. seriously i think it’s becoming an epidemic. scary-making!!!!

  39. I’ve had strep 2 times before, and I really hope that I’m not getting it a third time. And I have to go to school too. I take children’s motrine, and it works up untill like after lunch.

  41. Alex:
    that would be good?
    thanks if you do? .-. i have to go in a second anyway.
    and im debating whether i should wear pants, or shorts. cause its supposed to be 71 tonight o.o

  44. Alley: ur welcome! i’m just a fountain of info!

    ugh…soo tired but i wanna read. so i’m gonna go read and then sleep!! but before i do… a few parting words from GREEN DAY!!!

    GREEN DAY!!! <3
    I heard u crying loud,
    All the way across town.
    U’ve been searching for that someone,
    ANd it’s me out on the prowl.
    As u sit around feeling sorry for yourself.
    Well don’t get lonely now.
    ANd dry ur whining eyes.
    I’m just roaming for the moment.
    Sleazin’ my backyard,
    SO don’t get so uptight u’ve been thinking about ditchin’ me.
    No time to search the world around.
    Coz u know where i’ll be found!
    When i come around!

  48. Dude, that cover is AWESOME.

    And I like the German writing. It kinda gives the whole “parasites destroying the world” kinda thing extra brutal points:D

    Now here’s my little anecdote for today.

    I went to Borders (my little house of worship), and I walked to the YA section, only to find it not there! But, as I continued along through the store, I discovered that the section had not only been changed to a complete separate location, it is now bigger!! I was very happy to find this, since I’ve thought the area was quite lacking before.
    While I was there, I found Skinned, and began flipping through it. It looked really good, but unfortunately I could only get one book and that wasn’t the book I was there to get. However, as I read the line “The first book in a thrilling new trilogy,” I couldn’t help but begin laughing out loud as the thought “Well is it a real trilogy, or the Scott Westerfeld version??” passed through my head.

    Just thought I’d share that with everyone:D

  49. Awwwww, everybody’s gona now! And I was referring to the Twilight disease. I’m sick too! Ah! I think we’ve discovered a way to infect people throught the internet! Double Ah! I think I feel a story coming on!At Last! The Cursed Writer’s Block shall be defeated! Yesterday the rents forced me to stay home from school cuz I had a really high fever. I feel kinda better today though.

  50. Ooo, I just started taking German (in addition to Spanish)!! So eventually I’ll be able to translate it. Yay!
    Wow, it seems like everyone has been sick lately! I thought it was just my school, but apparently not. Somehow, my immune system is actually working quite well this year. I hope all you sick people get well soon!

  53. heh heh, Scott’s version of a trilogy pops up a lot.

    Twilight was supposed to be a TRILOGY
    Ingo was supposed to be a TRILOGY
    Stravaganza was supposed to be a TRILOGY
    Noughts and Crosses was supposed to be a TRILOGY

    then there is Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, which was originally a TRILOGY but ended up as a series of seven

    and The Princess Diares which was supposed to be a TRILOGY but is currently a series of nine, and there’s probably more to come

    Insanity is catching.

    Green Day… Green Day… Green Day…

  54. Scott-la was in MICHIGAN!!!(crysssssssssssssss)
    I like those comics, they’re pretty awesome. (just like german people) And lol, whatta hooker–So Sweet I Just HAD TO EAT HIM..
    thats my catch phrase for today…thank you SCOTT-LA!!

  56. Someone’s probably translated this already, but roughly… “So sweetly that I had to eat it?”

  57. Why do these comments always turn into discussion boards?

    I wish I knew German so I could a) read the comics and b) enter the contest.

    Although b) would be hard because I can’t draw…

    Oh well.

  60. second comic:
    text is

    the peep sat on the upper end of the ladder.
    i wondered why he had nestled up there instead of hiding in the twilight.

    (sorry if there are any english mistakes
    tell me please 🙂 )

    on the right:
    i crawled to the end of the tunnel and peered up, with nearly closed eyes because of the sunlight

    … half meter above me on the ladder…
    … staring into space…
    … like a captured staring out of his cell…

  61. Hmm… Odd timing… *Is laughing* Today in health class we were assigned to write an essay about health, any topic we could think of… My first thought was… Peeps! So I’m writing about parasites that actually exist, and how to not get them… Is there a place that actually has most of the parasites mentioned in Peeps? Well, I guess a better question, how many of them are real? I know malaria is real, and probably a handful of the others, and obviously Peeps aren’t, but for the ones that DO exist, are those the actual symptoms?

