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September 13th, 2011
12:52 pm - World of Warcraft
Just looking for some opinions from WoW players. Favorite class/spec and why? What class do you hate?
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March 22nd, 2011
10:11 pm - Gaming
I'm frustrated when it comes to gaming right now. Gaming chews up too much time, the objectives all take too long. I want a game that doesn't expect me to dedicate my whole life to playing their &!#$ game and still have fun.
I don't have time to try new games, because I haven't stopped playing the old ones. But sometimes the old games don't make me happy, I get frustrated with other players or with the game itself. But I'm attached to my pets and characters, so I don't want to abandon them completely. I also know friends who play.
I'm still playing my 2 Facebook games, Pet Society and Happy Pets, too much, really. I also still check on my FooPets every day, but I use the mobile link so I can feed my pets and my friends' pets really quickly--and that's all I do. I've been meaning to log into World of Warcraft, but I realized, if I log on to WoW I'm sure any mail I had from the AH will be expired. That doesn't make me anxious to log in. I haven't been playing because trying to get anything done takes so long and is so tedious. Also, playing a lot of that game hurts my arm, so I couldn't play for 8 hours in a row (even if I had time) and feel like I've actually accomplished something.
I'm going to play Pet Society through Easter, and a little past, because Sprite wants to do the egg contest again! So that will keep me busy for the next couple months. I'm going to log into WoW and give that another whirl--but if I can't get into it, I can't justify the monthly fee. It's the only thing my husband plays at all and the main game of my best friend, otherwise I would have canceled it already, at least temporarily.
So a couple months of what I'm doing now, then, see how I feel about it. Maybe take a break from gaming for a while this summer..?
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February 10th, 2011
10:15 pm - One of the new Facebook settings you might want to change
It's seemed quiet on Facebook lately, and I ran into a note that might have something to do with it.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154366131286022
Basically it has to do with changing a new setting that is only letting you see people you've recently interacted with. I checked my setting and it was set to show all friends already, possibly because I'd previous had a custom setting in there not the default. But other people may not be seeing my posts, and I can't just post about it on Facebook, because they aren't seeing my posts?! So I'm letting people know here in case you want to check your settings.
Scroll down to the bottom of the newsfeed on the homepage and click on “Edit Options”, click on “Show Posts From” and change the setting to “All Of Your Friends and Pages”
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October 10th, 2010
12:10 am - Happy Pets
I joined another soul sucking pet game, because I'm not wasting enough of my time. XD
It's frustrating because Happy Pets has been very buggy this week. I wasted a bunch of coins on breeding requests, I don't think my friends even got the requests. And adding friends only works half the time (why don't they automatically give you ever player on your friends list like Pet Society does?) Adding them is set up in a very tedious way, you have to do them one at a time, not check them off a list. So having to do it over and over is just loads of fun.
The game isn't just buggy, it's disjointed. You'll be visiting someone's house, and a box will pop up asking if you want to go another friend's house to get a cat out of a tree or something. I don't know how much xp or coins you get when you do that. I'm starting to just ignore those pop ups, and do visits more systematically like I do in Pet Society. There other things that pop up, too many of them, like reminders to send free gifts to your friends. And it has too many items for real cash, like every pet game now. I did one of the offers to earn Facebook credits, bought some shoes (I needed shoes anyway). Of course I never got the credits. I don't think it's meant to be a ripoff, just inevitable bugs since you are interfacing 3 different systems, namely Facebook, the game, and the third party company making the offer.
There's something about the tone of the game that I'm not comfortable with. Pets are treated like, well, collectible items rather than pets. I like that GoPets had a lot fewer pets per person, but you were very invested with your pets. Here you pick your starter pets from a very small selection of looks, so it's not like your starter pet is a really unique pet that will be the foundation for your little family. One of my first days playing Happy Pets, a pop up box said the police department wanted to buy my dog Raven for six hundred or so coins, and the prompt made it sound like I should be happy about this. But I found it appalling since she still had a young puppy to care for.
I do like some things about Happy Pets. They have many cute pet species, and you can adopt out pets you don't want to other players for free. You can make in game coins fairly quickly (a friend gave me a tip to use the laser pen to play with pets rather than the hand icon, much faster). They have some cute animations. I love how my bunny eats a carrot, and cats use the scratching post and sing. The sound of the dinos is really amusing.
I don't want a huge number of pets that will feel like a burden, but I'll stick with it for a while and see how it goes.
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March 4th, 2010
09:43 pm - FooPets on Colbert Report
FooPets is a virtual pet site I'm sorry I joined. I don't want to abandon my pets so I still feed them every day, but I'm definitely never paying money again. So I found this interesting.
Stephen Colbert ripped into FooPets the other night! It was funny. His main target was Kwedit, a site that he described as letting kids go into debt just like their parents! He said the site claims this is a great way to teach your kids financial responsibility, but it sounds like just the opposite--one option is to send an email to your relatives asking them to pay your debt. That's just what I want kids to learn, how to mooch off relatives, LOL. Colbert said it's like digging a shallow grave with your children to teach them murder is wrong.
