Jul 12 2017, 10:51 AM
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Thank you both so much for the warm welcome!
I’m definitely not excited for vet classes; I can handle blood and gore and the like just fine when it comes to fiction, but in real life it’s a struggle, and dying animals make me immensely sad. But hopefully I’ll be able to get through it, and I won’t have to take too many related courses, as I don’t plan on becoming a vet, though I look up to them a lot and respect the work that they do!
I checked out your intro post, and Mako and Bolin are cute names! I haven’t seen Legend of Korra, but I’m assuming that’s where the names came from? I have to admit, I first thought of mako sharks when I saw 'Mako', but I imagine that's unlikely to be the inspiration for the name.
My kitties are named Rosa, Lucy Pearl, and Lola. Rosa is absolutely the sweetest cat I’ve ever met; she can be bossy and insistent, but she loves to snuggle, and she’s one of my biggest sources of emotional support. She’s getting on in years, but she’s still doing all right. She’s a beautiful gray tabby, and she loves to give me nose kisses! Lucy Pearl is a tiny lilac point siamese; she can be skittish, but she’s very good at getting into trouble, especially where yarn is involved – I don’t knit much at the moment, but my mom does, and Lucy loves to help. She snuggles sometimes, though she is always moving and can’t really seem to find a good position where she can settle down. Lola is a big black cat, and she’s scared of new people, but I like to think that she loves everyone and everything. She adores our dog, which is amusing because the other two cats hate him and succeed in bullying him by staring him down, even though he’s significantly larger than them. She likes to lick plastic, and whenever I enter the bathroom she’ll follow me in to lick the shower curtain! The noise is a bit annoying, but it’s fun to watch. She’s the most talkative of the three (though Lucy, when she does meow, is the loudest; and Rosa just sounds like she’s in pain but really she just wants me to open my door to let her into my room), and whenever she meows I like to try to have a conversation with her, and it generally lasts for a while before one of us gets bored and walks away! She doesn’t snuggle at all, but she loves having her chin scratched.
That was a bit long, but yeah, those are my cats! As I said, I love them a lot, and I miss them terribly when I go away to boarding school (I also miss my family, of course, but at least I can talk to them on the phone).
I’m sorry to hear about your snake experience. My snake – Nagini’s her name, though it’s not exactly fitting – has only tried to bite me once, and she didn’t break the skin. It was my bad, though. She was hungry and I was being a bit reckless, and evidently she thought my hand was food! She lashed at me but quickly pulled back, and I made sure to feed her soon after. Now I’m a bit more careful whenever I open her cage when feeding time is approaching! Beardies are lovely, though. I nearly got one, but I decided on a snake instead, as I’d been wanting one for years and found one on Craigslist who needed rehoming.
I mostly play on PC; I don’t have a dedicated gaming computer, though, just a new-ish Mac and a relatively old Windows, but so far they’ve met my needs, as I’m not much of a hardcore gamer. My brother has a Playstation of some kind, though I’m admittedly not sure which – probably should find that out, because he’d let me use it! – and my family owns a Wii, which is rarely used nowadays. I also have a 2DS that I mainly use for Pokémon.
I haven’t heard of that series! Despite being a self-proclaimed fan of certain genres, my knowledge of books in those genres is embarrassingly low, and I haven’t read all that many books from said genres, at least not recently – I was a much more avid reader when I was younger. But it definitely looks interesting, and the first book is only three dollars on Kindle, so I think I’ll check it out (even though I just got a huge stack of books at a book sale…. Mostly nonfiction, though). How much of it have you read, and are you enjoying it? (If you want to continue this conversation, that is! If not, that’s totally fine.)
It’s so cool that you’re making a game! I got RPG Maker VX Ace during a huge steam sale, but I haven’t done anything with it yet, mainly because I’m an abysmal artist and wouldn’t be able to draw any of the things I want to draw. Would you mind sharing more about your game, or would you rather keep it to yourself?
Hunters Unlucky looks neat – thanks for the recommendation! My favorite books are those that are similar to Watership Down and Tailchaser’s Song and the like – this seems like it might fit the bill! I recently got a book about badgers called The Cold Moons, though I’ve yet to read it. I also have a ton of supposedly similar books bookmarked on Goodreads, so I can return to them once I’ve finished reading the things I’m currently working on. Good luck getting a paperback copy!
By far the best ‘animal game’ I’ve played is Hatoful Boyfriend, but that…. Doesn’t exactly count, though it’s not quite as absurd as it seems (or perhaps it’s more absurd? But in a serious way). Okami looks quite fun, and I’m considering getting it for the Wii, though it’s been such a long time since I’ve used it that I’ll need to test it first to see if it still works….
Maybe they don’t count as animal games, but I’ve enjoyed playing Endless Ocean and its sequel. I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with the ocean, though – I adore the creatures in it, but it also scares the hell out of me! Not the creatures themselves, but the deep and dark or open water, as well as in the Arctic, when you can’t see the sky because of all the ice. I doubt the fear is strong enough to qualify as thalassophobia, but on bad mental days I can’t manage to play the games because they stress me out so much. I’ve yet to finish them. I recently bought Abzu, but haven’t played it yet, though I’m looking forward to it.
