From CCG: 4/25/09 (5:54 PM)

4/25/09 (5:54 PM):

I fail so hard.

Anyway, hello. I'm sorry guys, yeah, I was in Hawaii up until the 19th AND I had testing just this past week. I'm also writing a story based on a roleplay, but a few days ago, we decided that if we kept going with this one book, it'd be well over, like, 50 chapters. So we started another book. Meaning that I had to re-outline everything, which took up most of my time. Plus, we have a science project due on Monday and our history class just started our ten-page thesis papers. So I'm a bit stressed out.

But not enough to come update.

First of all, everything I saw on the Clan Members page has been updated. If you find a mistake, don't hesitate to ask me.

Secondly, SUNRISE IS OUT!!! I've read it, it's epic, etc. The thing is, I can't have people spoiling it for others. So, if you go here, this is the spoiler section. Discuss Sunrise there and only there. If I see anyone discussing what happens in the book anywhere other than said section, I will go so far as to give you a strike. Why? Because some people hate getting the surprise ruined for them. I will post a message when the spoiler rule has been lifted.

Third, please click these. They come from a place called Dragon Cave (DragCave for short). They're little dragon sprites that need clicks to survive. So please click them, get your own, etc.

Last and probably most importantly, I have made my verdict on the Tribe:

"In the above entitled actions we find the defendant... guilty."

AKA the Tribe is no more.

"WHY?!?!" Two main reasons: A) There are only four people in the tribe; only two of them roleplay, and B) Most of it is a place for spammers. And I'm getting tired of clearing chatboxes.

If anyone is vehemently against this, I may reconsider. But you'd need a pretty trying argument. Redfern, who plays Endless, and I have already discussed this at length and we seem to think that it's the best thing to do. Those in the Tribe can make new characters or relocate their characters to a clan/rogue/loner.

Peace, love, and Santi,
~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 4/10/09 (9:41 PM)

4/10/09 (9:41 PM):

I gotta go fast, I can't get on tomorrow before we have to leave.

I WILL BE IN HAWAII FOR THE NEXT WEEK until the 19th. However, I may just be able to get on a little. Don't expect much AT ALL (my grandmother has terrible virus protection).

I AM LEAVING THE SITE IN THE HANDS OF GOLDFEATHER AND THE MODS. They will keep me posted.

This is all I can say right now. Have fun, guys!

Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 4/7/09 (6:36 PM)

4/7/09 (6:36 PM):

Ugh, I'm spazzing out, Believers Never Die are, like, an hour away RIGHT NOW... and I can't go. Pete, I demand a video.

ANYWAY, just a few things... Raven, could you repost your profile for me? I lost it...

The books list has been updated, as well as some other information, as always, credit to Bookie of Warriors Wish.

I will make a 6,000 and one year banner as soon as Photoshop starts cooperating!

RiverClan is now closed for joining, WindClan needs cats!

Thanks for putting up with all this, guys. Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 4/7/09 (4:11 PM)

4/7/09 (4:11 PM):

I have some explaining to do. If you were here for site news, Warriors updates, or my epic fangirly flailings of "pretty boys in pretty constellations," this is not the post for you. If you wanted to hear a confession, it's here.

I'm going to start with a story. Just a story about this site.

When I set this up last year, I had one goal in mind: to make this the place that everyone could visit, no signing up, nothing. But a few months in, I was in way too deep. This site was literally my lifeline, my escape from the outside. And I like that. Up until now.

Now I can see what a bitch I was -- the bitch I am, the self-controlling, caught up, pompous prat that I am. And I am going to try and heal what I've screwed up.

Savannah Emerson: We met under the worst circumstances possible: I the noob, you the person with intents I was too blind to see. You meant no harm. I wanted to end it. And I went about it the wrong way. I went about everything the wrong way. Now that you're back, I can see what I did. And I'm sorry.

We'll never be the best of friends. But I'd like not to be enemies. If I could take back everything that happened back in July, I know for a fact that I would do it. Don't take this the wrong way, but I want to forget that we ever met, that anything ever happened. Either way, I'm not going to burden you. I'm not going to force you to change your opinion about me. But I am genuinely sorry. You can accept it or not.

