Chig, Chigens, Chiggy (maybe!?), Chiggle, all names and more that people have referred to me as. Some people get confused and refer to me as Kay. That's the orange snake pony that you see on my profile and frequently use as an avatar.
I was born in Massachusetts. Rather dull state if you ask me. Maybe it's because I live in a bad area or something, but then again there are a lot of bad areas here. I'm 22 years old and I plan on going to school for massage therapy. Hopefully when I get a car I can start to attend and get my career going. Previously I've worked in a Chinese restaurant for a couple years but had to quit due to the disrespect and workload that was forced on me. Working under the table for $8 is not fun with the amount of crap I had to do. Before that I also worked in a nursing home for mentally ill elderlies. That was also not a fun job...and I'd rather not reflect on it.
My current interests include video / computer games, collecting things, MLP (obviously ), and I like looking at fan art. And as much as people complain about it, I also like to cook, clean, and organize.
I really love video games. So much of my life has been sunk into them. They've helped me through a lot and continue to do so to this day. At the moment I don't have a current favorite so I jump around often. I really dislike rhythm, racing, fighting, and sports games though. RPG, MOBA, Rogue-likes, strategy, open-world type things, and action-adventure are pretty high up on my list though.
If you'd like to add me on Steam here is my profile: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ChigensBrony/
Nowadays I live at home in an apartment with my two brothers and my father. Most of the time it's just me at home alone until my little brother Adam comes home. My other brother Matt comes home on the weekends with his girlfriend. My dad stays with his fiance so I don't see him much anymore. My mother is pretty much a non-factor and I don't like talking about her.
Forum / fandom stuff time!
I've been in the fandom since late 2011 after watching that Gilda episode on the HUB. Got me slightly interested in the show and sometime in late December of that year I began watching all the episodes in order.
I found this forum about a month later by running a Google search for "MLP forum" and this one was of the first results. Having never joined a forum before I was rather nervous. I guess I took to it well though. Posting every day, making friends, and overall contributing in a positive manner. I've even drawn things and took requests for people in the past, although my interest in drawing has waned considerably since.
Every day I would come back to new threads, comments, and people. It was very exciting. As someone who is very introverted I found forum-ing to be rather easy since we all have a common interest. Along with the brony fandom being "loving and tolerant".
There were many ups and downs. Drama episodes here and there. Typical forum stuff. I remember April 1st of that year Feld0 played the best prank. Essentially turning the forum into a science experiment. Everything was lopsided and there was a different theme. Mailmare took over for the day and promised cake, but there was none. :<
Eventually it came to late September of that year. I was asked to join the staff team. Excited to help out the community even further I accepted! By that time I've already seen staff members come and go. Many policy / site changes and all that, but I wasn't deterred.
Did you know that there used to be no character minimum back in the day? When it was initially instated it was 100 characters for pretty much all boards as well! Just a neat little factoid.
That next year (2013) was when I became in charge of our Steam group. Previously, we had a TF2 and a Minecraft server that you could just drop into from the homepage, but they were underused. Former staff member Marcato along with myself and server operators would organize game nights and giveaways. Turnout was alright and the nights were fun. I hope that with the in-progress resurrection of PoniArcade we can start them up again.
Hmm...A little over a week ago was my third year forum anniversary. Three whole years! My total online time here is almost a full year itself. Kind of insane it's been that long. This place is like a home to me. I've met so many amazing people and groups because of it (both online and offline).
I've attended two Bronycons (2013 + 2014) since my joining of the fandom. Bronycon 2013 was my first ever con experience. It was pretty hectic but I enjoyed it. Poniverse had both a panel and a table that year. I still have my Poniverse business cards from the event. It was nice meeting most of the people that I worked and talked with over the internet. Which was also a first for me. 2014 was much of the same. Hanging out with friends and just generally enjoying the atmosphere and company. I hope to attend this year's convention as well. Possibly meet some of you guys there?
Here's a picture from Bronycon 2014. That's me in the center with the orange pony ears on:
Going back to the start. "Queen of Snake Ponies?" you may ask.Yes, snake ponies. Beautiful creatures. Half pony and half snake. Well I'd say half and half just to make it easy, but the snake part seems to be a larger majority...don't mind my rambling.
I get asked quite often "How did you come up with the idea?" Well here it is:
May 2012 I was drawing a picture of Scootaloo with a spear. Inspiration struck. What if I just added a snake body? It would be amazing! Just like something out of Final Fantasy. So the next day I drew "Kaynah the Serpony"...at least a very rough start for her. Throughout the next almost three years I've been receiving art of her and she (and her species) have evolved so much. At least in my head anyway. It would take me literal -ages- to write out their culture, society, environment, biology...but I should at some point. Before someone decides to write their own stuff up about it...
You may also be asking "But Chigens don't you have two snake ponies?" Yes I do. Kaynah and Sypreth. Kaynah was my first ever official original character. I had one in the past but ugh...just no. Sypreth was supposed to be my roleplay character / my ponysona. Kaynah became my Tulpa early on in the fandom thanks to this thread. It may sound weird or creepy but I dunno' what I'd do without her. Or really, what or where I would be without this fandom. ^^;
This whole fandom means a lot to me. Like family in a way. I'm so glad that I fell into it and got caught up in it when I did. I feel lucky to have met so many people and established all these relationships and I couldn't be more grateful.
I'm running out of ideas / topic to discuss. I hope you liked reading my ramblings.
If you have any questions at all I'd love to hear them. I may come off as cold or unwelcoming, but I am just wary of new people / strangers.
My Skype account information is located on my profile page or you could add me on Steam to talk as well (which I have left near the top).
Thank you for reading. If you didn't read it and you've just scrolled down here, go back and read it :<
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