Greetings, Minions! Before I get into my recent adventures, I wanted to put a few concerns and questions of my well-being to rest. You may have heard that, recently, tornadoes have ravaged our country (my thoughts are with everyone in the country who’s dealing with the aftermath at present). Last week, a few of these nasty lil things tore through Saint Louis. An E3 ripped off the roof of our airport and an E4 chewed through a town called Bridgeton. I live in Bridgeton. In fact, about a block from my house, the devastation begins. I’m counting my blessings that my family and home and kittehs are okay, but, as you can imagine, it’s been a real blow to the community. BUT I AM OKAY. Thank you so much for the messages, but your Auntie Heather is just fine. In fact, I wasn’t even here when it happened. I was supposed to fly back from New York the day after the tornado hit, but ended up heading to Chicago instead. So thank you, Minions, for all of your concern. It touches me deeply that you worry about your Auntie, but I’m right as rain. But please, send your thoughts, hope, crossed fingers, assistance, and funds to those who are truly in need at this time. Many have died due to these storms, and it’s not yet May (which is typically tornado month).
Now that that’s out of the way, it’s ADVENTURE TIME!!! So before the tornado craziness, I took a drive out to Osage Beach, Missouri, to the MASL Spring Conference. It was amazing! (Jay Asher does a great job describing it here) I was there, of course, to accept the Truman Readers Award! I met some amazing people (even a Minion that crashed the event) and, of course, got to hang out with the Truman Committee.
I have no idea why most of us look like zombies. No, seriously. O_O
The student who introduced me was a Minion! She was so awesome. Her name is Shea Dalton, and she’s an eighth-grader. Way braver than me to get up in front of a crowd of 1000 librarians at that age.
Shea is in the 8th grade. And taller than me.
I loved, loved accepting my award, but loved the inscription so much more. It reads, at one point, “chosen by the children of Missouri”. Thank you, Minions. This one’s (as they all are) for you.
The day after I was presented with the TRA, I hurried home, and the following day, hopped on a plane to New York, where I had meetings with my Penguins and agent, and hung out with friends. All of that was fabulous, but it still all pales in comparison to seeing the next to last show of American Idiot on Broadway, featuring Billie Joe Armstrong as St. Jimmy. Billie Joe and I go way back (all the way back to Dookie), and so of course, when he saw me, he immediately was drawn to my undeniable charm and charisma. And we totally made out.
Okay…so not really. But here’s how the conversation went in my head:
BJA: Oh…my…Vlad! It’s Auntie Heather! My kids love your books!
AH: …….Wanna make out?
BJA: …….Totally.
It was EPIC! And now, I’m hard at work on BLOODBOUND, and the second SLAYER CHRONICLES book (that title is super secret), until I head out to Jefferson City, Missouri in a few weeks for Capital Kids Read! Woooo!!! Life is teh awesome, Minions. Life is teh awesome.
How’s my Horde?
Tags: Awards, Billie Joe Armstrong, Luck, Travel
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hey anyone there?
@spart:me too.hey do u haves a fb?
OMG any halestorm fans need to look up bad romance cover they did its totally awesomesauce!!!!!
yo any1 here?
to bfmv i also love every song the made i listen to them all day long.who your favorite bill,tom,georg or gustav? mine is of course bill.i have been a fan of them since 2007 or maybe 2008 not really sure but im postive is 2007.how long have you been a fan of tokio hotel?well g2g ttyl ilovetokiohotel and bill kaulitz.bye:)
im here lol.
ello people umm its kind of been a while auntie heather posted its been like a month i am gettin board of the same thing
Hello minions.!
@ilovetokiohotel and bill kaulitz
I’m a new fan and bill and tom are my favourites.
man I’m board…any1 want 2 talk 2 this emo kid?
@ bmfv
suuureeee…….
Auntie Heather, Are you dead? Don:t die plz
@Vampire Converse
What’s your name so I can send you a friend request on FB??
sooooooo bored :/ help me i have a crush on such a big jerk…… a cowboy too….. ugggh as th school year ends my depression worsens….. i only have three days before school ends and during summer i wont be on the comp at alll but…… i will come back with summer depressions and other things……. three days just like my fav band……. will ya’ll help a girl out with summer boredom? cause im already sick of summer…… especally with my mom rideing my ass all the way to hell
auntie???? please be ok you better be ok cause if you arnt then i will run to M.O. and make sure you survive your the only person who talks to us like we are people most authors just leave us to their website and never update it…. so even if i have to go ON FOOT from texas to mosorii i will
so be very carful please…..
