Inflated Hummingbird

Reminder: CleverQueen is going on vacation on Wednesday,20 August and will be back between 8-11 September. This means there will be no posts on the AJR, unless I want to post and I have the chance. Sorry Jammers!

Hey!

I'm so sorry for a late post today, but at least I'm still posting, right?

Right!

Today's new item is in the Summer Carnival, another balloon hat!

This time it's a hummingbird.

Hmm, I guess this is my favourite balloon hat so far! The price isn't bad- clocks in at only 2,000 tickets. I assume that if this was a 2012 item, it would have sold for around 8000-10,000 tickets O-o

The new video today is in Tierney's Aquarium, about seahorses!

:OOO

Seahorses are just fabulous!

Don't you love seahorses? :3

I'm sorry to all my rant-lovers, but today's side-topic isn't a rant T^T

Well I can't rant every day, it makes me look ungrateful and depressed O_O

Then will come in the comments like:

''omg if u no liek dis gam get of then geez yolo swag''

''ok can u stop komplayng abot rarez and dat u dont care liek if u dont care give me ur rarez plzzz ps i want ur neon bow most''

''can u stop becuz dis blog is just saaaad''

Yup.

-_-

Oh look! A non-member fox! 

What's the side-topic? I hear you ask.

Well, just blog arrangements and stuff.

First off, fomar

Could you please comment to arrange a trade in AJR time please? It would help a lot if you specified what plushie/s you want and what you are willing to trade. You can comment on this post, the trading station or the plushie store page.

I'm so sorry for not being available lately to trade with you!

Eyetoypuffx

Of course you can beta test the next store! However, I think the next store is going to be available once I'm back from vacation in September. Sorry about that, but don't worry- you will still get to be a beta tester!

The poll has been closed today!

The results will be up on the 'Your Thoughts' page tomorrow along with a new poll that will last 2 weeks. Once that poll is over, paws crossed I can put up another! ^-^

Next, does anyone have page ideas? I'm thinking of having a little chat page for Jammers to communicate together (much easier than chatting in comments,you don't have to get on AJ, it's easier to reach certain Jammers and lots more benefits!)

I don't know, but maybe I could have graphic/banners for sale? I can make some pretty nice things... I might test it out for a bit before I go on vacation. I don't know.

That's it for today; stay safe, have a splendid Saturday and have fun!

-CleverQueen

Attention Flamingos

Hello!
Eh, I feel tired today o.e
The ice-cream parlour collection is over T^T. However, there's something new over at the Summer Carnival!

O_O

It's supposed to be a flamingo.

I hope they make a non-member balloon hat any time soon! cx

2,000 tickets- not bad! 2012's Summer Carnival prices were CRAZY. 

(Credit to the Animal Jam Spirit Blog)

Following the lollipop necklace through the years...

2012- 10,000 tickets

2013- 4,000 tickets

2014-2,000 tickets

You can find the new video over at Tierney's Aquarium, telling you all about this thing called 'Sea Glass'

Wow, I'm certainly going to watch that when I have a spare moment. It seems beautiful!

Do you remember when I still checked on the activities calendar? Well, I guess I won't abandon that idea completely ^-^

There's nothing new today, though.

Anyway!

The plushie stores are running smoothly again, so don't forget to pay them a visit at any time to see if there's a plushie you're after! Every time a plushie is sold, a new plushie is put in its place- I try to keep the den full at all times. I'm thinking of creating more special plushie stores soon, and more regular stores should come soon too! Then, maybe I might make 'bunny-only' stores, and so forth cx

There is also a new branch of stores- toy stores! Pay the new 'Toy Stores' page a visit to learn more, and visit the first toy store to see if there's one of those cute, collectible action figures you're after in there! 

Guess what time it is?

-checks watch-

Duh, it's RANT TIME!!!

Just to clarify, I'm not going to rant every day O_O

There's just something annoying I want to speak up about in today's post, and that thing is...

ATTENTION SEEKING.

It's everywhere!

