There was a lot of hot chocolate, though

[cleolinda]

Arghhh. It was 17 F this morning (we finally got up to a high of 40 by late this afternoon), and may I remind you, I live in Alabama. I couldn't let the dogs play outside very long, so they spent most of the day driving me crazy. Thanks for all the get-well wishes for Mom, by the way; she's weak and a little feverish, but she seems a lot better,

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[lilgoala]

Heh, I got 3 new Webkinz and a polar bear charm (Charm Forest at last, yay!) for Christmas. And while Dr. Quack is no murderer, I do find him terribly creepy when he takes your pet behind that hospital curtain.

[cleolinda]

Aww, I wanted a charm! I wanted to get into that damn forest. Although apparently you have to keep buying charms (8 total?) to keep finding things in there. I got the collie, the chihuahua, and the reindeer between birthday and Christmas--what'd you get? (I'm so pitiful. But if you can play mah-jongg somewhere and then get play money on top of that to buy food and clothes for cute cartoon animals, I'm pretty much sold.)

[lilgoala]

Well, there're 24 total. But yeah, the 8th one fully unlocks the forest so you can search for all of the virtual charms and get all the exclusive prizes and stuff.

I got the Leopard (she's so cute, I saw further down that you want one too) the Polar Bear, and the Elephant (which I just mistyped as Elephante, so my Neopets geekery is showing too). And since next month's featured pet is the Cow, and I've always wanted one anyway, I expect I'll be getting myself a Valentine's present.

[cleolinda]

The polar bear was my first! So cute. Have you heard about the new ones they're adding? I think I saw it on webkinzinsider.com (a fansite, nothing official)--a schnauzer, a Himalayan cat, a pink cat, a kangaroo, an Easter duck, a wolf, and a b/w cheeky dog (and I already want the wolf and the Himalayan). Oh, and I think they're retiring the monkey and the raccoon, so if you've ever wanted one...

[crumpeteer]

You know, it's pretty bad when you have a more embarassing moment than a leaked sex tape. I also love Susan Sarandon's "yes, that's nice dear, move along" expression when Snow White sings at her for a moment.

On a separate note, Cyd Charisse was a silver fox in that clip.

[particle_person]

Oh dear, the Webkinz murders really are cracking me up, especially the details about the "red eyes."

[cleolinda]

See, that's why I posted the screencaps, because it's seeing what the characters actually look like that makes that so funny. It really is a site geared towards young kids.

[chaos_slave]

I have yet to fall before the temptation that is Webkinz. I have come close to buying one but not yet. Gaia Online on the other hand has me hook, line and sinker.

[cleolinda]

It's easier to withstand because you do actually have to put down some money to play it--the stuffed animals. Which I think is brilliant, because Neopets is always trying to get people to buy plushies, and here Webkinz has ensured that people will--that they'll fight over them, no less. I want a leoparrrrrrd. Or maybe a black cat. Or...

You know what I've really wanted to try? Subeta. But it would never send the validation email, so I could never get in. Apparently they have a lot of growing-pains traffic issues.

[chaos_slave]

Gaia has the cash shop where you have to buy Gaia cash to get the items and some of the actual items like the hoodies are just too cute. Now Subeta, what is this..*goes and looks, dies of cute* I am so registering now.

[cleolinda]

Let me know if you get in, dude.

[daiseechain]

A woman I know, who runs a pet store and trains dogs for a living, has taught her dogs to play tug of war. Any time there is aggravation or dispute within the pack, she gets the warring dogs to play tug of war, which both uses up their excess energy, and settles the dispute - first one drawn over the line loses. Seems to work well.