Some Improvement Sunday
Jan. 12th, 2020 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickDad's still dealing with the toothache, but at least now he and Mom are going to the dentist tomorrow, so we've all got our fingers crossed relief is on the way. And it was nice again today for most of the day -- and, more importantly, nowhere near as windy. Meaning I actually got in a walk outside. Four times around my block, plus a little extra. That was refreshing, let me tell you. Even if it is kind of a tease, as the weather's supposed to get January-cold again starting tomorrow. . . At least I was able to get out in the fresh air for a little bit!
Between that and getting caught up in reading the "Funny Moments" for the Oxventures on TV Tropes, I only managed another partial completion of the to-do list -- in almost the exact same way as yesterday too! Though I DID end up adding another Sims video to watch this morning, so I'm going to say that one doesn't count. XD
Watch "The Bartholomew Hornswoggle": Accomplished! As stated yesterday, this is a pirate-themed Hitman 2 escalation, and as such, Andy -- who plays a pirate character in the Oxventures -- was allowed to do the whole thing. It's actually a bit unique in that the first level of the escalation is essentially to set up the second two. You start off gathering map pieces, so you can dig up some "pirate booty" (the "Buccaneer" suit); once that's accomplished, the next two levels are about killing people with your saber, and then shooting some guys on jetskis with a cannon. XD And despite Andy being on the controls, there was some Mikeing here and there -- namely, Andy went on a couple of saber rampages and got himself killed as a result. XD Apparently how you break him out of "must be Silent Assassin" mode is give him a pirate outfit with a sword. XD
Play Sims 4: Accomplished! We had a surprise holiday on the calendar -- Prank Day! Fortunately, Victor, Alice, and Emma were all able to fulfill the only tradition, "Mischief Spirit" (Eliza ignored it because she's still too young). Alice got abducted by aliens (fortunately they don't seem to have given her ANOTHER child to worry about); Victor went fishing and got himself some Wolfsbane to plant; and everyone visited The A-Maze-Ing Wonderland park so I could justify spending a weekend doing some minor renovations on it. XD Also some friend of Alice's randomly knocked on their door at 10 at night, which I decided was a good excuse to have Alice bite him. XD Pretty solid day, and it's great to see the seasons change into spring in-game. Now I just have to plan for Egg Day next play session!
Watch the Sims videos I have waiting: MOSTLY accomplished -- the new one from this morning and the one about functional amusement park rides (somebody apparently modded these, and I am INTRIGUED) have to wait, but I did manage to watch:
A) James's latest "Rags To Enrichment" -- still no facecam, but he managed to go for like an hour, so he must be on the mend. This was kind of an episode of last-minute sorrows -- Bob got promoted at his job, and found a lucrative side-hustle writing Research papers; Trash graduated (despite missing the final exam in one of her classes -- she studied a TON to make up for it) and found her own lucrative career as an Interstellar Smuggler, buying and building her own rocket to do space missions; and James was able to use her signing bonus and the items in the household inventory to fund some more house renovation and give the gang a proper living room. BUT after the computer broke, the "Write & Publish Research Paper" option mysteriously disappeared, and the repo man came by to take something for student loans -- and took Trash's rocket at the last minute.
And, unlike all previous repoing, THIS ONE ACTUALLY WORKED. James was, in a word, devastated. XD Poor guy, he was so used to it glitching out and not actually taking the object. . . Welp, time to save up for another one!
B) The latest episode of "Sims Comment Logic" by onlyabidoang, which featured quite a lot of Sims dying in weird ways! Like a Sim twerking over her husband's corpse, only to die shortly thereafter herself; a lady who woohooed herself to death in her old age, and then her ghost immediately woohooed Grim, and Grim playing a tablet game over some woman's dead body, while her daughter just walked past on her way to work. XD This game. . .
C) Speaking of which, ever wonder if you can get 100 Sims in a tiny house? GrayStillPlays has your answer! And it is "Yes, but don't expect them to last long or the game to like it." XD Although the game liked it better than doing tons of walls and doors, which is interesting. . . Anyway, Gray started out with the standard six he's been using for his challenges lately, then just started pouring in more and more until he had 100 all crammed into this one tiny space. Sims were melding into each other and the scenery left, right, and center. Also dying left, right, and center too. XD Bodies were LITERALLY piling up on the floor because the Reaper couldn't process them, and the game ended up giving up the ghost with the last few Sims to die -- by literally turning them into ghosts and making them vanish. XD It was a wild ride, and I love it. :D
Other activities of the day included:
-->Doing another page on Chapter 3 of "Secundus 2" -- the Teapot Grasshopper is out of the crate! Victor is confused and annoyed. XD At least it's scared the old-timers giving him shit? Without him having to have another Touched rant? :p Anyway, he needs to get it taken care of soon, because the mayor will be showing up soon enough. . .
-->Getting my Victor Luvs Alice queue done -- and having a post I'm reblogging get flagged for potential adult content before I even posted it. I'm serious, I appealed it straight from my queue! *shakehead* Tumblr, you're so screwed up. . .it was approved, by the way -- it was a standard gif set of Corpse Bride characters. Nothing adult about it!
-->Getting the first fifteen or so pictures of my next Newcrest Adventures update for Wednesday sorted, yaaay~ So I'm on track on that, at least.
