Christmas Eve Is To-Done
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crossover_chickLet's go over the list, shall we?
1. Edit the last gift fic: Check! As per usual these days, did this before lunch so I’d have plenty of time for YouTube/movies/gaming in the afternoon. All wrapped up, w000!
2. Get all gift fics queued to post on the 25th: Check! Just finished that up -- the seven tumblr fics are all ready to fire on Christmas Day! Obviously I still need to post the other three, but that's a separate process, sooo. . .
3. Watch the final OXBox and OXtra Christmas Challenges: Check! The final results, please. . .
OXBox Xmas Challenge Day 12 – Andy vs Jane vs Mike in – another Among Us “Hide & Seek” challenge. O.o However, this one’s different from the OXtra one we saw earlier, where they took turns being impostor – this one is a straight up “who can survive the longest” challenge! Luke took on the role of impostor (very spookily – he didn’t even talk in the intro until he started counting down) to find the other three, who were tasked with hiding from him – last one standing wins! Poor Andy chose the extremely poor strategy of hiding behind the crates right by the starting area and was eliminated almost immediately, while Mike and Jane spent their time running around, barely avoiding Luke and snitching on each other’s locations. XD In the end, it was Mike Luke caught first, meaning Jane got the Christmas point – and leading to a Christmas Tie, with her and Mike at 3-3! Apparently the tiebreak will occur on Boxing Day (12/26), so TECHNICALLY we have two Christmas Champions this year. :p I look forward to seeing what the final challenge will be!
OXtra Christmas Challenge Day 7 – Luke vs Ellen in – you guessed it – a “Draw A Pikachu” challenge! Or, rather, it’s the “DRESS AS Pikachu” challenge – the pair was sent back to Animal Crossing: New Horizons to design the best Pikachu outfit for Producer Jon to model (using hat and outfit customization), with – as always – Andy being the judge. Ellen went for a more minimalist approach with a short-sleeved yellow dress with a Pikachu tail and stripes on it, a knit cap with floppy Pikachu ears, red dot cheek face paint, and yellow tights and ballet slippers. Luke, meanwhile, went for a more complicated design with a yellow balloon dress featuring Pikachu’s entire body, a yellow brimmed hat with the ears, yellow face paint with red dots, a dog nose and starry-eyed glasses, and flowered tights and sandals to represent a field for the Pikachu to stand in. Andy looked at both on Producer Jon, and decided he preferred Pikachu #2 for doing more with the concept (with Ellen protesting mightily that Luke forgot the stripes and his facial accessories were horrifying XD). I did like Luke’s better overall myself, though Ellen definitely did a better job with the back of hers – if we could combine her back with Luke’s dress, I think that would have been the ideal Pikachu get-up. :) But yes, Luke is officially Christmas King – though, as Santa reminded him, that doesn’t mean he gets to boss around a certain Jolly Old Elf. XD
4. Watch Linkara's Solo comic adaptation review: Check! And, fortunately, it was one of the better comics Linkara’s reviewed, being a good adaptation of the movie with art that wasn’t eye-bleeding. The weaknesses include some editorial mistakes (like character name misspellings) and issues carried over from the movie itself, which show Han as a bit too good and moral for the character we meet at the beginning of the original trilogy. Also, the fate of L337 (yes, that is her name) is rather horrific – a droid liberation activist who ends up as nothing more than a navigational computer after getting shot to bits during one of the big jobs of the film. It’s sad on a number of levels. :( Still, not a bad review for the holiday season (Linkara had a number of good jokes), and I’m looking forward to next week’s top 15 list. :)
5. Play Sims 4: Check! Though I didn’t go back to the Newcrest Adventures save file. There are two reasons for this:
1. There’s currently only so much I can take of the Liddell-Van Dort family drama in Newcrest
2. When pondering which file I wanted to play, I suddenly remembered that my Victor and Alice in the “test save” were actually on Winterfest in their calendar.