  63. Uh, I don’t know if someone already figured it out before me because I am to lazy to read all the comments, but I think the tag line says something along the lines of:
    “So sweet that I had to eat it”

  64. Jay-wa: Thanx!!!!
    I was sick all week too!!! i’m just starting to feel better!!! ahhh it sucks!!!!! and yes insanity is spreading but soon it will be the new sane and then sane will be insane!!!!! *sigh* the beauty of reverse psychology. hahaha!

    GREEN DAY!!!!<3
    Come with me and let’s go for a ride.
    Follow me unto the other side.
    As i sit around and watch the crowd.
    Coz i know that ur the best thing in town.
    THe best thing around.
    THe best thing in town,
    The best thing around.
    Running wild and always running free.
    Exploring things that i have never seen.
    Here it comes and all i seen are sounds.
    And i know that ur the best thing in town.
    the best thing around.
    Best thing in town.
    Best thing around.

  65. i have no idea how to speak german…i just started latin tho…
    uknow, that’s actually pointless, cause latin is A DEAD LANGUAGE.
    i heard a phrase once, i forget what the first part was, but the last phrase was “latin killed the Romans, and now it’s killing me!”
    i can completely agree w/that!

  68. that cover is so cool!!
    omg i made a uglie related screen name yesterday…and my friends keep making fun of me but i keep reminding them they just arent as amazing as me.

  70. I translated that line on Google and it said: “so sweet that I had to eat it.” Or something. Cool comics. Oh! Michelle Obama came to a school in my city. Too bad she didn’t come to our school. That would’ve been something.

  71. ugh…today at my school it was service day where we basically have to go pick up garbage somewhere in the neighborhood all day. it wasn’t bad, but it was kinda cold out today, so yeah…

  72. Andrea-la ~ And a matching bag? Yep, i would say thats a problem!

    Tomorrow, we are having an assembly and i have to sing in front of my whole school! I’m so nerves!

  73. Rosie-wa:GOOD FOR U!!! ya i believe ur friends are jealous. uglies related screen names are the best!!!!
    Andrea-la: there’s that creativity again. i’m creative but i wouldn’t have spent an hour making clothes. i just make my own styles. speaking of which: ok here’s a So Yesterday related story. a while ago i started wearing polos under sweatshirts and popping the collar. i thought it was creative and no one else was doing it. i was like” COOL!!! i’m so different!” then wat do i find 2 weeks later in the window of Aeropostle??? MY STYLE!!!! ugh i was soooo mad and then i was like “Weird!! that’s just like SO Yesterday!” needless to say i thought i had a cool hunter following me.
    Bran-la: don’t be nervous! all us Scott Westerfeld fans are here cheering u on!!

    GREEN DAY!!! <3
    I’m on a sentimental journey,
    INto sight and sound.
    Of no return,
    and no looking back or down.
    A concientious objector of there war that’s in my mind.
    Leaving in the lurch and taking back wat’s mine.

  75. bran-la: good luck!!!
    TYC Leader: coolio…I have a story of my creativity for you….Yesterday in math class, my math teacher actually told me that my answers were creative but right. So I have enough creativity to get interesting answers in math!!!

  76. …math…(cringe)
    and this is from the last post, but um, Fang is mine.
    (so is billie joe armstrong….}:D)
    And good job andrea-la, I hope your capris aren’t lopsided!
    And good luck bran-la!

  77. I learn german from my Algebra teacher, who lived in Germany and speaks german at home. German accents are so cool! Guten Morgen Herr Nagels Vie Get es Inen! Peeps is pretty cool to. We talked about canniblism in Algebra today and I totally yelled Peeps while everyone stared at me. Being daylight rocks!

  78. Andrea-la: interesting anwers in MATH!?!?!?! i thought there was only one answer for a problem and that was that! i didn’t know u could get CREATIVE with MATH ANSWERS!!!! *sigh*
    Bran-la: we are totally there for u!
    Jay-wa: i’m ok with u having Fang (even though he’s Max’s) but BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG…hahha when u said he was ur’s i was like “ha. this girl actually thinks that she can have MY GUY!!!!!” that was funny! seriously… he’s MINE!!!! i know everything there is to know about him and GREEN DAY. i even have a plan to get him. his wife will have to be done away with…secretively…in the middle of the night. so ya i’m gonna become his girl, but u can have his son and then i’ll be ur… ok nevermind i’m not gonna finish that thought. Billie Joe is amazing, hot, sexy, and a lover of marajuana (or however u spell it). btw that’s how GREEN DAY got its name. ya i sorta stalk them (not really. i’m not creepy like that. though i can’t say that much for JoBro lovers. *shivers* they’re the worst)

    GREEN DAY!!!!!!! <3
    She’s an extraordinary girl.
    IN an ordinary world,
    And she can’t seem to get away.
    He lacks the courage in his mind.
    Like a child left behind,
    Like a pet left in the rain.
    She’s all alone again,
    Wiping the tears from her eyes.
    Some days he feels like dying.
    She gets so sick of crying.