People sleeping in the middle of a crowded land wanting attention, and that's really annoying. Not to mention, really ungrateful >.>

Now, do you really want to have no parents?

Do you really want to be in hospital with a life-threatening fever?

Well, okay, I'm going to be fair. People role-play about those things, and I guess that's fine to an extent since it gives characters more developed stories and stuff. 

But what ISN'T fine, is when people say things like;

''Plz send me rares i have no parents''

Uh, that's no reason for us to give our pixel-items to you. Besides, how will rares help you? :/

Sure, they might make you happy for a while but not happy enough to overcome being that sad :L

''donate plz im in hospital with a rare illness''

Okay, that just makes no sense. Pixels can't cure your illness :/ It's no fun to be in hospital with a rare illness, because you don't know what's going on and if you're ever going to be normal. How can you use something like that to get attention, I don't know O_O

''my mom broke her leg and idk if she's gonna make it plz donate''

Most stupid thing EVER. First, can you even die from a broken leg? The leg alone, no O_O 

Next, pixels won't help.

Finally, WHY AREN'T YOU WITH YOUR MOM LIKE RIGHT NOW? *O*

I just hate attention seekers. Okay, when you're role-playing you can make up all sorts of crazy stories about your character. Even though some RP attention seeking annoys me too :P

For instance, in schools everyone is suddenly the good kid that does everything perfectly and yada yada yada >:O

And when trying to get a virtual family everyone is a homeless abandoned cute magical rare whatever baby. XD

What isn't fine though, is when people lie about their real lives. To get attention.

They should be grateful they have a home, safe water, food and a computer, really. They should.

However, they lie about not having those things just to get attention!

:T

''omg im in hospital and i will die in 2 seconds omg help me plzzz''

Being in hospital isn't exactly something you want to lie about, take my word for it 0_0

What else I don't like is when people think that me saying ' rares are just pixels' automatically translates to 'everyone I don't care about rares I don't even care they exist everything I have is free just ask for it'

NO, IT DOESN'T.

I got my rares for a reason- just because I'm not obsessed with them doesn't mean they are free! I still like them and they aren't free >:o

Now then, that's it! ^-^

Just a video for all of you :D

It's about the update, all summed up into under 15 minutes :P

By the way, I do not have a YouTube channel and don't plan on having one right now.

That's it for now, see you around Jamaa! :3

-CleverQueen

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Steg Steg

Hey Jammers!
Today's post will be rather rushed, sorry ^-^
WARNING: Long rambling about my extremely thrilling day
This summer, it seems that with each day I am spending less and less time on Animal Jam (just 5 minutes of running around today on CleverQueen,and 5 more on my storage checking up news)
I guess it's getting rather busy, today I have had a late breakfast, encountered a random cat which probably got in through the window standing at my bedroom door when I was home alone, did most of my back-to-school shopping (already! Yes, I know it's really early- my younger sister is still at school but we have to get it done before we go for vacation), stayed out shopping for a REALLY long time- we also visited  a bunch of other stores and I bought this delicious muffin. What really surprised me was the fact that the muffin had no sugar in it! O-o It was just sweetened by fruit... :o  (I checked, I am a label reading expert xD) I also bought 2 books so I don't die of boredom over the summer. I will buy more next time I go shopping. Did you know it took me SO DARN LONG to decide on my pencil-case?
Then... I had dinner, did some random summer stuff with my sister (making bracelets out of rubber bands, making massive bubbles outside, reading in the tent in our garden, running around like crazy maniacs etc.)

So, I didn't really squeeze in much time for Animal Jam.
However, I now bring you this amazing piece of AJ news, brought to you by er...me?

If you have 2,500 tickets and a membership, why not buy this stegosaurus tail? Good for role-playing a dinosaur, but this looks HUGE on some animals. Quite cute on bunnies, though.

There is also a new video! YAY!

Go over to Tierney Thys' aquarium if you want to find out the answer, I'm not going to spoil it for you.

I don't think there's going to be a side topic today, sorry :(

I'm getting more and more busy,time really is flying.

