NOO!! looks like i missed thisss )): 

great seeing all the names though!! :)

- tmw <3  

I forgot T_T I knew I would. Oh well, I will shout some hellos into the void just in case anyone is checking this thread almost a month later:

@Quill, hi!! I'm glad your school and career is going well. I have a lot of fond memories of your art/picturings from Pudding's Place--if you are for some reason still lurking on this thread, are you still into art? 

@Sterling, hey! I've missed you. I think we joined around the same time, and I always enjoyed reading your posts. Your art style is so cool too! Good luck venturing into the realm of college (you'll do great!) and I hope to read you around someday :)

@Starseeker, hello! You were one of my CB idols when I first joined in 2020--your art was always amazing and you seemed so genuinely kind and smart. 

@Azalea, greetings! Always a pleasure to see you on here. I'm glad you haven't left for good :)

@Lumi HI YOU'RE THE BEST *optional hugs* reading all your past-CB appreciations really made me nostalgic, I miss all those people so much too T_T also, Hozier & boygenius reign supreme.

NOOO I can't believe I missed it!! It's so nice to hear from Lumi, Aza, Chaser & Jay, Sterling, and so many others that I remember that popped in to say hi. Love you all!! (/p) <333

HI IT'S ME KITTEN

I totally forgot about the reunion on Valentine's Day, and I was going to post a couple days after that when I finally remembered, only to find that the website was down?? (Thanks for getting everything back up and running, Admins!) But here I am now, and I hope some people are still around or back :)

Uh, for introductions - hi, I'm Kitten! I use she/they pronouns. I was active on the CB from 2017 to 2021 or so; I never officially left, just kind of drifted off.

The CB holds a really special place in my heart because it was the first online community I was ever part of, and it was where I first got into writing seriously. I would not be the writer or person I am now if not for the CB. It's so cool that the CB is still the same place it was when I was here! Fun fact, the first CB thread I ever posted on was the Poetry Contest, which is still up on the front page of Pudding's Place :)

Life updates - I'm a senior in high school this year and it's A LOT, but I'm really excited about where the future will take me. I'm planning on studying history in college next year. I still write, though not as much as I used to; life happens that way. Lately I've been really into writing fanfic. I've also written some cool things that I'm proud of and excited about for NaNo the past few years (I have the CB to thank for introducing me to NaNo in the first place!). In true writing nerd CB fashion, this year I'm the editor of three different publications at my school.

My latest major obsession, which I've been fangirling over to a truly unnecessary extent, is Six the musical. Other things I've been loving over the past year include: Matilda, Hozier, Kristin Cashore, Paris Paloma, the Murderbot series, T. Kingfisher, Good Omens, Shadow and Bone/Six of Crows, and also growing a massive earring collection.

Some responses to other comments here, in case any of you are still around~

@Lumi - aw it's so so sweet of you to think of me as a role model <3 reading that comment made my day! I remember always admiring your writing too when we were both active here. I'm so glad to hear you're doing well and that we have some of the same interests. You're totally a theater kid already; I feel like the only qualification is loving theater and wanting to do more of it. I honestly consider myself a theater kid even though I don't act and my only participation with theater is ushering and nerding out about it lol

@Star - I love hearing from you every year in the reunion thread! You were one of the CBers who encouraged me to get into writing originally. I still remember reading along with your novel and stories as you posted them and thinking that you deserved to be published someday. It's so cool that you're studying to work in a museum! I would love to work in museums or archives, but I'm a little nervous about going down that path because it has a reputation for being a field with too many interested people and not enough jobs. What has your experience been like with that?

@Ella - wow hi, I remember you! The MCU is such a special part of the CB and you're pretty unforgettable for starting it :) I know I'm late to the party, but I'm here now! Summer is my friend IRL and she's doing really well; I'm sure she'll be flattered to hear you're thinking of her. We wrote a couple ski lodges together back when we were both active here, and we've done a few more writing projects together since then, which has been super fun. In regards to book recs, I'm not sure what counts as modern romanticism, but I always like recommending This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

oh HECK yeah, we are BACK babeyyy! i have some replies to make although idk if some of the people who stopped in will see them </3

@Quill hello! i remember you and your AEs fondly. i'm so glad you're having a great time in college! <33

@Ruby- whoahhh you're like... a CB icon in my eyes :0 the insight into BAD was actually quite helpful, as publishing is one of the fields i'm hesitantly thinking about. also: a while ago i was attempting to search for an old post on the CB and came across someone back when you were active saying that Ruby M. "prefers to go genderless" which i think is a wonderful phrase.

@Ella Starburst- i don't think we ever really talked, but ofc i remember you from the MCUs! it's really impressive that you created a lasting tradition here, but i hope you'll come back sometime without the stress of those. also- i need to listen to more AJR but i like what i've heard, mitski is awesome, and WILL WOOD OH MY... y'all don't understand how much i love will wood. his voice? beautiful. the music? catchy and amazingly varied. the lyrics? hilarious, beautiful, and capable of sending me down rabbitholes. your description is quite accurate. (younger cbers do proceed w/ caution, some songs deal with heavy topics) favorite song/album?

i've been dying to make this post for 3 weeks aaa yayyy

Hi everyone! Sybill here. I'll be honest, I completely forgot about the reunion on Valentine's, and then when I finally remembered the site was down, haha. Anyway, I'm glad to finally be here! If you don't know me, I was active on the CB (mostly on Kyngdom) like... a while ago? I think I joined around 2017 maybe and then left in 2021 or 2022. My memory isn't perfect on this. 

It's great to see new and old names! I don't have time to read all the posts right now but I'll try to soon. Things are going well for me! I've been doing a LOT of digital artwork; I'll try to upload some here at some point. I'm still working towards getting my Physician's Assistant degree, so that's fun. And a lot of work. I also have a lot of OCs and characters for various works right now. When I have more time, I'll come back and talk about them because I love them. Anyway, it's great to be here! Hope you're all having a lovely day.

It's good to hear from you, Sybill! Thanks for taking the time to check in.

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