Thursday, May 17, 2018

To q1zx

Hey everyone.
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I was messing around online the other day and saw some email notifications for this blog. I know it's been "dead" for a pretty long time now, so I guess they sorta stood out to me.

q, the post you wrote is the reason I kept you as an author here.
I thought maybe you'd come back one day and be able to look back on all this.

This blog had been a huge part of my life since early 2014. You're one of the few people that was here from the start. I've quit over time as well and I no longer have a YouTube channel. It blows my mind that something that was so important to me could become abandoned so quickly, but it did.
I was considering deleting this blog, too, but I kept it in hopes that someone would find it and take a look at all the memories we've had these past 4 years.

I think as you read through my older posts you can see how I'm gradually becoming more inactive and more drawn to real-life events. It's bittersweet but happens to all of us over time.
I have an insane amount of things going on in my life right now and I just can't see myself posting on a regular basis again.

Thank you so much. Knowing that this blog was a big part of someone else's childhood means everything to me. I'm so glad I got to share that with you and the other authors here :)

Until next time xx

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Hello Again

Why the heck do I still have permission to post?
This is the story about me, q1zx. If you remember me that's really cool. I'm not about to go and find dates, but all of this happened around four-five years ago. A LONG time ago.

It all started on another blog, the Animal Jam Sky Blog, one of the biggest blogs in AJ history, and they had a "More Blogs" tab, in which I found this blog.



2Fangwolf had sort of started out, and I remember they were posting stories, AJ information, and the blog was really new, but had content and she was doing well on her own.



And I remember REALLY wanting to join.



I don't want to go into specifics too much, it was so long ago I might make something up, but I asked 2Fangwolf to join, I know that. And they said to wait... Just to see what happens... I think...?



Not sure. EVENTUALLY, I got into this blog, and I was an author for the Animal Jam Sunshine Blog. I was really excited, and totally unprepared to do this. Not saying my age, but I was young... I was innocent... I was dumb... But I loved to write.



First week, as opposed to starting strong for a week, and then quitting like most YouTubers do, I went strong. And it changed my LIFE. Here's what I would do:



I would wake up around 5:20, sometimes 5:00 if I was frisky that morning, and I would get to blogging. I would go to 6:30, maybe earlier or later, posting. I remember one person saying that it was amazing, we would post before the Animal Jam Spirit Blog, an amazing blog that's now relocated, but we would post before mostly any blog.



I was limited in the fact that I was nonmember though, I got my first membership a year later, way after I stopped posting... I couldn't post each color variant, back then nonmembers were confined to the default color. I couldn't show off a lot of new things, new animals...






Scooter Sunny Rabbit, that was back when your username did not show up on the bar, and that blue bunny with the moon hat was me... Speaking of which...



When I joined the blog, 2Fangwolf gave me a gift, a Moon Hat. I got offered for it, I thought it was really rare, but in reality, it came out in the Summer Carnival that summer and it was back. I still kept it though because I loved it.



And then... One day I traded it.



Just kidding. I still have it, and it has a rare mark now! I will never trade this item, I love it... I get his with nostalgia. But basically, by the look of my outfit in that post, you can see I'm wasn't the rarest. (I still am poor lol)



But read that post. You can see the randomness of my posts. I would also write and orientate everything to the middle, as opposed to the left. Those were good times. I'm not sure how popular the blog was after I left, and I truly left without warning, and I'm sorry... I remember there was a header, AJ Sunshine Blog, and it had two names, 2Fangwolf, and q1zx. Those were the good times for me. And regardless on what happened after, we did have prosperity during that time. We had daily commenters. And while it was mostly 2Fangwolf, I was doing a lot, posting earlier in the morning than anyone...


My posts were usually random, you can try and find some old ones, and they usually compiled of many, many photos, brief sentences, lots of XD and :D and emoticons, and was usually formatted weirdly. And that's because I was doing something very silly.



Everytime I wanted to take a picture of something, I would do command, shift, three, and screenshot. And then I'd go online an hour later, load all of my photos (sometimes I would have dozens of photos), manually crop them, and then load them onto the blog, organize them, and then put captions. The posts were usually out of order, and merely just photo, caption, photo caption...



But I would have content, I would never just post the new item. I would put in whatever I saw was interesting, so sometimes I would have posts about, like, can you break the bridge in coral canyons, or it would just be like, how's your day? Lol.



It was great. I did it for at least six months. Almost every day. 2Fangwolf made me a signature too, which is shown below. I usually put -q1zx :), but then I started putting this. Took me a while to find. But I always put Jam On, I think.



I also had another blog with this one, Evan the Snow Leopard. The Animal Jam Sky Blog had a plushie comic and I just wanted my own. It's extremely cringey, but feel free to look around a bit.
Only six issues, I got lazy, lol.