Then he used FooPets as an example of a site that will take the Kwedit bucks. He made it sound like you have to pay real money for food or your pets will die, although you can still pay for food with the free FooGems. But after looking at the FooPets website yesterday, they're the ones being misleading on this--the Kwedit banner at the top of the page says "Feed Your FooPet with 50 FooDollars from Kwedit". So FooPets itself is trying to make you think you should use FooDollars so they'll make more money. (Although there's another banner in the rotation that just says, "Woof! Meow! Quack? 50 FooDollars for you from Kwedit".) Colbert also talked about a virtual doghouse that cost $400 real dollars, and compared it to a real doghouse that only cost $50. I couldn't find that particular one, but I know they have a ton of perversely pricey items.
But I'm afraid in spite of all his negative comments, the net effect was probably that a bunch of people went to the site and made new FooPets, played for 5 minutes, realized there's nothing to do on the website, and then abandoned the newly created pets forever. It's crazy that abandoned pets don't go into the rotation for new pet owners, but instead have to be bought by people who already play. The FooPets company owner was apparently happy about the publicity, I only knew to catch the repeat of the show because they tweeted about the mention on Colbert and how it was completely unexpected.
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December 5th, 2009
12:43 pm - SuperPoke Pets, and Pet Society (again!)
SuperPoke
I have a chicken on SuperPoke Pets. She's named Kazoo! You can visit her here:
http://chickykazoo.superpokepets.com/
Right now she's hanging out at the noodle house, but she's planning a trip back to the farm soon. I have a friend who signed up for SuperPoke, but can't get the pet (flash) to show up. She's trying various things, let me know if you've licked this problem or if you have any suggestions.
Pet Society
On Pet Society, I still have a few things to give away--faerie shoes, faerie window, and cute blue ribbon (hair). :O)
Still looking for acorn lamp, and always looking for plushies. =^..^=
I'm also looking for Japanese themed items, just redecorated my main room. I picked up all I could find in the shops. I've seen a couple other Japanese items in pets' homes, don't know if they were limited time only or what. Let me know if you've gotten any out of the grab bags and such I could be trying.
Someone was asking me about leveling in Pet Society the other day, so I'm pasting in the tips I sent to her in case anyone is interested.
- Visit everyone on your friends list every night (and do the hug or dance or whatever). This gives you experience points (5) and coins (up to 30 depending on some things about the pet you visit). The more friends you have the more you make! This is another reason when sending friend requests to the GoPets people they'll probably accept, since a lot of games on Facebook, the more friends playing, the better you do.
- Feed hungry pets! You get 17 xp and 2 coins each time you feed, whether you use a cheap food or an expensive one--so you want to use the cheapest food possible (5 gold) and just keep feeding until the pet is full. If you don't have hungry pets on your friends list at the moment, visit the pets you find in the coffee shop, you will usually find some hungry ones.
- You get xp from almost any activity, fishing, getting trophies, etc. But you only get 17 xp per trophy, no more than feeding a hungry pet, so you don't have to go out of your way to get trophies. I check which ones I'm close to, see if I can get one easily.
- I recently started doing the races, you can do 10 a day. Costs nothing to race, you get 30 gold for every win--more coins to buy food to feed hungry pets and level. I couldn't do it at first, but now I win a few races.
I haven't read much on the topic myself, so if anyone else has other leveling tips please post!
I'm should be writing our holiday letter, but I haven't done my Pet Society visits yet, LOL!
Current Location: Here and There
Current Mood:  Jolly
Current Music: No, sadly, Thomas has a football game on in the background..
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November 22nd, 2009
03:19 am - Pet Society on Facebook
I have to stop buying stuff by accident when I just want to try it on! I get messed up because the button to press to exit the window when I can't afford it, which is most often the case, LOL, is like the button to buy it when I can afford it. I'll see the money subtract and think, oh crap, not again.. Needs an undo! I also hate not having an auction house and COD option to find stuff you want and buy/sell from strangers without worries. And these faerie eggs and such make decorating tedious and random.
Oh, does the gift button work for anyone? Every since I found out that's the only way to get a rubber ducky, I've been trying to give rubber duckies to friends. But I get an error page saying unable to connect to Pet Society. And if I click retry, it just puts me in the game, I don't have the gift options anymore.
Edit:
I gave away the autumn faerie shirt, and got the shelf! Thanks Ruthie! Yippee! Still looking for acorn lamp, and always looking for plushies. =^..^=
I have faerie shoes, bunny slippers, faerie window, cute blue ribbon (hair), faerie bottles, and a few homegrown flowers to give away. :O)
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November 4th, 2009
12:35 am - Looking for info on FooPets..?