//aw gee another long post,,, my apologies!
Thank you both so much for the warm welcome!
I’m definitely not excited for vet classes; I can handle blood and gore and the like just fine when it comes to fiction, but in real life it’s a struggle, and dying animals make me immensely sad. But hopefully I’ll be able to get through it, and I won’t have to take too many related courses, as I don’t plan on becoming a vet, though I look up to them a lot and respect the work that they do!
I checked out your intro post, and Mako and Bolin are cute names! I haven’t seen Legend of Korra, but I’m assuming that’s where the names came from? I have to admit, I first thought of mako sharks when I saw 'Mako', but I imagine that's unlikely to be the inspiration for the name.
My kitties are named Rosa, Lucy Pearl, and Lola. Rosa is absolutely the sweetest cat I’ve ever met; she can be bossy and insistent, but she loves to snuggle, and she’s one of my biggest sources of emotional support. She’s getting on in years, but she’s still doing all right. She’s a beautiful gray tabby, and she loves to give me nose kisses! Lucy Pearl is a tiny lilac point siamese; she can be skittish, but she’s very good at getting into trouble, especially where yarn is involved – I don’t knit much at the moment, but my mom does, and Lucy loves to help. She snuggles sometimes, though she is always moving and can’t really seem to find a good position where she can settle down. Lola is a big black cat, and she’s scared of new people, but I like to think that she loves everyone and everything. She adores our dog, which is amusing because the other two cats hate him and succeed in bullying him by staring him down, even though he’s significantly larger than them. She likes to lick plastic, and whenever I enter the bathroom she’ll follow me in to lick the shower curtain! The noise is a bit annoying, but it’s fun to watch. She’s the most talkative of the three (though Lucy, when she does meow, is the loudest; and Rosa just sounds like she’s in pain but really she just wants me to open my door to let her into my room), and whenever she meows I like to try to have a conversation with her, and it generally lasts for a while before one of us gets bored and walks away! She doesn’t snuggle at all, but she loves having her chin scratched.
That was a bit long, but yeah, those are my cats! As I said, I love them a lot, and I miss them terribly when I go away to boarding school (I also miss my family, of course, but at least I can talk to them on the phone).
I’m sorry to hear about your snake experience. My snake – Nagini’s her name, though it’s not exactly fitting – has only tried to bite me once, and she didn’t break the skin. It was my bad, though. She was hungry and I was being a bit reckless, and evidently she thought my hand was food! She lashed at me but quickly pulled back, and I made sure to feed her soon after. Now I’m a bit more careful whenever I open her cage when feeding time is approaching! Beardies are lovely, though. I nearly got one, but I decided on a snake instead, as I’d been wanting one for years and found one on Craigslist who needed rehoming.
I mostly play on PC; I don’t have a dedicated gaming computer, though, just a new-ish Mac and a relatively old Windows, but so far they’ve met my needs, as I’m not much of a hardcore gamer. My brother has a Playstation of some kind, though I’m admittedly not sure which – probably should find that out, because he’d let me use it! – and my family owns a Wii, which is rarely used nowadays. I also have a 2DS that I mainly use for Pokémon.
I haven’t heard of that series! Despite being a self-proclaimed fan of certain genres, my knowledge of books in those genres is embarrassingly low, and I haven’t read all that many books from said genres, at least not recently – I was a much more avid reader when I was younger. But it definitely looks interesting, and the first book is only three dollars on Kindle, so I think I’ll check it out (even though I just got a huge stack of books at a book sale…. Mostly nonfiction, though). How much of it have you read, and are you enjoying it? (If you want to continue this conversation, that is! If not, that’s totally fine.)
It’s so cool that you’re making a game! I got RPG Maker VX Ace during a huge steam sale, but I haven’t done anything with it yet, mainly because I’m an abysmal artist and wouldn’t be able to draw any of the things I want to draw. Would you mind sharing more about your game, or would you rather keep it to yourself?
Hunters Unlucky looks neat – thanks for the recommendation! My favorite books are those that are similar to Watership Down and Tailchaser’s Song and the like – this seems like it might fit the bill! I recently got a book about badgers called The Cold Moons, though I’ve yet to read it. I also have a ton of supposedly similar books bookmarked on Goodreads, so I can return to them once I’ve finished reading the things I’m currently working on. Good luck getting a paperback copy!
By far the best ‘animal game’ I’ve played is Hatoful Boyfriend, but that…. Doesn’t exactly count, though it’s not quite as absurd as it seems (or perhaps it’s more absurd? But in a serious way). Okami looks quite fun, and I’m considering getting it for the Wii, though it’s been such a long time since I’ve used it that I’ll need to test it first to see if it still works….
Maybe they don’t count as animal games, but I’ve enjoyed playing Endless Ocean and its sequel. I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with the ocean, though – I adore the creatures in it, but it also scares the hell out of me! Not the creatures themselves, but the deep and dark or open water, as well as in the Arctic, when you can’t see the sky because of all the ice. I doubt the fear is strong enough to qualify as thalassophobia, but on bad mental days I can’t manage to play the games because they stress me out so much. I’ve yet to finish them. I recently bought Abzu, but haven’t played it yet, though I’m looking forward to it.
//aw gee another long post,,, my apologies!