Roseear: You can hate me. I can accept that. If I were you, I'd hate me, too. We were friends, I know. But you have your loyalties to your cousin. And I admire that. The harm that has come to you and your cousin over these last few months is inexcusable on my part. For everything that happened, this is not your fight. I take the burden off your back as my fault. You can hate me, whatever. All I want you to know is that I'm sorry, I overreacted to everything.

We may never be friends again. And I won't push it on you. But I want to clear the air between us and say that I'm sorry. And you may never forgive me. But it'll put me at ease to know that I tried, and maybe you listened.

Goldfeather: Do you know how much I admire you? Admire you for doing exactly what you believe is right? Do you know how much that means to me, that you try very hard to do this?

Thank you. That is all I can say.

Sunstar: This is a personal apology that I'm going to put here. I'm sorry for being such a jerk to you. I'm sorry you had to withstand all that. I still carry the little guilt seed of the fact that maybe, if I hadn't acted that way, you wouldn't have been... like this. Violent. Angry. And only 10. There are really times that I want to strangle you, but I may say that we are the same blood indeed. I love you to death, little bro.

For others that I may have hurt, I am sorry. I am sorry for letting spammers come and flood us to death. Heck, I'm sorry for ever dragging you into this. But it needed to be done.

I will kill this to the core. The problem that started it all are the people who may or may not have antagonized Savannah Emerson and her site. On a usual day, I would have defied, said I didn't have control over anyone, anything. But today is not a day for my excuses. I will ask you now to help me, help everyone and stop going there. It may just be the last push to get us back into safer waters.

At the beginning of this rant, I mentioned my depression issues. Today was no different. For a while there, I felt like dying. But the metaphorical gun is out my hands now. Today I'm standing for it. I know not everyone has to like me. And right now, what you think of me doesn't affect who I am anymore.

So, I've made my point. For everyone that I've hurt, I'm so sorry. This is my fault, and I will carry it singularly. It's your turn to accept your end of the bargain.

Mutually, humbly, and sincerely yours,

Dawn

"I know the world's a broken bone. But melt your headaches, call it home."

From CCG: 3/21/09 (1:30 PM):

3/21/09 (1:30 PM):

Oh, there's a new poll up. Please vote.

xD

Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 3/21/09 (12:55 PM)

3/21/09 (12:55 PM):

A month?

Dammit, I'm failing.

I'm sorry I haven't been on, but I've been agonizing over schoolwork for a while now (stupid Science). But I'm back. Thanks to the people who have been keeping things running smoothly.

So, weeks of not updating is causing me pain... trying to find every person that joined in the last month is very tiring. But please welcome Mousepaw and Leafkit of WindClan, Ringtail and Echokit of RiverClan, and Leaping Frog In Pond (Leap) and Bluebird Over Waterfall (Bluebird) of the Tribe.

If I missed you, this time I want you to pester me. Just stop when I ask, 'kay?

I cleared the necessary chatboxes, so thank you to those who reported them to me. Keep it up!

Also, we have an issue of utmost importance: Should we or should we not get rid of the Tribe? For one, nobody ever roleplays. And secondly, it can't contribute to the plot. It's miles and miles away from the lake cats, so they can't ever take part in the plot.

So, I've brought it down to this. Tribe cats, you have exactly one month from today to be more active. If I don't see a definite increase in activity, I am closing the Tribe and scattering your characters.

For this time, I don't want anyone else joining the Tribe; it will spare all of us clogged computers and hours of work on my part.

If anyone has an objection, I'd love to hear it. But for now, peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 2/29/09 (6:22 PM)

2/29/09 (6:22 PM):

Hai thar. Please welcome Silversky of ShadowClan and Moonlight of RiverClan! And thanks to Polarstar for being very on top of things. Also, thanks to Cherryleaf and Milkpaw of WindClan for being active(-ish). <3's to Mirukugoben for being awesome, to Ambertail and Dawnstream for following the grammar rules, and CB for being luff. Endless (lol, get it? Haha...) thanks to Redfern and Shadowflight for being active (although Redfern is gone on Lent).

I felt the need to do that.

