Chatterbox: In This Month's Issue

February MCU!

Welcome, welcome, welcome, folks, to the February MCU! I’m your host, celestial_mango, Taylor Swift and Hunger Games aficionado! Today, we have quite the line-up pre- :Oh for the sake of the Born Pink album, quit the weird game show host accent: 

Alright, Cleo. We’ll use a sarcastic, monotonous voice, happy?

:Better:

Anyway, as I was saying, we have a lot to get to today. But first, a moment of silence for Ella Starburst, the amazing creator of MCU, because without her, I would have to choose between doing math homework or practicing the violin to fill up my free time. 

Now, we shall introduce all you lovely people to our co hosts! *screams into the void to tell them to hurry up* ÆEEEEEEEEEE *wheezes* 

Ahh, finally! I hope that demon-summoning scream haunts you for the rest of your life, because I told all of you to change exactly *checks watch* twenty-seven and a half minutes ago. 

So, who wants to go first?

^ ME! ME! WASSUP, I’M JAMISON, HE/HIM! REMEMBER WHEN I SCORED A TOUCHDOWN IN A GAME? ^

: Jamison, that was third-grade recess flag football. We’re not handing out participation trophies today, not like you’d get one. Hey guys, it’s Cleo, she/her, strong believer that k-pop is the best type of music. :

~ Can’t say I agree, Cleo, but I do really like BLACKPINK. I’m Lorelai, fifteen, she/her. ~

< Guys, save it for the playlist section. I’m Kyrie, she/her. And in Jamison’s defense, we are pretty much an all girls group… >

{ No, my pronouns are he/they! It’s just that Jamison is not the easiest person to be with. Oh, and I’m Romy! }

/And I’m Leilana, she/they! /

Now, we shall proceed with important dates, courtesy of pangolin!

And it looks like we have some very special guests! Nix! Fir! ~Mirage :)~ |Arum!| aaaand #Vanadium#

/ Hi guys! / 

Okay, moving on.

Month-Long Observances

Black History Month, National Cancer Prevention Month, February Album Writing Month, National Library Lover’s Month < Nice! >

 Feb 1 ~ National Serpent Day AND Imbolc 

Feb 2 ~ Groundhog Day AND Hedgehog Day what about regular hogs?

Feb 3 ~ American Painters Day

Feb 4 ~ National Homemade Soup Day SOUP

Feb 5 ~ Western Monarch Day

Feb 6 ~ Pay a Compliment Day how much do i owe it?

Feb 7 ~ National Periodic Table Day #this is my day#  nerd  #>:O#

Feb 8 ~ National Kite Flying Day 

Feb 9 ~ National Pizza Day AND Super Bowl Sunday (I love how my birthday is always around the Super Bowl and then everyone forgets)  

Feb 10 ~ National Umbrella Day umbrella ella ella ay ay ay  < Our queen Rihanna! >

Feb 11 ~ National Inventors’ Day #I’m going to invent a way for Nix to stop talking#  D:

Feb 12 ~ National Plum Pudding Day |has anyone actually ever eaten plum pudding?|

Feb 13 ~ National Internet Friends Day ~oh hey this is actually pretty appropriate for the day before the cb reunion!!~

Feb 14 ~ Valentine’s Day AND the Annual CB Reunion HAPPY CB REUNION!! 

Feb 15 ~ World Pangolin Day  

Feb 16 ~ First day of AroAce Visibility Week (through the 22nd) woo!  *waves aroace flag*

Feb 17 ~ National Random Acts of Kindness Day AND National Cabbage Day i’m going to be randomly kind to a cabbage!! (by eating it)  : Yuck, cabbage! :

Feb 18 ~ Pluto Day the dog or the planet or the god?  |yes|

Feb 19 ~ National Chocolate Mint Day #EW just go eat chocolate-flavored toothpaste#  |are you dISRESPECTING MINT??|

Feb 20 ~ National Love Your Pet Day WHERE ARE THE CAPTCHAS I MUST HUG THEM

{ Hear ye, hear ye! }  

Feb 21 ~ Language Day

Feb 22 ~ Be Humble Day AND International Sword Swallowers Day  idk man if you can swallow swords i think you have a right to brag about that

Feb 23 ~ National Banana Bread Day

Feb 24 ~ National Tortilla Chip Day

Feb 25 ~ Quiet Day #all of the aes should mark this day on their calendars. especially Nix >:(#

