Chinchilla Heaven

October 11th, 2004 by lynn under Uncategorized

I’ve developed a strange habit of adopting a chinchilla nickname. I don’t know if this is a common practice, but in Singapore a lot of people change their IM nicknames on a daily or even hourly basis, depending on how they feel and what happened to them. For example, if I were preparing to take an exam, my nickname might look something like “Buttercup *stressed*”. Other people advertise parties, crushes and slogans on their nicknames.

What I mean by a chinchilla nickname is the addition after my normal name refers to a ’something’ chinchilla. Right now it says ‘dancing chinchilla’, not that I dance, or that chinchillas dance, but just because it sounded funny. Previously it was ‘angry chinchilla’. After this, it might be ‘chinchilla watching TV’. I got beaned by a netball last week, and that night my nickname was “chinchilla with a flattened nose”.

I haven’t posted in a long time, and the last time I tried to do so was when my tamagotchis became old ladies. Unfortunately when I was typing out the post, I hit the backspace button and lost everything. I was a long way into writing it too. It was too late at night and I was so pissed off I just decided not to retype everything.

I’ve been playing this game from PopCap Games, it’s called Insaniquarium and it’s hilarious. Once you start playing, you won’t stop for ages. I actually finished the web version, and that’s quite an achievement because I’m quite lousy at games. That’s why I prefer simulation games which you can’t lose, rather than technically demanding shoot-em-ups. You have been warned - this is an exellent way to burn 3 hours of free time.

Insaniquarium [link]

Tell me how you found the game. Personally, I’m addicted to it. It’s just too darn cute!