I was just wondering if anyone could answer my questions about a game. I'd like a new virtual pet in my life, but I don't think I'll find anything really cute and simple yet interesting. I don't want to take a lot of time away from playing WoW.
So I was wondering if anyone plays FooPets and could answer some questions? I tried FooPets the other day briefly, because the ads are just so adorable. After I'd started to play with my cat, a pop-up said it had to be linked to a Facebook acct. I don't have one and don't want one, I ended up clicking the box closed. That didn't make my pet disappear or anything, so I continued to play with her. I tried the water dish and the toy mouse and such. When I tried to wash her, it was some kind of mini game I didn't understand. I ended up holding the mouse button down and scrubbing and scrubbing and scrubbing (poor cat!) It kept telling me to hurry but I didn't know what I was supposed to do. I don't like apps that make me hold down the mouse button and move the mouse, since this seems to bother my arthritis and cause other pains in my arm. (I use autorun as much as I can in WoW so I don't have to do it as much--but I was hoping a pet game would be something that wouldn't involve intense gaming, a physical and mental break from something like WoW.) I also looked up some info on FooPets and frankly, it wasn't all good. But they are just so cute I'm still interested (just shoot me!)
So here are my questions about FooPets, if anyone plays and can help me. How much time a day does it take to care for a pet? Do you always end up spending some money, or is it possible to keep it well and happy just with daily care? Is the washing minigame a required thing I'd have to master to care for my pet? If so, how often do you have to do it? Are other minigames required or just optional? Thanks for any help you can give me!
And I'm not sure what to do about the Facebook thing if I did join.. I googled and found out they "insist" on real names, which I wouldn't use, so I'd risk getting banned. But I'm not sure if that would affect the pet though once I'd linked it to a page, the software may not repeatedly check if the page you linked it to is still there...
Current Mood:  Petless
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October 29th, 2009
04:53 pm - GoPets projects I never finished..
Over my years on GoPets I spent thousands of hours on projects and activities, designing custom clothing and items, attending parties and hosting them, entering contests and running them, drawing IKU icons and playing IKU games, running the WhiteElephant land as a free gift swap for a time, answering questions from other players looking for information, promoting GoPets, decorating lands, visiting friends. 24 hours a day was not enough time to do everything I wanted to do, and some projects never were completed for various reasons.
- After Roshambo held his contest to design a miniature golf course, he wanted to make one of his own. At one point I even bought two lands together, so he could have a large golf course, and also have room for his brother Domino to have a pizza parlor by it. Of course it would have been a big project, I never got any farther than starting to collect some items I wanted to use, didn't do any customs.
- HodgePodge kitty, on my WhiteElephant account, always wanted to have her own Hot Springs Spa and Resort. This would be something like the Kah Nee Ta Hot Springs in Oregon that I once visited (by accident, lol). I remember some custom designers made marble tubs by putting the regular bathtub in a customized item (I think it was a bed?) I wanted to make some of those to match pillars and vases available from the store, for a classical look. I was also going to toss in some diving pools. But I wanted a rocky, scrub brush kind of landscape. The only rocky wallpaper was Mars, not the look I was going for, lol. Always hoped the right wallpaper would come along.
- I love all the beautiful custom clothing people made, loved to dress up my pets to match their personalities. One item I really loved was wings. But even though I made customs myself, I never finished a pair of wings. I'm too picky for my own good, and never could get them to look good enough, lol. I do have a pair I was mostly happy with--but still needed a lot of finishing--somewhere on my old computer. If I ever get into drawing again, maybe I'll use the design on a fairy or something.
- One of the silliest projects I never got to--a bathroom! When they came out with toilets, I had intended to make a multi-stall bathroom that would have graffiti on the walls. The graffiti would be about, and written by, my own pets, and the pets of my friends. Things like "Hop and Rhubarb sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G" and other graffiti and gossip, as well as little child like drawings, and paw prints. This was supposed to be part of an even larger project, a store and restaurant. The store would have, among other things, a series of "Employee of the Month" photos on the wall for different months. It would be pictures of my pets and friends' pets, but also peppered with humorous ideas for the monthly employees, one month the employee would be the bush baby on the jungle tree, or even one of the dragonflies that showed up when you had beach chairs out, lol. Ouija was my store manager.
So those came to me off the top of my head. I'll probably remember more forgotten projects later, if that makes sense, lol.
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October 17th, 2009
03:27 pm - Some rambling thoughts on casual gaming..
Interesting little interview with Sockington's owner (after you get through the promo clips) http://bit.ly/socksonctv
One subject in the short interview is the phenomenon of casual gaming, like the farming game people are doing on facebook now. He mentions that people like games they don't have to invest a lot of time in.
To me, although you don't have to invest a lot of time in a casual game, as he said, I think you can spend a lot of time on it, and still be a "casual" gamer. I think every game I've played in the past 10 years is casual, even if I spent 20 hours (or more) a week playing it. I like the relaxing and creative aspects of gaming. (I'm a nervous person by nature, and games that are tense and "action packed" just make it worse, LOL.)