So yeah – I had a nice, chill day with that pair, rearranging their house a little so they could celebrate Sim-Christmas together. And whatever is going on with my Newcrest pair, it doesn’t seem to affecting the Test Save pair – no random insults or anything! Wonder what’s different. . .is it just the vampire thing? Does becoming a vampire make you meaner in these games or something? I dunno, all I know it was nice to get Victor and Alice to do cute things together without having to worry so much. They decorated the tree, made some snowpals, Alice cooked a nice turkey dinner (and Victor cleaned up), and opened presents! Though Victor got much better presents than Alice – out of the mailbox, he got a digital camera; from under the tree, a really nice microwave; and from Father Winter, a super-expensive PC. Alice didn’t get anything from the mailbox when I had her check (though it LOOKED like she pulled out a package); got an outdoor candle light from under the tree; and got a large pet poop from Father Winter. Alice needs all the hugs this Winterfest, poor thing. :( But it was still a nice playsession, and it’s just – I kinda want to play with THEM more than my actual main file these days. Maybe because there’s still some struggle involved in their lives (they don’t have a giant house and piles of money), and I feel like there’s more possibility open with them (like I could send them to university as I don’t have a strict round-robin schedule going with other families). Literally the only thing I’m missing out on is the cute “getting them together” bit, because they’re already in love and boyfriend/girlfriend in that save.
. . .I did want to do a save where I was doing a couple of self-created challenges with a pair of them, didn’t I. . .
6. If Possible -- Watch James Turner's new "3 Brothers" LP, and the Sims videos I have in the Watch Later (we are watching the 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol tomorrow night, so my time with YouTube is going to be more limited): This one didn’t get checked, sadly – I’m moving this particular item list to the 26th instead. I did, however, keep up on my Call Me Kevin (no GrayStillPlays! I was expecting him to take tomorrow off – maybe he just has a reasonably regular schedule of skipping Thursdays?) by watch him play some awful Christmas-themed games on Steam! Started with Santa’s Story of Christmas (a very laggy 3-D platformer where Santa’s greatest enemies are penguins and turtles; also featured Bowser’s lair for some reason); continued with Ho Ho Home Invasion (a game about being Santa sneaking into people’s houses to leave presents as quietly as possible without being caught; Kevin never made it past the first level because, well, Kevin – and then he got a migraine, though he blamed that on the first game); moved onto Christmas Elf (less of a game than a desktop decorator – which Kevin actually rather enjoyed! Just a silly thing that adds lights and snow and a tree to your desktop); spent some time with The Turkey of Christmas Past (a goofy third-person sword-based beat-em-up in which a cat, Tom, must defeat the army of evil turkeys storming his world – it’s very weird, but done reasonably well? I personally thought it looked rather fun); flipped over to Rubber Bandits: Xmas Prologue (a sneak peek at an upcoming game where you’re a bandit stealing from Santa; looks like a co-op game, though, so Kevin was never really able to get going beyond smashing a few presents); danced to Christmas Rhythm (which is actually an endless collect-a-thon game where you’re a reindeer chasing Santa collecting candy canes; Kevin was not impressed); tiptoed around Krampus Is Home (a Christmas horror game about surviving Christmas-shaped horrors while waiting for your parents to finally come home; a weird mixture of goofy and spooky); and ended with a Christmas Rampage (robot reindeer fights Christmas dinner with snowballs. Kevin is confused). A lot for an episode of bad Steam games, but for Christmas? The more the merrier! At least for us! :D
So yeah, not too shabby for Christmas Eve. :) I also:
-->As stated, watched the 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol -- though it's actually called Scrooge when you get to the titles. (And we watched it with lunch, not supper -- supper was the Christmas episode of QI Series R, which was a lot of fun in itself.) Not bad -- good use of a lot of Dickens's original lines, but DAMN was the overacting strong in a few places. XD Still, certainly good to trigger a festive mood!
-->Just finished getting my queue for The Valice Multiverse sorted -- a bunch of asks, and a reblog of this early Christmas present from a friend: A reading of Victor and Alice's fight from Chapter 2 of "Finding You!" I have two feelings about this:
1. I never thought about anyone reading one of my stories out loud before, this is totally awesome!
2. OH CHRIST ALL OF MY PHRASING SOUNDS SO AWKWARD NOW I WANT TO GO BACK AND EDIT EVERYTHING
Obviously I didn't mention the second when I thanked her for it. XD It's just -- oh man. That's one of the earlier stories in the verse, and I can't help but feel it shows. *buries face in hands, laughing* It really is sweet of her, though. I'll have to remember to reblog it onto Victor Luvs Alice tomorrow too!
And that's about it, apart from answering the usual comment. Tomorrow being Christmas, you wouldn't think I'd give myself a to-do list (especially since Mom plans to have movies on all day, it feels like -- It's A Wonderful Life and our usual A Christmas Story, at least), but there are a couple of things I'd like to get done:
1. Post all the Dreamwidth gift fics (natch)
2. Watch the latest Fun With Shorts in my Subscriptions
3. Play some Fallout 4
Okay, three things -- that's acceptable for a holiday. Night all, and happy holidays!
