April 14th, 1998

I finally found some time to make an animation of poor little Muldy.

Once I finished the animation, I had my sister press the B button, and I started a new TamAngel. The plan was to treat it perfectly as an Obakechi 2 (or, as the Bandai Page calls it, a "Ghost Junior") and then keep it ill and starving. If the obakechi stage counts for anything at all, it should turn into a Taraten or Pukuten... if the Obakechi stage counts for nothing, it should become the Oyajiten. Incidentally, Bandai US now has US-style drawn pics of the Angel characters on their Tam page...

However, the Angel Seth (Yaaay! Nicholas Cage! City of Angels! yaaay!) went to bed as a maruten before I could make him sick (around 9:23 pm). I suppose I will have to sicken him tomorrow...

April 15th, 1998

Unfortunately, I had an exam today. Feeling that I needed all the luck that I could get (I had left my trolls [remember them?] at home, but my Transmetal Dinobot Happy Meal toy was tucked into my Jeans pocket), I decided not to keep Seth sick and starving. I did go as far as turning the lights out on him, but since I felt I needed him to "pray" and bring me luck, I healed him and kept his stats, if not at a constant 100%, then at least between 50 and 100%.

Even so, he beeped for me once (after the exam) and I missed two "prayings"! I only caught one! And I missed his walk!
*sigh*
I have a feeling that Seth and I aren't going to be very compatible... Maybe he's annoyed at how wishy-washy I was today.

Oh, and yesterday Megara was kind enough to introduce me to MUD-ding! So I spent some time today learning to navigate in the Newbie area, and forgot all about Seth, who went to bed with far too little on each stat. Sorry, Seth!

I repeated yesterday's non-experiment by making Seth sick, then healing him and caring for him as well as I could. No easy feat, considering that I just received a new buddy for Seth... a clear orange Umi de Hakken Tamagotchi!

These Ocean Tams are reputedly the most difficult to raise... A Bandai rep is quoted as having said that most people will never get to see an Adult-sh (adult sakana-chi).

No kidding! My Ocean Tam (no name yet, but since it's orange I'm considering Aquaman or Benjy Grimm) was set at around 11:05, hatched from his Egg of the Ocean into a little Plankton-chi (obviously a zooplankton) at 11:10 am, became a little Kurage-chi (Jellyfish) at around 12:15 pm, and went to sleep at about 7:00 pm. In the meantime, here's all that happened to him:

• Four selfish calls
• Two naps and attacks by the polar bear
• Six (6) octopus attacks
• One sickness

What an action-packed day! Especially since it seems to lose a heart every few minutes. I wish that I could raise my first one to adulthood, but it doesn't seem too likely at this rate... after all, I have an exam or workshop on the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th next week... Which will hardly leave me much time to fuss over little Benjy! (or Aquaman. I haven't decided yet.)

Check out my New Ocean Tam Page(s)!

April 17th, 1998

My Ocean Tam was selfish twice today, at 9:11 and 9:59. Then he was quite well-behaved for the rest of the day, probably because his discipline was now at 100% (or 14 bars).

He was attacked by the polar bear at least 5 times... the first time was at 9:03 and the next was at around 9:54, so I think that the rumour that the bear comes every 50 minutes might be true. The octopus appeared at least 5 times as well.

What was really horrific to me is that the Ocean Tam got sick twice... the first time, he needed 4 shots of medicine before he got better! Then he got so sick that he needed 7 shots!!! He played a jolly little tune when he was all better, but in the meantime it was frightening... it was just like the death sequence for the Gen 1 tams, when it's sick and it keeps beeping and nothing seem to work!

Oh, and Seth turned into a Kuriten this morning. Just like Mulciber the Ginjiroten, I am experimenting with not giving him any candy until he is 7 years old. Hopefully this will keep him from turning into twins.

April 18th, 1998

I went to see the movie "Hana-bi ( Fireworks )" by Japanese actor/director/screen-play writer/comedian/all-around entertainer Takeshi Kitano, aka Beat Takeshi. It was a very violent, but emotionally powerful film... I had to hide my face at some particularily gruesome scenes. But it was touching seeing the main character, Detective Nishi (seemingly able to communicate only through acts, rather than words) try to ease the pain of his dying wife, and try to get her to break her self-imposed silence.

Unfortunately, since I didn't want my Ocean Tam to get ill or eaten, I had to pause him. Seth, on the other hand, was left to fend for himself, as were my newly-mated Mesuchi, Jean and her baby.

April 19th, 1998

Woohoo! This morning, Benjy of Clan Aqua (ie, my ocean Tam) woke up and immediately got sick. I was rather worried about him, or more accurately how he was going to survive tomorrow, since I had an exam to do, among other things. How long was Benjy going to stay a Kuragechi? Would he always be this difficult to care for?