I think of hard core gaming--as opposed to casual gaming--as something that has to do with quick reflexes, mentally being aware of everything going on, commitment (to other people because you said you'd do a raid at a particular time, for instance, or a commitment to practice and get better at it), and economics come into it (you might need an expensive console, a faster internet connection, a monthly fee for the game, etc). Because of all these things, the market for hard core games is small compared to the total population. But the market for casual games (that are relatively cheap, easy to play even for some who may have certain disabilities, require no time commitment, etc) is not small. And with more people worldwide getting on the internet every day, young and old, the market is growing.
I play World of Warcraft many hours a week, but in a very casual way. It's a bargain, since I get many hours of enjoyment for not much more than what it costs to see a movie in the theater. I don't do anything hardcore, I avoid PvP like the plague, and rarely group with anyone. They've added a lot for casual gamers, like some of the achievements, the number of vanity pets you can collect has grown, leveling is faster than it used to be, etc. I like trying out different professions, races, and classes, and have at least one of each. I also enjoy running a little guild for just myself, my husband, and my two best friends. I recently decided I spend too much time on vanity pets, though, and want to get my oldest to level 80. I'm still working on that, she made level 67 last night. (Which has amusingly stirred some feelings of rivalry with my husband, since his oldest just made 67, too. Maybe it will spur him to get to 80 as well if I keep going, LOL.)
I was trying to figure out ways to get my mother-in-law into World of Warcraft. I felt guilty that I got her into a game she's playing, GoPets, that recently announced it will close (after a long decline). Back when I stopped playing GoPets myself, I wanted something large and stable that wouldn't disappear, which is why I chose a big, pay to play game like WoW. I also wanted a game that would help distract my husband from pain issues he was having at that time (while waiting for surgery), and I thought WoW would appeal to him. And it did, and luckily he still has some time for it, even though he's working and busy now. So I'd like to see his mom also playing with us, and I thought about what WoW class might be easiest for her (as someone completely unfamiliar with that kind of game), what race she might like to play, etc.
But, now that GoPets is closing, my mother-in-law said she'll probably just go back to doing more knitting and beading--things she can do while watching TV, like GoPets. And it kind of struck me, that's what casual gaming is, something that doesn't take your full attention. You can do it while watching TV, or chatting, or browsing the net. Most of the stuff I do on WoW, I can watch TV at the same time. But there's a learning curve for a complete neophyte like her (I know because it was hard for me when I started), and since she's not motivated to learn WoW, I guess it just wouldn't work at this point. So I won't push it. Maybe sometime in the future, if she gets curious about World of Warcraft, she'll want to try it. (Note to self: show her pics of all the cute little pets, LOL.)
As for GoPets, I hope whatever company bought the rights does make a similar virtual pet game, with many of the original GoPets ideas (I felt it really lost direction the last couple years). In the beginning it was the perfect kind of little non-game game for the casual gamer, it just needs to be more accessible and intuitive for people who don't think of themselves as gamers to easily get into it. But it would do well in today's market if given a chance, with the interaction, cute pets and adorable animations.
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April 10th, 2009
05:01 pm - A twitter here, a twitter there..
- 22:10 I have a new cell phone. It's hermetically sealed in multiple layers of plastic packaging. Trying to free it.
- 22:11 My skills are more fitting for 2 paper cups and some string. Or possibly stone knives and bear skins. Nix that, the bear would kill me.
- 23:07 I'm staring at this phone like it's something I just pilfered from an alien space ship.
- 23:07 Back cover attachment seems flimsy. I seem clumsy.
- 23:11 I think I managed to put in the battery without breaking anything. Plug in cell phone. "HELLO" says the phone. At least it's friendly!
- 23:19 So I put the battery in as per "Getting Started" and now it wants me to take the battery out to find the serial number..
- 23:19 ..they couldn't have mentioned that earlier?
- 23:22 Letting phone charge. I'll deal with it later.
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April 9th, 2009
05:03 pm - A twitter here, a twitter there..
- 12:03 How many slices of sandwich meat do you put in a sandwich?
- 13:36 I meant a sandwich with just like the usual Oscar Meyer size slices, not that I use that brand. It was just a frivolous question, although..
- 13:38 ..I'd love to have a good food scale now that you mention it. I had a scale but it was crap, couldn't tell an ounce from a hole in the wall.
- 16:01 I think I've gotten more answers about sandwich meat than any other tweet of mine, LOL.
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February 10th, 2009
12:04 pm - Anyone you know in trouble from the Australian fires?