1. Edit the last gift fic: Check! As per usual these days, did this before lunch so I’d have plenty of time for YouTube/movies/gaming in the afternoon. All wrapped up, w000!
2. Get all gift fics queued to post on the 25th: Check! Just finished that up -- the seven tumblr fics are all ready to fire on Christmas Day! Obviously I still need to post the other three, but that's a separate process, sooo. . .
3. Watch the final OXBox and OXtra Christmas Challenges: Check! The final results, please. . .
OXBox Xmas Challenge Day 12 – Andy vs Jane vs Mike in – another Among Us “Hide & Seek” challenge. O.o However, this one’s different from the OXtra one we saw earlier, where they took turns being impostor – this one is a straight up “who can survive the longest” challenge! Luke took on the role of impostor (very spookily – he didn’t even talk in the intro until he started counting down) to find the other three, who were tasked with hiding from him – last one standing wins! Poor Andy chose the extremely poor strategy of hiding behind the crates right by the starting area and was eliminated almost immediately, while Mike and Jane spent their time running around, barely avoiding Luke and snitching on each other’s locations. XD In the end, it was Mike Luke caught first, meaning Jane got the Christmas point – and leading to a Christmas Tie, with her and Mike at 3-3! Apparently the tiebreak will occur on Boxing Day (12/26), so TECHNICALLY we have two Christmas Champions this year. :p I look forward to seeing what the final challenge will be!
OXtra Christmas Challenge Day 7 – Luke vs Ellen in – you guessed it – a “Draw A Pikachu” challenge! Or, rather, it’s the “DRESS AS Pikachu” challenge – the pair was sent back to Animal Crossing: New Horizons to design the best Pikachu outfit for Producer Jon to model (using hat and outfit customization), with – as always – Andy being the judge. Ellen went for a more minimalist approach with a short-sleeved yellow dress with a Pikachu tail and stripes on it, a knit cap with floppy Pikachu ears, red dot cheek face paint, and yellow tights and ballet slippers. Luke, meanwhile, went for a more complicated design with a yellow balloon dress featuring Pikachu’s entire body, a yellow brimmed hat with the ears, yellow face paint with red dots, a dog nose and starry-eyed glasses, and flowered tights and sandals to represent a field for the Pikachu to stand in. Andy looked at both on Producer Jon, and decided he preferred Pikachu #2 for doing more with the concept (with Ellen protesting mightily that Luke forgot the stripes and his facial accessories were horrifying XD). I did like Luke’s better overall myself, though Ellen definitely did a better job with the back of hers – if we could combine her back with Luke’s dress, I think that would have been the ideal Pikachu get-up. :) But yes, Luke is officially Christmas King – though, as Santa reminded him, that doesn’t mean he gets to boss around a certain Jolly Old Elf. XD
4. Watch Linkara's Solo comic adaptation review: Check! And, fortunately, it was one of the better comics Linkara’s reviewed, being a good adaptation of the movie with art that wasn’t eye-bleeding. The weaknesses include some editorial mistakes (like character name misspellings) and issues carried over from the movie itself, which show Han as a bit too good and moral for the character we meet at the beginning of the original trilogy. Also, the fate of L337 (yes, that is her name) is rather horrific – a droid liberation activist who ends up as nothing more than a navigational computer after getting shot to bits during one of the big jobs of the film. It’s sad on a number of levels. :( Still, not a bad review for the holiday season (Linkara had a number of good jokes), and I’m looking forward to next week’s top 15 list. :)
5. Play Sims 4: Check! Though I didn’t go back to the Newcrest Adventures save file. There are two reasons for this:
1. There’s currently only so much I can take of the Liddell-Van Dort family drama in Newcrest
2. When pondering which file I wanted to play, I suddenly remembered that my Victor and Alice in the “test save” were actually on Winterfest in their calendar.