@October don’t fall for country boys! They are all jerks at the begining of this year I fell hard for one and he broke my heart into tiny bite size peices! I still think of him from time to time and he left me for some other country fat hick! It’s not worth it! He will break ur heart. Guys will do that easpaclly country boys.!
@v,j,o,h,l
thx for the advice but tell mi couzin that,ugggh i wish i could just forget about my mom. she just annoys the hell outta me what do ido? this bitch at school wont leave me the hell alone and i dont know why she hates me so that adds two hags from hell that are tourtureing me and another thin that just pissis me off iz the fact random people just come up to me sayin’ i dont like you your reputation sucks or leave me alone you bitch! uggh can my life end now! im not ussually like this….. but im a 15 yr old kid who iz loseing more than gaining and my attitud hasent been improveing im turning into a bitch which in my family iz a good thing so i guess im liveing it up yo my family but i feel soooooooooo bad like im going through “THE CHANGE” like the house of night novels arrrrrrg i act more on instinct than anything else and my mind is going neanderthall HELP! someone(cries my eyes out)i just need to know if theres anyone thats out there who is like me…. (grabs a picture of tomaki and hugs it to her heart)uhhhhh *SIGH* why does everyone want me to change for them?even my mom wants me to be more like my oh so perfect brother…. the only reason i like school iz the fact that i can get away from my bitch of a mother im nearly ready to just walk away and never come back and then she’d be glad i was gone my sister would have her own room and my mom wouldenthave to worry about me cause i would find the nearest agent and become a singer or an actress dispite what my mother wants. just because she wants a perfect little angel doesnt mean shell get what she wants. ugggh i did it again i dumped all of my personal problems on ya’ll sorry im such a horrible humanbeing (cries eyes out again)*sniff* mabey im not even human? ohhhhhh idk btw does any one really believe what i said a few weeks ago? about me being a vamp? cause idk if i am one or not. seriously but i do know im goth?…..
hey yeah sont go for the guys im goth to i know how u feel i wanna be a vampire too.. and hahaha do NOT care what people think of u just be yourself the only person keeping u down is u dont belive wat people say its wat u think of your self and dont worry we are alll here 4 ya
@October
hey we all have that dat problem with one of our parents. I’m a chick that dress like my older brother and my dad just now has stopped looking at me like I belong at a circus. now if only he would stop calling my music crap….
any1 here here herd of kids in the way? any1?
hey last period of the day……. i love the school year but i dont like the things they teach……. gir
O-O
o silly ghost
im ok now i guess
@ilovetokiohotel
iz your real name kirsty? if it iz then hi^-^ my mom goes to your school
sorry october that not my name.i can’t tell you guys my real name cuz my mom said not too.sorry.well g2g ttyl bye
hi everyone who likes blood!!! me!!! lol
heyyy i think i can beat heather at writing vampire books im not sure though i wanna challenge her!
i think i can beat heather at writing vampire books but idk ill try 2 challange her and if i lose i still had fun!!
Omg! This doesn’t really have anything to do with this blog (except that you’re soo lucky to have seen Billie Joe Armstrong in person) but I had to tell you…I just finished the last Vladimir Tod book and I’m freaking out!! I cried for the last like ten chapters, almost threw my Nook across the room when I found out that Snow was still alive and nobody told me until graduation, and when the last page was about Snow’s eyes flashing green, I almost killed somebody!!! Is that really the end?!?! How can you end it like that?!?! I’m freaking out!! And I’m definitely going to have to read the Slayer Chronicles next. These books are probably even more awesome than Twilight (I loooove them)! Thank you for writing such AMAZING books!! You rock!
has any1 noticed most ppl dont talk about twilight any more? jacob being the eception.
yeah twilight is stupid!!i mean vampires sparkleing *pathtic*!!!
That was a really crappy movie. the books were okay, but the really sucked at capturing the vampires. vlad is
That was a really crappy movie. the books were okay, but the really sucked at capturing the vampires. vlad is WAY better.
Okay…so not really. But here’s how the conversation went in my head:
BJA: Oh…my…Vlad! It’s Auntie Heather! My kids love your books!
AH: …….Wanna make out?
BJA: …….Totally.
love it
AHAHAHAHHAHHAAAAAAHH can you pleassssee write another oneee
im making a book its going to be published soon it has the code in it and its sad but really good its the bomb i have comments in the past people say i need to get it published soo i am soo i hope u guys will look 4 my book
omg! auntie heather, i am sooo jealos of you! i love armstrong! lucky duck!
I LOVE you back pack, Auntie Heather! Where can I get one? Have you named it? if so, what?
Yours in minionship,
Bill Razmataz Oosh Ladoosh Pipershmit