![Deadlines just aren’t real to me until I’m staring one in the face.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BNGb9c8DSjs/X1timwLw3tI/AAAAAAAAGAM/6j5Z7L4CanUH12Ce0DQfQnbj6djbK3bWwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/deadlines-just-arent-real-to-me-until-im-staring-one-in-the-face.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Rick Riordan
![Deadlines just aren’t real to me until I’m staring one in the face.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BNGb9c8DSjs/X1timwLw3tI/AAAAAAAAGAM/6j5Z7L4CanUH12Ce0DQfQnbj6djbK3bWwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/deadlines-just-arent-real-to-me-until-im-staring-one-in-the-face.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![I said hello to the poodle.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ig4KkfTWHk4/X1tt2N4W75I/AAAAAAAAHlY/Fqe3AbWTu10O3mU8WWu6f0-UKnXxSj5uQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-said-hello-to-the-poodle.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I said hello to the poodle.
![It was beautiful in a harsh I’m-going-to-gut-you-like-a-fish kind of way.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W0Wyrtv05qI/X1tve1DxGQI/AAAAAAAAH4A/vTyFOiMKfXQPVpGpmkunDIh03B50yqHGACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-was-beautiful-in-a-harsh-imgoingtogutyoulikeafish-kind-of-way.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It was beautiful in a harsh I’m-going-to-gut-you-like-a-fish kind of way.
![You will suffer, son of Hades! What else is new? Nico thought.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-12CJh5epxbQ/X1uTfNO418I/AAAAAAAAL28/uy2omhb1eSUk9vq90SLo3N6bNEfnATNGgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-will-suffer-son-of-hades-what-else-is-new-nico-thought.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You will suffer, son of Hades! What else is new? Nico thought.
![Humor was a good way to hide the pain.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mS79Uon2oKk/X1to26ea14I/AAAAAAAAG2U/P8-UMfxqmXMCodj2nptgBVqfsUOKizcbQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/humor-was-a-good-way-to-hide-the-pain.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Humor was a good way to hide the pain.
![That’s it, cupcake. You’re going down.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r9rMqPqUSgs/X1uITZNhwYI/AAAAAAAAKI4/ReCYAzkJC0I0bymAK-KMHMUByEz5J_YZQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/thats-it-cupcake-youre-going-down.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
That’s it, cupcake. You’re going down.
![It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-juD53Y60W-w/X1tvAl4vxnI/AAAAAAAAHy4/ZZ0gpqxmRcQChcG7oxNjYHTIbXwA_DgtwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-a-costly-thing-looking-on-the-true-face-of-love.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.
![dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mrwPSRj2c8Y/X1tim7CLmpI/AAAAAAAAGAQ/mbbUBOwZNQAyih_8ysrjGp7r-g32hLCTgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/dealing-with-any-man-means-dealing-with-multiple-personalities.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
![Hope does not leave without being given permission.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AaX0-qbJOgo/X1tonLcyAcI/AAAAAAAAGyY/_H0290SnvoMdCUHs7HzM2LptQwGzH60fACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/hope-does-not-leave-without-being-given-permission.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Hope does not leave without being given permission.
![Hope,” Frank grumbled. “I’d rather have a few good weasels.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QzvFk6J4WPs/X1tonfigfkI/AAAAAAAAGyg/ofPtCpRaUkkruqVWqrnG4AZp8cDMGfPfwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/hope-frank-grumbled-id-rather-have-a-few-good-weasels.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Hope,” Frank grumbled. “I’d rather have a few good weasels.
![A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TmisNx-Z3v4/X1thPyewjLI/AAAAAAAAFr4/peBnQcQte1QjIf9Ii62ctHOmC6Uawm2hQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-wind-that-blows-aimlessly-is-no-good-to-anyone.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.
![We were just looking at maps…](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d2hXJhlk13Y/X1uPgS2MjkI/AAAAAAAALMk/bK2OPc8a030ROi5HLY9EaR_VXVn0dMzmACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-were-just-looking-at-maps.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)