  81. Lena (Owner of Gaspard Ulliel and the person with the really long name! Hey! You are still reading this, that's pretty cool. You deserve a cookie! Yeah, an actual honest-to-God cookie. I only have sugar though, and you know you don't like sugar unless you says:

    I pretty much guessed due to the text, but I still had to go re-check to get the text right. . . . I remember reading that part and going . .”Wow, that is pretty disturbing.” In fact, it was one of those great “Scott Westerfeld Book Moments” that include a few select scenes from Specials, So Yesterday, and the Midnighter’s books.

    Lena out.

  82. Lena (Owner of Gaspard Ulliel and the person with the really long name! Hey! You are still reading this, that's pretty cool. You deserve a cookie! Yeah, an actual honest-to-God cookie. I only have sugar though, and you know you don't like sugar unless you says:

    By the way, the full version of my name is ‘Lena (Owner of Gaspard Ulliel and the person with the really long name! Hey! You are still reading this, that’s pretty cool. You deserve a cookie! Yeah, an actual honest-to-God cookie. I only have sugar though, and you know you don’t like sugar unless you are, like, a kitten-hater or something. Or one of those people who grow up to rob old ladies in bars. . . Why old ladies would be in bars, however, is beyond me.)’

  84. HahaHahaHa, wow. I’m not so sure that cool hunters stalk me, but things like that have happened before, lol. Hum. I prefer jeans to capris anyday, but that’s cool that you’re making them! GOOD LUCK BRAN-LA! I’m sure you’ll do great though! And I’d say, just imagine the audience in their underwear, but I won’t. Cuz then that leads to cracking up hilariously in front of everyone and not being able to breathe, so that might not be good for singing! LoL. I adore Ryan Ross and Brendon Urie. Lena-la, I LOVE YOUR NEW NAME! Very original…and LONG! Rofl. And btw, I’m officially hopping off the Gaspard Ulliel bandwagon. I like to think of him as more of an older brother, a very hot older brother, who’s protective, but has lots of hot friends that he invites over. We’re very close, like this! *crosses fingers over!* Lmao.

  86. Lena (Owner of Gaspard Ulliel and the person with the really long name! Hey! You are still reading this, that's pretty cool. You deserve a cookie! Yeah, an actual honest-to-God cookie. I only have sugar though, and you know you don't like sugar unless you says:

    . . Hopping off the Gaspard Ulliel bandwagon? I thought it was going too fast for anyone to hop off of? Sort-of like the Twilight one and beef jerky.

  88. So sweet I want to eat it. (But Fressen is more ‘cruel’ than eat it’s like, devour.) (And Muste is like had to) So it’s, “So sweet I had to devour it.”

    But it doesn’t really count for me. I’m part German. (But mostly Dutch. GO DUTCH PEOPLE)

    Oh and Scott Westerfeld’s writing is amazing. I’m 15 and I’m still reading it, 3 years after I started to. 😀

  89. i agree jeans are much more comfortable.
    Lena(ur-name-is-too-long-and-i-don’t-even-want-to-attempt-typing-it): ok so i had no idea who Gaspard Ullieo was until i saw ur post and googled him. WOW!!!!! totally worth looking at! but my heart still belongs to Billie Joe Armstrong. he’s so sexy! *sigh*

    GREEN DAY!!! <3
    Starlit night,
    The moon is shining bright.
    Ur the one that i need.
    Up at ur window, i see a shadow.
    Silhoutte of ur grace.
    Here’s a flower,
    I picked for all the hours that u spent with me.
    The one i love,
    That i’ve been dreaming of.
    Sailing across the sea.
    Let my hands float through ur hair.
    Moving closer a kiss we’ll share.
    Passionate love to be all night long.
    We’ll never break as one too strong.

  91. Alley: i’m figuring ur talking about urself. but if ur not then i’m lost.
    For all u GREEN DAY FANS/Billie Joe Armstrong lover: i was just looking at some myspace thing and there were some TOTALLY HOT pics of him. if u wanna see them: google billie joe armstrong images, then find the one where he’s holding up his guitar and there’s flames in the background. click on it and u’ll see the myspace page. totallly worth it!!!

