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Hi everyone! Ja983 here! I am sooo happy to be writing for this blog! :D 
I will be posting every Wednesday. XD 
Now for my first post, I will be doing a few tags, I hope you enjoy these! 

This first one is from Arctic!

1. What's cooler? Magic or superpowers? (for instance, would you prefer immense magical powers derived from a sacred magical stone, or a genetic mutation that causes a superpower?)
Ummm I don't know. XD 

2. What's your second favorite color? (caught you off guard there! Not first, but second!)
My first is green, my second is teal. :P

3. What do you prefer? A beautiful masterpiece, or an excellent beta?
Beautiful Masterpiece! :O

4. You have to choose to remove one of these from the game forever. Would you: Remove your favorite item, your favorite animal, your favorite den, or your favorite adventure?
Favorite Adventure. (I really don't do adventures all that much)

5. Quick! A phantom is destroying your things! What do you do?!
THROW A BOOMSEED!

6. Would you rather improve at something you're already good at, or be really good at something else that you're not? (for example: If you're good at art, but suck at singing, would you rather improve more at art, or become a great singer?)
I want to be really good at drawing.
Because, Oooohh oby do! I wanna draw like you oo oo, I wanna draw like you! Sketch like you, too oo oo, You see it's true uu uu, a girl like mee ee ee, can't learn to draw! Like someone like you! 

7. You only have 20 minutes before the world gets devoured by a giant slice of pumpkin pie. Don't worry, it'll be painless. What do you do in your last 20 minutes?
Hmmm, say good bye to buddies, and family, but wouldn't really matter Bc I'll see all ya'll in heaven! :D (I hope :C )

8. If you could only have one den item, one clothing item, one animal, and one den, what would you choose for each?
Good question!
Masterpieces, A bow? My bunny Masterpiece den.

9. If you could be one animal (in real life) for a day, what would you want to be?
WOLF

10. You're stuck on an island with plenty of fresh fruit to eat, birds to admire, wonderful plants, and water to drink! It doesn't sound so bad until you realize that there is a broken record player there. It can only play one song. What one song do you choose to take on the island with you to listen to?
FIREFLIES! (or To The Sky) 

11. If Animal Jam became real life (as in, you woke up in your Animal Jam den, and Jamaa became the real world), what is the first thing you would do?
OMG EPIC QUESTION GO SEE MY BUDDIES! :O :O :O

Now this one is by Sarahkey8 (me sista 

1. What is your favorite book/book series?
I don't know XD 

2.  Do you prefer a good book, or a good movie?
Depends on the book and movie. XD but prob movie. :P

3. What would you do if you got hacked, and the hacker took every one of your items, and deleted your whole entire buddy list
I would get stuff off of my second account. And get my buddies on, I would only have have trouble with the ones that have a lot of numbers. :P

4. What is your favorite animal (IRL, and pictures are accepted XD) 
HUSKYYYY 
5. What is your worst injury you have ever had?
My Mom says that I broke something around my shoulder. But I don't remember that, But one that I DO remember, was when a HARD BALL hit me right on the top of my head. :'(  
6. Who 'introduced' you to blogging?
Sarah did :)
7. Would you rather be blind or deaf? 
That is SUCH  a hard question! I couldn't stand not being able to hear, or be blind. 
But I'm kinda swaying towards being deaf. 
8. What  would you do if all animals suddenly died, and we only ate plants (or stuff like that that involves no meat) and we wouldn't have any birds, cats, horses, dogs, etc?
I don't know, Bc a TON foods come from animal's. 
9. What is your favorite animal in AJ?
Bunny. :D 
10. What is your favorite thing in Nature
Animals! 
11. What is your favorite 'storm' weather? (Light rain, big thunder storm e.t.c)
I kinda like big storms, because their kinda fun to watch. XD 
And that is all for today! 
Hope you enjoyed these tags! 
And I am not going to make my own, or tag anyone else. Because I think if we keep tagging people, It's gonna go on forever. lol 
Bye! 

*King Tough Bunny 

2 Corinthians 5:17 If any man is in Christ he is a new creation, old things have pasted away behold the new has come. 

Fame - What Does It Truly Mean? And 'We Are The Bloggers' Chapter 7!

Me: SOSOSOSOOOOOOOO WHATS UP KIDDOS! I AM WEIRD PINEAPPLE KID.

You guys: Gracie? Is that you..?