I check the news every day, hoping the fires will be under control. But even though things are a little better, the stories are still warning people not to let their guard down yet. I've checked with some friends, one said the fires came close and her area was on alert for a couple days. A couple know people who have died, but not directly, friends of relatives. I also feel bad for all the wildlife, everything in the path for the fire, no escape from the inferno. It's terrible. I hope the people you love are safe.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090210/wl_afp/australiaweatherfirestoll
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090210/ts_nm/us_australia_fires
My mother was afraid of fire more than most people, because she saw a chicken coop burn to the ground when she was a little girl. She also had relatives who survived the Peshtigo Fire of 1871, perhaps she was fascinated with that part of her family history because of her own fear of fire. The fire happened the same night as the famous Chicago fire, although the one in the Peshtigo area of northern Wisconsin took hundreds more lives--estimated between 1200 and 2400. My mother took us to the Peshtigo museum when I was little. The museum had displays talking about what it was like for those who lived through it, staying in the river hoping it would end, how the air itself seemed to be on fire.
Link to donate to the Australian Red Cross
https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp
Current Mood: worried
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September 30th, 2008
12:01 am - Stocks?
With the stock plunge today, Thomas and I don't understand why they didn't close the market early. It happened really fast, but it was clear what was going on with the vote, they do have the authority to close early. I thought after the last big plunge, they were going to put safeguards in place to close early almost automatically in the case of investor panic. I've been reading a few of the online news articles about the stock market drop, and none of the ones I've found so far have even mentioned the idea of closing the market early, let alone explain why they didn't do it. I get the impression the people who run the market welcomed the plunge, punishing the public for telling their congressmen to vote no on the bail out.
Current Mood:  tired
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July 8th, 2008
April 4th, 2008
01:55 am - My GoPets
Coming up this month, my third anniversary of GoPets madness! GoPets is a program with cute animated pets that play with toys, dress up, farm, cook, fish and visit other pet owners. It also has chat, profiles, minigames, and players can make custom clothes and furniture. It's a little difficult to get started right now, so definitely visit their forum for tips on how to level up and earn currency. I'd also encourage any new players to visit this little forum run by some friends of mine, for more help and to meet some great people.
I've been meaning to write up profiles of my GoPets for a long time, so here they are. These are the pets on my Asynjur account. Hodge Podge, the kitty on my WhiteElephant account, is shown in an earlier entry (in gadget form!) Maybe when I have time, I'll write up a profile for her, and profiles for my husband's kitties.
Roshambo
Birthday: April 21, 2005
Nickname(s): Ro
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Things: Green Skateboard, Metal Headphones
Favorite Customs: His prescription glasses (our own frame design), Skull collar by Pootlecat, Tiki tooth bracelet by Delekatala
Profession: Pup of leisure!
Hobbies: Skateboarding, Golf, Fishing, Photography
Craft: Ro is an expert angler, with a level over 300.
Ro's philosophy is that GoPets don't always have to be on the go. He was instrumental in designing a line of bathrobes and slippers, he has hosted a Spa Party along with Hopscotch, and he judged a Miniature Golf Tournament (actually, a contest to design a miniature golf course on your land)--all affirming his dedication to leisure time!
He was a late comer to the crafting craze, and predictably chose fishing, a laid back pastime. He may have also been attracted to fishing because of his food preferences, he's always loved fish, particularly mackerel. When he was a pup the cats out numbered the dogs on GoPets even more than they do now, maybe he was trying to fit in (he also loves milk!) Some of his favorite activities back then were playing rock-paper-scissors, and chasing butterflies. Roshambo often wore wings when he was younger, he liked to pretend he was some kind of fantasy hero.
Roshambo loves his little gang of mircopets. Most of them have names, Sparky, Perdue, Nomad, Grumpy, Feathers, etc. He's a big brother to my other pets, and a bit of a trend setter. My pets all frequently wear metal headphones, and a tiki bracelet, just like Roshambo.
Here Roshambo is fighting a Dark Knight. He doesn't usually wear a feather duster wig, he just happened to be in the outfit he wore to Burning Man. Wiggles and Giggles are helping by nipping at the dark horse's heals (where's Sniffy?)
Orianna "Hopscotch" Pente
Birthday: October 16, 2005
Nickname(s): Hopscotch, Hop
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Things: Red Biplane, Oriental House, Bullseye Arcade Machine (Skeeball used to be her favorite)
Favorite Customs: Gankaku, Falconess, Suicune, Turnerpunk, Treguld, ReelingIsRyan are just a few of her favorite designers.
Profession: Designer, Aviator
Hobbies: Enjoys travel and parties.
Craft: Hopscotch has not learned any of the current GoPets crafts.
From day one, Hopscotch was much more adventurous than her older brother. While Ro enjoyed lounging around at home, Hop was always in some exotic location like Kuala Lampur. Hopscotch even took up flying so she could be anywhere at the drop of a hat. Even though she's very outgoing, Hop was always a little insecure. Until Liliya called her the prettiest dog in GoLand!
Her other great love is art, she's always been the pet in charge of our custom line. She creates clothing, jewelry, accessories, and more (pictures here). She even did some landscaping at Halcyon Gardens (234, 266).
