Dentist Follies Saturday
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crossover_chickOr, rather, Getting To The Dentist Follies Saturday. In order:
-->I start grabbing my coat and shoes and such, ready to head out the door, when I decide I ought to take my phone with me too, just in case. So I go back in my room to grab it from my bag's front pocket.
It's not there.
I, of course, am baffled and panicked by this discovery, as I NEVER leave work without making sure I have my phone on me. So I don't know where on earth it could have gone. I check again, look around the house, then decide I have to worry about this later as I have to leave now to make it to my appointment on time --
And then, entering the garage, I have a sudden realization -- given I put my bag on the seat next to me when I'm driving to and from work solo, could it have fallen out in the car?
Yup -- on the seat. I snatch it up, put it in my pocketbook, and head out.
-->Right into unexpected traffic! I'm used to Mineral Spring being pretty light on weekends, but today it was surprisingly busy, and I don't know why. Cue a few minutes of me being anxious I'm not going to make my appointment on time -- of course, I gave myself a few extra minutes when I left, but they were chewed up pretty quickly by the line of cars. Fortunately, once I got off Mineral Spring, traffic thinned out, and I got to the place just in time --
-->Only to discover the parking lot was basically full, and that some asshole had parked across two spaces, cutting off my only spot. Cue me looking around in furious confusion, wondering what the hell I was supposed to do. Fortunately, I was able to find a spot in the end, and get to my appointment on time, but sheesh! Comedy of errors, seriously.
Fortunately, the appointment itself went fine -- teeth cleaned, no issues, next appointment scheduled for May 3rd. And once I got home I could relax and have some fun:
-->Played BioShock Infinite -- got two new Vigors! Charge (which I've attempted to try out, but it hasn't gone well) and Undertow (which is cool and works a LOOOT better XD). Also, Booker is an IDIOT who doesn't seem to get that he's CURRENTLY IN A DIFFERENT REALITY AND THUS HIS PREVIOUS DEAL WITH THE OLD DAISY FITZROY IS NULL AND VOID. How did he think this Daisy was going to react when a guy she saw die working for her revolution suddenly shows up again demanding an airship? Welcome him with open arms? Yes, fine, ordering his death was maybe a little harsh, but for all she knew, these were spies from Comstock! *sigh* I dunno -- the game is pushing for the Vox Populi and Fitzroy to be as bad as Comstock and his sky racists (to the point where Elizabeth seems to flip her opinion on the Vox almost without any reason, beyond them being a bit rowdy as they fight against Fink's guards (and posing with a dead enemy, which was a bit low)), but it does feel rather forced. Especially with how cartoonishly evil Comstock and Fink have come off in their in-game portrayals and voxaphone recordings. I don't blame Daisy at all for blowing the latter's head off. I think that might be why they had her threaten a child right afterward -- so you'd know she was bad. *sigh* I'm just here to throw crows at people.
-->Worked some more on the next chapter of "The Technicolor Phase" -- the one where Alice is reunited with her family and gets a color from Emily. (Technically, a lot of people should be getting colors from each other at this point, but I'm handwaving most of it so I can concentrate on one interaction/idea at a time.) After I finish editing this one, it's onto writing the new stuff! I dunno how long that'll take me -- given I tend to work on this story only on Saturdays, though, posting chapters will probably restart sometime in late December, or January of next year. I'll try not to keep you all waiting too long!
-->Caught up on some Sim Supply videos -- a build/buy overview of Get Famous (featuring a cool soundstage lot he did with a bunch of sets to show off all the new items -- as many as he could fit, anyway), and two more sets of his new "Rags To Riches Get Famous" LP (Lady is moving up in the world -- she now owns a fridge, shower, and actual bed (well, an air mattress), and has gone from vampire hardware store commercials to sailing the high sees as a (vampire) pirate (no, seriously, there was a vampire bite scene in that bit), to guest starring in a sitcom! Too bad every time she goes out somewhere there are more advanced celebrities around stealing her thunder XD). It all makes me want to play the Sims! . . .Right up until I remember there's a serious bug in the game which forcibly ages your Sims if you go into CAS for any reason (both the Sim in CAS and Sims in the world generally; doesn't matter what your aging settings are turned to). *facepalm* This is why I gave myself a little buffer. . .damn it, EA, get your act together!
-->Got up another (edited) Scene From Secundus: casanova! In which Victor ponders his puzzling love life during that brief period where Emily and Victoria had both expressed an interest in him, and he'd had to turn them down as he was in love with Alice but hadn't told her yet. Poor guy can't figure out how he's suddenly gotten attractive to women. XD
And then it's just been catching up on queues and doing the RP thing over on tumblr. . .while feeling really tired and thirsty. Sure sign that the red curse shall be descending on me soon, bleh. Well, let me see what I can do with what's in the inbox. Come on, brain, work with me here. . .night all!