Me: WHO IS THIS GRACIE YOU SPEAK OF? I AM WEIRD PINEAPPLE KID, WITH MY SIDEKICK, BANANA-CORN!

You guys: Oh I get it! You guys are like fruit superheroes, fighting for healthiness!

Me: NO.

WE'RE JUST WEIRD PEOPLE.

THAT LIKE PINEAPPLES

And raspberries.

You guys: Then why isn't your sidekick a raspberry..

Me: I don't know. Ask Banana that.

You guys: Oh.

Me: SENPAI THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY.

You guys: Senpai..?

Me: Never mind..

You guys: Okay.. Well, anyways, your doing a late post again.

Me: I KNOW I KNOW FORGIVE MEEE *cries*

You guys: e3e

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Heh, well, that got weird fast..

Any who, let's get started with today's post! 

Today's post is about, the definition of fame, and how some of the word origins plays into some of the 'famous Jammers' on Animal Jam. 

One day, out of curiosity, I decided to search the word 'fame', on dictionary.com, just to see what it really, truly means. 

What I found, may surprise you.

The word origins/history, are the following.

"The goddess Fama was the personification of rumor in Roman mythology. The Latin derivative fabulare was the colloquial word for "speak, talk" since the time of Plautus, whence Spanish hablar."

Slightly confusing, but the point is, Fama was a goddess, and really, she was like a personified rumor. And of course, fame is sometimes made up of rumors about other people. I believe the word fame may have been derived from Fama, since they are very similar. 

I looked at thesaurus of fame, and strangely enough, one of the synonyms was the word, glory.

Of course, we technically glorify famous people, but let's break this down a bit, and look at the synonyms of glory, as well.

One of the synonyms was, majesty?

That's right.

God is known as majesty, we call him that. The Lord is the God above all gods, (and real, unlike other gods people may worship) so therefore, other gods may be called 'majesty'.

If gods are peoples 'majesty', then this all points back to the goddess Fama, and fame may be derived from the word Fama. 

So, could the word fame be broken down to the word god? 

It certainly seems like we are technically worshipping some famous people, and even famous Jammer's. Such as, Spinnyboi's. They seem to be 'meditating' on Julian2, like he is a god himself. 

And of course, we call these Jammer's our 'idols', and idol kinda points to god, which still goes back to the Fama/fame origins. 

Lately, it seems that Jamaa has been super wrapped up with the famous Jammers, and have been seeming to create drama. Such as, with the Julian2 banning, Skorm banning, etc. 

Really, all of these Jammer's are normal people like you and me, and should not be created into a 'god'. If they broke the Animal Jam rules, then they must be banned. Both of them did break the rules, so there must be consequences. 

There is really only one true god, and that is the God above all other gods, Jesus Christ. He's more powerful than anything, anyone, and certainly any famous Jammer. We should always turn to him, rather than any Jammer on Animal Jam.

So, what do you think? Are we looking at the famous Jammer's too much as gods? I would love to hear your opinion in the comment section down below! 

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And now, for the weekly chapter of 'We Are The Bloggers'! 

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Chapter 7

As I walked down the streets of Boston, my mind was racing. So many things were going through my mind, like what if where I'm going is a trap, or what if my friends are there. I shook my head, trying to focus on something else. "Hey you!" A girl said in a happy voice. I looked around, and found Snowyclaw sitting on a nearby bench. I gulped, not wanting to see any of the Famous Jammer's. "Hi." I said, not making eye-contact with Snowy. "Why did you run off today at JamCon?" She asked me with a nervous voice. I stood there for a moment, not sure what to say. "I just had to go. That's all." I said, as I bit my lip. "But why? Did you tell Kate you were going somewhere?" Snowy asked with concern. "No. This is not something I want to discuss." I said, as I began to walk again. Snowy ran to me, and grabbed my arm. "Gracie, what do you mean?" Snowy asked. My heart was pounding with anxiety. I did not want to tell her I was following some watches direction, and was trying to find the Blogger Portal in the meantime. "I told you, this isn't something I want to discuss." I told her in a slightly rude tone. Snowyclaw frowned. "Alright, but Kate isn't going to be happy." She said, letting go of her grip on my arm. I sighed. "I'm sorry, Snowy. It's just- it's complicated. It's just this little adventure I'm going on." I explained, trying not to reveal any information about trying to find the Blogger Portal. "Adventure? Gracie, I think I should take you back to the hotel. This doesn't seem safe." Snowy said in her concerned, sweet voice. I began running, and I turned my head to look at her. "I'll be fine. See you." I yelled with a smile. I wasn't going to let her interfere with my plans on getting to the skyscraper. I just had to find out what this was all about.