Now why did I quit? I quit without warning, I just stopped posting. Real life took over, which isn't an excuse, but it's my reason. Am I coming back? It would be fun to, probably not, but I might post a bit while I'm at it. I was shocked to see that I could still post. Some of my olds posts... What would happen is I would include every screenshot I took, so I'd take screenshots of something, forget why I did it, and make something up.


Woah, look, it's a queen! Like the band!
But hey, I'm still friends with 2Fangwolf. WAIT, it's supposed to be a lowercase F? Whatevs.


I honestly miss posting. It was so cool to show off my blog, even though I never had any friends who played Animal Jam, it was really hard to keep playing Animal Jam because no one else in real life did, and it made me introverted... It still does, I shouldn't have friends online, they should be in real life, but I do miss it. I used to get up SO early... How did I do it...?

2fangwolf, you are amazing, I look at this blog and it's incredible. Thank you for not kicking me. I might make an email to contact people.

Lastly, I was on Animal Jam today, and the only reason I'm writing this is violet86271. They've been on Animal Jam all this time, and they reminded me what I missed, and they're the reason for this post.


They also have a blog at https://animaljamlegendarypalooza.blogspot.com, sorry to 2fangwolf for promoting other blogs, but this is a blogger who's been posting for FOUR YEARS.

Just noticed that Evan the Snow Leopard is still linked on the left side. Thanks for everything, 2fangwolf. This blog was a part of my childhood, and while I'm not necessarily a mature intellect yet, it's a happy memory. I might come back... If I do, I'll probably make a new account, and email, but I might start something... Not sure.

Hey, thanks for reading. I know you're not supposed to say that, but I am. Thank you.
This is q1zx signing out. Jam on!


P. S. I might post more... I do have some Animal Jam stories still in my head to share before they fade away... Should probably make my own blog, but I love this blog... Wow...

P. P. S. Whether you remember me, or weren't on this blog four years ago... Feel free to comment. I'd love to meet you.

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Halloween '17

Happy Halloween Sunbeams!! 🎃
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It's been so long since I've posted, sorry!! I thought I at LEAST had to stop by and wish you all a happy Halloween, though, so here I am!
Can you believe this blog has been around for so long that we've had Halloween posts every year since 2014? That's 3 years of posts..!

How did you guys celebrate today? If you don't celebrate Halloween, what's something you're looking forward to celebrating?

Talk to you all soon xx.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Rough Times

Hey Sunbeams!
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I know I apologize all the time and I know you must be tired of hearing it. I'm moving and it's been really hard for me. I'm a very nostalgic person so the idea of leaving this place full of so many memories behind just doesn't settle well for me. I usually write posts here to give you advice, but I was thinking that maybe this time you could give me some advice?

Have any of you ever moved away from your friends? What did you do to help get through it?

If you could help me out at all I would appreciate it so so much. You guys have been with me through it all and I'm forever grateful for that.

With love, Fang 💓

Saturday, September 2, 2017

150,000 Views

Hey Sunbeams! ☀
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I'm here to make a special announcement which you've probably already guessed by the title of this post. That's right; the AJSB has reached 150k views!

I obviously couldn't have done this without you guys. I'm thinking of maybe hosting a contest in celebration of this milestone since I missed 100k views. Would you be interested in this?

Thank you so much for all of your support throughout the years and for sticking around when I've been on hiatus. It really means a lot.


I also am aware I need to update the story I've been writing (A.S.I.T.T). It has been so long since I've done this and I'm very sorry, I feel terrible.

Talk to you soon, guys!
-Fang

Song of the Day: Vowels - Hunny
Movie of the Day: License to Drive (1988)

Friday, September 1, 2017

Back and [Almost] Better Than Ever!

Hello hello!
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Oh my gosh, I've missed this place so so much!! What would you guys like to see here on the blog? I've sorted out some personal things in real life and I think I'll be able to start posting somewhat regularly again. <3

Monday, July 3, 2017

Why the 1000 Pet Inventory is Kinda Dumb


Hey, Jams!
Welcome back to a post on the AJSB!

Today, I'm going to talk about the recent space upgrade in AJ, the 1000 pets for all.
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It's unnecessary.
There are 70 pets in Animal Jam. Realistically, you'd have two or three of each species, so that would equal about 150 pets in your inventory. That means you have about 850 extra spaces.

It mocks non-members.
Non-members only are able to own a fraction of the 70 pets. They can only have 8 of those 70 pets. Let's say they buy ten to twelve of each pet, so that would equal about 100 pets. They have 900 extra slots, and those extra spaces would only contain the same eight pets, whereas the members can have 70 different pets. 