Around 11-ish, after I had confirmed that yes, the Polar Bear does seem to show up every 50 minutes or so, I got a call from an acquaintance. As we chatted on the phone, I heard a manic beeping coming from one of my tams. It was little Benjy, whirling across the screen faster and faster until he became... An Ototochi!

I have yet to translate the character info, but he sure is cute! His discipline dropped to 6 bars when he transformed, but it's been making a comeback, up to 12 out of 14 bars as of 6:06 pm. His minimum weight is 15 grams, and he swims on and off the screen at regular intervals. When he poops, the poop trails along after him until you flush it.... ick! But I guess it can't be helped, because in Japan (gold)fish droppings are famous for tagging along with their, er, creators. He used to sleep from 7 pm to 9 am... I wonder what his schedule will be like now?

Oh, and FYI, "ototo" is a Japanese infant-word for a fish ("sakana" or "uo")... an English approximation would be "fishie-chi".

On the Tamagotchi Angel front: Seth just turned into the accursed Twin Angels again at 6:00 pm! ARGH!

April 20th, 1998

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  I was rather upset today when Benjy suddenly started beeping, shortly before dinner. The sad beeping and skull were all too familiar to me, and I sadly looked on as the beeps slowed... and slowed... and finally I was left staring at a watery tilted gravestone, complete with tadpole-like Ocean Ghost.
  After a short period of mourning, my sister and I hatched the next baby, Mojo (named after the helper-monkey in a recent episode of The Simpsons). My sister seemed to think that the plankton-chi stage
  
  was quite cute. I'll steal an animation as soon as I get some Japanese WPS software... I hafta ask the creators for permission, you see, before I can copy the gifs onto my page. I let my sister take care of Mojo, so I wasn't being very attentive, and accidentally let it transform and go to bed accompanied by a poop!

• Tamagotchi Angel
  Seth remained a pair of twins, and did not sicken even when the lights were turned out on him. I believe I may have praised him once.
  Oh, and in other news, I had my Introduction to English Literature Exam today. There was nothing on the exam to indicate that my staying up 'til 3 am on Sunday to finish George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss had been worth it.

April 21st, 1998

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  Mojo didn't do much today, since I had another exam. He spent a bit of time paused, then unpaused as I grew bored, then paused again as I ate. He was selfish numerous times, filling his meter up to 10 or so. Also he was visited by the Evil Octopus several times.

• Tamagotchi Angel
  I tried turning the lights out on Seth twice... First when his hearts were mostly full (excpet for AP) and then again after my exam, when everything was at 0. Before I could even turn the lights back on, Seth started beeping, and flashing between a screen showing the Angry Twins and a black gen 2 tam egg. They soon went "bye bye!" and I hatched a new baby.
  Once the nameless baby was hatched, I topped up its meters, and then made it ill. It became a maruten so late in the evening that it immediately fell asleep, but I intend to keep it ill in an attempt to get the Oyajiten.

  After typing that, I just remembered that to get the Oyajiten, I need to keep AP at 0 at all times. Ooops.

April 23rd, 1998

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  Mojo spent a fairly uneventful day yesterday, and was spending a similarly relaxed day today... until the busride home from University. His face scrunched up, a little skull began to blink above his head, and I could hear a little electronic voice in my head croak "Pray... For... Mojo..."
  He died, at age 3, a sad little kuragechi. His little brother, Mojo 2, was hatched shortly thereafter. I hope this one will live to adulthood... either that or it'll continue the current trend and live to be 2 years. The one after that will die at age 1, etc...

• Tamagotchi Angel
  Call me superstitious. I didn't want an angry angel casting down curses on my head, even if the Angel was only on a tiny LCD screen, so after The Angel Without a Name became a Takoten on the 22nd, I began to coddle it, hoping that it would bring me luck in my exam today.
  Oddly enough, it didn't transform into its adult form today. It woke up and went to sleep a Takoten today... I suppose it will transform tomorrow.

April 24th, 1998

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  Mojo 2 remains alive, and has only fallen ill once. He got visited by the polar bear about 3 times today, and was selfish 6 times, bringing his discipline up to 100%. He was visited by the octopus quite often, as well.

• Tamagotchi Angel
  I was really inattentive today... See my Osuchi Mesuchi Diary for details, but yeesh! L'Ange sans nom transformed into a Pukuten, and I didn't even notice! I did catch two prayings, and I accidentally let it beep twice. I've fed it next to no candies in an effort to keep it from turning into the Twins (this despite the sad case of Seth, who despite low AP managed to become the FutagoTenshi).
  Oh, one small discovery I made... When the Pukuten sleeps, his face puffs up, and he appears to be drooling slightly in his sleep! LOL!

April 25th, 1998

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  Mojo2 was paused for most of today, as I had my last final exam and didn't want to risk his distracting me from the task at hand. I unpaused him when I got home, and took relatively good care of him. However, he went to bed with about 1 heart on each meter, and I definitely didn't want to be woken up the next day by his hungry and unhappy calls. I paused him, set his clock to tomorrow morning, filled all his meters, paused him again, and set his clock to tomorrow evening. Now, he thinks that he's 3 years old, although he should only be 2.