    GREEN DAY!!!!!!!! <3
    She, she screams in silence.
    A sullen riot penetrating through her mind.
    Waiting, for a sign.
    To smash the silence with the brick of self control.
    Are u locked up in a world that’s been planned out for u?
    Are u feeling like a social tool without a use?
    Scream at me!
    Until my ears bleed!
    I’m taking heed just for u.

  93. Andrea-la: me too!
    huh…. maybe i should get off of here and go to sleep. ya i think i will, but before i do i have to say that i haven’t read the Twilight series yet (mostly coz i’m not allowed. my mom doesn’t want me to have dark and depressing thoughts…AGAIN. *sigh* u get depressed once and suddenly ur stereotyped for the rest of ur life) i’ve heard mixed comments about the books and i heard the main character is like depressing. soooo i wanna read the books but i don’t wanna at the same time. weird i know.

    GREEN DAY!!!!!! <3
    Virgina was a lot lizard from F.L.A
    She had a compound fracture in the trunk.
    It started when she ran away.
    Thumbs out on the interstate.
    She hitched a ride to misery.

  95. Heh. My parents are being eerily nice to me right now. It be creepeth. They’re getting me two turtles (Min & Mozz) and are considering putting in another room underneath the verandah, so I can have a library. seriously. when they get like this, they want something from me.

    twilight isn’t exactly depressing. Has anyone ever read The Lottery by Beth Goobie (weird last name)? that’s depressing.

  96. SWEET POST!

    TYC Leader & Andrea-la:
    Um, I guess you guys don’t live in the same time zone as me. Either that, or you are go-to-bed-early-people. I’m not. In fact, I’m just going to hop into the shower in five minutes, and than not go to bed for atleast two hours after that (one of which will be spent on my birds nest of a head of hair), lol.
    Oh, and by the way, TYC-la, READ THE TWILIGHT BOOKS! It’s not depressing! Well, possibly in a way, but no more so than the Uglies series is, in that thought-provoking-ish way, if I make any sense. I don’t? Oh well, lol. Seriously, they are good, though. I just finished the second. And screw the steriotyping. Honestly, almost everyone in EVERY “clique” reads them, and although I usually hate things that everyone else loves for the sole purpose of wanting to keep some uniqueness, I quite enjoy them. I’m ranting, aren’t I? Btw, what song was that the lyrics to before?

    Lena: love the name.

  97. lotti-wa: Ever read On My Honor? Little kid book (I read it in 3rd grade, though I’ve always been above the usual level, so maybe it’s about 4th or 5th grade), VERY depressing. Than again, I tear up sometimes at the stories in the Chicken Soup books.

  99. Cool comics and cover…too bad I know maybe a dozen words of German, and most of those are swear words.

  102. lotti-wa: It’s pretty much about a good kid with a really reckless friend, and the good kid unwillingly causes the other boy to die, and he’s not telling any one. Something like that, I can’t remember. Wish I knew that sentence, lol.

    Cicely: All I know is German is…um…nope, never mind, got nothing.

  104. I am so using that line in my German classes 🙂 It’s better than Shelby’s “I am having a pink baby” line or Emily’s “I love eating babies” line (what is it with the babies lines?).
    Those German comics are awesome 🙂 Wouldn’t it be cool if they did the same thing in Japan, then we could have manga Peeps! XD
    I know that sentence too lotti-wa, it’s pretty easy to figure out … and i’m talking about the not so polite version … which I know by no fault of my own, blame the guys in my Deutsch Klasse …

  105. heh heh heh…

    There’s a guide to Sindarin somewhere. You know, Tolkein’s Elvish. And it contains one of my favourite lines…

    Naneth lin maunt hu nin

    which basically means ‘your mother ate my dog’

  106. Lol. I’m writing that down!

    I wanna get a Klingon dictionary. That’s be awesome. They should teach Klingon in schools. 🙂 It’s an actual language.

    I kno what you mean about the Chicken Soup books, PrettyxMindedxRusty. The poems about a school shooting in one of the Chicken Soup for the Teenager’s Soul really got to me. So do some of the other stories.
    But some of the stories are really good and / or funny.

    I hardly cry about stuff in real life, but books can make me cry really easy. What’s up with that? Anyone here also like that, or am I just whacked out? 🙂

  108. My German teachers taught me that “fressen” was used with animals, “essen” with people. So this is more like “feed on”, perhaps with a connotation that the speaker is not entirely human.

    Looks like a nice, subtle translation. It would be fun to hear what a native speaker thinks about it.

  109. ugh…i’m sick….my teachers all actually told me that i should be at home…mostly cuz my coughing was seriously destirbing the class, but whatever…so yeah…i went to jazz band rehersal at lunch (which i refused to miss) then I went home….yeah….