It could potentially make the game laggy.
According to the AJ Stats website, there are 139 MILLION PLAYERS playing Animal Jam. Now, imagine every single account with 1000 pets. Let's calculate that, shall we?
Now, I bet we can all agree that this will make the game laggy.

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That about wraps up this post Jams!
Let me know if you guys like these types of posts, as I will do more!
COMMENT CALL: What do you think about the 1000 pet inventory??

(p.s: The Jamaa Herald is back up! It is opening with a new contest! Click the link below to view the blog! Thank you guys in advance! <3

Friday, June 30, 2017

Updates

Hey guys! 

My last post (whether you saw it yet or not) was kinda depressing, and after thinking about it, this community is too amazing to leave.

I changed my name to The Artistic Weeabo and I'm not sure if I like it, but just keep in mind its me. 

So I have swim practice in the wee hours of the morning and occasional marching band practice, so that leaves me with a lot of spare time to create blog posts!

That about wraps up the post guys! Happy Friday!

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Trying to Art

Hello friends!
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I've been doing a lot more digital art lately and I'm starting to feel pretty good about it. I admittedly haven't been practicing as much as I'd hoped to but I am starting to feel more comfy with using the drawing tablet. I'm by no means any good at drawing but I just need some practice!

Here's something I've drawn:


It's based off of a YouTube tutorial so the idea is totally not mine!! I sadly can't find the video anymore to link to it but if you do find the video please let me know so I can give credit to the artist.

Anyway yeah, that was just a bit of an update since I haven't posted in ages. I feels really good to be writing a post again.

Friday, May 19, 2017

Why haven't I been posting.


Hey, Jammers!
It has been nearly TWO MONTHS. I MISSED YOU GUYS!!! 😢



Truth is, I didn't know I'd be gone. If I did, then I'd tell you guys. But what I did was just... I don't know, rude?

I joined my schools swim team this year. Which is partially why I was gone. The second part was I tried out for MS varsity (my school's varsity swim team) and I MADE IT!! 

Practice kept me held up for not one, but two hours. I ended up not going home until 5:30, and plus, I had a ton of homework. That left about zero time for blogging.

Fortunately, for YOU guys, swim team is ending soon, so expect me back soon.

(ps, what new things have been added to Jamaa? I feel like I missed soo much!)


Monday, May 8, 2017

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apparently those last posts were posted out of order, haha, but the surprise was the new blog!! i hope you all will enjoy it. :-)

Sunday, May 7, 2017

An Apology + What's Happening on the AJSB

Hey friends!! Long time no see, am I right?
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Right off the bat I'd like to thank you all for sticking around throughout this long period of inactivity. I haven't forgotten about any of you guys or the blog. It's a busy time in my life right now and writing posts for an Animal Jam blog just isn't that high on my priorities at the moment. That doesn't mean that the AJSB isn't important to me, it just means I've got to finish other things up before I can continue posting regularly.

I'm so so sooo sorry about this. I hope you're all planning on sticking around. The future of this blog will be great.

There were many things I said I would do, but I wasn't able to fulfill my promises with most of them. I acknowledge this and I'm extremely sorry.

The current contest is going to be cancelled until further notice.

The "surprise" I mentioned earlier this year will be released TOMORROW. I am done putting this off.

"100 Little Things" is going great! Please add more comments if you have any positive thoughts pop in your head.

A.S.I.T.T will be updated later on. I'm sorry for the delay.

Hope this helps to clear things up a bit. I love you all and it feels so great to be writing again.

We Are Jamaa: The Beginning of the World's Largest Animal Jam Community

Hello Jammers!
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Welcome to my blog. If you're new here, this is a great time to be joining us! If you're not new here, welcome back; it's time for that surprise I've been talking about (for ages) to be revealed!

We Are Jamaa is a brand new Animal Jam blog that I have created, and every single Jammer has the opportunity to write for it!

Most Jammers find themselves starting a new blog and being instantly disappointed when nobody reads it. It takes time, but your blog will be noticed!

Think of this blog as a way for beginning writers (or experienced ones) to start fresh. The blog will look great once there are more posts and I hope to turn this into the Animal Jam blog with the most authors ever!

Write any posts you'd like (so long as they're appropriate) and share them with others! Give writing tips, display your art, have discussions in the comments, etc.

It's going to be lots of fun!! If you want to become an author for the blog please let me know either here or on wearejamaa.blogspot.com .

The site is still under construction so it isn't quite looking its best yet. Please keep that in mind before criticizing the layout.

Ciao for now~

Monday, March 27, 2017

My INSANE Dreams Are HAUNTING Me?