Meanwhile,

Arctic, Custard, Sarah, Ja, Coolcat, and now Swirlshine, Lost, and Gfox, were all in a large square cage, staring face-to-face with Fan-man and Cheetah. "What are we going to do?" Coolcat whispered in Arctic's ear. She shrugged. "I just hope Gracie will be able to come back here soon, but yet, I don't know if she will be able to, with it being a time-traveling portal, that Cheetah told us about." Custard whispered back. "Well, it's been a few hours now. I do believe you have made your decision, and your not going to give us the name of your blog. So, we only have one choice." Fan-man said with a smirk. "No.." Swirl said in a hoarse whisper. "Please unlock the cage, Cheetah." Fan-man commanded. Cheetah nodded with a grin. The eight girls carefully stepped out of the cage, as Cheetah unlocked it. The girls held hands, and took a deep breath, as Cheetah pushed them into the dark purple, glowing portal. Everything was black, with absolutely nothing. It took all the girls strength to even speak. "It's like-" Swirl began, as she took a moment to gasp for breath. "It's like Jamaasian Middle. Absolutely nothing in between portals.." She finished, closing her eyes as she spoke. "In between portals.." Coolcat mumbled to herself. "Swirl, do you think theres two portals, that lead to this same place?" Coolcat asked the girl. Swirl nodded. "Probably, but who knows who has that portal." She replied. "I guess we're stuck here then." Lost said with a sigh. "Whatever happens, we have each other. And that's all that matters." Sarah said with a smile. The seven other girls smiled back at her. 

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What do you think will happen next? Will 'I', make it to this mysterious skyscraper? And how will the girls get home? Comment down below what you think!

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Heres this weeks Bible verse!

Proverbs 11:2

Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

A really great verse! I know sometimes I struggle with pride when it comes to blogging/other blogs, so this verse is really a great one for people who struggle with the same thing.

Remember, God made YOU!

Stay positive, be yourself, and spread God's Word everyday!

Rare Item Monday!

Hey Jammers! graciepopstar91 here, filling in for Coolcat89252!

Coolcat's Nana is currently in the hospital, so she will be unable to post this week. Prayers are needed for her Nana, and hopefully she will be out in a few days!

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And now, for this weeks RIM!

This weeks RIM, is a Rare Butterfly Hair bow! It's located in Jam Mart Clothing on the 12th page, and is for sale for 850 gems. The color scheme is black, blue, and purple!

I would rate this around 8/10. I love butterflies, and I do believe you could make a nice look with this! Though, not my favorite RIM, it is still cute.

Here's a look I made, using the Rare Butterfly Hair Bow, Flower Tail, Ribbon Scarf, and Clover Leg Warmer's!

I tried to include all the colors that are on the Hair Bow into the look. Feel free to try this look out, or try using the Hair Bow, and mixing up the colors I used.

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Heres this weeks Bible verse!

Hebrews 5:16

In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

Remember, God made YOU!

Stay positive, be yourself, and spread God's Word everyday!

Introducing The New Authors!

Greetings, Jammers - Arctic here!

Now I know, you're probably upset that this is yet another post in which there is no Jammer Sundae. I apologize for this. I just didn't think that it would make sense to have a Jammer Sundae when the focus should really be on our wonderful new authors!

After reading some great applications, I have chosen three new authors for our excellent blog. I'm quite proud to say that they all had excellent applications, and I can hardly wait to start working with them here on the Animal Jam Community!

So, let's hear it for the new authors! Drumroll please!

I'm pretty sure that's a guitar.... but close enough!

For our wonderful Wednesday author we have the great:

Ja983

Our talented Thursday author is none other than:

Sarahkey8

And our fantastic Friday author is the excellent:

FireSpirit

Give a warm round of applause to these awesome Jammers!

They will all be posting on their respective days starting this week - so make sure to be on the lookout for their introduction posts! Oh, by the way authors - you can tell your friends you made it in now! Sorry about making you keep it all "hush hush"!

Am I ever excited for this! It'll be the first time in A LONG time that we'll have full coverage throughout the week! I don't know if it's just me, but that's pretty darn exciting!

See you soon Jammers- a proper post will be here for you next Sunday!

Feel free to contact me at arcticstarjamaa@gmail.com !