Hopscotch is very proud of her new big red dragon, who has yet to reveal his name. Although she is a very generous pup, neither her red plane nor her red dragon have ever been ridden by anyone else in the family. (But the dragon is a little touchy, she doesn't think the boys would be gentle enough.) She has a variety of micropets, but many of hers have kept their names secret.
Here Hopscoth gives a smootch to our Moon Bear.
Ouija
Birthday: July 2, 2006
Nickname(s): Well, Thomas calls her "Weej" sometimes, but she usually doesn't go by a nickname. Ouija has a last name, by the way, Tarocchi, but she really never uses it.
Favorite Color: Ouija seems to like all colors of the rainbow.
Favorite Things: Slide, Crystal Ball, and an item that could also be listed under customs, the Ouija Board she and Hopscotch designed together.
Favorite Customs: Wigs by Ruey, Lylda, Minpanda and others, and more custom clothes than I could list, LOL!
Profession: Store Manager
Hobbies: Shopping, Gardening, Divination
Craft: Ouija is a farmer, currently level 174.
Ouija loves shopping! Nothing cheers her up more than finding a bargain, or the perfect gift for a friend. She has quite a colorful collection of clothes, and wigs! Hop and Ro paid little attention to our userstore, so when Ouija came along with her shopping experience, she took over management. And Ouija volunteered to be our farmer when crafting came out, because she has an interest in gardening, and, frankly, the dogs wouldn't do it. The boys were just too lazy, and Hopscotch was already busy with her own activities. But Ouija considers herself more of a weekend gardener than a full fledged farmer. Ouija also enjoys all things mystical, and dabbles in fortune telling.
She has several micropets, Scramble is her chick, and Charlette de Berry is her parrot, to name a couple. Her baby dragon Spitfire is a bit of a pyro, he flamed the wheat fields and she had to stomp it out with her little paws. Ouch! She loves the little guy, though. We're thinking maybe obedience training will help.
Here Ouija is following our Nude for New Years tradition (2005, 2006, 2007).
Domino
Birthday: August 14, 2007
Nickname(s): Domi
Favorite Color: Blue (Gray is his second favorite, also leans towards Black and White)
Favorite items: Flying Broom, Blue Plane, Dark Blue Van
Favorite customs: Hoodies by RavynQueen, Sports Hoodies (Hop designed for him), Tail decoration by TheProtagonist
Profession: Party Animal ;O)
Hobbies: Sports fan, Sci Fi fan, likes to fly his plane and cook (not at the same time!)
Craft: Cook level 300.
Domino is a dogs' dog. He follows baseball and football, and he'd rather wear a comfortable sweatshirt than a fancy outfit. He did briefly try wearing a tie when he was young, but it never felt right no matter how much he adjusted it. I suspect he was influenced by his very first conversation with Ouija, she just happened wearing one of our Patriots' hoodies at the time. I wonder what they talked about?
 
Domi loves to relax with friends, and hosted a pizza party when he was just a young pup. Domino likes to cook almost as much as he likes to eat, but he's a bit disappointed at what he can't make. He stares at our pile of barley, hoping one day he'll be able to brew it into beer. He'd also like to make chili and do some Cajun cooking.
And his attempt to put anchovies on pizza wasn't entirely successful.
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If you're a friend and you join, please let me know! I don't always check my referrals, but I definitely want to know when a friend joins. The more the merrier! A quick note of caution, if you have an older computer or a slow connection, GoPets might not be a good program for you.
Current Location: GoLand
Current Mood: Sleepy..
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March 25th, 2008
01:10 pm - I'm a Fatigued Ladybug Resting on a Tacky Floral Throw Pillow
The Most Useless Test Ever
This is still my most favoritest online quiz ever. Why, yes, I am old and boring, why do you ask? 
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March 18th, 2008
12:29 pm - My Forum
Asynjur's Forum for Friends
http://www.bearjests.com/forum/
I'm trying to reconnect with some of my other interests, and revive some neglected areas of the forum. The folders are a bit eclectic, because it's a combination of topics from what used to be separate forums I ran, so basically everything that interests me in particular was just tossed together, LOL! But you don't have to keep on topic, and there are a couple general discussion areas to talk about any number of things.
In Quixotic Welcome Mat you can say hello, tell us Three Things about You or join in other discussions. Exit 47 is a member's only folder where forum members can discuss whatever they like, even just how their week is going. Shiny Things is for posting fun links, sharing jokes, and the like.
Insomnia Zone is for forum games like 20 Questions, Movie Quotes (you guess the movie from quotes), TV Shows (you guess the show from quotes and/or clues), Who Or What Am I (guess any person or thing from clues), Word Scrambles, and Hot or Cold (another guessing games).
I'm hoping to breath some life into the Animals, Nature and Science folder, any help is appreciated! Fuzzy Fun is a place where teddy bears and other toys, and their humans, talk about adventures or just chillin' at home. Mythology, Monsters and Mysteries is a mixed bag, folklore, mythology, cryptozoology, legends of old, ghosts, monsters, and urban legends.