  110. yeah, and someone mentioned time zones…right now, it’s 1:13 here….so yeah…oh my gosh, something creepy happened in math class….ugh…hard to explain….okay, so we had to do this experiment thingy (cuz we’re doing relative requency) and so in the end we were averaging the different experiments (we did six) cuz everyone had done them individualy…so anyways, for the two DIFFERENT experiments that we did, the DECIMAL number BEFORE relative frequency was the SAME!!! Which lead to a discussion of how many ghosts are haunting the white-board….so yeah….it was kinda creepy….but half the class didn’t get it cuz they were’nt paying attention….

  113. One the the most stupid things to do when you are sick and are losing your voice is to sing…guess what I’m doing right now? Singing. You know why? Cuz I’m auditioning for Junior Vocal Group next week and I need to practice. You know why I need to practice right now? Cuz my parents aren’t home, which means that I can sing all I want without being told to shut up. The down side to this? I probably wont be able to talk tomorrow. The plus side to that? My parents will leave me alone and let me read my book.

  115. It’s stupid, but something I think we’ve all done, although not all of us have a particular reason, especially moi. I usually just sing in my backyard. Sure, it gets cold at times, and the neighbors are probably annoyed, but their problem, lol.

  116. crap…i just told my friend that i had been singing…she’s sick too, so we were talking via msn. she basically said “ANDREA!!!” yeah…she thinks i was being stupid…..i KNOW i was being stupid….but it was worth it…i haven’t sang since….10:30….

  117. I remember the last time I had a bad sore throat and tried not to talk and just to write stuff down…the whole charade lasted about 5 minutes.

  119. Use some cough drops. Well, before and after you sing, anyway. I’ve tried singing with them, and it is NOT pretty. Halls ones aren’t that bad, depends on the flavor. I remember last time I had a sore throat (and my friends did too, ’cause it was going around), I brought in these coughdrops my dad has, and they tasted SO bad. So after I discovered that, I gave two or three of them coughdrops quite innocently…. It was fun to watch, lol.

  121. ACTUALLY the time zone is Australian Eastern Standard time. 🙂 So good being Aussie sometimes.
    Funny thing is even tho I’m in the same time zone that’s used, I’m on Daylight Savings (gosh I HATE D.S.!) and it isn’t used here, so I’m either an hour in front or behind, can’t remember which. Thank goodness Daylight Savings ends either tonight or tomorrow night …

    My sisters sing on the toilet …
    I sing whenever no-one’s around to tell me to shut it, or during vocal ensemble stuff. Or I do it too quiet for other people to hear.

  123. oh my gosh…my friend is SO TOTALLY ’bout to kill me…just cuz i sang a song twice in a row with strep throat…honestly, she says i’m gonna self-destruct.

  124. The time on here is weird. I have no idea what the differance is between the time on here and the actual time…well, the actual time for me, here, any way. It just seams random.

  126. PrettyxMindedxRusty: those lyrics are from the song “Misery” by GREEN DAY!!!!! great song great song!!!

    GREEN DAY!!!!! <3

  127. shock!
    I thought I posted on here but I guess not….oh well
    this is really cool
    but I need help I really wanna find a mint green zip up hoodie, but I can’t its not very cool, at all, so if anyone knows where one is I would be full in their debt. 🙂

  133. Misery by Green Day is sparky 🙂

    Ok I was wrong about the Daylight Savings thing, it STARTS tonight. Same diff, I still hate it.

    All Twilight and Muse and Paramore fans, Paramore and Muse are going on the soundtrack! 🙂 The Muse song is Supermassive Black Hole 🙂
    Oh yeah, as for Twilight being depressing … I found New Moon (I think it was New moon anyway) when Edward left Bella to be depressing. But that was pretty much it.
    If u don’t want depressing books, then steer clear of Kill The Possum by James Moloney. Ugh, I don’t think ANY book could get more depressing than that one, and I never finished it, it was the depressing …

  137. I still can`t beleive she makes her own paper…,oh,andsonja,ur SO RIGHT ABOUT NEW MOON BEING DEPRESSING,the book was terrible.what is twilight without edward?! stephenie meyer is a great writer,but lately i`m disapointed.breaking dawn did not live up to my expectations.and,she is not going to finish writing midnight sun!scott,u must be so tired with this nonstop touring! but i find it so sweet of u to b there supporting justine.

  138. Ummm, if that German or whatever thing means so sweet I had to eat him, instead of so pretty it kinda still is the same, just like in french certain words can have two meanings. Like canard means duck, but it can also mean a rumor, and beau means beautiful in the masculine form, but people don’t say wow that guy is beautiful. so even though it means beautiful litterally, it means cute. Does everyone get what I’m trying to say?

