This is Banny. Seriously, I think it's worse being a Neopets owner than a real pet owner. With Emma, I just feed her, and give her a shot of insulin every night after dinner. She gets most of the lap time she demands because she's 15, and getting to be an old fart. I cut her a lot of slack when she interferes while I'm trying to work on the computer.

The Neopets, because they are virtual, are less demanding, but when I visit them, always want to play or eat. Eating can get expensive in Neopia, unless you visit Micky D's or the soup kitchen. All you can get at Micky D's is milk or O.J.. I wonder if you can buy either at a real Micky D's. Every other food place is always sold out, except the soup kitchen for the indigent. One, I don't have a lot of Neopoints, so I'm poor, but two, even if I had gazillions of them, the other food shops are always out of food.

There are ways to rack up points playing games at Neopets, but you have to play the ones that are free instead of for a wager. These, of course, only rack up a few points at a time, and largely depend on your computer's processing speed and internet connection (broadband is almost a must, which I've had for many years now).

So far, I've lost my bet with myself in thinking that this Neopets experiment would last a week before I gave up and put them up for adoption. I've kept Banny alive for twice that by now--and he's a hungry dude! I still don't predict it'll last that much longer. It's a website for kids, and I'm over 40, but I can still appreciate juvenile stuff--up to a point. If I didn't know someone who works there, I probably never would have given the place a gander.