Pip, I still have all of my stuffed animals, and I remember most of their names. 
You saw iSundae, right? Mr. Kitty is my favorite from back when I was less than a year old, I think (kinda hard to remember back that far, but we have photos). He's still in my bed, and he still comes on almost every vacation I go on!
CCM-wise, I listen to older stuff more than newer. And a lot that wouldn't be defined as CCM but is still Christian. And some that is not.
You want all their names? Hold onto your hat. Especially because I now have 16 hippos.
Hada, Violet, Calvin, Olivia, Carol, Happy, Willard, Unnamed (for the present), Hilton, J. B., Freddy, Lou, Vinnie, Barbara, Harry, and Jill.
Those are some names! How many do you want to collect? What types of computers do you prefer. I prefer the dell *says at the speed of light* xps m1530!
Aw, I LOVED Mr. Kitty! Whenever he'd scuttle across the floor my two little sisters and I'd all go "OH MAN, HE'S SO CUTE!"
Haha, like your avvie, wyatt!!! Welcome to the book discussion forum!
Right now I am private messaging with another girl on another site, thinking about the next installation of a book discussion on my blog for the book "Do Hard Things", and planning to stay up til an unholy hour because IT'S FRIDAAAAAY!
Waaahooo, Sarah, coolness! (That is one of my new favorite words, thanks, Alyosha!)
I believe online chatting is a great way to speak to someone in real time and get to know them and hang out and have a good solid conversation. It's the next best thing to a "real" conversation. As in, phone or the next best thing to that which is a face-to-face conversation. I think, though, that sometimes IMing can get to be way to much. Some people jump on you the minute you sign in and you talk for several hours and neither wants to tell the other person "Look, I'm bust. Get off my back for an hour, please."
And I don't think much of chatrooms at all. I was actually just going to make a blog post about this. Not sure if I will or not, though... I'd probably just end up confusing myself.
CCM isn't all that popular any more. The CCM Magazine is no longer in business. I like listening to Christian music. I like music that I can relate to and has a meaning I understand. If it has that and a tune/style I like it'll be on my iPod sooner or later. I'm going to Winter Jam '09 next week. For that I'm pretty excited.
I dunno what kind of computer I prefer. I've used PCs all my life. I think I've only used a Mac twice and that was for no more than five minutes. Though, if you count my iPod Touch, I use them all the time. We currently have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, I believe. I might be remembering those numbers wrong...his name is Clive and he hasn't got a very nice video card.
I'm fairly eager for my eighteenth birthday. I'm not allowed to have a computer of my own 'til I'm eighteen. And even then I'd have to buy it for myself... *cough* Anyways...
I definitely prefer Macs!
That reminds me, I still need to name that poor unnamed hippo! *headdesk*
Man Sarah that sounds like it would hurt!
A late welcome to you, Wyatt. 
Anyone seen The Great Escape? We started watching that tonight. Along with watching the end of Fiddler on the Roof (or wait..that was yesterday), before the beginning, but no matter. I loveth that end.
CCM? I am undecided. I don't like a lot of it because it all sounds the same, the lyrics are shallow, the voices are whiny and nasal. Also a lot (not all) seems to centre around glorifying the performer instead of glorifying God. There's certainly some good stuff but you have to sort through the junk to get to it. I don't listen to any at all though; long story.
If CCM isn't so popular anymore (*blinks* I hadn't noticed) then what is CCM? Does any Christian music that sounds vaguely pop/rock-ish qualify?
*agrees with Owan about online chatting, especially IM* Which is why I usually forget to sign into YIM and MSN. 
I like internet communication and real life communication (though the former energises me and the latter de-energises me), both more than phones. I think it has something to do with not being able to see the other person and pick up on their expressions and body language and signals during phone calls; for some reason that really disturbs me (er, not disturbs, that's too strong...). With writing you know the person can ignore it or skip over parts if they find it boring, so I don't mind waxing verbose on the internet or with a pen.
*AHEM* The last statement was superfluous. Rather.
Long catch-up post, you have been warned!
My personal self wrote: Yesterday I looked out my brother's window and saw white stuff flying through the air and shrieked "SNOW!" ...but it turned out to be my mum shaking a rug on the porch. How tragic.