  140. HaHaHa, I call guys pretty! LoL. My scale goes like this: Okay, Decent, Cute, Hot, Gorgeous, Pretty. I have issues, yeah. Oh my Gosh. Okay so for my friend’s birthday yesterday we basically hung out and dorked off at the Mall. We had this continuous game though, where we rack up points the whole day. All you have to do is talk to a guy, and embarass the hell outta someone else. Like I walked up to this realllllllyyyyyyy hot blondie, and said, “I don’t know what you did, but it’s totally turning my friend on! I mean seriously! Look at her!” and that resulted in a point for me, and a slap from my friend. Fun stuff man, fun stuff. And then we went into F.Y.E. and she kept asking the guy at the counter for help finding Cds, and then as we were leaving she calls him over again, and is all, “The reason we’ve been asking you for help so much is cuz she thinks you smell like an angel! *points to me*” which gave her a point. And then we went bowling(which I suck at!) and there were these two guys that were cute in the lane next to us, and they got up to leave and I’m all “Hey! Are you guys leaving?” and they’re all “Uh, yeah, why?” and I’m like “Cuz I just wanted to let you know that it TOTALLY made her birthday to see you guys here!” and I got another point…..It was SO fun. So immature though, lmao. I won though! LoL.

  148. …*creeped out by TYC Leader*you can, uh, have him….
    and secretly, my math teacher is trying to KILL ME!!!
    anyways..In science class we were learning about the ‘Westerlies’ and they’re like winds over the ocean, pretty much amazing.

  149. Tally&Zane: that sounds like alot of fun! totally embarassing but if u can get over that…then more power to ya!!!

    Andrea-la: that’s not crazy. if it’s an international band camp then,DUH, u are going to have to audition!!! i don’t even go to band camps and i know that!!! ugh…watever.

    GREEN DAY!!!!! <3
    Now it seems i can’t keep my mind off of u.
    My brain drifts back to better days we’ve been through.
    Like sitting on the tops of the skool crowds.
    The love i b*****ed about i finally found.
    But now it’s gone.
    ANd i take the blame.
    Well there’s nothing i can do but take the pain.
    Why???

  150. Jay-wa: SORRY!!!!! i didn’t mean to creep u out. i just really love Billie Joe Armstrong!!! it’s kinda scary.

  154. Its okay TYC, we’re all harboring a secret obsession….
    Mines going pretty okay, Kay-wa.
    Hows your’s going?

  157. wow. that stinks lotti-wa! …but you are on holiday break?? that’s no fair!

    mines been great too! tomorrow’s probably gonna suck though i have a ton of homework to do. and i have to write my article for the paper which sucks cuz i don’t know what my angle is gonna be yet.

  158. This is a little off subject. But i am interested in movies, so i am in the middle of writing a screenplay for the book Uglies. Since, there was suposed to be a movie of the book, but it hasn’t come out yet, i wanted to try writing this screenplay. if anyone wants to read the first 5 pages, let me know and i will post it.

  161. 1) turns out, i might not have to audition for band camp…I just need a letter of recomendation from my band director…(easy)
    2) going on a run when you’re sick is a BAD idea…especially if that run is right after a bikeride and if you’re gonna do 50 push-ups and 100 sit-ups right after…cuz now, i’m even more sick.
    3) OMG I FIND OUT WHO MADE IT INTO HONOR BAND TOMORROW!

  163. I hope you get into band camp! And Director, you totally should post the screenplay! That would be amazing!

  165. Bran-la… have you read Revelation yet?? i read it all today and i’m like wow. the ending was the best part…. complete craziness! wow. you have to read it… it is not at all what i expected.

  166. tomorrow’s monday…
    //visualize large, cartoon-like gray cloud float above my head, then start pouring rain over me//
    but wait…!
    Graceling’s coming for me tomorrow!
    //visualize gray cloud stop raining, though still remain there//
    //glares up at gray cloud, shrugs//
    it’s an improvement.
    I’M SO EXCITED!
    but i’ll have to go thru the entire day waiting and worrying that it won’t come today, etc…
    and we have this math test tomorrow that i’m TOTALLY stressing about…and this big history/geog. proj due fri that i’ve barely started (tho we got assigned it like three weeks ago). so yeah, major stressing going on at my end….and procrastination. that’s the only reason i’m here, really (no offense).
    o yeah, on fri, we were doing typing, and i got 140 wpm (w/92% accuracy)