So yeah – I had a nice, chill day with that pair, rearranging their house a little so they could celebrate Sim-Christmas together. And whatever is going on with my Newcrest pair, it doesn’t seem to affecting the Test Save pair – no random insults or anything! Wonder what’s different. . .is it just the vampire thing? Does becoming a vampire make you meaner in these games or something? I dunno, all I know it was nice to get Victor and Alice to do cute things together without having to worry so much. They decorated the tree, made some snowpals, Alice cooked a nice turkey dinner (and Victor cleaned up), and opened presents! Though Victor got much better presents than Alice – out of the mailbox, he got a digital camera; from under the tree, a really nice microwave; and from Father Winter, a super-expensive PC. Alice didn’t get anything from the mailbox when I had her check (though it LOOKED like she pulled out a package); got an outdoor candle light from under the tree; and got a large pet poop from Father Winter. Alice needs all the hugs this Winterfest, poor thing. :( But it was still a nice playsession, and it’s just – I kinda want to play with THEM more than my actual main file these days. Maybe because there’s still some struggle involved in their lives (they don’t have a giant house and piles of money), and I feel like there’s more possibility open with them (like I could send them to university as I don’t have a strict round-robin schedule going with other families). Literally the only thing I’m missing out on is the cute “getting them together” bit, because they’re already in love and boyfriend/girlfriend in that save.
. . .I did want to do a save where I was doing a couple of self-created challenges with a pair of them, didn’t I. . .
6. If Possible -- Watch James Turner's new "3 Brothers" LP, and the Sims videos I have in the Watch Later (we are watching the 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol tomorrow night, so my time with YouTube is going to be more limited): This one didn’t get checked, sadly – I’m moving this particular item list to the 26th instead. I did, however, keep up on my Call Me Kevin (no GrayStillPlays! I was expecting him to take tomorrow off – maybe he just has a reasonably regular schedule of skipping Thursdays?) by watch him play some awful Christmas-themed games on Steam! Started with Santa’s Story of Christmas (a very laggy 3-D platformer where Santa’s greatest enemies are penguins and turtles; also featured Bowser’s lair for some reason); continued with Ho Ho Home Invasion (a game about being Santa sneaking into people’s houses to leave presents as quietly as possible without being caught; Kevin never made it past the first level because, well, Kevin – and then he got a migraine, though he blamed that on the first game); moved onto Christmas Elf (less of a game than a desktop decorator – which Kevin actually rather enjoyed! Just a silly thing that adds lights and snow and a tree to your desktop); spent some time with The Turkey of Christmas Past (a goofy third-person sword-based beat-em-up in which a cat, Tom, must defeat the army of evil turkeys storming his world – it’s very weird, but done reasonably well? I personally thought it looked rather fun); flipped over to Rubber Bandits: Xmas Prologue (a sneak peek at an upcoming game where you’re a bandit stealing from Santa; looks like a co-op game, though, so Kevin was never really able to get going beyond smashing a few presents); danced to Christmas Rhythm (which is actually an endless collect-a-thon game where you’re a reindeer chasing Santa collecting candy canes; Kevin was not impressed); tiptoed around Krampus Is Home (a Christmas horror game about surviving Christmas-shaped horrors while waiting for your parents to finally come home; a weird mixture of goofy and spooky); and ended with a Christmas Rampage (robot reindeer fights Christmas dinner with snowballs. Kevin is confused). A lot for an episode of bad Steam games, but for Christmas? The more the merrier! At least for us! :D
So yeah, not too shabby for Christmas Eve. :) I also:
-->As stated, watched the 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol -- though it's actually called Scrooge when you get to the titles. (And we watched it with lunch, not supper -- supper was the Christmas episode of QI Series R, which was a lot of fun in itself.) Not bad -- good use of a lot of Dickens's original lines, but DAMN was the overacting strong in a few places. XD Still, certainly good to trigger a festive mood!
-->Just finished getting my queue for The Valice Multiverse sorted -- a bunch of asks, and a reblog of this early Christmas present from a friend: A reading of Victor and Alice's fight from Chapter 2 of "Finding You!" I have two feelings about this:
1. I never thought about anyone reading one of my stories out loud before, this is totally awesome!
2. OH CHRIST ALL OF MY PHRASING SOUNDS SO AWKWARD NOW I WANT TO GO BACK AND EDIT EVERYTHING
Obviously I didn't mention the second when I thanked her for it. XD It's just -- oh man. That's one of the earlier stories in the verse, and I can't help but feel it shows. *buries face in hands, laughing* It really is sweet of her, though. I'll have to remember to reblog it onto Victor Luvs Alice tomorrow too!
And that's about it, apart from answering the usual comment. Tomorrow being Christmas, you wouldn't think I'd give myself a to-do list (especially since Mom plans to have movies on all day, it feels like -- It's A Wonderful Life and our usual A Christmas Story, at least), but there are a couple of things I'd like to get done:
1. Post all the Dreamwidth gift fics (natch)
2. Watch the latest Fun With Shorts in my Subscriptions
3. Play some Fallout 4
Okay, three things -- that's acceptable for a holiday. Night all, and happy holidays!
