My pet tarantula(s)

 I have to admit, my pet is a tarantula. And this is my story how I got them.

Having a tarantula as a pet is some kind of weird. And there will be people including your friends or family that are scared of them and want to send you to hell as soon as they hear about it.
Sometimes your tarantula might be pissed off of your sight and hides, here to be seen. (This is a joke.)

Well, I didn't care and got myself some fluffy, eight-legged friends.

I don't know when I first heard about tarantulas. I guess I was a child, watching TV or something like that. They looked awesome and I've never been scared of any kind of spiders, so the next time my parents took me to the zoo I watched them very interested.

After that, nothing happened for a very long time. With 18 my hairdresser told me about her tarantulas, so I visited her place to go see them. And it was so awesome. Don't get me wrong, her tarantula didn't do any tricks. It was just an unbelievable majestic creature. And I was allowed to let it walk over my hand which was even more breathtaking than seeing that beautiful animal caged inside a terrarium.

It appeared there would be a fair soon, not too far away from my hometown. So I grabbed my boyfriend (who liked the tarantulas, too) and we drove there with my car. It was only an hour away and we both were so excited.

My Tarantula (Acanthoscurria Geniculata)

When we got there, we really didn't know where to go first. There were so many merchants with their stuff. Like.. there were snakes, frogs, tiny animals you usually use to feed your pets, chameleons, tarantulas and so much more! I still can't name most of the animals I've seen there. So we walked through the hall, trying to take a look at everything to find out what we really want. But of course we decided to go for tarantulas.

After hours we had bought 10 tarantulas, a big terrarium, a lightbulb, and lots of things to make their life better. (Turned out most of the things we've bought were bullshit and we had to replace them.)
I wanted a bigger one for myself. I thought it would be easier to handle and the smaller ones weren't as pretty to me. They all looked the same - light brown with a big black dot on their butt. Mine already looked more specific. It is a brown-black one, with white stripes on the legs and red hair in her butt. I like the looks a lot. I usually say it wears kneesocks, which seems cute to me. 

We drove home and well, this is how my tarantula story began. 

A Guide to Gamer boys #2 What should I get him D:

Presents for birthdays, christmas, ...

You don't give away presents on these days? Well then, you could skip this part. But every boy loves getting presents. Why not give him one here and then? There are a lot of present-possibilities these days. Movies, clothes, parfume, .. and you could spend all day online or in the city choosing the right thing for him. And as soon as he sees it, he's some kind of disappointed or maybe he doesn't like it. 

Games

Oh come on. You already realized that he's into games. A LOT. Why don't you just give him the new game he wanted? Or that special game he talked about? Maybe some old game he played when he was young? Please don't tell yourself not to, just because you don't know much about games. It's pretty easy. Have you ever heard about Steam, Origin or something like that? Maybe the PSNetwork, depending on the kind of games he plays? There are possibilities to mark favourite games and often there is a wishlist. And people don't put things on wishlists if they don't want to have them, right? SO just check out his wishlist. OR get him a paysafe card. This might be the easiest version of all (and the one with the less thoughts put in it, but he won't care, I guess.)

Objects

Did you know how much merchandise there is for games? So if you know some of his favourite games or even characters, you could get him something with that stuff on. (Maybe not a pen, or a makeup-bag, just sayin'). But there a lot of cool posters or action figures. Maybe a pillow. 

[Edit: My boyfriend told me, that almost everything is okay as long as that game is on. Maybe not a basecap, if your boy isn't into wearing them. And according to him, even plushies are fine. He's actually jealous because I have a Poro (League of Legends) and he doesn't.]

Events

-Before you read this, please remember I'm from germany and I don't know where you're from-

Some people like concerts, right? There is something like this for gamers. Sometimes, for example LOL, has events like the finals at the end of every season, and you can buy tickets for it. Or Conventions, like the gamescom (which is awesome by the way). I bet he'd love to get one or more tickets for it. 

The negative thing about it: he might not take you with him. Please don't expect him to do so, especially if he knows that you're not that interested in games. Just use that day/evening for a nice meeting with your girls or other friends instead ;).

Sneak Preview on Characterdesign

Have you ever wondered why the characters in games a pretty good-looking, smart or just super-badass? There's a simple reason and structuring behind it, and that's what I want to talk about. Characters, how they are made and why it's so easy to like them - or hate them.

A guide to gamer-boys #1

Studying Game Engineering