Reasonably Chill Saturday
Feb. 17th, 2018 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickIn a couple senses of the word -- twas COLD today! But then again, we've got a winter storm warning going on at the moment, so it was only to be expected. Currently snowing -- well, I think it is, anyway. *checks* Yeah, according to that street lamp nearby it is. Got a healthy coating of the white stuff on the ground -- however, tomorrow's high is supposed to be 44F, so hopefully it won't be sticking around long. Hell, next week we're supposed to have a day or two in the 60s -- we'll see if that's true! Would be very nice if so. I don't want a repeat of last year and having to wear a sweater on the first day of June. X(
Things accomplished today:
-->Usual room-cleaning
-->Another edited short for "The Technicolor Phase" -- I'm doing my best to really punch up each vignette, rely less on describing stuff that's happened and more on actually showing it. Coming along pretty well, I think.
-->Solo drive to and from my place of work! Well, semi-solo -- I was in the car alone, but my parents followed me in the truck. I was a little nervous, if only because I'm not much for the highway, but it went just fine. So now we know that I can get myself to and from work on my own if necessary. Good times.
-->Watched a fairly horrible "Fun With Shorts" (not in the riffing, but in the subject matter -- Josh found a short about TAPEWORMS), a couple of videos about Sim mods (a height adjuster that kinda breaks a lot of animations, and a haunted mirror that's good if you hate your Sims and want to kill them all off), a video about Sims 4 references and Easter Eggs (some pretty cool stuff -- the Sims team loves their puns, that's for sure!), Deligracy doing the black and white build challenge (some iffy color choices here and there, but overall she did really well with her beach house!), and Deli and James doing a combined tiny house build in 20 minutes (they switched off every five minutes, with James starting -- they created a very unique and interesting build!). Plus I rewatched the "Blindfolded Build" challenge they did together where James helped Deli make the goofiest Sims 4 house ever XD May not have played Sims today, but it was a Simmy day nonetheless.
-->Played BioShock 2 -- got through my two gathers with my Little Sister a lot more successfully this time around. Laid TONS of trap rivets and cyclone traps, including a few on the upper levels to kill the jerks who came from above. Still took loads of damage, but I didn't have to use all my health kits, and my Little Sister was never harassed. Got my first Gatherer Gift too -- including a gene tonic that will get me a little more ADAM the next time I grab myself a Little Sister. All for it. Used my current ADAM to open up a new Plasmid and Tonic slot, increased my health and EVE bars, and grabbed Insect Swarm, since it was available. Spent most of the rest of my time exploring and ignoring my quest arrow. XD Keep getting jumped by Splicers, but I found a treasure trove in a safe in one of the lounges (getting a lot of shotgun buck that can set people on fire now, w000), and I've fully upgraded my machine gun, so I'm getting better at dishing out the punishment too. I'll probably go ahead and actually follow the plot next time -- gotta confront Simon Wales at some point!
-->Posted another "Scene From Secundus:" One Door Closes. . ., about Victor and Alice ringing in the new year after the events of Secundus. It's a bit of a bittersweet short, but I hope you like it just the same.
-->Currently doing the tumblr RP thing (got a couple new threads going) and setting up my queue on VictorLuvsAlice. Always nice to get things ready a few days in advance, right?
So yeah, fairly productive day, can't complain. Time to get back to the queuing and RPing -- night all!
Things accomplished today:
-->Usual room-cleaning
-->Another edited short for "The Technicolor Phase" -- I'm doing my best to really punch up each vignette, rely less on describing stuff that's happened and more on actually showing it. Coming along pretty well, I think.
-->Solo drive to and from my place of work! Well, semi-solo -- I was in the car alone, but my parents followed me in the truck. I was a little nervous, if only because I'm not much for the highway, but it went just fine. So now we know that I can get myself to and from work on my own if necessary. Good times.
-->Watched a fairly horrible "Fun With Shorts" (not in the riffing, but in the subject matter -- Josh found a short about TAPEWORMS), a couple of videos about Sim mods (a height adjuster that kinda breaks a lot of animations, and a haunted mirror that's good if you hate your Sims and want to kill them all off), a video about Sims 4 references and Easter Eggs (some pretty cool stuff -- the Sims team loves their puns, that's for sure!), Deligracy doing the black and white build challenge (some iffy color choices here and there, but overall she did really well with her beach house!), and Deli and James doing a combined tiny house build in 20 minutes (they switched off every five minutes, with James starting -- they created a very unique and interesting build!). Plus I rewatched the "Blindfolded Build" challenge they did together where James helped Deli make the goofiest Sims 4 house ever XD May not have played Sims today, but it was a Simmy day nonetheless.
-->Played BioShock 2 -- got through my two gathers with my Little Sister a lot more successfully this time around. Laid TONS of trap rivets and cyclone traps, including a few on the upper levels to kill the jerks who came from above. Still took loads of damage, but I didn't have to use all my health kits, and my Little Sister was never harassed. Got my first Gatherer Gift too -- including a gene tonic that will get me a little more ADAM the next time I grab myself a Little Sister. All for it. Used my current ADAM to open up a new Plasmid and Tonic slot, increased my health and EVE bars, and grabbed Insect Swarm, since it was available. Spent most of the rest of my time exploring and ignoring my quest arrow. XD Keep getting jumped by Splicers, but I found a treasure trove in a safe in one of the lounges (getting a lot of shotgun buck that can set people on fire now, w000), and I've fully upgraded my machine gun, so I'm getting better at dishing out the punishment too. I'll probably go ahead and actually follow the plot next time -- gotta confront Simon Wales at some point!
-->Posted another "Scene From Secundus:" One Door Closes. . ., about Victor and Alice ringing in the new year after the events of Secundus. It's a bit of a bittersweet short, but I hope you like it just the same.
-->Currently doing the tumblr RP thing (got a couple new threads going) and setting up my queue on VictorLuvsAlice. Always nice to get things ready a few days in advance, right?
So yeah, fairly productive day, can't complain. Time to get back to the queuing and RPing -- night all!
