Behold! Once again I do my happy-dance! This time I'm serious!

TTT and I just got the first printing of our book!!

WOO HOO!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Here it is! The end result of about a year of HARD work: our American English Idioms Dictionary! by Tommy Two-Ties and Astroboy!

I’m SO excited! This is SO cool!!:smiley:

Actually seeing it in print (freakin’ FINALLY!) is almost surreal… and the price! A whopping 48,000 won! (let’s pause for a moment, shall we?, to appreciate the irony… TTT and I have written a book that we can’t afford to buy ourselves! OK, slight exaggeration, but still! $40?? Yow! That’s a hefty price!)

HAPPY-DANCE HAPPY-DANCE

I’m afraid to actually open it for fear that the first page I look at will have some huge, glaring error on it despite proofreading the damn thing (all 1200 pages!) about 6 times (no exaggeration there!)…

Yesiree, the world of Korean English Education will never be the same!

[sup]BTW: phase one of the Master Plan to become obnoxiously rich and take over the world is complete! Phase two will begin soon! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA![/sup]

And it took you under a year? That is impressive. And so very cool! May I be one of your minions when you take over the millions?

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MASSIVE congratulations Astroboy - what an achievement! Have a drink on me :slight_smile:

Congratulations!

But you probably should have had them use your real names…

Congratulations! There’s nothing like seeing your first book in print. Well, I wouldn’t know since I’ve never made it to book number 2, but that is just AWESOME!

Publishing party? Are you ready for the groupies? Is Astrogirl ready for the groupies? Woohoo

Wow.

As an aspiring author myself – though I’m far too cynical about my chances to even try grins – I must say, congratulations! This is an incredible accomplishment.

It strikes me that on these boards I am surrounded by a lot of very intelligent and capable people whose company I am not fit to seek! smiles and looks for big heavy things to hide behind

Well done Astroboy !!
Congratulations and Well Done!!!

A newly published and distinguished man of letters is now amongst us

emmm…Any chance you can send a copy to the tateroma so I have at least a shot at getting a point or two across ?

YAY ASTROBOY!

You must be sooooo relieved, happy, and… well… ok, doing the Snoopy dance!

I must warn you, however, that world domination plans are already underway. The Supreme Leader, Scylla, may well offer you a high position in his new world order, mind you. All you and TTT have to do is drop by the Happy Fun Squad HQ, and the girls n’ I will be more than happy to convince you that this is the right way to go about things.

:smiley:

Congrats!

Elly

Yay! Congrats, Astroboy!

Uh… what happens in phase 2?

Heeeeyyyy… and Puddin’'s in charge of ordering books for her store… you could sell one copy right there…

Is your picture on the dustjacket? I’ve always wanted my picture on a dustjacket. With this swanky computer and printer dealy here, I can live my dream.
Catcher in the Rye by: Rue DeDay
The Joy of Cooking by: Rue DeDay
The Beginner’s Kama Sutra by: Rue DeDay (Maybe that should be "Beginners’ ", more fun with friends.)

Huzzah! for AstroWriterBoy!
-Rue.

Congratulations!

My master plan is to get you addicted to Froot Loops[sup]tm[/sup], then to charge more and more money as you become obnoxiously rich! [sub]First box is free, after that… MWAhaahaahaahaahaa [sub]why yes, I’ll accept Won [/sub] [/sub]
Phase two is to become Astrogirl’s groupie!

:smiley:

Congratulations!

You know, when you’re rich and famous, you’ll need to hire a personal chef. I’ve got someone in mind.
:smiley:

Thank you! Thank you all! ([Sally]You LIKE me! You REALLY like me! SOB![/Sally]):wink:

Spider Woman, please submit a resume… we don’t just accept ANYONE as a minion, you know!

Fran, as you should know, having a drink “on you” is one of my lustful dreams! (think belly-button shots…) But I doubt AG would be as thrilled with the idea as me. Such is life. :frowning:

spooje, they did use our real names on the book, of course… but they aren’t NEARLY as cool as “Tommy Two-Ties” and “Astroboy”… well, you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your name…

China, I’M ready to have some groupies!! Way ready! Astrogirl already has some… me! And, apparently, heresiarch… with whom we recently had a mini-SeoulDopeFest. (I shall start a thread about that shortly…)

Caiata, get up! You’re worthy, you’re worthy!!! (Wayne’s World reference there…) I, published lexicographer that I am, would e’en now be curled around a bong were such happiness available here… as it is not, I must channel my energy into more (hopefully) lucrative ventures…

Damhna, I’d be most happy to send tater a copy! E-mail me with an address, and it shall be in the mail within a few days! (an aside: sorry to any of my other pals who want a copy… tater has the claim on the last of the copies that I have to give away! :frowning: I wish I had another 30 or so to send to others, but I don’t…)

Elenfair, while I have no doubt that Scylla would be a worthy leader of the new World Order; I spit on him! Patooie Scylla, should he perform satisfactorily, MAY eventually find status within the New Order… if he decides to submit and send all his money to me and TTT, that is!:smiley:

Now, RalfCoder! I would like to tell you what Phase 2 entails, but then, of course, I’d have to kill you! [sup]Whisper: Phase 2 is the next book… breathe a WORD of this and you die!![/sup]

Rue, my friend, unfortunately our pictures are NOT on the book… but on Friday we have to go get pix taken for our publisher’s marketing plan. I’m wavering between the REAL me (IE: a tie-dyed shirt, shorts and holding a beer) OR the fake me (IE: wearing a tie, looking somewhat educationalized…) So far, I’m leaning towards whatever Astrogirl tells me to wear… [sup] No, I am NOT “whupped”!! It’s just in my best interest to do whatever she tells me to do, that’s all![/sup]

heresiarch, we shall deal with you in another thread (which I will start in a minute, the server willing!)… but Astrogirl liked you a lot (as did I!) However, your Fruit Loops ploy has failed miserably! HA! HA!!! I say! The cereal you gave me was Lucky Charms!! HA!!:smiley:

Oh, baby!! You’re my first choice!!:wink:

Remember that I don’t like fish, though…

Cool! I’ll get my autographed copy soon, right?
(Heck, have TT-T autograph it too.)

Congratulations! That must feel amazing, to see the baby you’ve birthed finally in print (did you go for the epidural or not? :D).

Y’know, if I had an attention span I might write a book, too…

I’m so jealous! Ohh, I could SO dig that feeling of “I’m in print!!”

Congratulations, y’all!

It’ll be on its way in the next day or two, Screech! If you want TTT to sign it also it may take an extra day…

Oxy, there was NO epidural!! We felt every corner of every page as it came out!:eek:

Most difficult to produce!

AHunter3, it’s a feeling that is REALLY hard to describe! I’m happy, and afraid (of typos, errors, mistranslations, etc.) at the same time… interesting, to say the least!:wink:

Congrats! That is very cool! Another aspiring writer here, so I know you’re feeling high. :slight_smile:

Many more successes to you!

Sheri