-->I start grabbing my coat and shoes and such, ready to head out the door, when I decide I ought to take my phone with me too, just in case. So I go back in my room to grab it from my bag's front pocket.
It's not there.
I, of course, am baffled and panicked by this discovery, as I NEVER leave work without making sure I have my phone on me. So I don't know where on earth it could have gone. I check again, look around the house, then decide I have to worry about this later as I have to leave now to make it to my appointment on time --
And then, entering the garage, I have a sudden realization -- given I put my bag on the seat next to me when I'm driving to and from work solo, could it have fallen out in the car?
Yup -- on the seat. I snatch it up, put it in my pocketbook, and head out.
-->Right into unexpected traffic! I'm used to Mineral Spring being pretty light on weekends, but today it was surprisingly busy, and I don't know why. Cue a few minutes of me being anxious I'm not going to make my appointment on time -- of course, I gave myself a few extra minutes when I left, but they were chewed up pretty quickly by the line of cars. Fortunately, once I got off Mineral Spring, traffic thinned out, and I got to the place just in time --
-->Only to discover the parking lot was basically full, and that some asshole had parked across two spaces, cutting off my only spot. Cue me looking around in furious confusion, wondering what the hell I was supposed to do. Fortunately, I was able to find a spot in the end, and get to my appointment on time, but sheesh! Comedy of errors, seriously.
Fortunately, the appointment itself went fine -- teeth cleaned, no issues, next appointment scheduled for May 3rd. And once I got home I could relax and have some fun:
-->Played BioShock Infinite -- got two new Vigors! Charge (which I've attempted to try out, but it hasn't gone well) and Undertow (which is cool and works a LOOOT better XD). Also, Booker is an IDIOT who doesn't seem to get that he's CURRENTLY IN A DIFFERENT REALITY AND THUS HIS PREVIOUS DEAL WITH THE OLD DAISY FITZROY IS NULL AND VOID. How did he think this Daisy was going to react when a guy she saw die working for her revolution suddenly shows up again demanding an airship? Welcome him with open arms? Yes, fine, ordering his death was maybe a little harsh, but for all she knew, these were spies from Comstock! *sigh* I dunno -- the game is pushing for the Vox Populi and Fitzroy to be as bad as Comstock and his sky racists (to the point where Elizabeth seems to flip her opinion on the Vox almost without any reason, beyond them being a bit rowdy as they fight against Fink's guards (and posing with a dead enemy, which was a bit low)), but it does feel rather forced. Especially with how cartoonishly evil Comstock and Fink have come off in their in-game portrayals and voxaphone recordings. I don't blame Daisy at all for blowing the latter's head off. I think that might be why they had her threaten a child right afterward -- so you'd know she was bad. *sigh* I'm just here to throw crows at people.
-->Worked some more on the next chapter of "The Technicolor Phase" -- the one where Alice is reunited with her family and gets a color from Emily. (Technically, a lot of people should be getting colors from each other at this point, but I'm handwaving most of it so I can concentrate on one interaction/idea at a time.) After I finish editing this one, it's onto writing the new stuff! I dunno how long that'll take me -- given I tend to work on this story only on Saturdays, though, posting chapters will probably restart sometime in late December, or January of next year. I'll try not to keep you all waiting too long!
-->Caught up on some Sim Supply videos -- a build/buy overview of Get Famous (featuring a cool soundstage lot he did with a bunch of sets to show off all the new items -- as many as he could fit, anyway), and two more sets of his new "Rags To Riches Get Famous" LP (Lady is moving up in the world -- she now owns a fridge, shower, and actual bed (well, an air mattress), and has gone from vampire hardware store commercials to sailing the high sees as a (vampire) pirate (no, seriously, there was a vampire bite scene in that bit), to guest starring in a sitcom! Too bad every time she goes out somewhere there are more advanced celebrities around stealing her thunder XD). It all makes me want to play the Sims! . . .Right up until I remember there's a serious bug in the game which forcibly ages your Sims if you go into CAS for any reason (both the Sim in CAS and Sims in the world generally; doesn't matter what your aging settings are turned to). *facepalm* This is why I gave myself a little buffer. . .damn it, EA, get your act together!
-->Got up another (edited) Scene From Secundus: casanova! In which Victor ponders his puzzling love life during that brief period where Emily and Victoria had both expressed an interest in him, and he'd had to turn them down as he was in love with Alice but hadn't told her yet. Poor guy can't figure out how he's suddenly gotten attractive to women. XD
And then it's just been catching up on queues and doing the RP thing over on tumblr. . .while feeling really tired and thirsty. Sure sign that the red curse shall be descending on me soon, bleh. Well, let me see what I can do with what's in the inbox. Come on, brain, work with me here. . .night all!