Vacation is coming closer, thankfully. There are so many things I can do to make the time go quicker, including not thinking about the vacation until like the 15th of August or something O-O

Bye bye!

-CleverQueen

-P.s; sorry rainbow000pegasus, I wanted to reply to your comments but then I totally forgot (\.- I replied now though, so check it out? :P

Dunk a Dino

Hey Jammers!
Late post today, I know, but I try my best ^-^
Anyway, here's what's new in Jamaa today!
First of all, you can find the new item in the Summer Carnival for 2,500 tickets- the stegosaurus tail!

Hmm, rather cool if you would like to become a dinosaur or something. How will you use this? If you ever will, of course.

Moving on, there are no new videos today but, there is something in the activities calendar! YAY!

Have you tried the new game yet? I have, and it's actually quite fun.
You get yourself over to the Summer Carnival...

Then, you go up and right until you find the place where Phantom Ball,Carnival Darts and the Ticket Shop all hang out. Can you see Dunk-a-phantom?

You click on the game, and spend 5 of your hard-earned gems for a try...

You have to hit the targets in order to drown the phantom! Ouch...

Takes quite a lot of trial and error, but then you can take the tickets and treat yourself to a nice plushie (or two)!

That's it in Jamaa! There are no other news to pass along, meaning it's straight to the side topic ^-^

This side topic is really going to be a bunch of random stuff, be prepared :P

I don't know who would fall for this obvious scam, and it's just plain annoying to know that Jamaa is so full of those people that are willing to be lazy and do NOTHING to earn their coveted items whatsoever. Yes, clicking and typing isn't really hard work, no matter how many 'I worked so hard for my rares and now you can buy them!' claims you hear, but scamming on Animal Jam just shows being LAZY TO SUCH AN EXTENT I WANT TO RIP MY LIGHT GREEN FUR OUT AND SHOVE IT IN THEIR HOT DOGS! If you are too lazy to play a few adventures or do a bit of typing, clicking and possibly crying (yes, getting 'rare' often does involve shedding a few tears) then gosh, I can't imagine you in REAL life. Do you want a gym membership? -_-

It feels much better to actually EARN your own items because you will be more proud of it, but if I was you and I successfully scammed a headdress I wouldn't bear to wear it without feeling guilty. REALLY guilty.

Here they are, if you want to report them! Hi47181

Moving on, I need some trading advice? I don't obsess over trading, but I have some leftover rare items and I would like to trade them. I got a few offers, but I'm not sure if they are fair?

First off, I got an offer for my spaceship grey walls- it's a traffic cone. The non-member ones.Do you think it's fair?

Also, another offer for my short green spiked wristband...

What do you think?

If you are interested in any of those items, please let me know ^-^

We might figure out a trade!

I think that's it for today, jam on everyone!

Pizza Clan Series

Hey Jammers!
Happy Tuesday to all of you!
Let's see what is new in Jamaa today...
Starting with the new item, which can be found at the Summer Carnival ^-^

Hmm,very wacky O-o I don't know very many people who would like to walk around with a pizza slice on their heads! (Mainly because they know I'm going to eat it sooner or later)

If you want to be a walking pizza, why don't you pay the Summer Carnival a visit and buy it for 875 tickets? Rather cheap... perhaps because all hats are 50% off!

I'm also glad everyone can be a pizza now! :D

Moving on with Animal Jam news...

The activities calendar is empty for today, sadly.

This means we shall all suffer the fate of boredom!

-Insert dramatic music here-

There are no new videos either, I'm afraid.

Furthermore, I am collecting star rugs, rectangular coffee tables, fireworks fountains and spiral lamps!

Really,I just trade for them when I see them :P

Plushie stores are all still open, I'm running short on customers though ^-^

You might catch one advertising in Jamaa!

On to blog news,there are two new pages!

One is a list of scammers and hackers in Jamaa, which can be quite useful since you know who to look out for.