Good morning/afternoon/evening Sunbeams, and welcome to a brand new post on the AJSB!
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Today's post is a bit of a story that I've wanted to share for quite a while. Just in case the title didn't give it away yet, it has to do with my dreams and how they've been affecting me in real life!

This is basically just the result of too much Taco Bell and very little sleep.

Well, let's begin, shall we?

Monday, March 13, 2017

Creative Commercial Contest

Hey guys!
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I am so so sorry for the lack of posts lately. These past few months have been very busy for me, and I just haven't had a chance to really sit down and write anything!

I think a contest is long overdue. They're so fun to host and it's been a while since we've had one. Sooo, since things are settling down a bit for me irl, why not host one right now?


I N F O

I thought it would be really fun to have everyone make their own Animal Jam commercial!
You'll need to create a short video (no specific time limit or anything) advertising something or somewhere in Jamaa!

R U L E S

Create a short video using an editing program (anything you want) that "advertises" a place or item found in Animal Jam.
The place/object can be a real one (such as Jam Mart Furniture) or something you've made up!
Having some sort of background music will increase your chance of winning.

H O W  T O  S U B M I T

Email your finished product to me at
2fangwolf@gmail.com
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upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo and comment a link to it.

D U E

All videos must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM on
Tuesday, May 16th 2017

I'm giving you guys an extra long time to produce your most creative work. 😋
That way you'll have plenty of time to try out any ideas you may have.

One winner will be selected to have their video played at my "Animal Jam Film Festival", something I will reveal more about later on.

Best of luck to those who enter!

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Throwback Thursday | WisteriaMoon

Hello Jammers!

I decided to go back in time to a video posted by WisteriaMoon, which is her most watched video, and it is a very heartwarming story. ENOUGH of me babbling, enjoy the film! 📽📽


That's about all I have to share! Jam On!

* Speaking of TBT, look at this very old siggy! It was the siggy on one of my first posts here *

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

New Spring Loading Screen

So this is the new loading screen! What do you guys think?


COMMENT CALL: 
What's your favorite thing about spring?

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Exciting News!


Hey Jammers!


Nothing is currently going on in the wondrous world of Jamaa, so I felt I'd share something with you guys!


As most of you know, I am a HEAVY band nerd. (Clarinets for life!) 

But yesterday I competed at Festival. Festival is where if you're in band, it is a place where you play and be rated. The only thing that we've been doing all year in band is preparing for this. Its a huge deal and basically is your main focus point. 

This year I was placed in Advanced Middle School band, so we went as the highest class.

AND WE GOT THE HIGHEST RATING OF THE NIGHT.



It was around 10:30 when were huddled in the rating room and the results came in, we all cheered and we did literally this to our section leaders:

Hehe. 

But thats all to share! I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend!

Saturday, February 18, 2017

A Bit About Cooky // I'm back!

Hey Jammers!
Cookycupcake back at it again with a new post!

Im so sorry for leaving you guys but I had so much going on in my life, I couldn't post. But now, I'm done with french lessons (for now at least). 

Il fait bon de poster de nouveau!
French translation: it feels good to post again!

I thought I'd kick off my return with a post, all about me, Cooky!

Real Name: Ava
Horoscope: Cancer 🦀
Favorite Pastime: MEMES (im a meme queen 🐸👑)

Favorite Person: Brendon Urie or Josh Dun  (I swear Brendon has the most beautiful voice ever)
Favorite Place: The garden where I take my dog for walks. Its incredibly beautiful.
Favorite Thing:  My doggo.

Favorite Store: Hot Topic. I LOAF HOT TOPIC (and WisteriaMoon too 🍞)
Favorite YouTuber: Julian2 🍃🍃


So.. that's about all I have to share! I will have a Q&A in the comments below, so be sure to ask those burning questions 🔥🔥






Monday, February 13, 2017

What Have I Been Up To?

Hey guys, long time no see (er- post)! 👀
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Lately I've been pretty inactive as you can probably tell by my lack of posts. I hopefully will be adding another chapter of A.S.I.T.T soon and I will definitely try to post more often!

I'm currently planning a trip to Disneyland with my best friend. We leave this month.

Aside from that, I've been working on finishing up drivers ed so I can get my learners permit next week! Stay off the roads.. 🚗.

I've got loads of school to finish, and my best friend's sister is visiting us from Canada next month so we're going to be showing her around California. My cousin from Texas will also be staying with us during that time so we're probably all going to be driving around places together.

Camp is coming up and we're dealing with the payments for that, too.
I may be visiting my aunt's home in Hawaii soon but the dates for when I'll be gone are still uncertain.

A few things are happening here and there in between, but for the most part that's what's been going on in my life. I'm so sorry for not blogging lately and I hope to be back on my feet soon!

Thanks for sticking around.💗