-->Getting my Valice Multiverse queue sorted -- though, er, I'm actually still in the middle of that because of some late replies to threads. . .gotta answer the comments in my inbox too. And then get to bed, because it's NEXT weekend that I have three days off, not THIS one. *nods* Hopefully tomorrow is okay both work-wise and personal-wise! Night all!
Between that and getting caught up in reading the "Funny Moments" for the Oxventures on TV Tropes, I only managed another partial completion of the to-do list -- in almost the exact same way as yesterday too! Though I DID end up adding another Sims video to watch this morning, so I'm going to say that one doesn't count. XD
Watch "The Bartholomew Hornswoggle": Accomplished! As stated yesterday, this is a pirate-themed Hitman 2 escalation, and as such, Andy -- who plays a pirate character in the Oxventures -- was allowed to do the whole thing. It's actually a bit unique in that the first level of the escalation is essentially to set up the second two. You start off gathering map pieces, so you can dig up some "pirate booty" (the "Buccaneer" suit); once that's accomplished, the next two levels are about killing people with your saber, and then shooting some guys on jetskis with a cannon. XD And despite Andy being on the controls, there was some Mikeing here and there -- namely, Andy went on a couple of saber rampages and got himself killed as a result. XD Apparently how you break him out of "must be Silent Assassin" mode is give him a pirate outfit with a sword. XD
Play Sims 4: Accomplished! We had a surprise holiday on the calendar -- Prank Day! Fortunately, Victor, Alice, and Emma were all able to fulfill the only tradition, "Mischief Spirit" (Eliza ignored it because she's still too young). Alice got abducted by aliens (fortunately they don't seem to have given her ANOTHER child to worry about); Victor went fishing and got himself some Wolfsbane to plant; and everyone visited The A-Maze-Ing Wonderland park so I could justify spending a weekend doing some minor renovations on it. XD Also some friend of Alice's randomly knocked on their door at 10 at night, which I decided was a good excuse to have Alice bite him. XD Pretty solid day, and it's great to see the seasons change into spring in-game. Now I just have to plan for Egg Day next play session!
Watch the Sims videos I have waiting: MOSTLY accomplished -- the new one from this morning and the one about functional amusement park rides (somebody apparently modded these, and I am INTRIGUED) have to wait, but I did manage to watch:
A) James's latest "Rags To Enrichment" -- still no facecam, but he managed to go for like an hour, so he must be on the mend. This was kind of an episode of last-minute sorrows -- Bob got promoted at his job, and found a lucrative side-hustle writing Research papers; Trash graduated (despite missing the final exam in one of her classes -- she studied a TON to make up for it) and found her own lucrative career as an Interstellar Smuggler, buying and building her own rocket to do space missions; and James was able to use her signing bonus and the items in the household inventory to fund some more house renovation and give the gang a proper living room. BUT after the computer broke, the "Write & Publish Research Paper" option mysteriously disappeared, and the repo man came by to take something for student loans -- and took Trash's rocket at the last minute.
And, unlike all previous repoing, THIS ONE ACTUALLY WORKED. James was, in a word, devastated. XD Poor guy, he was so used to it glitching out and not actually taking the object. . . Welp, time to save up for another one!
B) The latest episode of "Sims Comment Logic" by onlyabidoang, which featured quite a lot of Sims dying in weird ways! Like a Sim twerking over her husband's corpse, only to die shortly thereafter herself; a lady who woohooed herself to death in her old age, and then her ghost immediately woohooed Grim, and Grim playing a tablet game over some woman's dead body, while her daughter just walked past on her way to work. XD This game. . .
C) Speaking of which, ever wonder if you can get 100 Sims in a tiny house? GrayStillPlays has your answer! And it is "Yes, but don't expect them to last long or the game to like it." XD Although the game liked it better than doing tons of walls and doors, which is interesting. . . Anyway, Gray started out with the standard six he's been using for his challenges lately, then just started pouring in more and more until he had 100 all crammed into this one tiny space. Sims were melding into each other and the scenery left, right, and center. Also dying left, right, and center too. XD Bodies were LITERALLY piling up on the floor because the Reaper couldn't process them, and the game ended up giving up the ghost with the last few Sims to die -- by literally turning them into ghosts and making them vanish. XD It was a wild ride, and I love it. :D
Other activities of the day included:
-->Doing another page on Chapter 3 of "Secundus 2" -- the Teapot Grasshopper is out of the crate! Victor is confused and annoyed. XD At least it's scared the old-timers giving him shit? Without him having to have another Touched rant? :p Anyway, he needs to get it taken care of soon, because the mayor will be showing up soon enough. . .
-->Getting my Victor Luvs Alice queue done -- and having a post I'm reblogging get flagged for potential adult content before I even posted it. I'm serious, I appealed it straight from my queue! *shakehead* Tumblr, you're so screwed up. . .it was approved, by the way -- it was a standard gif set of Corpse Bride characters. Nothing adult about it!
-->Getting the first fifteen or so pictures of my next Newcrest Adventures update for Wednesday sorted, yaaay~ So I'm on track on that, at least.
-->Getting my Valice Multiverse queue sorted -- though, er, I'm actually still in the middle of that because of some late replies to threads. . .gotta answer the comments in my inbox too. And then get to bed, because it's NEXT weekend that I have three days off, not THIS one. *nods* Hopefully tomorrow is okay both work-wise and personal-wise! Night all!
