jellysundae

1090 - 1
1300 - 3
1550 - 1
1890 - 2

OH! I'd like it if you could set shops to display by price i.e. cheapest first. For packrat/rubbish avatar collecting.

Wow there's a lot of negativity and anti millennial rhetoric in here.
 
But virtual pet sites are still cool. People still use Neopets.
 
The thing is a lot more people are busy doing other things. And I find a lot of people base their ideas of how popular neopets is by the broken counter on the mainpage or whatever else. Neopets has gone through a lot of changes. And it kinda wallowed after Viacom decided to go do whatever. Viacom went downhill rather sharply the past few years and took Neopets with it which is why we had to move to Jumpstart.
 
Personally I don't worry about popularity so long as I still have people to talk to about it.
 
Before you start the death knells, I'd wait for everyone at neopets/Jumpstart to get back on track and figure out how to go forward.

I knew about this one. It is the only plushie I do not want in my gallery, because I really, really don't like Spongebob. I made the mistake of telling a fellow guildie this, and he sent me six of them. -.-
 
Ooh, guides! Awesome, thank you for sharing!
 
Yay! Doctor Who references! (I did see the comment earlier about it, but hadn't looked it up. Now I want one...)

I bought the wig! Yay. Look at Miss_Marchesa, looking all Dany like xD

The Dramatic Chipmunk wears Dramatic Meepit Eye Shadow
 
:laughingsmiley:
 
I found a guide!
 
We heard you liked spinning the Wheel of Monotony... Now you can spin the Wheel of Monotony while spinning the Wheel of Monotony! The Miniature Wheel of Monotony is a reference to the Xzibit meme
 
xD

The Dramatic Chipmunk wears Dramatic Meepit Eye Shadow
 
:laughingsmiley:
 
I found a guide!
 
We heard you liked spinning the Wheel of Monotony... Now you can spin the Wheel of Monotony while spinning the Wheel of Monotony! The Miniature Wheel of Monotony is a reference to the Xzibit meme
 
xD

...Jumpstart added a bit of shiny new code to the shops, so that frozen accounts didn't show up in the shop wiz! :D
 
 
What would you love to see happen?

...Jumpstart added a bit of shiny new code to the shops, so that frozen accounts didn't show up in the shop wiz! :D
 
 
What would you love to see happen?

...Jumpstart added a bit of shiny new code to the shops, so that frozen accounts didn't show up in the shop wiz! :D
 
 
What would you love to see happen?

It's always been 1000? o.o The 2500 figure is what I remember it being when I got it the first time around 12 years ago, of course I might be misremembering, but I'm sure that's what it was.

I'm just checking things out now. I like the header, it's pretty :O The red on the dropdowns is a bit retina-burny, there's no denying, but that's part of the lulz, and they could have made it yellow! Be grateful for small mercies ;D

I'm just checking things out now. I like the header, it's pretty :O The red on the dropdowns is a bit retina-burny, there's no denying, but that's part of the lulz, and they could have made it yellow! Be grateful for small mercies ;D

I'm just checking things out now. I like the header, it's pretty :O The red on the dropdowns is a bit retina-burny, there's no denying, but that's part of the lulz, and they could have made it yellow! Be grateful for small mercies ;D

Haha, cool >< I think it's only called the breakfast song because the female lead's preparing breakfast while this is playing. It is happy and nice though, isn't it :D You'd be totally allowed to throw something at someone for being that cheerful at you in the morning though, if they're not your thing xD

Thank you, Jellysundae! Wow, what a happy song! I don't know if I'd like to listen to it during breakfast (I'm a night owl and hate mornings!).
 
This is a really cute song, very uplifting! I like the piano part-it reminds me of some ragtime music, you know?
 
I'm happy you shared this with me! You made my afternoon very happy and fun! :laughingsmiley: (: :yes: <---- me bobbing my head with the music <3

Loraleigh worded things so much better than I was able to, that thing about how adults sexualise kids behaviour falsely, because the adult knows about sex, and the kid doesn't. This is primarily about boundaries and respect, isn't it, the fact that he was trying to kiss her muddied the waters for me. If he was bugging her to play with his toy, rather than trying to kiss her, I wonder if the mum's reaction would have been different. I kind of suspect it might have been?
 