  169. Andrea-la: going to bed early would help. that’s the best thing u can do when ur sick…SLEEP!!! i like sleeping, actually no, sleeping isn’t wat i like, it’s dreaming and that just happens to be associated with sleeping. i had weird dreams last night. something to do with wizards, Yankees, a book i have NEVER read, kids from my skool, and falling in love with someone u shouldn’t. ya… that was weird.
    DIRECTOR: u should TOTALLY post the screenplay. i’m DYING for the movie to come out (even though it might ruin the book but still) so even 5 pages would be enough to make me happy.
    Oh and my weekend was okay. i didn’t really do anything. i had softball today and lost both games. i didn’t do that badly but we just weren’t hitting the FREAKIN’ ball. *sigh* oh and funny story. so the third base coach today was REALLY annoying and had a BIG mouth sooo naturally my whole team was pissed off. then i got this one girl out at third on a tag even though the ump called her safe but i told him her foot wasn’t on the base (well coz it wasn’t) and then he looked and… I WAS RIGHT!! he called her out and then this fan for the other team opened HIS BIG mouth and so i opened MY BIG mouth right back at him and just coz the third base coach HAD to say SOMETHING he did. UGH!!!!! I HATE PEOPLE SOMETIMES!!!! ok ranting session is done!
    ok one more thing: i did a really late post on Name This Book which was about the analogy that other authors are gonna do on Uglies. so i posted TEN of my ideas if u could read them and tell me wat ya think that would be cool.

    GREEN DAY!!!! <3
    I woke up on the wrong side of the floor.
    Made,made my way through the front door.
    Broke my engagement with myself.
    Perfect picture of bad health,
    Another notch scratched on my belt.
    The future just ain’t wat it used to be.

  172. well, i just figured out that i have a french test tomorrow. fun….NOT! I. Am. Toast. (not just any toast…a toasted squirel who got caught in a toaster, run over by a truck, and then eaten…multiple times by a cow)

  173. ughhhhhhhhh…. i’m getting no where. i’ve been working on this stupid article for hours and i’m not getting anything done. and it’s due tomorrow. ah man. i’m not gonna get to sleep much tonight. 🙁 i hate it when i get to bed at like 1 on school nights cuz then i’m always so tired the next day.

  174. UMR-wa, how are you scaring yourself?
    Feel better Andrea-la! And good luck on your test! Beautiful mental image you gave me bout the squirrel by the way!
    TYC I didn’t know you played softball! That’s cool! I play 2nd base.
    Pssh, psssh, stupid people!

  177. Very cool cover, and I’m digging the anime, too.

    Which is cool, ’cause we have some German exchange students over at our school for a couple of weeks. I like listening to them speak in a different language.

    Randomness continues.

  178. haha. yes it is. and my article is on Teen Financial Responsibilities… it’s called: Running low on the cash flow? by 2 a.m. i had it all finished and finally got some sleep. And my teacher really liked it so i guess it’s all good. but i almost fell asleep today in espanol. and then i went to Hastings to get a book and they didn’t have it. i was very disappointed in them. and then i went to work and got a ton done.. i am so behind in paper work… today was my 1st day back since like before school started in August (i take softball season off… b/c my parents business is open from 8 to 5 and softball is from 4 to 6.) do you have a job TZ?

  179. Nope, can’t say that I do. I have to wait a like another year. But according to the date, in Australian time, it’s already my birthday. woo. *blows out metaphoric candles*

  180. SOFTBALL ROCKS!!!!!
    Kay-wa: that SUCKS that u can’t play! i couldn’t live without it (or without Green Day or Scott’s books)!! i start weight lifting for the high skool team on thursday!! crazy!!! i play third base. i used to play first but then some girl came on the team and that’s the only position she could play and i can play anywhere so ya… but i LOVE third base coz u can listen to the third base coach and the fans and players and learn wat they’re gonna do. i’m always listening. also i’m always swearing at third base like if i do something wrong or if my team is sucking ya there’s some language goin’ on over there. the last game we had i overthrew the ball and SCREAMED GOSH DARNIT (mellowed down version but i think u all know wat i actually said) seriously it was loud. good thing i had my mouth guard in otherwise EVERYONE would have heard me. ya….i need to work on my anger management skills. oh well.

    GREEN DAY!!!! <3
    She smashed her radion with the board of education.
    Turn up the static left of the state of the nation.
    Turn up the flame step on the gas.
    Burning the flag at half mast.
    She’s a rebel’s forgotten son.
    An export of revelation.

  181. Andrea-la my mum thinks I’m weird when I listen to classical music, and so does my little 8yrold sister.
    That’s sad, my MOTHER hates classical …

    I’m sorry, i’m behind 🙂

    U wear a mouthguard in softball???
    Sparky, I didn’t kno that!

