Hey everyone! It feels kinda surreal to be back. I see some familiar faces which is nice. I was on the CB from… about 2017/18 to 2021, I *think*. I'm honestly not totally sure; I might go check that later and come back with a more accurate timespan. I've decided to pursue clinical psychology as a career, though I imagine that I'll always write and pursue art as a hobby. I've also been listening to a lot of good music lately. Been really into Sparks, Franz Ferdinand, Talking Heads, Diablo Swing Orchestra, and Therion. So a weird mix of things, but I have been getting more into metal music lately. I've also been playing a lot of videogames lately, lol. Working on finishing Faith and Pathologic 2 at the moment. I've also been taking a sociology course that's been really fun so far; so have my psych courses. 

Anyway, it's really great to be here today! I haven't been on the CB in years, so it's nice to see it again. I hope everyone's doing well. I might come back to add more when I have some time. 

It's great to hear from you, Sybill! Welcome back. – Admin

Hey there CB! 

Gosh, its been so long since I came on here… How has everything been going? I wasn't very active anyway, when I stuck around here around… maybe 2019? I forgot. School really weighed me down, and I didn't have time to make a ski lodge, take part in a RP, or anything really. I mostly messed around and stayed to read everyone else's posts. Nowadays I'm juggling classes in school with playing tennis, learning arabic, writing music and finishing chores at home. Its tiring, to say the least.

I did take part in some ski lodges though. In the first weeks I was active, there was a outburst of them. I'm glad to see the same event taking place once more in Pudding's Place, like, there are 6 or 7 of those running now, that's insane.

I hosted some hay fights, I recall that. It did start to die out later though, has there been one lately?

There is a Catch The Cookie in Inkwell however, I'm glad to see that, I made one before. (One of the only threads I made, accompanied by Corrupt a Wish.)

Aaand Last To Post is still up, along with the Poetry thread and Art Posting, along with Ultimate Picturings, that's always nice to see, despite me not being able to draw to save my life.

There are also old faces! Or, famillar faces at least. Silver Crystal, Jaybells, Emekittycon Kitten, Pangolin… I still remember these names. I wonder who might remember me. Maybe Admins? I dunno?

Whatever. Happy valentine's day everyone! I think I'll stick around for a few days before to-do-lists finally catch up with me. Heh.

Thanks for listening to my long rant about unimportant things.

(That wasn't the note I wanted this to end on, but its the best I can manage.) 

Glad you're doing well, Zealatom. – Admin

Hey everyone! I'm Dragonrider (she/her). I was here from 2015-2018ish.

I'm writing this from my college dining hall, which is crazy because I remember posting from my elementary school computer lab! I'm so glad the CB is still going strong and still looks the same as it did when I was here. And I'm glad the Valentine's Day reunion has kept going! (If you can't tell, I'm a very nostalgic person)

I'm a freshman in college now and I really love it here. I found the right school for me and I'm so happy about that. I'm planning to major in Spanish and minor in elementary education so I can be a teacher after I graduate. It's all I've wanted to do since I was little, and it's so exciting that I can actually work towards that goal now!

I kind of want to go looking for some of my old posts, but I don't want to embarrass myself too much…

Welcome back, Dragonrider. – Admin

Hello, lizards! Like Lumi, I'm not sure if I'm a Certified Old CBer(TM) yet, as I've really been ghosting around for the past year or so… But I'll introduce myself just in case.

I'm Azalea, aka Aza (she/her) and I was most active from early 2020 through sometime in 2021? 22? I'm in tenth grade and I go to an arts school where I'm currently in a visual art and comic books class (I'm making my own comic & am 4 pages in!) I still write, mostly poetry, and I absolutely have the CB to thank for inspiring me to put pen to paper. And I finally have friends irl who understand me the way I thought only only people on here could. But still, this little corner of the internet is so important.