Creative Muse is a place to discuss your own art, poems, music, photography, web design, and other creative works. It's been kind of quiet lately. I'm trying to get Three Word Story going. That's a thread were you write a story as a group effort, but each post can only add 3 words. To talk about your favorite art, music, and writing by others, visit Artists and Authors. Screenplay is a place to talk about talk about movies, theater, television shows, video, and other media madness. I'm trying to post some mini movie reviews in the What movies have you seen lately? III thread every week. And last but not least, Gaming and Virtual Pets is for cyberpet agencies, virtual pets, sim games, role-playing, other computer games. Some time ago I removed the GoPets folders from my forum, so hopefully it will be more inviting to non-GoPets players now. I still play GoPets, but didn't want to be quite so immersed in it all the time.
Please stop by, and if anything intrigues you, do not hesitate to post! If you don't see any old threads you'd like to reply to, feel free to start your own.
Current Location: Isle of Demons, as always!
Current Mood:  Boing!
Current Music: Forgot to turn on the iPod..
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December 20th, 2006
01:09 am - Tarot meme...
You are The High Priestess
Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.
The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
Current Mood: exhausted
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November 6th, 2006
04:44 pm - Glad it will be over soon...
So far today I've only deleted 3 political recorded messages off our voicemail. Still keeping the phone unplugged, as I did all weekend. Thank goodness tomorrow is election day.
Current Mood: Is there any hope?
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September 25th, 2006
06:31 pm - Praying Mantis
For the third year, not in a row, a praying mantis has shown up by our side door (one also showed up on the mailbox once). This time, it was much later in the year, and she's a lot bigger than the cute little green ones I've seen in the past.
Thomas found her just after dark, while he was finishing up changing the oil in the Mustang one evening. She was right on the door frame. I hope I didn't blind her with the flash, I didn't think of it at the time. It wasn't completey dark, though, and she was under the porch light.
I don't know why I've seen them three times on that side of the house. Or maybe they're all around the house, but we only notice them there because we come in that door. And the mantis' are always climbing UP the house. I don't know where they're trying to go, but they have a long way up because that's the highest part of the house.
We didn't have these back where I grew up in Wisconsin!
Current Mood:  Tired, actually...
Current Music: Live
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September 19th, 2006
08:09 am - Ahoy, me hearties! Yo ho!
It be Talk like a Pirate Day! If ye need a wee bit o' help, click here to change yer words to sea dog words. Or e'en translate a whole webpage! (I tried it on me LJ friends page, funny! It e'en changed the page title to Asynjur's Shipmates!)
Current Location: The belly of the Kraken!
Current Mood: Ahoy!
Current Music: What do you do with a drunken sailor?
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July 30th, 2006
10:31 pm - Mystery Science Theater 3000
I don't think there are a lot of MST3K fans around here, and I realize the show is kind of a hard sell. I admit, the first couple times I tried to watch it myself, years ago at the urging of a co-worker, I didn't quite get it. But once you're initiated, you never look at any movie the same way again, LOL! A few years ago, Sci-Fi channel stopped showing even the re-runs, and Thomas' misses his Saturday morning tradition of watching MST3K. So I've been picking episodes up, once and a while, from Netflix. Some episodes are duds, movies with so little action there isn't even enough to lampoon. But others are so hilarious, we often back up to listen to lines over and over again.
I know it's a cliche, but for a while tonight I was laughing so hard I was literally crying. I had to make a conscious effort to stop laughing long enough to breath! And Thomas was also having a laughing fit during the same scene, although I don't think he was having as much trouble breathing as I was, LOL! What was going on? Actually, very little. Two people in lab coats working separately, facing away from each other, and only periodically talking, somehow was a climax of absurdity in the movie. The breaks in conversation were long enough for Joel and the bots to squeeze in 4 or 5 jokes at a time. I realize describing just one of the jokes will sounds lame, outside of the context of the slow pace of the scene and the frantic pace of the wisecracks, but I will anyway. One of the characters kept looking down at the floor, something I didn't quite notice until Crow said, "I get it now! His script is on the floor!" And when the other character left, Crow said, "Wait! Page 25 is stuck to your shoe!"
What was this marvel, this work of celluloid art? Monster A Go-Go. This movie was so amature, at one point the sound of a ringing phone is made by a person trying to imitate the noise, "Brrrrrrrring!" This particular MST3K had a short before the movie, as they sometimes so. This one had a promotional film for an ice capades show, which was also great cannon fodder.
The thing with MST3K, is the more obscure references you get, the more you enjoy it. Thomas and I would often laugh at different things. I might notice a Monty Python line, while he laughs at a sports reference. It helps if you've seen a lot of movies, and not exactly current movies since MST3K stopped filming in 1999 (I feel old!) They also tend to reference previous episodes, so it's more fun as you watch more episodes. But even if you miss 2/3 of the jokes, there's still a lot to laugh at.
