Might have to bust out a scrap of paper and take some pics today, lol.

*cough*drawings-count-too*cough* i mean... Sounds like a plan!

heck yeah my scavenging has paid off [cool] thank you for keeping score for me, i didn't realize all the little things in each one would count too!

Yeah! Definitely! It was an easily overlooked rule! I almost missed the gingerbread man sprinkles on the cookies, btw. There's literally only 2. If i hadn't accidentally zoomed in on the cookie bit to the left of your santa cookie, i would have missed it completely!

hahah, yes we were very specific about how many of each sprinkle we used [lol] we might as well have been using tweezers

Not gonna lie, i've literally done that before when decorating cookies.

Is there still time for me to enter this? [eager]

R u b y: yes!!! You have until the end of the event. I will be reviving Silent Harmony to post the results, so as long as it's in before threads are locked, you can submit your entry!

Awesome thanks! :D Oh wow that's a blast from the past xD The first hangout thread I ever posted in :3

yeah, it was my first hangout i made that was successful. I have to credit Yue for some of that success, though. He was always really nice to people. I think after it hit the page limit, i had intended on making a new one, but never got around to it.

Yeah I saw that it was locked. Time for the new haha

Yeah, definitely. I think i also got caught up in trying to be active in the naked nation, which is where i spent like 90% of my time on here, so i just never really got around to reviving SH lol

Naked Nation is my home hangout xD Nisty's one of my best friends~ I think I'm even in the cover art if it's still there xD

Naked nation is the first place i ever felt completely comfortable to just chat in with everyone. Ant and Iku and McNugget were some of my favorite people to talk to there and they all made me feel super welcome, even though I was super cringy back then lol

Omg right? xD I used to wonder why I had no friends and then I found old messages and I was like "Oh, I get it" xD I'm super thankful for those who are still my friend after my teenage years xD That I still want to talk to lol

oh gosh, me too. I went on gaia at some point this year and reread some old messages and old journal entries... Ho- lee- cow was i cringey as a teenager. And i didn't get much better until after i joined menewsha. Like, yeeesh.

It's awful reading those with adult brains xD Like ugh why did you say that you dumb kid xD

yeah, no kidding. I was such a "poor me kid" where i thought the world was out to get me and no one liked me. I can understand why, i was a lot lol But also, the people i talked to were also teenagers and were going through the same thing.

Seriously tho, I was so dramatic lol and I can't believe some of the things I said with zero caution (not like insults or anything just personal stuff about me that I shouldn't have just been telling anyone)

Thank god we're not like that now (I hope [rofl])

Right? I mean, i still over share, but not in a bad way. I'm also more aware of how i present myself online, so i make sure to try to share the good in my life as well so it's not all just negative stuff.

Yes same [heart] I can't shut up xD But it's not depressing awkward stuff anymore (again at least I hope! [rofl] I mean I still talk to my close friends about the stuff that's bothering me but I'm not out here airing my drama to anyone who'll listen. I didn't really have anyone to listen back then so it makes sense but still xD cringe xD

Yeah, i struggle with not blabbing to everyone about all my issues, but it's more of a well this thing happened, rather than an "oh wahh, my life sucks and this is why" kind of thing XD I mean, I think part of that is that in the last 6-7 years i haven't been on forums much and kinda closed myself off to people, so now i am back on forums i'm sorta compensating for the missed time and over sharing lol Although, i must say that being back on forums like here and voltra have helped me with my social anxiety with my hubby's friends on discord. They told me that like a year ago i wouldn't ever really say much and now i have full on conversations with them with or without tyi being around for them, and i don't tend to over share with them either lol

Aww that's great! :3 I'm glad to hear it's helped you~ Congrats on that, being social is hard [hug]

[hug] yeah, it's super difficult, but practicing by talking to people over forums has definitely helped.

GOD MOOD i fucking hate 16 year old me, it's so cringe i have to stop myself whenever i start reading old posts. and like i didn't realize everyone around me was like. a Real Adult so i must have been so annoying [gonk]