• Tamagotchi Angel
  The Angel with no Name was left at home today. When I checked on him, he was still flying around placidly, although all his meters were empty.

April 26th, 1998

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  Mojo2 beeped twice for genuine attention today. Also, I appear to have missed two or three predator attacks... This morning, when I awoke, he needed one shot, and later he needed two. Then he required about 7 shots. I really hope he survives to adulthood...

• Tamagotchi Angel
  The Angel with no Name died today. I was trying to see the bad-death sequence for the Pukuten (I know that the Twin Angels become a black egg, but I was curious about the other ones, as well) when I heard the praying music, and a little spark flew up to the heavens. I was rather put out, but happy that he was now safely at "home".

Oh, and if I haven't mentioned this yet:
Wet 'n Wild's shimmery metallic colour "Bliss" is awesome as a substitute for chipped-off paint on the Blue Tamagotchi Angels' wings. It's not a perfect amtch, but it's passable and, more to the point, will match your nails. A good lipstick to go with "Bliss" is the Violet Shimmer colour by the Body Shop.

April 27th, 1998

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  Mojo2 transformed today, at 10:05 am! I was quite happy to see that he'd become a little Ototochi... Which reminds me, I've got to translate the Ocean Tam characters sometime.
  His discipline went down to six bars, but has risen steadily up to 12 bars as of 8:36 pm. His weight went from 5 grams to 15 grams, and I think his bedtime is 9 pm (which means that I finally get to make use of the lights on/off function). I considered leaving his discipline at 1/2 full, since Shouta tried doing that to get the Kaichi [Clam/Shell] adult and the Ningyochi [mermaid] secret character, but since I disciplined fully while Mojo 2 was a baby, and since I'd just like to get an Adult character, period, rather than aim for a secret, I decided not to fiddle with discipline.

Incidentally, I think that Mojo 2 took a day more than Benjy to become a teenager, as did my mesuchi. Hmmm... Maybe it's because I hatched them late at night?

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  Mojo2 transformed today, at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon!!!
  This is the first adult I've ever gotten, so I was very excited. He became the Keropyonchi, which, coincidentally, was the same adult that Shouta first got.
  I've translated some info about him on the Characters of Ocean Tamagotchi page, and due to one negative reaction (someone said it "needed work"), I've tried rearranging the information... it was in table form before, but now it's paragraphs. (It's entirely possible that the person who commented was referring to the lack of actual info rather than the design layout, but oh well. I can't very well make up stuff, now, can I?)
  I also made an animation of him:
  

• Ocean Tamagotchi
  I woke up around 8:18 this morning (I'd stayed up 'til 1 am sewing the "arms" for a costume that I'm going to wear on May 1st at the Spring Fling Thing, a dance/party celebrating the coming of the summer months and the ending of the exam period :D), and saw, to my horror, that Mojo 2 was wide awake, and missing 3 hungry hearts and 2 happy hearts.
  I filled up his hearts immediately, but was curious as to when he had awoken. By careful observation, I deduced that it took about 45 minutes for the hearts to empty to that degree.
  This would mean that KeroPyonchi wakes up at... 7:30? Strange... I guess I'll have to get up extra early tomorrow and find out :)

Oh, and I got a package from someone in Australia. It included a postcard book on Port Macquarie, and a Bunny Rabbit Farmyard Friends (kinda like a Beanie Baby, only less attractive and rounder) and... A VR Pets Penguin, which I don't think I've ever seen before!

Grrr. Shortly after I headed off to university, I checked on my UmiTama to see the following characters on screen:
[MISSING].
denchi... Japanese for "battery". I could very well guess what this meant.

I raged and sobbed. Wasn't the battery supposed to last 2 months?

When I got home, I replaced his batteries, to no avail. He was lost to me, forever... However, I did get to make BMP's (from which I will create gifs) of the Kingyochi and the Ototochi, which swim across the screen before the timer is set. I then stuck the tab back in, and found out that according to the package, the UmiTama's batteries only last 1 month (probably because of all the tapping, etc). In any case, I only got 17 days out of my Ocean Tam...

Out of sheer loneliness and desperation, I decided to hatch my Brand New Virtual Reality Pet Penguin. Among other things, my sister (Dead to tams since last Spring) expressed an interest in raising this one "once yours dies", ie. once the first penguin, which I am raising, passes on. It's really easy to raise, and cute... I'm thinking of making a separate little page for it, just like my KingPet (Alas, now relegated to alarm clock status... its screen so faint I can hardly see it).

It spends most of its time waddling around what appears to be the Antarctic Ice shelf (there are lots of mountains, and no apparent ocean. Perhaps this is a penguin chick that has been separated from its rookery?) and due to its beautiful simplicity, its page should be nice and easy to create and maintain.

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