Another one is 'Your views', which publishes results of the blog's polls! There is a new poll up now, so perhaps vote on it? I only publish poll results that get a significant enough amount of votes ^.^

I have also changed the font that the date and gadget titles are written in.

I'm not sure what to write about for a side topic, so let me think...

Ah!

Most of us know what clans are, right? They are based off the Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter (which I don't read, but I might at some point!) and they are VERY common in Jamaa. It's easy to do role-play based on the series on AJ, which explains the popularity of clans.

You see advertisements in Jamaa for all sorts of clans...

Rainclans...

Thunderclans...

Foodclans...

Clanclans...

Geez, I bet there's even an Xylophoneclan out there somewhere!

Anyway, that role-play is and can be fun and creative...

If done correctly.

Because, you got those people that totally abused this and messed up the whole clan-role-play business.

For instance, walk into Madjasterxyz's den at any time and be greeted by...

Well, a whole bunch of people role-playing. Though I very very rarely walk into that den, sometimes it can get rather nasty in there O-o

It does sound like I'm just picking on Aldan now, but I really do find Aldan to be the most violent clan server! Right now is a quiet time in Jamaa so I can't find many examples, but here is what I managed to get;

That's nasty 0_0

Ouch *o*

If you want more examples, visit Aldan (or most other crowded servers),go to Sarepia Forest, down the slide and... brace yourself

What I'm trying to say is, calm down! You can role-play all you want, but there are 9,8, even 5 year olds on this game and I'm quite sure they're not supposed to be seeing some of the violence that goes on o.o

Just chill a little, because some TAKE IT WAY OVER THE TOP.

Even though it's quiet in AJ at this time of day and I can't find any examples right now,  there are plenty during busier times.

So...I'm going to conclude here for now ^0^

Take it easy!

I'm working on a piece of art right now, too. I might make this into a series, here it is :D

I'm thinking the background is going to be something like this;

There are two forces, okay? You get the Angel force, and there's another force for the Devils. What do you expect? Both forces are at war. 

Now, Magenta above was the first character. To be honest, it just started with me drawing a random picture and then it all evolved into this.

As you can tell, she is themed around the colour pink.

This also applies to all other characters, so I think that I'm going to draw an Angel next that is themed around pink.

I will try to develop the story a little more to see how it goes, what do you think? :P

It would be quite easy to do role-play on AJ for this too, don't you think? o-o

Have a terrific Tuesday!

See what I did there?

Jam on!

Umbrella Birds

Hey Jammers!
It's Sunday, so I hope everyone is having a peaceful day so far.
On to today's Jamaa news, once again starting with the new item today.

Yay, a new prize in the Summer Carnival! This time, it's an all-new umbrella hat, which I am grateful to be non-member. Quite cool,but we might have been better off with an actual umbrella. Now, we have something to keep us safe during those rainy days! (Such as today, where I am. Warm, but rainy.)

I tried it on a storage, looks rather funky.

Let's see if there's anything in the calendar, then...

Yup- have you entered the news crew? I haven't,but good luck to everyone that did ^-^

I also leave you all with a video-

Nice! Check it out in Brady's Theatre if you want to learn the answer.

Now, for a side-topic;

What is your favourite game in Jamaa? Why?

What is your best score in that game?

It's a rather hard question for me, but I'm looking forward to see any replies :P

Sorry for such a short post, I'm quite tired today.

Bye!

-CleverQueen

Lightning Crystals

Hey!
Thank you to rainbow000pegasus for your comment yesterday, I will check out the rise against the hackers and see if I could consider joining- thank you! I'm also glad you liked my rant, which I managed to type using the on-screen keyboard every time I needed the 'L' key. I'm sure there's a lot more I could say, and if there is, that will be another post.
Anyway,today's new item is found in the Summer carnival- the return of the lightning necklace.

With new items coming, there are also items going, and this time, today is your last opportunity to purchase the paw print rug!

Does anybody have a star rug? 

I really want one right now DX

Check out this new video! ^-^

Finally in Jamaa news, there is something in the activities calendar today. Yay!