Thank you periwinkle for making this thread, and I'm so excited to read everyone else around! 

hi hi hi!! i'm bakerloo! you might also know me as ronan. that was the name i went by on kyngdom. i've been in and out of these forums since early 2017! it's absolutely wild to be back for the reunion… i think this is actually my first one of these. weird.

to anybody here who was a part of kyngdom back in the day — thank you. i literally think about that universe every day. i don't believe i would be half the writer i am today without each and every one of you guys <3

to those from the realm of big boss: hay

to the admins (and cricket himself!) HAPPY FIFTIETH TO THE MAG! this is an amazing achievement. literally so proud of you guys. here's to fifty more years of stories. pretend i'm making a toast.

to everybody that was in "secret of ellingham manor" — you deserved better honestly. i'll probably finish it one day. when i'm quite old and grey. barnaby lives in my head rent free.

to the chatterboxers who joined after i left: howdy!!!! it's nice to meet you!!!! do y'all still play catch the cookie? 

to nobody in particular: i'm so glad this site is the same as it was in 2007/2008. as someone who grew up with the internet then it is very comforting to see a site that advertises an rss feed! indigo mentioned that this site has a very specific culture. i think that's specifically because the site is from a kinda bygone era where these very small and insulated web communities would form on sites not too different from this one. tldr; i love the chatterbox. there's nothing else like it on the web today.

to everyone reading this: you're a part of the chatterbox. that's an amazing thing. give yourself a pat on the back.

ciao for now,

bakerloo

Great to hear from you, bakerloo. Thank you for the congrats! We are celebrating all year long. – Admin

Hello Everybuggy! This is Cynthia Maple! I stopped coming on year I think a little over a year ago! Updates…let's see here, I have turned 14 and I am more involved with my passions for acting and writing! 

Read you around! 

I'm Suki. I use she/her pronouns. i only just joined the CB in early january this year, but I've been pretty active so far. My favorite part of the CB is down to earth right now because of the zoodles. I love the last to post thread. i like reading and drawing, and I am in fifth grade.

Hi everyone! I'm Luna, though some people might know me as Soren. I was active about 2018-2021. I use they/he pronouns now and I'm 15.

I always love the reunion and seeing old friends and mentors! The CB is such an oddly specific place for people to meet and talk, and it makes for some wild stories and great friends. I was always a fan of the poetry threads, hay wars (my team was… the something witches??), and ski lodges. I managed to write and finish 5 in my time here! (Magicae Palace and The Ski Lodge Story were the most popular- they were a duology that talked a lot about the mystery and the power of storytelling.) I still love writing mysteries to this day because of them. 

I'm really busy nowadays- I'm a sophomore in high school involved in just about everything. Right now it's musical season- I'm ensemble in Willy Wonka and that keeps me busy just about every day. I'm also in scouts, book club, service club, and scholastic bowl; we're practicing songs from Aladdin in choir and I'm getting ready for solo and ensemble in band. Tomorrow is acedemic challenge regionals and I'm the only underclassman who made the team, which is wild to me. (Acedemic challenge is where you take tests competitively- usually it's only seniors and juniors who make the varsity team.) 

It's weird that I hardly know the CBers that are here now! I definitely remember some names, though, and it's good to see you all again. I'm grateful for the CB and everything it's helped me with- my writing, my confidence, my identity. I'm glad to be back for a little 🙂

Welcome back, Luna-Starr. – Admin

Hi!

It's me, Kitten, the one who looked up all the old reunion threads last year. It was such a surprise to open this thread and see my name there <3

I remember the first reunion in 2019, and it's so weird to think that it's been four years since then?!

A little bit about me- as I just said, I'm Kitten. I use she/they pronouns. I was active on the CB from 2017 to around 2021. Some of my favorite things about the CB are the odd traditions that are somehow still going, like ski lodges, the poetry thread, and catch the cookie. This was the site that first encouraged me to write and gave me a place to share my writing, as well as the first time I was ever on an internet forum, so it holds a very special place in my heart. Like Indy and Bakerloo said, going to this site again was such a nostalgia burst- it's so fun to see that it still looks exactly the same, still has that weird glitch where the first comment on a page sends it to the very back, etc. It feels almost like a time capsule.

I'm currently in high school. I'm taking some very fun classes this year, and I'm realizing just how much of a history nerd I am. Some of my current interests and hobbies include: robotics, the school newspaper, editing videos, collecting earrings, jigsaw puzzles, researching random fun bits of history, Matilda, Graceling, Shadow and Bone, Heartstopper, Critical Role, and loads more. I haven't been writing as much lately as I used to, but I have still been doing NaNo every year, which I absolutely credit to the CB.

What's up with y'all? Any new pieces of media you're obsessed with?

Hey, y'all! I'm Emekittycon Kitten, I use she/her pronouns, I LOVE Minecraft, and I've been on the CB since January of 2023 (Aw, man, I missed my CBversary), and I've recently been postin' on my computer days, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.