Stuff I Like™ (DNP, just a journal)

[theunexpectedmango]

Howdy!

This is just a journal of stuff I like. At creation of the thread, I've only been a player for two months, and I want to make sure I don't forget my experiences as I go.

I currently have the long and lofty goal of getting every pet. We'll see how long that lasts!

You're welcome to look, but please don't post here! If you want to say hello or talk to me about something you see, feel free to message me!

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🌟I've collected all 2024 monthly litter pets!🌟
✨I've collected all 2024 event pets!✨
🌟I've collected all 2023 monthly litter pets!🌟
✨I've collected all 2023 event pets!✨
🌟I've collected all 2022 monthly litter pets!🌟
✨I've collected all 2022 event pets!✨

====== I joined in Jan 2022! ======

🌟I've collected all 2021 monthly litter pets!🌟
✨I've collected all 2021 event pets!✨
🌟I've collected all 2020 monthly litter pets!🌟
✨I've collected all 2020 event pets!✨
🌟I've collected all 2019 monthly litter pets!🌟

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I'm editing in a list of people who have gifted me! I love trading, and getting those gifts have helped me in other trades and just generally made me feel really nice. One day I hope to be at a point in my collecting that I can do the same thing for others! Thank you so much!

Iskierka95, PeanutButterRum, animalcollective, SCRUNKS!, teddy bear, benry, Foxes81_of_Anime, rainfall., Drache121, Grottan, Boghaunter, gravy swayze, mewsters, Trashpandaowo, 0ffbeatQueer, fiasco, LukaKnight, lullaby, TiannaTaco, Koráki, icarusflightplan, Goodmorningaperture, LynxSpirit, sky,, HogNoodle, buggysimp, Wicked Witch, Greyfire, Honest_Child, KayMarie, trueway, sparkle'd, whim, Kianast, 8catpaws, pompompurin., Yamanaka Shin, VampireReaper, Kianast, finest desperation, Yumikuri, Timid-Decidueye, Jacob, ☆Wystana☆, thenullchrysalis, xXxAetherxXx, Cory, Vulpey, Jacob, Catten, <InsertName>, JustMonika27, Risquexx, houndoom, C.T.

[theunexpectedmango]

Here's some of my favorite 2022 pets so far!!


The New Year's dog!


The Lunar New Year dragons!


The March and St. Partick's Day PPS snakes!! I might be in love


The short-tailed cats from September!




The marble snakes from September!!!!! (like oh my GOD)




I missed the Internet Event, but I LOVE a lot of these designs!




Halloween babies!!



Advent friends!

I started and finished a hoard of the holly snake within the month, and I'm thinking of starting one for the horse, even if it's uncommon...

Honorable mentions:
The orange foliage deer from May
The moon lovebirds from May
The toucans from June

[theunexpectedmango]

I recently completed the 2021 monthly litters! Here are some of my favorites:

The honeycomb foxes from January!


The cryptid horses from March!


The gachapon dogs from April!


The fish butterfly wolves from October!


Honourable mentions (I liked these, but not as much as the four litters above):

The red and blue foxes from April
The moon horses from April
The popsicle cats from July
The nighttime cats from August
The fluffy cats from August
The gourd cats from October

[theunexpectedmango]

Here's some of the 2020 monthly litters I like so far!

The snake butterfly wolves from February!



The sunset deer from February!




The fancy dragons from May!



The tourist horses from July!



The flower kitties from November!



The drink chameleons from November! These are the first chameleons I really liked!


Honorable mentions (I liked these, but not as much as the litters above):
The polygon dogs from October
The flower dogs from July
The citrus chickens from April
The Neapolitan deer from May
The landscape dogs from March
The lava dogs from February
The second gen cats from January

[theunexpectedmango]

I recently completed the 2021 event pets!
That was SO much harder then the monthly litters. Here are some of my favorites:

The Lunar New Year dogs!
The second one is my favorite, but they're all so pretty.




The April Fool's Day bwolf!


These Cave Event friends!





These Halloween pets!






These Christmas pets!





I found that I ended up liking pets less or more depending on my experience trying to obtain them.

For instance, some pets that I really liked that were more common, I liked less later on. Once I got them, I didn't really think of them and didn't get too attached.

On the other hand, I found myself really resenting some of the rare pets that I had an insane time trying to get, regardless of whether I liked them or not to begin with.

[theunexpectedmango]

I participated in my first Easter hunt here!
The egg hunt was really cool and a lot of fun, though now I have an unfortunate new obsession: the animal eggs.


It was so hard to get all of them. I'm not actively collecting all items, I just have a few on my WL, but these have slowly grown on me. I put a couple from past years on my WL as well, and want to start collecting the pts that they're modelled off of.

This raises a question: do I really want to subject myself to collecting all of them? Maybe I'll put them ALL on my WL and passively look for them as I trade for pets...

Edit: Last day of the hunt. This may be getting out of hand.


Edit: All animal eggs have now been added to my wishlist.
I'm linking the Animal Egg guide here just for my own convenience as I go.

I plan on displaying each egg with the pet it's modelled after.
Here is my showcase, if you want to see my progress!!

[theunexpectedmango]

I started a paperclip!

I saw a few people doing the paperclip challenge, and thought it was kinda neat. I'm starting one today with this child.



I helped someone with theirs today before starting. I'm not sure how often people participate in these sorts of things, so it'll be interesting to see if and how it grows!

Edit: Thanks to Akirameta for being my first participant!! That was quicker than I thought it'd be. (11/18/22)


Edit: Thanks to Kitteh for helping out!! Honestly, I didn't notice it was a paperclip trade, and accidently stuck the new pet in a trade folder instead, then wondered why I wasn't getting any participation lol. It took me three weeks to realize... (Trade => 11/23/22, put in paperclip folder => 12/18/22)


LMAO so this failed pretty quickly. I think I accidentally traded off the rabbit at some point. This was destined to stop at some point though.

[theunexpectedmango]

Just a lil observation...

After the break I took, I swapped from the CSSquiddy board style to the CSBusiness board style. You can tell what images were added to this thread when, because the image backgrounds match blue or grey respectively. I just thought it was neat!

[theunexpectedmango]

My first Dec 18th!!

This is the most exciting event I've participated in so far!! I ended up with:

This guy from Halloween 2012

who grew into this


This guy from April 2010

who will grow into this


And this guy, from May 2011

who will grow into this


I was hoping for the UR strawberry shortcake or the Malk smile, my dreamies, but I'm psyched that I got some cool older pets!!

[theunexpectedmango]

Time to keep track of Pets in 2023!!

I'm a little late on this, and posting in March. I've officially been on CS for over year!!

The rainy window horses from March!
Right now only the first has grown, but I KNOW I'm going to love the vibes of this set.
MAN, I was so right, this litter is gorgeous



The second gen gilded snakes from March!



This little guy from Easter!


The pride mice from June!
I already love this lineart, so seeing it for pride was so exciting!


The horses from June!
Oh man I wasn't feeling this litter at first, but as soon as I saw the red stamp I was IN. The horses are hittin' this year so far.



Honorable mentions:
The realistic snakes from May! I so wish there has been a PPS outcome.