Have you been to a Crystal Palace den yet? I have visited MisterChunkyBuddy's den, and it's HUGE. I  got lost! 

It's also beautifully decorated-

There's a secret underground mine! How cool is that?

Look, a Zios emblem!

Beautiful crystals...

 Wow, a large porch type of thing!

♫♪♫

I got HIT. Ow, you know! Where's the food?

 I just noticed how tiny I am.

Pretty balconies!

Have you been yet? Have you got your own?

Time for blog news! I will update all pages today,and the Double Gems gadget is now working. You have 3 days left to vote on my poll, so please do!

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that's all for today. However, I am always open to suggestions so if you have an idea, LET ME KNOW!

Don't forget your Rarity Analysis request- I still have to do one.

It's good to have valuable resources at hand.

I may do another post today, but it really depends on my ideas.

Goodbye! ^-^

-CleverQueen

Dreadlock bugs

Hello!
I checked on the Summer Carnival today, and I found a new item!

It's the hat with dreadlocks!

Everything seems much cheaper than last year; did you know that in the 2013 Summer Carnival this item costed 5,000 tickets? In 2012, it was 16,000 tickets! It seems like prices were going down each year...

It's quite a nice item, but I never really take it seriously when I see it on an animal. It looks rather... goofy. Have you been able to put together an outfit with this item? 

This is a Daily Explorer post from yesterday, and it seems like AJHQ also remembers that Summer started yesterday! There are some fun facts in the article,too, so why not check that out?

Now, for a couple of random blog news ^-^ I am always hard at work at updating this blog when I can, so if you have any suggestions, leave a comment! For example- are there any side topics you would like to see? Any activities or pages? Do you know a cool gadget that would compliment this blog? I may not listen to them ALL, but some of your suggestions might end up being used!

I will start with the fact there are a couple of new pages, so check them out! If inspiration strikes, I will create new pages today, so that's something to look forward to.

Meanwhile, I received an anonymous comment yesterday on my blog;

I am extremely glad you like my blog, BUT  I do not think you are actually Julian2. This is because Julian2 would most likely use his own Google account to comment, so for now I would call this person an impostor. It clearly states in my blog rules not to do that;- here's a snippet:

''Thank you for visiting the Animal Jam Rainbow! It's great that you want to comment, but in order to make the commenting experience more enjoyable for all, there are a couple of rules I have to put in place. Please read and follow them!
5.Do not impostor anyone please- everyone has their own individuality.
6.I have allowed commenting anonymously so Jammers can comment without a blogger account. If you can, please say WHO you are when commenting using anonymous.
7.Have fun! This is for sharing your opinions and hopefully, you will enjoy it.
What if I break the rules?
>Your comment will be deleted so no Jammers can get offended by it.
>I will give you a warning by replying to the comment.If you persistently defy the rules, then I will ban you from commenting. I may even ban you from the blog!''

So, even though I am not a fangirl of Julian2, everyone has their own individuality. Therefore, I will not delete this comment just yet, but please bear that in mind Anonymous ^-^

You don't HAVE to say your username, but if you do, ensure it's your real username please. I have no way of knowing if it's true or not upon first glance, so I have to trust you all to be honest. If this continues at high rates, I may remove the option to comment as Anonymous.

Now, here is for yesterday's question, to which I got a response!

The question answered was ''Can you think of any more activities you will do this Summer?''

Thank you, Jzale314! 

Click here to visit her awesome blog,it's VERY interesting! Adventures- woah, I love them. ESPECIALLY the cool prizes. Sarepia Forest was something I always associated with Spring and Autumn,but Summer is actually an excellent idea! You could go camping- how about I save that for tomorrow's post? I ALWAYS hate bugs, especially when they bite >.> Bring bug spray, and a mosquito net. I always put my duvet over my ears during the Summer to avoid hearing the mosquitos.

Anyway, I'm afraid that's all for today, but here's a question;-

1. What cool techniques to do you know for camping on Animal Jam? Answer, and you will be featured in tomorrow's post!

JAM ON!