Chatterbox: In This Month's Issue

JULY MCU!!!

hi guys! it's finally july, so i'm here with the MCU!

let's start with the..

monthly playlist (me, anastasia)

billie jean~michael jackson 

good luck babe!~chappell roan

star tripping~kevin atwater

stardust~maxi

cognitive dissonance~sophie holohan

i think~tyler the creator

book of the month (moon wolf)

the lost track of time, by paige britt, about an imaginative writer named penelope whose every day is scheduled by her mother, until one day. she finds herself in the realm of possibilty, where it is in a bad situation where everyone's lives are controlled by time and a small list of possibilities to do. penelope must save this realm by finding the great moodler and through that, find herself. it is such a good underrated book that anyone who has read the phantom tollbooth will love.

cb quotes (wildwolf)

"i have a habit of continuing, or starting a drawing digitally....and then switching over to another drawing....starting something new, going back to the first one....switching the drawing i'm working on again." --gloomybear

"....yesterday i was helping my mom cook and absentmindedly cracked an egg into the compost bin." --lyric

"currently on a zoom call with one of my clubs while my crush and i are texting off to the side and I CAN SEE HER SMILE EVERY TIME I SEND HER A MESSAGE <33" --vi

"whee schools over! i'm free! switzerland won against hungary today, 3-1. there was a huge screen set up in piazza manzoni and we got to watch the game." --sempreverde

"my soccer team and i just won our tournament!" --wildsong

"also later today i'm hosting a teen open mic event at my local bookstore! i'm kind of nervous because i have awful stage fright but hopefully it'll be fine. it's always nice to hear creative works read by people who are super passionate about it." --silver crystal

inspirational quotes (amethyst)

"some people look for a beautiful place. others make places beautiful." --hazrat inayat khan

"after love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all." --a.s.w. rosenbach

"the true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life." --william morris

"just to be alive is a grand thing." --agatha christie

important dates (wildwolf)

july 1: international joke day and canada day

july 2: world ufo day

july 3: gloomybear's birthday! 

july 4: independence day

july 7: world chocolate day

july 8: national video game day

july 10: national kitten day

july 12: national pecan pie day 

july 13: national french fry day

july 14: bastille day (france)  

july 16: world snake day

july 17: world emoji day

july 19: national ice cream day 

july 22: national hammock day

july 24: national cousins day

july 27: national creme brulee day

july 28: national parents day 

july 29: national lasagna day

july 31: harry potter's birthday and national avocado day

threads to check (sempreverde)

inkwell: 

the terminal: lord entropy: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/inkwell/node/553341

stronger than the sea: poinsettia:

https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/inkwell/node/574509

puddings place:

poetry contest: booksy owly: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/puddingsplace/node/301121

fantasy written picturings: amethyst: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/puddingsplace/node/575166

down to earth: 

positivity thread: <3: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/downtoearth/node/575303

random thoughts/things: leeli: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/downtoearth/node/394863

jellycat/stuffie thread: celineburningbright: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/downtoearth/node/563074

blab about books:

lesser-known book recommendations: moon wolf: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/blababoutbooks/node/575180

book log 2024: pangolin: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/blababoutbooks/node/562438

chirp at cricket:

last to post: mysterioushood: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/chirpatcricket/node/129117

japanese word game: hawkstar: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/chirpatcricket/node/568020

cbers as colors: sempreverde: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/chirpatcricket/node/575012

this month:

let's make a story! thread: amberfox: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/thismonth/node/574657

admins questions thread: tsuki the skywolf: https://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/thismonth/node/497226

LMWAY asks: what are you most excited for about summer? 

sempreverde says: i'm going to paris! also i don't have to wake up early for school.

thunder says: i'm super excited for my youth group summer events this summer! i'm gonna invite my boyfriend to each of them whenever i hear 'bout when they are :)

moon wolf says: relaxing and reading and having fun

amberfox says: probably just lounging around with no school, and getting to do what i want.

celineburningbright says: free time :)

anastasia (me) says: i'm most excited about going to a rowing camp in vermont this august! my coaches picked three people from our team to go and i got chosen i'm so happy

seadragon says: not having to go to school and not being busy

amethyst says: being able to read and write more :DDD and going to parks, and having warm weather, and basically eVeRyThInG :]

LotM:

sempreverde says: under the ripening plums

thunder says: lookin' at fireworks

moon wolf says: crystal blue ocean shore

amberfox says: setting off fireworks on the night of july 4, trying to have better ones than our neighbors

celineburningbright says: hiding from fireworks? idk. 

anastasia (me) says: sitting on the beach drinking a matcha

amethyst says: amber ocean sunsets

advice column--what do you do when you get bored on a long summer day?

gloomybear says: i usually go to the library if it's open, or talk to my friends while listening to music

sempreverde says: go to the library: it has books and it's cooler inside. go jump in the lake, hide in the shade of a plum tree outside and eat raspberries, if any are ripe, from our bush.

thunder says: i put on my headphones, sit on the swing outside, turn on music, close my eyes and let my fave music take me away to wherever it takes me in my mind

moon wolf says: read :) or if you have no access to a book, write poetry! challenge yourself by making it rhyme or whatever. 

amberfox says: hmm...go straight to the nearest library, or take a nap or a walk. 

celineburningbright says: go on cb; read; write; get started on a new, big, exciting, life-changing project that i'm probably never going to finish but that i'm totally gonna put a lot of time and effort into researching and putting together a very thorough and stuff slideshow for (in most cases, multiple thorough many slided slideshows. ..) 

anastasia (me) says: pack some food and go on a little picnic

seadragon says: read, make things, sit with my cat, listen to music

amethyst says: i listen to music, read/write (naturally), dream, go for a walk, draw something, etc.

that's all guys!! thanks to everyone who contributed! <3333 also, sempreverde, do you live in italy? if so, that's very cool.