Update

Yeah, so I stopped journaling just before my 20th birthday, but I felt like writing some stuff.

On Wednesday, Feb. 10, I decided to pick up a Tamagotchi. Here's the story:

It was a Wednesday and I had a Pre-Cal test in a few hours. Me and my friend, Adam, decided to go to Wal*Mart because we were bored. And the pet store/hollywood video/used book stores yielded nothing of much interest.

I'd been looking into picking up a Tamagotchi because it's been a week of nostalgia. So, back to the toy section we went, even though we've checked for them before (yes, even in the embarrassing girl section). It's funny how they market them to young girls these days in the US, even though I think they could be quite the unisex targeted toy (kinda like Nintendogs).

To my surprise, we found some packaged in a pink guitar shape. Well, here we had it. Of course, I'd have to swallow my dignity to go to the checkout line to pay for this pink packaged children's toy. What was I thinking?



I nervously approached the checkout counter, turning the packaging over in my hands. We had to go to a real cashier because all the self checkout lines were way too full, and there was only about an hour left 'till class. Luckily, the cashier scanned, bagged, and wished us a good day without any weird looks or strange comments.

When we got back to the Shelby Center parking lot, I figured it was time to open the difficult packaging, even though I didn't have my pocket knife or scissors with me. My substitute was my house key. I dug it into the back of the plastic, managing a small hole. I ripped the back off and pulled the Tamagotchi from the destroyed packaging. Then I activated it and realized I had a test I should study for. Terrible, terrible timing to be starting a Tamagotchi. Of course, I also left the instructions in my car so I wasn't sure if the Tama would make it through my testing without dying.

After the test was over, I jabbed the pull tab back in and headed home. After dinner, it was time for a second try.

To my surprise, the Tamagotchi is still alive and doing well to this day. It seems when I was younger, it was just impossible to take care of these things.

Now I'm addicted again, so I'm somewhat glad that I was able to swallow my pride and buy this thing. I'm also expecting to get another one soon, so hopefully there will be some Tama related posts in the future (especially if I decide to go all out and get one with a color display from Japan).