I feel the fact that he was wanting to kiss her is what made it seem cute and sweet in the eyes of those other adults, I bet if they'd been there they'd all have looked on, misty-eyed and smiling and saying things like, "Aw!!"...If he'd been hassling her in any other way, the mum might actually have told him to leave her alone, which is kind of horrifying -.-
 
I wonder what the little girl's done about this since.

Hey, you're welcome! Anime's not my thing either, but Studio Ghibli stuff's pretty special, I'm really glad that I gave it a chance. :yes: I found the breakfast song won't play on here, yeah. Playback on other sites disabled by the video owner it says, boo, but if you click on it it opens a tab for youtube and plays ok there. I'll try a different one though <.< >.>
 

 
The bicycle song's an old Japanese song it seems, maybe one from the era that Poppy Hill's set in, which is 1963. Really nice that it got used then, I think :D

I don't watch anime, but these songs you posted are indeed beautiful! I really enjoyed listening to them. :thumbsup:
 
for some reason, the Breakfast song won't play :ohno:
 
The Bicycle song is very happy and fun, and made me smile.
 
I'm listening to Spirited Away right this second, and it is very emotional and very lovely to listen to.
 
I am a fan of many different types of music (especially classical music-I'm a dork)...
 
Thanks again for sharing!! :wub_anim:

I can't stop listening to these songs! They're so nice, they puts a big smile on my face, so I'm sharing them in the hope they do the same for you guys =3
 
They're both from the Studio Ghibli film From up on Poppy Hill, which I absolutely adore
 
Breakfast song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haKZucHQGIw
 
Bicycle song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RMe7EEuFCI
 
I came to Studio Ghibli really late, I watched Totoro for the first time just last year :* But he totally captured my heart (my display pic is avatar art drawn for me on the site I work on, I'll share a big version if anyone's interested in seeing it). I've still only seen 4 of the films, the other 2 being Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. Many to watch yet! I just keep watching the same ones over again instead if trying a new one xD
 
Anyway! Share some more happies, you guys!

Miyazaki's just an amazing man, isn't he? There's a lot of bad in the world, but when there's people like him too it's proof that humanity's not gone totally down the pan. What an amazing position to be in, too, just imagine it yourself...
 
You're an animator, there's a book that you read and really enjoyed, so you decide to animate it! I mean, just wow! He's done that with at least 3 of his films, hasn't he (Howl, Poppy Hill and Arrietty).Think of a book that you've read that you loved because it filled you with happiness, then imagine a beautiful Studio Ghibli film made of it, with an undoubtedly lovely soundtrack too...to have the skills and resources to do that would be unbelievable <3
 
Part of me wishes Terry Pratchett and Miyazaki had got together, but the storytelling styles really don't gel so that's silliness on my part.

First I would like to say that there is something sexual to the child's behavior and it is also normal. All juvenile animals engage in some sexual role behavior as a part of development. Those behaviors and gender roles don't just materialize once the hormones kick in. However, those play behaviors are not sexual in the same way as adult sexual behavior is.
 
Horse play and chasing games are an opportunity for adults to step in and teach kids about boundaries. How to both respects and defend their boundaries and others as well. Unfortunately some people freak out and confuse normal sexual developmental behavior with the actual sex act in adults and may shame or punish without explaining or asking the child the "why and whats" about the behavior displayed. This is a good link about what is normal and what to teach:
 
http://nctsn.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/caring/sexualdevelopmentandbehavior.pdf
 
It is important to teach kids how to set and defend boundaries because, like the mother in the example, some parents don't teach their kids to respect sexual boundaries. It is also nice if you can teach these lessons without making the kid feel shamed or that it is taboo. Healthy gender expectations are a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Girls can be taught to be assertive rather than passive victims or aggressively defensive.
 