  183. *gosh darnit* that sounds most awfully terrible, guv’nor. How could your mother not appreciate the fine art of classical music?

    srsly, classical is pretty fool.

  186. Yep, I’m in love with classical music. Of the piano variety to be exact. HaHa, TYC that’s hilarious. We don’t wear mouth guards…it’d probably be a good idea though….I think I’d like to keep all my teeth! LoL. I’ve taken some pretty hard hits. Stupid pitcher…I still swear she did it on purpose. *rubs jaw*

  189. Woooooooooooowwww. I feel so empowered being called a peep…kinda craving some steak now….My cat infected me though! Don’t worry….I didn’t get infected the other way! LMAO! *twitches*

  192. heh heh heh. maybe i got infected by my guinea pig. she was totally a vampire – she didn’t like the sun at all, she had an unaturally long life for a guinea pig and she bit every person in sight. except i was bitten most because nobody would go near her

  194. o_o Spit take definitely! That had me worried for a second! You wouldnt want to say you got infected the *other* way!!
    Hamsters are sparky 🙂 So r guinea pigs 🙂
    I like classical music composed by Grieg and Tchaikovsky, mostly. Theirs is sparky.

    I’m at dad’s work (he had to go in after hours to do some tissue culturing or something), consuming a thing of orange Tic Tacs and listening to Paramore’s second album while doing this. Spass!
    I reckon orange Tic Tacs ought to come with a warning: ADDICTIVE. Cos they SO are.
    Baked beans (this is totally unrelated btw cos I haven’t jad any in MONTHS)ought to come with a different warning: EAT WITH CAUTION: MAY CAUSE EXPLOSIVE FLATULENCE. lol 🙂 Oh and for nutritional info, BEANS BEANS THE MAGICAL FRUIT, THE MORE U EAT THE MORE U TOOT, THE MORE U TOOT THE BETTER U FEEL, SO EAT UR BEANS WITH EVERY MEAL. Lol 🙂

    Yeah I’m not just weird I’m whacked out 🙂

  196. Oh Oh Oh Happy Birthday T&Z!!
    October birthdays are the best! Mine is later this month 🙂

    I cant stop eating these Tic Tacs … worse than chocolate, this is …

    ?
    Is everyone back at skool?
    My holidays must start after everyones cos I still got this week!

  197. HaHaHa, you’re crazy! I find that awesome! Welcome to the club! Lol. I’ve never had orange tic tacs! It’s like 6:30 in the morning so I should be getting ready for school…but I’m on here. Ah well, I can multitask. Love the song, just…weep inducing! *wipes tear* ENCORE! ENCORE! Lmao. Thanks! Happy Early Birthday to you!

  198. Hmmm, I should put music to the song … 🙂

    Haha, a crazy peeps club. I like 🙂 Oh and I wasn’t infected by the *other* way (that name has stuck!), it must have been my auntie’s Katze. Cat.

  199. TYC… i play softball and LOVE it! 🙂 … i ment that i don’t work during fall softball season cuz i never have time to. sorry if that was a little confusing.

  201. softball players are cooooool!!!!
    T&Z: ya wearing a mouth guard is a smart idea coz to lose all ur teeth would suck! also i had braces so now my smile is AMAZING!! and i don’t wanna ruin it.
    Kay-wa: ohhhh…that makes more sense. when i first read ur post i was like “She has to work and can’t play softball? Unfair!!” but now i’m like “OHHH… she plays softball and doesn’t work. Makes more sense!”

  202. Hm. I haven’t had braces. But my canine teeth are really sharp and pointyish so my friend calls me a vampire. It’s kinda funny. They’re too short for fangs though, Darn…lol.

  205. Oh that’s nice! LoL. I like my pointyish teeth. I hate the dentist, I wouldn’t let him touch them! Argh! That happened to me before! Except it was an apple!

  206. i lost one of mine when i was sucking on a pretzel. then i started chewing on it: mush. mush. mush. SNAP-CRUNCH!

    hehe. it was wierd. i was like, thats not a pretzel! hehe.

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛

  208. that first one looks like the scene in peeps when he first meets garth-brooks fan numero uno. except, there are bats not rats. i dont no why, it just reminds me of that

  210. I think what you published was actually very reasonable. But, what about this? suppose you added a little content? I mean, I don’t wish to tell you how to run your website, but what if you added a title to maybe grab folk’s attention? I mean %BLOGTITLE% is kinda plain. You ought to peek at Yahoo’s front page and note how they create news titles to get viewers interested. You might add a related video or a related picture or two to grab readers excited about what you’ve got to say. In my opinion, it could bring your website a little bit more interesting.

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