^ ROASTED ^  < Not necessary. >

Feb 26 ~ Tell A Fairy Tale Day

Feb 27 ~ International Polar Bear Day

Feb 28 ~ Skip the Straw Day ~shouldn’t this be EVERY day?~  / Yeah! /

< Next up is CB and book quotes! >

​​"Oh dear then I think I must be a chicken nugget" - Amethyst ^ YUM! ^

"Also, there's a difference how you use smartphones (not that it makes it much better) and simply being mindful of how you use them, and sparking awareness can help!" - KatanaLuna

"I love it when pet names go together :D / me too, me too. /

"I have Muffin & Cupcake (cats) and Bluey & Bingo (fish)" - Darkvine  

"Does anyone else feel the need to spend over 40$ on a plushie????" - InkTea  ~ Absolutely. Definitely. Obviously. ~

"'It's eighteen and over. I already checked,' Anthony says with a laugh. He leans back and crosses his legs on the table. 'And it's called charm, thank you very much.'" ~Dungeons and Drama, Kristy Boyce

"'You used to be Prince Girolamo disguised as a nobody called Guido. And what are you now? Just a nobody called Guido disguised as Prince Girolamo.'" ~Momo, Michael Ende

"The late-evening light filtered in through two high windows, dust motes swirling like ballerinas, and I suddenly had an overpowering desire to spend my life savings on new books and then fall down on a soft surface somewhere and read the kinds of things my literature teacher was always trying to talk us into." ~Love & Olives, Jenna Evans Welch

"He had quite forgotten about his wings and it was a great surprise to him - the first pleasant surprise he had had for a long time. He rose high into the air and saw innumerable mountain-tops spread out beneath him in the moonlight. He could see the bay like a silver slab and the Dawn Treader lying at anchor and camp fires twinkling in the woods beside the beach. From a great height he launched himself down towards them in a single glide." ~The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis

"The Park seemed to tremble in the fading light as his hooves flashed over the fountain. A streak of colour shone above the spray, a shimmer of velvet and gold. A single moment of moving brightness and after that - nothing. Princes and Unicorn were gone. Only a far faint echo - 'Remember!' - came back to the silent watchers. And the pages of the book on the lawn stirred in the evening breeze." ~Mary Poppins in the Park, P.L. Travers

Thanks, Amethyst, I haven’t read any of these, but they seem great!

Here’s my personal favorite book quotes, both from The Hunger Games: “Our lives aren’t just measured in years. They’re measured in the lives of the people we touch around us.” / Oh, this line is so beautiful, I love it! /

Quote #2: “Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say. 

"It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?" he asks.

"Just avoid mirrors. You'll forget about it," I say.

"Not if I keep looking at you," he says.” 

^ I CALL DOING THE PLAYLIST! ^

Sure, buddy.

- Coffee- beabadoobee

- Devil Town- Cavetown

- End of Beginning- DJO

- Fourth Of July- Sufjan Stevens 

And again, I will add something to this list

- You & Me by JENNIE (I figured, tis the season of love, and what better song than You & Me?)

{ Ok, time for LMWAY and the advice column }

Advice column: February is the middle of winter for those of us in the northern hemisphere, which often means cuddling up inside with a good book and a hot beverage—which is all well and good, but this month, we want to know: what are your favorite ways to exercise and stay active when it’s cold outside? / I dance a lot in winter. /

{ And I do winter track! }

LMWAY: Oh no! The groundhog called in sick, so groundhog day is canceled—what would be the weirdest animal to take its place to determine how much winter we have left? : An Australian box jellyfish would be cool. If it stings Jamison, then winter is over. If it doesn’t, then winter continues. :

< I totally and completely agree. >  

^ WHY ME??? ^

~ By now, you should know why. ~

And by now, we should be getting on to threads to check, from the one, the only, Piano Man!

Positivity Thread- Chirp at Cricket 

Book Quotes- BaB

Say Deep Stuff- DtE  / The person telling the story is always going to be the hero of the story. /    

Half Spun Tales- PP 

Writing Contest- Inkwell  < C’mon, guys, submit! It’s fun! >

And folks, to wrap things up, I just want to say a farewell to all you lovely CBers! My life has been…not so great and this is going to be my last post. I might come back if everything gets better, but I don’t count on that happening. Happy February!

: Just an FYI, I still never got shipped. : 

^ EH, I DON’T THINK ANYBODY WANTS YOU ANYWAY. ^