Anyway, on a more serious topic: chatbox clearing. I have seen many people posting: "I am clearing this chatbox because of bad words," etc., etc., so on, and so forth. And it's really, really, really hella annoying. Please, please, please DON'T DO IT. It's a major hassle for me to clean that up and it's considered spam, which is a strikable offense. I have had to clear multiple chatboxes because of attempts to clear chatboxes. The only person who can seriously and truly clear a chatbox is me. In the future, notify me on the homepage, etc. and direct me to the box that needs clearing, or tell a mod, who will in turn tell me. Don't try and clear it up yourself, it only makes it harder for me and everyone else.

That's it! Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: ONE YEAR!

2/21/09 (8:20 PM):

THIS SITE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR ONE YEAR!

Oh, yes it has! This site opened on 2/21/08! And so, I would like to give my thanks and sum up one year of Chat Cats Gathering:

Total people joined: 186 (not including kits born in the story)*

Of these, 35 are ThunderClan, 32 are RiverClan, 31 are WindClan, 38 are ShadowClan, 21 are rogues, 15 are loners, 13 are Tribe cats, and one is a kittypet.

Total current people: 94 (including kits born in the story)*

Of these, 18 are ThunderClan, 18 are RiverClan, 20 are WindClan, 13 are ShadowClan, 14 are rogues, 2 are loners, and 9 are Tribe cats.

Total guestbook signatures: 170

Total profile comments: 106

Total friends: 13

Number of hits: 5464

Longest joined members: Raptorclaw, Rosethorn, and Leafdapple

* Approximately.

You know, it was really fun going through all the comments. It was like, "Ah, the good old WindClan activity. Look, a Tribe cat!" And hell, was I a little, self-obsessed n00blet back then. I think I should apologize about that.

I have to thank my friends Riverstar, Sunstar, Sorrelstream, Shadowclaw, Graytail, and Leaf. Thanks for being very supportive and helping out a whole freaking ton.

Next to the mods: Riverstar, Sunstar, Brightshadow, and Polarstar for helping me and being awesome.

Also, to my family for letting me spend way too much time on the computer.

Last, but most definitely not least, to all of the Chat Cats for being on here and being great support for me. You guys rock my world.

So, I would have something from Photoshop for you, but I haven't had any tim, as I got back this afternoon. One tomorrow, maybe?

Again, I love you all, and you are just... too awesome for words. Congratulations to us!

Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 2/20/09 (10:04 PM)

2/20/09 (10:04 PM):

Very important news for you guys: We have a new mod! She goes by Polarstar (Aurora) and roleplays Blackpaw, Bluepaw, Whitestrike, and Tigerstar. Her modship was earned after purging the Tribe (just thought I'd let you guys know what happened). We are very welcome to have her on board with us!

I'm going to start using my blog as archives for these updates, starting from the furthest update to the bottom (starting 10/18/08), so you can check them if needed. Sorry about the f-list spam for my followers, but it needed to be done. >.>

I updated the Clan Members page as best as I could. So I'm getting ready for tomorrow! Don't know what's tomorrow? Check the dates. Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

((Yup, sorry about the f-list spam. Sorry, sorry, sorry.))

From CCG: 2/16/09 (10:00 PM)

2/16/09 (10:00 PM):

I HAVE DELETED THE FOLLOWING CATS: Moonshadow of ThunderClan; Moonstream, Morningfire, Dawnwish, and Emberfoot of RiverClan; Laurelpelt and Woodstream of WindClan; Starwish, Lionpaw, and Shadowedmist of ShadowClan; and Flower, a loner.

All the deleted cats may try again. High positions are being filled ASAP.

Sorry to be short, but my mom's getting pissed. Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 2/16/09 (8:45 PM)

2/16/09 (8:45 PM):

Hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day, I had a party, so I didn't post... but there, I said it. Happy late V-Day!

So, we have a lot of people to officially welcome, starting with Sun Ray In The Morning (Ray) of the Tribe and Jawpelt of ShadowClan. Amberspirit, Bluefur, and Leap are still pending on some changes.

New order of business: Goldpaw of RiverClan has been promoted to medicine cat as Goldfeather, and Leafdapple of RiverClan has been in turn demoted. I'm sorry, Leafdapple, but I think you'll understand.