And the real thing that catches you and reals you in, is when a joke happens to touch on something rather obscure that means something to you, and yet you know it wouldn't mean anything to most of the audience. Because, unlike most forms of comedy, where the writers will throw out jokes unless all of the writers find that particular joke funny, MST3K would include lines that only one of the writers even understood. That's part of what gives MST3K that unique oh-so-not-Hollywood feel (the cheesy sets were just a bonus!)
If anyone is interested in renting any MST3K and would like recommendations, just ask. They aren't all funny, but some are extremely so (if you've only seen the MST3K movie, please be aware that it is by no means the funniest MST3K). Of course you need a particular kind of quirky, nerdy sense of humor to enjoy any, so results may vary. ;O)
I'd love to see an MST3K revival, but I can't imagine that will ever happen... They just don't make shows like that anymore.
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May 22nd, 2006
03:26 pm - Whole Peeled/The Maud Gonne Band
"But with my love for coffee, I know when I'm awake..."
First I'd like to say I know nothing about music, I just know what I like. So please pardon any inadequate descriptions or misused musical terms, thank you!
Years ago when I was living in Portland, Oregon, I happened to hear an unknown band from New Zealand playing at Saturday Market. I fell in love. They had kind of a celtic folk rock sound. The were selling a tape and a CD, the Maud Gonne Band's Difficult Third Album. I didn't have a CD player at the time, so I bought a tape. I gave them a $10 tip, which, ironically, along with the price of the tape, would have been enough to get the CD, instead. How I wish I had a CD! I was actually reluctant to buy an iPod now, only because I wouldn't be able to have this album on it, one of my all time favorite song collections.
I got an iPod anyway and searched for the Maud Gonne Band online, something I've done at various times in the past without much luck. This time, I first tried to email someone who had referenced the band on a website, but didn't get a reply. So I tried searching on the names of the band members, which I've also tried in the past. This time I had a significant hit.
I found a page on a website I'd never heard of called Lulu.com. It's a place where you can sign up to publish and sell your own books, CDs, DVDs, or images worldwide. This page was titled Whole Peeled Blog, which meant nothing to me. But one of the first things you see is an old play list, which made my jaw drop--it included the songs I was looking for--and the band members are listed farther down, exactly the same people as the Maud Gonne Band. (There's no explanation of the different name change, but on their MySpace page which I was directed to later, it says, "It should be noted that Whole Peeled also played more acoustic oriented music under the name of The Maud Gonne Band.") I ordered the CD Induce by Whole Peeled, which has a couple of the same songs from my tape, and anxiously waited for it to arrive. I also exchanged an email with Warwick Burton from the band, who was helpful.
My Whole Peeled CD arrived today. Having bonded so closely with The Difficult Third Album all these years, I was worried I'd be disappointed with Induce. But my fears were unfounded. I liked most of the new songs, and loved others, like Grady's Dream, Sugar Generation and Julia. Of course, I love the two songs that are also on my old tape, Bodega Midnight Coffee Song and Wellerman, although these versions are slightly different. Some of the songs on Induce have a little softer edge, but they still have the quirky lyrics and wonderful fiddling. There are a few fun unexpected choices, like a didgeridoo in the beginning of the instrumental Illinois Corn song. I'm grateful to have some more songs from this talented group of musicians and song writers.
My taste music is a bit eclectic, not completely dependent on genre. I tend to listen to more rock than folk, Alice in Chain's Dirt being another one of my favorite albums of all time. But then I also count Loreena McKennitt's Parallel Dreams among my favorites. Music hasn't been a big part of my life for a while, but when my husband got an iPod, I wanted one, too, hoping to reconnect with my enjoyment of music.
If you think you might like Whole Peeled, here are some links to visit.
Whole Peeled on Lulu.com
Some information about the band, and you can buy the CD Induce, or buy individual songs from the CD. Each song has a preview. Blog entries are here.
Whole Peeled on MySpace
Free download of the songs Home, Get Up Old Woman and Shake Yourself (instrumental), the Bodega Midnight Coffee Song, and Wellerman. The page also says a little bit about the band.
Soon May The Wellerman Come
This isn't a link for the band, it's about one of the folksongs they play. Whole Peeled seems to play a mix of folksongs and originals, but a lot more are originals.
Current Location: Isle of Demons
Current Mood: Hopeful
Current Music: Whole Peeled
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March 31st, 2006
10:43 am - Is there any way...?
Is there any way to see a list of the recent replies that I've made to other people's journals?
I see the My LJ page lists recent replies other people have made to my journals--but I comment on other people's entries much more than I add entries myself, as you've probably noticed. I signed up for LJ to check what other people are up to, but I only check every once and a while, and I'd like to follow up on entries where I replied some time ago. So I was wondering if there are tools to help me track what I've written to other people...
Current Location: Isle of Demons
Current Mood:  out of it
Current Music: One of those GoPets tunes running through my head...
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