Chatterbox: Chirp at Cricket

2nd CBversary!!!

Today is officially my second CBversary! It's been two years since I made my first post on here. It's kind of flabbergasting to think about.

Over these past two years, the CB has changed my entire life and brought me so much happiness. In fact, the period since I first posted here has been the happiest of my life, I think (not just because of the CB, but in large part!) I've done a lot these past two years, and through everything, both good and bad, the CB has been a part of my life, always accompanying me. I've been so lucky to be a part of this community: I've made so many good friends, found a place where I can be myself, and had wonderful times on here. The CB has changed me, too, and introduced me to new things (the Indigo Girls, Love and Gelato [which I only read because Phoenix Tears recommended it once!], and probably other things), which I'm so grateful I discovered. It's given me ideas, led to my Kyngdom characters, and been fundamental to my poetry. I wouldn't have discovered my voice as a poet, nor would I have written the poems that I did, if I hadn't read the amazing poetry that's on here; it shaped me as a poet, showing me a completely new way of writing that I've stuck to ever since. I still look up to poets like Luminescence, Silver Crystal, peppermint (I'll always be a huge fan of your poetry, @pepper :D), and so many more.

The CB has changed a lot, I think, since I joined, but there are still plenty of familiar faces and new ones, and it's still basically the same place it always was. It's so rich with ideas and personalities. I've even always loved looking at the old threads, just because they're so fascinating.

I think some of my favorite CB things this year were

-the King Arthur SI, which was pretty funny :) here it is: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/chirpatcricket/node/560857

-the surveys and forms

-the Greek Gods SI from last October, where I was Zeus

-the Formal Speech Thread - that was fun :)

-my Stronger than the Sea story - admittedly I'd already written it before, but I was editing it and adding it new pieces of writing as I posted it, and I loved sitting down in the evenings, listening to some music, and escaping into the world of Seleni and Dalriad

-the Poetry Contest, and reading everyone's poetry in general

-the Gardening and Tea thread

-the Time Trio ski lodge, and the AE Ski Lodge (which I still haven't commented on, come to think of it. Gosh darn it. I'm so darn busy these days :/)

-the general witticisms and humor

Those are just some things, though - there's much, much more that I could mention, like the screenwriting thread, and the CB Author Interviews, and, well, much, much more that I could mention, like I said :) Shoutout to all of you for being who you are and for making the CB and the world such a wonderful place! You're all stupendous :) And a huge thanks to the admins and the webmaster and whoever came up with the idea of the Chatterbox in the first place - I owe you so much, and I will always be grateful.

Lastly, I'll finish off by saying that it's possible I won't be on here as much anymore, because I'm probably just going to get busier as the year goes on. But I'm not planning to leave - in fact, I will probably never be able to make the decision to leave, if I live to be 80 you still won't be rid of me >:)

Anyway, for celebration, I was thinking of starting an AE Ball? I've never hosted an AE event before, and I'd really like to try. And also another Q & A! Feel free to ask any questions you want to :)