Anyway... expect pretty frequent updates from me this week (I hope). Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 2/8/09 (9:03 PM)

2/8/09 (9:03 PM):

Please welcome Ambertail of RiverClan, a friend of mine from Charlie Bone Forum.

That's it! Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 2/8/09 (6:38 PM)

2/8/09 (6:38 PM):

Ugh, I'm really sorry, guys, a combo of Freewebs and finals kept me from updating...

Hey, at least I've been around.

So, please welcome Snowmint of ShadowClan and Goldenflame of RiverClan. Whitestrike has also put some characters up for adoption, that'll be up soon, hopefully.

Nothing much else to report... so StarClan be with you! Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 1/16/09 (5:37 PM)

1/16/09 (5:37 PM):

Guh. I still can't get over the fixed!counter!!!!! *smiles*

Well, congratulations to Bluekit and Blackkit of ThunderClan, who are now Bluepaw and Blackpaw! No one has joined this week, so keep spreading the world. I have seen a couple people advertising, so thank you.

Won't be on much this week, midterms are next week o.e so I have to study. But thank you for staying active! A Cat Sweep may take place in February.

Until next time, peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

1/11/09 (1:29 PM)

1/11/09 (1:29 PM):

I have one thing and one thing only to say:

THE COUNTER HAS BEEN FIXED!! Thanks to Redpaw for telling me what to do (make a new counter)! It now displays the proper amount of hits on this front page!

Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 5,000 HITS!!

1/3/08 (8:34 PM):

Yo there! Um, just something very small...

((If you can't see it right, here's the link: http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll318/chatcatsgathering/5000finale.jpg?t=1231044156))

Yes, you read it right! In only 11 months, we have reached 5,000 hits! Thank you guys SO much for everything!

Successful Moonpool meeting, although WindClan was not represented. Some things worth mentioning are:

-Dappledleaf of ThunderClan is now Dappledstar, the leader of ThunderClan

-Redpaw of ShadowClan is now Redfern, the medicine cat of ShadowClan

Congratulations to those two and us! Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 1/1/09 (6:33 PM)

1/1/09 (6:33 PM):

Very quick things: Please welcome Starrystream of ShadowClan. The affiliates page has also been updated.

Remember, the Moonpool meeting is tomorrow at 9:00 site time. Medicine cats and their apprentices should be there, as well as any other necessary cats.

That's it for today! Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

1/1/09 (12:00 AM):

HAPPY 2009!!!!!!!! Best wishes for the new year!!

Just a few quick things because my mom is getting ticked off... Redpaw and I have worked out a time for the Moonpool: Around 9:00 AM site time, noon Eastern time on FRIDAY, January SECOND. If anyone has any qualms with that, don't hesitate to inform me. Medicine cats and their apprentices should be there, along with leaders if necessary. Goldpaw's profile has been sorted out.

Once again, Happy New Year and best wishes! As Sisky Business once said, "Happy f*ckin' New Year!"

Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 12/30/08 (10:02 AM)

12/30/08 (10:02 AM):

This is a very quick update, since I have to leave in, like, a minute. Please welcome Emberfoot and Dawnwish (RiverClan). Goldblizzard of RiverClan is now Goldpaw, the medicine cat apprentice.

Very quick, but important announcement: Redpaw and I have worked out a time for the Moonpool: Around 9:00 AM site time, noon Eastern time on FRIDAY, January SECOND. If anyone has any qualms with that, don't hesitate to inform me.

Happy holidays, all, more in-depth update later. Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~

From CCG: 12/24/08 (3:10 PM)

12/24/08 (3:10 PM):

Hello again! Please welcome Goldblizzard (RiverClan) to our ranks. I officially added Raptorpelt (it feels weird to call you that) and Firestorm. I'm working on digging up Leafdapple's profile from the archives.

Tigerstar and Sasha #2: Escape from the Forest is out! Just in time for Christmas, too. Oh, and apparently, I've been getting this all wrong. The series name of arc four apparently is Omen of the Stars and the book title is The Fourth Apprentice. My source may have been confused, so I'll get this approved ASAP.

Happy Hanukkah for those of you, and Merry Christmas Eve for others. Aw, heck, happy holidays. In case I don't post tomorrow, Merry Christmas!

Peace, love, and Santi,

~~Dawny~~