I don't have children, but I have normal behavior events that were handled poorly by my mom.
I was born to older parents in the mid sixties. My early childhood playmates were three boys my age that lived on the block. I had play dates with girls, but I spent most days with the boys until I was seven. I played their games and competed for my place the same way the other boys did. I was aware that they did not want to play with my dolls, but I had no problem jumping bikes and building forts with them. When I was told a girl could not do something I was able to prove otherwise and run with the pack. In general I played rougher and took more chances than other girls my age. However, there were a few gender expectations that caused incidents.
 
1. My mother was horrified when she saw me riding topless on my bike with the other boys at about 5 or 6 years old. She pulled me off the bike and hauled me inside. I go a stern lecture about how girls should be lady like. I immediately equated "ladylike behavior" with not being able to have fun or freedom. From then on I made the boys keep their shirts on because it wasn't fair if I had to leave mine on.
 
2. In kindergarten, I was the one chasing the boys and threatening to kiss them. It was fun because they ran away and giggled. You could give a boy cooties by kissing them. I told the boys that marriage would protect them from cooties. I married at least three boys in my class acting both as the bride and the clergy. I was one of Virginia's youngest bigamists :) I married many other girls in the class to multiple boys as well. It was no longer fun to try and kiss boys that didn't run away. I'm not sure if my parents and teachers were most concerned with me being the aggressor in the kissing/chase game, teaching other girls to chase boys, my impersonation of clergy, or the fact that I was promoting multiple husbands for one girl rather than the more traditional polygamy.
 
I got lots of mixed messages from both parents and teachers from 5 to 7. I was never told why I could not go shirtless, only that it was off limits and I was bad for thinking I could. I was not taught that kissing is not an offensive weapon and I should respect the boys' wishes. The adults equated marriage with sex, not as a protection from cooties. The adults never asked why I was marrying all these boys at once. Although far above my understanding having multiple husbands was either promoting divorce or polygamy. I was also play acting at jobs/positions traditionally held by men. This was shocking behavior in the early 70's so I was told they were bad things for me to pretend, but not why.

Dawn, I feel exactly the same way, I just wasn't sure if we could use that term on here so I didn't come right out and say it :shiftyeyes_anim: We're not reacting in an over-the-top way here. I'm just imagining if that mum, or the people who are saying Patty's being malicious, saw this conversation...we're not saying that boy will become a rapist, but his mum is sowing the seeds, whether they grow depends on so many future things. She just needs to be aware of what she's doing, and I'm not sure how that can happen, because right now all she's perceiving is criticism in her child rearing habits, and wrongly interpreting Patty's concerns as her seeing dirty behaviour in something "innocent". But that mum's only seeing it as cute and innocent because it's a 6 year old doing it :(
 
If she could just picture him still behaving in exactly the same way (and worst) at 12 (and 16...) maybe she'd realise what the problem is here.

Hi Carlos \o
 
I'd say it's worth it, I made a new Neo account just 4 months ago (my original account is nearly 13 years old but I lost access to it years ago) and I don't regret it. If you've got the spare time, and you enjoy it, then why not? There's problems right now, yep, but they're being worked on, thing is, the typical coding problem is happening of when one thing gets fixed it breaks 15 others xD But stuff is progressing, I'm hopeful for the future and seeing what Jumpstart brings. :)

I can't stop listening to these songs! They're so nice, they puts a big smile on my face, so I'm sharing them in the hope they do the same for you guys =3
 
They're both from the Studio Ghibli film From up on Poppy Hill, which I absolutely adore
 
Breakfast song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haKZucHQGIw
 
Bicycle song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RMe7EEuFCI
 
I came to Studio Ghibli really late, I watched Totoro for the first time just last year :* But he totally captured my heart (my display pic is avatar art drawn for me on the site I work on, I'll share a big version if anyone's interested in seeing it). I've still only seen 4 of the films, the other 2 being Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. Many to watch yet! I just keep watching the same ones over again instead if trying a new one xD
 
Anyway! Share some more happies, you guys!