Of new obsessions and relationships

I have been re-interested in those virtual pet toys with pedometers. I had one made by Nintendo, featuring Pikachu - you basically walked with it, and the more you played with it, the more animations you unlock. I remember a cute animation that the character would do when Pikachu was mad - he would disappear from the screen, leaving "motion marks", and you'd have to shake the pedometer rapidly to get pikachu to appear. The best thing about it, it basically takes care of itself - no feeding it, no messing with it.

So, basically, I've found out that Asia has a new tamagotchi type - that's exactly the same as the Pikachu one. Except that the story is that your tamagotchi crash lands on Earth, in the USA, and you basically travel with it to make money so it can get back to it's home planet. Anyhow, it's like $35 Canadian for one, and shipping too. I'm just trying to make money on ebay/etsy for it - and it's just a very very trying experience. (Everyone wants a deal, and it's just...gah...seriously?) I have about $8 on paypal, and it annoys me - I could have very easily paid for one if I didn't buy a new DSL battery and a charger.

I seriously haven't been playing anything on my DS lately. I've been reading a book titled Cold Plague about a company making money off of perfectly pristine water (from a lake under a glacier) that has microorganisms in it. These contain prions (basically, protein strands that mutate other protein strands and turn the victim's brains into swiss cheese). Just very interesting, I guess.

I also need a haircut. I used to wear a bob, and the length of my bangs are driving me bonkers.

I go back to university on Sunday - the residence reopens then. First thing I'd do is order pizza and some junk food and share with my roommates.

Also, trying to save up money for my girlfriend's trip to see me down here. I hate long distance relationships - phone cards, long conversations, and weird amounts of phone sex. (Although, my girlfriend is worried that she has menopause - she's a decade older than am I, and African-American women seem to have an early history of early menopause.) The menopause is important as we want to use technology to have a genetically "ours" child.

My stamp carving will probably overwhelm me with it's stuff - so I'm thinking of setting up an etsy shop - to sell off some of the pieces, and to get some extra spending money.

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I do not really belive in monogamous long-distance relationships. That doesn't connect in my mind.
 
Well, I'm engaged to my girlfriend, so yeah. Pretty much something I need to work out with her - just basically figure out where to establish our homes; we are thinking dual-citizenships for both of us. (The United States and Canada.)

Yeah, it gets hard to deal with. The fact that I can't see her, or even kiss her kills me here.
 
Considering how alternative relationships can be shit to handle by definition (I dated girlfriends for a long time, and sometimes it was fucking hell on earth), you must really love her to be so commited... that's nice to see - hope it lasts the whole transition, though. Seems like that would be the bottleneck.
 
Yeah, it's definately a roadblock. We have to find a state that approves gay marriage (damn Prop 8, really.), and find out if our union is legal. Plus, it's a whole lot of red tape for the technology to produce a genetically "ours" baby --> they have the technology, but it's question of ethics.
 
[quote name='astrangeone' post='2519322' date='Jan 8 2010, 08:31 PM']I have been re-interested in those virtual pet toys with pedometers. [...][/quote]

You have 8$...

You can buy a digivice for 8$

Or you can buy others for less than 35$

You just need to search for one

I know these are not the pikachu one you want to buy, But you could get one of these, I've had a digivice, They are like a tamagotchi but this ones fight and so, They are pedometers too. You should look for digivices, Maybe you'll like them... or not, Who knows. I just felt like telling you just in case cause you are searching for more virtual pet toys. :ph34r:

EDIT: Just read on the other topic you had one of these, Oh well.
 

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    They're clean, quiet and pretty much take care of themselves.
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    Hmm that's true, never considered it
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    It's still a huge responsibility though
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    As a slave you only need to give them food and clean the litterbox before the lords make sure you do it the hard way
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    Wait I remembered we can’t, my mom is allergic to cat fur
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    I could consider it once I move out though
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    Cats are good protein
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    Oh yeah that's actually a pretty cool idea, thank you! I'd love to have a pet, maybe not now but in the future it's definitely a great idea
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    @K3Nv3, Hell yeah gymbro mindset
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    9g of protein
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    Kinda expensive for proteins though
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    Vets are what makes it expensive don't wanna eat bad kitty you get infections that way
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    I should start the Classroom of the Elite light novels
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    cool. Only thing is.. I can't read. :mellow:
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    @AncientBoi, Hey it's never too late I guess
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    Omg same, it was when you said I could get a cat, thought it was my problem
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    In my timezone at least lol
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    yeah, same here, but it's one hour earlier in PT
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