If anyone was wondering, which they aren't, since that anecdote we got enough snow here to last us for several years. About a foot and a half, which is rare for here (yes, yes, Midwesterners and proper Canadians, laugh). Everyone shrieked and exclaimed over it, until it all melted a few weeks later at the same time as it rained for four days, which flooded several cities and thus everything was and is back to normal.
Now we have fog. Perpetual fog. It makes running to the mailbox and going shopping very mysterious.
*wonders why she's giving a weather update*
I know why! Because it's almost eleven and I still have a million things that I should do but am doing by best to avoid.
The ever joyous and sanguine Pip wrote: The weather here has been windy and dark. Creepy. Bright stars.
*approves of this*
*or maybe more of the description and the mental image it brings*
The above also wrote: I think forced writing does indeed turn people's heads somewhat.
This is a scientifically proven fact.
...well, the numbers of crazy NaNo people are close enough.
Her Who Has Thus Been Named wrote: What is it about teens that they think just because their "older" means they can't sleep with stuffed toys??? I am not accusing anyone here if you don't, I'm just saying don't be ashamed to. I have several very special toys sitting grinning at the foot of my bed.
I believe I've considered myself too old since I was... *counts* Two? (I did, however, carry a doll around for at least two years after that. So yes, Alyosha did act like a normal child once. Even if said doll did bear a frightening resemblance to Moe of Three Stooges fame.)
My bed is too small, anyhow. It's made for someone shorter than me, with thinner blankets. (The basement is COLD.) So no room for taxidermied mammals.
Sarah, Parent and Guardian to Several Hippopotomae, wrote: Hada, Violet, Calvin, Olivia, Carol, Happy, Willard, Unnamed (for the present), Hilton, J. B., Freddy, Lou, Vinnie, Barbara, Harry, and Jill.
I quite like the eighth name. I will someday name a cat after your hippopotamus. If I ever have a cat. Hilton after the hotel? Harry after Potter? Violet after Baudelaire? Jill after Pole? Carol after A Christmas Carol? Calvin after the unforgettable Calvin and Hobbes? You obviously have a very literate animal collection.
Jordan, aka Fearless Leader (sorry, too much Rocky and Bullwinkle), wrote: CCM-wise, I listen to older stuff more than newer. And a lot that wouldn't be defined as CCM but is still Christian. And some that is not.
Same here. Except about the older stuff--what sort of older stuff?
Wyatt, whose username reminds me of the London Blitz through random mental connections, wrote: What types of computers do you prefer.
Erm, Windows XP and whatever brand I have which I forget the name of, and it's a good thing I like (or tolerate, or enjoy throwing things at--depends on the day) them because I've no chance of obtaining a new computer for several years.
Owan, may-she-live-forever, wrote: I'm going to Winter Jam '09 next week. For that I'm pretty excited.
So you did find a lift after all? Coolness. Who's going to be there? Performers I mean.
Pip, the quotable, wrote, Waaahooo, Sarah, coolness! (That is one of my new favorite words, thanks, Alyosha!)
*bows* ...Actually, thank lysander of Narniaweb.
Pip, again, wrote: planning to stay up til an unholy hour because IT'S FRIDAAAAAY!
You mean that you've actually started limiting your mega-late nights to Fridays?! I...I...I'm sorry. This is all just too much for me to take in. *faints dramatically*
This is wonderful! There's life on the forums again! *swoons dramatically*
Alyosha, on older stuff...
I don't know! I'm not up on anything in the CCM or Christian music industry.
Um, what does CCM stand for?
Contemporary Christian Music
Sarah, Parent and Guardian to Several Hippopotomae, wrote: Hada, Violet, Calvin, Olivia, Carol, Happy, Willard, Unnamed (for the present), Hilton, J. B., Freddy, Lou, Vinnie, Barbara, Harry, and Jill.I quite like the eighth name. I will someday name a cat after your hippopotamus. If I ever have a cat. Hilton after the hotel? Harry after Potter? Violet after Baudelaire? Jill after Pole? Carol after A Christmas Carol? Calvin after the unforgettable Calvin and Hobbes? You obviously have a very literate animal collection.
Actually, I just picked the names because I thought they fit. They weren't after books at all.
Don't say that! It must have been subconscious then. 
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